Wizard's Bookshelf 4
The Crying Book by Elisot the Sodden
A sharkskin-bound parchment codex which seeps a constant trickle of salt water that has thoroughly destroyed the books beside and below it. When opened, the trickle becomes a torrent.
Weight: 100cw
Value: 500sp
A Shout in the Dark by Gilfenn the Silver
A stack of parchment, wrapped in a long strip of waxed parchment. Elven script descriptions of the range, behaviour, life cycle, anatomy and culinary uses of shriekers, along with detailed anatomical drawings. An hour's study gives you +1 to surprise, hit and damage against the mushroom creatures for a day and allows you to safely prepare enough food for 12 from the carcass of one.
Weight: 20cw
Value: 100sp
Dragon Soap
Deep orange and intricately carved with geometric patterns, this appears to be a book until viewed closely. Releases a scent when dampened that repels Dwarves as if turned. Provides enough buoyancy to support 3000c of weight, and enough slipperyness to make a 200 square foot surface impassible.
Weight: 50cw
Value: 150sp
Song Of Canonization by Reingaud Donkeyherd
A triptych of pitted iron tablets inscribed in Holy Grinkalit that extols the deeds of Saint Sunalis the Aligner, a humble and pious blacksmith who, after falling off a horse and cracking his hip, shoulder and skull, met Dazuli Goddess of Forges face-to-face. Dazuli was so impressed with Sunalis' desire to return to his work that she replaced his broken bones with iron, and granted him protection from heat, allowing him to shape molten metal with his bare hands. Over the course of his life the saint crafted several wondrous items including a rod of folded iron harder than diamond, a set of tuning forks that could open locks at a distance and a horn that could magnify the user's breath. If the metal is heated, the middle panel glows with a map to the saint's tomb.
Weight: 500cw
Value: 500sp
Lifeline during times of Scarcity by Abdalonymus Galica the Phobic
A charred, wooden scroll case with a threaded lid. Inside is a brittle papyrus volumen scroll in Elder Common Scripts that describes the preparation of inedible plants to remove their toxins and make their nutrients accessible. Includes recipes for Trumpet Root (peel, then steam until the tuber turns bright red), Perennial Choking Vine (Lance the vine and allow to dry overnight, soak in lye water, then boil for three days) and Midnight Daggerleaf (Dig up the rootstock and submerge it completely in urine until the leaves soften, then snip each leaf and replace the urine with distilled water for a week), among others.
Weight: 150cw
Value: 50sp
Teachings for King Belmus by Gruab the Storyteller
A codex of worm eaten rice paper, bound in green, warty frogskin. Written in high Goblin claw script, this text recounts several fables and fairy stories older than humanity. The last story in the book, called When the first goblin found darkness, casts Permanent Darkness when read. Each time the story is read, the previous casting is canceled.
Weight 50cw
Value: 1000sp
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Listening To: Zothique by Arcanist
Reading: Arm of the Sphynx by Josiah Bancroft
Watching: Babylon 5, Season 1