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Porokelle — The Book of 10000 tales
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Published: 2020-05-05 10:16:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1084; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 3
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The Book of 10000 tales is a magical item that contains infinite knowledge for those who know how to use it. The book itself is completely blank and anything written into it disappears as well. The book contains stories that were written by its keepers for centuries. When you look for a specific story you'll see ghost pages appear with bits and pieces of the tale. You can activate the portal on the cover to enter the world of the story.
More images of the book here: www.artstation.com/artwork/N5A…
I thought this could be a fun idea for a magical item that allows players to explore different worlds and just have a whimsical folklore-inspired adventure. I would love to hear your ideas on how you'd use an item like this in your setting/campaigns!
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I love the design and the concept is really awesome, but someone should warn the owner, because that looks like a hot potato to carry around, and a lot of people could want it, like a lot, and not necessarily caring for the owner's opinion
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Ahahha you are right! The owner must be definitely willing to take the risk xD
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discussing with a friend of mine around our current D&D campaign (a 3 years long behemoth xD)
and looking in some supplementary materials source, I had fun scrolling the various weird magical items, and some of them give me the interesting idea of making a story around a item.
Just for example, there is a jar of unending water (tm) who could be used only if you know the magical command... What if it happens to fall in the hands of a emarginated con-man in a desertic place when everyone is rich only of the sand in their shoes?
Maybe he could get a lot of power and fake being a Chosen Priest of the "Water God" inside the jar, who gives the water only to the ones blessed by him? (and possibly giving him attention and offerings?)
oh sorry I went off the rails... as for the use of the Book in a campaign... uhm there are a lot of possibilities... I'd see it nicely in the hands of a improvised bard, who carries the burden of continuing the tradition of filling the book (A bit like if the book chose its owners one after one?) and use its power to try to solve struggles and feuds peacefully, in a fantasy world that just came out of a great war and where bards and minstrels are strictly censored in what they are allowed to teach and sing to the people?
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