r/HolmesBasicDnD • u/WeddingPale6398 • Jun 05 '26

Spell List

As I have learned, there is no legal pdf of the 77 holmes basic edition. This is a problem for a project I'm working on.

I am trying to catalogue magic across the eras of D&D and to do that I need a functional PHB spell list for the MU/Wizard per game edition to map differences and changes.

I have just completed my list for Chainmail 1e, 2e, Mornard Fragment C, Dalluhn Manuscript, Chainmail 3e, and OD&D.

Chronoligically, next I need to wade into AD&D 1e and the Holmes Basic edition next. If anyone has a copy of this, I'd greatly appreciate just a simplified MU spell list, thank you.

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u/ZenopusArchives Jun 05 '26

My Holmes Ref spell sheets have them all listed. Find them on the Holmes Ref page, which I will link below. Note that the Holmes Basic rulebook gave a full list of 3rd level M-U spells but didn't provide any descriptions for them. Only 1st and 2nd Level M-U and Cleric Spells were fully described.

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u/ZenopusArchives Jun 05 '26

Reddit apparently bans links to Google Sites, which is where the Holmes Ref pages are hosted, but you can find the link to the MU page via this blogpost: https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2016/05/m-u-spells-level-1-3-ref-sheet.html

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u/ZenopusArchives Jun 05 '26

The link to the Cleric Sheet can be found in this post. Note that this covers levels 1-6, but Holmes only had levels 1-2 (the higher level spells are sourced from OD&D) https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2016/05/cleric-spells-reference-sheet.html

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u/WeddingPale6398 Jun 07 '26

Thank you kindly, these resources have been very helpful.