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 * guardians, protections, traps and curses
 * who else has owned the book
 * is someone following it/looking for it
 * holy books with unusual cleric spells
 * other secret knowledge the book might contain?
 * special powers

40, [title] [cover][featurelist]Contains the spells:[magicuser] 8, [Holy Books.main] [cover][featurelist]Contains the Cleric spells: [cleric] 1,[uniquebook]
 * main

10,[ArcaneBooks.main] 2,Untitled 1,The [Color.all] book of [Fantasy Town Names.main] 3,The Grimoire of [Fantasy Names.mainNoLabel] 1,[magicWord] 1,[Holy Books.main] 1,The Book of the [Color.all] [Animal.symbolicanimal]
 * title

1,The [coverMaterial] cover is marked with many runes. 1,The [Feelings.Adjective], [coverMaterial] cover is marked with many runes. 5,Bound in [coverMaterial]. 2,Made from [coverMaterial], the cover is [Feelings.Adjective]. 1,The [coverMaterial] cover is marked with [Utility.Symbols]. 2,Bound in [coverMaterial] trimmed with [Utility.HornIvory]. 1,The cover is of [coverMaterial] and [coverMaterial]. 1,The [coverMaterial] cover is inlaid with [Utility.MetalDecor] in [Utility.Symbols]. 1,The [coverMaterial] binding is set with a [Utility.Jewels]. 1,The [Feelings.Adjective] [coverMaterial] binding is marked with [Utility.Symbols]. 3,[Scroll.main] 1,Inside a small box of [Utility.WoodDecorative], are collected [Dice.1d100] sheets of parchment.
 * cover

3,[features] 1, 2,[featurelist][featurelist]
 * featurelist

6,[shape] 6,[form] 4,[protection] 1,On the first page: &ldquo;[Inscriptions.Advice]&rdquo; 1,On the last page: &ldquo;[Words of Wisdom.main]&rdquo; 1,[Fourth Page - Artifact.origin] 1,[power] 1,Includes a score: [MusicalInstruments.SheetMusic] 1,Contains the story &ldquo;[1001 Nights Story Title.Title]&rdquo;. [Parable Title.Premise] 1,Includes a recipe for [FantasyMenu.main] 2,[Painting.main] 4,A drawing: [Utility.Symbols]. 2,[FantasyBooks.DeedOrNote] 1,Details a few Cleric spells: [cleric]</ul> 1,A hastily-written command for unknown magic: &ldquo;[Command Word.main]&rdquo; 4,[alchemy] 1,[seeker] 1,Includes some incomplete research towards the rare spell: [Rare Spells.main].
 * features

4,Semi-circular 5,Heavy 2,Made up of [Dice.2d4] folios 2,Round 2,Triangular 3,Octagonal 1,Hexagonal 1,Pentagonal
 * shape

3,Long and thin 5,Hinged 5,Accordion-fold 2,Pocket-sized 1,Six feet tall
 * form

1,An alchemical recipe for [Arcane Substance.main] &ldquo;[Alchemical Recipes.main]&rdquo; 1,Explains the uses for [MonsterParts.StartItemOnly]. 2,Explains how [MonsterParts.StartItemOnly] may be used to predict [Four Season Events.events]s. 1,Explains how to create [Arcane Substance.main] with [Elements.allCap] and [MonsterParts.StartItemOnly]. 1,A guide to preserving [MonsterParts.Organs]s in [MonsterParts.PreservationSubstance]. 1,Includes instructions on how to keep [MonsterParts.DryGoods]s [MonsterParts.DryPackingMethod]. 1,Details how [Elements.allCap] is formed into [Spells.main].
 * alchemy

2,Posesses an unusual power [Fourth Page - Artifact.power] 1,A landscape illustration is actually a portal to a distant place: [Exotic Landscape.main]. 3,The book levitates as it is being read. 3,The book illuminates itself as a candle when open. 1,Spells may be cast directly from the book&mdash;but the caster will surely die if a saving throw is failed. 1,Functions as a [dndBook]. 1,The book is intelligent, as a magic sword with Int [Dice.2d6] and Ego [Dice.2d6].
 * power

1,Manual of Golems 1,Manual of Bodily Health 1,Manual of Gainful Excercise 1,Manual of Quickness of Action 1,Tome of Clear Thought 1,Tome of Leadership and Influence 1,Tome of Understanding 1,Blessed Book: spells can be copied into it at no cost
 * dndBook

30, [Utility.LeatherHide] 12, [Color.all] [Utility.ClothFancy] 10, [Utility.Fur] fur 8, [Utility.MetalDecor] 6, thin [Utility.StoneDecorative] 10, [Utility.WoodDecorative] 3, [Utility.GlassColors], [Utility.GlassOpacity] glass
 * coverMaterial

8,It is held shut by a lock. 2,It is held shut by a lock, containing a poison needle trap. 2,The book is marked with Exploding Runes. 1,[Alignment.polarCap] folk cannot touch it. 1,Those who read it must save or be afflicted by madness. 1,A page is marked with a terrible Symbol. 1,The book's creator sees all who open it. 1,Unwary readers are pulled into the book itself, imprisoned as an illustration. 1,The book itself will strike to attack readers who do not speak the password: &ldquo;[Command Word.main]&rdquo; 1,The most powerful spells are written on a Secret Page 1,The pages are poison&mdash;woe betide the moist-fingered reader! 1,The words are a charm: those who read them find themselves persuaded by the author's point of view, changing alignment. 1,The book contains a part of its scribe's soul: after their passing, readers may find themselves posessed. 1,Blades spring out the when the book is opened: save or suffer 1d6 damage, and save again or lose a finger. 1,When the book is opened it flashes with blinding light—save versus paralysis or be blinded. 1,The book is guarded by an Invisible Stalker, a demon bound into its diagrams.
 * protection

1,The [FantasyBooks.Adjective] [Ranks and Titles.RankEnglishSpecial] 1,[Secret Society Title.main] 1,[Occult Spell Name.spellname] 1,[Fantasy Names.mainNoTitle] 1,[Demon generator.Name] 1,[Angel generator.Name]
 * magicWord

1,[Fantasy Names.mainNoLabel], [Fantasy Profession.adventurers] from [Sea Encouters.justThePlace] is seeking this book. 2,[Obsessive Wizard.main] (Magic-user level [Dice.2d8]), is seeking this book 1,Sailing in search of this book is: [Sea Encounters.names] ([Sea Encounters.captain]), of the [Ship Names.main], [Sea Encounters.justShipType] of [Sea Encounters.justThePlace]. 1,[Sea Encounters.monsterCaptain] is hunting for this book. 1,Searching for this book is the cleric [Holy Books.Author] (level [Dice.2d6]) 1,This book is followed by the elf [Elf-folk.main]
 * seeker

32,<ol>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne] </li> [muTwo], [muTwo] </li> [muThree]</li></ol> 16,<ol>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne] </li> [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo] </li> [muThree], [muThree] </li> [muFour]</li></ol> 8,<ol>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne] </li> [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo]</li> [muThree], [muThree], [muThree]</li> [muFour], [muFour]</li> [muFive]</li></ol> 4,<ol>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne]</li> [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo]</li> [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree]</li><li> [muFour], [muFour], [muFour]</li><li> [muFive], [muFive]</li><li> [muSix]</li></ol> 2,<ol><li>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne]</li><li> [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo]</li><li> [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree]</li><li> [muFour], [muFour], [muFour], [muFour], [muFour]</li><li> [muFive], [muFive], [muFive]</li><li> [muSix], [muSix]</li></ol> 1,[featurelist]<ol><li>[muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne], [muOne]</li><li> [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo], [muTwo]</li><li> [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree], [muThree]</li><li>[muFour], [muFour], [muFour], [muFour], [muFour], [muFour]</li><li> [muFive], [muFive], [muFive], [muFive]</li><li> [muSix], [muSix], [muSix]</li></ol>
 * magicuser

4,[ODnD Spell Lists.LevelOne] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelOne] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelOne] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelOne] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelOne]
 * muOne

8,[ODnd Spell Lists.LevelTwo] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelTwo] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelTwo] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelTwo] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelTwo]
 * muTwo

12,[ODnd Spell Lists.LevelThree] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelThree] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelThree] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelThree] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelThree]
 * muThree

12,[ODnd Spell Lists.LevelFour] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelFour] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelFour] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelFour] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelFour]
 * muFour

12,[ODnd Spell Lists.LevelFive] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelFive] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelFive] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelFive] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelFive]
 * muFive

12,[ODnd Spell Lists.LevelSix] 4,[Vancian Spell Lists.LevelSix] 4,[ADnD Spell Lists.LevelSix] 4,[LotFP Spell Lists.LevelSix] 1,[Rare Spells.LevelSix]
 * muSix

1,<li>[clericspell]</li> 3,<li>[clericspell]</li><li>[clericspell]</li> 1,<li>[clericspell]</li><li>[clericspell]</li><li>[clericspell]</li>
 * cleric

1,[ADnD Cleric Spell Lists.LevelOne] 1,[ADnD Cleric Spell Lists.LevelTwo] 2,[ADnD Cleric Spell Lists.LevelThree] 3,[ADnD Cleric Spell Lists.LevelFour] 3,[ADnD Cleric Spell Lists.LevelFive] 2,[rareClericSpell]
 * clericspell

1,[Rare Spells.clericOne] 1,[Rare Spells.clericTwo] 2,[Rare Spells.clericThree] 3,[Rare Spells.clericFour] 3,[Rare Spells.clericFive]
 * rareClericSpell

1, Twin Spells Found dyed in cobalt and peacock green on a tattered white silken scroll on the one hand, inscribed on verdigrised brass plates in delicate white acid etchings on the other, these two spells appear entirely unrelated though lying amongst the same bleached bones. But are they indeed coincidentally collected together, or is there a connection after all? http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2011/03/unrelated-twins-spells.html 1, The Book of the Burning Sands, first fragment This spellbook—or, rather, portion of spellbook—has seen better days. Sages are uncertain whether the tawny scroll's surface is of papyrus strengthened by magic to the durability of parchment, or of parchment enchanted to resemble papyrus; the lettering and diagrams of the spells upon the scroll's surface are inked in sooty black, accented with vermilion and gold. A scattering of notations in the language of the Shining Sands describe the binding of desert spirits, but the scroll is incomplete—it breaks off after the third spell, tattered and scorched, and the ragged end-edge where a winding rod should be hints at a missing introduction at the least. As the Book circulates through learned circles, quests for the remainder of the scroll have been mounted but have so far been unsuccessful. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2011/03/book-of-burning-sands-first-fragment.html 1, The Book of Light A small volume, this spellbook has covers of finely hammered and frosted steel with a faintly bluish tinge, formed over a core of oak. Both covers are lipped and one is slightly larger than the other, such that the pages are completely encased when the book is closed. The pages themselves are of fine parchment, the script and diagrams within recorded in a strong hand in black ink; the front cover bears an unknown sigil in cobalt and azure enamel. The Book of Light contains eight first level magic-user spells, six unique spells as detailed below with the addition of shield and magic missile. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2010/06/book-of-light.html 1, The Book of the White Cat A compact volume of spells and cryptic notations on the construction of mageries, the Book of the White Cat is small enough in size to be cradled comfortably in the crook of an arm. The Book's pages are of creamy parchment edged in gold, its contents scribed in a sure and delicate hand in black and cinnabar inks; the covers are of dense oak overlain with immaculately clean white velvet. And—over the velvet—is stitched, edged in golden thread, what seems to be the pelt of a small white cat, with its tail dangling free from the spine of the Book. The “bones” inside the tail are of silver, however, and the tail serves as a magery that will contain one spell level per day when life energy is given to power it. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2010/03/book-of-white-cat.html 1, The Least Book of Nathan Serpentarius Though there are believed to be many such texts, widely varied in power and content, this slender volume is by far the most widely known of Serpentarius' works of celestial magic. Small enough to be stitched into a girdle-binding and showing faint marks of such, the text is carefully scribed onto black-dyed vellum in silver ink. The leaves are bound in a cover composed of the silver-white scales of some unknown beast, and bear upon the front Serpentarius' sigil of a serpent biting its own tail in blue and jade enamel. Scattered throughout the pages, intermixed with the texts of the spells, are charts and star diagrams in silver ink picked out in azure. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/09/spellbooks-of-nathan-serpentarius-least.html 1, Genreh's Text A tiny girdle-book of fragile parchment leaves, slim and bound in soft mink-brown doeskin and containing four carefully-annotated spells. Strangely, the contents are divided between the art of the magic-user and the miracles of the cleric; the first inked in crimson, the second in gold. The tiny book is commonly believed to be named for its discoverer. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/06/genrehs-text.html 1, Searing Argent Frost Found on a scroll of vellum tied with silver and silk cord, within a crystal scroll-case. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/04/second-level-spell-searing-argent-frost.html 1, The Book of the Black Rose Not a “book” at all, in reality, but an ebony box suited for containing such a book. Carved all over delicately with knotworks of barbed briars, the two halves of the box are solid pieces of ebony and the seam between them can scarcely fit a hair. Inside the box rests a handful of dried rose petals, a handful of tiny bones, and a sheaf of impossibly thin vellum sheets inked with the following spells http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/03/spells-book-of-black-rose.html 1, Untitled Inked in gold in a trembling hand on sheets of heavy parchment, clasped within a folio made of broad leaves of ivory tied with black silk cords. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/03/two-second-level-spells-bleeding-edge.html 1, Untitled Delicate sheets of vellum inked in veridian and azure, tucked within a scrollcase of jade. http://hamsterhoard.blogspot.ca/2009/03/three-first-level-spells-cloak-of.html 1, The Book of the Black Rat Bound crudely in rat-hide, patches of fur still here and there. The cover bears an amateurish drawing of a rat, and the words “THERE IS ONLY ONE”. http://wampuscountry.blogspot.ca/2014/01/book-of-black-rat-spells-about-rats-and.html 1, The Grimoire of the Grinch The grimoire itself is square, one foot per side, and bound with some sort of hide bearing green fur. http://wampuscountry.blogspot.ca/2012/12/grimoire-of-grinch.html 1, Ancient Yuletide Carols The well-weathered book, bound in troll-hide, contained some smattering of cosmic lore as well as a series of hymn-spells linked to the worship of moribund lesser godlings of winter and song such as Komo and Mathys. http://wampuscountry.blogspot.ca/2013/12/ancient-yuletide-carols.html 1, Hammer of the Damned Bound in cracked rust colored skin, most likely from one of the denizens of the planes of punishment, this volume is partially filled with the liturgy of an extinct cult devoted to eliminating the presence of Outsiders from the material plane. It is bound with an ornate gold lock, which someone has taken a hammer to in the past. Likewise the embossed sigils on the cover have been carved at to distort them and eliminate any trace of magical protection they may have offered. http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.ca/2012/10/hms-apollyon-grimore-hammer-of-damned.html 1, Teachings of Calvidus Rex A volume of thin papers, hand stitched with sinews and clumsily printed with woodblock. The paper is yellowed, but sound and the entire document wrapped in sharkskin, with the crossbones sigil of Clavidius Rex (a mildly infamous necromancer executed twenty years before) burned into it. An additional wrapping of oilcloth that stinks mildly of sewage is wound tightly around the text. http://dungeonofsigns.blogspot.ca/2012/09/hms-apollyon-grimore.html
 * uniquebook