Table of Contents
Chapter One: Sorcerous Roles   Choosing and Using Roles   Roles Descriptions     The Academy Student     The Battle Mage     The Independent Sorcerer     The Itinerant Mage     The Knight of the Thorn     The Legionnaire Sorcerer     The Solamnic Auxiliary Sorcerer     The Spell Broker Chapter Two: Schools of Sorcery   Aeromancy   Cryomancy   Divination   Electromancy   Enchantment   Geomancy   Hydromancy   Pyromancy   Spectramancy   Summoning   Transmutation   Multi-School Spells     The Problem With Wood Chapter Three: Institutions   Why Study?   The Academy of Sorcery     The Campus     Entrance Exams     Learning and Teaching     Experiments and Research   Private Colleges     Tuition and Other Debts   Independent Teachers     Sorcerer's Apprentice   Knights of Takhisis		Chapter Four: Advanced Rules   Levels of Training   Difficulty vs. Cost   Effects of Study   Long-Term Durations   Extraordinary Spell Parameters   Group Castings   Competitive Spells   Special Magical Items   Magic Batteries   Magical Mishaps Chapter Five: Who's Who   Familiar Sorcerers     Palin Majere     The Shadow Sorcerer     The Master of the Tower     Jaclyn Cashel   Other Important Sorcerers     Mistress Jenna     Theo Drawde     Emma Xela     Finkle of the Green Robes   Magical Races     Dragons     Scions     Huldrefolk     Irda   Dragon Mages     Nature's Call     One in a Million     What Is a Dragon Mage?     The First Dragon Mage Roles Quick Reference

Credits Editor: Duane Maxwell Proofreader: Sue Weinlein Cook Creative Director: Harold Johnson Typographer: Angelika Lokotz Cover Illustrator: Jeff Easley Graphic Designers: Shan Ren and Dawn Murin Interior Illustrators: Jason Burrows, Ron Randall, and Brian Schomburg Cartohrapher and Map Illustrator: Diesel Graphic Coordinators: S. Daniele, Paul Hanchette, and Dawn Murin Special Thanks To: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and Ellen Dodge Severson, whose novels provided this book with valuable background information and descriptive quotes to begin each chapter, and to Jonas Williams for his research. Playtesting and Advice: William W. Connors, Sue Cook, Harold Johnson, Steven H. Lorenz, Duane Maxwell, Steve Miller, Sean O'Leary, Bill Olmesdahl, Ed Stark, Skip Williams Author's Foreword: A book containing knowledge that can aid a sorcerer in developing his craft... sounds like an integral part of just about any fantasy novel, movie, or role-playing game, doesn't it? Sorcerers are always poring through musty old tomes, uncovering forgotten knowledge - either that or they're scribbling madly in their spellbooks, jotting down material components and notations on just how to pronounce the somatic portion of their latest spells. Well, wake up and smell the spiced potatoes! This is Krynn in the Fifth Age, and things are a bit different than you might expect. A New Way for a New Age The funny thing about working on this project was the constant nagging feeling that the book itself was incongruous with the ideas inside. Magic in the Fifth Age, whether it is sorcery or mysticism, is a wonderful, freeform spellcasting system. Sorcerers do not learn their craft from texts (although book learning does have its place in Fifth Age sorcery). Spellcasters are no longer drilled in specific forms and rituals. Rather, they learn the basics through trial and error and are encouraged to find their own ways to express themselves through magic. At the Academy of Sorcery, the students are told to try new things, to cast spells in ways no one has ever thought of before. The same onus is placed on the players of sorcerer heroes. One Moon, Not Three goes into greater detail on concepts, people, and places originally presented in the Book of the Fifth Age and Dusk or Dawn from the FIFTH AGE boxed set. It also takes the players' understanding of sorcery to the next logical stage. Still, for all the information contained in these pages, this is not meant to be a definitive treatise on how sorcerers in the Fifth Age act. No one can tell you that - no one but you. Spells from the School of You One Moon, Not Three is full of ideas. Some of them you'll like, some you won't. I personally hope there are more of the former than the latter, but no matter what you think of their value, you can learn something from every idea in this book. Take that knowledge and use it to weave your own personal interpreta- tion of sorcery into your DRAGONLANCE: FIFTH AGE campaign. Krynn is already a magical world, but it can only grow richer when we all add our own magic to the mix.

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