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The Archive of Esoteric Secrets

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The Archive of Esoteric Secrets

"I love to reward my players by doling out spells and scrolls for magic they've never seen in a WotC supplement. The downside is that a lot of the magic supplements are either redundant with the PHB, or poorly executed. This supplement has neither of those problems.
These spells are highly creative and put a smile on my face just to read.
Other spells seem like such natural spells to exist that you'd think they'd have been in the PHB.
Really great stuff here, and worth your money!"

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Gain greater options for your spellcasting with the extension compendium of 160 spells. Here to fill the gaps in the D&D 5e spell list, the Archive of Esoteric Secrets is a book of new and exciting spells.

With the Archive of Esoteric Secrets, invoke the following arcane power, and so much more:

9 new cantrips, including summoning barrels and puddles of acid
17 new 1st-level spells, including magic sigils, animated snowmen, and a volley of sharp stones
23 new 2nd-level spells, including vine armour, silent spells, enchanting tales, and animated blades
23 new 3rd-level spells, including inducing heart palpitations, hallucinogenic smoke, and protective celestial spirit
31 new 4th-level spells, including fiendish chains, localised tornados, and spears of molten metal
21 new 5th-level spells, including paralyzing lightning strikes, a murder of demonic crows, and the briefest of teleportations
15 new 6th-level spells, including permanent change of appearance, bursts of sonic energy, and spirits of fire
9 new 7th-level spells, including acid rain, intrusive darkness, and an angel of rusted metal
7 new 8th-level spells, including a powerful protective barrier, a darkness that blots out the sun, and a field of impassable terrain
5 new 9th-level spells, including the power of a giant god, and a storm of permafrost

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PWYW Version

Gain access to 32 of the Archive's 160 spells with the Archive of Esoteric Previews, a free portion of the Archive with an eclectic mix of the compendium's many spells.

The Archive of Esoteric Previews Link

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The Archive of Esoteric Secrets Bundle

Get the original Archive and its sequel all at once, 33% off!

The link to the Archive of Esoteric Secrets II
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The Archive of Esoteric Secrets on Fantasy Grounds

Get Archive on Fantasy Grounds thanks to a conversion by the Grim Press!

Link to the Archive of Esoteric Secrets on Fantasy Grounds

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Christopher F November 16, 2019 10:09 am UTC
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Kind of curious about some of the classes here. I don't know where to find the actual Shaman or Aethera classes, though I am wanting to take a look at them and possibly add them to my collection of classes. Am I missing anything? I think I found a thing a while back that had some Shaman spells too, but never could find the class itself.
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Jack W November 16, 2019 10:47 am UTC
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Any mention of either class class you've seen has been homebrewed in. I have plans to release class compendiums of one full class and seven class archetypes over the next year, shaman and aethera will be in some of the later ones
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Dale O May 22, 2019 12:07 pm UTC
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Love the cosmic-themed spells in this, perfect for one of my upcoming characters. One issue I've noticed is that the 3rd-level spell Starlight has a Concentration duration, but does not outright state an ongoing effect unless I'm reading the spell incorrectly.
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Jack W May 23, 2019 3:09 pm UTC
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Thanks for the nice comments :)

As for starlight, that is definitely a typo, editing big compendiums like this is just rows and row of the exact same structure of text, so lots of things slip through the cracks. Will get around to releasing a new version sooner or later with some minor updates.
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Kyle T February 24, 2019 11:37 pm UTC
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Hello, I bought this earlier today, but I've had no luck opening it on anything on my computer. Microsoft Edge says there's something in the PDF preventing it from opening, and it fails to open with Lumin or Google Doc as well. Is there a certain program I'm supposed to be using?
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Jack W February 25, 2019 2:24 pm UTC
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That is very strange. First time anyone has encountered this issue. I'll can send you another copy if you'd like, see if that helps
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Kyle T March 03, 2019 2:24 am UTC
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Thanks, please do. Was really counting on this book to help flesh out a new magic-focused campaign with some friends.
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Jack W March 03, 2019 2:15 pm UTC
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Just drop me an email at jack.weighill@hotmail.co.uk, or a twitter DM @diceaveragejack and I'll send you a complimentary copy to see if that works, if not I think I know one other thing I can try
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John W January 17, 2019 3:22 pm UTC
Jack W, you mention checking out your author page and other home-brew links below, but I see no links and have no idea where your "author page" is or how to get to it. Can you assist? Thank you.
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Jack W January 17, 2019 4:02 pm UTC
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Author link is just my name linked underneath the product title at the top of the page as shown here https://i.imgur.com/WyNYwUI.png

Homebrew Link is shown here https://i.imgur.com/6CNnsuh.png
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Brad R January 17, 2019 11:55 pm UTC
If you're viewing on mobile, make sure to switch to desktop mode, otherwise I think it just says "Dungeon Master's Guild" in place of the author, and it isn't a link.
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Jack W January 18, 2019 12:01 am UTC
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Good point, I was unaware of this
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Joel G January 17, 2019 6:26 am UTC
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In the Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard spell lists there is a 4th lvl spell named Syphon Life that doesn't appear in the book anywhere. Other than this I am very happy with what I've seen so far.
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Jack W January 17, 2019 11:38 am UTC
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In the original version there was a formatting error that rendered 8 spells partially or completely off-screen, but if you download version 1.1 (which should be free since you've already purchased), it should've fixed this issue.

These spells have now been added: Peal, Rarog, Rebuking Bolts, Reflexive Shot, Refraction, Stoneshatter, Stonestep, Syphon Life
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Melani W January 16, 2019 8:26 am UTC
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Quick note: There seems to be missing text at the end of page 30 and the beginning of page 31, plus Stoneshatter has a list of requirements but no description. Thanks for a great book!
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Jack W January 16, 2019 2:44 pm UTC
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Thank you very much, I've just looked at and fixed the errors you found, I must've accidentally deleted those parts whilst I was editing the formatting, have fixed them now, and will upload a fix ASAP

If you notice any other errors like this, don't hesitate to mention them.

Thanks for buying :)
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Melani W February 28, 2019 4:55 am UTC
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Wow, glad I mentioned these - both Peal and Stoneshatter look like fun! :-)

Thanks!
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