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| book text = [The pages are covered in esoteric symbols and strange runes, some indecipherable, but some strangely familiar. Your eyes are drawn to one page, describing a long-lost book.] | | book text = [The pages are covered in esoteric symbols and strange runes, some indecipherable, but some strangely familiar. Your eyes are drawn to one page, describing a long-lost book.] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:15, 24 October 2024
The Tharchiate Codex is a Legendary Book which allows the reader to fully unlock the secrets of the 
Necromancy of Thay.
WARNING: Extremely powerful knowledge. May include curses.
Properties
Books
Author: unknown
Rarity: Legendary
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 2000 gp 
UID
UN_BOOK_LOW_TharchiateCypherUUID
486a1a14-2d67-4b9c-a2dc-7858c2a6a473
Where to find
The Tharchiate Codex is stored in the Sorcerous Vault beneath Sorcerous Sundries in the Lower City. The vault can be reached in two different ways:
- By interacting with the Clasped Book in the bookshelf of Tolna Tome-Monger's office upstairs and going through the portal, or
- By using the Weave Button labelled 'Vault' on the middle level of Ramazith's Tower.
Within the vault, the Codex is located in the Elminster section. To unlock the Elminster door, the party must first find the lever at the end of the Silverhand section by opening doors in this order: Silverhand, Evocation, Wish. Alternatively it's possible to unlock the Elminster door using the 
spell.
Text
[The pages are covered in esoteric symbols and strange runes, some indecipherable, but some strangely familiar. Your eyes are drawn to one page, describing a long-lost book.]
The Necromancy of Thay
There are secrets of life and death known only to the 
Red Wizards. Committing such secrets to parchment is a risk they are loath to take, lest the unworthy gaze upon them. Who better, then, to guard their secrets, than the spirits of the jealous dead themselves?
To look upon the Necromancy of Thay is to risk madness at the hands of its spirits. But the wise traveller, who can tread the line between life and death, will find knowledge witnessed by precious few mortals...
[The rest of the entry details the precautions and risks associated with reading the text, but lays out a clear path to unravelling the secrets contained in this tome.]
Notes
The first character to read the book receives the following effects:
, which lowers the Constitution score, this can be cured with 
or 
.- After removing the curse:
, a passive feature, which grants 
(20 Temporary Hit Points) immediately and also once after every Long Rest. Characters with this condition will lose it immediately after using Withers' Class Change service, but the condition returns after the next long rest.
After reading The Tharchiate Codex, it's possible to re-read Necromancy of Thay and pass a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw to gain the permanent ability to summon 4 ghouls via the 
spell once per Long Rest.