Tome of Magic... what and when

[Phaedrus]

I'm sure there's a thread for this already, but I didn't find it.

When is the spell compendium coming out (Tome of Magic is the correct name, right?), and what's in it?

I remember hearing that the PHB spells aren't reproduced. So what is? Is this basically a compilation of the Complete books, Dragon magazine, campaign settings, what?

 

[Altalazar]

I hope they bring back the Wild Mage.

 

[the Jester]

Complete Arcane had a wild mage.

Hated it.

 

[M.L. Martin]

I'm sure there's a thread for this already, but I didn't find it.

When is the spell compendium coming out (Tome of Magic is the correct name, right?), and what's in it?

No, the Tome of Magic is a completely different product, due out next April and detailing three different new magic systems.

The Spell Compendium is due out in December and contains over 1000 spells from various WotC sources, all of them updated with a new, more descriptive format and for 3.5 rules.

Matthew L. Martin

 

[Psion]

I thought we covered this before. I think some forum members even contributed to this one.

The full title of the product is Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and True Name Magic

As the subtitle suggests, it contains three new magic subsystems, for pact, shadow, and truename magic.

 

[Nightfall]

All three look cool but I'm hoping Ari did us all a favor and created a better version of Penumbral Lord.

 

[Altalazar]

Complete Arcane had a wild mage.

Hated it.

Really? I must have missed that. And you hated the new wild mage or the old one? Personally, I liked the wild surges - they could always add some interesting spice to an evening of gaming.

 

[Psion]

I think the trouble with the new wild mage is that it was essentially the old wild mage stuffed into a prestige class. They really didn't try to take advantage of the new format or what it offers.

I like ENPub's wild spellcraft for this a bit better.

 

[Nightfall]

Spell templates, way cooler. And yeah WotC 3rd edition Wild Mage sucked. Chaos Mage was better but like you said, the newer format could have been done WAY better for Wild Mage. (base spellcaster man.)

 

[Psion]

Spell templates, way cooler. And yeah WotC 3rd edition Wild Mage sucked. Chaos Mage was better but like you said, the newer format could have been done WAY better for Wild Mage. (base spellcaster man.)

I don't think that it deserves to be a base class. Exotic methods of magic seem like just the sort of thing that would evolve from a mage experimenting with new magical techniques.