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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3521391" data-attributes="member: 2205">Yeah--I was a little confused by the question too.  If you're going to run a game, you kinda really need all three core books; if you're only going to play, you could get away with just the PHB I suppose.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> However, I quickly realized you meant Wizards of the Coast books rather than core books.  Of course, the question is a big more difficult there.  It really depends on what you like.  I'd pick up the one monster book you're missing; it's a shame to miss out on that series not being complete.  Although I think LM is the weakest of the bunch, it's still got some worthwhile stuff in it.Just picking two--I dunno.  I'm a pretty big fan of the Complete Series and the environmental series both; I'd probably lean that way.  But you can't just get two there, there's nearly half a dozen of both series now.  I'm actually going to vote against the frontrunners here--you don't need the XPH unless you do a lot of psionics; otherwise, it's a waste.  If you only do a bit of psionics, just use the SRD instead.The PHB2 and Spell Compendium are as dry as economics textbooks (of which I read more than my fair share in college) and although there are some nifty options in them, options aren't exactly hard to come by--I found both quite a bit over-rated.</blockquote>

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