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GUIDE TO
WRITTEN BY
WOLFGANG BAUR
DAVID “ZEB” COOK
JAMES ENGE
ED GREENWOOD
JEFF GRUBB
KENNETH HITE
JAMES JACOBS
COLIN
MCcOMB
McCOMB
RICHARD PETT
TIM PRATT
KEN SCHOLES
MARTHA WELLS
STEVE WINTER
AND MORE!
M
AGIC
INTRODUCTION BY MONTE COOK
EDITED BY RAY VALLESE
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Other Books by Kobold Press
Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding
Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design
Kobold Guide to Board Game Design
Midgard Campaign Setting
KOBOLD Guide to Magic
KOBOLD Guide
to Magic
Introduction by Monte Cook
With essays by
Wolfgang Baur, David “Zeb” Cook, James Enge,
Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Kenneth Hite,
James Jacobs, Colin McComb, Richard Pett, Tim Pratt,
Ken Scholes, Martha Wells, Steve Winter, and more!
Edited by Ray Vallese
KOBOLD Guide to Magic
© 2014 Open Design LLC
Editor
Ray Vallese
Cover Art
Ralph Horsley
Publisher
Wolfgang Baur
Accountant
Shelly Baur
Graphic Design
Marc Radle
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First Edition
KOBOLD Guide to Magic
Table of
Contents
Hoary Hosts
Monte Cook
................................................................................................ 9
Colors of Magic
Jeff Grubb
............................................................................................ 11
Explicable vs. Inexplicable Magic
Clinton J. Boomer
................................................ 17
Staff and Moon: Gender-Based Magic in Fantasy
Amber E. Scott
.......................... 25
Why I Hate Teleport Spells
Wolfgang Baur
................................................................. 31
Making Magic Believable
Ken Scholes
......................................................................... 39
The Quest for Great Lost Magic
Ed Greenwood
......................................................... 43
Myth and Magic of the Gaels of Ireland
Willie Walsh
.............................................. 51
More Than a Tool
David Chart
.................................................................................... 59
Do Not Call Up What You Cannot Put Down
James Jacobs
................................... 65
A Glint in the Eye, a Blaze in the Soul
Colin McComb
............................................ 71
Invisible Colleges: Magical Societies, Secret and Otherwise
Kenneth Hite
.......... 77
Cost Determines Value
Aaron Rosenberg
................................................................... 85
Magic in Tolkien
John D. Rateliff
................................................................................. 91
Putting the Magic Back Into Magic
Thomas M. Reid
............................................... 99
Divination and Prophecies
Wolfgang Baur
..............................................................105
A Spectrum of Sorcerers
James Enge
.......................................................................111
Selling Your Soul: A Guide
F. Wesley Schneider
.....................................................117
A Life Less Ordinary
Martha Wells
..........................................................................123
The Perils, Profits, and Process of Cabal Magic
Richard Pett
..............................129
Impractical Magic
David “Zeb” Cook
........................................................................137
Conjuration and Punishment
Steve Winter
..............................................................143
Make It Weird
Tim Pratt
.............................................................................................151
Contributor Bios
...........................................................................................................156
KOBOLD Guide to Magic

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