Tome of Magic

by Anthony Herring, Carl Sargent, David Zeb Cook, et al.

Book Overview

Innovative spells, a fresh character class, original magical devices, and much more fill the pages of the new ADandD book. The wizard character is the most popular of the ADandD game, and now this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560761075
• ISBN13: 9781560761075
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: TSR
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

I was quite enthused by this book

There were a number of new concepts introduced into the AD & D magic system, which I now wonder how I lived without. Wild Mages are a lot of fun, quite powerful, and almost as deadly to the party as to enemies (thus balancing them out with other mages).New ways for priests to cast powerful spells, make them seem more like holy warriors, and less like walking bandages.Metamagic: spells that affect other spells, is also an interesting and much needed addition to the spell lists.If you like spellcasters, get this book. If you don't like spellcasters, get this book. It may change your mind.

Perhaps the most unbalanced mage class inside

Wild mages. They have great power and sole access to wild magic spells. Once powergamer players see the rules for them, they will want to play them. The priest spheres and available spells have been expanded greatly and thus this book is acually more useful to priests. Overall a useful addition to jaded parties

An amazing wizard and preist expansion book

The ammount of detail found in the book is astonishing. In addition to adding 5 new mage classess, it also gives the new wizard school of wild magic and 5 or six (can't remember exactly) new preist spheres. It also adds an 8'th level of clerical magic. Although the book is clerically oriented, I bought it for the new spells and mage expansion and was no where near disappointed. I am an avid gamer of Dungeons and Dragons, a player as well as a DM, and this is one of the best books TSR has ever produced. When I take in a new player to a questing group I tell them, first buy the players hand book, and then the tome of magic

A Valuable Expansion for all AD & D Campaigns

This book offers both DMs and players a great opportunity to expand magic within their campaigns. In addition to giving a great array of new spells, the Tome of Magic includes several new wizard classes, all of which have become common in many AD & D campaigns. I especially liked the new wild mage class, which incorporates a moditied (and certainly fun-enhancing) spell casting system. The expansion of the priestly spheres of magic significantly enhanced the previously limited selection of priest spells. The only downside of this product is the selection of new magical items, many of which have not proven to be useful in my campaign. Overall, I have found the Tome of Magic to be one of the most useful accessories for the AD & D game.

Probably the 4th most useful accessory

After the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monstrous Manual, The Tome of Magic is the next most important purchase for a hardcore gamer. It's new classes are great, and of course the more magic the merrier.