What pre-3E D&D book are you using most in your 3.X game?

[Glyfair]

I've been going through my box of older D&D and related gaming stuff. I realized how many of these books are still useful in the age of 3E. Books like the various "sites" books (City Sites, Country Sites, etc.), the Book of Lairs I & II, etc.

Which book (or books) do you find yourself still using?

 

[JustKim]

I used to use quite a few, but now it's mostly the Planescape books because I'm running a Planescape game. Out of those, Factol's Manifesto, In the Cage, Planes of Law and the core box are seeing the most use.

I can also recall running Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, flipping through a lot of monster books for inspiration when using older monsters, and reading old Dragons until the spines are white and the covers are confetti.

 

[Thanee]

Ruins of Adventure. Still using is not quite right, though, considering I bought it long after 3E came out.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Sammael]

I use pre-3E books all the time, particularly FR and Planescape ones. I'd hazard a guess and say that I use the various Volo's Guides more than others, but the 2nd edition FR deity trilogy is up there as well.

 

[demiurge1138]

Back when I ran Planescape, the old Planescape books (In the Cage, Uncaged, and Hellbound mostly) were oft referenced.

Demiurge out.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

I've used my 1E DMG with just about every D&D-type game I've ever run. However, since I picked up Gary Gygax's World Builder, I find myself pulling it out more often than the 1E DMG.

I also used my World of Greyhawk boxed set with 3E.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Ruins of Adventure.

Best. Adventure. Book. Ever.

In my case, there's a bunch of FR stuff that hasn't been rehashed into a 3E book yet, so I'm using a bunch of that. I've also been thinking of doing either a Star Frontiers or Stardrive campaign using either D20 Modern or True20.

 

[green slime]

1e DMG. A true gem.

 

[Aus_Snow]

I don't use any older D&D books in actual live GMing, but I've made use of quite a few in campaign and session prep/design: World Builder's Guidebook, Aurora's, Arms & Equipment Guide, Lankhmar, Of Ships & The Sea, Faces of Evil, Savage Frontier

As a player: Birthright, Book of Magecraft, Dark Sun box set.

 

[arscott]

It's d20 Modern, rather than 3.x, but I'm getting a lot of use out of the Dark•Matter book for alternity. Apparently I'm not the only one either, because wizards is releasing a new edition for d20M in september.

I'll also be getting some use out of the Dark Sun boxed set I picked up at Polycon earlier this summer, if all goes well.

Quick, anybody else know a campaign setting that starts with dark? I seem to be on a roll.