What books did you use last session?

[RichGreen]

Monday night's epic game

Hi,

3.5 core rulebooks
Book of Vile Darkness -- Angelkiller sword & some other magic items, one NPC
Todd Gamble' Cartographica* -- used a castle map
Mongoose Pocket PH
Book of Exalted Deeds

Cheers


Richard

(*I've used this book twice this week, having had it ages and never used it before!)

 

[rich]

General Question

In a pretty complex game we used:
PHB, DMG, MM, all 3.5,
Unearthed Arcana, all the players Gestalt
Fiend Folio
Book of All Spells, which is way better than the PHB for clerics
FRCS, Magic of Faerun, Underdark, Return to ToEE,
BoVD, BoED
Tome and Blood, Song and Silence, Sword and Fist
Faith and Pantheons, Deities and Demigods,
And I think somebody was using a class from Dragon magazine, but I'm not sure the issue.

I'm a little surprised that so many people are mixing 3.0 (Tome and Blood, etc) with the 3.5 rules... Is there a thread around or something that discusses this? For instance, some of the 3.0 PrC's have been updated in the 3.5 books (DMG, Complete Warrior) and are substantially different (mostly less benefits). And I don't think the Book of Spells (3.5?) includes spells from the T&B, S&S, etc books...
I'm interested because I just got started a few months ago, and I bought several 3.0 supplements, and then found out they seem to be over-generous compared to the 3.5 stuff And of course some of the feat/skill requirements are no longer applicable...
As an example, I liked the "Animal Lord" PrC from Masters of the Wild, but my DM thought it was too much. Furthermore, the requirements are based on 2 feats introduced in the supplement and several skills that have been changed/removed...
any help/advice/misc comments would be greatly appreciated

 

[the Jester]

[hijack]Rich, I've been using my own judgement in updating things- generally leaving them alone if I allowed them in in the first place.

When I have to I've been updating a few, but if I know or strongly suspect that a given prc is going to be in a forthcoming 'complete' book or something (ex. the divine oracle in my epic game) I pretty much wait for the treatment- even though, for all practical purposes, it sometimes leaves the character with extra skill points or something (Orbius, the divine oracle, suddenly had a bunch of free skill points because there's no Scry skill in 3.5).

Anyhow, I think the editions are almost compatible enough to be fully transparent. They're as close as, or maybe even closer than, 1e and 2e. There are a few obvious balance issues that the designers addressed- they put even more of a premium on mobility, for example (witness changes to fly, spider climb, etc)- follow their lead. Look at the closest comparison you can find. If a prc allows you to change shape, look at the new versions of polymorph, wild shape, and so forth.

edit: [/hijack]

 

[Stockdale]

Last Sunday, we ran the fourth installment of the parent-kid game. The books I used to prep and during the game were ...

3.0 and 3.5 core books (whichever version is better for the character is used, thus we have a 3.0 sor and 3.5 rang)

Unearthed Arcana (major titan bloodline)

Dragon 318 (dinosaur familiars)

Encyclopedia Magica: Familiars (Familiar infusion paths)

Dragon 315 (?) (Greyhawk feats)

Dungeon 108 (?) (The Devil Box)

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I used DMG 3.5, PHB 3.0 and 3.5, Unearthed Arcana, The Expanded Psionics Handbook, Rokugan d20, and The Quintessential Witch

 

[megamania]

This is for the upcoming segments in my Storyhour- STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI

Player 3.5
DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
Psi
Psi 3.5
Fist & Steel
Song & Silence
Tome & Blood
Ravenloft Campaign book
Magic of Faerun
F Realms Book
Green Ronin: Arcane, Divine and Magic item books
Ultimate Arcane book
Epic Level
Book of Vile Darkness
Book of Challenges
Arms & Equipment Guide
Savage Species
Manual of Planes
X-Crawl (for inspiration perposes)
Races of Reknown: Drow
Oathbound Campaign setting
Mythic Races
Traps & Treachery I & II

2nd ed to be converted

UnderMt
Book of Artifacts
Guide to Hell
Dungeon Builders Guidebook
Monsterous Arcana: Illithiad

Figures-
Harbinger, Dragon Eye and A Fiends
Hero Clix
Reaper
Confrontation
Chainmail
40K
Darkage


The low down- Running man meets DnD on a planar level. MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO work to prepare for everything.

I'm certain I forgot some stuff. Books used for spells, feats, P Classes, Equipment and ideas.

 

[megamania]

I'm a little surprised that so many people are mixing 3.0 (Tome and Blood, etc) with the 3.5 rules...

This campaign predated 3.5 and some characters would be difficult (at least very time consuming) to update to 3.5. Psionics is a big part and I only got Expanded Psi this past Sunday.
Once I finish this mega part artifact of the gods I may go purely 3.5.

Characters are 18+ levels.

 

[DragonLancer]

Last nights game used:

3.5 Core Books.
DLCS.
Age of Mortals.
Draconomicon.
Dragon #309.
Monster Manual 2.

 

[daoloth]

Last nights game used: Cord 3.5 Books, Complete Warrior, Oriental Adventures, Book of Exalted Deeds, Epic Level Handbook, FR Campaign Setting, FR Players Guide to Faerun, FR Underdark, City of the Spider Queen, Dieties & Demigods, and A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe [pdf].

 

[Talmun]

I'm a little surprised that so many people are mixing 3.0 (Tome and Blood, etc) with the 3.5 rules... Is there a thread around or something that discusses this? For instance, some of the 3.0 PrC's have been updated in the 3.5 books...

I allow my players to use something (feat, spell, PrC) from a 3.0 book only if it hasn't been converted (Deepwoods Sniper) and after I've looked it over and done any updating/modification that needs doing (Weapon Master). On top of that, the 3.5 books for clerics and arcane casters haven't been released yet, so there is little alternative for those.