๐Ÿ“š 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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๐Ÿ‘‘From lonely little girlโ€ฆ to the people's princess.
She is the last hope of a kingdom crushed under the heel of tyranny.

Fate of the Crown (Heir to the Crown Book 5), by Paul J Bennett

Free until October 14th!

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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.

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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 doesnโ€™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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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-Enchantment

Seemed like it might potentially be useful in this context.

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The Runecaster Guild's Guide to Enchantment - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

The Runecaster Guild's Guide to Enchantment - Quick and easy rules for players to gather components from defeated monsters and the world at large. Then, turn those it

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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.

https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/magic/incantations.htm

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Incantations :: d20srd.org

โ€œMark didnโ€™t think much of the love blah, but he watched the villain getting more villainous, and the hero getting more heroic, and patiently waited for them to slug it out.โ€

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Mark didnโ€™t think much of the love blah, but he watched the villain getting more villainous, and the hero getting more heroic, and patiently waited for them to slug it out. Edward Eager, Half Magic [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: โ€œIf we go on in this way, we shall have a new [โ€ฆ]

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