D&D 5E strong smelling books

[sim-h]

I had it with Tomb of Annihilation - but none of the others! ToA still smells faintly after a couple of years, but doesn't bother me any more.

 

[Mistwell]

What an odd problem. Please do update us in a few weeks if you find a solution. Or, if you don't find a solution and update would be worthwhile too.

 

[jgsugden]

I haven’t tried a fan but I did leave the Descent book open for the better part of a day. Didn’t really help.

Outside? The ventilation helps with thing slike these.

My copy of The Book of Exalted Darkness smells like fear, spoiled meat, and the tears of lost children. Is that the same sort of problem do you think?

You Exalt Darkness? Don't find it Vile? Regardless, I found that if I fed my copy of the Necronomicon it ironically stopped smelling like the spoiled meat of crying children.

 

[Fenris-77]

Outside? The ventilation helps with thing slike these.
You Exalt Darkness? Don't find it Vile? Regardless, I found that if I fed my copy of the Necronomicon it ironically stopped smelling like the spoiled meat of crying children.

I'm talking about Myler's Exalted Darkness. My darkness is actually also Vile. That hardback lives on my desktop, close to my heart. The one I keep in a glass jar.

 

[Mistwell]

You might also try putting it a bag with a newly opened box of baking powder near it.

 

[Fenris-77]

You might also try putting it a bag with a newly opened box of baking powder near it.

Why would I put a heart in a jar into a bag with baking powder? I'm confused.

 

[Mistwell]

Why would I put a heart in a jar into a bag with baking powder? I'm confused.

The acid from the heart combines with the base from the bicarbonate soda to expand so your heart bread puffs up nicely without yeast?

 

[Fenris-77]

The acid from the heart combines with the base from the bicarbonate soda to expand so your heart bread puffs up nicely without yeast?

Wow, facepalm. I've never been able to get my hearts to rise the way they do in the Vile cookbooks I own. Thanks!

 

[Shiroiken]

My dad was a bookbinder, and yeah the chemicals used can be a bit abrasive. Just like new car smell, it usually wears off over time with ventilation. Occasionally the glue can get a contaminant in it that holds a particularly foul smell for much longer. My dad said to put it in a container with an open box of baking soda, like they used to with refrigerators, and it should help the smell break down (or maybe the baking soda just covers up the smell).

 

[MarkB]

My copy of The Book of Exalted Darkness smells like fear, spoiled meat, and the tears of lost children. Is that the same sort of problem do you think?

Only if it's the PDF version.