A few more for the adventurers’ library.
More Unusual Magic Books
| Arven’s Guide to Quick Calculation: Written for merchants, bankers, traders, and anyone else working with cash. Reading this magic book once will allow the character to forever eschew the use of an abacus or other calculating instrument, for they can now do simple math in their head with 95% accuracy.
The Book of Fowl and Fish: Contains dozens of spells relating to both birds and piscine creatures. The spells are of all levels; some are useless, others very powerful. The cover is made of hammered silver inlaid with a beautiful peacock and a goldfish in a yin-yang design. The owner of this precious book gains both flying and swimming abilities. The Book of Light: This large, ornate clerical tome has one purpose only. As soon as the clasps are unfastened and the cover opened, pure white light floods the area, driving out evil creatures, withering undead, and restoring adventurers’ shattered bodies and psyches. The Brown Almanac: Published once a year for those in the gladiatorial entertainment industry, it contains fighting tips and techniques. Any issue is prized by fighters of this class. Reading just one issue grants them a 10% greater chance of victory for the next month. Gladiatorial schools will have issues dating back decades. Hesti’s Catalog of Singular Flutes: Contains a list of unique magic flutes with a picture and a detailed description of each. Of interest to mage-historians mostly, but any magic users reading it can gain enough knowledge to craft their own simple magic flute. A Magus’s Guide to Eliminating Debt: On first glance this looks like a self-help book about personal finances, but it also contains spells expressedly designed for saving money. Any magic user haunted by creditors who reads this will see their personal fortune double or even triple over the next six months. The book can only be used once per character. Manuel of Torment: Anyone who reads this book will experience all the physical pain of being tortured without being damaged physically. Moreover, they are cursed to keep reading it until all chapters are finished while in such distress. The good thing is, they are 90% less likely to buckle under torture in some future situation. Notebook of Protection: This looks like a small, plain ledger bound in buckskin filled with blank, unlined pages. The magic is the owner is granted protection against whatever they write on one of those pages, limited to no more than three words: e.g. “all breath weapons” “vampires, ghosts, lichs” “lawful good beings.” This makes it a powerful item indeed. Only one page can be written on at a time, and that protection lasts for 24 hours; after that, the page rips itself out and vanishes. Most of the time these books are found with a limited number of pages. A new book usually has 20. Anyone can use this item, not just mages. Scarlet’s Handbook of Minstrelry: For bards, minstrels, and troubadours of all kinds. It tells performers how to analyze their audience, how to improve their singing technique (with vocal exercises), and suggests songs for different races and locales. In addition it includes costuming and performing tips. At the end are several low level spells suitable for bards with magical talent. Any minstrel reading the book through is likely to be 25% more successful in their profession over the next six months. The book only works once per character. The Tome of Greaves and Gauntlets: For blacksmiths and armorers. Contains instructions and tips for making arm and leg protection, including basic magic armor (+1, protection from fire, etc.) The crafter must study it for three weeks and also list the help of a mage for the magical types. |
