The power to use and obtain the powers of magic books. Variation of Mystic Object.
Also Called
- Book of Magic/Shadows/Spells
- Grimoire
- Magic Tome
- Spellbook
Capabilities
The user can use magic books to access various powers, which can come from the things written in the books or the same user using the book as a source of energy.
Applications
Associations
- Knowledge Manipulation
- Literary Manipulation
- Literary Weapon Proficiency
- Magic
- Magic Augmentation
- Magic Bestowal
- Mystic Object
- Potion Creation
- Sentience Inducement
Limitations
- Contents of the magical books may be misleading and/or potentially dangerous to the user.
- Most magical books are quite big and bulky.
- The user may lose all their powers if the book is destroyed.
- The book itself needs to be magical.
- Other individuals may find ways to obtain the book and its powers.
Known Users
Cartoons
- Charmcaster (Ben 10)
- Hex (Ben 10)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony Series)
- Bart Simpson (The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror III)
Films
- Mal (Descendants)
- Linea (Island of Lost Souls)
- Lulu (Island of Lost Souls)
- Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
- Sarah Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
- Mary Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)
Literature
- Kate, Michael and Emma (The Books of the Beginning)
- Casters (Caster Chronicles)
Live Action TV
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed)
- Witches (Grachi)
- Cora (Once Upon a Time)
- Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)
- Witches (Supernatural)
- Rowena
- Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place)
Manga/Anime
- Noah (Soul Eater)
- Bookkeepers (Zatch Bell)
- Mages (Black Clover)
Video Games
- Charlotte Aulin (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)
- Maxwell (Don't Starve)
- Mages (The Elder Scrolls series)
- Lana (Hyrule Warriors)
- Merasmus (Team Fortress 2)
- Alice Margatroid (Touhou Project)
- Kosuzu Motoori (Touhou Project)
- Patchouli Knowledge (Touhou Project)
- Gilles de Rais (TYPE-MOON)
- Elsa (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Book of Dark Magic (Skylanders Academy)
- Belleria (Mugen Souls series)
- Onluka (Mugen Souls Z)
- Nier (Nier); via Grimoire Weiss
- Shadowlord (Nier); via Grimoire Noir
Known Books
Comics
- Book of the Vishanti (Marvel Comics)
- Darkhold (Marvel Comics)
Cartoons
- Forbidden Book (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Archamada Book of Spells (Ben 10)
- Evil Queen's Spellbook (Ever After High)
- Grimorum Arcanorum (Gargoyles)
- Book of Ages (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Sarah Ravencroft's Spellbook (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost)
- UBOS (Ultimate Book of Spells)
- Legendarium (Winx Club)
Films
- Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead)
- The Book of the Lodge (Island of Lost Souls)
- Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
- Book of Amun-Ra (The Mummy)
- Oracle Bones (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
- Spellbook/Manual of Witchcraft & Alchemy (Hocus Pocus)
Literature
- The Books of the Beginning (The Books of the Beginning)
- Book of Moons (The Caster Chronicles)
- The Octavo (Discworld)
- Armstrong Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Blake Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Meade Books of Shadows (The Secret Circle)
- Book of the White (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Black Volume of the Dead (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
Live Action TV
- Book of Shadows (Charmed)
- Grimoire (Charmed)
- Book of Shadows (Charmed 2018 series)
- Hexoren (Every Witch Way/WITS Academy)
- The Exoren (Grachi)
- Spellbook (Once Upon a Time)
- Xenotome (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Book of the Damned (Supernatural)
- Enchanted Storybook (Wizards of Waverly Place)
Manga/Anime
- Bible Black (Bible Black series)
- Books of Zeref (Fairy Tail)
- Book of Eibon (Soul Eater)
- Petit Hierozoikon (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
- Spellbooks (Zatch Bell!)
RPG
- Metatext (Forgotten Realms)
Video Games
- Umbra Codex (Don't Starve)
- Black Books (The Elder Scrolls)
- Oghma Infinium (The Elder Scrolls)
- Tome of Eternal Darkness (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
- Grimoires (Nier)
- Bombinomicon (Team Fortress 2)
- Fireproof Secret Diary (Team Fortress 2)
- Spellbook Magazine (Team Fortress 2)
- Fancy Spellbook (Team Fortress 2)
- Prelati's Spellbook (TYPE-MOON)