Top 5 MUST HAVE Books

[Woody00]

Oh I will have to get that one.

Yeah its a fun book and answers alot really weird questions in game( how much is a tun of beer?). All items are mundane and has everything from plows and clothing to really good rp stuff. Like items and stock for a blacksmiths shop, several pages of arcane and divine spell components and the items( beakers, astrolabs, ect) and how many you need to fill a wizards lab. Other usefull items abound like the spider poles in the thieves section.

It had a really short print run and did'nt stay on the shelves long. Before Ebay and Amazon it was one of those "OMG I found it!!" type of supplement books.

[Flyhalfer]

You only need 5 books.

ADnD Players Handbook
ADnD Dungeon Master’s Guide
ADnD Monster Manual
ADnD Monster Manual II
ADnD T 1 (To get off on the right foot, best beginning/teaching module ever!)


After that all you need is a pencil, note book paper and graph paper.



It’s been my experience that, if you are playing a campaign, you can play for years of great fun with only the following on your character sheet:

In fact you should be able to forget it at home and not skip a beat.

If you pretty much only play stand alone modules, which I’ve always found to be fun, the more detailed rules versions are probably the best

Str
Dex
Con
Int
Wis
Cha

Name
Race
Class
Alignment
Level
AC
HP
Gender
Height
Weight
Age
Proficiencies
Spells
Equipment
Magic
Money
In game character notes

[clanqui]

The X-Crawl books.

[thekamurai]

I think you have some of these but I find I always have certain books with me when I play 3.5:

Complete Champion - Some of the best Divine flavored feats, prc's and some other nifty tidbits (I never leave home without it)
Complete Warrior - Great tactical feats and some neat prc's as well (I consider this a must have when making a melee type)
Complete Adventurer - More excellent feats as well as additional prc's
Unearthed Arcana - Great rules for dealing with Level Adjustment buy-off and variant base classes. Plus Gestalt rules
Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords - This book is full of win, use with caution.
Spell Compendium - Simply can't do without this nifty resource
Dragon Magic - Dragonfire Adept, some other cool stuff (invocations, auras, etc)
Races of Stone - Deepwarden prc, Goliath Race and a couple other great additions
Champions of Ruin - The feat "Craven" i believe is in this book, great for any sneak attacker
Frostburn - Neanderthals, snow casting, snowflake wardance, some really good stuff in this book.

I'm sure theres more but I find these books super useful.

[Woody00]

If you're a DM that likes torture your players this series is a must. They aren't base on any system so its pretty simple to transfer them over to whatever you are playing.

[Vikkus]

If you're a DM that likes torture your players this series is a must. They aren't base on any system so its pretty simple to transfer them over to whatever you are playing.

Those are great adventures. I ran the Dungeon of Doom for my group. That was alot of fun. Some of those traps are well thought out.