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What is the the highest level spell I can expect from the book? I have seen wyvern call lvl 6 and true sight lvl 5 and am just trying to decide if this is as good as it gets.
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After about 10 min. of changing spells, I've decided Call Wyvern is the best.

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Post by Drakron Du´Dark »

well acording to Shadow Keep, "spell turning"lv 7.

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Are the spells you get and the order of them random?

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Post by Drakron Du´Dark »

I think so, I got the "fireball" spell 3 times before getting "True Sight"

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Post by vavouras2000 »

i used spell turning....

it was the most useful from all i'd seen
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Post by Weasel »

At one time Buck asked if anyone had a breakdown on the spells available. It's in one of the threads.

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Post by Drakron Du´Dark »

Well in shadow keep the spells are:

"Protection from Evil"lv1.
"Burning Hands"lv1.
"Invisibility"lv2.
"Stinking Cloud"lv2.
"Fireball"lv3.
"Far Sight"lv4.
"True Seeing"lv5.
"Wyvern Call"lv6.
"Spell Turning"lv7.

Hope this Helps.

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Post by Alienbob »

once i got burning hands about 5 times and then turned to the last page and it was stinking cloud. Image Image great. oh well throw the book in with all the other junk to sell. does anyone know how many pages are in the book? is it random?

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It's random. save your game before you turn the page.

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Okay Mister Smartass. Image

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You asked and I replied.

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Post by Rail »

I like having true seeing in there. The book can be given to anyone for use, so it's nice having a fighter, cleric, or thief able to cast this and mess up a mage or lich's plans rather than wasting a spell from one of your mages.
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Post by Black Hand »

Spell Turning Lvl7 is very neat, for it's the only way for a non-spellcaster to get a real Spellprotection (although the 'Cloak of Mirroring' will grant protection from direct damage spells).
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Post by Lipobuddy »

Where in the game can I find the book? I haven't seem to come across it yet and would love to know where to look for it.

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Originally posted by Waverly:
What is the the highest level spell I can expect from the book? I have seen wyvern call lvl 6 and true sight lvl 5 and am just trying to decide if this is as good as it gets.
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Post by Weasel »

It's in Brynnlaw...
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You have to kill the cowl wizard to get it.

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Post by FoulDwimmerlaik »

When I opened it I got fireball every SINGLE time until I ran out of pages.
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Save your game before you start turning the pages... It took me 4 or 5 reloads to get the spell I was looking for.

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Post by FoulDwimmerlaik »

I can't try it anymore.

I did it three times (saving, reloading) and all I ever got was Fireball.

So I moved the book into my "floor" items area, dropped it on the floor, backed my party out of the room then cast two fireballs at the book, left the area and never looked back.
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