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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 3327896" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>You don't need the DMG. It has advice and xp charts and lots of magic items, but the items are in the srd if you want your own advancement system then you don't need the charts and you can do without the advice.</p><p></p><p>The MM is nice to have for use at the table top. I use my 3.0 one at the table for instant use monsters in my 3.5 game and use the 3.5 srd when creating unique ones or playing by e-mail.</p><p></p><p>The srd does not have some D&D creatures from the MM, mind flayers, carrion crawlers, umber hulks, kuo toa, yuan ti, beholders, slaad, and displacer beasts I believe are the whole list, but there are plenty of others to fill the same types of encounter/adventure niches.</p><p></p><p>For art for these creatures go to the WotC D&D website and the art gallery for the MM. I use that all the time for my e-mail game.</p><p></p><p>MMIV will have lots of basic monsters advanced with class levels, lots of dragon themed monsters, and a few completely new ones. It is a good mix of familiar and new, all useable out of the book at the table.</p><p></p><p>MMIII I don't have but understand it has a bunch of new 3.5 monsters (including some playable PC races), with a few stat issues here and there.</p><p></p><p>If it was me I'd go with big adventures like Red Hand of Doom or Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. </p><p></p><p>Some DMs don't use adventure modules, if so then go for stuff that looks interesting to you. If you want in depth abberration stuff then Lords of Madness should be a good buy, if you want class mechanic options then PHII I'd say PHII is a great buy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 3327896, member: 2209"] You don't need the DMG. It has advice and xp charts and lots of magic items, but the items are in the srd if you want your own advancement system then you don't need the charts and you can do without the advice. The MM is nice to have for use at the table top. I use my 3.0 one at the table for instant use monsters in my 3.5 game and use the 3.5 srd when creating unique ones or playing by e-mail. The srd does not have some D&D creatures from the MM, mind flayers, carrion crawlers, umber hulks, kuo toa, yuan ti, beholders, slaad, and displacer beasts I believe are the whole list, but there are plenty of others to fill the same types of encounter/adventure niches. For art for these creatures go to the WotC D&D website and the art gallery for the MM. I use that all the time for my e-mail game. MMIV will have lots of basic monsters advanced with class levels, lots of dragon themed monsters, and a few completely new ones. It is a good mix of familiar and new, all useable out of the book at the table. MMIII I don't have but understand it has a bunch of new 3.5 monsters (including some playable PC races), with a few stat issues here and there. If it was me I'd go with big adventures like Red Hand of Doom or Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. Some DMs don't use adventure modules, if so then go for stuff that looks interesting to you. If you want in depth abberration stuff then Lords of Madness should be a good buy, if you want class mechanic options then PHII I'd say PHII is a great buy. [/QUOTE]
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