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--- books [2020/02/25 17:41] – andrew
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 ====== Books ======
-**About Books**:
+  * **Construction**: Books are hand-written on parchment and bound together into codex-form (rather like a modern book).  Books are highly vulnerable to fire and water damage.  To copy a book, you need the raw materials (small 30gp, normal 80gp, large 160gp) and the skill Occupation (scribe).  A small book requires 1 week, a regular book requires 4 weeks, and a large book requires 16 weeks.  Each week requires a successful skill check, with a failure indicating that mistakes were made that require substantial re-work, and this week was wasted.  If you don't know the language of the book, each skill check is at Disadvantage. {{ :library.jpg?direct&200|}}
-  * **Construction**: Books are hand-written on parchment and bound together into codex-form (rather like a modern book).  Books are highly vulnerable to fire and water damage.  To copy a book, you need the raw materials (small 30gp, normal 80gp, large 160gp) and the skill Occupation (scribe).  A small book requires 1 week, a regular book requires 4 weeks, and a large book requires 16 weeks.  Each week requires a successful skill check, with a failure indicating that mistakes were made that require substantial re-work, and this week was wasted.  If you don't know the language of the book, each skill check is at disadvantage.
+  * **Encumbrance**: Most books count as 1 [[Load]] when carried, unless they are marked Large in the description column, in which they count as 4 [[Load]], or if marked Small, in which case they count as 0.2 [[Load]].
-  * **Encumbrance**: Most books count as 1 [[Load]] when carried, unless they are marked Large in the rarity columns, in which they count as 4 [[Load]], or if marked Small, in which case they count as 0.2 [[Load]].
+  * **Corruption** If a book has any danger of causing corruption, it will be marked "Corrupt" in the description column.
-  * **Corruption** If a book has any danger of causing corruption, it will be marked "Corrupt" in the rarity column.
+  * **Acquisition**: Because most scribes and copyists in the New World are busy with religious and administrative commissions, buying books is practically restricted.  There is a book auction on the last Monday of each month in [[Kingston]].  Generally, any Common book can be purchased for 3D6x10gp at the auction, but Common books that are also large go for double price.  There will be 1D4 Uncommon books available, at random, each will sell for 1D6x100gp, but Uncommon books that are also large add 100gp to price.  There is a 1 in 6 chance that a random Rare book will be available, selling for 1D6x1000gp.  The prices are randomized to represent the maximum competing bids at the auction.
-  * **Acquisition**: because most scribes and copyists in the New World are busy with religious and administrative commissions, buying books is practically restricted.  There is a book auction on the last Monday of each month in Kingston.  Generally, any Common book can be purchased for 3d6x10gp at the auction, but Common books that are also large go for double price.  There will be 1d4 Uncommon books available, at random, each will sell for 1d6x100gp, but Uncommon books that are also large add 100gp to price.  There is a 1 in 6 chance that a random Rare book will be available, selling for 1d6x1000gp.  The prices are randomized to represent the maximum competing bids at the auction.
+  * **Use**: Any practical in-game use will be noted in the Use section.
-  * **Use**: Any practical in-game use will be noted in the description section, after the word "use."
+  * **Instructions**: Any instructions for making magic items included in the book are in the description section after the word "instructions".
-  * **Instructions**: any instructions for making magic items included in the book are in the description section after the word "instructions".
   * [[Books by Rarity]]
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 |Rune Staves of Egil Skallagrimson|Norse|Uncommon| |A collection of the great rune master Egil's poetic lore on the runic arts, committed to a series of rune inscribed boards. |Magic|A Druid or Runecaster consulting this book gets advantage when crafting rune tools.|Spear of Runes, Troll Leathers, Ring of Defense (greater), Gauntlets of Spear Catching.|
 |Sefer Raziel HaMalakh|Hebrew|Uncommon| |An important Kabbalistic text. |Magic|A scholar who studies these magical texts for a month learns the cantrip Read Aura for free in addition to the cantrips they may already have.|Shield of the Wall, Sword of the Warrior, Bag of Holding|
+|Copper Book of Niqmaddu| Canaanite|Uncommon|copper sheet|an early source of the Sefer Raziel HaMalak|Magic | A scholar who studies these magical texts for a month learns the cantrip Whispermind for free in addition to the cantrips they may already have.|Shield of the Wall, Sword of the Warrior, Bag of Holding|
 |Sefer Yetzirah|Hebrew|Uncommon|Small|Known as the "book of creation," this book is the primary text for Kabbalistic study.  Some scholars treat it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory, but this volume has insights into the underpinnings of all creation. |Magic|A Kabbalist must have his copy of the Sefer Yetzirah, or any other Kabbalistic text, in order to learn a Kabbalistic Charm.|Hat of Wisdom, Jewel of Second Thought, Belt of Balance, Kabbalistic Focus|
 |The Cyranides|Greek|Uncommon| |The Cyranides is one of the works of the Hermetic corpus, the body of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistos. Hermes Trismegistos was a Hellenistic incarnation of the ancient Egyptian Thoth, and the god of all magic, alchemy and astrology. The book is divided into 24 chapters, one for each letter of the Greek alphabet. Under each letter are represented a plant, a bird, a stone and a sea animal, all of whose names begin with that letter. |Magic|A scholar who studies this magical texts for a month learns the cantrip Flickerheat for free in addition to the cantrips they may already have. |Shield of the Chevalier, Boots of Traveling, Hat of Intelligence, Ring of Defense (lesser)|