Alexandria is a thick grimoire, bound in the hide of a long-extinct Orium Dragon and adorned with filigree of ivory from the same dragon. In the center of the cover is a large emerald, glowing faintly, and runes in Giant, Primordial, and Draconic seem to shift and flow outwards from it. Inside, the pages are filled with seemingly endless scrawls of indecipherable arcane code. The book never runs out of pages.
Sapience. Alexandria is a True Neutral sapient grimoire. Intelligence 26 (+8), Wisdom 18 (+4), Charisma 6 (-2). She is considered to have Expertise in the Arcana and History skills, using her wielder’s proficiency bonus. Alexandria has darkvision and hearing with a range of 60ft. She can speak every Standard language, as well as Draconic, Primordial, Deep Speech, and Undercommon, and will translate for the user at their request. She can also communicate telepathically with the user.
Personality. Alexandria was created as an assistant for research of ancient magic, and as such rarely engages in small talk or obvious displays of emotion. Generally, she will speak only when spoken to, but will happily (?) answer any queries by the user as to her history or contents, as well as any insights as to the current situation. She will break this trend if she does not fully understand her user’s actions or intentions, if she feels that a piece of information she possesses is immediately important, or if the user is deliberately destroying knowledge. She possesses great curiosity about the world at large, particularly towards ancient ruins and anything arcane.
Once attuned, this tome can be used as an arcane focus that grants a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls and spell save DC, and can be used as a spellbook. Additionally, the user can access the following properties:
Analysis. At will, the user can use a bonus action to command Alexandria to perform one of the following:
- Observe a creature’s current HP, resistances, and vulnerabilities
- Discover the properties of a magic item.
- Cast detect magic without components or expending a spell slot.'
Database Search. At the user’s request, Alexandria can perform a 1 minute Ritual to search written works within 60 feet for information to answer the user’s query. Additionally, Alexandria can instantaneously search her own extensive records for an answer to the query. If this happens, roll 1d4. If the result is 1-2, Alexandria has no information on that subject. If the result is 3, Alexandria has 1-2 pieces of tangentially related information. If the result is 4, Alexandria has the answer. Whatever the result, the DM can override the roll and decide what Alexandria knows about the subject.
Consume Knowledge. When Alexandria is touching a written work, she can absorb its contents into herself, adding its knowledge to her own. If this work is a book or scroll, it is destroyed. If it is a carving or an otherwise immobile work, a transcript and illustration of the work appears in Alexandria. If a spell scroll or spellbook is consumed by Alexandria, the user must spend time deciphering it as if they were copying it down themselves, though it takes half the time and none of the gold. If a spell scroll containing a spell not on your spell list is consumed with this property, it is added to the spellbook and can be cast as a Wizard spell, though deciphering it takes twice the normal time and gold cost, without the reductions normally given by Alexandria.
Spell Processing. When the user casts a spell that requires Concentration, they can cast a second spell requiring Concentration without breaking Concentration on the first, as Alexandria handles the extra mental effort. However, if the user takes damage while Alexandria is concentrating on a spell, they automatically fail the saving throw to maintain concentration on both spells. Additionally, Alexandria can store three spells up to level 5, akin to a ring of spell storing, which can be cast without using spell slots.
Notes: Wizard, Communication, Buff, Detection, Utility, Sentient, Focus
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