Worst book WotC made for 3.0?

[Crothian]

Technically the PHB doesn't contain NEW feats, does it?

They were all new back when the book came out.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Technically the PHB doesn't contain NEW feats, does it?

They're new if you've never read the book before.

My vote went to the Books of Challenges...I've found a good use for most all of the other books, though DDG is less for game us and more for inspiration, but its helped enough to get credit. AEG was actually a good book, but I definatly agree it was overpriced.

 

[Berandor]

Except for Hero's Builder Guide which was probably the most redundant game book I ever read, I'd have to go with Defenders of the Faith. Not only was most of it quite unispired, but it was error-filled from here to there.

 

[garyh]

I can't remember what it's called, but right after 3.0 was released, maybe Enemies and Allies or something like that. A fairly weak rogues gallery.

That's the name, and it would have been my vote if it was on there. As it is, I voted for ELH (too blah, somehow) and Deities and Demigods (the panthon building info is good, and I like the sample pantheons - too bad there weren't more - but really, who needs to know Thor's stats?).

 

[Gundark]

book of vile darkness

that was such a dumb book. I don't need a book telling me what evil is. The book was just a great waste of paper. Not everything Monte Cook comes out with is great. and judging by the art bobbies and piercings must be evil.

 

[Gundark]

song and silence

was a crappy book too. There was ltttle stuff done with bards (one prestige class that was deisgne dfor bards). As well the art was horrible (out of prespective, etc)

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Other: The Hero Builder's Guidebook

Yep, that would get my vote too.

 

[tetsujin28]

Yep, The Hero Builder's Handbook and Sword and Fist.

 

[AeroDm]

I was hoping to come into this thread and alert everyone to the fact that they had overlooked the worst book out there: the Hero Builders Guide Book. Unfortunately, you clever folk all seem to agree.

The HBGB is horrible. Enemies and Allies is also pretty horrible. Come the think of it, the Class&Class books weren't too good either. They contained some quality information and some cool ideas, but they were really the staging grounds for turning feats and PrCs into the staple of every product. they made PrCs that were so broken all others after them had to be even more powerful to be looked at, and they made feats that broke into combos of unimaginable power. Damn them.

 

[Jibril Rashad]

For me, it was the D&D Gazetteer, a book made 100% obsolete by a product that contained Every single word in the Gazetteer and was released only a month later. Money utterly wasted.