73-74 The Skull Lord Unnamed historian 75-76 The King's Line Batueva 77-78 Arcane Grammar Desthys Vuorin 79-80 Love Unbound Elennia 81-82 The Silence Within Mu-Win 83-84 Oremur Vistay Ustenar 85-86 Snake-People Unknown 87-88 Driv’s Adventures Nemyn Desvin 89.90 Arcane Metallurgy Drakash Vertisn 91-92 Eight Eyes Unnamed thief 93-94 Eastern Riverfish Unnamed fisherman 95-96 Meyistamev ("Bonds") Eristereav Mysteraniar 97-98 Arcana Unknown 99-100 Significance Dav the Lover Account of how the sorcerer Eskalaidos became a lich Genealogical royal line going back five centuries Guide to grammatical mistakes in spellcasting False account of her romance with a prince Guide to channeling ki and controlling enemy ki Guide to deciphering and reading the oremur-script ‘Account of an encounter with various yuan-ti Children’s book about a dwarf child named Driv Guide to dwarvish metaleasting of magical hammers ‘Account ofa thief who worked under a beholder ‘Overview of catchable fishin various rivers in the area Hypothetical overview of stars "bound together* Extremely dry overview of historical use of magic ‘Overview of courtship and marriage in various cultures Book MaTERIALs, COLOR, COVER AND GENERAL APPEARANCE Use these tables to determine what the book looks like, what properties it has and whether a player can read it. Not all of the ‘options within these tables may be compatible with the book contents in the table above. Options that end in a single asterisk (*) ‘may give books unique properties, and could be used as plot hooks for adventures. Cover (ROLL 3 TIMES) 48 Material Decorations Cover Color 1 Wood and leather Woodeut Black 2 Woodand cloth Engraved metal Red 3 Plain wood Painted Green 4. Embroidery Gold leaf Blue 5 Leather softcover Treasure binding* Brown 6 Layered vellum Metalcomers. White 7 Wraparound or tied Calligraphy Purple 8 No cover None Not colored BINDING (ROLL 2 TIMES) 6 Method Page Count 1. Coptic stitch binding 1-50 pages 2 Longstitch binding 50-100 pages 3. Girdle binding 100-250 pages 4. Stitched or stab binding 250-500 pages 5) Glued 500-1000 pages 6 Loose folios More than 1000 pages** “Books that contain more than 1000 (bound) pages may be contained in codices, multiple manuscripts or book series. Paces (RoLt 2 TIMES) 44 Page Material Page Quality 1. Vellum or parchment Moldy or britle 2 Papyrus Few tears 3. Paper Well preserved 4 Leaves, bark, or other materials* New or spotless PENMANSHIP (ROLL 2 TIMES) 44 Types of Writing Writing Quality 1. Block letters Low, untrained, or illegible 2 Cursive Mediocre or scribbled 3. Calligraphy Excellent 4 Blackletter Masterful LANGUAGE oR CiPHER (IF ENCRYPTED) d6 Language Cipher 1 Common Arcane cipher 2 Dwarvish Numerical cipher 3. Elvish Substitution cipher 4 Halfling ‘Transposition cipher 5 Gnomish Musical cipher 6 Exotic Book cipher