What WotC D&D books do you own?
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Alaric_Prympax
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I marked all but the last 2 because I plan on buying the Fiend Folio soon but have no plans at this time to purchase them because I don't play in FR. The FR books I do have I got special deals on (like 50% off or an eBay auction that had the price very low).
My favorites so far are: MotP, D&Dg, PsiHB, BoVD
My favorites so far are: MotP, D&Dg, PsiHB, BoVD
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
The %-age is weird.
Three core books, MM II, Psionics Handbook (my favorite, despite some balance issues), Manual of the Planes, FRCS and I'm borrowing Races of Faerun right now. I plan on buying Savage Species soon.
Three core books, MM II, Psionics Handbook (my favorite, despite some balance issues), Manual of the Planes, FRCS and I'm borrowing Races of Faerun right now. I plan on buying Savage Species soon.
My two cents:
The WOTC D&D books are of surprisingly variable quality. Although I had planned to purchase the new DDG, I was disappointed to discover that it is the only book that actually got worse with 3E, something I scarcely imagined possible considering how terrible it already was. The Epic Level Handbook, I also returned to its shelf when I read the epic level Paladin abilities -- I actually laughed out loud in the store.
Manual of the Planes, on the other hand, I had absolutely no intention of buying. I had planar travel and never use it in my campaigns. However the alternate cosmologies section I actually consider to be the finest thing WOTC has produced for D&D, with the possible exception of the Players' Handbook.
The WOTC D&D books are of surprisingly variable quality. Although I had planned to purchase the new DDG, I was disappointed to discover that it is the only book that actually got worse with 3E, something I scarcely imagined possible considering how terrible it already was. The Epic Level Handbook, I also returned to its shelf when I read the epic level Paladin abilities -- I actually laughed out loud in the store.
Manual of the Planes, on the other hand, I had absolutely no intention of buying. I had planar travel and never use it in my campaigns. However the alternate cosmologies section I actually consider to be the finest thing WOTC has produced for D&D, with the possible exception of the Players' Handbook.
like many, there's only a bare handful from that list that's not currently on my shelf.
my favorite, out of all of them, would have to be the Player's Handbook. without that, the rest of them are just so darn confusing!
after that would be the DMG and the first MM. pretty much everything WOTC has put out since then has had too much "fluff" at the expense of more "crunch" for my taste.
(for example, i think the MotP should have been nothing but rules and guidelines on how to create your own planes and cosmology. i don't think such a long and detailed description of the Great Wheel cosmology belonged in there. similarly, i think the D&DG should have been nothing but rules and guidelines on how to create gods and pantheons, with only one barebones example pantheon. we didn't need four example pantheons, IMO. in particular, those two books seemed to me to rush much too quickly through the guidelines on how to create your own stuff in order to spend an inordinately large page-count discussing the details of the designers' pet projects.)
my favorite, out of all of them, would have to be the Player's Handbook. without that, the rest of them are just so darn confusing!
after that would be the DMG and the first MM. pretty much everything WOTC has put out since then has had too much "fluff" at the expense of more "crunch" for my taste.
(for example, i think the MotP should have been nothing but rules and guidelines on how to create your own planes and cosmology. i don't think such a long and detailed description of the Great Wheel cosmology belonged in there. similarly, i think the D&DG should have been nothing but rules and guidelines on how to create gods and pantheons, with only one barebones example pantheon. we didn't need four example pantheons, IMO. in particular, those two books seemed to me to rush much too quickly through the guidelines on how to create your own stuff in order to spend an inordinately large page-count discussing the details of the designers' pet projects.)
Andrew D. Gable
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Pretty much all of 'em. Favorites? A tie between Oriental Adventures/Savage Species. Except for the core, of course.
VorpalBunny
Explorer
Damn. I gotta be a raving fanboy, 'cause I own all of 'em - except for the Fiend Folio (only bacause AFAIK it's not released yet).
Sanackranib
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3e books
WHAT NO SCARRED LANDS BOOKS?????? this poll is missing somthing . . . now if I could only put my finger on it.
WHAT NO SCARRED LANDS BOOKS?????? this poll is missing somthing . . . now if I could only put my finger on it.
Endur
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Favorite book is a hard choice. The three core books are sort of a necessity. LGG has some awesome flavor and background. FRCS is interesting for flavor, I still havn't read all of it. DDG is ok, but I think Faiths & Pantheons does a better job of explaining the various faiths than DDG did.
Tom
Tom
