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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maraxle" data-source="post: 332214" data-attributes="member: 5538">I buy very few RPG books at all.  Off the top of my head, for 3rd edition stuff, I know I have the PHB, DMG, MM, Hero Builder's Guidebook, FR Campaign Setting, Touched By The Gods, Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting, and the two Creature Collection books.  Three adventures as well, one from WOTC and two d20's (though I haven't ran any of them).The reason I buy so few books is because I don't need any more variant magic systems, rules, or monsters.  I have all I need in those categories.  You know what I really need?  Ideas.That's why I bought Touched By The Gods (well, that and it was on the bargain rack).  I wanted some fresh ideas.  That's also why the majority of my purchases are outside the RPG realm - freshness.  For example, the last three books I bought were a historical look at the medieval underworld (including cults, prostitution, gambling, deviant lifestyles, organized crime, etc), a book on mammals (with discussion about bone structure, shapes of noses, etc), and a book discussing day-to-day life in the great civilizations of ancient times (including everything from family structure to creation myths to the gods they worshipped, and how they worshipped them).  I got all of these off the bargain rack at the local Barnes and Nobles, and they ended up costing me about $20 total.  I guess I could have taken that $20 and put it toward another set of rules on how to cast spells (only this magic system uses mana points instead of spell memorization), or 100 more variant zombies/dragons/jellies, but instead I put it toward 3 books that can generate a plethora of ideas that can effect my campaign world in a nearly infinite number of ways.</blockquote>

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