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''This page is about the original Wizard's Grimoire for Third Edition. For other versions of this supplement, see the Related Links section, below.'' | |||
{{Product description | |||
|productName = The Wizard's Grimoire | |||
|imageFile = Wizards_Grimoire_cover.jpg | |||
|edition = [[Third Edition|Third]] | |||
|abbreviation = | |||
|type = Sourcebook | |||
|authors = [[Ken Cliffe]] | |||
|publisher = White Wolf | |||
|productNumber = WW0660 | |||
|isbn = 1565040635 | |||
|releaseDate = 1993 | |||
|format = [[Softcover]] | |||
|pageCount = 176 | |||
|availability = Out of print | |||
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'''The Wizard's Grimoire''' is a [[Third Edition]] Ars Magica supplement about [[Hermetic]] magic, offering expanded rules for magi. | |||
== Subject and Contents == | == Subject and Contents == | ||
''The Wizard's Grimoire'' contains many new [[ | ''The Wizard's Grimoire'' contains many new [[spell]]s, [[Virtues and Flaws]], and [[laboratory]] options for [[ArM3]], as well as information on [[Hermetic law]] and [[hermetic society | society]]. | ||
Several of the spells and Virtues and Flaws were complied from earlier Third Edition supplements, but there is plenty of original material as well. | Several of the spells and Virtues and Flaws were complied from earlier Third Edition supplements, but there is plenty of original material as well. | ||
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The following reviews were collected from the previous Ars Magica FAQ site: | The following reviews were collected from the previous Ars Magica FAQ site: | ||
FAQ Rating: | FAQ Rating: *** (17 reviews; 2 *, 8 **, 5 ***, 3 ****) | ||
* Good and bad things bounded together. | * Good and bad things bounded together. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:00, 15 July 2013
This page is about the original Wizard's Grimoire for Third Edition. For other versions of this supplement, see the Related Links section, below.
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| Product Information | |
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| Rules Edition: | Third |
| Product Type: | Sourcebook |
| Author(s): | Ken Cliffe |
| Publisher: | White Wolf |
| Product Number: | WW0660 |
| ISBN: | 1565040635 |
| Release date: | 1993 |
| Format: | Softcover, 176 pages |
| Availability: | Out of print |
The Wizard's Grimoire is a Third Edition Ars Magica supplement about Hermetic magic, offering expanded rules for magi.
Subject and Contents
The Wizard's Grimoire contains many new spells, Virtues and Flaws, and laboratory options for ArM3, as well as information on Hermetic law and society.
Several of the spells and Virtues and Flaws were complied from earlier Third Edition supplements, but there is plenty of original material as well.
This book has been superseded by the Wizards Grimoire Revised Edition.
Community Reviews
The following reviews were collected from the previous Ars Magica FAQ site:
FAQ Rating: *** (17 reviews; 2 *, 8 **, 5 ***, 3 ****)
- Good and bad things bounded together.
- New gadgets and toys, pretty unorganized. Not too interesting.
- Worthless, given the release of the Revised edition.
- Great at the time, very little that isn't in the revised.
- Very Nice. Lots of cool new stuff
- Despite the Hype, it's a good book, but NOT the most important for playing ArM. The best additions are the faerie spells, about 50% of the Hermetic spells are flawed or out of paradigm.
- The best 3rd-Ed supplement so far. Although the spells need some debugging, the ideas and rules are overwhelming. Give color to your labs and libraries
- Good ideas for ruling at Tribunals.
- Really hit-or-miss sourcebook. Every troupe should vote on each idea before allowing it.
- As a compendium of House Rules, it's interesting reading. It's probably of limited usefulness to most people; the laboratory and book rules, as well as the sections on the Peripheral Code, are the most worthwhile.
- Good, but overpowered.
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