''Advanced d20 Magic'' is a sourcebook published by Guardians of Order in 2006 that contains variant rules for the third edition of the fantasy role-playing game '' Dungeons & Dragons''.

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Spellcasters in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and other d20 System role-playing games use a "fire & forget" system of magic first described in the ''

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'' stories and novels of sf author Jack Vance. In the Vancian system, the spellcaster must memorize a spell to use it. Once the spell has been cast, it fades from the spellcaster's memory, forcing the spellcaster to rememorize the spell. ''Advanced d20 Magic'' uses a variant system of spellcasting for ''D&D'' and other d20 role-playing games. The variant system, called "Dynamic Spellcasting", allows spellcasters to cast any spell they know as often as they wish as a standard action without any special ingredients or other actions. However, spellcasting can drain a spellcaster's physical resources to the point of unconsciousness.

Publication history

Guardians of Order, producers of the ''

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, also created a d20 role-playing game based on '' Slayers'' (2003), a Japanese novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. Rather than the Vancian "fire & forget" system of spellcasting used in other d20 role-playing games, this system used a variant called "Dynamic Spellcasting". In 2006, Guardians re-published ''Slayer''s "Dynamic Magic" system as a variant for ''D&D'' and other d20 game systems in ''Advanced d20 Magic'', a 144-page softcover book designed by David Lyons and Michelle Lyons, with interior art by Kythera, Anne Rouvin, and Melissa Uran, with cover art by Niko Geyer.

Recognition

A copy of ''Advanced d20 Magic'' is held in the Judith Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy ( Toronto Public Library).

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