WeaselGuy's Index of Handbooks and Guides (3.x Ed)

[loky1109]

And one more
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...al-Arts-Styles

and another one:
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...haman-Handbook

[pabelfly]

I would suggest the classes be in alphabetical order and each have their own separate entry, and the title of the guide, for ease of reading.

So, like

Truenamer
In the Beginning was The Word, and the Word was Suck
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-to-Truenamers

That way, you'll know which classes have guides and what guides are available for each of them.

Also, the SPOILER tags are good for expanding/collapsing lists, so you don't have to do so much scrolling to find what you want, and makes it much easier to navigate.

[Bullet06320]

Class Skills
Alternative Ways to Get New Class Skills - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...w-Class-skills

this is the most recent version of that thread
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...6#post20885236

Dictum Mortuum’s Wizard Handbook
https://dictummortuum.blogspot.com/2...ttributes.html

Being Batman: the Logic Ninja's Guide to Wizards
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...s-Being-Batman

and here is a bunch of the threads that I mirrored and are useful to many

Mastering the Malconvoker
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...he-Malconvoker

Summoning Handbook
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...0#post22092940

Legal 3.5 Summonable Monster List
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...e-Monster-List

The Summoner's Desk Reference [D&D 3.5]
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...ce-D-amp-D-3-5

Practical Demonkeeping (A Summoner's Guide to the Lower Planes)
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-Lower-Planes)

Ways to boost Summon Elemental?
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...mmon-Elemental

Planar Binding and You (Bonus Stories Included)
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...ries-Included)

Rising Above (A Summoner's Guide to the Upper Planes)
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-Upper-Planes)

LOES: Spamming and Summoning Elementals From Level 1
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...s-From-Level-1

Evasion index
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-Evasion-index

Mechonomicon
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...2-Mechonomicon

Spells that save you from taking feats or investing skill points?
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...g-skill-points

Minor Creation and You, a Small Guide
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-a-Small-Guide

The Basket Weaver's Handbook
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...ver-s-Handbook

About cantrips / prestidigitations
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...stidigitations

The Planar Shepherd Handbook
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...pherd-Handbook

The Jumplomancer - are you serious?
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...re-you-serious

Variant Class Feature Chaining
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...ature-Chaining

[Bavarian itP]

The Best Feats of 3.5, by Grod_The_Giant
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...t-Feats-of-3-5

Skills Skills Skills, by Thurbane
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-skills-skills

Updated Master of Many Forms Bible + official wild shape rules, by Rakoa
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...es-(recovered)

[Anthrowhale]

Piercing Immunities, Skillful Full Casters, and Uptier base classes may be suitable. Team Mundane may possibly be of interest---it's phrased as a set of builds, but contains an arsenal of tricks to make mundanes semi-effective.

[pabelfly]

Good progress so far, WeaselGuy.

I think the individual sections need some sort of order to them. For example, I saw the Swordsage handbook linked twice, in completely different spots. (I also saw my "Ways to Expand a Spell List" twice, but I've got no complaints about that).

So, individual classes should each have a heading in the classes section, and maybe separated by base classes and prestige classes. There should also be a title before each handbook for classes with multiple handbooks.

Others should also be broken down into individual sections. Magic, for example, could have a metamagic section, a familiar section, a spell list section, spell school section, and so forth.

[northernbard80]

Weaselguy, thank you so much!

These handbooks are a boon for character creation, adventuring, campaigns, etc. My hat is off to you.

[daremetoidareyo]

[B]Disable Device
Knowledge
Bluff
Survival
Listen
Escape Artist
Disguise
Appraise

[Saintheart]

Blatant self-promotion, but these handbooks in my sig aren't in the head post yet:

3.5 DM's Guide to Using and Improving Monsters

The 3.5 Critical Hit Handbook and Direct Link to GoogleDocs version.

Also, in prestige classes: The Runecaster Handbook

And expanding out my guides focused on particular weapons:

A Hand of Staves: A 3.5 resource for the Quarterstaff

A Subtle Knife: A 3.5 resource for the Dagger

A Bar Sinister: A 3.5 resource for the Bastard Sword and Katana

A Ballad for John Henry: A 3.5 resource for the Warhammer

[Twurps]

Great work WeaselGuy!

Am I overlooking it, or are we missing:
'Bunko's bargain basement'

[Gruftzwerg]

Arsenic & Old Lace: The Poison Handbook

hm.. I assume "Concept guides" is the most fitting category

edit: I somehow missed that it was already mentioned..

[Paragon]

Just found another two :)

A guide to free D&D

And Exotic Practice of Feat Binding

[northernbard80]

I don't think I saw the Sorcerer's Handbook shared here. So here it is!

https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...rer-s-Handbook

[Dalmosh]

https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...moner-Handbook

This is pretty awesome, probably should come under worldbuilding rather than classes though.

[loky1109]

And this: Famous optimized character builds - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...aracter-builds

[Troacctid]

ICYMI:

List of all spellcasting classes
Comprehensive Deity and Domain Database
D&D 3.5e List of Useful Items

[northernbard80]

I don't think I saw the Shaman handbook posted; that's my favorite class in 3.x along with the Bard. And so...


The Shaman Handbook (Oriental Adventures):
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...tal-Adventures

[loky1109]

I think this thread needed to be pinned.

[WeaselGuy]

I need to update it and do some more formatting again. I'll try to knock that out tomorrow.

[MinimanMidget]

Thanks for all the work you're doing on this!

[Particle_Man]

Not sure if it matters too much but I think you listed "Swordsage - this one will walk the whole way" twice in the class guides.

[Jopustopin]

Dragon Shaman Handbook:

Mine

Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20130604...haman_Handbook


The only Camel's Handbook.

[Hish]

I cross referenced with my subscriptions folder and here are the guides I don't see on the list:


The New Warlock Handbook by ThiagoMartell

For Massive Damage!: A Critical Hit Handbook by PhantasyPen

Thinking on Your Feet: The Psychic Rogue Handbook by Psyren

Zen Psionics: Mastering the Meditant by Psyren

Person Man's Guide to Shields by Person_Man

and not quite a handbook but it seems relevant:
Monster Manual VI - Online Monsters by Thurbane

[Condé]

Excellent initiative.

I have seen some of you link some of thurbane's work.

Check his signature you can find some interesting stuff.

https://forums.giantitp.com/showsing...&postcount=219

[WeaselGuy]

The Best Feats of 3.5, by Grod_The_Giant
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...t-Feats-of-3-5

Skills Skills Skills, by Thurbane
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...-skills-skills

Updated Master of Many Forms Bible + official wild shape rules, by Rakoa
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...es-(recovered)

Alright, for my own bookkeeping, I have everything (I think) up to and including here added in, just short of "go check this sig for links" posts (I think).

I did go ahead and sort the class guides, and at this point, I'm sick of staring at bbcode lol.

[loky1109]

Under "Malconvoker" is placed Marshal Handbook with broken link.
It looks like two Spoilers are stuck together.

Also broken link under Shaman.
Also nothing under Spirit Shaman and Swashbuckler.

[PoeticallyPsyco]

First off, I really appreciate this resource.

Caedrus' fear handbook is currently in the Class Skills folder; it should probably be moved the Concept Guides spoiler, since it covers everything from feats to classes to spells.

Looks like Why Each Class is in its Tier: Pathfinder Edition is missing from the Tiering folder.

[northernbard80]

@WeaselGuy

In the class section, you put a link to the Spirit Shaman handbook instead of the OA Shaman.

The correct link to the Shaman Handbook (Oriental Adventures):
https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...tal-Adventures


Thanks again for your amazing work - it's handy to have all of these on one thread!

[pabelfly]

Good work so far, weaselguy. You might want to give each of the links a title and put them in alphabetical order when you're ready to deal with BB code again.

[Maat Mons]

Since you're including links to handbooks on MinMaxForum, I suggest Sources of Bonuses to Ability Scores updated.