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Thursday, September 16, 2021

D20 Rarebooks found in Lost Places

Please enjoy a few of the random books I have at hand to throw at my party.


Rare books found in lost places

1

A technical guide to intoxication through kingdom fungi (by Plagueface esq.):

A thick tome written in a conspiratorial manner about identifying various types of mushrooms to make hallucinogenic potions and poisons.  If you use this tome as a reference book:

  • +1  when identifying fungus.

  • +1 when making potions and poisons out of mushrooms.

2

Fractal Mosaics (by Prof. R.K. Dunshlem):

  • What could be a dry exploration of mosaic design, is elevated  to greater heights through the author's beautiful prose and exploration of the relationship between art and culture.  If you use this tome as a reference book:

  • +1 when studying architecture.

3

Backdoor Wenches (volume 9):

A smutty picture picture book depicting humans in various forms of copulation.

4

The Epic of Yorm (Unknown Author):

This is an ancient poem (by the editor's standards). It was passed down through oral tradition and has now been codified into text.

The poem is about a great hero who slays a number of increasingly dangerous monsters only to be undone by his own hubris.

5

A nincompoops guide to summoning (by Georg the Marvellous):

An arcane text that describes in a very condescending manner about how to effectively summon creatures from other planes.

The author talks about how easy the process actually is and describes in depth about how other “lesser” mages screwed up the summoning and died horribly.

  • Gains a Summon spell

6

Jombaha! (by Arclight Press):

A pop arcane book. Designed to get the masses more enraged with arcane studies and rituals.

It is a collection of presumably real life stories when rituals went horribly wrong, resulting in death, destruction and occasionally hilarity.

7

Victory through Atrocity (by Ral):

Contains a foreword that describes how this is a controversial work by a controversial historical figure.

It describes the use of war crimes as a way of controlling populations, it details which forms of oppression tend to have the desired effect. Gruesome reading.

8

A field guide to dinosaurs (by J. Hammond):

A lavishly detailed book with field sketches of many different dinosaur species. Great coffee table book to impress your friends.

9

Getting spiritual about spirits (by Gruru Kosh):

This book is a thinly disguised guide on how to not only build but distill almost anything into alcohol. The author rambles on about spirituality and all kinds of dross. Great for making Molotov!

  • Gain the blueprint for making a still.

10

Skirmisher's Delight (T.E. Blaskovitiz):

A treaties of advanced tactics for the initial engagements at the eve of a battle.

Once per day you may roll initiative with advantage.

11

Esoteric Curatives (H. Tharsson):

An exciting tome where the author describes his travels through numerous, tribes and other “outsider” groups and the healing methods they use. In places, this becomes a polemic where the author decries the decadence of the modern world.  If used as a reference book:

  • Gain +1 to brewing healing potions.

12

The Discerning Farmer's Guide (F. Giles):

A highly accessible book written for the layman to understand and implement various farming techniques.

13

The Kraken Stirs (Anon):

A philosophical dialogue. Discusses the importance of maintaining social roles and the sanctity of the social contract between lord and subject. If one were to read between the lines you might think the author is telling you how to tear down society.

14

Applied Accountancy:

It is an accountancy text book. Useful but boring.

15

Monsters and Metallurgy (I. Sternfist):

This book provides an in-depth technical discussion on the various processes of alloy production. It also describes which metals will have deadly effects on certain types of creatures.

Contains blueprints for:

  • Alloy production

  • Metal Tubing

  • Wiring

  • Ingots

16

Rationalised Evil (A history of the cult of Ordination) (by Shocking Histories):

An engaging narrative of the history of the Cult of Ordination. A group that both worships the mythological being called The Ordinator and embrace the philosophy of the end justifies the means at all costs.

17

Extra-Dimensional Topology (Yuler):

A dense work about an incredibly niche subject area that has limited real world application. You think it discusses how Mathematical geometries might shift in other dimensions?

  • Grants a +1 to summoning bonus.

18

Making Acids for Fun (Anon):

A subversive book for budding alchemists. Has numerous warnings that some reactions can be extremely exothermic!

  • Gains blueprints for ACIDS!

19

Exotic Weaponry (H. Mauly):

A nerdy book that enthusiastically describes the production of and use of many strange and fairly alien weapon types:

Gains blueprints for:

  • Chain Sword

  • War fan

  • Tiger Claws

20

A Beginners Guide to Sewing:

Actually this book is nothing of the sort. It is a hidden treaties on the use and development of your own skill in Necromancy!

  • Contains 1 random necromancy spell.

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