Here’s a list of the best 3rd party dnd 5e supplements. Many tabletop role-playing game publishing companies have delved into the mine of unofficial D&D books just as I have. These books help dungeon masters and add details to D&D campaigns.
5e third-party books run the gamut from new monster manuals to original campaign settings to new spells to unique adventures to engaging encounters. Below you will find my list of the best D&D 5e third-party books.
Best D&D Third-Party Publishers – DriveThruRPG
A great number of RPG companies publish using the D&D OGL which means they are compatible with Dungeons and Dragons. You can find mega-dungeons, new monsters, adventures, RPG campaigns, settings, and more. Here’s a short list of some of the largest OGL publishers.
DnD 5e Third Party Books List – Amazon
These are some of the best D&D supplements available these days. Dungeon masters should do themselves a favor by checking them out.
- The Monsters Know What They’re Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters (1) Hardcover
- Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for Player Characters (2) (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing) Hardcover
- MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing (3) (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing) Hardcover
- How to Defend Your Lair (4) (The Monsters Know What They’re Doing) Hardcover
- The Great Book of Random Tables: 120 D100 Random Tables for Fantasy Tabletop Role-Playing Games Hardcover
- Tome of Heroes Hardcover
- Deep Magic for 5th Edition Hardcover
- Tales from the Shadows (5e) Hardcover
- Eldritch Lairs: for 5th Edition Paperback
- Prepared: A Dozen Adventures for 5th Edition Paperback
- Courts of the Shadow Fey (5th Edition) Paperback
- Creature Codex Lairs for 5th Edition Paperback
- 12 Peculiar Towers for 5th Edition Paperback
Best Unofficial DnD 5e Supplements – DMs Guild
The official marketplace for third-party D&D books is the DMs Guild. The array of amazing D&D supplements is simply staggering. Here is a selection of the best third-party D&D books and PDFs.
- Exploring Eberron
- Monster Manual Expanded (5E)
- Monster Manual Expanded III (5E)
- The Adventurer’s Domestic Handbook
- Ancestral Weapons
- Thay Land Of The Red Wizards
- Van Richten’s Encyclopedia of Darklords & Domains Volume 1
- Van Richten’s Encyclopedia of Darklords & Domains Volume 2
- Waterdeep: City Encounters
- Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy (5e)
- Xanathar’s Lost Notes to Everything Else
- Underwater Campaigns
- Beneath The Waves
- An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby: Parentage and Upbringing in D&D
- Drizzt’s Travelogue of Everything Volume 1 (Print Version)
- Volo’s Vetted Vendors — 20 shops & shopkeepers
- Tales of the Infinite Planes
- Feywild Companion
- Spelljammer Light of Xaryxis Ultimate DM’s Bundle [BUNDLE]
- The Spelljammer’s Cookbook
Best Third Party DnD 5e Books
As you can see there are numerous excellent 3rd party D&D books. The quality of these RPG books is extremely high and their value to dungeon masters and D&D players is nearly incalculable.