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Legal Sources
« on: March 22, 2018, 02:17:57 PM »
Whats Legal by categories of decreasing acceptability:
Core

PHB
DMG
MM
Accessible for free

SRD
Web Enhancements (I count atleast 43 seperate, useful WotC pages)
Generic 3.5 Supplements

BoED
BoVD
CAd
CAr
CC
CD
      Ci
CM
CP
CS
CW
DM
DMC
DMG2
DotU
Dr
      Du
EE
ELH
EoE
EPH
FCI
FCII
FF
      Fr
HoB
HoH
LM
LoM
MH
MIC
MM2
MM3
MM4
MM5
MoI
PH2
RC
RoD
RoS
RotD
RotW
      Sa
      Sto
ToB
ToM
UA
WoL

Note: Several of the books from series. If the series isnt listed consecutively, it is marked.
Generic Unupdated 3.0 Supplements

AEG
DD
DotF
EA
MotP
MotW
PlH
SBG
SF
SS
TB
Adventure Specific

AEoS
BoBS
BofFK
CoP
CotSQ
CTotW
DH
EH
EotLQ
EtCR
EttDP
EttRoG
EtU
FaT    (living greyhawk)
FLDG
FLFotD
FLHP
FLTFoR
FLtFR
FoF
FotY
FoW
GotEC
HoNS
LotIF
MotM
Mys
RHoD
RttToEE
SaS
SC
SGoS
SiD
SiS
SoG
SotHH
SotLW
SSL
StS
TT
VotGD
WotVB
Campaign Specific

CoSW
CoR
CoV
DCS
DoE
DoF
Dra
ECS
FN
FP
FoE
FRCS
Gh
LEoF
LoD
MoE
MoF
Mon
OA
PGtE
PGtF
PoF
RoE
RoF
Sh
ShS
SK
SM
SoS
SoX
UE
Und
Licensed

Dragon Magazine issues 269-308 (3.0), 309-360 (3.5)
Dungeon Magazine issues 90-154?
Licensed and Campaign Specific

AoM
BoK(R)
Diablo II Diablerie
Diablo II To Hell and Back
DoK
HOotS
KoD (simple adventure)
KOoA
LotT
RoA
SoSs (simple adventure)
ToHS
WotL


Not Legal:
Lapsed Liscenses and Campaign Specific

Kingdoms of Kalamar books
Ravenloft Campaign Setting books
Never was legal (aka 3rd party)

Hyperconscious (actually good)
Book of Feats (example of laughable balance)
Homebrew (aka everything else. Even I made a base and prestige class. GitP has a few good ones)


Arbitrary Campaign Coloring:

Rokugan (spelling?)
Manifest
Dragonlance
Eberron
Faerun


My acronyms are WotCs (Magic of Faerun vs Monsters of Faerun) but longer for ease of looking up:

AEG   Arms and Equipment Guide
AEoS    Anauroch: The Empire of Shade
AoM   Age of Mortals
BoBS   Bastion of Broken Souls
BoED    Book of Exalted Deeds
BoK Bestiary of Kyrnn
BotFK    Barrow of the Forgotten King
BoVD    Book of Vile Darkness
CAd    Complete Adventurer
CAr    Complete Arcane
CC    Complete Champion
CD    Complete Divine
Ci    Cityscape
CM    Complete Mage
CTotW    Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
CoP   City of Peril
CoR    Champions of Ruin
CoSW   City of Splendors: Waterdeep
CotSQ    City of the Spider Queen
CoV    Champions of Valor
CP    Complete Psionic
CS    Complete Scoundrel
CW    Complete Warrior
DCS    Dragonlance Campaign Setting
DD    Deities and Demigods
DH    Deep Horizon
DM    Dragon Magic
DMC   Dragon Magazine Compendium
DMG   Dungeon Masters Guide v.3.5
DMG2    Dungeon Masters Guide II
DoE    Dragons of Eberron
DoF    Dragons of Faer�n
DoK    Dragons of Krynn
DotF    Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics, Paladins
DotU    Drow of the Underdark
Dr    Draconomicon
Dra    Dragonmarked
Du    Dungeonscape
EA    Enemies and Allies
ECS    Eberron Campaign Setting
EE    Elder Evils
ELH   Epic Level Handbook
EoE    Exemplars of Evil
EofLQ    Eyes of the Lich Queen
EPH    Expanded Psionics Handbook
EtCR   Expedition to Castle Ravenloft
EttDP    Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
EttRoG    Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk
EtU    Expedition to Undermountain
FCI    Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss
FCII   Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells
FF    Fiend Folio
FLDG   Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto
FLFoR    Fantastic Locations: Fields of Ruin
FLFotD    Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow
FLHP    Fantastic Locations: Hellspike Prison
FLtFR    Fantastic Locations: The Frostfell Rift
FN   Five Nations
FoE    Faiths of Eberron
FoF   Forge of Fury, The
FotY    Fortress of the Yuan-Ti
FoW    Forge of War, The
FP    Faiths & Pantheons
Fr    Frostburn
FRCS    Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Gh    Ghostwalk
GotEC    Grasp of the Emerald Claw
HoB    Heroes of Battle
HoH    Heroes of Horror
HoNS    Heart of Nightfang Spire
HOotS    Holy Orders Of The Stars
KoD    Key Of Destiny
KOoA   Knightly Orders Of Ansalon.pdf
LEoF    Lost Empires of Faer�n
LM    Libris Mortis: The Book of the Dead
LoD    Lords of Darkness
LoM    Lords of Madness
LotIF    Lord of the Iron Fortress
LotT    Legends Of The Twins.pdf
MH    Miniatures Handbook
MIC    Magic Item Compendium
MM   Monster Manual v.3.5
MM2    Monster Manual II
MM3    Monster Manual III
MM4    Monster Manual IV
MM5    Monster Manual V
MoE    Magic of Eberron
MoF   Magic of Faer�n
MoI    Magic of Incarnum
Mon    Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faer�n
MotM   Mysteries of the Moonsea
MotP    Manual of the Planes
MotW    Masters of the Wild: Guidebook to Barbarians, Druids, Rangers
OA    Oriental Adventures
PGtE    Players Guide to Eberron
PGtF    Players Guide to Faer�n
PH2    Players Handbook II
PHB   Players Handbook v.3.5
PlH    Planar Handbook
PoF    Power of Faer�n
RC    Rules Compendium
RHoD    Red Hand of Doom
RoA    Races of Ansalon
RoD    Races of Destiny
RoE    Races of Eberron
RoF   Races of Faer�n
RoS    Races of Stone
RotD    Races of the Dragon
RotW    Races of the Wild
RttToEE   Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
Sa    Sandstorm
SaS    Song and Silence: A Guidebook to Bards and Rogues
SBG   Stronghold Builders Guidebook
SC    Sunless Citadel, The
SF    Sword and Fist: A Guidebook to Monks and Fighters
SGoS    The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde
Sh    Sharn: City of Towers
ShS    Shining South
SiD    Speaker in Dreams, The
SiS    Sinister Spire, The
SK    Serpent Kingdoms
SM    Silver Marches
SoG    Sons of Gruumsh
SoS    Secrets of Sarlona
SoSs    Spectre Of Sorrows.pdf
SotHH   Scourge of the Howling Horde
SotLW   Shadows of the Last War
SoX    Secrets of Xendrik
SS    Savage Species
SSL    Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land
Sto    Stormwrack
StS    Standing Stone, The
TB    Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers
ToB    Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords
ToHS   Towers Of High Sorcery.pdf
ToM    Tome of Magic
TT   The Twilight Tomb
UA    Unearthed Arcana
UE   Unapproachable East
Und    Underdark
VotGD    Voyage of the Golden Dragon
WoL   Weapons of Legacy
WotL   War Of The Lance.pdf
WotVB    Whispers of the Vampires Blade


Note: I have excluded books like Diablo II Campaign Setting that have no unique crunch unless they also had large adventures in them. Full listing here:

Book of Challenges: Dungeon Rooms, Puzzles, and Traps
Barrow of the Forgotten King
City of the Spider Queen
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
D&D Gazetteer
Deep Horizon
Enemies and Allies (good for laughing at default characters though)
Explorers Handbook
Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto
Fantastic Locations: Fane of the Drow
Fantastic Locations: Fields of Ruin
Fantastic Locations: The Frostfell Rift
Forge of Fury, The
Grasp of the Emerald Claw
Hero Builders Guidebook
Heart of Nightfang Spire
Lord of the Iron Fortress
Mysteries of the Moonsea
Power of Faer�n
Red Hand of Doom
Stronghold Builders Guidebook
Speaker in Dreams, The
Sons of Gruumsh
Shadows of the Last War
Standing Stone, The
Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land
The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde
Sunless Citadel, The
The Twilight Tomb
Voyage of the Golden Dragon
Whispers of the Vampires Blade
Epic Insights Compilation
Fright at Tristor
Map Folio I
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer