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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6927484" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>So, the characters of two of my players were searching for specific knowledge and found that it would be at this church of a sect of one of the gods called The Light of Understanding that posits that all knowledge is worth having, even about evil rites and such because the better you can understand your foe the better you can combat it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, there's a lot of pressure elsewhere to destroy evil and heretical works, but they have a vault with a number of of them that they keep hidden. So everything in the vault is the type to be destroyed by other churches, including the main faith that they belong to.</p><p></p><p>To make a long story short, they ran a successful heist on the vault in last night's session. They got two works they were expected to be there, and one other bonus one that they remembered to look for once they figured out the magical indexing (unseen-servent-ish). One of the other PCs who was helping look has a backstory that he "sourced" hard to get material for wizards. Rare material components, things that were shady under the law, etc. While he was searching he was also keeping an eye out for "books that I think will sell particularly well" and based on his roll he found three.</p><p></p><p>So I'm looking to flesh them out a little bit, maybe even use them for a few hooks but at least make them feel real and give clues towards what type of person he should seek out to get the best price.</p><p></p><p>So, and suggestions for titles? These should all be heretical books that a very quick look would make them stand out. And they can't be possessed or animate - the church would have taken care of that.</p><p></p><p>(Links to book generators also would be of help, I've been playing with Great Knowledge Books (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=433" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=433</a>) here, but I figure you folks can have some awesome ideas.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6927484, member: 20564"] So, the characters of two of my players were searching for specific knowledge and found that it would be at this church of a sect of one of the gods called The Light of Understanding that posits that all knowledge is worth having, even about evil rites and such because the better you can understand your foe the better you can combat it. Anyway, there's a lot of pressure elsewhere to destroy evil and heretical works, but they have a vault with a number of of them that they keep hidden. So everything in the vault is the type to be destroyed by other churches, including the main faith that they belong to. To make a long story short, they ran a successful heist on the vault in last night's session. They got two works they were expected to be there, and one other bonus one that they remembered to look for once they figured out the magical indexing (unseen-servent-ish). One of the other PCs who was helping look has a backstory that he "sourced" hard to get material for wizards. Rare material components, things that were shady under the law, etc. While he was searching he was also keeping an eye out for "books that I think will sell particularly well" and based on his roll he found three. So I'm looking to flesh them out a little bit, maybe even use them for a few hooks but at least make them feel real and give clues towards what type of person he should seek out to get the best price. So, and suggestions for titles? These should all be heretical books that a very quick look would make them stand out. And they can't be possessed or animate - the church would have taken care of that. (Links to book generators also would be of help, I've been playing with Great Knowledge Books ([url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/dnd_view_block.php?id=433[/url]) here, but I figure you folks can have some awesome ideas.) [/QUOTE]
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