De Corpus Draigo Fabrica
Year: unknown
Medium: leather over wooden binding plates, parchment with illustrations and illuminations 150 pages
Language/script: Original is claimed to be in Ancient Draconish (Argonish), newer copies in Old Draconish or Old Horngolish, there is rumoured to be a copy in Tylwyth Hen
Value: all copies are priceless, 300 to 500 gold pieces depending on quality of the copied images and where it is being sold
Copies: there are no know full copies rumours abound and ever 30-50 years someone claims to have one for sale.
Location: there are no know full copies in the Dragon Reaches. rumours suggest a copy in the Darken or in the library of the Tatharyn.
Description: De Corpus Draigo Fabrica contains numerous detailed drawings and treatise of dragon anatomy. This book is highly sought after especially by Dragons who burn every copy they find. There are numerous details on their bodies including vunerabilities and effective poisons. The opening chapter of the book refers to others who have failed at compiling this information and what was needed in order to affect the vivisection of a dragon. Chapter two is a basic introduction and naming of the body parts. Chapter three deals with musculature especially the wings and their motion. Chapter four details the contents of the chest and abdomen. Chapter five provides insights to the heart and the ‘vessels of blood and its circulatory nature’. Chapter six raises questions about the purpose for various ‘fluid bearing bodies’ (fire breathing etc).
Skills: Magical Beast Lore improvement with a quality of 75% based on CR of 1 to 4 +125 experience while a CR of 5 to 8 provides +275 and 9-10 would provide +525 experience.
Special Note; anyone with an INT of 11+ after reading chapters 3, 4 and 5 would have a +1 (INT 11-14) or +2 (INT 15+) added to ther Critical Dice roll when fighting Dragons. Likewise Mages who read the full treatise will have a +10% bonus to targeting spells on Dragons.
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