This book, along with anything written on its pages, can’t be damaged by fire or immersion in water. In addition, the book doesn’t deteriorate with age.
It is able to detect, count and relay a group of hostiles and dangers by lethality (Challenge Ratings) when held open near (within 100 feet of) such hostiles and dangers. Counts exact amounts of threats and spells (and levels of spells) lethality of spells, where the hostiles are from and when the hostiles got there, within one round.
How much hostiles currency in gp coins by each hostile, which hostile to target first or last, in or before combat, or to prepare for or to not engage in combat. Also tracks how much is time it would take to fight such hostiles with current party levels, spells (and levels of spells) in such a combat encounter with XP, HP, AC and CR numbers.
By what hostiles in the area's damage is each round, with when the hostiles use their abilities (Action Surge, Rage, Stunning Strike, etc.), and currently where (written in miles or kilometers) from the location of the hostiles counted, are reinforcements of such hostiles, by this book.
The page opened to can be random, with at least two pages being readable for Common writing to appear on such pages.
Example:
20 Threats, 10 Traps.
5 Goblins, 5 Orcs, 5 Bugbears, 5 Hobgoblins, 5 Pit traps, 5 Tripwires traps.
Goblins are shaman casters, all CR 3, 3 spells each of 2 first levels and 1 first level spells, mildly lethal, came from 3 km east and from caves there. No coins on them, target them first if fighting, they cast to buff the others. Time would take to fight is (number of seconds, minutes, hours), 15 damage each per round.
Orcs, Bugbears and Hobgoblins are all basic types, varying CRs, low lethality, came from 2 km south, 4 km north, and 1 km west from varying environments. 200 gp on all of them, target the hobgoblins second, and orc or bugbears third or last. Time would take to fight is (number of seconds, minutes, hours), 20 damage each per round.
No reinforcements near by.
Using gp as a counting value, reference or calculation.
Cost: 15k/15,000 gp, 1.5k/1,500 pp.
Notes: Communication, Detection, Utility, Exploration, Foreknowledge
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