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#1 mulsiphix Aug 14, 2010 16:12:47	Long story short I watched 3.X/d20/OGL come and go without being personally involved. Life was too hectic and busy and now that I am sitting down with 4E I'm finding many low or no crunch d20/OGL content available on DriveThruRPG. I really want to make up for lost time. I am most interested in products that make the life of a GM easier but also really help the GM add depth, detail, and immersion into his adventures or campaign. Products that expand on common but usually shallowly presented topics topics (city building or romance for instance)  available in one book or a book series. Above all else if you feel a fluffier product has really improved your games for whatever reason, I would love to hear about it. The following is a list of products I have already purchased which I'm posting as an example of products that have fit this criteria in my eyes. For the sake of providing more examples I am including my recent DriveThruRPG  purchases as well. I would love to receive any feedback or product suggestions for d20/OGL or Generic/System-Independent products. Any help would be most appreciated :D. d20/OGL Products DM Mastery: NPC Essentials Dungeon GM Mastery: Holiday Essentials Kobold Ecologies The Mother of All Treasure Tables Toolbox Toxicant Older Editions of D&D The Dungeon Alphabet The Random Esoteric Creature Generator Generic/System Independent City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1 KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 2 KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 3 Open Game Table Blog Anthology, Vol. 1 Open Game Table Blog Anthology, Vol. 2 Ultimate Toolbox 4E GSL Products Castoffs and Crossbreeds Hard Boiled Armies Hard Boiled Cultures Plague RPG.net Member d20/OGL Suggestions I've Purchased A Magical Medieval Society Western Europe A Magical Society: Ecology and Culture A Magical Society: Silk Road Bits of the X series by Tabletop Adventures Book of the Righteous Complete Book of Villains (AD&D 2E) Complete Guide to X series from Goodman Games Noble Steeds Pirate's Guide to Freeport Points of Light Points of Light 2 Slayer's Guide to X series from Mongoose Dragon Magazine Discovery! Dragon Ecologies: I was disappointed that Kobold Ecologies was the only ecology content I could find. I visited DragonDex and found this article. Scrolled down a bit and found Ecology Articles. Talk about hitting the mother load!!
#2 walterhisownself Aug 15, 2010 19:34:14	Though they are not d20 system books, any of the GURPS books from 3rd edition GURPS are excellent. I recommend GURPS Religion, GURPS Camelot, GURPS Horror 3rd edition, GURPS Places of Mystery, GURPS Swashbucklers 3rd edition, and GURPS Russia. Even the 4th edition GURPS books are very good, such as GURPS Banestorm. The Pendragon supplements from Pendragon 4th edition are rich with setting material too.