Illusion is the disguise of emptiness
"Damn," Dray said, beaming with excitement, "will you look at this, Gwythar? There must be twenty gold coins in this box! Hah, right behind that crushed shelf and the heap of worthless old books. Want to see if there are any more?"
I blinked, as my blade comrade led me by the sleeve to what must have been some library. Books? "Worthless" old books? "Damn" was right! Pestilence take a handful of coins, Master Thormor would give us ten times that for those books! Now all I had to do was talk Dray into it ...
Quest - #1 WinnerThe Elders say there was once a great kingdom here. Yes, in this field of cattle, void of rubble or debris. Now, there are just a few fences and a barn for the bovine herd. At the most, you'll find some fresh dung. No treasures or artifacts of bygone ages here. What fate could have befallen such a place, as to leave no trace? Come closer, and I will show you...
QuestTreasured texts of the infamous Doctor Alcomb.
If you know books, you know what they can do with you.
A young scholar and mage creates a book to hold all the knowlage he discoverd without haveing to carry a library or destroy what he wrote.
I have found the Book of Remembrances in the royal library… a wellspring of knowledge directly from the mouths of great rulers and scholars of the past… my only wish is that I might discover a way to add my own knowledge to this work.
T’Arkia, Imperial High Mage
You never know what magic will do in the hands of the untrained.
Codex
Request AdviceThis is a wretched tome of oceanic blasphemy; a foul water-stained, bone-white binder of bitter dead-men’s secrets and a guide to Nautical Necromancy useful in the hands of the young sea-faring necromancer or the Great Lich Umeen herself.
The famous chronicle of Laaman of Dreva, this is a comprehensive history of the wars against the Taxians in the Great Southern Conflict.
Though several copies are known to exist, ultimately this is the title of a singular book. It sits in the office of The Librarian—the Demon that oversees the Library of Citadel. The Concise Compendium of Codices contains a listing of every known book ever printed.
This millennia-old book is one of the most famous books of prophecy in all of the realms, second only to the Book of the Cannon itself, and takes the front seat in the minds of most as the quintessential book foretelling the future.
But all is not as it seems
A vast tome of knowlege that literally gives you the creeps…
CodexBecause the Mind is a Muscle, too.
PADD is an acronym for Personal Access Display Device, a hand-held computer interface. This is a science fiction "common item", found in a variety of milieus.
The Unic Horn can be used to utter audible spells by blowing through the horns and bone resonator.
CodexLegacy of the sorcerous Shetam Kham, these complex rites allow even the most evil of accursed items to be reclaimed.
A standard book of evil.
A book of unique and interesting recipes for health.
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