Tome of Magic: Dungeons & Dragons (Advanced Dungeon and Dragons/2nd Edition: Accessory Rule Book)

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Summary: Not a very usefull book
Review: I do use this book. SOME spells are pretty neat-o but that is it... most of the spells in it can only be used by wild mages and even the priest spells are weak. My DM uses this book all the time, but only for reference to spells, the magical items stink... you think that they could put some items from the Expensive encyclopedia magica, into other books... Although I do like the name... Tome of Magic...

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Summary: Great book for every serious AD&D Dungeon Master!
Review: I'm an italian dungeon master and I've been playing AD&D a lot. Every serious DM has to admit that the spells and the magical items presented in the Player's Handbook and in the Dungeon Master's Guide are not completely satisfacting... This is my opinion! The Tome of Magic adds a lot of USEFUL new spells to the PH list and some FUNNY new magical items to the DMG list. What can I say? The new spells are surely worth the book's price; the magical items are not the best the writers could do... but if you remember that in this book there are new classes for wizards (elementalists, wild mages, etc) and new powerful schools of magic,... well, you must admit that you can't lose this book! Even the starting 2nd edition DM has to take a look at the Tome of Magic: it will be very useful to him!

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Summary: Wild Mage. What more do I need to say?
Review: New spells. Great. Should have been included in the PHB reprints. New items. Well, it's a bonus, but so many of them are cursed and so few are inherently useful that they are simply forgotten about. Elementalist mages. Wonderful. An official guideline to a specialist mage that most players and DMs already made up in a binder of "house rules". The official elementalist is excellent, however, unlike the official ninja. Wild Mages. Now what more fun could there be than a socially inept chaotic neutral mage who isn't at all certain of what spell is going to come forth from his castings? Of all the specialist mages to come out in all sources, this is the one that can strike fear in everyone's hearts (including the person playing this nutcase). The only problem is you actually have to spend money on this book to truly play this character. They didn't reprint the rules in Spells and Magic either....

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Summary: An amazing wizard and preist expansion book
Review: 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

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Summary: A Valuable Expansion for all AD&D Campaigns
Review: 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.