I've got some money to spend and I'm thinking of buying two books.
I have:
Core Rulebook
Advanced Player's Guide
Bestiary
Bestiary II
I don't have:
Game Mastery Guide
Ultimate Magic
Ultimate Combat
I'm leaning towards UM and UC at the moment. Is there anything from other publisher I should get instead, or maybe something from Paizo that isn't part of the main rulebook series. Maybe the Rival Guide?
Thanks in advance!
If you have any interest in Golarion, I suggest the Inner Sea World Guide.
Otherwise, if you're a fan of crunch, get UM and UC. The GameMastery Guide is a great book, but experienced GMs should be fine with the PDF.
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I'd suggest the UM & UC, they're both really great books with some great options in them. GMG is cool, but really it just simplifies things, there's not much in it besides advice that you can't do with some time and effort (random item generation, NPC Stat blocks, but mostly advice), whereas UM & UC have all new crunch.
I'll wait until monday to decide, then I can still ponder this. I'm really curious about the rival guide book... But UM & UC combo looks nice too. I like the gunslinger alot so...
I don't like PDFs. I want the books in physical format so that I can read them while not sitting infront of my computer.
UM and UC, no contest. The Gamemastery guide is great, but of the three, you could certainly wait on it.
But get it eventually too. :)
In your situation I would most likely buy the UC and UM.
However since you mentioned 3rd party - the Tome of Horrors is very nice. It may not suit you because it costs more than the UC and the UM together. And there is some overlap with the Bestiaries.
Still for me it was an easy choice because I do like PDF's, so I will make do with that until I can afford the hard copy.
I second the inner sea world guide.