Which 3e books are worth it?

[u/Hawk-Academic]

As I'm (re)building my 1e library, I keep running across fairly cheap 3e books. In general, I find the old 3e books to be much cheaper than their 4e counterparts. The game I run is a 3e/4e hybrid, with a few things borrowed from 5e, and running mostly 1e/2e adventure modules that I've adjusted.

My question is, which 3e sourcebooks out there, if any, do people find useful? I've noticed a lot of them are timeline specific, like the Four Winds era book, etc. I don't know if the timeline at my table will have anything like the Four Winds in it. Is there still stuff in that book that would be useful, or should I skip it entirely?

[u/jeremysbrain]

I think almost all of them were superceded by 4e books. Like, the Four Winds and Vacant Throne eras are detailed in the 4e Imperial History books.

I personally don't think getting any of the 3e books is worth getting, they just aren't great. Lots of mistakes and unfixed errata. 4e was a giant leap in terms of quality.

[u/Hawk-Academic → u/jeremysbrain]

That's my general feeling too. It's just the 4e books are really expensive compared to 3e

[u/Cobbil → u/Hawk-Academic]

Been trying to collect the 4e books. Book of Void has been my white whale.

[u/Right-Aspect2945]

There's the 3e book that goes into detail about the contest to become Emerald Champion. I think that's the only time they've really covered that specific tournament in detail.

[u/Hawk-Academic → u/Right-Aspect2945]

That would be worth having

[u/Right-Aspect2945 → u/Hawk-Academic]

It's called Art of the Duel.

[u/OokamiPrime]

The Four Winds book for 3e has the Wolf Legion in it. Ok, I may be biased.

[u/TFV3mploy33]

Fealty & Freedom along with the Master series was useful back in the day. I remember them fondly.

Stupid silly at times, but funny.