Books and Parchments:
1 – Darklight Invasions, info and history
2 – History of the Trials
3 – Gladiators
4 - History of Tick Scratch
5 – Obsidian – Founding of
6 – Origin of Elves
7 – Ancient Languages
8 – Origin of Dragons
9 – The Angel of Mercy and Wisdom – Story of beautiful mysterious woman surrounded by a circle of silver. There are seven candleholders that hold seven silver candles which are burning around her. The beautiful woman has light radiating from her eyes and wings sprout from her back. On her chest is a black cross with ancient symbols on it. (Ancient – assassinari) From her hand a flame radiates which seems to be shaped like an ancient symbol. (Peace) She sacrifices her life to save the lives of innocents and becomes an Avatar and helps cleanse Obsidian of Evil.
10 – Dwarves – A Lost Race
11 – Music
12 – Painting
13 – Poetry
14 – Theatre
15 - Dance
16 – Kyudo (meditation through archery)
17 – Woodworking
18 – Metalworking
19 – Mining
20 - Troubleshooting
31 – The tale of the two headed dragon, One good one evil, kills self in end
32 - The rise to power, story of a poor boy who became sovereign of Obsidian
33 - Rage of Love, Story of jealousy that turns a man into a minotaur and he kills the one he loves
34 - Star Crossed, two people fall in love but are torn apart by a war against the Drow
35 - The Wild elves – Story about a group of elves who shun the real world to frolic and hide from the world of man, men intrude and they become civilized but two escape to repopulate.
36 - The Man of Dreams – A man who's dreams and nightmares come true after he wishes it would be so. Tricked by an evil Effrite.
37 – Lost in Time – Time Traveling wizard destroys the mirror that takes him back in time. Lost in a world without time.
38 – Story of Dragons
39 – Planes and Demi Planes
40 – Riddle of the Three Stars
41 – Appraising Art & Treasure
42 – Metallurgy
43 – The Lost Treasures of Obsidian
44 – Secret Passages
45 – Jewelry making / Gem Cutting
46 – Locksmithing
47 – Troubleshooting
48 – Winemaking
49 - Cooking
50 – Famous Works of Art and Treasure
51 – Modern Religions / Clergy
52 – Symbols and Runes
53 – Demon Lore
54 - Spirit Lore
55 – Ancient Religion
56 – Meditation
57 – Religious Art and Treasure
58 – Religious Fiction
59 – Religious Architecture
60 – Swordsmanship
61- Archery
62 – Jousting
63 – Shields
64 – Spear
65 – Daggers
66 – Chains
67 – Club
68 – Horsemanship
69 – Climbing
70 – Jumping
71 – Military Bibliographies
72 – History of Military Combat
73 – Mapmaking
74 - Monster Lore – Sea
75 – Shipbuilding and Sailing
76 – Building, Finding and Removing Traps
77 – Stars and the Moon
78 – Heraldry, Titles and Crests
79 – Monster Lore and Familiars
80 – Magic
81 – Magic Items
82 – Poetry
83 – Alchemy
84 – Building Secret Passages
85 – Psionics
86 – Drunken Boxing
87 – Maps of Cities
88 – Non-Human Races
89 – Armory
90 – Spell
91 – Feat
92 – Advanced Combat
93 – Battle Tactics
94 – Making Magic Items
95 – War Mounts
96 – Sneak Attacks
97 – 2 Spells
98 – 2 Feats
99 – Ancient Feats
100 – Ancient Spells
(Add +3 to below chart roll)
Specifics on books:
1- Poorly written. (Negligible information)
2- Well written but badly translated (A few sentences at best)
3- Average book (A short paragraphs information / enough to train in proficiency at normal, etc.)
4- Well written Book- Author was well versed in subject (+1 - 3)
5- Exceptional Book- Author was near expert on subject (+ 4 - 7)
6- Extraordinary Book Author was expert (+8 to +10)
Extraordinary Books Written By:
01-50 Human (1-2 etc) Alduous , Hadley, Loring, Mandel, Nevin, Roark, Van, Waite, Welis, Benton, Reiko, Beli, Gilmore, Myron, Deli, Nye, Rudyard, Wells, (Women Ina, Dalenna, Etana, Jael, Mira, Tiam, Abra, Caitlin
51-60 Ancient text (Untitled)+1 to reaction
61-70 Sage (+1 to die roll / written in common). Karrison, Crenshaw, Cosmo, Mitshudan, Moonstone, Rumikko
71-80 Angelus (+1 to die roll) Written in dragon tongue unless translated) Rolis, Lao, Kipling, Stone, Raina
81-90 Eternal (+1 to die roll) Written in oriental unless translated) Mi Su, Tai, Ming Chin, Lu Fin, Rinjiro
91-100 Ancient Text with silver spine (Name of book stamped into) (Untitled) (+2 to roll)