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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 5690886" data-attributes="member: 40522">For 3.5 supplements, I'd assume that you get the core rulebooks.I'd also pick up Spell Compendium. There's some stuff in it that you should carefully consider or disallow (depending on your preferred style of play and all that), but overall, I feel that there's enough wheat amongst the chaff to make it worthwhile.I personally enjoy the binder class from Tome of Magic. There's also a shadow-based caster and a caster that uses true names, so that might interest you if you dig alternative magic systems. I'd avoid Tome of Battle, since it gets very 4E-esque in how it handles martial-type characters and there's some definite power creep.Monster Manual II and III are worth checking out, I'd probably pick both of those up. Monster Manual IV and V have some interesting monsters, but there's definitely strangeness there. You can probably live without them, especially since IV and V devote considerable space to re-hashing existing monsters. If your campaign focuses on a particular monster type, there are several source books dealing with them: Draconomicon for dragons, Libris Mortis for undead, and Lords of Madness for aberrations. Whether or not these would be useful to you depends on how much you like/use those monster types.I found Unearthed Arcana to be awesome because I enjoy tinkering with the system. If you enjoy reading gaming books for the sake of reading them and modifying the game and/or rules, it's worth a serious look.I don't know if I would really worry too much about the character-focused books (Complete Warrior, Complete Divine, et cetera). If you're the DM, chances are that you're not going to be making a whole lot of characters. I'd leave the responsibility for getting player-oriented resources on your players.All that being said, here's my own personal must-have list for being a 3.5 DM:Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual: For obvious reasons.Unearthed Arcana: Because I like to house rule and tinker with things.Tome of Magic: Because I like binders and occasionally shadowcasters.Monster Manual II:I like many of the classic D&D monsters here, although this is actually for 3E.Spell Compendium: Tons of new spells, even if some of them need nerfing.Draconomicon, Libris Mortis, Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells: Because I like dragons, undead, and devils.</blockquote>

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