The Annals of Karsus is a legendary Book which grants the reader the powerful Scroll of Dethrone.
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Notes on a certain crown named after its creator; used to unmake magic at its very arcane foundations.
Properties
Books
Rarity: Legendary
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 2000 gp
Where to find
- Located in the vault of Sorcerous Sundries. The book can be found in the Karsus sectiom at X: 319 Y: 1000. The Karsus section is unlocked by opening doors in this order: Silverhand, Abjuration, Silver. Pull the lever at the end and return to the beginning of the door puzzle to enter the Karsus door.
Text
[An ancient handwritten book, rebound at least twice, that purports to be notes written by the Ur-Mage Karsus himself. Much of it is in a personal wizard's cipher, but the final page is written in cleartext.]
My great spell of transcendence is mine alone, not to be committed to ink and parchment, but I have also forged three supreme enchanted items that are the physical embodiments of my wizardry, and of them I shall make record.
There is a Crown, an Orb, and a Sceptre, each night-alive and with its own power and purpose, and these I call the Regalia of Karsus.
The Crown of Karsus: to attract and absorb magical knowledge, and give the wearer dominion over himself so that he remains his own entity apart from the Weave.
The Orb of Karsus: a storage device or battery that condenses mystic power, ever-gathering so that it must be syphoned at intervals of its excess.
The Sceptre of Karsus: an instrument of projection, a focusing utensil for the precise wielding of unimaginably vast forces.
Know of these items you must, for if I fail to achieve immortality, they will persist, and I dare say, 'live' on beyond me.
Notes and Trivia
- Reading the book grants you a Scroll of Dethrone. This scroll can be consumed to cast Dethrone once. Alternatively, it can be scribed to a Wizard's spellbook, which allows you to cast the spell using a Level 5 Spell Slot once per Short Rest.