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#1 Lord_Magiku Aug 31, 2009 17:39:14	With my birthday tomorrow, I'll have some change, and I'm thinking of buying a 3.5 book.  But, which to buy?  Does anyone have personal favorites?  I'd like the book to be player-oriented.  Suggestions? (I only have the PH1, MM1, AND DMG1)
#2 salla Aug 31, 2009 18:00:22	Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords.  Give the martial characters some love.
#3 oxybe Aug 31, 2009 19:39:36	depends really. the "Complete X" series is generally well received as player material. depending on your character preference each book will offer different things, but Warrior, Arcane/Mage & Divine are your best bets. the 3 compendiums (magic item, spell & rules) are nice to have, if only one per table. -MIC has a whole slew of goodies for players. -spell comp. has bunch of well... spells as well as updated versions of older ones -rules compendium is too awesome for words as it contains all the errata & updated rules in an easy to read & well presented format i hear good things about Tome of Battle, but i've never even seen it at our FLGS
#4 RPJesus Aug 31, 2009 21:12:04	Tome of Magic. Binders, Shadowcasters and Truenamers. Truenamers I can take or leave, but the other two I want inside me. I also reccomend Expanded Psionics Handbook, but be prepared for your DM to spout "PSIONICKS ARE BORKED!" BS.
#5 viletta Aug 31, 2009 23:49:26	I don't like Tome of Magic, personally.  Shadowcasters are fairly borked, and Truenamers are utterly broken (as in nonfunctional), so all it really has of note is Binders. The Complete series is always good to have, yes, as it's fairly standard, but it's not all that spectacular.  Still, picking up Complete Blah for your class type of choice is usually a good idea (unless it's Complete Warrior). I also don't recommend Expanded Psionics Handbook, as the vast majority of its content is available for free in the SRD. For the number one splatbook in all of 3.5, go with Tome of Battle.  It's awesome.  It makes melee characters legitimately useful, powerful, viable, and interesting.  Get this long before picking up Complete Warrior. The Spell Compendium is probably more useful to spellcasters than Complete Arcane/Mage, and has... well... a lot of spells.  It's exactly what it says on the tin, and very good at it.  The Magic Item Compendium is also a good 'un, though depending on how your gaming group operates, that may be of more use for the DM.
#6 Lord_Magiku Sep 01, 2009 17:25:59	Okay, so looks like Im going to put my priority list as follows:: Spell Comendium > Complete Arcane > Magic Item Compendium > Tome of Battle Cause I like mages =P   Any others?
#7 katamar Sep 01, 2009 20:36:14	I'm a fairly new player to D&D, and have never DM'd...so I'm probably foolish, but i really enjoyed complete scoundrel. Skill tricks and ambush feats i found neat.
#8 navar100 Sep 01, 2009 21:54:57	If you like playing spellcasters then get Spell Compendium for more variety of spells than the usual PHB.  If you like playing warriors then get Book Of Nine Swords to play more versatile warriors and do stuff other than "I attack".  If you like playing roguish then get Complete Adventurer for interesting game mechanics stuff and perhaps inspirational ideas.