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| - Authors: Stephen Kenson, Rob Boyle & Mike Mulvihill ISBN 1-55560-358-0 Price: $20.00 Pages: 176 Sections: Introduction, The Awakened World, The Paths Of Magic, The Awakened Character, Magical Skills, Initiation And Metamagic, The Planes, Spirits, Magical Threats, The Grimoire, Adept Powers, Totems, Arcane Lore, Index Status/Availability: in print/common Overview: The book that replaces The Grimoire and Awakenings as the main magic book for use with the third edition rules. It doesn't really have much new information as such, rather it's an update of existing rules to conform to the third edition's revised magic system. All the expected items are there: spell design, allies and free spirits, magical groups, initiation, toxic and insect spirits, new adept powers and spells, and so on; most o
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| - Authors: Stephen Kenson, Rob Boyle & Mike Mulvihill ISBN 1-55560-358-0 Price: $20.00 Pages: 176 Sections: Introduction, The Awakened World, The Paths Of Magic, The Awakened Character, Magical Skills, Initiation And Metamagic, The Planes, Spirits, Magical Threats, The Grimoire, Adept Powers, Totems, Arcane Lore, Index Status/Availability: in print/common Overview: The book that replaces The Grimoire and Awakenings as the main magic book for use with the third edition rules. It doesn't really have much new information as such, rather it's an update of existing rules to conform to the third edition's revised magic system. All the expected items are there: spell design, allies and free spirits, magical groups, initiation, toxic and insect spirits, new adept powers and spells, and so on; most of these have appeared in previous publications, but as said, they're updated for third edition in this book. Some new sections were also added, mainly in the area of metamagic (having many more powers than were previously available), and some more magical traditions, such as Chinese wuxing and shamans who follow multiple totems. Some items were changed slightly (sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse, in this reviewer's opinion) so it pays to read the book thoroughly even if you already know the magic system. So is it worth buying? Yes. Even if you already own the previous magic books, Magic In The Shadows has enough new stuff to make it worth the purchase, especially because many of the rules in The Grimoire and Awakenings don't mesh very well with the third edition magic system. Similar Products: Awakenings — New Magic in 2057, Tech Specs, The Grimoire — The Manual of Practical Thaumaturgy, 14th Edition, 2050, The Grimoire — The Manual of Practical Thaumaturgy, 15th Edition 2053 Survey Rating: (not rated)
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