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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 2011313" data-attributes="member: 172">Book of All SpellsBook of All Spells is a compilation of spells from a variety of d20 System sources. The book is published by Fast Forward Entertainment.A First LookBook of All Spells is a 448 page softbound book priced at $34.99. The book is perfect bound with a flimsy glossy cover, and is three-hole drilled for use with three-ring binders.The cover art is by Aaron Campbell, and depicts a kneeling man pour a potion on the ground as a billowing orange cloud emerges before him.The interior art is black and white and limited to public domain clipart and woodcut images.A Deeper LookWow. What do you say about a book like this? It's huge.To sum up the central point of the book it collects spells from a variety of sources, including:The d20 SRD.Mongoose's Encyclopedia Arcane series - Battle Magic, Chronomancy, Constructs, Elementalism, Enchantment, Illusionism and Shamans and Quintessential Series - Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Witch, and Wizard.Fast Forward's Cloud Warriors, Encyclopedia of Demons & Devils II, Devil Player's Guide, and Complete Monstrous Series - Fighter's Compendium, Wizard's Compendium, and Undead Compendium.AEG's One-word topic books: Dungeon, Evil, Magic, Good, Gods, Mercenaries and Undead.Everquest RPG.Forged in Magic by Paradigm.Relics & Rituals by Sword & Sorcery Studios.Spells & Magic and Villains by Bastion Press.Spells & Spellcraft by Fantasy Flight Games.Already I can see a few major resources that Fast Forward either choose not to include or failed to get permission from that are frequent favorites in my game: the Book of Eldritch Might series and Wild Spellcraft.The coverage of the spells in the book is not complete. One of the nastiest spells from Relics & Rituals, Shadow Storm was not in there, nor was Rapid Journey (I was checking to see if they thought to move it to conjuration [teleportation].) It does appear that unlike Green Ronin's Grimoires, Fast Forward chose to go with the "handicapped OGC" names of the spells therein, with the exception that spells with proper names do not appear (I checked to see if they merely had the name stripped, but it appears that spells like Vangal's Touch are totally gone.)The explanatory text states that it has the 3.5 versions of spells, but many of these never had them. This also sounded like trouble brewing. Flipping through, it didn't take me long to find an example. Magical Beast Friendship from Quintessential Druid refers to Animal Friendship, a spell that no longer exists in the 3.5 edition.The front of the book contains spell lists for the PHB spellcasting classes, but no domain spell lists.ConclusionsThe main use I can see for this book is if you want to get spells from a lot of products you don't own but little else, or if you have many of the included books but don't like sifting through them to find a spell you need.Unlike the Green Ronin Pocket Grimoires, I don't see much value added in filtering or format beyond the collection itself. In some cases (much like AEG's Feats) the lack of original context can hinder or unbalance some spells, and the 3.5 conversion really hinders the book in places where the conversion makes a difference.Overall Grade: C -Alan D. Kohler</blockquote>

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