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{{Infobox Book
{{Infobox book
| name = Tome and Blood
| name = Tome and Blood
| image = [[Image:Tome and Blood coverthumb.jpg]]
| image = Tome and Blood coverthumb.jpg
| image_caption = Cover of ''Tome and Blood''
| caption = Cover of ''Tome and Blood''
| author = Bruce R. Cordell, Skip Williams
| author = Bruce R. Cordell, Skip Williams
| genre = [[Role-playing game]]
| genre = [[Role-playing game]]
| publisher = Wizards of the Coast
| publisher = Wizards of the Coast
| release_date = July 2001
| release_date = July 2001
| media_type = Print ([[Trade Paperback]])
| media_type = Print ([[Trade paper edition|Trade Paperback]])
| pages = 96
| pages = 96
| isbn = 0-7869-1845-4
| isbn = 0-7869-1845-4
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'''''Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers''''' is an optional rulebook for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition|3rd edition]] of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and notable for its [[trade paperback]] format.
'''''Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers''''' is an optional rulebook for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition|3rd edition]] of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', and notable for its [[Paperback#Trade paperback|trade paperback]] format.


==Contents==
==Contents==
The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the [[Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons)|Wizard]] and [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerer]] base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes.
The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the [[Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons)|Wizard]] and [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerer]] base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes.


''Tome and Blood'' includes 15 prestige classes.{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}*Acolyte of the Skin
''Tome and Blood'' includes 15 prestige classes.{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}
*Acolyte of the Skin
*Alienist
*Alienist
*Arcane Trickster
*Arcane Trickster
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==Publication history==
==Publication history==
''Tome and Blood'' was published in 2001 by [[Wizards of the Coast]], and was not updated to 3.5 Edition, although most of the prestige classes were later reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook ''[[Complete Arcane]]''.
''Tome and Blood'' was published in 2001 by [[Wizards of the Coast]], and was designed by [[Bruce R. Cordell]] and [[Skip Williams]]. Cover art was by [[Todd Lockwood]], with interior art by [[Wayne Reynolds]].
The book was not updated to 3.5 Edition, although most of the prestige classes were later reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook ''[[Complete Arcane]]''.


==Reception==
==Reception==
The reviewer from ''[[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]]'' commented that "In some ways, the theme of ''Tome And Blood'' could be everything old is new again." The reviewer cited the example of the Arcane Order, originally found in the 2nd edition book ''The College of Wizardry'', by [[Bruce R. Cordell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2309|title = Pyramid: Pyramid Review: Tome and Blood (For Dungeons & Dragons)}}</ref>

==Reviews==


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/882380000 Product page] at wizards.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030704155319/http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/882380000 Product page] at wizards.com


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Latest revision as of 04:39, 27 August 2022

Tome and Blood
Cover of Tome and Blood
AuthorBruce R. Cordell, Skip Williams
GenreRole-playing game
PublisherWizards of the Coast
Publication date
July 2001
Media typePrint (Trade Paperback)
Pages96
ISBN0-7869-1845-4
OCLC47646058

Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers is an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and notable for its trade paperback format.

Contents

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The guidebook provides supplemental information for characters belonging to the Wizard and Sorcerer base classes. This book contained tips for creating and playing characters of the aforementioned class, as well as a large number of prestige classes.

Tome and Blood includes 15 prestige classes.

Publication history

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Tome and Blood was published in 2001 by Wizards of the Coast, and was designed by Bruce R. Cordell and Skip Williams. Cover art was by Todd Lockwood, with interior art by Wayne Reynolds.

The book was not updated to 3.5 Edition, although most of the prestige classes were later reintroduced in the 3.5 supplemental sourcebook Complete Arcane.

Reception

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The reviewer from Pyramid commented that "In some ways, the theme of Tome And Blood could be everything old is new again." The reviewer cited the example of the Arcane Order, originally found in the 2nd edition book The College of Wizardry, by Bruce R. Cordell.[1]

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