Wondrous Item

Legendary Wizard Requires Attunement

This legendary tome of dark necromancy was penned by the mad corvum necromancer Lathrus, of the Night's Call. The book is one of a kind and contains terrible necromantic secrets.

The Necronomicon Ex Corvis is a spellbook, and as such only wizards can truly benefit from studying the dark secrets within.

Abyssal Secrets. By spending a full week studying the dark secrets in this tome, your Intelligence score increases by 2. These secrets gnaw at your mind, however, and your Wisdom score decreases by 1.

Grasp of Shadows. By spending at least a minute reciting a ritual listed in this book, you can summon forth 1d4+2 Shadows. These creatures are loyal to you and can understand any instructions you give them. They will carry out these instructions to the best of their ability. This property can only be used once per week.

Knowledge Beyond Reason. You may add the spells listed below into your spellbook. However, the tome removes the restriction that requires you to be able to prepare and cast these spells. In effect, you can copy these spells to your spellbook now, though they will only be available to prepare once you reach a level at which you can cast them.

Addiitionally, rather than pay gold pieces to copy any spell within this grimoire into your spellbook, you may deal one point of damage to yourself and take one level of exhaustion to scribe the spell in your own blood.