5e All Books Tier List

[@peteonretreat2023]

As someone that has never played MtG and only knows anything about it from the 5e books, I love the Ravnica book. I blended it into my version of Eberron and my players love it! It’s one of my favorite setting books, right up there with Eberron, Wildemount and Ravenloft.

[@gwentigone]

I really liked your commentary on each of these! I loved Planescape and Fizbans for the flavor of it but your criticisms are very valid. I hope we see more books like Book of Many Things and Van Richtens.

[@NoFunAllowed]

Thank you! And here's hoping haha

[@aurvay]

The main problem with the 5e publishing cycle was that they wanted to appeal to both players and DMs with each product so they put players options alongside DMs eyes only content. Tasha’s was the pinnacle of this with puzzles alongside subclasses but Volo’s and Mord’s had it with races and monsters. At least they offered tons of good lore.

[@tomgartin]

29:09 IIRC Book of Many suffered from QA issues in producing the deck of cards that delayed the release to a point where it conflicted with the beginning of their promotion campaign for OneDnD and the new core books, so they basically had to just take the loss and move on so they could hit their goals for the 2024 books.

[@NoFunAllowed]

a shame really haha

[@connors7078]

And the Spelljammer adventure asked players NOT to use any of the player options as going to Spelljammer was a surprise. WTH?

[@Ptera-e4j]

I am literally about to get my own copy of the deck, many things today, and I’m really excited to get it

[@NoFunAllowed]

Heck yeah!

[@TommygunTorres]

Awesome tier list brother, as a new DM I appreciate this video greatly

[@NoFunAllowed]

Thank you!

[@sidneyparham4002]

I don't think you're giving Ravnica enough credit. It sounds like the setting isn't to your taste, but for the folks that are interested (me!) I think it's really well detailed and gives me a lot of cool material to create characters and run games. For me the book was an A, but even if you don't like it, I think you at least should be willing to place it with the other "cool material, niche audience" books like Fitzban's and Glory of the Giants at C tier.

[@NoFunAllowed]

i like the idea of the guild system, i just wish they expanded upon it more haha!

[@peteonretreat2023]

I’ve never played MtG and don’t know anything about the lore… but I love the Ravnica setting book. I’ve stolen lots from it and it’s just a book I enjoy reading.

[@majoraborne403]

I mean…he complained that Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons was mid because it was too much about dragons so… I mean this is straight up the ign of DnD book reviews 😅

[@tomgartin]

Great video and great advice!

[@NoFunAllowed]

Thank you thank you!

[@Echo-hf9gq]

Hell yeah Ravenloft love! That's probably my favorite, absolutely adore it for spooky themed campaigns

[@NoFunAllowed]

It's one of my favorites for sure!

[@Gossamer3592]

I love tier list videos like this because they're fun and it's great to see other people's opinions...even though i disagree with almost everything you said! Haha

[@NoFunAllowed]

haha fair fair!

[@demicol2065]

Ultimately it's all that fun and jazz! Thanks for the video.

[@NoFunAllowed]

If you took a shot every time I said that, you wouldn't be able to walk straight haha

[@mortenbrandtjensen6470]

I find that a book which dives into a subject is a good idea, when making several books. Exploring dragons makes good sense. I was under the assumption it was a specialized Xanathar' Guide and hence wasn't interested. You made me much more interested in Fizbans Treasury of Dragons.

[@DMRufio]

Eberron is such a good setting that people will buy the book to use in other settings, especially pf2

[@NoFunAllowed]

Haha I bet!

[@AntonioDeSarlovl]

Tasha was huge in my opinion! Glad to see the love for Theros! Such a good setting. In fact I hope they publish another Theros book in the future... One can dream :)

[@NoFunAllowed]

Haha something tells me that wotc is gonna be one and done with setting books

[@connors7078]

I wish 5E would do themed books like 3E. By terrain types or creature types. I like the idea of a full book on Aberrations for eg. But they screwed up the dragon one, so... The 3E and 4E Draconomicons were 10 times better than Fizbans. A one creature type book can be done. Previous editions did fiend and undead ones very well too.

[@tracyburnham604]

🤨 You gave the DMG an S rank?? Not even Chris Perkins thinks it’s a great book

[@NoFunAllowed]

i think its S compared to the rest haha

[@laurenbraun37]

The monster manual is one of the only books I’ve read cover to cover because I love learning about the lore of the creatures so I rebel against this ranking

[@NoFunAllowed]

Haha but I want more lore, thus less monsters haha

[@connors7078]

I do not play MtG, but the 5E MtG books are my favourite 5E books. So imaginative and bring lots a of cool stuff to the table. I love that there are realms not just run by humans. Totally disagree with F for 'Ravnica'.

[@connors7078]

I like the DMG but there is no way it is an S tier book. It needs a lot of work in its organisation and actually helping a DM.

[@derrickbernardo]

IM LIKING COMMENTING AND SUBSCRIBING !!!!

[@laurenbraun37]

As am I 😄

[@NoFunAllowed]

Good good, feed the algorithm!

[@derrickbernardo]

@@NoFunAllowed look at us who wouldve thought

[@NoFunAllowed]

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[@nicka3697]

Pretty damn close to how I'd rank them. I'd certainly drop the DMG down 5 or 6 places. It's only saved by the magic items section for me. Van R, Eberron and Theros are superb settings. I love the piety system in Theros and how that book makes the gods really present in the world. The monster manual is really necessary because you need it for all the adventure supplements etc. But the monster designs are really weak, far too many sacks of hit points and far far too few evocative abilities. It's a problem with wotc 5e generally their monsters lack lore and in the rare cases where Volos or Fizbans gave you the lore the mechanics still struggled to bring it to the table. I'm still salty that when they made Mordenkainens Monsters of the Multiverse they tinkered with the stat blocks, mostly for the better, but then left out the very best sections of Volos and Tome of Foes and discontinued those books.

[@TheUncannyDani]

I would rank Humblewood C or D. I'm DMing it and it has a lot of flaws and oversights. It feels at times like they rushed the project and moved on to add-ons and Humblewood Tales and Humblewood 2, without fully delivering a helpful guide and strong module. I recommend it to extremely young players who wouldn't be critical of the societal and political problems that come up in the module.

[@TheUncannyDani]

Good job on the video though!

[@NoFunAllowed]

thank you thank you!

[@Tasty_Cat]

Take a shot at every ‘ultimately’, ‘fun jazz’, and ‘regard’. You’ll die.

[@NoFunAllowed]

i blame the schools haha

[@Tasty_Cat]

@ you’re awesome man keep it up

[@connors7078]

Fizban's really did not add a lot to the game. A lot was not even that dragon-themed. I was hoping for a lot more dracon spells and subclasses. D for me.

[@RottenRogerDM]

Mom only had one new monster.

[@RottenRogerDM]

Spelljammer . Close to fireball range. Fireball then board.

[@RottenRogerDM]

I totally forgot to review Glory of the Giants. OUCH.

[@RottenRogerDM]

I didn't even open my book of many things.

[@NoFunAllowed]

​@RottenRogerDM haha I think it's pretty good!

[@nicka3697]

When you need a magic dolphin it is the book for you! Still missed they left out all the lair section from Volos when they went for the multiverse approach of taking monsters out of the Worlds they inhabit and create to leave us with floating hit point sacks and generic 3 a day abilities and random recharge AoEs

[@maximusinvictus8802]

You put Monster Manual to C tier because you can play the game without it...but you put DMG to top tier....what the fuck are you speaking about????

[@NoFunAllowed]

monsters hitting for some damage come and go, but info on how to structure games lasts forever!

[@nicka3697]

​@@NoFunAllowedyou can replace both books with 3rd party products that are better. The lazy Dm and flee mortals knock both out of the park.