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Uzzy
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Posted - 17 Jul 2009 :  02:56:30  Show Profile  Visit Uzzy's Homepage Send Uzzy a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Ultra quick and easy question for you lot. I need a list of all the 3.5 FR books, preferably ranked in order, with the one with the most amount of crunch (which I'm guessing will be the Players Guide) at the top.

Doesn't need to be exact, just a quick guestimate will do. Thanks in advance!

Arivia
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Posted - 17 Jul 2009 :  03:02:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Player's Guide to Faerun
Serpent Kingdoms
City of Splendors: Waterdeep
Champions of Valor
Champions of Ruin
Dragons of Faerun
Underdark
(Unapproachable East)
Shining South
That big three book adventure trilogy
Sons of Gruumsh
Lost Empires of Faerun
(Races of Faerun)
Power of Faerun
Grand History of the Realms

Parentheses are the two 3.25 books that are technically 3.0 but knew a lot about 3.5.

Edited by - Arivia on 17 Jul 2009 03:03:22
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Jakk
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Posted - 17 Jul 2009 :  17:35:43  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I knew there was a reason why LEoF, PoF, and GHotR are my three favourite 3.5 Realms books...

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.
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Hawkins
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Posted - 17 Jul 2009 :  18:09:04  Show Profile  Visit Hawkins's Homepage Send Hawkins a Private Message  Reply with Quote
PoF is the only one that I have read cover-to-cover of those three. I still need to buy the Shadowdale, Anauroch, and Moon Sea adventures.

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Purple Dragon Knight
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Posted - 18 Jul 2009 :  15:44:20  Show Profile Send Purple Dragon Knight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Incidentally I have all these books for sale. Ten dollars (CAN) per item is what I'm angling for...
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Jakk
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Posted - 18 Jul 2009 :  22:13:51  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Looking at the list again, I probably would have ranked the adventure trilogy above Underdark and Shining South for crunch content... but that might just be because of my dislike for 4.0 and the fact that, if I want crunch, I'll buy a bag of chips. Anyone can bash out stats; it's the lore content that made a pre-4E FR book worth buying, because that's the stuff that's time-consuming for DMs to create on their own. We can hope that Wizbro will have figured some of these things out by the time 4.5 comes along...

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Zanan
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Posted - 19 Jul 2009 :  14:37:10  Show Profile  Visit Zanan's Homepage Send Zanan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
One should really have a look at Amazon's marketplace sites, as you can get very (as in VERY) good deals for some FR books now - stocks need to be cleared, apparently.

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Uzzy
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Posted - 19 Jul 2009 :  22:37:37  Show Profile  Visit Uzzy's Homepage Send Uzzy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As an aside, the reason I wanted this list was so I can prepare to convert as much of the crunch as possible to the Pathfinder rules. Should be easy enough to do, I think.
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Ashe Ravenheart
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Posted - 19 Jul 2009 :  23:57:23  Show Profile Send Ashe Ravenheart a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Uzzy

As an aside, the reason I wanted this list was so I can prepare to convert as much of the crunch as possible to the Pathfinder rules. Should be easy enough to do, I think.



I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.

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Arivia
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Posted - 20 Jul 2009 :  01:04:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Uzzy

As an aside, the reason I wanted this list was so I can prepare to convert as much of the crunch as possible to the Pathfinder rules. Should be easy enough to do, I think.



In that case, Power of Faerun might be hardest, as its treatment of leadership rules depends upon epic underpinnings that might not be true for Pathfinder.
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Jakk
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Posted - 20 Jul 2009 :  03:59:40  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What Ashe said. I can't wait until next month.

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 20 Jul 2009 04:00:41
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bitter thorn
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Posted - 21 Jul 2009 :  01:15:58  Show Profile  Visit bitter thorn's Homepage Send bitter thorn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Arivia

Player's Guide to Faerun
Serpent Kingdoms
City of Splendors: Waterdeep
Champions of Valor
Champions of Ruin
Dragons of Faerun
Underdark
(Unapproachable East)
Shining South
That big three book adventure trilogy
Sons of Gruumsh
Lost Empires of Faerun
(Races of Faerun)
Power of Faerun
Grand History of the Realms

Parentheses are the two 3.25 books that are technically 3.0 but knew a lot about 3.5.



Would you have a list of the 3.0 books per chance?

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Arivia
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Posted - 21 Jul 2009 :  02:20:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In the same order:

Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun (has 3e red/monster trade dress)
City of the Spider Queen
Faiths and Pantheons
Lords of Darkness
Magic of Faerun
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Silver Marches

Additionally, my 3.5 list missed Mysteries of the Moonsea and the Twilight Tomb if you're being really completist.
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bitter thorn
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Posted - 21 Jul 2009 :  05:45:47  Show Profile  Visit bitter thorn's Homepage Send bitter thorn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks!

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bitter thorn
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Posted - 21 Jul 2009 :  20:21:13  Show Profile  Visit bitter thorn's Homepage Send bitter thorn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Arivia

In the same order:

Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun (has 3e red/monster trade dress)
City of the Spider Queen
Faiths and Pantheons
Lords of Darkness
Magic of Faerun
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Silver Marches

Additionally, my 3.5 list missed Mysteries of the Moonsea and the Twilight Tomb if you're being really completist.



I would add Into the Dragon's Lair too.

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