A compact tome of heavy waxed leather over iron-reinforced boards, six inches by nine inches by two inches, closed with a brass clasp. In every respect it presents as a well-made but perfectly ordinary personal journal, and it radiates no magical aura detectable by any means — including spells and effects that reveal magic.
Warded Pages. The book's maker fixes a command thought to it at the time of creation. Only a creature holding that exact command thought in mind can read the book's contents or use its properties. To any other creature, the pages show only shifting, meaningless glyphs. This warding functions as though the book were under a permanent secret page spell, and it can't be bypassed by comprehend languages, tongues, detect thoughts, or similar magic that translates or reveals hidden text.
Confounding Ward. A creature other than the one holding the command thought who attempts to read the book anyway must succeed on a DC 17 Intelligence saving throw or suffer the effects of the confusion spell for 1 minute. The book takes no harm from triggering this ward, regardless of the outcome.
Weatherproofed. The book is entirely unaffected by exposure to weather or by full submersion; it cannot become wet, waterlogged, or damaged by water in any form.
Fireproofed. The book has resistance to fire damage, as though warded by a permanent protection from energy spell keyed to fire. If it is subjected to fire damage powerful enough to overcome this resistance — from a spell of 6th level or higher, or a comparably potent source — the book instead makes a saving throw with a +7 bonus (as a very rare magic item) to avoid being destroyed.
Boundless Pages. The book's interior holds an unlimited number of pages. While its owner concentrates on a specific entry known to be written within, the book falls open directly to that page when opened. If no such entry exists, it opens instead to the first blank page.
Sympathetic Locate. As an action, the owner can concentrate to know the exact direction to the book and its approximate distance, provided both are on the same plane of existence.
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