I'm looking for a specific relic or magic item in D&D Lore.

[inexorabletruth]

I can't remember which version it was in, but I want to say 3E/3.5, but I need it for my campaign.

It's a necromancy book. I want to say it's tide in with Nerull's lore, and it's supposed to be really powerful. That's all I honestly remember. Using it grants you all sorts of cool dark power, but the consequences can be devastating. I thought it was The Book that Never Was, but that wasn't it.

I know I could homebrew a necromancy spell book and attach whichever lore I want with it, but I've worked really hard to weave my campaign in with the lore of Oerth, Krynn, Eberron, and Abeir Toril.

If you know of such a book, please mention it here. I haven't referenced it in a campaign in like 10 years, so most of the details are fuzzy, but I'd really like to implement that into a campaign I'm running.

Thank you in advance.

[Kaleph]

Was it from kingdoms of kalamar, the artifact upon which the darklight wizard was based? Or the codex anathema, from lords of madness (mmmm this is aberration-related, but just supposing you could have made a bit of confusion, you never know).

[Thurbane]

Here's a quick list of book/tome related artifacts/relics - hopefully it might be one of these?

Black Scrolls of Ahm (FC1 p.100)
Book of Exalted Deeds (DMG p.277)
Book of Infinite Spells (http://www.d20srd.org/indexes/magicItems.htm)
Book of Perfect Balance (Und p.75)
Book of Vile Darkness (DMG p.277)
Codex of the Infinite Planes (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#codexoftheInfinitePlanes)
Libram of Gainful Conjuration (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#libramofGainfulConjuration)
Libram of Ineffable Damnation (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#libramofIneffableDamnation)
Libram of Silver Magic (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#libramofSilverMagic)
Manual of Puissant Skill at Arms (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#manualofPuissantSkillatArms)
Manual of Stealthy Pilfering (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/magicItems/artifacts.htm#manualofStealthyPilfering)
Sutra of Tranquil Thought (EPH p.178)
Tome of Ancient Lore [Boccob] (MIC p.189)
Tome of Books (Und p76)
Tome of Slaughtergarde (SGoS p.60)
Tome of the Stilled Tongue [Vecna] (MIC p.189)

...from 2E, there's these:

Book with No End
Kuroth's Quill
Seal of Jafar al-Samal

[inexorabletruth]

I think it was the Darklight Codex, Kaleph. No wonder I couldn't remember. I don't actually own that book. And if I recall, it was not a very strong splat. I'll have to borrow a copy from a friend to check.

However, the Libram of Ineffable Damnation looks like it could be a really good substitute.

Thanks for the help!

[Kaleph]

I think it was the Darklight Codex, Kaleph. No wonder I couldn't remember. I don't actually own that book. And if I recall, it was not a very strong splat. I'll have to borrow a copy from a friend to check.

However, the Libram of Ineffable Damnation looks like it could be a really good substitute.

Thanks for the help!

Sure that splatbook was poorly written!

[Thurbane]

In my 1E game, I had a Libram of Rock 'N' Roll Damnation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Oa5wvARSc), for evil bards. :smalltongue: