{"product_id":"dungeons-dragons-spell-compendium-3-5-edition","title":"Dungeons \u0026 Dragons Spell Compendium 3.5 Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnlock the Lore of a Thousand Spellcasters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essential spellcaster's companion, Spell Compendium gather over 1,000 of the best spell from previously published Dungeons\u0026amp;Dragons game supplements and campaign settings, Dragon magazine articles, and articles posted on the Wizards of the Coast website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spells contained herein complement those presented in the Player's Handbook and have been updated to include official errata. In addition, this book contains descriptive read-aloud text telling you what a spell looks like, sounds like, or feels like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpell Compendium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2005) by Matthew Sernett, Jeff Grubb, and Mike McArtor, is the first of three capstone Compendiums for D\u0026amp;D 3.5e. It was published in December 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Sign of 3e's End?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe march toward D\u0026amp;D 4e (2008) began in early 2005, when Bill Slavicsek and his design and development managers chose the core team for the new edition. They conducted a first workshop in May and had designed a set of eight core classes by September. So, was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpell Compendium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea purposeful capstone for D\u0026amp;D 3.5e, intended to provide GMs with a definitive spell sourcebook?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProbably not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis would more obviously be the case when Wizards returned to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCompendium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries over a year later, with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagic Item Compendium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRules Compendium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007), but this first release in the series was too early in 4e's development. It probably just reflected the fact that D\u0026amp;D 3e had already produced a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003elot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof spells. 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