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Path of Magic

Credits

LEAD DEVELOPER

Wil Upchurch

MANAGING DEVELOPER

Greg Benage

WRITING

Shaun Cashman, James Maliszewski, Brian Patterson, Sam Witt

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Andy Brase, David Griffith, Hian Rodriguez, Chad Sergesketter

GRAPHIC & COVER DESIGN

Brian Schomburg

EDITING

Greg Benage & Wil Upchurch

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Path of Magic

Contents

CHAPTER ONE

The Spellcasting Classes

CHAPTER TWO

New Feats

CHAPTER THREE

Bards: Performances of Power

CHAPTER FOUR

The Spellcaster’ s World

100

CHAPTER FIVE

Items of Power

146

Introduction

Path of Magic has been a production challenge

at every phase of the game, but what came out

of the herculean effort of all those involved is

truly a labor of love. I think that the content in

this book is all of excellent quality and that it

will be useful for anyone looking to play a

unique arcane spellcaster. While many might

say that wizards dominate the game at the high-

er levels, I still think there are ways to make

such characters interesting on a personal level

and not just as a function of how much destruc-

tion they can dish out.

Chapter 3 is all about bards. The section begins

by describing how mystical performances can

both aid allies and hinder opponents. Several

new options for using bardic abilities are also

explained. Next up is an expanded look at

bardic performance types and the different ways

they can affect those near a bard. The chapter

then concludes with a section on bardic troupes

explains how groups of bards can combine their

abilities to wield ever-increasing amounts

Chapter 4 presents information on the spell-

caster’s world, including magical traditions,

which give characters new options for building

unique spellcasting styles by specializing in the

techniques of a particular tradition. Also found

within is information on linking powerful place

magic to personal towers, followed by several

new organizations to help flesh out a charac-

ter’s role in his world.

So, all you spellcasters that weren’t satisfied

with 100+ spells, expanded alchemy rules, and

more that you found in Spells & Spellcraft ,

look inside this tome to find all the character-

enhancing goodness you’ll need to foil your

DM’s nefarious (but all too futile) plots. Have

fun!

Chapter 5 contains information on new items

of power, including expendable foci that allow

a magic-using character greater control over

the elemental forces of magic, fonts of power

that link a character’s magic to a specific place

or being, and eldritch staffs that can affect the

spellcaster as much as he affects them.

Wil Upchurch

Fantasy Flight, Inc.

Welcome

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to present

Path of Magic , the seventh volume in our

Legends & Lairs line of sourcebooks for the

d20 System. Path of Magic contains a plethora

of new classes, feats, and options for arcane

spellcasting characters.

The Open Game License

Path of Magic is published under the terms of

the Open Game License and the d20 System

Trademark License. The OGL allows us to use

the d20 System core rules and to publish gam-

ing material derived from those rules.

Material that is strictly rules related is

Open Content.

Not everything in this book is Open

Content, however. The names of races, feats,

skills, equipment, spells, magic items, and

rules derived from the d20 SRD are designated

as Open Content. Descriptive text, unless oth-

erwise noted, is closed content and cannot be

republished, copied, or distributed without the

consent of Fantasy Flight Games. A note at the

beginning of each section describes the open

and closed content found within.

All illustrations, pictures, and diagrams in

this book are Product Identity and the property

The Open Game License is printed in its

entirety at the end of this book. For further

information, please visit the Open Gaming

Foundation website at www.opengamingfoun-

dation.org.

Chapter 1 contains more than 20 new classes

for use by characters looking to enhance and

specialize their arcane spellcasting abilities.

Nine new prestige classes, including the

comedic jester and the mysterious swamp

witch, are presented. Each prestige class is

accompanied by a new organization, designed

to fit into any campaign world. A new concept

is also presented, the legendary class, for char-

acters that are above and beyond the norm.

Finally, several variant core classes are pre-

sented.

Chapter 2 details more than three dozen new

feats for use by bards, sorcerers, and wizards

alike.

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