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Octavos, Orations, Oratories, Orisons, Opera, Paintings, Papyri,
Pharmacopeias, Plans, Plays, Poems, Portfolios, Prayers, Precepts,
Primers, Principles, Proclamations, Quartos, Records, Registers, Rituals,
Rolls, Rules, Schema, Scripts, Scrolls, Sermons, Sextodecimos, Songs,
Speeches, Spellbooks, Starcharts, Stelae, Sutras, Suwar (Surah), Syllabi,
Synopses, Tapestries, Tables, Tablets, Tantras, Teachings, Terma,
Textbooks, Theatricals, Theorems, Thesauri, Theses, Tomes, Tracts,
Treatments, Vademecums, Verses, Volumes, and Workbooks)

Books are sized as:

Double Elephant Folio 50" tall
Elephant Folio 25" (Atlases often are 24")
Folio 18"
Quarto 12"
Octavo 8"
Sextodecimo 5"
Duodecimo 3" (often used for Vademecum)

Permanent Books

A'Darkorian Tuluun: ['Souls Enslaved']. Written in Draconic Symbols with

passages in Demonic; Madness: Will DC 14 (1d2/1d6 Wis); Areas of
Knowledge: arcane — magic traditions — souls and imprisonment +2; Secrets:
none; Spells: contains the spells magic jar, maze, trap the soul and
imprisonment; Copies: rare, less than 20 copies known to exist; Market
Price: 40,000 gp. This highly valuable tome details several
extraordinarily powerful spells. A cabal of evil wizards is said to be
allowing wizards to study from the book for a price. Unlike other rare
books, the holders of at least 10 of the extant copies are well known.

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 Knowing where to find a copy is not the problem; obtaining a copy is the
problem. [D&D Supplement]

Analect of Magic (MU) (used with the Canon of Changes) [AD&D Canon]

Apothecaria Medicina Totalis - Complete medicine mixing guide [Fred Haskell 2017]

Ars Alchimica by Alcofribias Augustus Marcanis (10 volumes) (alchemy, heal)

Seminal work on Alchemy written in Elven. [Tomes and Libraries]

Ash-Matati [Kender Kama Sutra]: It is an ancient elephant sized folio of

hundreds of pages of gilt deckled edged heavy weight parchment printed on
both sides. There is a fore-edge color art painting in both tiled
directions. The text is elaborately illuminated in hundreds of color
lithographs protected by onion skin sheets (often watermarked), (These are
almost always torn or missing.) with additional magical photographic
quality color images and many are animated images. Several pop-up sections
exist as well and paper motion animations (hand operated kinetic paper art
such as transformations or Volvelles). Several foldout picture sections
are present as well as a large central six page foldout. There is one
folded removable diagram in a back pocket of 16 pages in size that is a
foot position guide. Only six or so copies are known to exist on Oerth.
Most are damaged or have had pages removed or dog-eared, none still
possess the removable foldout, and most have had one or more foldouts
removed or torn. The cover is all metal with deep colored enameled bas-
reliefs adorned with vermeil and ormolu and set with gems and mosaic
decoration and filled with painted cameos ... all that leave nothing to
the imagination. The inside cover liners are different custom made color
silk Stevengraphs explicit to the utmost. Of the extant copies, most are
missing front or back covers or both, or have had the covers defaced by
over-zealous moral caretakers. Only one has part of the silk lining
remaining. Despite this, 1,000 gp was paid for a single cameo from the
cover, 10,000 gp was paid for a torn foldout (unframed), and a small city
was traded for a fairly complete copy. A complete undamaged copy would
undoubtedly be priceless! [Fred Haskell 6_1_2017]

The Black Books of Elverum (13 books): 2 volume spell grimoire from 1790.
[Real]

The Black Tome of Alsophocus by Alsophocus of Erongill (source of

instructions for the Apparatus among other things) [Cthulhu]

Bokatior's Septameron : Written in Dwarven; Madness; none; Areas of

Knowledge: local — humanoids — mating habits of dwarves +2; Secrets: none;
Spells: none; Copies: as many as 100 are said to exist; Price: 3,500 gp
due to its value as a curio and collector's item. This strange book
contains seven vignettes of dwarven travelers and their sexual
misadventures. Noted for its beautifully crafted though highly

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 pornographic stonecut block press images of dwarves in flagrante delicto.
'The Axeman's Tale' from this book is a legendary piece of dwarven
literature. [D&D Supplement]

Book of Incantations: spell grimoire.

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge: spell grimoire.

The Book of Merlin [The Matter of Britain]

Book of Mystical Equations (MU) [AD&D Canon]

The Book of Oberon: spell grimoire of powerful Seelie fairy magic.

Book of the Damned (Original): Held between covers of bladed steel,

stretched human flesh, and compressed ashes, this massive collection of
loose folios, leathery scrolls, and gory manuscripts is the authoritative
volume on unspeakable topics and evils for which there are no names.
Weighs 40 pounds.

It contains the multiverse's single greatest collection of profane lore,

detailing the evil planes and their denizens with an audacious
comprehensiveness beyond that which a tome of its size should be able to
physically contain. This blasphemous book consists of numerous scattered
chapters divided into three volumes: daemonic, demonic, and diabolic.
Should all chapters of those three volumes be united in their entirety,
the completed compilation exhibits the following abilities. The complete
Book of the Damned radiates a permanent unhallow effect in a 150-foot
radius and a sympathy effect tuned to attract all evil creatures. Any
creature of good alignment that willingly touches the tome must succeed at

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a DC 20 Fortitude save or be immediately slain. Additionally, while the
Book of the Damned is outside of its repository (see below), any evil
being of demigod-level power (daemonic harbingers, demon lords, infernal
dukes) or greater using scry or a similar spell can view the Book of the
Damned with no risk of being detected by the bearer. Finally, any
creatures that make use of any of the tome's abilities are damned,
condemned to one of the Lower Planes after death regardless of their
deeds. Only the intervention of a deity can prevent this punishment.

The complete compilation of the Book of the Damned can be used in multiple
ways—as a profane talisman, as an obscene reference volume, and as a gate
to the multiverse's most complete repository of unholy lore.

Talisman: As long as the book is carried, its owner casts all spells with
the evil descriptor as if she were two caster levels higher and gains a +5
bonus on all Charisma-based skills and checks made when interacting with
evil outsiders. The bearer can also make use of the following spell-like
abilities:

At will—align weapon (evil only), bestow curse, detect evil, speak with
dead
3/day—banishment, blasphemy, dictum, magic circle vs. …, unhallow, unholy
aura, unholy blight, word of chaos
1/day—dimensional lock, gate, greater planar binding, soul bind

Reference: Any character who can read Abyssal, Celestial, and Infernal and
who spends a total of 30 days (not necessarily contiguously) studying the
tome learns soul-tainting secrets—the ultimate blasphemies of all
creation. The bearer gains a +10 bonus on Knowledge (planes) checks
whenever she consults the book for 1 hour regarding a question.
Additionally, the book's descriptions of Abaddon, the Abyss, and Hell
prove so vivid that any teleportation to or within those planes always
brings the caster to the desired location (no familiarity roll needed).
The bearer of the Book of the Damned also gains a +5 bonus on the opposed
Charisma check required by the planar binding spell (this bonus stacks
with the +5 bonus the tome grants on interactions with evil outsiders).
Once per day, the bearer can ask the tome a question relating to any
profane topic; she then opens the book to a random page to find the
answer, revealed as if the bearer had cast vision.

The book also contains a copy of every spell with the evil spell
descriptor.

Repository: Once per day, the bearer of the Book of the Damned can cause
the tome to disappear into its own internal demiplane, leaving behind a
sinister shimmering portal. This reproduces the effects of a mage's
magnificent mansion spell, allowing the bearer and those she chooses to

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enter an unnerving but semi-safe library filled with the countless volumes
of blasphemous records the Book of the Damned merely serves as a window
upon. The book and those within the repository are affected by a powerful
nondetection effect, shielding all within from the sight of even the gods.
Creatures do not age while inside, although upon leaving, they immediately
age an amount equal to the time spent inside. While within the demiplane,
visitors may access any of the powers described in the Reference section.

Creatures of non-evil alignment find the macabre surroundings and

frightening servants within the repository unsettling, and must succeed at
a DC 30 Will save or be afflicted as if by the nightmare spell every time
they attempt to rest within. Nothing can prevent this effect. The entrance
to the Book of the Damned's repository can be entered by creatures other
than those the bearer chooses on certain nights, specifically during lunar
eclipses and the midnight hour on the night of a new moon, during which
time the barely visible portal manifests as a normal door.

DESTRUCTION

The Book of the Damned must be divided into its varied chapters and each
must be destroyed separately within the span of 1 day. The chapter on the
daemonic requires the pages be scrubbed of ink by the tears of a good
outsider, the pages of the demonic chapter must be fed to a good or lawful
outsider, and the diabolic chapter must serve as kindling for a pyre that
burns a good or chaotic outsider alive. If all of the chapters are not
destroyed at the end of 1 day, any destroyed chapters reappear undamaged
in an obscure corner of the multiverse.

HISTORY

In the earliest days of the multiverse, the angelic hosts of Heaven sought
to have an accounting of the totality of knowledge of all realms, so they
might know the glories of the divine, the plights of those they would
protect, and the faces of their enemies. The warrior-scholar was tasked
with this seemingly impossible undertaking, and 1,000 legions of lesser
celestials were placed at his command. Although untold centuries of
tireless toil passed in the chronicling of the Material Plane and the
planes of law, good, and neutrality, those realms willingly yielded their
secrets to the angelic hosts. But the Lower Planes proved even more
hostile and secretive than expected.

RAMIFICATIONS

None can read the secrets of the foulest tome in creation without being
forever changed.

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 Damnation: Those who read from this tome are unequivocally damned.
When the reader is slain, her soul is condemned to Abaddon, the Abyss, or
Hell, as appropriate. Such is the ancient accord that prevents the taint
of the blasphemous tome's secrets from being carried into the goodly
realms in the afterlife. Only the direct intervention of a deity can save
a soul that has read from the Book of the Damned, and such powers are
loath to break their eternal pledges.
Fiendish Machinations: Few fiends or the godly beings who rule over
their kind would balk at laying waste to whole mortal realms in order to
possess secrets with the potential to grant them power over their enemies
and brethren. If taken from its repository, the Book of the Damned is a
beacon to powerful fiends of all types.
Sacred Apocrypha: When the angelic hosts reviewed the works, they
expected to be confronted by all the profanities of fiends and their
unholy lords. What they didn't expect was their brother's unflinching
thoroughness when it came to the most regretful deeds of the celestial
races and deities of light. The angelic scholar's works chronicled
innumerable strained compromises between celestials and fiends, instances
of unholy deception, successions and sacrifices made for greater goods,
occurrences of angelic corruption, massacres on divine battlefields,
alliances between opposed deities, and catalogs of slain empyreal lords—in
short, a collection depraved enough to undermine nearly any mortal faith.
These records, not the bold confessions of fiends, were what led the
folios known as the Book of the Damned to be scattered, as only when these
foul pages are united is the so-called apocrypha to the book's sister
volume, the Chronicle of the Righteous, revealed. {Pathfinder]

Book of the Planes (MU) [AD&D Canon]

Book of the Raven King [Fred Haskell]

Canon of Changes (MU, psionics) [AD&D Canon]

Cabala Mineralis (Cabala of Minerals) – Alchemical properties of minerals

and metals [Fred Haskell 2017]

Chronicle of the Righteous: The Chronicle of the Righteous is the collected

records of the good Outer Planes. The pages pertaining to the good Outer
Planes lie within covers of beaten precious metals, bedecked with jewels
of every color and inscribed with celestial iconography. Only a truly
reverent individual, completely devoted to good, can open the Chronicle of
the Righteous without an effort of will; for others, a successful DC 12
Will save is required to open the book. On a failed save, the individual
decides she is unworthy of beholding the Chronicle and cannot attempt to
open the book again for 24 hours. It weighs 12 pounds.

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 The Chronicle of the Righteous is written in Celestial. It details the
geography of the good-aligned planes, the gods, empyreal lords, and
celestial creatures who live there, and the unadulterated truths of these
beings and their acts—truths that are sometimes heartening and at other
times unsettling. Any evil-aligned creature who touches the Chronicle of
the Righteous gains 1 negative level. This level cannot be restored until
the character has remained more than 10 feet away from the book for 24
hours. Non-good creatures attempting to read the book must succeed at a DC
15 Will save or have their alignment permanently take one step toward
good.

A reader who spends 30 days (not necessarily consecutively) studying the

book receives several benefits. The book contains copies of every
conjuration (healing) spell and every spell with the good descriptor. The
user gains a +4 bonus on all Knowledge (planes) checks if she uses the
book as a resource (consulting it for at least 1 hour regarding a
question), and its descriptions of the good-aligned planes are so accurate
that any teleportation travel to or within those planes always brings the
caster to the exact location desired.

As long as the book is carried, the user is immediately aware of any

action that might cause an alignment shift or a loss of standing with her
deity, as if she wore a phylactery of faithfulness. The Chronicle of the
Righteous is also surrounded by a permanent zone of truth, and creatures
must succeed at a DC 15 Will save to tell a lie within 20 feet of the
book. The bearer of the book casts all good spells as if she were 2 caster
levels higher and gains a +2 bonus on all Charisma checks and Charisma-
based skill checks when interacting with good creatures. Three times per
day, the book can be used to cast one of the following spells: banishment,
consecrate, greater planar binding, holy smite, holy word, sanctify
weapons, and summon monster VII. Each time the Chronicle of the Righteous
is referenced or used to cast a spell, there is a 10% chance that any
empyreal lords on the same plane as the user instantly become aware of the
book's precise location.

DESTRUCTION

The Chronicle of the Righteous can be destroyed by first bathing it in the

blood of a fallen empyreal lord who has killed at least 100 good mortals
and then burning it in a pit of hellfire. {Pathfinder]

Clavis Alchimiæ (The Key of Alchemy) by Robert Fludd – advanced Alchemical

procedures [Fred Haskell 2017]

Clavis Animi et Psyche et Psioinica (The Key of the Mind, Spirit, and
Psychic Power) by Olaus Magnus III – the application of mind and psionic
powers to Alchemy [Fred Haskell 2017]

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Clavis Sapientæ Physica (The Key of Wisdom of Physics) by Artephous – dark
treatise on the use of physical properties, mechanisms, and arcane
technology in advanced and forbidden Alchemy [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Codex Anathema: This infamous book was written by the wizard Iphegor of
the Ebon Mirror. It has been copied on rare occasions since. It records
terrible knowledge of distant times, alien worlds, and various
aberrations. If anyone reads the book (a minimum of 48 hours over at least
six days), he gains an inherent bonus of +2 to his Intelligence score, but
loses 2 points from his Wisdom score. In addition, he gains 5 ranks of
Knowledge (dungeoneering), 2 ranks of Knowledge (arcana), and 2 ranks of
Knowledge (the planes). Once the book is read, the magic disappears from
its pages and it becomes a normal book—still filled with disturbing and
frightful images, but no longer capable of granting its readers any
bonuses or penalties. It is a Tome (book) not a true codex.
Strong divination; CL 17th; Craft Wondrous Item, foresight, vision,
creator must have read another Codex Anathema (magical or discharged);
Price 37,500 gp; Weight 5 lb. [AD&D Canon]

Codex of Infinite Planes

"Red and gold is black
White and silver is black
Blue and bronze is black
Green and copper is black
And when all is black, all is nothing"
– Zagyg, the Mad Archmage, falling into insanity after the Demigod of
Magic read the Codex of Infinite Planes

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"The dark form hung in the sky above our beloved city like a huge
shapeless maw, sucking the life from our world. For five helpless days.
The beautiful blue sky was faded now. But not the brooding darkness of
storm clouds. Death comes in the chill twilight of a clear evening and a
starry sky more beautiful then [sic] any before. Curse this war. Our
enemies are vanquished, but there is no celebration. We are undone. We are
to blame. There will be no one to remember."
– A long forgotten chronicler of the death of Kule.

We of the Cult all know about the legends of the Codex of Infinite Planes,
and how crucial that we have it in our hands to free the Dark One and give
it to him to be used as a vessel for Nothingness.

The following are excerpts from Maldin's Book of Artifacts, describing the
Codex and enumerating some of its powers:

"The Codex is a large tome 3 feet by 2 feet in size and 8 inches thick. It
weighs an incredible 395 lbs and is very difficult to move around. The
covers of the Codex are wrapped with a black reptilian-like hide (an
outer-planar beast of great power that has been extinct for uncounted
millennia, thus unidentifiable) with banding, corner protectors and 4
latches made of an unusual, extremely hard, brownish metal (tantulhor).
The latches do not lock, but are merely to keep the cover closed when the
book is being moved around. If the codex is left open for an extended
period of time, the book will close and latch itself. Annoyingly, this
only happens when no one is watching. It is a true Codex -- a "Z" fold
book. One side (spine) each hooks to one cover. So it is opened and
flipped through. Then flipped and the opposite side is unlatched and
opened to see the reverse pages.

The material of the cover itself, visible on the inside of the cover when
the book is open, appears to be a black, obsidian-like material which
cannot be affected by any physical or magical force, and closely resembles
the shell material which composes the Crystal Spheres (Hard Galvorn).

The pages of the Codex are composed of a very thin, flexible, dull grey
metal somewhat reminiscent of oxidized lead sheeting but cannot be
scratched, dented, torn, or affected by any normal physical or magical
force.

The Codex is incredibly old, predating any of the known gods, even
predating the Blood War, and may possibly have been created by the beings
that created the planes – or it may be one of them! Unbeknownst to any
being that may temporarily possess it, the Codex is sentient, but has an
intelligence so alien that not even the Powers understand its nature
though they all greatly fear it. Only Boccob the Greater God of Magic may
know that it is more than just another powerful artifact, and he isn't

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about to talk about it. The latches and leather wrapping may be uncounted
millenia old (and indestructible), but are still a relatively recent
addition to the book, and not technically part of it."

"In the distant past the High Wizard Priest of the Isles of Woe (now
sunken beneath the waters of the Nyr Dyv) discovered this work and used
its arcane powers to dominate the neighboring states, but legend also has
it that these same powers eventually brought doom to the mage-priest and
his tyrannical domain. It must be that somehow the Codex survived the
inundation, for the archmage Tzunk scribed the following fragment prior to
his strange disappearance:

'. . . , and the two strong slaves lifted it [the Codex] from the back of
the Beast [Efreet]. Thereupon I commanded the Brazen Portals to be brought
low, and they were wrenched from their hinges and rang upon the stone. The
Efreet howled in fear and fled when I caused the page to be read, and the
Beast passed into the City of Brass. Now was I, Tzunk, Master of the Plane
of Molten Skies. With sure hand I closed Yagrax's Tome [the Codex],
dreading to –'"

Powers of the Codex

We as mortals cannot fully understand the true extent of the Codex's

power. We know that even the gods do not fully comprehend its power. There
are rumours that the Chained God Tharizdun knows how powerful it is, and
so the gods decided to imprison him to take the Codex away from the insane
power's grasp.

Suffice to say, the Codex of Infinite Planes has the power to affect the
Multiverse. Inside its metal pages are rituals allowing anyone – even
lucky mortals – to change and transform the very fabric of existence. With
the Codex one can create new life, new worlds. With the Codex, one can end
ALL LIFE, destroy all worlds. It is the source of Ultimate Knowledge. It
is the source of Ultimate Destruction.

Only the truly skilled, powerful – or utterly foolish but lucky – can read
the Codex and understand what it says, without being destroyed at the
first turn of the page. It is not uncommon that a terrifying extra-planar
fiend is summoned instantaneously but unknowingly at the turn of the
Codex's page, only to devour the reader whole. And anyone who reads the
Codex and thinks that he controls the Ultimate Power is always thinking
WRONG – it is the Codex who controls him. The reader will always become
the Slave to the Codex.

So let this serve as a warning to those foolish enough to seek the Codex,
without knowing the consequence of its act.

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 From the foregoing it is evident that the item is very large and of
exceptional power. Any person reading its 99 damned pages is 99% certain
to meet a terrible fate (1% cumulative chance per page). The Codex's other
pages have the keys to instant physical transference to any one of the
other planes and alternates of any world or universe. The total number of
pages is unknown. The work will destroy instantly any character under 11th
level of experience who touches it, but those of 11th level or higher who
make a saving throw versus magic can command the powers and effects of the
Codex:

TREASURE (ARTIFACTS & RELICS)

4 x I:
4 x II:
2 x Ill:
2 x IV:
2 x v:
2 x VI:
Note: When activating powers and effects, base their coming into play upon
the progress of the character's perusal of the Codex. [AD&D Canon]

Codex of Poisons (assassin): It is a true z-fold codex. [Fred Haskell 2017]

Complete Cyclopedia of Herbalogy (10 volumes) (Sueloise, rarely all volumes

are found, 1200 odd pages each and are elephant folios) – most complete
listing of the Alchemical properties of plants in Oerth and the
Multiverse, includes 11th index volume. [Fred Haskell 2017]

Complete Guide to the Homunculus [Fred Haskell 2017]

Cryptichronos [The Hidden Time], also called the Book of Horrors. [Dragon 162]

Cryptomenysis Patefacta (Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key)

by Falconer – complete code breaker even for puzzle codes. In fact it is a
600 page elephant folio sealed inside a puzzle box of 300 moves you must
open to get to the book. [Fred Haskell 2017]

Cryptonomicon [Fred Haskell 2017]

Cursed Codex: spell grimoire. [Gord the Rogue Books]

Cyprianus: spell grimoire. This is a massive work on Demonology and

summoning, perhaps the definitive work. All other Keys are mere abridged,
bowdlerized, plagiarized, or but dim shadows of this text. [Real]

The Diary of the Black Queen: Written in Common; Madness: none; Areas of
Knowledge: nobility and royalty — personalities — Queen S'lindra +2;
Secrets: contains the secret confession of Queen S'lindra (a queen who

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 ruled several generations ago in the kingdom of your choice) that her son
was not fathered by her husband, calling into question the validity of the
lineage of the current ruling family; Spells: none; Copies: though others
may have been made, only the original copy is in the handwriting of the
queen and thus only that copy is valuable; Market Price: valueless to most
persons, though perhaps worth 1,000 gp to sages interested in noble
lineages; priceless to the ousted sons who could use this diary to
discredit the current king and establish their rightful rule. This small,
decorative woman's diary has no title. It contains mostly inane
observations of the daily doings at court, with the exception of the short
entry detailing the queen's dalliance with a passing minstrel and her
subsequent private confession that the minstrel fathered her son -- the
eventual king. Most readers will not understand the significance of this
volume unless they study it carefully and make a Knowledge (nobility and
royalty) check (DC 20). [D&D Supplement]

De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis (AKA The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of
Shadows): by Aristide Torchia, Venice, 1666. The book contains nine
woodcut engravings rumoured to be copied from the apocryphal
Delomelanicon, a book purportedly written by the devil himself. The Nine
Gates is said to contain within its pages knowledge to raise the devil.
The author was burned, along with all his works in 1667. [Web]

Delomelanicon: Definitive work on the Nine Hells. [Web]

Demonomicon of Iggwilv: [AD&D Canon]

The Disks of Mishakal: or Peripas Mishakas in the Istaran tongue, are a set
of 160 platinum disks, each one-sixteenth of an inch thick and eighteen
inches in diameter and magically weigh fifteen pounds (instead of over
1,900, which means the book floats in water!). Its strength is also
enhanced on both the pages and ring such that it cannot be defaced, melted
by Dragon fire, or bent under weight. Words of an unknown language are
engraved into both sides of each disk, and a golden ring (It is actually
an oblong shape like a paper clip with outside measurements of 13" long,
4" wide, and made of 1/2" in diameter gold.) binds the disks together in
such a way that each disk can be read then swung up and over the top of
the ring top to read the back and expose the next page. The ring punches
through the disks about 1" in. The rune spirals start at where the ring
punches through. The pages are 1/16" thick with engraving about .0125"
deep on each side, such as to appear deep but not break through where they
overlap front to back.

The writing is in ancient Ishtar and written in spiraled runes. It can

also be read possibly across. There are no covers. The writing just begins
on the outside disks. It is unclear where the book even begins. There are
160 disks with 320 sides of writing and no special beginning or ending

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 pages easily visible or determined. There are no illustrations. It is
unknown whether the disks are flipped right to left or left to right or if
the engraved runes are read spiral in or spiral out or if it can also be
read across. It must be translated to even determine the beginning. The
translated words of a single disk can easily fill dozens of pages. A
complete reading can grant the ability of a first level cleric of any of
the gods of light (good). A rereading or a reading by an existing good
cleric grants a single level increase. This rereading also grants a
permanent increase of +1 to Wisdom. Paladins reading the complete work
gain the Wisdom bonus and an extra clerical spell in each level they are
able to cast.

[The Ishtaran runes spiral counter-clockwise on the left pages and

clockwise on the right side as one faces the binding. The runes are read
outside-in then on right side pages inside out. Several spells and rituals
are given in the text including marriage rituals, death rituals,
consecration of ground, food and water. Methods of making holy wafers,
oil, and Holy Water. However, the secret rituals are spells of numerous
levels read across many of the pages. Some are revealed by study as they
begin on one page and only finish "decoding" many pages later.] [Dragonlance
Books]

Draconomicon: complete listing of known and unknown Dragons [Fred Haskell 2017]

Eklar'th Uru'druk: ['Night's Black Fang']. Written in Demonic; Madness.:

Will save DC12 (0/1d4 Wis); Areas of Knowledge: arcane — alchemy — poisons
and poison application to weapons + 2; Secrets: contains the formulas for
shadow essence and deathblade poison; may also contain the secret for new
poisons invented by the DM; Spells: none; Copies: very rare, less than 6
copies are known to exist, most of which are in the possession of master
assassins, it is said that copies exist in the Underdark and are possessed
by Drow, though these volumes contain only one of the secret poison
formulas; Market Price: 15,000 gp. This small book is covered in black
dragon hide and written in a cramped style with annotations in Draconic.
Most copies are trapped with poisoned needles in the clasps that inject
the very poisons the book describes how to make. Because of the power of
these poisons, this book is highly sought by assassins. [D&D Supplement]

Everlasting Damnations of Dilwomz: spell grimoire. [Gord the Rogue Books]

Hygromanteia: spell grimoire.

Inner Secrets of the Adamantine Hand by Lee Hong (healing) [Tomes and Libraries]

Lament For Lost Tharizdun: It is tied in a bag of metallic cloth held fast
with black metal wire. Inside is a book bound in black, scaly hide. Its
pages are all of black, and the sigils and glyphs inside are inscribed in
silver. If anyone other than a cleric of Tharizdun opens and attempts to

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 decipher it, he or she will, with the aid of a read magic spell, be able
to understand that it is titled LAMENT FOR LOST THARIZDUN before their
mind goes blank for 2-12 rounds and they take 3-30 points of damage. It
contains prayers and instructions on fighting for Tharizdun's freedom. It
also describes the Arcana of Tharizdun and his weapons: The Spear of
Sorrow, The Scorpion Crown, The Wailer, His Sword, The Hexogram, The Four
Gemstones, and the 333 gems of Tharizdun. [AD&D Canon]

Lay Of The Justicar: Written in Celestial; Madness: none; Areas of

Knowledge: religion—mythic history — justicars +2; Secrets: Details the
resting place of the holy sword of Karith, a holy sword of great power,
and includes a map; Spells: contains the spell true seeing; Copies: very
rare, less than 6 copies known to exist; Market Price: 25,000 gp. The
original document recording the epic lay of the justicar consists of 3
thin mithril plates on which have been etched the epic poem. Copies, also
in Celestial, tend to be lengthy scrolls of the finest vellum written in
sepia from the blood of a vanquished foe using a quill made from the wings
of a celestial. These copies do not contain the map or the spell, though
they do detail the resting place of the sword. The scrolls are warded with
protective magic. The original copy has been lost, believed to have been
seized by demons wishing to prevent recovery of the sword. [D&D Supplement]

Libram of Constructs:
Create Conjurer Puppet
Create Stun Puppet
Create Ventriloquist Puppet
Create Lesser Black Golem
Create Greater Black Golem [AD&D Canon]

Leaves of Green: It appears as a flat oval-shaped piece of fissured dark

gray bark with a triangle of three circles scratched on its inner surface.
To change it to its true appearance, one of the names of Silvanus had to
be spoken aloud while the speaker pressed on the wood inside all of the
three rings. This made the bark grow into a book with pages that were
lush, square, waxy green leaves. Each of its sixteen pages bore a single
spell on each side. If a gold or silver blade is used on a full or new
moon, a page may be cut from the book. It becomes a dried leaf Druid
scroll spell. Only one side may be read and then it turns to dust. But
either side may be cast. Fresh replacement pages appear in the book every
solstice and equinox. The exact pages taken grow back. [AD&D Canon]
The spells are:

Barkskin Oakheart
Briartangle Pass Plant
Changestaff Pass Without Trace
Control Weather Plant Door
Death Chariot Plant Growth

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 Dispel Magic Protection From Lightning
Entangle Rainbow
Falling Wall Smoke Ghost
Fireward Snare
Goodberry Speak With Plants
Hold Plants Starshine
Jaws of the Wolf Thorn Spray
Liveoak Transport Via Plants
Many Thorns Tree
Moss Skull Turn Wood
Mulch Wall of Thorns

Leatherworking for the Apprentice, Journeyman and Master by Ghani Sceinlyr

(Craft (leatherworking), Craft (cooking), Heal, Wilderness Lore) [Tomes and
Libraries]

Maldin's Book of Artifacts:

Metalurgica at Chemicus: metalurgical Alchemical secrets [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Methods of Jade Palm Bamboo Staff (Monk)

Ancient book written in Brilliant Jade Character Script. It offers the
deepest secrets of physical and metaphysical combat. It is an accordion
codex made of silk strips woven to hold bamboo slats of vertical text.
Monks of only the highest levels can learn such secrets as:
Superhuman Physical Efforts
Running on Water
Running on Air
The Endless Fall
The Endless Leap
The Suspended Dove (Grabbing missiles from mid-air)
Chi Attacks
The Silent Touch (an attack at a distance without touching using Chi)
Tearing the Aura
Snatching Chakra
Titling the Karma
Mental Attacks
Master Disguise
Illusion
Bending Men's Minds (invisibility)
Dim Mak Touch Attacks
Pressure Point Nerve Techniques to stun or paralyze
Dim Mak touch attacks (cause strokes)
The Death Touch of Dim Mak (causes an ordinary heart attack)
Astral Art Forms
Forming the Tulku (rainbow body)
Breaking the Silver Cord
Death Touch Attacks

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 The Quivering Palm
The Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique [Fred Haskell 2017]

Minthexian Codex (The Book of Nine Shadows, also called the Arcana of
Tharizdun): A Z-fold codex bound in human skin with purple ancient Suloise
runes on the cover. Inside it is front/back written parchment in purple
ink in ancient Suloise script. It contains directions to seek the first of
the Theorparts to awaken Tharizdun. [Greyhawk Classics Books]

Necronomicon: [Cthulhu]

Observations on the Structure of Reality by Fistandantilus: Contents are

unknown but are rumored to be about dimensional travel. [Dragonlance Books]

Pharmacopœia of the Apothecary of Theron [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Precepts' Key: It is an octagonal box that has prayers of protection on

the outside and twists and has buttons (like a puzzle box) to open into a
key. It is made of orichalcum. It is the only key and the only safe way to
open either the Precepts of Ra or the Precepts of Anubis. Inside is some
spell knowledge. Hieroglyphs, Esoteric Mathematics, Gematria, Esoteric
Geometry [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Precepts of Anubis: (Black Book of the Dead) Eight plates (six pages and
two covers) of bound very thick plates of inscribed and fire blackened

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 silver comprise the book. The front cover has protections from Good and
the back cover also. Inside covers and both sides of every page contain
spells. It is folio sized. It weighs about 334 pounds. It contains
information on Hieroglyphs, Psionics, Esoteric Mathematics, Astrology,
Alchemy, Esoteric Geometry [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Precepts of Ra: (Flaming Light of Ra) Eight plates (six pages and two
covers) of bound very thick plates of inscribed gold comprise the book.
The front cover has protections from Evil and the back cover also. Inside
covers and both sides of every page contain spells. It is folio sized. It
weighs about 615 pounds. It contains information on Hieroglyphs, Esoteric
Mathematics, Gematria, Astrology, Alchemy, Esoteric Geometry [Fred Haskell 2017]

Prison Of The Ebon Flame: Written in Efreeti with passages and annotations
in Devil tongue; Madness: Will save DC 16 (1d4/2d4 Wis); Areas of
Knowledge: the planes — elementals— fire creatures + 2; Secret: contains
the true name of a powerful efreet (18 HD) known as the black pasha, an
efreet noble said to burn with black fire; if the name is used in
conjunction with a planar binding spell the black pasha suffers a -4 to
any Will save to resist the spell; Spells: contains the spell planar
binding, greater (black pasha); Copies: exceedingly rare, only 3 copies
are said to exist, 2 of which do not record the full secret true name of
the pasha and thus give only a -2 to his Will save; Market Price: 36,000
gp. This enormous book (folio) is bound in devil hide and written on pages
of salamander skin with the distilled essence of fire elementals. It burns
perpetually with a black flame as if under the effects of a wall of fire
spell (caster level 18). The book itself is immune to the effects of the
flame. The book must normally be kept on a stone pedestal. The two lesser
copies are written on azer skin and bound in salamander hide. They burn
only slightly and cause 1d6 fire damage per round. [D&D Supplement]

Replicating The Mortal Coil: Written in Draconic Symbols with annotations in

Devil; Madness: Will save DC 15 (0/1d6 Wis); Areas of Knowledge: arcane —
magic traditions — necromancy and cloning +2; Secrets: none; Spells:
contains the spell clone; Copies: rare, less than 20 copies believed to
exist; Market Price: 20,000 gp. Bound in human skin and written in blood
on membranous pages, this tome is highly sought after by necromancers. It

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 is a rare and legendary find and is said to be the only source for
learning the clone spell. Copies are identical to the original in every
way, leading to the rumor that the book itself is alive and that the
copies are themselves clones of the original living book. [D&D Supplement]

The Secrets Of Life and Death by Baron Victor Von Frankenstein [Fred Haskell 2017]

Secrets of the Brotherhood of the Black Lodge (three volumes) by Enoch of

Antioch – covers astrology, symbology, Esoteric Mathematics, Esoteric
Geometry and their relationship to Alchemy [Fred Haskell 2017]

Sigil Monachium Daemonum: spell grimoire of mystic seals to mostly bind

specific demons. It also contains protective circles and sigils and
summoning symbols. Lastly, it contains protective wards of various kinds.

Silent Tree Bending: Written in Auran; Madness: none; Areas of Knowledge:

local — customs — rites of the monks of the east wind + 2; Secrets:
details the monk special ability empty body; Spells: none; Copies: 5
copies are believed to exist, the original is kept in the stronghold of
the monks' order, and the others are surreptitious copies made by rivals;
Market Price: 20,000 gp. Originally translated from a poem recited by the
east wind itself the 'book' is in fact a long poem inscribed on a great
sheet of bluish glass said to have been carved by the wind into the glass.
The glass has been crafted into a beautiful window in the main hall of the
citadel of the monks of the east wind. Copies, made surreptitiously by
competing groups of monks, are normally hurriedly scratched on small
pieces of parchment hardly befitting the value of the content contained on
them. Except for monks, few would even appreciate the meaning of the poem.
Monks of any level can make a Wisdom check (DC 12) to recognize the value
of the poem, though not necessarily understand it. The poem itself is an
allegory and a test. Monks desiring to learn the technique must meditate
on the poem, spending at least 1 week doing so. At the end of that week
the monk may make a Wisdom check (DC 35) modified by his or her monk
level. Success means the monk understands the teaching of the poem and can
learn the empty body technique. Failure means the monk may not attempt to
study the poem again for 1d4 weeks and suffers a -1 to the Wisdom check
cumulative for each subsequent failure. [D&D Supplement]

Spellbook of Fistandantilus: Bound in night-blue leather with runes of

silver stamped on the front. The parchment pages are bone-white. It feels
deathly cold to the touch. It is the size of a standard travelling
spellbook. It was an early book of Fistandantilus and contains 1-3 level
spells and a few on necromancy. [Dragonlance Books]

Splendid Combustibles by Vorn Kendish. Craft (alchemy), Craft (explosives).

[Tomes and Libraries]

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Taludar's Location 'Transference: Written in Draconic Symbols; Madness:
none; Areas of Knowledge: arcane — magic traditions — abjuration and
transmutation + 2; Secrets: none; Spells: contains the spells blink,
dimension door, teleport, teleport object and greater teleport; Copies:
uncommon, over 50 copies are known to exist; Market Price: 15,500 gp. This
strange tome is actually made up of three smaller unlabeled volumes hound
in blue dyed blink dog hide kept together in a two part slide box of thin
metal. Aside from the spells, the volumes contain many theoretical and
elaborate dissertations on the art of teleportation and location. [D&D
Supplement]

Third Imaskarcana: The true names of the seven tremendously powerful magic
tomes of the Imaskari were lost long ago, so they are collectively
referred to as the Seven Imaskarcana. Records mentioning them have shown
up with just enough regularity to convince sages that these books must
have once existed. Today, one of the Seven Imaskarcana remains preserved
in Deep Imaskar. The fate of the others is unknown, and even the wisest of
the Deep Imaskar are not certain that the others, if they still exist, are
similar in form, function, and power to the Third. In fact, it is likely
that each of the Seven Imaskarcana has a different appearance and
property.

The Third Imaskarcana is a massive elephant folio sized tome (25" tall).
It is bound in blue slate covers wrapped and lined in blue dragon hide.
Its pages vary in composition and appearance – some are raggedly cut
vellum, others are the skin of humans, elves, or even tanar'ri (devil
hide), and still others are made of crystal that magically possesses the
flexibility of paper without its weaknesses. Most pages are deckled edged
and a few are gilt. Almost all are one sided, as vellum normally is.

Anyone who carries the Third Imaskarcana gains spell resistance of +50%.
Any other power, of the tome must be commanded to function. The Third
Imaskarcana can't be read like a standard tome. Instead, questions or
commands must be posed to it in Roushoum (the tongue of Imaskar), since it
recognizes only that language. If a question or command is directed at the
tome in any other language, the questioner is immediately sucked into the
tome, where he or she becomes a fine new vellum page. (A Creature so
destroyed can be returned to life only by means of an alter reality spell,
a wish, miracle, or the actions of a deity. A limited wish has a 50% to
work.).

Anyone who successfully communicates with the tome can use the following
powers as spell-like abilities (caster level 18th), each l once per day:
dominate monster, imprisonment, meteor swarm, and time stop. Additionally,
the Third Imaskarcana can answer questions once per day, as though via a
commune spell. [Web]

Tome of Clockwork Creation (from Clockworks) [D&D Supplement]

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Tome of Sivar. It is from an alien dimension. It has the appearance of two
joined tablets with a sigil in the top center. Although called a tome, it
is in fact, a carved tablet of strange taupe stone that gives divinations
in poetry, assuming one can read the alien writing. It gives different
prophesies to different people at different times. It is unknown if it has
a limit of "pages" or content. [Wing Commander]

Touch me Not!: spell grimoire.

Vademecum of the UnSeelie Court. A sextodecimo book with a mithril closing

latch and covers made of black sapphire with inner covers of nacre. The
inner pages are transparent mica sheets with ancient fairy script of
prayers, songs, and spells to/of the evil fairy goddess, The Queen of Wind
and Woe.

Eiadfghjcb [Fred Haskell 2017]

Venoms and Toxins of the Known World by "A Gentleman" (assassin, ninja,
alchemy) in 3 volumes. [Tomes and Libraries]

The Yhe Rituals by Pnom (MU)

Ancient book is written in an unknown script on triangular stone plates.
There are 14 plates carved on both sides on a polished stone surface held
with two large rings on the sides. The top ring is seamless adamantite.
The lower ring has been replaced with a newer mithril ring of slightly
larger size. The plates are all roughly ½ thick so the whole is about 12"
per side, equilateral triangles, 7" thick in total and weighing 50 pounds.
It has the look of malachite (the green stone of Mnar). The writing is
spiral and circles in a triangular pattern from the outside into the
center (or the opposite depending on how the unknown script is read). In
fact the script can be read numerous ways, across, spiraled, up and down,
like a code to reveal new information. The first tablet has a small bead
near one corner which, when folded back over, lifts the other pages and
demarks the first page. The third page in shows the only damage. The outer
corner is fractured off but not far enough in to remove or deface any
writing on either side. Some tremendous force caused the damage and left
heat marks on the page. The edges of the break are still very sharp
despite the great age of the book. The book reveals the 7 rituals of Pnom.
They are as follows:

1) Fossilization and its reverse 9th level

2) Sever the Soul attack and its reverse 9th level
3) Remove the Soul (like a Demi-Lich attack) and its reverse 9th level
4) Blast of Pnom 9th level
Much like a magical atomic blast. It can destroy a small city.
5) The Scream of Na 12th level

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 In the beginning the Supreme Being created the universe then rested. As he
slept the Greater entities Cur, Lepp, and Na came from his dreams and spun
and did mischief trying to create and populate the universe after their
own fashion. None had enough power. Cur and Lepp joined and became one
entity. Curlet (the pronunciation changed over centuries) is still
worshipped by Barbarian tribesman. Na was left out and could only scream
his discontent. He screamed and screamed until all that was left was the
echo of his voice. Some say The Lord of Entropy is Na, but the Lord is
Na's only creation. Na still waits at the edges of creation only his
scream of rage remains for those who can find it. Call upon it to unmake
anything created, if you dare.

6) The Rain of Colorless Fire 10th Level

7) The Invoked Devastation 11th level [Fred Haskell 2017]

Zar'krath Al Ralorn: ['Undying Life]. Written in Demonic; Madness: Will save

DC 25 (1d3/2d6 Wis); Areas of Knowledge: religion— Undead — becoming a
lich +4; Secrets: contains the secret to creating a lich's phylactery and
the rituals necessary to become a lich; Spells: none; Copies: very rare,
less than 10 copies believed to exist; Market Price: 28,000 gp or more (as
much as 50,000 gp). This strange book is made of great lead plates
containing sheets of bone on which is written in the sepia of shadow
essence the secret of lichdom. It is without doubt the most prized book to
necromancers. All copies are nearly identical and all are extensively
magically trapped with a horrid wilting disease and level drain. Some trap
the soul or imprison the person touching it if they do so without knowing
the command word. [D&D Supplement]

Zoologist's Addendum: A Guide to Pharmacolgical Uses of Animals by Frisby Hyatt

– 5 volume double elephant folio of 400 pages each, most comprehensive guide
to the Alchemical uses of animals and animal parts (even extinct animals),
full color illustrations and even skin and feather samples. [Fred Haskell 2017]

Zhengyi's Tome: One of the greatest magic user's of an age, the Lich King
Zhengi's library contained endless secrets. His major spell books were in
seven volumes, simply called Zhengyi's Tome. [Drizzt Books]

Single Use Books (that teleport away after imparting their magic)

List of Golem Manuals that are used up or teleport away upon use:
Arduinian book of Adamantite Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Black Mithril Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Brass Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Copper Golems [Arduin]

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Arduinian book of Diamond Golems (Crystaloids) [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Electrum Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Galvorn Golems [Fred Haskell 2017]
Arduinian book of Gold Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Golempire Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Hands of Set Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Light Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Mithril Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Nightmare Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Obsidian Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Orichalcum Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Plant Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Rainbow Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Shydra Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Skullmonculus [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Snow Golems [Arduin]
Arduinian book of Soul Metal Golems [Fred Haskell 2017]
Arduinian book of Warwheel Golems [Arduin]
Book of Banner Golems [D&D Supplement]
Book of Clay Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Doll Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Gargoyle Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Wax Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Glass Golems [D&D Supplement]
Book of Magen Golems of Mystra [AD&D Canon]
Book of Mechanical Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Nercophidius Golems [D&D Supplement]
Book of Slime Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Treant Golems [D&D Supplement]
Book of Wood Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Winter-Wights [D&D Supplement]
Codex of Psion-Killer Golems [D&D Supplement]
Codex of Slayer Golems [D&D Supplement]
Gem of Brain Golems [D&D Supplement]
Journal of the Blood Golems of Hextor [D&D Supplement]
Libram of Amber Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Ash Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Astral Golems [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Bone Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Bronze Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Caryatid Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Chitin Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Ethereal Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Flesh Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Furnace Golems [AD&D Canon]
Book of Helping Hands [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Ice Golems [AD&D Canon]

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Libram of Iron Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Jade Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Juggernaut Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Chain [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Cloth [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Leather [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Paper [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Rope [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Lesser Golems: Straw [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Mud Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Radiant Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Rock Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Sand Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Scarecrow Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Shadow Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Shield Guardian Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Silver Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Skeleton Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Stone Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Stone Guardian Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Tin Golems [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Zombie Golems [AD&D Canon]
Tablet of Nyaala Golems [D&D Supplement]

Books that are used once to raise experience levels:

Alchimia Vera [True Alchemy] (alchemists) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Book of Exalted Deeds (good priests) [AD&D Canon]
Book of Extended Study (any psionic) grants one extra science and two
devotions. [AD&D Canon]
Book of Vile Darkness (evil priests) [AD&D Canon]
Grim Grimoire (assassins) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Grimoire of Archaic Alchemy (alchemists) [AD&D Canon]
Journal of Quan-Lin (monk) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Libram of Gainful Conjuration (N magic users, psionics) [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Ineffable Damnation (E magic users) [AD&D Canon]
Libram of Silver Magic (G magic users) [AD&D Canon]
Manual of Concentration (psionicist) Adds one Grand Art. [AD&D Canon]
Manual of the Dark Path (assassin, Ninja) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Manual of Disguises (thief, Mountebank) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Manual of Puissant Skill at Arms (fighter) [AD&D Canon]
Manual of Stealthy Pilfering (thief) [AD&D Canon]
Manual of Stratagems (fighter) [AD&D Canon]
Manual of Tumbling and Swinging (thief, Acrobat) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Scroll of Leaves (N, CN, LN Priests, Druids) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Sutra of Tranquil Thought (psionics) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Humorous Perspective (jester) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of the Fool (jester) [Fred Haskell 2017]

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Tome of the Mind (psionicist) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Tome of Psionic Enhancement (anyone) Allows a second check for psionic
abilities or a gain of 20 strength points to an exisiting psionic. [AD&D
Canon]
Tome of Psionic Interaction (psionics) [AD&D Canon]
Tones of Perfection (Bards) [Fred Haskell 2017]

Books that used once to increase abilities:

Tome of Bodily Health (Con) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Clear Thought (Int) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Dress and Appearance (Comeliness) [Fred Haskell 2017]
Tome of Gainful Exercise (Str) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Leadership and Influence (Cha) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Quickness of Action (Dex) [AD&D Canon]
Tome of Understanding (Wis) [AD&D Canon]

Other Magical reference works (that are limited or single use):

Book of Infinite Spells:

Clerical 15 lvl Druid 15th lvl
1 Gate 10 Transmute Rock to Mud
2 Finger of Death 11 Chariot of Sustare
3 Astral Spell 12 Confusion
4 Limited Wish 13 Conjure Earth Elemental
5 Regeneration 14 Animate Rock
6 Destruction 15 Fire Storm
7 Resurection 16 Control Weather
8 Raise Dead Fully 17 Reincarnate
9 Wind Walk

Magic User 15 lvl Iullusionist 15 lvl

18 Meteor Swarm 27 Alter Reality
19 Bigby's Crushing Hand 28 Prismatic Wall
20 Time Stop 29 Vision
21 Temporal Stasis 30 Prismatic Spray
22 Prismatic Sphere
23 Shape Change
24 Wish
25 Power Word, Kill
26 Monster Summoning VII [AD&D Canon]

Libram of Teleportation Arches [AD&D Canon]

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 Special Books (Unique, may or may not be single use.)

Arazni's Canopic Jars: The first four canopic jars are made of greenware-
like clay made from clay dust pounded with blood. They perpetually seep
blood and leave stains. They smell of dried blood. The stand about one
cubic tall and weigh 15 pounds each. Even Batibat weighs 12 pounds. The

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 fifth canopic vessel, of Batibat, is a sealed and carved skull, but it
leaves the smell of decay wherever it is left.

Muhatchi: The human horned demon god representing the north, contains the
lungs of Arazni and is protected by the goddess Nitocris the Mistress of
Magic.

Derogoth: The one eyed horned demon god representing the east, contains
the stomach of Arazni and is protected by the goddess Talona, the
Poisoner.

Ramses: The four eyed demon god representing the south, contains the liver
and is protected by the goddess Lilith, Goddess of Lust.

Imhotep: The no eyed demon god representing the west, contains the
intestines and is protected by the goddess Serqet, the Scorpion Queen.

Batibat: It the lion-faced demon god representing the center, contains the
crystal of the Crown Chakra of Arazni and is protected by Takhisis, the
Dragon Queen.
[Pathfinder but rewritten by Fred Haskell 2018]

Arc of Vlactos: A large obelisk, 3.5" foot tall by 30" wide by 6" thick
carved slab of green Mnar stone. It's runes are all in the ancient pre-

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 human language of "R'lyehan." There is ancient knowledge and spells carved
into its front and back. Technically it is an Ark. [Cthulhu]

Black Stone of Ixaxar: Large black stone about the size of an orange. It is
a black stone called the Sixtystone, as it displays sixty characters
written on its several random non-parallel sides. It is a cut polyhedral.
Its unspeakable secret name is Ixaxar. The characters are in "Naacal," the
Primal Tongue of Mu. It contains spells. [Cthulhu]

Brazier of R'lyeh: Unearthly green metal brazier from R'lyeh. It has

"R'lyehan" glyphs on its inside rim containing spells. It is roughly 2'
long. [Fred Haskell 2017]

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. Z, Introduction. Collection of

Cantrips and personal reminisces.

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. I. Contains basic spells of

first, second, and third level. BUT...many of these spells are so ancient
as to be lost. It also contains low level spells created by Lutas Vaul
that appear nowhere else. Some of his creations are fourth level spells.

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. II. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. III. -- ?

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The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. IV. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. V. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. VI. This, the sixth volume in the
collection, contains complete instructions for the following: Cloning;
Magikal Enslavement (binding others completely to your will): Making of
Magik Rings: Constructing a Magikal "color trap" that will negate or
"trap" any color chosen that may be worn or inherent to the user of this
magik; The complete "Exploding Man" ritual (or The Green Man Bomb); A
treatise on "The Intrinsic Pleasures of BDSM when Combined with Magikal
Stimuli in a Baroque Setting."

Any Magik User may learn from and use this book. However, if said mage is
not Lutas Vaul himself (there can be only one ?), he must, each time he
wishes to use the book, "give of himself" to the Guardian that is the
book's cover/stand. Thus he must insert a random body part between the
"covers" of the book to be consumed by it. Note that the body part must be
of at least 1" in overall size (length, diameter, girth or whatever) and
weigh at least .1 ounce. Nor may it be hair, unless the mage is willing to
give up the supporting tissue as well (can you say scalp/skin??).
Therefore the "offering" can be skin, complete finger/toe nails (nope, no
parings), joints, teeth, digits or whatever else the mage wishes to part
with...permanently (such offerings never re-grow/regenerate…ever). All
such "offerings" are consumed with slurpy, gobbly, gulping noises followed
by a loud belch, whereupon the book will open completely. The tome is 4'3"
X 2'1.5" and weighs 300 pounds.

The mage may then safely use the book and learn from it. Also note that
the book cannot be damaged by anything of less than OP20 in power or STR
30, nor can the Guardian be dispelled or "sent away" by any means.
Further, if "left open" for more than one hour without being used, it
closes, necessitating the above "ritual" once again. [Paul Mosher, Arduin]

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. VII. -- ?

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The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. VIII. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. IX. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. X. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. XI. -- ?

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. XII. Collection of eighth and
ninth level spells used by and (some) created by Lutas Vaul.

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul
collection, contains all Magik user
also contains complete instructions
receiving a twelve-word command, in
"hasting" it to a CF of 15!!
Vol. XIII. This, the 13th volume in the
spells of the 10th Order of Power. It
on creating a Bronze Golem capable of
addition to the method for permanently

Any Magik User may learn from and use this book. However, if said mage is
not Lutas Vaul himself (there can be only one ?), he must, each time he
wishes to use the book, insert his head into the mouth(?) orifice of the
Spectral-Demonic guardian pictured. Then, over a 1 melee round period he
is subjected to a psychik attack of his very worst nightmares and fears
(NO psychik save allowed). For each second thus enraptured, the mage must
roll his EGO –4 (6 rolls, no cheating!). If he fails any of these "saves"
he is then sucked into the guardian and ceases thereafter to exist (except
in the Hell he now inhabits eternally). In the odd event the mage's EGO is
24 or higher he must still roll at least 16 on 1D20 in order to "save" (no
loopholes either!). The tome is 4'3" x 2'1.5", and weighs 300 pounds.

Success, on the other hand, means the mage may safely use the book and

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 learn from it. Also note that the book cannot be damaged by anything of
less than OP20 in power or STR 30, nor can the Guardian be dispelled or
"sent away" by any means. Further, if "left open" for more than one hour
without being used, it closes, necessitating the above "ritual" once
again. High price? Yes. But Powerful Magik!! [Paul Mosher, Arduin]

The Merry Enchantments of Lutas Vaul, Vol. XIV. Only Fragments seemingly
copied from it have ever been found. It covers his delving into other
dimensions and alternative lichdom.

Kantharga Stone: An eight inch long lozenge shaped ellipsoid stone, blue and
green in color. The colors swirl and are multichromatic, changing from
blue to green. It resembles a butterfly wing, only translucent. Lengthy
writing in an unknown script floats inside the stone. [Cthulhu]

N'gral Khul (Talons of the Dark): Two bookend sized standing tablets (about
12" tall, 1" thick, the base being 1.5" thick) that fit together to form a
whole. They actually can be bookends. They are carved with ancient runes
of the Tcho-Tcho people called the Aklo language. There are carvings on
both sides of each. Two spells are contained on them. They are made of

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 only electro green serpentine. Each side contains one spell. One summons a
demon; one dispels a demon. [Cthulhu]

R'lyeh Disk: The disk is made almost entirely of otherworldly gold with a
handful of small diamonds (1-2 carats, about 100 stones). The diamonds
will glow and although their placement appears random (but for the bird's
eye) they reveal a star map of the heavens for locating various sites. The
disk is 2" thick and 22" in diameter. It weighs 8,439 ounces (7,692 Troy
ounces) or 527 pounds (641 Troy pounds). The information on the disk and
its back reveal ancient knowledge and spells. The writing is in "R'lyehan"
glyphs on its edge and front, with some writing on the back. The bottom or
reverse side of the disk portrays an octopoid figure, with swirls and
curves carved with runes and set with gems that glow even in daylight.
[Value in gold alone is just over $160,000 in 1920's COC.] [Cthulhu]

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The Seventh Column: The seventh column is a 6 part obelisk that is marked in
"Ptetholite," a pre-human language. There is a missing "seventh piece"
capstone which actually can be fitted anywhere in sequence. The pieces can
be stacked and being cubic (more or less) rotated in several alternate
ways to reveal new information and spells, as the language and designs
form new words and meanings when moved about. Thus a simple set of blocks
about 8 inch cubes each (~8"X~8"X~8"), can be "built" to form various
forms of a 48" tall obelisk. It is heavy, being made of the Green Stone of
Mnar. Each piece weighs about 15 pounds. [Fred Haskell 7-25-2017]

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