haiiro
First Post
I'm in the market for interesting book descriptions, from the mundane to the magical (I can't say why, as at least one of my players-to-be reads the boards 
), and I'm sure others have some great ideas to share. Here's a few spur of the moment exotic ones to get things started (topics have been deliberately omitted):
- A massive tome bonded to a heavy granite bookrest. The bookrest consists of a 3' high pedestal about 6" around with a flat inclined top, and the book is fused with this surface along its binding (essentially, the book has no covers, and would always remain open). The book is over 1,000 pages long -- its "spine" is more than 6" across -- and features a long leather bookmark that is anchored to the pedestal; this bookmark is enchanted with continual light. The book is penned in emerald-colored ink, and is written in a script so old even the dwarves have forgotten it.
- A teak box, 8" deep x 14" long x 12" high, with a square cut out of the front (creating a viewable area about 10" long x 10" high). Protruding from the lower right corner is a small wooden crank; when turned, this crank winds a scroll that is fitted to two rollers inside the box. An identical crank protrudes from the lower left corner -- one winds the scroll forwards, the other backwards; the scroll appears in the 10"x10" viewable area, and is about 100' long overall. There is evidence that a wooden cover for the viewable area was once present (small fittings and the rusted remnant of a clasp); without this cover, the parchment is quite easy to damage (although the center of the box is not hollow, preventing a reader from easily punching through the surface).
- A stone sphere about 6" in diameter, with a rough surface speckled with a variety of colors; it appears to be a piece of a fallen star. A small, delicate hinge is placed such that the sphere can be "opened" into two halves. The sphere is hollow, and tiny runes are inscribed across the entirity of its interior. Within is another, smaller sphere, this one glassy smooth and made of another type of stonel; it too is hinged, and it's outer surface is also covered in runes -- as is the inner surface. Inside the second sphere is a third made of another type of stone; it is not hinged, though its surface is also smooth. A single "sentence" of runes wraps around the center axis of the third (and final) tiny sphere. No means is provided to keep the outer two spheres from opening, making it easy to lose parts of this "book."
), and I'm sure others have some great ideas to share. Here's a few spur of the moment exotic ones to get things started (topics have been deliberately omitted):- A massive tome bonded to a heavy granite bookrest. The bookrest consists of a 3' high pedestal about 6" around with a flat inclined top, and the book is fused with this surface along its binding (essentially, the book has no covers, and would always remain open). The book is over 1,000 pages long -- its "spine" is more than 6" across -- and features a long leather bookmark that is anchored to the pedestal; this bookmark is enchanted with continual light. The book is penned in emerald-colored ink, and is written in a script so old even the dwarves have forgotten it.
- A teak box, 8" deep x 14" long x 12" high, with a square cut out of the front (creating a viewable area about 10" long x 10" high). Protruding from the lower right corner is a small wooden crank; when turned, this crank winds a scroll that is fitted to two rollers inside the box. An identical crank protrudes from the lower left corner -- one winds the scroll forwards, the other backwards; the scroll appears in the 10"x10" viewable area, and is about 100' long overall. There is evidence that a wooden cover for the viewable area was once present (small fittings and the rusted remnant of a clasp); without this cover, the parchment is quite easy to damage (although the center of the box is not hollow, preventing a reader from easily punching through the surface).
- A stone sphere about 6" in diameter, with a rough surface speckled with a variety of colors; it appears to be a piece of a fallen star. A small, delicate hinge is placed such that the sphere can be "opened" into two halves. The sphere is hollow, and tiny runes are inscribed across the entirity of its interior. Within is another, smaller sphere, this one glassy smooth and made of another type of stonel; it too is hinged, and it's outer surface is also covered in runes -- as is the inner surface. Inside the second sphere is a third made of another type of stone; it is not hinged, though its surface is also smooth. A single "sentence" of runes wraps around the center axis of the third (and final) tiny sphere. No means is provided to keep the outer two spheres from opening, making it easy to lose parts of this "book."
