What book should I buy?

[John Q. Mayhem]

All right, so I'm going to be getting a bunch of money soon. I'm going to use some of it to buy some books. I'm getting the Black Company and a d20 book. I already have the 3.0 core books, Sorcery and Steam, and AU, with Diamond Throne on the way. So, recomendations?

 

[LGodamus]

Draconomicon is nice....as is arcana unearthed

 

[Crothian]

What do you need or want? Or do you just want a list of the best of the best no matter what they cover?

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Pretty much just best of the best. Preferably something more general than the Draconomicon or A&Eg.

 

[LGodamus]

I know you just shot down the draconomicon, but you really should give it a look before dismissing it. It's simply the best RPG book published in a while. IMO.

 

[Kichwas]

I recommend "A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe". The only book Monte's given a '10' to. I only have the free chapters myself, but am planning on ordering the full book real soon. At the least get the free chapters, because well... they're free and you really can't go wrong with that.

Of my favorite recent buys that were not tied to a setting (Kalamar for me) I liked Quintessential Sorcerer and Masterwork Maps: Inns & Taverns. Two books that serve very different purposes. The Q-Sorcerer book is one of those rare Quintessential books that really gets nearly everything right, and the Maps book is just one of those really handy DM resources.

 

[Nightfall]

Tome of Horrors!!!

Or else Midnight!

SLCS: Termana is nice too.

 

[Crothian]

Here's the top 20 products as seen in our review database. A lor of them are a little older like a year or two but they do stand up to the test of time. So, these are not the latest hot product that may not be as good as the hype.

Position/Product Publisher Score Reviews
1. Book of the Righteous, The Green Ronin Publishing 5.00 9
2. 2000AD: Sláine RPG Mongoose Publishing 5.00 6
3. Midnight Fantasy Flight Games 5.00 5
4. Mutants & Masterminds Green Ronin Publishing 4.90 10
5. Tome of Horrors Necromancer Games 4.85 13
6. Manual of the Planes Wizards of the Coast 4.85 13
7. Spycraft Alderac Entertainment Group 4.83 6
8. Hammer & Helm Green Ronin Publishing 4.80 5
9. Plot and Poison Green Ronin Publishing 4.80 5
10. Scarred Lands: Ghelspad Sword & Sorcery Studios 4.75 8
11. Call of Cthulhu d20 Wizards of the Coast 4.75 8
12. The Monsternomicon Vol. I Privateer Press 4.71 7
13. Starfarers Handbook Fantasy Flight Games 4.70 10
14. Judge Dredd RPG Mongoose Publishing 4.67 6
15. The Tomb of Abysthor Necromancer Games 4.67 6
16. Nyambe: African Adventures Atlas Games 4.60 5
17. Legions of Hell Green Ronin Publishing 4.58 12
18. Madness in Freeport Green Ronin Publishing 4.57 7
19. The Book of Taverns Necromancer Games 4.56 9
20. Counter Collection II Fiery Dragon Productions 4.50 6

 

[drothgery]

All right, so I'm going to be getting a bunch of money soon. I'm going to use some of it to buy some books. I'm getting the Black Company and a d20 book. I already have the 3.0 core books, Sorcery and Steam, and AU, with Diamond Throne on the way. So, recomendations?

Skip the d20 book and get Shadows Linger and The White Rose. Leaving trilogies unfinished is bad, if they're good books. And The Black Company ends on too much of a cliffhanger to stop there if you like it at all.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Skip the d20 book and get Shadows Linger and The White Rose. Leaving trilogies unfinished is bad, if they're good books. And The Black Company ends on too much of a cliffhanger to stop there if you like it at all.

You won't believe this, but I found all but the first Black Company books at my thrift store. Thrift Stores ROCK! I found most of the Wheel of Time, the Silmarillion, and tons of old SF books. Wonderful places, thrift stores.