I have 30$, and an Amazon Account. What D&D books should I get?

Question

On Amazon, D&D 3.5E books are going pretty cheaply with the move to 4E. Me and my group don't plan on moving, and I have 30 bucks to spend on it. I'm in my friends campaign right now, and I'm going to start running Red Hand of Doom soon. My current char is a Wizard/PrC. I have Complete Arcane, Spell Compendium, and MMs 2-3-4. I also have Draconomicon, and Dragon Magic, and the Expanded Psions Handbook. Any suggestions on material?

Answer 1

If you want to add more tricks for your arcane-focused PC, pick up Complete Mage (similar to, but a separate book than Complete Arcane).

Answer 2

I would get the Dungeon Masters Guide and a Players Handbook that way you will be able to run games when all of your friends move away.  But it sounds like you have it under control.  

Edit I am going through the list again, and I would get the epic levels book. It opens up the really powerfull magic and takes characters far beyond the twentieth level.  Also there are some cool generalized setting books that will give you greater flexibility of locations.  

http://www.amazon.com/Frostburn-Masterin...

http://www.amazon.com/Stormwrack-Masteri...

Answer 3

DMG's and PHB's are always good  then you can run your own campaigns  

Answer 4

Consider upgrading to 4ed. None of us were planning to either, but we gave it a try and it turns out it's a far better system. We were surprised.

Failing that, what you buy depends on whether you will mainly be a player or a DM, and on whether your style goes more towards fluff (background, so you can create richer stories) or crunch (new classes, feats etc so you can create better builds). I am assuming you have the PHB, DMG and MM - if not, you should probably buy them.

For fluff, you can't beat the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting and Faiths and Pantheons (detailing all the FR deities). Be aware though that this is about to disappear from strict canon as there is a new 4ed FR book coming out imminently. So only buy this if you are sure you will not be upgrading.

For crunch, go for the Completes. Buy the one(s) that will suit the classes you normally play. You have the best one, Complete Arcane, which has the Warlock in as a base class. Complete Scoundrel, Complete Warrior and Complete Adventurer are also good.

For a mixture, the PHB II is also very good, it has new classes and a fair bit of fluff about roleplay as well. The DMG II is similar.

If you like to cheese it up, try the Book of the Nine Swords (Tome of Battle).

Answer 5

The Dungeon Masters Guide II gets a lot of praise as one of the best D&D sourcebooks.  If you are going to be running a game, how about that?