Tharivol's Book of Necromancy
A manifesto wrote by Tharivol Tanner . It is wrote in Common, Elvish, and Infernal, seeming to try to hide certain elements of his writing. The book has schematics for abominations, his plans for domination of Upprisa , and expresses his fealty to the Church of the Fire.
This manifesto was collected by adventurers Cygo, Joc "Daydreamer" Doni-Elythki, Marver, and Scott Anderson. The adventurers had stopped Tharivol Tanner from creating further abominations in the village of Gleamshore. Tanner was digging up graves and stealing body parts for his necromantic works, and began kidnapping and killing locals for more 'fresh parts' as he detailed in his journal. The adventurers were hired to investigate, initially thinking it was grave robbers, and discovered the plot. After killing Tanner and collecting his manifesto, it was given to Master Elizabeth Brown, the current Master Elizabeth Brown. After reading through it, it was determined that much of what Tanner had been doing in Gleamshore was detailed in his manifesto, as well as his future plans for mass genocide and a coup. It also was determined that the journal carries a curse, and is extremely deadly to those of weaker constitutions. The manifesto is being kept at the Office of the Master of Necromancy as evidence.
Tharivol's Book of Necromancy
https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/1399556-tharivols-book-of-necromancy A manifesto wrote by Tharivol Tanner . It is wrote in Common, Elvish, and Infernal, seeming to try to hide certain elements of his writing. The book has schematics for abominations, his plans for domination of Upprisa , and expresses his fealty to the Church of the Fire. This item requires attunement to use. The reader must read the book for 1 hour to become attuned, and then suffers the effects of its curse due to the horrors associated with its unholy words. After dealing with the effects of the curse, the attuned player gains the Grim Harvest ability. Curse: The horrifying and unholy words of Tharivol's Book of Necromancy shakes its reader to their very soul. Attuned users max Hit Points are reduced by 12. This effect lasts the entire time player is carrying and attuned with Tharivol's Book of Necromancy. After calculating the new max health, the user suffers 4d10+10 necrotic damage. This curse bestows the Grim Harvest ability on the user. Unequipping or choosing to become unattuned with this item also causes 4d10+10 necrotic damage. Removal of the curse from Tharivol's Book of Necromancy will remove the Grim Harvest ability from the books effects. Grim Harvest (1/Turn). When the attuned kills a creature that is neither a construct nor undead with a spell of 1st level or higher, the attuned regains hit points equal to twice the spell’s level, or three times if it is a necromancy spell.Significance
This book is a collection of the ideas and ramblings of Tharivol Tanner, which detailed his necromantic abominations he created, as well his plans for dominaiton of Upprisa.
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This is a unique item, no copies are known to have been made.
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