D&D 3E/3.5 3.0 third party books

[Bestbake]

Hello

There are some pretty good sales on at drivethrurpg at the moment, so I'd like your thoughts and opinions on some 3.0 content.

What 3.0 books, that aren't by WotC, would you recommend? Sourcebooks, adventures, settings, tools, it's all good

I'm pretty fond of If Thoughts Could Kill and Mindscapes as they're some of the few books that expand on 3.0's psionics system (though I have these in print, I'm unsure if the PDFs available are 3.0 or the 3.5 versions).

 

[Alzrius]

I'd strongly recommend Green Ronin's 3rd Era PDF Mega-Bundle (affiliate link). It has some 3.5 stuff too, but you're also getting incredible 3.0 books like Plot & Poison: A Guidebook to Drow, Freeport: City of Adventure, Testament: Role-Playing in the Biblical Era, and quite a few more. They even included the old web enhancements from their website!

 

[Bestbake]

Brilliant, thank you. I'll be getting that with your link. I remember really liking the monstrous races from Bastards & Bloodlines.

 

[Greg K]

• Adamant Entertainment
  • Corsairs
• Alderac Entertainment (AEG)
  • Toolbox
  • Wilds
• Avalanche Press
  • Noble Steeds
• Bards and Sages
  • Koboldnomicon (pdf only)
  • Shark! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
  • Snakes! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
  • Spiders! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
• Bastion Press
  • Alchemy & Herbalists
  • Fairies
• Betabbunny
  • Bestiary: Predators (pdf only?)
• Blackdirge Publishing
  • Blackdyrge Bargain Templates (a line of monster templatepdfs)
  • Blackdyrge Bargain Bestiaries
  • Blackdyrge Master at Arms (a line of fighter prc pdfs based around weapons)
• Blue Devil Games
  • Poisoncraft
• EN Publishing
  • Tournaments Taverns and Fairs
• Fat Goblin Games/ Tricky Owlbear
  • Behind the Spells: Compendium
• Green Ronin
  • Advanced Bestiary
  • Book of Fiends
  • Book of the Righteous
  • Master Class: Cavalier's Handbook
  • Master Class: Psychic's Handbook
  • Master Class: Shaman's Handbook
  • Master Class: Witch's Handbook
• Malhavoc
  • Book of Iron Might
• Monkey God Enterprises/ High Moon Games
  • From Stone to Steel
• Silverthorne/Goodman Games
  • Deluxe Book of Templates Revised
• Skirmisher Press
  • City Builder
  • Experts 3.5
  • Insults & Injuries

 

[Bestbake]

Oh wow, awesome. I'll give those suggestions a peek. Thanks

 

[Alzrius]

• Adamant Entertainment
  • Corsairs
• Alderac Entertainment (AEG)
  • Toolbox
  • Wilds
• Avalanche Press
  • Noble Steeds
• Bards and Sages
  • Koboldnomicon (pdf only)
  • Shark! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
  • Snakes! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
  • Spiders! (pdf only) (this is now free on Drivethrurpg)
• Bastion Press
  • Alchemy & Herbalists
  • Fairies
• Betabbunny
  • Bestiary: Predators (pdf only?)
• Blackdirge Publishing
  • Blackdyrge Bargain Templates (a line of monster templatepdfs)
  • Blackdyrge Bargain Bestiaries
  • Blackdyrge Master at Arms (a line of fighter prc pdfs based around weapons)
• Blue Devil Games
  • Poisoncraft
• EN Publishing
  • Tournaments Taverns and Fairs
• Fat Goblin Games/ Tricky Owlbear
  • Behind the Spells: Compendium
• Green Ronin
  • Advanced Bestiary
  • Book of Fiends
  • Book of the Righteous
  • Master Class: Cavalier's Handbook
  • Master Class: Psychic's Handbook
  • Master Class: Shaman's Handbook
  • Master Class: Witch's Handbook
• Malhavoc
  • Book of Iron Might
• Monkey God Enterprises/ High Moon Games
  • From Stone to Steel
• Silverthorne/Goodman Games
  • Deluxe Book of Templates Revised
• Skirmisher Press
  • City Builder
  • Experts 3.5
  • Insults & Injuries

I'll note that a lot of these are 3.5 books, rather than 3.0.

 

[TerraDave]

A glorious era brought to a premature end. So much good, and so much bad!

GRs Testament was mentioned above. The intro adventure NeMorens vault is an all time fave. I may think of more.

 

[Greg K]

I'll note that a lot of these are 3.5 books, rather than 3.0.

Actually, I got most of these during 3.0. Only a couple are 3.5.

 

[Alzrius]

Actually, I got most of these during 3.0. Only a couple are 3.5.

At a glance, the following are 3.5 products:

• Adamant Entertainment's Corsairs.
• Bards and Sages' Koboldnomicon.
• Betabunny's The Bestiary: Predators.
• Everything by Blackdyrge.
• Blue Devil Games' Poisoncraft.
• Fat Goblin Games'/Tricky Owlbear's Behind the Spells Compendium.
• All of the Green Ronin products listed, except for the Witch's Handbook and Shaman's Handbook. (Book of the Righteous was 3.0 when it was released, but got a 3.5 PDF update.)
• Malhavoc Press' The Book of Iron Might.
• While Silverthorne Games' Book of Templates - Deluxe Edition was (I believe) for 3.0, there's also a Book of Templates Deluxe Edition 3.5. Neither has "revised" in their title that I recall.
• Skirmisher's Experts v.3.5 is for 3.5...it's right there in the name. Insults & Injuries is likewise for 3.5 (though it also has a Pathfinder 1E version), and City Builder is (as I recall) system-agnostic.

 

[Celebrim]

The ones that I found most influential were The Bestiary: Predators., Green Ronin's "Shaman's Handbook" and "The Book of the Righteous". Hot Pursuit: The Definitive D20 Guide to Chases, Monte Cooks "Arcana Unearthed", Sword & Sorcery's "Ravenloft Campaign Guide", and Mongoose's "Book of the Planes".