The Dragon Tree Spell Book and T.H.E. Fighter

[tdenmark]

I've been digging up every old school small press and homemade RPG related books I can find. Especially if they are digest sized. These are my latest acquisitions:

[tdenmark]

The older the better. As long as its not too expensive!

[tombowings]

I've never heard of these. What's in them?

[grodog]

Feb 5, 2021 0:59:07 GMT -6 tombowings said:

I've never heard of these. What's in them?

DragonTree spellbook is a compendium of new spells: Lawrence Schick wrote "Supplement of 224 spells, with two new types (Dragon Magick and Zero Level spells), and rules for four magic systems." Heroic Worlds.

THE Fighter is a set of combat options for fighters, mostly being an alternative combat system.

Notes from HW via afterglow2.com/ which is a great resource for non-TSR D&D stuff, along with tomeoftreasures.com/forum/index.php

Allan.

[tdenmark]

What grodog said.

DragonTree Spellbook has a range of spells of all levels that go from interesting, to really good, to useless. For example some of the 2nd level spells like Record (basically just records your voice) would be better as a cantrip. rpggeek.com/rpgitem/63921/dragon-tree-spell-book

T.H.E. Fighter is a very old school approach to making combat more complicated than it needs to be. It feels like a prelude to Man-to-Man and GURPS. RPG Geek has a decent listing rpggeek.com/rpgitem/107985/the-fighter

[DungeonDevil]

Has anyone ordered directly from Dragon Tree's own website? It's pretty bare-bones (=early 2000s style web design), and links for the products are broken, so I don't know if it's still operational.

www.dragontreepress.com/DT_Sales.html

[tdenmark]

These are the first three spells in the Dragon Tree Spell Book (1981). It is interesting that these zero level spells came out before the Dragon magazine that introduced cantrips to D&D, which was #59, Mar 15, 1982.

ASSAY COMPOUND (ALCHEMIST) (BRE)
ZERO LEVEL
Save: N/A
Comp: V/S
Dur: INSTANTANEOUS
Range: TOUCH
This is used to determine the nature of drugs and herbs. The degree of information revealed depends on the users.familiarity with the type of compound being investigated. If a mage attempts to use this spell on a drug or herb which he has not previously encountered, ~e will n~t gain any information. If he has previously tested a sample of the same material, knowing what the material is, he will be able to identify the sample.


ASSAY METALS (FOUNDRY) (BRE)
ZERO LEVEL
Save: N/A
Comp: V/S/M
Dur: INSTANTANEOUS
Range: TOUCH

This spell is used to determine the composition of metals. The material component is a hard white stone called a touch stone. When the spell is cast, the sample metal transfers a characteristic mark to the stone by which the experienced metal worker can recognize the composition of the sample.


BAIT (DS)
ZERO LEVEL
Save: NONE
Comp: V/S
Range: TOUCH
Duration: 24 HOURS
Area: 1 CUBIC INCH

This spell causes any small object to smell and taste like the favorite food of any named species of animal (Caster must know the proper name of the species). If the true name of an individual (animal or person) is used, it will seem like that individual's favorite food. (To everyone it will smell and taste like his favorite; to him only, it will also look like it).