A simple character sheet builder I could use to make bespoke character sheets that are either form-fillable PDFs or hosted so they can be shared with players. That'd be awesome.
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Since I run games online, my most appreciate accessories are:
I use the above three in every session!
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My favourite form is “all-in-one-book” no matter how thick and unwieldy it is! Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia is a classic example, while Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised and OSRIC are modern examples. Consequently, by buying all three of these you will effectively have full OD&D, D&D, and AD&D games.
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Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy Rules Tome is very easy to use. Combination of clean layout, terse writing, and information concentration make for a great reference book. It is a good example of applying technical writing principles to a RPG book. Alas, it also spawned a horde of copy-cats who just imitate OSE look, without understanding the underlying principles of the technical writing!
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What is great writing? To me, great would be evocative, inspirational, not too terse and not too verbose, and clear. I don't think I've encountered any RPG book yet that hits all of those criteria.
Three RPG books that I immensely enjoyed reading, even if they were verbose and opaque at times are classic Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax, Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised by Matt Finch, and The Arcanum Second Edition by Stephan Michael Sechi and Vernie Taylor.
Now, none of the above are terse, and do require some effort to parse. But boy, are they inspirational! Whenever I'm in a rut I can grab any of the three, and I'm full of ideas within moments.
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Drats, I just packed my RPG books because I'm moving them to another location, so I'll have to go off my memory. Three RPG books that have memorable art are:
And all three are great for play as well!
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Dungeons & Dragons Basic / Expert have served as foundational rules for my long-running campaign Conquering the Barbarian Altanis—101 sessions over two and half years. Later this year we will be transition to original Dungeons & Dragons, ie. rulebooks published prior to the Advanced and Basic split.
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Most recent in The Keep on Yeoldelands campaign run by IdleDoodler: few sessions ago my two characters, Rarder Brete and Konrad Klaver, died to a pack of god-damn sea hags. The party is trying to get them reincarnated... IdleDoodler runs slightly house-ruled Old School Essentials Classic Fantasy.
Most recent in Conquering the Barbarian Altanis campaign: Hagar accepts invitation to attend dinner organised by the powerful merchant family Namelin. With some time to spare, the part decided to revisit one of the nearby dungeons they haven't cleared out. They choose trap-heavy dungeon, and get trapped without known way out.
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Well, let me check my buying history... As it turns out, I buy great majority of RPG stuff either through Kickstarter or DriveThruRPG.
Apparently I bought four isses of the Wyrd Science zine:
I remember them being pleasant to look at, but thin on gameable material, if any. They are more like articles and columns on various topics.
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Easy.
TSR's editions of Dungeons & Dragons:
All of the above are more than enough for a lifetime of gaming!
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