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The ''Book of Kings'' is a book the size of a coffin: 3'x5'x2'.  The title on the cover can only be read using magic, but the contents can be read by anyone who can read at least one language.  The book radiates strong Divination magic, and contains complete information on every leader who was or is, including [[darklords]].  The reader must think of a ruler to turn to the correct page, but if the ruler is in fact a puppet or figurehead for another power, the page is blank.  Rulership in this case means political individuals who report to no one else.
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The '''Book of Kings''' is a book the size of a coffin: 3'x5'x2'.  The title on the cover can only be read using [[magic]], but the contents can be read by anyone literate in at least one [[language]].  The book radiates strong [[Divination | Divination magic]], and contains complete information on every [[ruler]] who was or is, even [[darklords]].  The reader must think of a given ruler to turn to the correct page, but if the ruler is in fact a [[Guignol | puppet]] or [[figurehead]] of another, the page is blank.  The work is to be found in the [[Secret Library of Vecna]].


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Author: Steve Miller  
Author: Steve Miller  


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[[Category:Knowledge (nobility & royalty) Book]]
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 22 March 2018

The Book of Kings is a book the size of a coffin: 3'x5'x2'. The title on the cover can only be read using magic, but the contents can be read by anyone literate in at least one language. The book radiates strong Divination magic, and contains complete information on every ruler who was or is, even darklords. The reader must think of a given ruler to turn to the correct page, but if the ruler is in fact a puppet or figurehead of another, the page is blank. The work is to be found in the Secret Library of Vecna.

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June 2000 Article from Dragon Magazine #272. Author: Steve Miller