Encyclopedia Magica Volume 4: S-Z & Index Access [Paperback]

Doug Stuart (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1664 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (December 4, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786902892
• ISBN-13: 978-0786902897
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #43 in Books > Education & Reference > Encyclopedias > Science Fiction & Fantasy

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome--good resource for DMs, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Encyclopedia Magica (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons), Vol. 1: A-C (Paperback)

I'm sure every Dm has a little trouble figuring what new magical items to stump his players with. This resource solves the problem forever.With everything from amulets to daggers to "Goerl's Portable Tackle Box and Canoe" to dice to cards to boxes to bags to art to armor to axes to candles to boats to........... you get the point. There are plenty of items that are beneficial to your characters, and also a few that will annoy them or even be dangerous. There are some joke items, such as the Mystical Brown Coating Box or the above canoe and tackle box, some fun stuff, like flatboxes and cloaks of changing, some useful stuff, like magic carpets and amulets, some powerful stuff, like "The Tarot Deck of Many Things" some Artifacts, and even some cursed stuff. Essential for DMs, but not for players. This item also makes for some memorable moments. I'll always remember the time my players found the Candle of Convocation, which transports them to a high-school pep rally on a different plane of existence, and which they can't leave till they win the cheering contest. The players acted it out, and since our meetings have been outside (thanks to my parents). Anyway, this item is a must-have for all DMs, and if you get it, you will sure be satisfied.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The hardcover is not a hardcover, November 19, 2002

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The Hit Pointe (Orion Twp, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia Magica (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons), Vol. 3: P-S (Paperback)

Amazon misleadingly lists the first printing of this book as a hardcover. This series was NEVER printed in hardcover form. The book listed as a hardcover is actually the original "bible" or "fancy" edition of the book. It comes with a faux-leather vinyl cover, fancy bible-quality paper, and two ribbon bookmarks that are sewn into the binding.

Later printings (published after TSR was bought by Wizards of The Coast) have an embossed heavy-paper cover, lower-quality paper for the pages, and no bookmarks. These printings are billed as "softcover" by Amazon.

There are no other versions than these two.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent magical items source for DM's and gamers alike, September 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Encyclopedia Magica (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons), Vol. 1: A-C (Paperback)

Well, to start with you'd expect this book to be entirely stacked to the rafters with the utmost in specific magics from all corners of the AD&D gaming worlds. When in actual fact it is stacked to the rafters with the utmost in specific magics from all corners of the AD&D gaming worlds. There are some good, some not so good and some damn right evil pieces of equipment in here. Naturally it is a bit of a pain having to buy all 4 to get the full benefit, but imagine the fun with all those amulets, and armour types. To be honest it is not great. But it does list every magical item from the DM guide (1st edition) to Dragon magazine (about issue 200). It's really good, honest!