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January 3, 2004, 8:26 am
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Lexicon Mortis
By: Erebus

Will this tome be the saviour or the bane of your heroes?

Something I introduced in my campaign recently that I thought might be worth sharing as we got some good situations out of it (thanks of course to HP Lovecraft):

The Lexicon Mortis is sentient book of Magic (Lawful/Evil) with it’s own objectives (relative to your campaign) and a human face capable of speech on the front cover.

The book allows the owner to cast any spell that appears in your own sourcebooks. However casting a spell requires a saving throw vs. magic. Failure means the owner becomes possessed by the book and will be their slave.

A suitably disturbing image of the book is here:

http://www.epilogue.net/cgi/database/art/view.pl?id=43858&genre=2

A simple concept - but one that doubled the drama when the PC’s found themselves in a very, very tight spot…

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Siren no Orakio
2004-01-03 09:30 PM
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This certainly looks like something with a lot of potential, I think. It's got power for a price, but I would have to ask if it has any specifice objectives. Does it want to rule the world? Does it have a master it wants to bring back into the world? Does it just happen to like the taste of demi-human flesh?
Erebus
2004-01-04 05:29 AM
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Worthy questions Siren, I particularly like the return of a past master concept. However, it's open to use as best compliments your campaign.
Voted Cheka Man
2005-11-11 06:43 PM
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I for one would be very careful when using that book.
Voted valadaar
2010-09-02 06:50 PM
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Okay, but very thin.
PoisonAlchemist
2011-07-17 03:46 AM
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I see no real reason to make the book intelligent, but I do like the risk/reward balance it presents. It's also very powerful, and the limitations are not very well defined though I suppose that is intentional. This makes a better idea than a submission.

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