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THE BOOK OF ELDRITCH MAGIC

By Monte Cook

Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons ® Player's Handbook ,

Third Edition, published by Wizards of the Coast®

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

New Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

New Prestige Classes . . . . . . . .4

New Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

New Magic Items . . . . . . . . .23

New Monster Template:

Magical Construct . . . . . . . . .33

Open Game License . . . . . . .36

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A nd thus Malhavoc said, “ You see me as nothing

more than a spellslinger, a trickster—a charlatan. That

will be your undoing, you ignorant god-lackey. For while

you channel your power from your pitiful deity, I am

power. While you serve your god, I am on my way to

becoming one! All the arcane might from all the wizards

who have come before me is mine to command. See if your

cure light wounds can cope with this…”

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 7th+, Cha 17+

Benefit: Creatures you summon are above average

physically. They have a +2 bonus to Strength, Con-

stitution, and Dexterity.

E TCH O BJECT R UNE [I TEM C REATION ]

You can etch magical runes onto the surfaces of

inanimate objects.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+

Benefit: You can create an etched object rune of

any spell that you know. Etching an object rune takes

one day for each 1,000 gp in its base price. The base

price of a etched object rune is its spell level multiplied by

its caster level multiplied by 30 gp. To etch a rune,

you must spend 1/25 of this base price in XP and use

up raw materials costing 1/2 this base price.

Any etched object rune that stores a spell with a

costly material component or an XP cost also carries a

commensurate cost. In addition to the costs derived

from the base price, you must expend the spell’s mate-

rial component or pay the XP when etching the rune.

Any object with a solid surface can bear an etched

rune. Normally, a Small object (or smaller) can have

only one object rune, while a Medium-sized object

can have two, a Large object can have four, a Huge

object eight, and so on. The etching does not harm

the object in any way, and once the rune is used, the

object returns to normal.

Once an object rune is etched, it can be used like

a scroll, as described in the rules for casting spells

from scrolls in the Player’s Handbook .

INTRODUCTION

Malhavoc was an arrogant bastard, but his ideas were

interesting. Arcane spellcasters—arcanists—do

possess the unique attributes to call power into

themselves, serving only their own wishes. Of course,

this led to the development of their not-entirely-

undeserved reputation of evil, power-mad egoism.

Wizards, sorcerers, and bards are formidable char-

acters who command great power. But power is only

as great as the knowledge behind it. Much of the

secret arcanist lore lies within the covers of a massive

tome known as The Book of Eldritch Might . This

volume holds just a small sampling of the treasures

found in those pages. Frequently, in fact, snippets

such as this one are copied from the book and dis-

seminated as books of magic all their own.

Malhavoc himself, a powerful wizard, claimed to

have possessed the full Book of Eldritch Might for a

time. He said the book was intelligent—an elder god

of magic somehow trapped within a simple item. In

his “conversations” with the book, he transcribed

details of new areas of study, new spells, new magical

items, and more. We are proud to present his work.

I TEM I MAGE [E LDRITCH ]

You can bond yourself or someone else with a magic

item by use of a tattoo.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 7th+, Int 17+

Benefit: You inscribe a tattoo onto your flesh or

the flesh of another, in the presence of a magic item

that weighs no more than the tattooed character can

carry. This process takes eight hours and costs 1/10

the market value of the magic item in gold pieces.

Once the tattoo is finished, the character can magi-

cally store the item within the image, and can call it

forth again as a free action. While stored, the item

remains in unchanging stasis, magically shrunk down

so small that it cannot be felt. The Item Image tattoo

is permanent; there is no limit to the number of times

a character can call forth and re-store the magic item.

The tattooed image is often inscribed on the

NEW FEATS

This list of feats includes a new type: the eldritch

feat. These feats confer actual magical powers as

spell-like abilities. They are often available only to

characters with exceptional ability scores, as

described in their prerequisites. If a class, such as a

wizard, gains a bonus metamagic or item creation

feat, you can choose to allow a member of that class

to take eldritch feats also.

C ONJURE M ASTERY [E LDRITCH ]

You learn how to get more powerful creatures when

you cast summoning spells.

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character’s hand or arm, its design flowing seamlessly

from the flesh to the item being held. For instance,

the image to store a +2 trident might resemble waves

that flow down the character’s arm in lines that

mirror the curves of the weapon’s shaft. Often the

tattoo changes when the item comes out of its magi-

cal storage; in the previous example, the trident

might appear beneath the waves while it is stored,

disappearing from the image as it is called forth.

Further, that character with the keyed image

enjoys one of the following benefits while using that

specific item (chosen at the time the image is

inscribed):

• +1 damage if the item is a weapon (stacks with all

other bonuses)

• +2 saving throw DC, if the item requires oppo-

nents to make a save

• +2 caster level

• Item inflicts 1d6 points of fire damage upon any-

one who attempts to use it, other than the tat-

tooed character

Special: You can take this feat multiple times, for

a number of bane creature types. Choose a creature

type from this list:

• Aberrations • Animals

• Beasts • Constructs

• Dragons • Elementals

• Fey • Giants

• Magical beasts • Monstrous humanoid

• Oozes • Outsiders, chaotic

• Outsiders, evil • Outsiders, good

• Outsiders, lawful • Plants

• Shapechangers

• Undead

• Vermin

• Humanoid (choose subtype)

L ACE S PELL :H OLY /U NHOLY [Eldritch]

By lacing them with energy, you can add potency to

the spells you cast against good or evil targets.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+, Int 17+

Benefit: You give extra power to a spell that you

cast against either an evil or a good opponent. You

must choose whether to make your spells holy or

unholy at the time you select this feat, and afterward

you can never take this feat again. Spells laced with

holy or unholy energy are changed in these ways:

Holy. Changes the spell’s descriptor to [good] and

adds +2 to the save DC if the target or creatures

within the area are of evil alignment.

Unholy. Changes the spell’s descriptor to [evil]

and adds +2 to the save DC if the target or crea-

tures within the area are of good alignment.

L ACE S PELL :E LEMENTAL E NERGIES [Eldritch]

You can add more damage to the spells you cast by

lacing them with elemental energy.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+, Int 17+

Benefit: You can give an extra power to a single-

target spell when you cast it by adding elemental

energy. In addition to its normal effect, any spell

with a single target also inflicts +1d6 points of

damage to that target if the spell takes effect (assum-

ing the target fails his saving throw, if any). The

damage is a type of your choosing: fire, electricity,

cold, acid, or sonic. Spells with different effects based

on the success or failure of a saving throw (such as

disintegrate or slay living ) inflict the additional

damage either way.

L ACE S PELL :L AWF UL /C HAOTIC [E LDRITCH ]

By lacing them with energy, you can add potency to

the spells you cast against lawful or chaotic targets.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+, Int 17+

Benefit: You give extra power to a spell that you

cast against either a chaotic or a lawful opponent.

You must choose whether to make your spells lawful

or chaotic at the time you select this feat, and after-

ward you can never take this feat again. Spells laced

with lawful or chaotic energy are changed in these

ways:

Lawful. Changes the spell’s descriptor to [lawful]

and adds +2 to the save DC if the target or crea-

tures within the area are of chaotic alignment.

Chaotic. Changes the spell’s descriptor to [chaot-

ic] and adds +2 to the save DC if the target or

creatures within the area are of lawful alignment.

L ACE S PELL :E NEMY B ANE [Eldritch]

You can add more damage to the spells you cast

when you cast them upon a chosen enemy.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+, Int 17+

Benefit: You give an extra power to a damaging

spell when you cast it on a specific type of creature

(you must choose the type of creature when you

select this feat). Any spell that causes damage inflicts

+20% more against creatures of this type. Some

people claim to hear an intense cackling sound when

a bane spell strikes its intended target.

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M ANUFACTURE M AGIC P OISON [Item Creation]

You can create magic poisons, which have magical

effects in addition to their traditional deadly

nature. See the Core Rulebook II for rules on poi-

sons.

Prerequisite: Spellcaster level 5th+

Benefit: You can create any magic poison (see

page 29) whose prerequisites you meet. Enchanting a

magic poison takes one week for each 1,000 gp of its

price. To enchant a magic poison, the spellcaster

must spend 1/25 of the item’s price in XP and use up

raw materials costing half its price.

NEW PRESTIGE

CLASSES

The following three prestige classes—the

embermage, the graven one, and the mirror master—

were all designed with arcanists in mind.

Embermage

Although there are others who claim to be fire wizards,

the embermages may be the truest sort of fire mage.

M IRROR S IGHT [Eldritch]

You can look through a mirror and see an image that

is reflected in a specific other mirror or an individual

reflected in any other mirror.

Prerequisites: Spellcaster level 1+, Cha 19+

Benefit: You can, once per day, use a mirror for a

special sort of scrying. Looking into a mirror, you

can see through it to view a reflection in another

mirror. You can choose to see one of three types of

reflection:

• The current reflection in another mirror you are

familiar with.

• The reflection of a person you know well, assum-

ing that person is near a mirror.

• The reflection of a place you know well, assuming

the location is being reflected in a mirror.

You receive only visual information through this

ability. However, you can choose transmit informa-

tion both ways—so that a person reflected in the

remote mirror can view whatever appears in the

mirror you are using. Contact lasts 1d4 rounds,

plus a number of rounds equal to your Charisma

bonus.

For example, Aliya knows that her friend Serai

keeps a mirror in his living room over the mantle.

She can look through her own hand-held mirror

and see into Serai’s living room. But Serai’s not

there. The next day, Aliya can attempt to find

Serai by looking into her mirror. If, at that

moment, Serai is near any mirror at all, she can see

him. Otherwise, she sees nothing but her own

reflection.

Mirror Sight works with mirrors only; it is not

effective with attempting to scry with other reflective

surfaces such as a still pool or a polished metal

shield.

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Fire smolders within them. Their blood literally burns.

This fire makes them tough—they have to be, for they

must access their powers by releasing the fire within.

Many sorcerers and wizards become embermages,

bards less often. All embermages have suffered greatly

by fire and internalized the power within the flame.

NPC embermages gather together in small cabals.

They use their power to achieve a set end, although

the goals of every embermage are different.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int mod.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the ember-

mage prestige class:

Weapon and Armor Proficiency. Embermages

gain no weapon, armor, or shield proficiencies.

Spells per Day. When a character reaches an

odd-numbered embermage level, he gains new spells

per day as if he had also gained a level in his previous

spellcasting class. He does not, however, receive any

other benefit a character of that class would have

gained (improved chance of controlling or rebuking

undead, metamagic or item creation feats, and so

on). This essentially means that he adds the level of

embermage to the level of his other spellcasting class,

then determines spells per day (and caster level)

accordingly.

For example, if Serai, a 9th-level sorcerer, gains a

level in embermage, he gains new spells as if he had

risen to 10th level in sorcerer, and he casts them at

10th level. However, he uses the other embermage

aspects of level progression, such as attack bonus and

save bonus. If he next takes a level of sorcerer, making

him an 10th-level sorcerer/1st-level embermage, he

gains spells as if he had risen to 11th-level sorcerer.

If a character had more than one spellcasting class

before becoming an embermage, he must decide

which class receives each level of embermage, for the

purposes of determining spells per day.

Burning Touch (Sp). The embermage can call

flames to the tips of his fingers as a free action, inflict-

ing 1d4 + 1 point per class level of damage (maximum

+5) if touched to a foe. (The touch attack is handled

normally.) The flames can set flammable objects like

paper alight. The flames last 1 round. These flames

come from within the character, inflicting 1 point of

damage upon him each time he uses this ability.

Requirements

To qualify to become an embermage, a character

must fulfill all the following criteria.

Knowledge (arcana) ranks: 10

Feats: Endurance, Spell Focus (evocation), Spell

Penetration

Spellcasting: Must be able to cast 3rd-level arcane

spells. The character must be able to cast five spells of

the fire type and may cast no spells of the cold type.

Special: To become an embermage, character must

have been reduced to negative hit points entirely

through damage by fire, or killed by a fire attack.

Special: A character can use no spell or item that

provides protection against fire (doing so prevents the

use of embermage abilities until the protection ends).

Hit Die: d6

Class Skills

The embermage’s class skills (and the key ability for

each skill) are:

• Alchemy (Int)

• Concentration (Con)

• Craft (Int)

• Knowledge (any) (Int)

• Profession (Wis)

• Scry (Int)

• Spellcraft (Int)

See the Player’s Handbook , Chapter 6, for skill

descriptions.

E MBERMAGE

Class Attack Fort. Ref. Will

Lvl Bonus Save Save Save Special

Spells per Day

Burning Touch

+1 level of existing class

Burning Blood

+1 level of existing class

Fingers of Fire

+1 level of existing class

Burning Blood Backlash

+1 level of existing class

Tongue of Fire

Eyes of Fire

+1 level of existing class

Implosion

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