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-|Al Azif|Arabic|Rare|Corrupt|Composed by the Mad Arab Alhazred in the 700's contains dangerous information on the Spirit World and the demonic denizens of the Second World. Taking possession of this book and opening it for the first time inflicts 1D4 points of corruption.|Blasphemous|The pages contain enough information to learn any of the Atlantean blasphemy spells, and even enough to cast one as a ritual if you don't “know” it, with the usual corruption effects. |Dagger of Dementia, Sword of Devils, Cloak of Terror, Drums of Fear.| |
+|Al Azif|Arabic|Rare|Corrupt|Composed by the Mad Arab Alhazred in the 700's contains dangerous information on the Spirit World and the demonic denizens of the Second World. Taking possession of this book and opening it for the first time inflicts 1D4 points of corruption.|Blasphemous|The pages contain enough information to learn any of the Atlantean blasphemy spells, and even enough to cast one as a ritual if you don't “know” it, with the usual corruption effects. |Dagger of Dementia, Sword of Devils, Cloak of Terror, Drums of Fear.|
 |Canon of Medicine (Volumes I-V)|Arabic|Rare|Large|This state of the art encyclopedia of medicine in five books was compiled by Persian Muslim physician-philosopher Avicenna Ibn Sina.  It presents an overview of the contemporary medical knowledge of the Islamic world, which had been influenced by earlier traditions including Greco-Roman medicine (particularly Galen), Persian medicine, Chinese medicine and Indian medicine.|Reference|Consulting this encyclopedia gives a character with the Medicine skill double their proficiency score on Medicine checks.| |
 |Hyperboriean Philosopher's Last Wishes |Arabic|Rare|Corrupt|This is a autobiographical account of terror and pain written by an ancient philosopher from the land of Hyperborea as he escapes an attack from the black heavens. The account appears to include a last will and testament at the end, which includes a curse against his enemies. This book was translated into Arabic from a long-dead language, which left large gaps in the narrative. It is unclear whether the unnamed author was truly human or not.|Blasphemous|A scholar who studies this text for a month gains a point of corruption. However, for as long as they retain at least one point of corruption any Arcane Curse spells may be cast at Advantage.|Circlet of Terror|