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<blockquote data-quote="erf_beto" data-source="post: 3960436" data-attributes="member: 47533">AFAIK, in witchcraft, there's the Book of Shadows, the spellbook equivalent, that is more like a journal with all bits of information the witch gathers in her lifetime, like dreams, things that she learned about the world, memories, stories she heard, but also the properties of herbs and reagents, and spells and rituals. Even the Bible and other religious documents could be seen as spellbooks (eeerr, prayerbooks): there are stories about the prophets and the days of old, but also prayers to call God and the angels for protection, strength, slaying of enemies, etc. I suppose you could learn a lot from these 'spellbooks' (tome?), but it's not anything like the recipe book '1 spell per page' of D&amp;D. These books might teach you a new philosophy, a new way of looking into the (known or unseen) world... important steps for a learning wizard.And even in Hogwarts, where magic is a lot like 'point your wand, speak magic word', you still need 7 years to graduate - you can't just memorize the index of spellbooks! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As for D&amp;D, I actually like the versatility of the wizard: when he's prepared, he can take on any challenge. Of course, that can lead to 'overpowered munchkin' and 'spotlight hogger', but I dont want to see it completely removed in 4E. I suppose they'll be using the new 'ritual' mechanics (whatever that is) to accomplish this, but I wonder if you could keep a spell/power book and 'retrain' your per day/encounter/round powers when needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="erf_beto, post: 3960436, member: 47533"] AFAIK, in witchcraft, there's the Book of Shadows, the spellbook equivalent, that is more like a journal with all bits of information the witch gathers in her lifetime, like dreams, things that she learned about the world, memories, stories she heard, but also the properties of herbs and reagents, and spells and rituals. Even the Bible and other religious documents could be seen as spellbooks (eeerr, prayerbooks): there are stories about the prophets and the days of old, but also prayers to call God and the angels for protection, strength, slaying of enemies, etc. I suppose you could learn a lot from these 'spellbooks' (tome?), but it's not anything like the recipe book '1 spell per page' of D&D. These books might teach you a new philosophy, a new way of looking into the (known or unseen) world... important steps for a learning wizard. And even in Hogwarts, where magic is a lot like 'point your wand, speak magic word', you still need 7 years to graduate - you can't just memorize the index of spellbooks! ;) As for D&D, I actually like the versatility of the wizard: when he's prepared, he can take on any challenge. Of course, that can lead to 'overpowered munchkin' and 'spotlight hogger', but I dont want to see it completely removed in 4E. I suppose they'll be using the new 'ritual' mechanics (whatever that is) to accomplish this, but I wonder if you could keep a spell/power book and 'retrain' your per day/encounter/round powers when needed. [/QUOTE]

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