Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Book of Questions: Medium Wondrous Item

Book of Questions: This thin spellbook sized tome has a hinged cover made of gold plated lead. Inside are 20 pages of beaten mithril, each with the symbol of a plane: the four elemental and 16 aligned planes. The runes glow with the energy of their plane: the rune for the plane of fire crackles with flame, the rune for hades gives off a dull gray light.

A user can open the book to the run of a given plane, speak the name of a creature on that plane, and compel them to answer four questions through the rune. This works just like Contact Other Plane. The user's mind is blasted by the powerful planar energies evoked, and they must save to avoid an intelligence/charisma decrease.

If any creature attempts to use the book a second time in one day, they automatically suffer intelligence/charisma decrease, as if they had failed an intelligence check while casting Contact Other Plane.

For several days after using the book, questioners will see ripples in the air and ground around them, as if something massive is moving just under the skin of reality.

Strong divination; CL 9th; Craft Wondrous Item, Contact Other Plane; Cost 18,000 gp

Treasure Value: 15th

Math: 5th level spell once per day: 5*9*2000/5 = 18,000

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