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

[cmrscorpio]

All things Planescape!

Since 3.x came out, i've run 3 different Planescape campaigns. The material was just so good; light on crunch, heavy on fluff. Unlike alot of stuff out there, particular the WotC 3.x stuff, the old Planescape books were just fun to read.

 

[ForceUser]

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

AD&D 2nd Edition Historical Reference: Vikings Campaign Sourcebook
AD&D 2nd Edition Historical Reference: Celts Campaign Sourcebook
AD&D 2nd Edition Legends & Lore

I just finished running a group through Land Beyond the Magic Mirror. Were my players ever to journey to my Arabian land, I'd pull out the Al Qadim stuff as well.

 

[Soel]

Many Planescape books (their just so full of great ideas and inspiration.)

Some 2e monster books.

 

[Old_Man_Fish]

All things Greyhawk:

The Greyhawk Boxed Set
From the ashes
Greyhawk adventures
The marklands
Iuz the evil​

oh yeah, and quite a few old dungeon mags. (must complete collection ....)

 

[prosfilaes]

The Encyclopedia Magica, definitely. It's great to have such a huge range of magic items at our fingertips.

 

[airwalkrr]

Iuz the Evil

 

[Olaf the Stout]

• Dragon CD Rom Archive - A treasure trove of ideas and resources.
• World Builder's Guidebook is a great "element" resource and contruction kit for worlds.
• Planescape series, especially Planes of Law, Planes of Chaos, Planes of Conflict, Faces of Evil, Hellbound. A great set of resources for planar adventures and denizens.
• Complete Book of Villains - Probably the best "GM advice" resource on the topic to date.
• Ruins of Undermountain I & II (Yeah, I like II, except for that stupid Tyr adventure. You got a problem with that?)

I'm with you for most of this Psion. The Dragon Magazine Archive is a great tool. The World Builder's Guidebook is one of the best books of its type out there as is the Complete Book of Villains. I would add the Encyclopedia Magica to the list. I love just looking through the 4 books if nothing else!

Olaf the Stout

 

[Sledge]

For the most part I use Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue a lot. In my spelljammer game I of course reference spelljammer, and for anything on the planes I keep me 1e Manual of the Planes handy.

 

[NiTessine]

Yeah, like they said, Planescape.

Plus, in FR games, above all, the trilogy Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons and Demihuman Deities. That's how you make a proper god book.

 

[Brakkart]

I'd have to say the non 3E book I get the most use out of would be Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog, though for a camapign that I am working on writing, I'm making heavy use of the Ruined Kingdoms sourcebox from the Al-Qadim line.