Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (grodog) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:38:47 GMT

Goblin Witchlord wrote:
Wolfgang Baur's "Kingdom of the Ghouls" in Dungeon was one of the best modules published for the magazine in the late '90s. I never played it, but it was fantastic reading. I never got a chance to look at his 3e version, but I bet its fantastic. Wizards updating it for 4e means there's almost certain to be a great new adventure series for that system, even if I'm unlikely to play...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Goblin Witchlord) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:58:45 GMT

Based on what our groups use most, I'd say...

1. SteelSqwire/GameMastery Flip Mat. Indispensible.
2. GameMastery Initiative Counter
3. Pathfinder RPG

After that, probably the Tome of Horrors.

As for modules/adventures, I'd say my favorites (that I would play or use again) are Wizard's Amulet/Crucible of Freya, Lost City of Barrakus, and the Shackled City AP. The later Paizo APs are probably more refined, but that's the one that got the...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Philotomy Jurament) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:02:57 GMT

D&D OGL for 3E:

The Black Company [Green Ronin]
Caverns of Thracia [NG]
Demons & Devils [NG]
Maure Castle [Paizo]
Necropolis [NG]
Ptolus [Malhavoc]
Rappan Athuk (the three module format) [NG]
Tomb of Abysthor [NG]
Vault of Larin Karr [NG]
Wilderlands of High Fantasy [NG]

OGL (non-3E D&D/D&Dish):
...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Sangrolu) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:42 GMT

1) City of Brass - Sandboxy + Epic = Teh Awesome. And also, look at those stat blocks! (CoB is why they wimped out on Stat Blocks in 4e, by the way. It's true. They took one look at Scott's work and said "well %#%@. We can't top that.")

2) Beyond Countless Doorways - My little planar playroom. Lots of cool bizarre places to explore and inflict on your players. (Incidentally, the best ones seem to be by Wolfgang Baur.)
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Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (leadjunkie) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:27:54 GMT

Sen the Collector wrote:
Hey Frost, just out of curiousity, do you have Kenzer's 3.5 screen? It's one of my favorite 3.x era products. I really dig that it has the xp and random treasure tables.

If it just had the spotting distance info, it would be perfect.

If you don't, I have one I could sell you cheap.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Sen the Collector) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:01:29 GMT

Hey Frost, just out of curiousity, do you have Kenzer's 3.5 screen? It's one of my favorite 3.x era products. I really dig that it has the xp and random treasure tables.

If it just had the spotting distance info, it would be perfect.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Frost) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:21:07 GMT

leadjunkie wrote:

8. Dungeon Crawl Classics #39: DM Screen (and Adventure) (Goodman Games) - Of the three published DM screens that I own, this one is hands down the best designed. You have to love the retro art that faces your players.

Leadjunkie's and Damien's posts convinced me to pick up this screen. I have been pondering it for quite some time. I am very pleased. I'm impressed...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (grodog) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:28:45 GMT

Adventures
- Maure Castle, Age of Worms - Paizo
- Empire of the Ghouls, Arabian Nights - Wolfgang Baur
- Tomb of Abysthor, Demons & Devils, Wizard's Amulet/Crucible of Freya, Vault of Larin Karr - NG
- Banewarrens - Malhavoc
- Thievery 101: Welcome to the Watchers/The Periapt of Famidon - Wyvern's Claw

Sourcebooks
- Magical Medieval Society series - Expeditious Retreat
- Mother of All Treasure Tables, Bard's Gate, Tome of Horrors,...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Turjan) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:31:37 GMT

This is not in particular order, and I have a hard time limiting it to 10. Today's selection looks like this:

1.Bard's Gate (Necro): There's nothing too special about this city, but that may be a good thing. It's interesting enough to have some adventures within its walls, but does not keep you from venturing outside. Let's not forget the dungeon in the vicinity: Rappan Athuk.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Damien the Bloodfeaster) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:25:49 GMT

One big advantage of the Book of Fiends is that all the creatures, demon lords, etc. presented are entirely new, not another rehash of existing D&D mythos...and the vast majority are quite interesting and usable (and some a bit disturbing). I'm glad Paizo picked up on it to draw from for Pathfinder.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Sen the Collector) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:37:43 GMT

Well, I have the Book of Fiends, but not the original 2 books (the demon and devil ones). For the Book of Fiends they updated the two softcovers to 3.5, plus added an extra book's worth of stuff on daemons.

I like Wotc's demon book almost as much as Book of Fiends. It was very well done, although I am still quite irked about the wussed down demon lords. *makes Will save, avoids the anti-Wotc tirade*
It's one of my favorite Wotc DnD books.

The follow...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Dark Mistress) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:42:38 GMT

I have both, I like the GR book better but the WotC book is pretty good, one of their better books from what I recall of it. Haven't picked it up for awhile though.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (leadjunkie) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:36:10 GMT

Damien the Bloodfeaster wrote:
8. Book of Fiends - Green Ronin's compilation of evil outsiders previously in separate books brings a load of new, interesting, and terrifying creatures to the DM's arsenal, and the quality is excellent throughout. Its impact is still felt in the 3rd party world--for example, some of the demon lords have appeared in the official Pathfinder setting by Paizo (my favorite...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (davrion24) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:50:31 GMT

No particular order, and will likely change as I've got a number of high quality products that I either haven't had a chance to read through or ones that I will eventually play (RARe):

NG: Crucible of Freya (and web support extras)

NG/JG: Caverns of Thracia

NG: City of Brass

FF: Midnight 2nd edition

GR: Thieves World Player's Manual

Open Design: Six Arabian Nights

Open Design: Empire of the Ghouls

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Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Damien the Bloodfeaster) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:28:21 GMT

Having done some published work for 3e, my opinion is of course going to be biased, so keep that in mind!

1. Rappan Athuk Reloaded - A classic many-level dungeon crawl, and the best mega-dungeon done for 3e. The fact that I did work on it and wrote the new material for the boxed set doesn't hurt either!

2. Lost City of Barakus - My favorite "sandbox" style adventure for 3e (though Vault of Larin Karr and Crucible of Freya are...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (JeffB) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:05:49 GMT

I bought well over 100 D20 books prior to 3.5, but I can only remember a few real standouts (as regards ot D&D material- some of the D20/OGL games were pretty good, like Mutants & Masterminds)

(Obligatory NNIO statement)

1) Crucible of Freya (WITH the web extras)
2) Of Sound Mind- and I hate Psionics in the general sense- a really good module nonetheless
3) Scarred Lands Gaz (not the hardcover,which was lame, I'm talking the 48 pager)
4) Denizens...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (gondolin) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:10:07 GMT

Not in order.

World's Largest Dungeon
Crucible of Freya
Rappan Athuk
Toolbox
Relics and Rituals
Castle Whiterock
Wilderlands of high fantasy
Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor
Citadel of Fire
City State of the Invincible Overlord

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (TheRavyn) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:37:04 GMT

1. Wilderlands boxed set
2. Crucible of Freya
3. Swords & Wizardry
4. Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3.0
5. Labyrinth Lord
6. Lost Empires of Faerun
7. Goodman Games' DM Campaign Record
8. City State of the Invincible Overlord
9. Dungeon Crawl Classics Line
10. Fiery Dragon's Counter Collection

If only there were room in my Wilderlands boxed set for the Swords&Wizardry book and some dice, I'd be all prepared for...

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Dark Mistress) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:09:18 GMT

Hmm after removing the WotC I ended up with 4 necro products which is a bit odd. I mean don't get me wrong I am a fan of Necro but honestly I am not a big fan of dungeon crawls and more than a few of Necro's books are. I do like the sandbox design of most of them though. Paizo and GR pretty much everything they make is close to that list, same with Mongoose's Conan line, the rest of their stuff is a lot more hit and miss.

Re: Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (Mister Frau Blucher) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:05:50 GMT

In no order:

1. WoHF and the Player's Guide

2. RARe

3. Coils of Set

4. CSIO (really came close the spirit of the original)

5. Caverns of Thracia

6. LCoB

7. Castle Whiterock

8. Secret Societies (or something like that, from White Wolf early on)

9. Tome of Horrors

and

10. Slumbering Tsa - I mean, Sword of Ai- I mean...D'oh!

Your Top Ten Special Third Party D&D Products (OGL)

feeds@yuku.com (DaveMage) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:10:37 GMT

Over the last 9 years there have been thousands of third party D&D products released. Many of those products are of questionable value, but this thread is to celebrate the great stuff.

List your Top Ten D&D based products that have come out from third party publishers over the last 9 years and why.

Here's My Top Ten:

1. Wilderlands of High Fantasy Box Set (Necromancer)

This is one of those special products that can be used with the...