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Valdick was a Netherese archwizard and prolific spell inventor who lived during the Golden Age.[1]

Activities[]

The archwizard was a keen wildspace traveler, and enjoyed travelling to different crystal spheres. However, Valdick didn't like the time it took to get from one sphere to another. Thus, he worked on formulating spells to make this method of travel much more convenient.[2]

History[]

The great Valdick developed seven spells during his life, all of which were considered powerful. The first spell he invented was sink in 2007 NY (−1852 DR). In 2028 NY (−1831 DR), Valdick had a breakthrough, inventing the epic Valdick's spheresail spell. After this, he developed gate in 2037 NY (−1822 DR), forcecage in 2048 NY (−1811 DR), maze and ensnarement in 2059 NY (−1800 DR), and lastly, astral spell in 2068 NY (−1791 DR).[1]

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Notes[]

  1. The races of the arcanists in the full table (Netheril: Empire of Magic pp. 23–28) are not explicitly referenced, unlike in the NPCs list (Netheril: Empire of Magic p. 106), which states that they are assumed to be human unless said otherwise. However, the text after the "Spells" heading (Netheril: Empire of Magic p. 22) says that the spells are "Netherese spells", and the text following this is from the perspective of the Netherese (humans): "Other spellcasting races dispute many of the claims made by the Netherese regarding who first created what spell", etc. For this reason, the arcanists provided in this list (and mentioned in other sections of the sourcebook) are assumed to be Netherese humans.

Appearances[]

Novels
Referenced only
The Nether Scroll

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 23–28. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
  2. slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “Encyclopedia Arcana”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
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