* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : Arcane Library Started at 10-27-07 06:05 PM by dontheox Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=944784 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : dontheox Date : 10-27-07 06:05 PM Thread Title : Arcane Library Hello All! I am running my party through Myth Drannor and they have found a library of the arcane. The library is huge and guarded by a Baelnorn(A good elven lich) some special golems I created and some other tricks up my sleeve. Problem is I am running the game tomorrow Sunday October the 28th and I have no idea what to put in the library as far as other items!! I already going to put some spell books and cleric spell scrolls, and some tomes, librams, manuals, and other magic books some good some bad. I guess I need some filler for all the other books in the library so any suggestions would be great! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : havard Date : 10-28-07 04:41 AM Thread Title : Re: Arcane Library Hello All! I am running my party through Myth Drannor and they have found a library of the arcane. The library is huge and guarded by a Baelnorn(A good elven lich) some special golems I created and some other tricks up my sleeve. Problem is I am running the game tomorrow Sunday October the 28th and I have no idea what to put in the library as far as other items!! I already going to put some spell books and cleric spell scrolls, and some tomes, librams, manuals, and other magic books some good some bad. I guess I need some filler for all the other books in the library so any suggestions would be great! Interesting! Some ideas: * Beastiaries: General or specialized for one type of monsters like Dragons, Undead etc. * Planar Manuals: Again, General of Specialized * Tome of Alchemy: Adds +10% to creation of potions * Libram of Components: Information about where to find spell components, how to preserve them etc. * Book of Legendary Items: Contains lots of adventure hooks! * Tome of Unspeakable Horrors * Book of Dark Rituals * Index of Arcane Tomes * Holy Scriptures (one for each deity) The library may also contain several copies of many of the differet books, but as they are copied by hand, they will not neccesarily be identical. Consulting several copies may be required in some cases. Havard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : Handsome Stranger Date : 10-28-07 09:24 AM Thread Title : Re: Arcane Library At risk of stealing a page from U1, how about books like "Magical properties of Gemstones" or "Secrets of Ye Philosopher's Stone" May I suggest further theft of ideas by having the authors be either famous mages (Nystul, Tenser, Evard, Acererak, etc.) or any future plot hooks you've got planned? Good luck, -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : SamualT Barronsword Date : 10-28-07 05:21 PM Thread Title : Re: Arcane Library Probably to late to help, but there is a thread - 1001 Tomes, Books and Scrolls - in the 3E forums, in which people have listed names and topics for books and such found in libraries. Shouldn't be to much trouble to change 3E related info to earlier format. Here is the link http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=934301&goto=newpost -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : Shiftkitty Date : 10-29-07 03:41 PM Thread Title : Re: Arcane Library Just for chuckles, has anybody thrown in porno to a treasure haul? I had a party early on that regarded books as either kindling (unless it was a spellbook) or just junk to throw onto the cart and sell. Being a bibliophile, I wanted them to treat books with a little more respect, so as they tossed one book onto the pile, I described a lurid little drawing that they saw briefly as the pages flapped. They started going through the books more carefully after that, looking for more dirty pictures, and that was when I started hiding clues and leads to more adventures in the pages as well. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : Extempus Date : 10-29-07 08:16 PM Thread Title : Re: Arcane Library Over the years, we've captured many libraries, and while I don't necessarily explain in depth what there is (the usual histories, atlases, biographies, a few novels, etc), we've always taken them back to base and added them to our own... finding clues in a book is a great idea to inspire new adventures, something I've never really done before... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 08:22 AM.