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Towers of High Sorcery

Designers: Margaret Weis, Chris Pierson, Jamie Chambers

Additional Design: Cam Banks, Christopher Coyle, André La Roche, Sean Macdonald

Editing: Margaret Weis • Proofreading: Jean Blashﬁ eld Black, Sean Everette

Project Manager: Jamie Chambers • Typesetter: Jamie Chambers

Art Directors: Renae Chambers, Christopher Coyle

Cover Artist: Larry Elmore

Interior Artists: Drew Baker, David Bezzina, Chris Dien, Larry Elmore,

Jason Engle, Eric Fortune, Alan Gutierrez, Jennifer Meyer, Socar Myles,

Jon Netherland, Ron Numley, Thom Scott, Brad Williams

Cover Graphic Designer: Ken Whitman • Interior Graphic Designer: Kevin T. Stein

Special Thanks: Neil Burton, Richard Connery, Matt Haag, Tracy Hickman, Joe Mashuga,

Luis De Pippo, Angela Stachowiak, Jeff C. Stanley, Trampas Whiteman

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Wizards of Ansalon ................ 3

The Gift of Magic 3 • Life Path of a Mage 3 • Discovery of Magical Talent 3 • Early

Education 4 • Raistlin Majere, Apprentice 4 • “They All Will Learn” 4 • Mentors 6 •

Schools and Academies 6 • The Test 7 • Dalamar the Dark 8 • Doubts and Reﬂ ections 8

• Paths to Greater Power 9 • Call of the Conclave 9 • Antimodes 10 • The Wizard as Up-

standing Citizen 10 • Mastery of a Tower 11 • Races & Wizardry 11 • Humans 12 • Elves

12 • Ogre Races 14 • Dwarves 16 • Gnomes 17 • Kender 18 • Centaurs 18 •

Draconians 19 • High Sorcery • Switching Allegiance 20 • Wizard of High Sorcery 22 •

Arcane Prestige Classes 26 • War Mage Errata 26 • Dark Dwarf Savant 26 • Dreamshaper

28 • Griffon Wizard 29 • Renegade Hunter 32 • Sea Mage 33 • Spell Broker 35 • Sylvan

Mage 36 • Winternorn 39

Chapter 2: Spells & Magical Objects .......... 41

Arcane Energy 41 • The Language of Magic 42 • New Spells 42 • A Magical Lexicon

and Glossery 43 • Different World, Different Magic Part 1: Magic Spells 44 • Different

World, Different Magic Part 2: Magic Items 54 • Magical Objects 54; Artifacts 59

Chapter 3: Gods & the Orders ................66

The Gods of Magic 66 • The Role of the Other Gods in Magic 69 • History of High

Sorcery 70 • Magius 74 • Fistandantilus 75 • Mistress Jenna of Palanthas 80 • Structure &

Rules of the Conclave 81 • Master of the Tower (Template) 83

Chapter 4: The Towers ........................ 85

Tower Legends 85 • Wayreth: The First Tower 85 • Forest of Wayreth 92 • The Master

of the Tower of Wayreth 95 • Palanthas: Spire of Lore & Doom 97 • Forest of Cypress

103 • Andras Rannoch, Bane of the Lore-Spire 107 • Istar: The Bloody-Fingered Hand

109 • Daltigoth: The Crimson Keep 114 • Vincil da Jevra: The Doomed Highmage 117

• Losarcum: The Black Knife 120 • Beyond the Towers 126 • Zhaman: The Forbidden

Fortress 126 • Leciane do Cirica 127 • Castle Uth Krevan: The Citadel of Gadar 130 •

Ulgaard: The Dark One’s Hall 131 • The School of Mysteries: Towerstone’s Hope 132

Chapter 5: The Test .......................... 133

The Test 133 • Tradition of Testing 133 • Crafting a Test of High Sorcery 134 • Areas

Within the Test 138 • Test of High Sorcery: Structure & Areas 141

Chapter 6: Creatures ........................ 142

Wizards and Creatures142 • Familiars 142 • Creatures 142 •Dread Beast 142 • Create

Dread Beast 144 • Dream Creature 144 • Dreamshadow 145 • Dreamwraith 146 •

Eldritch Avatar 146 • Places of Power and Eldritch Emissaries 148 • Fogdrake 150 •

Huldrefolk 151 • Huldrefolk and the Gates 152 • Remnant 153 • Thaumavore 154

Chapter 7: Rivals ............................156

The Other Spellcasters 156 • Rieve 157 • Sorcerers 158 • Knights of the Thorn 158 •

Clerics 159 • Mystics 160

Wizards of Ansalon

Chapter One

here are none upon Krynn who have the

power to harm me. Certainly not you,

apprentice. But you are brave. You have

courage. Often you have stood beside me in the

laboratory, facing those I have dragged from the

planes of existence. You knew that if I but drew a

breath at the wrong time, they would rip the living

hearts from our bodies and devour them while we

writhed before them in torment.”

“It was my privilege,” Dalamar murmured.

“Yes,” Raistlin replied absently, his thoughts

distracted. Then he raised an eyebrow. “And you

knew, didn’t you, that if such an event occurred, I

would save myself but not you?”

“Of course, Shalaﬁ ,” Dalamar answered steadily.

“I understand and I take the risk”—the dark elf ’s

eyes glowed, fears forgotten as he sat forward eagerly

in his chair—“no, Shalaﬁ , I invite the risks. I would

sacriﬁ ce anything for the sake of—”

“The magic,” Raistlin ﬁ nished.

“Yes! The sake of the magic!” Dalamar cried.

Life Path of a Mage

The life of a wizard is one of exploration,

evolution, and a greater understanding—both of

the Art of High Sorcery and the hand that wields

it. When the prospective wizard is young, her life

is often dulled by a sense of longing for something

more than the world alone can offer; a feeling that

some indescribable, tangible force lies just out of

reach.

For some, this feeling fades as they become

increasingly shackled by the demands of day-to-

day life. But those few who are able to escape a

mundane existence can be educated in the Art of

High Sorcery. Learning the Art is often a process of

long years’ slow advance through the fundamentals

of arcane lore, a wizard quenching her thirst for

knowledge through ever-more advanced education

and study. And then comes a day when she is

considered skilled enough to journey to the Towers

of High Sorcery to take the Test — a gateway to

the ranks of the Orders of High Sorcery, but one

through which not all wizarding hopefuls will pass

alive.

During the Test, wizards are not only

challenged to demonstrate their full knowledge

of magic but to look deep inside themselves — an

assessment made not only of the power within,

but of the potential toward which they must strive.

For those who survive, the Test creates new self-

awareness. Their horizons are widened as new

vistas of magic and insight are opened up to them.

For each individual wizard, the path of life and

magic is different. Some become stagnant in their

learning (falling to the wayside of magic’s petty

and less noble uses), while others continue on to

great things, growing ever more powerful in the

service of the Art. Some will serve faithfully from

far beyond the walls of the arcane towers, while

others will immerse themselves in the structure

and orthodoxy at the Orders’ very heart. But in

the end, all that the Gods of Magic can hope for

is to have every wizard strive for the continued

development of High Sorcery, working always to

keep the evolution of the Art alive.

Discovery of Magical Talent

Despite popular belief, not all wizards grow up

as outcasts with a talent for telling the future,

nor must they have had childhoods in which

strange events follow them wherever they go.

Many children who will one day become wizards

lead comparatively normal lives, with ambitions

Raistlin & Dalamar, Time of the Twins

by Margaret Weis &

Tracy Hickman

The Gift of Magic

In boldest terms, magic is the power to manipulate

the very fabric of creation itself. An intrinsic part

of the universe, designed and shaped by the gods

themselves, magic may be used as a tool for good

and the betterment of the world—or it can be

brandished as a weapon capable of laying whole

nations low. And while many view a force of such

extraordinary magnitude as too potent a power to

be wielded by merely mortal hands, it is mortals

to whom magic is ultimately bound. The arcane

power of Krynn is reﬁ ned and explored over

generations by those with the talent, the courage,

and the fortitude to wield it.

Arcane magic deals with forces so potent that

it took the guiding hands of the Gods of Magic

to instruct mortals in its proper use, and the Art

of High Sorcery is the lasting legacy of this divine

instruction. The Gods of Magic bestowed upon the

world the methods of tapping, manipulating, and,

most importantly, harnessing raw arcane energy,

using formulas and exacting rituals designed to

keep the manifestation of arcane power out of

rash and careless hands. It is this gift of magic that

has become the dominion of wizards throughout

Krynn, and it is their duty, both to the Orders of

High Sorcery and the Gods of Magic.

“

and dreams like any other — dreams which often

include no thought of becoming a wizard at all.

Throughout the ages, the Conclave of Wizards,

which governs the Orders of High Sorcery, has

sent its agents through all lands in search of new

arcane talent. Traveling from town to town, these

scouts use interviews, information gathering,

and quiet observation in their attempts to single

out young minds with a penchant for the Art of

High Sorcery. Those who display an interest are

given preliminary assessments to determine their

relative knowledge and magical potential, and

once an individual’s aptitude for magic has been

determined, he’s encouraged to join a wizarding

school or to ﬁ nd a mentor for further instruction.

In elven communities, these tests are standard,

and any child showing promise is given instruction

if desired. In the non-elven realms, though, the

Art is feared far more often than it is embraced,

and those who seek for it in others, like those who

feel its calling in themselves, must sometimes be

cautious in how they proceed.

The talent for High Sorcery can be cultivated in

many individuals in whom the aptitude for magic

is a natural skill. In some cases, the ability to wield

arcane power is passed down through bloodlines;

in others, fate simply sees them born to the Art.

Regardless of its source, ﬁ nding proper training

and an outlet for the gift of arcane power is vital.

Members of the Orders know countless tales of

poor souls who attempted to deny their nature,

suppressing the Art from fear and ridicule as their

untrained power consumed them from within.

In most lands, stigma and prejudice attach

themselves to the wizard, and as a result, a number

of would-be spellcasters remain unmotivated

to receive instruction until relatively late in life.

Indeed, many spellcasters have well-established

careers and skills outside of magic prior to their

instruction in High Sorcery. Those who discover

the gift can come from nearly any background and,

over countless generations, the Orders of High

Sorcery’s ranks have been ﬁ lled with warrior and

merchant, noble and peasant.

Early Education

The greater the force of any tide, the greater the

strength of the barrier that must contain it, and the

arcane force of magic is no exception. To control

energies as potent as those they wield, wizards are

required to master a number of unique skills, often

to excruciating standards. Alchemical chemistry,

illogical mathematics, unscientiﬁ c physics,

structured linguistics, and the memorization

of complex patterns and symbols are the

merest beginnings of the skills required to truly

understand a spell and cast it safely. And beyond

the spells themselves, the many factors which can

inﬂ uence magic — the nuances of the seasons, the

aspects of the day, the positions of the planets and

(especially) the moons — all become a part of a

complex learning process.

For some, these abilities will become second

nature seemingly overnight; for others, the Art

will take years to master. In either case, there

are two main routes that the study of magic can

take. Hopeful students can sometimes take up an

apprenticeship with an elder wizard, serving while

they live under a master’s tutelage, an arrangement

that tends to make learning magic more personal

but not always more structured. More commonly,

students will attend a school for wizards,

established by the Conclave for the express

purpose of ﬁ lling the ranks of the Orders of High

Sorcery. In either case, students are given enough

instruction to start them on the path to arcane

power and, with guidance and determination,

to pass the Test beyond which destruction or

greatness lies.

Raistlin Majere, Apprentice

Male human Wiz 1: CR 1; Medium humanoid; HD

1d4–1; hp 3; Init +3; Spd 30 ft.; AC 13, touch 13,

ﬂ at-footed 10; Base Atk +0; Grp –1; Atk/Full Atk

–1 melee (1d3–1/x2/nonlethal, unarmed strike);

SA spells; AL N; SV Fort –1, Ref +3, Will +3; Str 9,

Dex 16, Con 9, Int 17, Wis 12, Cha 10; Height 5 ft.

8 in.; Weight 125 lb.

Skills and Feats: Concentration +3, Decipher

Script +4, Heal +3, Knowledge (arcana) +7,

Knowledge (history) +4, Perform (magic tricks)

+2, Sleight of Hand +5, Spellcraft +9; Magical

Aptitude, Scribe Scroll, Spellcasting Prodigy.

Languages: Common, Elven, Magius.

Wizard Spells Prepared (3/2; save DC 14 +

spell level): 0—detect magic, read magic (2); 1st—

comprehend languages, identify.

Spellbook : 0—arcane mark, dancing lights,

detect magic, detect poison, light, mage hand,

mending, message, open/close, prestidigitation,

read magic; 1st—burning hands, comprehend

languages, ﬂ oating disk, identify.

Possessions: Wizard robes (white), spellbook,

parchment (5 sheets), ink vial, inkpen.

Notes: As a 16-year-old student, Raistlin does

not yet possess his full allotment of 0-level spells

or bonus languages. His Perform (magic tricks)

skill is used when Raistlin attempts to entertain

others with his repertoire of non-magical tricks

and illusions. He may earn money (in steel pieces)

for doing so (see Perform, page 79 in the Player’s

Handbook ).

“They All Will Learn”

Being a letter discovered among the possessions of

the wizard Antimodes of Balifor, whose possessions

were donated to the Tower of High Sorcery at

Wayreth upon his death. Date on the letter reads

“4th day of Autumn Harvest, 342.”

4 Wizards of Ansalon

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