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#1 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 0:46:01	This post by Surreal is a great post to find all of the links you may need. This thread is simply taking ONE part of his huge list and focusing on it. I've noticed around the forum that people have spent time compiling Handbooks for certain character classes. I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds these astonishingly useful so I thought I'd create this thread to harbour links to all the handbooks. They'll be sorted into Base classes and Prestige classes. I thank everyone who has helped build these and hope more can be made Archive Handbooks are removed unless they are the sole handbook for that class. Base Archivist by CO Members Artificer by waper9 Barbarian by Midnight_v Barbarian II by Mucknuggle Bard by CO Members Beguiler by LucRivNor Beguiler II by amatulic Beguiler III by Nicholas the Paladin Binder by CO Members Cleric by CO Members Death Master by Sinfire Titan Dragon Shaman by Corm_Evyrncrest Dragonfire Adept by JanusJones Dread Necromancer by CO Members Druid by A Man In Black Druid II by CO Members Druid - Shapeshifter by Arismir Duskblade by Dictum Mortuum Hexblade by Dictum Mortuum Factotum by JanusJones Fighter by Dictum Mortuum Monk by Zenzei Monk II by mean_liar Ninja by Elephant Jack Paladin by Dictum Mortuum Psion by Carnivore Ranger by Antarx Rogue by Sang-Drax Rogue II by Funny Slaughter Rogue - Unarmed by Dictum Mortuum Scout by Encard Shugenja by InnaBinder Sorcerer by Alastar Sorcerer II by bjorsa Soulborn - Archive Post by Gerdreg Spellthief by Kribage Spirit Shaman by Xeraph Swashbuckler by boffer Swift-Hunter by Dictum Mortuum Truenamer by Tleilaxu_Ghola Warlock by Tealgorthian Warlock II by Thinblade Warlock - Glaivelock by JanusJones Wizard by Dictum Mortuum Wizard II by Yekoj Wizard III by Treantmonklvl20 Wizard - Conjurer by Echodork Wizard - Enchanter by zarzak Wizard - Focused Specialist by Treantmonklvl20
#2 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 0:46:32	Reserved space... Y'know.. All the cool kids have some!
#3 stickboy2323 Apr 02, 2008 0:50:11	Thank you. Now I can clean up my bookmarks.
#4 archerpwr Apr 02, 2008 1:08:40	Don't the Handy Links already do this?
#5 surreal Apr 02, 2008 1:14:02
#6 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 1:20:45	Don't the Handy Links already do this? Bleh, they do (failed on my search roll). Not exactly... Eye friendly that thread though... Here is that post, seems more complete.
#7 zopzop Apr 02, 2008 1:40:56	Good God! There are no less than three Druid handbooks (hell even Spirit Shaman's got one) but none for the Favored Soul? Anyone interested in throwing one together? I'll help, I have quite a few 3.5 books I got on the cheap from a roommate (the ones I don't have I'll swipe while he's not looking :D ).
#8 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 1:49:33	Good God! There are no less than three Druid handbooks (hell even Spirit Shaman's got one) but none for the Favored Soul? Anyone interested in throwing one together? I'll help, I have quite a few 3.5 books I got on the cheap from a roommate (the ones I don't have I'll swipe while he's not looking :D ). If you want talk on the mighty cheese taste some find the Favored Soul to be then there's this thread :D, however if you and/or others made a handbook it'd be awesome and I may have to praise you.
#9 davethemagicweasel Apr 02, 2008 2:09:03	*ahem* ToB for Dummies? Anywho, I once started a Favored Soul Handbook and the unavoidable conclusion was that Cleric was better at 99% of everything. Anyone who thinks they're overpowered is deluding themselves.
#10 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 5:08:20	*ahem* ToB for Dummies? Added in, very nice thread.
#11 Dictum_Mortuum Apr 02, 2008 5:43:28	the first cleric handbook is a link to the revenant blade handbook, you may want to fix that.
#12 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 6:08:08	the first cleric handbook is a link to the revenant blade handbook, you may want to fix that. Fixed, cheers.
#13 zendu Apr 02, 2008 9:10:24	*cough* I heard the authors of this barbarian thread were awesome. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1006656
#14 sinfire_titan Apr 02, 2008 9:21:37	I've almost completed this blasted thing!
#15 zopzop Apr 02, 2008 12:05:44	Anywho, I once started a Favored Soul Handbook and the unavoidable conclusion was that Cleric was better at 99% of everything. While it's true that those glory hog clerics are indeed better than favored souls 99.99999999% of the time, I still think favored souls deserve a handbook. I mean druids are better than spirit shamans 99% of the time and spirit shamans have their own handbook (IMHO favored soul > spirit shaman but that's just MHO). Dave your Favored Soul-zilla build was awesome. If you ever rethink of making a favored soul handbook I'll help anyway I can. I have access to the following books : Lords of Darkness, Fiend Folio (it's missing a few pages but I got it dirt cheap), Faiths and Pantheons, Complete Divine, Spell Compendium, Forgetten Realms Campaign Setting, Complete Warrior, Complete Mage, Dragon Magic, Draconomicon, Races of the Dragon, and COmplete Arcane.
#16 davethemagicweasel Apr 02, 2008 12:18:17	I've probably still got the Wordpad file somewhere. I guess I could just post the incomplete version. I'll have a look for the file.
#17 surreal Apr 02, 2008 14:58:02	Bleh, they do (failed on my search roll). Not exactly... Eye friendly that thread though... Here is that post, seems more complete. A thousand or so links organized into rough categories, sorted alphabetically or chronologically where appropriate... I don't really have the energy to make it pretty beyond that.
#18 astaraelsco Apr 02, 2008 21:35:17	*cough* I heard the authors of this barbarian thread were awesome. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1006656 Added in, and indeed they are awesome I've almost completed this blasted thing! Heh heh, it's already in the list. I put it in other as it deals with a magic type rather than a specific class. Good work on it! A thousand or so links organized into rough categories, sorted alphabetically or chronologically where appropriate... I don't really have the energy to make it pretty beyond that. Don't get me wrong, your list is awesome and very complete and I think it's great you took the time to make it. Having made this thread now I'll probably keep updating it anyway, but I'll put a link to yours in the first post as it's got a lot of other stuff as well.
#19 astaraelsco Apr 06, 2008 3:35:16	Still looking for more Handbooks to add to the list On a seperate note, is there any other list compilation people would like? Or anything like that?
#20 astaraelsco Apr 14, 2008 10:42:06	Added Pixie Handbook by Carnivore..
#21 Xeraph Apr 14, 2008 13:21:14	I mean druids are better than spirit shamans 99% of the time and spirit shamans have their own handbook (IMHO favored soul > spirit shaman but that's just MHO). You don't want to underestimate the Spirit Shaman. They can have one spell more than you that requires concentrain active each round. They can cast metamagiced spells at a semi spontainous rate, which no other caster can do in the game. And then we are only talking about 2 of their class abilities. Favored Soul better than Spirit Shaman? Well they do have access to Cleric spells. Druid spells get the job done though. On the part of Druids are better than Spirit Shamans? Well, they have a Fighter add on from level 5 and full caster progression, they are better gish than most others with only one feat, how can anyone compare with that.
#22 carnivore Apr 14, 2008 14:19:21	you are missing several Psionic Handbooks ... will try to get the links later :D
#23 astaraelsco Apr 15, 2008 10:44:51	you are missing several Psionic Handbooks ... will try to get the links later :D That'd be good, in the meantime I added the Psion buildguide from your sig :P Also added "by xxx" so people can easily see who needs praised
#24 xeno426 Aug 03, 2008 23:43:01	Are there no Sohei handbooks?
#25 reality_czech Aug 04, 2008 11:12:07	Great work.
#26 divisionbyzer0 Sep 01, 2008 22:55:30	Fire hobgolblins get +2 to abilities which are all useful to a wizard: +2 con, +2 dex, +2 int, -2 cha along with fire resistance 5, low light vision, but no bonus to stealth skills... too bad they are an LA +1 race.
#27 xeno426 Sep 01, 2008 22:56:29	That can be somewhat mitigated if you are allowed to use the UA rules for LA buyoff.
#28 divisionbyzer0 Sep 01, 2008 23:08:20	Whoops I intended to post the above in the wizards handbook!
#29 xeno426 Sep 01, 2008 23:09:59	Whoops I intended to post the above in the wizards handbook! Which one? ;)
#30 aden_nialo Sep 02, 2008 1:01:48	Thank you. Now I can clean up my bookmarks. ditto
#31 bjorsa Sep 02, 2008 7:18:19	Sorcerer, shamelessly admitted by the author. At least it's complete and not a work in progress.
#32 shriekingdrake Sep 02, 2008 8:34:28	Sorcerer, shamelessly admitted by the author. At least it's complete and not a work in progress. It's an excellent handbook and well worth extolling. --ShriekingDrake
#33 innabinder Sep 19, 2008 6:19:41	Shugenja Handbook looks like it needs writing. Assuming that can be optimized.
#34 astaraelsco Sep 19, 2008 6:25:20	Sorcerer, shamelessly admitted by the author. At least it's complete and not a work in progress. Added it, may I say it's got some useful information and also made me laugh, so thumbs up from me - nice work! :D
#35 TAFENERD Dec 31, 2008 5:46:08	Treantmonk's Guide to Enchantment: God's Tools needs to be added to Wizard Spells Analysed, Hot-or-Not
#36 astaraelsco Dec 31, 2008 9:12:10	Treantmonk's Guide to Enchantment: God's Tools needs to be added to Wizard Spells Analysed, Hot-or-Not Added, ty
#37 Omni-Wyvernil Jul 25, 2009 6:11:13	This seems like a useful source for finding the various class information handbooks. Good work.
#38 lormador Jul 26, 2009 5:08:24	Some handbooks, however, are missing!
#39 dandu Jul 26, 2009 5:18:59	Indubitably so
#40 surreal Jul 26, 2009 13:21:09	I have most of them, though I may be an update behind.
#41 Omni-Wyvernil Aug 03, 2009 8:30:40	There's a few others missing here, such as one for the Shugenja: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1187297
#42 astaraelsco Aug 03, 2009 9:46:08	There's a few others missing here, such as one for the Shugenja: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1187297 Added, I don't frequent here anymore so I'm updating solely based on replies to the thread. Maybe one day I'll find my D&D hat again and properly update it all...
#43 felgoroth Aug 07, 2009 19:03:19	Does anyone have an Incarnate Handbook?
#44 innabinder Aug 08, 2009 7:03:18	Incarnate, by Todd. Totemist, by Doggieboy. Also check Sinfire Titan's sig; he's made guides to Incarnum before and knows the stuff pretty well.
#45 steffik Aug 08, 2009 9:49:48	The Blue Mage Handbook by gorfnad the shiznit
#46 Omni-Wyvernil Dec 10, 2009 23:25:36	A few more handbooks yet to be added: Soulknife guide Wilder guide Lurk guide