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While I am sure this is once again in the wrong forum, I shall post this here anyway. I am lazy like that.
So I have just picked up my copy of Gamemastery Guide Wow what a book. It got me thinking. What are some of the must have books that people get.
Mine have been besides that base books of the system:
Gamemastery Guide
GM Gems Which I need to pick up my own copy of.
I do not own it but I love what I have seen of the Adventurers Armory
A good Bestiary above and beyond the primary one, of most used creatures with advanced or modified versions of them.
With a good region book I can't do wrong as well. However I have seen very few of these.
I really like Niche books such as Monte Cook's Requiem for a God
So what is your must have books.
While I am sure this is once again in the wrong forum, I shall post this here anyway. I am lazy like that.
So I have just picked up my copy of Gamemastery Guide Wow what a book. It got me thinking. What are some of the must have books that people get.
Mine have been besides that base books of the system:
Gamemastery Guide
So what [are] your must have books[?]
Even OSR folks who don't play 3.5/Pf are giving the GMG high marks.
Why hasn't the one I ordered come in yet???
Pathfinder Core rulebook
Pathfinder Bestiary
Pathfinder GameMastery Guide
Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide
Ptolus
Arcana Evolved
Iron Heroes
City of Brass
Thieves World
Warlords of the Accordlands Master Codex
3.5 Magic Item Compendium
3.5 Spell Compendium
3.5 Cityscape
Sword & sorcery Studios Advanced Player's Guide
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While I am sure this is once again in the wrong forum, I shall post this here anyway. I am lazy like that.
So I have just picked up my copy of Gamemastery Guide Wow what a book. It got me thinking. What are some of the must have books that people get.
Mine have been besides that base books of the system:
Gamemastery Guide
So what [are] your must have books[?]
Even OSR folks who don't play 3.5/Pf are giving the GMG high marks.
Why hasn't the one I ordered come in yet???
Found mine today at Borders, Last one left. We had a 33% off coupon for one book I had to get it, my wife let me. Lord I love her.
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Pathfinder Core rulebook
Pathfinder Bestiary
Pathfinder GameMastery Guide
Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide
Ptolus
Arcana Evolved
Iron Heroes
City of Brass
Thieves World
Warlords of the Accordlands Master Codex
3.5 Magic Item Compendium
3.5 Spell Compendium
3.5 Cityscape
Sword & sorcery Studios Advanced Player's Guide
I have seen City of Brass I can understand that one. :)
Found mine today at Borders, Last one left. We had a 33% off coupon for one book I had to get it, my wife let me. Lord I love her.While I am sure this is once again in the wrong forum, I shall post this here anyway. I am lazy like that.
So I have just picked up my copy of Gamemastery Guide Wow what a book. It got me thinking. What are some of the must have books that people get.
Mine have been besides that base books of the system:
Gamemastery Guide
So what [are] your must have books[?]
Even OSR folks who don't play 3.5/Pf are giving the GMG high marks.
Why hasn't the one I ordered come in yet???
Come on, 40% off coupon!
I really like The City of Brass. Got it last year for my bday.
Owner - Johnny Scott Comics and Games
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I agree with Mairkurion's Pathfinder recommendations and the Spell Compendium. I also find myself going back to these books quite often:
The Book of Templates
Advanced Bestiary
They really help me plan adventures with new and interesting creature/characters for my gaming group. Keeps them on their toes...
I'm grasping at straws. Link or Pic for the City of Brass?
I'm grasping at straws. Link or Pic for the City of Brass?
Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
Ptolus was my birthday gift to myself the year it came out. It's stunning, and came with an absurd number of bonuses.
I get most of my gaming inspiration from reading history these days, though. These three books all do pretty close to the same thing, but come bristling with world ideas:
Life in a Medieval Castle goes well beyond daily life into the complications of feudal obligations. It's undoubtedly dated as hell, but close enough for gaming.
Life in a Medieval City is more of the same by the same authors, but fascinating in its own right, especially for contrast with...
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England which focuses on a century or so down the road from the previous and has the benefit of drawing on more recent scholarship.
After reading the above three it'll be excruciatingly clear how little D&D has to do with Medieval Europe, but all three are great sources of setting bits even if one sticks closely to the free-roaming freemen concepts typical to most games.
The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople almost reads like a campaign setting. About all it's missing is a geography chapter (one is mostly expected to know that stuff already) and stats. It inspired one of my longer-lasting homebrew projects.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.Ptolus was my birthday gift to myself the year it came out. It's stunning, and came with an absurd number of bonuses.
I get most of my gaming inspiration from reading history these days, though. These three books all do pretty close to the same thing, but come bristling with world ideas:
Life in a Medieval Castle goes well beyond daily life into the complications of feudal obligations. It's undoubtedly dated as hell, but close enough for gaming.
Life in a Medieval City is more of the same by the same authors, but fascinating in its own right, especially for contrast with...
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England which focuses on a century or so down the road from the previous and has the benefit of drawing on more recent scholarship.
After reading the above three it'll be excruciatingly clear how little D&D has to do with Medieval Europe, but all three are great sources of setting bits even if one sticks closely to the free-roaming freemen concepts typical to most games.
The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople almost reads like a campaign setting. About all it's missing is a geography chapter (one is mostly expected to know that stuff already) and stats. It inspired one of my longer-lasting homebrew projects.
You should check out Persian Fire by Tom Holland, Samnell if you haven't already. I am a history fan too and this one breathes some real life into the epic battles between Greeks and Persians. Tom Holland is a great writer.
What, noone's going to mention the Book of Erotic Fantasy?
It was extremely useful just last game if only because it's the only place I can find the detect disease spell.
Also, why is there no detect disease spell? I remember there being a reason it wasn't around, but I can't recall the specifics.
The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople almost reads like a campaign setting. About all it's missing is a geography chapter (one is mostly expected to know that stuff already) and stats. It inspired one of my longer-lasting homebrew projects.
I know if I look in my bookshelf, there are at least two d20/OGL products involved in the timeline for the sacking of Constantinople.
Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
RPG Now sells the download at a reasonable price. It even includes what was on the CD.
Like a number of grognards, something of that magnitude deserves to be read from the dead tree edition.
Like a number of grognards, something of that magnitude deserves to be read from the dead tree edition.Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
RPG Now sells the download at a reasonable price. It even includes what was on the CD.
Normally I'd agree, but I can't on this one- the Ptolus PDF was put together rather well, and there are a number of things there that I'd MUCH rather have electronically than physically.
Normally I'd agree, but I can't on this one- the Ptolus PDF was put together rather well, and there are a number of things there that I'd MUCH rather have electronically than physically.Like a number of grognards, something of that magnitude deserves to be read from the dead tree edition.Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
RPG Now sells the download at a reasonable price. It even includes what was on the CD.
I can't curl with a PDF on the couch, in the bed, in a hot bath, or on the porcelain throne the same I can with a book.
You should check out Persian Fire by Tom Holland, Samnell if you haven't already. I am a history fan too and this one breathes some real life into the epic battles between Greeks and Persians. Tom Holland is a great writer.
I know. I've read his Rubicon, which I picked up after realizing I'd read about the period dozens of times but never actually sat down with a proper survey of it. I didn't know he'd written more since.
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All around useful:
Ultimate Toolbox
Gamemastery Guide
3.5 Magic Item Compendium
3.5 Spell Compendium
Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible (Excellent resource on the history/nature of the game and a MUST to pass to non-gamers about why you game)
Setting books:
Golarion Campaign Setting (Eagerly awaiting the updated version)
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - Everything you need to plop characters into Faerûn.
Shadowrun - Sixth Age Almanac
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I can't curl with a PDF on the couch, in the bed, in a hot bath, or on the porcelain throne the same I can with a book.Normally I'd agree, but I can't on this one- the Ptolus PDF was put together rather well, and there are a number of things there that I'd MUCH rather have electronically than physically.Like a number of grognards, something of that magnitude deserves to be read from the dead tree edition.Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
RPG Now sells the download at a reasonable price. It even includes what was on the CD.
Take it to Kinkos and have them print and bind it for you.
I can't curl with a PDF on the couch, in the bed, in a hot bath, or on the porcelain throne the same I can with a book.Normally I'd agree, but I can't on this one- the Ptolus PDF was put together rather well, and there are a number of things there that I'd MUCH rather have electronically than physically.Like a number of grognards, something of that magnitude deserves to be read from the dead tree edition.Okay, I was right to think to myself this was a Necromancer Games product.
Alas, I do not own this. And like Ptolus at the prices asked, it's probably not going to enter my collection.
:/
RPG Now sells the download at a reasonable price. It even includes what was on the CD.
Take it to Kinkos and have them print and bind it for you.
I can and I've considered, but still not the same. :)
For Pathfinder, the must-have books are the Pathfinder RPG and the Bestiary. Everything else is gravy (and I LOVE gravy).
So what is your must have books.
Next time, Don't Forget the Gravy!