Handbook of Official D&D Content - Discussion Thread

[nijineko]

Find the handbook here.

Please post here, or contact me for questions and/or comments.

[zook1shoe]

are the Athas, Planescape, or Spelljammer available in pdfs from the sites?

[nijineko]

are the Athas, Planescape, or Spelljammer available in pdfs from the sites?

yes, yes, no.


but the last has some fan written articles which have been designated 3.x content by the site. some of them are decent. ymmv.

[zook1shoe]

Thanks!

[nijineko]

Thanks!

no problems!


copying that list here for reference:

Rokugan Campaign Setting
Bloodspeakers
Magic of Rokugan
Creatures of Rokugan
Fortunes and Winds
L5R Player's Guide
Lesser of Two Evils
Secrets of the (Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Mantis, Phoenix, Scorpion, Shadowlands, Unicorn)
Way of the (Daimyo, Open Hand, Ratling, Samurai, Shugenja, Thief)
Complete Exotic Arms Guide
Hidden Emperor

[zook1shoe]

Yeah, there were a couple I was surprised about (lesser of 2 evils and l5r campaign setting), because all the others had a certain cover type. Those 2 also shared cover types of a bunch of unlicensed books

edit:
some of them have the WotC logo, others just have it written into the credits page, yeah annoying

[nijineko]

3.0, 3.5? useful spells, feats, powers, equipment, classes, options?

[zook1shoe]

They're all 3.0, some have some really cool spells (magic of R has Transform and 9 9th level maho-like spells for ALL classes), plus feats and skills (mostly knowledge ones) and PrCs. Even a couple base classes

I mainly browsed them for spells for my list.

check my slight edit above too

[kitep]

I noticed under 3rd ed (3.0) you have "D20 Dice".  Is that an actual book or the dice you roll?  I've not seen it on any other list, and can't find anything with google.

[nijineko]

I noticed under 3rd ed (3.0) you have "D20 Dice".  Is that an actual book or the dice you roll?  I've not seen it on any other list, and can't find anything with google.

here's a link for you:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/d20-dice-wizards-of-the-coast/1021031921?ean=9780786920358

you're welcome. =D

[kitep]

The link takes me to a Barnes and Noble page and says "Sorry, we could not find what you are looking for."  No help there.

Regardless, I'm pretty sure it's referring to actual dice and not a book of some type.

[Nanshork]

The link takes me to a Barnes and Noble page and says "Sorry, we could not find what you are looking for."  No help there.

Regardless, I'm pretty sure it's referring to actual dice and not a book of some type.

The link works for me...

And yeah, WoTC released a set of dice.

[kitep]

And today, it's working for me.

Thanks for the answer.

[zook1shoe]

Been awhile...

Going through pdfs, like Dragonlance's "The Towers of High Sorcery", they have WotC's licensed content seal on the publishing page.

I only saw 2 Dragonlance books on the table. So it seems to be missing a dozen or so

[Nanshork]

They have the licensed content seal, they do not have the Wizards of the Coast logo like the Dragonlance Campaign Setting does.  That probably has something to do with it.

[zook1shoe]

Kalamar has the same Licensed logo, and its listed in the handbook

[Nanshork]

Well that's the only explanation I thought of, I've never looked at a Kalamar book.

Nijineko will have to explain it for themselves whenever they log back in.

[zook1shoe]

i hate how i forget things soo much :-(

here's what i just posted (and removed) from the actual handbook....

necro...

someone i was chatting with pointed out that *some* of the Kalamar stuff in my Spell Compilation wasn't actually licensed. after going through a bunch of the pdfs, about 1/3 lack the "officially licensed" seal in them. some were surprising, like the 3.5 player's guide and 1 of the 2 Friend and Foe series.

here's a list of the pdfs i've looked at, and have no official license seal in them (near the front and/or back)

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Black as the Brightest Flame
By the Sword: Dueling in Realms of Fantasy
City Map Folio
Dijishy, the City of History
Divine Masters: Faiths of Tellene
Emerald Curse
Fall of Liaven
Friends and Foe: The Gnomes and Kobolds of Tellene
Goods and Gear
Lost Temple of the Valiant
Making a Name
Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands
Player's Primer
Raid on Bokagna
Zoa, Citadel of the Bay

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also, looking through the Dragonlance books, there's a ton of them with the officially licensed seal.

the Dragonlance Campaign Setting appears to be the only official one, not just licensed.

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Age of Mortals 1: Key of Destiny
Age of Mortals 2: Spectre of Sorrows
Age of Mortals 3: Price of Courage
Age of Mortals
An Ansalonian Gazetteer (has the full Dungeons and Dragons 3e logo)
Bestiary of Krynn Revised
Bestiary of Krynn
Dragons of Krynn
Dungeon Master's Screen
Holy Orders of the Stars
Knightly Orders of Ansalon
Legends of the Twins
Lost Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home (weird cookbook, music book w/o actual mechanics)
Races of Ansalon
Towers of High Sorcery
War of the Lance 1: Dragons of Autumn
War of the Lance 2: Dragons of Winter
War of the Lance 3: Dragons of Spring
War of the Lance

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edit: looks like the Rokugan books do not have the seal, but do mention that they are published by AEG under WotC license

i was under the impression that some/many of the Rokugan books were officially licensed. but the pdfs don't seem to have anything in them.

here was some info to that effect.

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Bloodspeakers
Creatures of Rokugan
Fortunes and Winds
Magic of Rokugan
Rokugan Campaign Setting
Secrets of the Crab
Secrets of the Crane
Secrets of the Dragon
Secrets of the Lion
Secrets of the Mantis
Secrets of the Phoenix
Secrets of the Scorpion
Secrets of the Shadowlands
Secrets of the Unicorn
The Complete Exotic Arms Guide
The Hidden Emperor
Way of the Daimyo
Way of the Ninja
Way of the Open Hand
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Shugenja
Way of the Thief

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final question for now

any idea what material was actually included in the license for Birthright and Spelljammer?

Spelljammer.org is a disaster right now
Birthright has a ton of 3e downloads that have been edited well after 4e started, and not sure which version of what is licensed.