The Complete Wizard's Handbook is a supplemental rulebook published in 1990 for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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The Complete Wizard's Handbook is a rules supplement for the 2nd edition Player's Handbook

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which details magician characters. The book covers three aspects of wizards in detail: their school of magic (such as illusion or necromancy), their "wizard kit" (subclass, such as mystic, witch, or militant wizard), and by their career (such as alchemist or treasure-hunter). The book also includes new spells, and rules for spell research, adjudicating illusions, and casting spells in unusual conditions.

Publication history

PHBR4 The Complete Wizard's Handbook was written by Rick Swan and published by TSR in 1990 as a 128-page book.