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What's the best and worst D&D book you own from any edition?
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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 6216961" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>Ha!</p><p></p><p>Best: Probably the 3.5 Expedition to Castle Ravenloft campaign (adventure). I've used this book a million times for many different games and I love the style and the detail they put into some of the encounters. Probably some of the best D&D games I've run. To be fair, the layout is a bit frustrating and the typos, editing mistakes, and unfinished ending of the book make it a little infuriating. It's also a straight-up murder machine against the PCs and you really have to be careful of a TPK at any moment (which can be good or bad).</p><p></p><p>(A close second for best is 4.0's Dungeon Delve. Not particularly well written or well designed, but a fun book that makes 4.0 1-shots soooo easy. The 3.5 Player's Guide is also an extremely well-made, well-written, and well-used book.)</p><p></p><p>Worst is probably the original 4.0 Player's Handbook, not because I disliked the system, but because 1) when it was printed it was FULL of so many typos and editing errors that I couldn't believe anyone would have signed their name to it, and 2) within months (weeks? hours?) the book was worthless because they changed all the rules. If it had been a PDF that got updated, that would have been one thing, but as a physical <em>book</em> that meant that it was crap. Eventually the game had so many changes the book was completely useless as reference material.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: Actually, I thought of another "worst" book, although I never bought it personally (my GM did, though, and we played it): the first pre-made adventure released for 4.0, written by Bruce Cordell. (Can't remember the title.) That was one of the worst-written, dreary slog-fests I've ever experienced. Talk about showing off some of the worst aspects of 4.0! Our GM ended up scrapping a huge chunk of stuff just because it went on FOREVER with no real purpose. It also had a near-certain TPK written into one of the earlier encounters. Bleh. Terrible design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 6216961, member: 9789"] Ha! Best: Probably the 3.5 Expedition to Castle Ravenloft campaign (adventure). I've used this book a million times for many different games and I love the style and the detail they put into some of the encounters. Probably some of the best D&D games I've run. To be fair, the layout is a bit frustrating and the typos, editing mistakes, and unfinished ending of the book make it a little infuriating. It's also a straight-up murder machine against the PCs and you really have to be careful of a TPK at any moment (which can be good or bad). (A close second for best is 4.0's Dungeon Delve. Not particularly well written or well designed, but a fun book that makes 4.0 1-shots soooo easy. The 3.5 Player's Guide is also an extremely well-made, well-written, and well-used book.) Worst is probably the original 4.0 Player's Handbook, not because I disliked the system, but because 1) when it was printed it was FULL of so many typos and editing errors that I couldn't believe anyone would have signed their name to it, and 2) within months (weeks? hours?) the book was worthless because they changed all the rules. If it had been a PDF that got updated, that would have been one thing, but as a physical [I]book[/I] that meant that it was crap. Eventually the game had so many changes the book was completely useless as reference material. Edit: Actually, I thought of another "worst" book, although I never bought it personally (my GM did, though, and we played it): the first pre-made adventure released for 4.0, written by Bruce Cordell. (Can't remember the title.) That was one of the worst-written, dreary slog-fests I've ever experienced. Talk about showing off some of the worst aspects of 4.0! Our GM ended up scrapping a huge chunk of stuff just because it went on FOREVER with no real purpose. It also had a near-certain TPK written into one of the earlier encounters. Bleh. Terrible design. [/QUOTE]
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