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Beefing Up Cure X Wounds Spells

June 2013 Written by Bryan Fazekas This article was originally published in & Magazine Issue 4 in February 2013. As presented here the article is slightly modified from the published format. The optional minimum healing rules have been extracted from the individual spells and moved to the end of the article as a concise section. […]

Spell Memorization Time

September 2006 This page provides revised rules for spell memorization. If I recall correctly, I based this upon an article inDragon Magazine. Spell Memorization By the book, spells require 15 minutes per spell level to memorize, following a rest period. This is for all classes and sounds reasonable, as it typically takes a 1st level […]

Cost for NPC Spell Casting

September 2006 This page provides expanded rules regarding the cost of non-player character (NPC) spell casting. I collected information from various sources, included the DMG, Dragon Magazine, and my own invention, to assemble these rules. Cost of NPC Spell Casting Spells cast by NPC’s for player characters cost large sums of gold and/or magic items, […]

Spell Research

September 2006 This page provides expanded rules and information regarding the cost of magical research for new spells. I collected information from various sources, included the DMG, Dragon Magazine, and my own invention, to assemble these rules. Spell Research The research of new spells requires the use of a library of magical knowledge. The types […]

Spells Books

September 2006 This page provides expanded rules and information regarding the size and cost of spell books. I collected information from various sources, included the DMG, Dragon Magazine, and my own invention, to assemble these rules. Spell Books Magic-user and illusionist spell books are normally of a standard size, i.e. 8 inches wide by 12 […]