D&D General What is your favorite D&D material/products from a small publisher?

[Dire Bare]

• Sandy Peterson's Cthulhu Mythos for 5E
• Odyssey of the Dragonlords campaign
• Just about anything from Kobold Press

 

[TheSword]

I’ll second Odyssey of the Dragonlords. It’s probably the best quality 3pp product I’ve seen. A pleasure to read and to DM. You’ll have to ask @GuyBoy how it is to be a player in it. It feels original and I’m looking forward to some high level play.

Adventures in Middle Earth was also a lot of fun. This time I was one of the players and @GuyBoy was the DM. The best low magic campaign I’ve played in.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Bruce Heard’s Calidar. Bruce was the main TSR person running the Known World/Mystara line and the author of the Princess Arc stories in Dragon Magazine, his Calidar setting channels those vibes.

 

[Burnside]

One of my go-tos for 5E one-shots is Dan Coleman Productions, available on DriveThruRPG. Among other things, Dan has created a one-shot for every level, 1-20, each containing enough XP to advance the party to the next level. A few are available for Roll20:

Low Level Adventure Pack (PC levels 1 - 6) [BUNDLE] - Dan Coleman Productions | Collections | DriveThruRPG.com

The adventures are well-written, well-designed, fun at the table, and very user-friendly.

 

[DammitVictor]

For Pathfinder 1e: Rogue Genius Games Genius Guides to the Talented (class) are... well, genius. Dreamscarred Press' Ultimate Psionics, Path of War, and Path of War Expanded. Purple Duck's Prestige Archetypes series. I'd kick myself in the face if I didn't mention Tipsy Tabby's Overhauling Multiclassing.

In the OSR, there are a lot of little companies publishing new classes, one for a dollar, for Labyrinth Lord or Swords & Wizardry and effectively any other BX clone you want to use them with. I don't really want to single any of them out, so much as suggest that they're a great way to push a homebrew campaign or setting in specific directions.

 

[Weiley31]

Planet X has some good content. Their modules are pretty fun with a Grindhouse influence.

 

[pogre]

I recently received Oath of the Frozen King an adventure kit from Absolute Tabletop games. The adventure is solid, but what I really like about it is the format. Instead of presuming much about the PCs' path, it provides the Dungeon Master with adventure elements that they can plug and play as they see fit. Oath starts with the premise you are going to start with a published module not to run it as is, but will steal locations, villains, and NPCs. It is a pretty clever design idea.

 

[TheSword]

Way of the Wicked is very good. It’s for Pathfinder but easy to convert to 5e.

 

[GuyBoy]

I’ll second Odyssey of the Dragonlords. It’s probably the best quality 3pp product I’ve seen. A pleasure to read and to DM. You’ll have to ask @GuyBoy how it is to be a player in it. It feels original and I’m looking forward to some high level play.

Adventures in Middle Earth was also a lot of fun. This time I was one of the players and @GuyBoy was the DM. The best low magic campaign I’ve played in.

Thanks for the vote of confidence about the AiME game. I loved it too.
In terms of Odyssey; I’m buzzing for it a a campaign. Deeply engaging, with an immersive world to get involved in and a re-emerging Evil raising its head. Really looking forward to playing again next weekend.
I also second the recommendation for Way of the Wicked. Thoroughly enjoyed the campaign, and the morality journey of my character (Ilsabet) who, in the end, could not match the evil of the others, reminiscent of Elric being told by Stormbringer, “I was a thousand times more evil than you.”

 

[Thunder Brother]

I've never played in a AiME game but I have the pdfs and they're an absolute pleasure to read. The authors do a fantastic job of capturing the feeling of Middle-Earth while expanding it out in ways that don't feel out of place.

I can only say good things about Mike Shea's work. Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master has great advice.

I've had nothing but good experiences with The Arcane Library's adventures. They're super easy to read and run.