In my #homebrew, #spellbooks are rarely actual books - they're disguised as other objects, a symptom of the distrust of mystics (#clerics, #wizards, etc). Most recently a player retrieved a spellbook hidden in a lightning-blasted tree stump in a swamp - a glass eye and magnifying glass in a leather pouch. She needs the magnifying glass to read the spells, etched in tiny runes on the glass. The previous owner actually used the eye, lol. #ttrpg #worldbuilding #magic

What's neat to me about #grimoires and #spellbooks are understanding the thoughts and reasoning behind #spells, and what knowledge informed those decisions and #magical thinking.

Here's a spell you can inscribe on a plate and throw into a fire to extinguish it! Keep a backup fire extinguisher on hand just in case 😜 this is from "Long Lost Friend", possibly the first American #grimoire

Anyway this is why I recommend translated and annotated editions, no need to redo the work unless the only available translation is really bad or biased :spellbook2:
#ReadOnlyFriday #occult #chaosMagick

What's neat to me about #grimoires and #spellbooks are understanding the thoughts and reasoning behind #spells, and what knowledge informed those decisions and #magical thinking.

Here's a spell you can inscribe on a plate and throw into a fire to extinguish it! Keep a backup fire extinguisher on hand just in case 😜 this is from "Long Lost Friend", possibly the first American #grimoire

Anyway this is why I recommend translated and annotated editions, no need to redo the work unless the only available translation is really bad or biased :spellbook2: