5 favorite 3.5 supplements

[Darth Stabber]

What are your 5 favorite supplements for 3.5. XPH and UA don't really count given they're also in the SRD
My list
In order
Magic of Incarnum
Tome of Magic
Dragon Compendium
Heroes of Horror
Heroes of Battle

[bosssmiley]

(no particular order)

Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Papercuts
Manual of the Planes
Lords of Madness
Liber Mortis
Fiend Folio

[Kroy]

My list, not in order:

Tome of Battle
Complete Warrior
Complete Adventurer
Races of the Wild
Tome of Magic

[Atelm]

Unearthed Arcana
Complete Mage
Complete Arcane
Complete Adventurer
Complete Scoundrel

These are in no particular order of preference.

[Draz74]

Assuming my own homebrew doesn't count?

Dungeonscape
Tome of Battle
Magic Item Compendium
Races of the Wild
Complete Scoundrel

[Sstoopidtallkid]

No order:

Tome of Battle
Unearthed Arcana
C.Scoundrel
Spell Compendium
PHBII

If I DMd more, Dungeondscape would be in there.

[Satyr]

Monte Cook's Iron Heroes
Iron Heroes Companion
Midnight Campaign Setting, 2nd edition
Conan D20 (even though it is inferior to theold Gurs Version in every single regard, it is still an exceptional well-made D20 game)
Crown of Shadows (The best D20 adventure in English I know of)


I was never really impressed with the mediocre quality of WOTC source books.They just aren't up to my standars, and I always found that the better 3rd party products were much better thought out and made than the "original" books.

[Saph]

Dungeonscape
Tome of Battle
Magic Item Compendium
Races of the Wild
Complete Scoundrel

Mine's pretty much the same as Draz.

Tome of Battle
Magic Item Compendium
Races of the Wild
Complete Mage
Player's Handbook 2

- Saph

[Kaiyanwang]

Unearthed Arcana

Complete Warrior
Complete Arcane
Complete Adventurer
Complete Scoundrel

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Here's mine, though only with the advice of my peers:

Spell Compendium
Magic Item Compendium
Rules Compendium
Player's Handbook II
Dragonlance Campaign Setting (the Knight of Solamnia prestige classes kick the paladin's tail from here to next Thursday!)

[Who_Da_Halfling]

Magic Item Compendium
PHB II
Complete Arcane
Complete Scoundrel
Complete Warrior

I guess it shouldn't really count if I haven't really used more than 5 supplements?

I have actually used Minis and Cityscape, and those are good but there's not really that much there to use (I used a few feats and spells from City and classes from Mini).

-JM

[Book Wyrm]

Tome of Battle
Heroes of Horror
Magic Item Compendium
Complete Scoundrel
PHB II

[Assassin89]

For me, in no particular order

Complete Divine
Magic Item Compendium
Races of Stone
Complete Arcane
Complete Warrior

[Swooper]

In no particular order:

Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords
Spell Compendium
Magic Item Compendium
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Complete Arcane

[monty]

Tome of Battle
Races of the Dragon
Libris Mortis
Lords of Madness
Tome of Battle (again)

[sonofzeal]

Lords of Madness
Dungeonscape
Tome of Battle
Tome of Magic
Book of Erotic Fantasy

[Eldariel]

No order:

Tome of Battle
Unearthed Arcana
C.Scoundrel
Spell Compendium
PHBII

If I DMd more, Dungeondscape would be in there.

This. If it wasn't fluffed just for Drow, Drow of the Underdark would be in there.

[Sstoopidtallkid]

So, counting and listing, with those that got more than 5 bold:
Complete Adventurer 3
Complete Arcane 5
Complete Divine 1
Complete Mage 2
Complete Scoundrel 7
Complete Warrior 3
Dragonlance Campaign Setting 1
Dungeonscape 1
Expanded Psionics Handbook 1
Fiend Folio 1
Heroes of Battle 1
Heroes of Horror 2
Iron Heroes Companion 1
Liber Mortis 2
Lords of Madness 3
Magic Item Compendium 7
Magic of Incarnum 1
Manual of the Planes 1
Players Handbook II 6
Races of Stone 1
Races of the Dragon 1
Races of the Wild 3
Rules Compendium 1
Spell Compendium 4
Tome of Battle 10
Tome of Magic 3
Unearthed Arcana 5

Book of Erotic Fantasy 1
Conan D20 1
Crown of Shadows 1
Dragon Compendium 1
Midnight Campaign Setting, 2nd edition 1
Monte Cook's Iron Heroes 1

[Animefunkmaster]

Tome of Battle
Tome of Magic
Complete Warrior
Complete Arcane
Eberron Campaign Setting

[Tam_OConnor]

Eh, may as well pitch in.

Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords: I love me the wushu, no questions asked. Except Crusaders.

Magic Item Compendium: I haven't even read it all the way through, and I love it.

3.5 Player's Guide to Faerun: Self-explanatory, really.

Forget the Dragon Compendium, I'll just say Dragon Magazine, period. Takes up half of my bookshelf as is.

Plot and Poison (Green Ronin's Drow sourcebook), if only for the looks on my PCs' faces...

[Zherog]

So, counting and listing, with those that got more than 5 bold:

[begin nitpick]
You bolded those that got 5 or more, not those that got more than 5.
[/end nitpick]

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My five favorite? Hmmm... In no particular order:

PHB2
Draconomicon
Lords of Madness
Complete Arcane
Complete Warrior

[InkEyes]

Player's Handbook II
Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Magic Item Compendium
and a tie between Magic of Incarnum and Eberron Campaign Setting

[AmberVael]

Magic Item Compendium
Spell Compendium
Tome of Battle
Dungeonscape
Magic of Incarnum

[Greenfaun]

Five most mechanically useful:
Tome of Battle
PHB2
Complete Adventurer
Spell Compendium
Complete Arcane and Complete Mage as a set, either one's not as good without the other


Five most made of awesome:
Eberron Campaign Setting
Draconomicon
Lords of Madness
Sharn: City of Towers
Libris Mortis

[arguskos]

Complete Mage
Dragon Compendium
Spell Compendium
Player's Handbook 2
Dungeon Master's Guide 2

[PrismaticPIA]

Tomb of Battle: Book of Fine Hordes
Lords of MADDness
Playa's Handbag 2
Manualle of the Plains
Frostburn...ed (chicken I left in my freezer for twenty years)

[Draz74]

So, counting and listing,

You missed 1 of 2 votes for Dungeonscape before your list.

[AslanCross]

1. Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords.
2. PHB 2
3. Spell Compendium
4. Eberron Campaign Setting (for the Artificer and Warforged)
5. Complete Champion (Ordained Champion is still better than Warpriest)

[Graymayre]

Eberron Campaign Setting (everything)
Expanded Psionics Handbook (psionic entertainment)
Draconomicon (general Dragon Win)
Complete Warrior (Awesome feats for just about everyone)
Complete Scoundrel (gray guard)

In that order and with reasons.

[Sstoopidtallkid]

So, counting and listing, with those that 5 or more bold:
Complete Adventurer 3
Complete Arcane 7
Complete Champion 1
Complete Divine 1
Complete Mage 3
Complete Scoundrel 8
Complete Warrior 6
Draconomicon 2
Dragonlance Campaign Setting 1
Dungeon Master's Guide II 1
Dungeonscape 3
Eberron Campaign Setting 4
Expanded Psionics Handbook 3
Fiend Folio 1
Frostburn 1
Heroes of Battle 1
Heroes of Horror 2
Iron Heroes Companion 1
Liber Mortis 2
Lords of Madness 5
Magic Item Compendium 10
Magic of Incarnum 3
Manual of the Planes 2
Player's Guide to Faerun 1
Players Handbook II 11
Races of Stone 1
Races of the Dragon 1
Races of the Wild 3
Rules Compendium 1
Spell Compendium 7
Tome of Battle 16
Tome of Magic 4
Unearthed Arcana 5

Book of Erotic Fantasy 1
Conan D20 1
Crown of Shadows 1
Dragon Compendium 3
Midnight Campaign Setting, 2nd edition 1
Monte Cook's Iron Heroes 1
Plot and Poison 1

So, ToB gets mondo-love while the XPH gets almost none. The 2 are normally touted in the same breath and by the same people as fixing D&D, so I have to wonder why the difference. Is it just the SRD or something? All Completes are not created equal, but Compendiums are. PHB II is apparently more popular than the PHB, while 3rd party gets nothing.