Official(!?) Magical Code of Regulation

Recently, in a random search on Amazon, I stumbled over this rather hefty book. The hardcover version totals about 500 pages and it is massive.

This tome is the product of the fevered imagination of a retired Internal Revenue Service auditor, who decided to compose a rule book regulating the magical arts in a fantasy world. The author is Charles Frigo, the title is "The Magical Code of Regulation".

This book is intended for the bureaucrat who plays D&D and who enjoys inflicting numerous regulatory reprimands on spell casters whose aim is often off target (a wizard who drops a Fireball in a 10 foot by 10 foot space to kill four stirges, for example). This book is also for the rules lawyer who needs yet another set of rules and codes to lecture others about the "correct" use of a specific spell.

As a retired bureaucrat myself, I found this book to be rather ludicrous, it is almost in the same category of satirical wit as "Gulliver's Travels".

This tome is definitely NOT for everyone. It is a a work of satirical wit that demonstrates just about how far a bureaucrat will go, and can go, to regulate even a fantasy topic to death. (Also, wear steel toe boots if you decide to read this tome while standing up; if this tome slips from your hands, it could fracture your toe bones).

Sounds like you should also wear a back support and lift with your knees.

And use caution before inflicting it on a group of unsuspecting gamers lest they decide to throw the book at you.

That sounds awesome! Ed Greenwood put out a Realms Lote Newsletter about magic regulation within the Realms. He made it more of a city by city thing but I could see, based on his Newsletter, guilds hiring bureaucrats to regulate magic outside of civilization proper or to hunt down, fine or even apprehend errant casters.

Got a link to the book?

Quote from 6thLyranGuard >>

Sounds like you should also wear a back support and lift with your knees.

And use caution before inflicting it on a group of unsuspecting gamers lest they decide to throw the book at you.

 Throwing this particular book will require the use of a trebuchet. 

It is almost as massive as my sister's doctoral dissertation.

As I said, this book is a massive satire aimed right at every bureaucrat out there, every sadist who delights in inflicting massive amounts of verbiage on every one else.

Quote from heydanseegil >>

That sounds awesome! Ed Greenwood put out a Realms Lote Newsletter about magic regulation within the Realms. He made it more of a city by city thing but I could see, based on his Newsletter, guilds hiring bureaucrats to regulate magic outside of civilization proper or to hunt down, fine or even apprehend errant casters.

Got a link to the book?

 I am sorry but this is a PHYSICAL book. There is no hyper text link to the book. There is NO web site devoted to this book.

If you want a copy, you will have to order a copy either through Amazon, Barnes & Noble or some other book seller. I am aware that Ed Greenwood and his associates are working on an updated detailed guide to the towns and villages of the Dale Lands of the Forgotten Realms. Details are somewhat vague as to when this tome will be ready for purchase, details are also somewhat vague as to where and how this tome might be purchased. Some say, the dmsguild.com site will handle the sale but, as I said, details are vague.