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📚 The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again by: J. R. R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure.
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https://bookblabla.com/book/the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again
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My newest ebook novella is out now from Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Kindle and others.
A village magician embarks on a journey to save a young man from a magical affliction.
Includes river voyages, danger in the capital city, fear in the forest, and a mysterious older mage, among other excitements.
The cover is based on a licensed image from iStock by Tithi Luadthong (@grandfailure on iStock), a wonderful artist.
#bookstodon #newrelease #newrelease2025 #fantasy #FantasyMagic
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A while ago, on another social media site, someone posted a question along the lines:
What books might provide inspiration for playing a wizard in D&D?
My (long-ish) answer was:
Part of the problem with finding stories which really fit the mold of D&D wizards is that even the source material that inspired D&D doesn’t perfectly fit how D&D magic works. And even the D&D fantasy novels themselves often gloss over how magic works in various editions.
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@pteryx @thoughtpunks
Haven't looked through it yet, but saw a video where someone pointed out this little system for gaining crafting resources from creatures:
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/494625/The-Runecaster-Guilds-Guide-to-EnchantmentSeemed like it might potentially be useful in this context.
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@pteryx @thoughtpunks
I feel vaguely similarly about the 3.x D&D variant magic Incantations rules.Sometimes I long for a system of rules that covers everything from researching a new spell to creating magic items under a single unified system.
But time I attempt to cobble one together it ends up getting impractically complicated.
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O'RLY GUIDE to Basic Spellcraft for Fantasy Settings
Will probably get some modifications, but this is sort of the introductory spells list I intended to go with the Ancient Red Wyrm game.
Think I'll probably use it for other OSR/NSR type D&D-adjacent games as well.https://kisnerp.itch.io/orly-basic-spellcraft-for-fantasy-settings