Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
Actually, this is probably a close contender for me as well:
What is your favorite RPG book of all time?
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Divine2021
Hero
Haven’t played it, though I own them. I dig the art and the lore. It seems like it would be easy enough to pick up and play.
The Cheshire Goat
Explorer
I loved everything about it! I don’t have my copy anymore - but there was something about a pope and world government. Amazing piece of work.
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@Micah Sweet I don't know it, but grabbed bundle anyway, because 40k 
Bayushi_seikuro
Hero
I will offer up Orkworld by John Wick, of L5R and 7th Sea fame, amongst others.
It began when he was told he could not play an ork bard in the company D&D game because 'orcs are speedbumps'. He got his boss, the DM, to agree if he wrote a 4000 word essay on ork culture and why they weren't 'just Evil', he could be one.
Orkworld is the first system I really saw that required the players to build their party - and their tribe - together during a Session Zero. You could use some of the party's character points to buy tribal advantages like steel weapons, etc. The orks are mounted fighters who ride reindeer.
The inch-thick book is like 85% world building that plays on a lot of tropes, like dwarves need to master one art, be it sword use or crafting, or elves being Perfect - literally, elves are aliens who can generally only be killed by another elf and are beings of such treachery it puts drow to shame. The human empire hunted the shtuntees (halflings) to near extinction since it was the equivalent of Rome meeting the Shire - obviously the Shire will be run under.
Another cool aspect is the world map. It's blank, but there's a section with many locations and assorted lores - players and the GM take turns placing them on the map, so no two maps will be the same.
It began when he was told he could not play an ork bard in the company D&D game because 'orcs are speedbumps'. He got his boss, the DM, to agree if he wrote a 4000 word essay on ork culture and why they weren't 'just Evil', he could be one.
Orkworld is the first system I really saw that required the players to build their party - and their tribe - together during a Session Zero. You could use some of the party's character points to buy tribal advantages like steel weapons, etc. The orks are mounted fighters who ride reindeer.
The inch-thick book is like 85% world building that plays on a lot of tropes, like dwarves need to master one art, be it sword use or crafting, or elves being Perfect - literally, elves are aliens who can generally only be killed by another elf and are beings of such treachery it puts drow to shame. The human empire hunted the shtuntees (halflings) to near extinction since it was the equivalent of Rome meeting the Shire - obviously the Shire will be run under.
Another cool aspect is the world map. It's blank, but there's a section with many locations and assorted lores - players and the GM take turns placing them on the map, so no two maps will be the same.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
The whole thing sounds cool, but that sounds amazing. Such a cool idea.
Mr. Lahey
Explorer
I’d have to say three books:
All-time classic. Even if I never used it much, the high Gygaxian prose is incredible.
This might be my favourite. I played 2e through high school and Uni. I was at the age that when I bought this I sat and read it cover-to-cover.
This is another classic. Only played it a handful of times, but another one I read all the way through. Still has great guidance and advice that I still use.
All-time classic. Even if I never used it much, the high Gygaxian prose is incredible.
This might be my favourite. I played 2e through high school and Uni. I was at the age that when I bought this I sat and read it cover-to-cover.
This is another classic. Only played it a handful of times, but another one I read all the way through. Still has great guidance and advice that I still use.
It’s not particularly close- any edition of Champions/HERO (except Fuzion) is going to be in the top spot. 4th edition is probably key, since it was the biggest, most refined single book edition of the game.
After that? The 3.5Ed PHB and Green Ronin’s Book of the Righteous.
After that? The 3.5Ed PHB and Green Ronin’s Book of the Righteous.
Divine2021
Hero
Book of the Righteous was really a fantastic read.
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