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title: The Tome of Forbidden Whispers
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description: An ancient tome, bound in black leather, and inscribed with purple eldritch symbols, concerning several entities from the Far Planes.
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date_pub: 2023-03-04T02:57:00-05:00
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section: magic items
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content_type: feature
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short_code: mtofw
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An ancient tome, bound in black leather, and inscribed with purple eldritch symbols.
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 license.](/images/magic-items/tome-of-forbidden-whispers.jpg 'The Tome of Forbidden Whispers')
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- The text itself is written in common (albeit in a slightly odd style), and is filled with the lunatic ravings of its author, Malakyre, the Mad (the so-called "Whispering Warlock").
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- Rumors persist that messages about the Far Realms and its loathsomely angled gods are hidden within its pages.
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### Reading
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Reaction to reading the book is dictated largely by spellcasting type.
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- Divine spell casters see the book as evil, regardless of alignment.
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- Arcane and Eldritch spell casters add [Cause Fear](<https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/Remove_Fear_(Cause_Fear)>) and [ESP](https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/ESP) to the list of spells they can prepare and/or cast. The first time that either spell added this way is cast each day, the caster must **Save vs Spells** or spend 1d6 combat rounds in a catatonic state, unable to move or attack.
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- Others (including non-spell casters) see the book as an oddly-written "reference guide" to several major (but mostly forgotten) Great Old Ones and Outer Gods from the Far Planes.
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- Grants +2 to Ability checks when using it for research.
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> I've seen this book up close twice, and neither person who held it is currently alive. The danger of possessing it cannot be understated.
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> But, it's more than that.... It's like the words themselves seem to worm their way into your brain as you read them... Like a dagger in your mind's eye... It can lead to some disquieting moments, to say the least.
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> Avoid at all costs.
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> <cite>--- PV</cite>
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