Aura: minor divination; CL: 3rd
Slot: —; Price: 2,450 gp; Weight: 5 lbs.
Description
A manual of monsters is a heavy, hardbound tome of lore; often crafted with a hide cover and containing many pages of illustrations of various beasts, along with the known lore about them.
Each manual of monsters gives information on a single creature type (the Zaratan). If the wielder studies the manual for 15 minutes each day, for 24 hours he gains a +8 bonus to Knowledge checks made to identify creatures of that type and their powers and weaknesses.
Each manual of monsters can be used for study only once each day—after that its words and illustrations blur into illegibility until 24 hours have passed. These magic tomes are among the most commonly created magic lore books; they are called bestiaries, collections of creatures, folios of fiends, or mystic menageries.
Construction Requirements: Craft Wondrous Items, augury; Cost: 1,225 gp.
Note: Normally a wonderous magic item, this small book is actually a Captain's log of someone who had been tracking the great mythical creature. It was found in a cave.
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