Spellbook

The Spellbook comes with Ultima IX, and can be found in-game as well, only simplified. It is 40 pages long. In-game, the mage Genser is the author of the book; in reality, Tonda Mueller has written the book.

Description
As Genser explains, he wrote the book under the instruction of the Time Lord, though his aversion to write magic of fighters caused work to lag until being shown the consequences if not finishing it in time. Genser also sprinkles in numerous personal anecdotes throughout the book. Of note is, that the book contains only little original illustrations, most are from previous books. It was noted often how the book contraidicts much of the established lore of the series, especially magical lore, and contains many inaccurancies.

Book Content
The following topics are part of the book:


 * Foreword
 * The Basics
 * The Reagents
 * Words of Power
 * Spells
 * Rituals
 * Moongates
 * Other magic

Other Editions
The cover of the Journal and Spellbook in the Dragon Edition was made of synthetic leather. The pentagram on the European version of the book is actually drawn instead of just being an impression. For the Japanese edition of the game, the book was translated into Japanese, but content-wise stays the same. The cover tries to look like brittle leather with a different texture then the other releases. Also, a hardcover version of the book was relased in the Japanese Premium Edition.

Trivia

 * A spellbook is also an item in Ultima VI, Ultima VII and Ultima VII Part Two, which must be held to cast spells.