What d20 products do you think are truly the best?
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This thread is from 2002, those books didn't exist yet.
Wow, there are undead in our midst! How did this necromancy slip in unnoticed?
Still, the question is a valid one, particularly for those of us who never made the transfer to 4e.
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
For those keeping track, the second post in this thread would have been Crothian's 100th post. 
Oh, and to answer the question from the grave . . .
Some of the best d20 products (I'll widen that to OGL products since some of what I will mention were d20 originally but are now OGL-only) were produced rather early, some not until after the 3.5 changeover. Atlas had several in their Campaign Styles line including Love & War, Crime & Punishment, and Dynasties & Demagogues. Green Ronin had many including their three "Advanced" books, as well as The Book of the Righteous, The Medieval Player's Manual, and much of the Freeport material. Expeditious Retreat, Fiery Dragon, Paizo, EN Publishing and many others all have a slew of good stuff that can be included on such a list. This question would have been a lot easier to answer back in 2002 when there was much less stuff.
Oh, and to answer the question from the grave . . .
Some of the best d20 products (I'll widen that to OGL products since some of what I will mention were d20 originally but are now OGL-only) were produced rather early, some not until after the 3.5 changeover. Atlas had several in their Campaign Styles line including Love & War, Crime & Punishment, and Dynasties & Demagogues. Green Ronin had many including their three "Advanced" books, as well as The Book of the Righteous, The Medieval Player's Manual, and much of the Freeport material. Expeditious Retreat, Fiery Dragon, Paizo, EN Publishing and many others all have a slew of good stuff that can be included on such a list. This question would have been a lot easier to answer back in 2002 when there was much less stuff.
Glade Riven
Adventurer
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jasonzavoda
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I thought this was going to be a thread just about rulebooks so I wasn't going to reply (since I convert everything to AD&D), but I have found a ton of excellent material in the d20 system to plunder.
Necromancer Games -
Almost all their products. They have to be the best made hardcovers and boxed sets produced, but that is, of course, secondary to the quality of their adventures.
- Rappan Athuk Reloaded - This is a monster of a boxed set (and monstrously expensive now I know), but it is one of the best dungeons ever published and if you can get your hands on it grab it, and if you can't, get the three individual modules (but the box set has more material).
- Necropolis - As mentioned in another post, by Gygax
- Tomb of Abythor - As mentioned in another post
- City State of the Invincible Overlord - The classic Judges Guild supplement redone, quite well, as a hardcover
- Bard's Gate - A usefull city supplement
- City of Brass - Boxed set that covers this legendary city on the plane of fire.
- And on and on, I could list their entire line, including their module run with Kenzerco, and that leads to...
Frog God Games -
This is the inheritor company of Necromancer and their Slumbering Tzar mega-adventure is promising to be on the order of Rappan Athuk Reloaded. They have also released as softcover books the missing books from their Kenzerco parternishp line, Demonheart and Eamonvale
Dungeon Crawl Classics -
Over 50 adventures before they jumped to 4e and most of them excellent adventures. From small modules to boxed sets that you could use to kill large rodents.
Pathfinder -
Do they count as d20, I don't care, Paizo is the new TSR golden age company to me. I love their adventure path books, and the indivdual modules and campaign settings as well, and their bells, whistles and cards sets.
Ptolus - what Rappan Athul Reloaded is to dungeons Ptolus is to city supplements. Unfortunately both are ridiculously expensive.
Iron Kingdom - Witchfire Trilogy and the setting books
Wheel of Time - Sadly just a campaign setting and one supplement book that I know of
The Game of Thrones -
Massive setting book. Was anything else published for it?
Orcfest - from Fast Forward games, but haven't found much else to recommend from them
Freeport series - though I think it was Black Sails over Freeport that was best, if it is the book I'm thinking of, huge softcover
There are more, and I'm probably missing some good ones, but this is all I can think of at the moment.
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DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
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