Young Wizards Handbook:

How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters

(Companion to A Practical Guide to Wizardry)

by
A.R. Rotruck

Wizards of the Coast, September 2010, 80 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-7869-5548-0

Genre: Young Reader
Subgenres: Fantasy / Instructional

World: Dungeons & Dragons
Reviewed: 8/31/2010

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

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Synopsis

A.R. Rotruck has gathered all the information in the world you may need to know about being a wizard monster hunter in Young Wizards Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters. The author has compiled this handy text book for young wizards to refer to when on the prowl for all the nasties that inhabit the lands of Dungeons and Dragons. All aspiring monster hunters should read this book before venturing out so they can know what to be prepared for.

The book is also filled with games, recipes and lessons on how to construct specific items. Each of these things has step-by-step directions on how to make them.

The book is divided up into the following sections:

Introduction

How to Evaluate Danger

 

Gathering Supplies

How to Make a Monster-Hunting Pack

How to Find the Right Stuff

How to Improve a Wand

How to Make a Monster Catcher

How to Make Travel Garb

How to Make a Scroll Case

How to Concoct Essential Potions

 

Surviving Your Surroundings

How to Survive a Monster-Hunting Quest

How to Form a Monster-Hunting Party

How to Secure Your Position

How to Construct a Shelter

How to Find Food

How to Preserve Fruit for Travel

How to Stay Warm without Fire

How to Survive a Battle

How to Fight with Slime

How to Navigate a Dungeon

How to Make a Lantern

How to Check for Traps

How to Draw a Map

How to Warn Other Wizards

 

Hunting Monsters

When and Why to Hunt a Monster

How to Trap a Zombie

How to Catch a Werewolf

How to Track a Vampire

How to Fight a Medusa

How to Banish a Ghost

How to Distract a Goblin

How to Hunt a Kraken

How to Evade a Griffin

How to Disgust an Ogre

How to Bind a Beholder

How to Fool a Sphinx

How to Entertain a Monster

How to Recruit a Monster

How to Outwit Almost any Monster

 

More Monsters

Young Wizards Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters is the informational book all about young wizard monster-hunting in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. It is written by A.R. Rotruck and is a companion novel to A Practical Guide to Wizardry. This book is intended for young readers 10 and up.

Review

Young Wizards Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters is book that is chocked full of handy information for an aspiring young wizard monster hunter. The book is beautifully illustrated and all of the activities are very easy to follow. The step-by-step instructions provide a fool-proof way for young readers to learn new skills and make some really cool monster hunter items. Yes, you can make your own monster-hunting gear with the directions in this book.

A.R. Rotruck has done a wonderful job of writing this informational book. All of the artists involved have created beautiful images of not only wizards and monsters, but the items needed to hunt these monsters. The book is set up like a school text book and some of the students that have had this book assigned to them are some of the greatest wizards in the world of DragonLance. Some of the wizards who have used this book are Zendric, Raistlin Majere, R.D. Henham, and Bob the Elf.

Overall, Young Wizards Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire, and Other Hands-On Activities for Monster Hunters is a great book that any young aspiring wizard should use to become a monster hunter. You will also learn how to make all the items you will need to become a monster hunter in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. So, if you are looking to become the world's greatest wizard monster hunter, you need to pick up a copy of this book. The monsters won't stand a chance when they see you coming.

I rated this book an 8 out of 10.