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Synopsis:

The player finds a book on necromancy - from one of the Red Wizards of Thay. Once read, the book will be bound to whoever tried to read it. Some origins will demand you let them read it, while others will want the book burned. If you read the book, you'll hear strange, distant whispers. The more you read, the stronger the voices will become, and the greater the chance that you'll be driven mad.

How to trigger:

Repro steps:
1. loadlevel WLD_Main_A
2. goto -648.75, -1.51, -361.75
3. Interact with Necromancy of Thay
To open book:
1. Select Player Character
2. In ReCon enter: SetCharacterOsirisFlag FOR_DangerousBook_State_HasTomeKey
3. Interact with the Tome again.

8.
Narrator
: *You feel its connection. Its longing to be opened - to share its secrets.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner
- 96.
  Narrator
  : *You open the book to the first page, with its shifting glyphs and strange whispers.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_SecondPageRead = False
  - 6. [Jump] Jump to Node 88 (2)
- 152.
  Narrator
  : *You open the book where you left off, the glyphs dancing before your eyes.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead
  - 39. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
  - 83. [Jump] Jump to Node 61 (1)
- 132.
  Narrator
  : *You open the book where you left off, and the voices return, chiding you for your indecision.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_State_SecondPageRead
  - 2. [Jump] Jump to Node 123 (2)
30.
Narrator
: *The book radiates power, but the words you read in the Codex echo in your mind, guiding your eyes safely across the page.*NOT_FOR_EAFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished, FOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound, LOW_SorcerousSundries_CursedTome_State_NecromancyActive = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner, LOW_SorcerousSundries_Event_CypherReadBy
- 108.
  Narrator
  : *The once-indecipherable glyphs now feel dangerously familiar, promising unholy power to those who can take it.*NOT_FOR_EA
  - 64. Player: Read on and wrest the book's power from it.NOT_FOR_EARoll (Wisdom, ) vs 20 (0)
    
    130. [RollResult] True
    
    68.
    Narrator
    : *As you parse the strange glyphs, you can feel the book resisting. Ghostly voices whisper at you from the dark - probing and fighting your mind.*NOT_FOR_EA
    
    3.
    Narrator
    : *But your will is iron and you brush past these shades of the past, devouring every secret the book has to offer.*NOT_FOR_EA
    
    19.
    Narrator
    : *You see now, life and death are malleable as clay, to be bent and reshaped by your will. By your power.*NOT_FOR_EALOW_SorcerousSundries_State_LastPageThayRead, LOW_SorcerousSundries_CursedTome_State_NecromancyActive, LOW_SorcerousSundries_Event_CursedTomeEffect_Necromancy
    
    151.
    Narrator
    : *But as you close the book, a nagging doubt whispers in your mind. What consequences will there be for calling the dead from their rest?*NOT_FOR_EA
    End
    
    139. [RollResult] False
    
    114. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 68
    
    95.
    Narrator
    : *Assailed from all sides, you careen through the text, absorbing knowledge you can barely comprehend. And yet, for all the violence, you start to see.*NOT_FOR_EAFOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Link to Node 19
  - 80. Player: Close the book.NOT_FOR_EA
    End
35.
Narrator
: *As you look into the book's amethyst eyes, you can almost hear a voice. You just have to open the book, and it will be yours. Forever.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked = False
- Link to Node 89
- Link to Node 98
- Link to Node 94
72.
Narrator
: *Necromantic power flows from the pages of the book. There is nothing more for you here.*NOT_FOR_EALOW_SorcerousSundries_CursedTome_State_NecromancyActive
- 44. Player: Close the book.NOT_FOR_EA
  End
103. [Alias] LOW_SorcerousSundries_CursedTome_State_NecromancyActive
End
- Alias to Node 148
104.
Narrator
: *The book is locked tight, with no visible keyhole - only an oval recess in the cover's mouth.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked = FalseDestroyTome, FindKey, InvestigateTome
- 4.
  Narrator
  : *You try to examine the book, but the longer you stare, the more those piercing, amethyst eyes draw you in.*^devnoteNARRATION
  - 89.
    Narrator
    : *Beneath the allure, you feel the faintest echo of torment. There is great power in this book, but also great suffering.*SORCERER
    
    92. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Laezel
    
    153.
    Lae'zel
    : A cursed book? How obvious. Whoever opens it deserves the fate that befalls them.FOR_DangerousBook_State_LaezelOpinion = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_State_LaezelOpinion
    
    144. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_ShadowHeart, ORI_Inclusion_End_Laezel
    
    126.
    Shadowheart
    : Curious. Why don't you take a closer look... I'll observe from back here.<br>FOR_DangerousBook_State_ShadowheartOpinion = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_State_ShadowheartOpinion
    
    9. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Karlach, ORI_Inclusion_End_ShadowHeart
    
    54.
    Karlach
    : Please don't open the creepy book.FOR_DangerousBook_State_KarlachOpinion = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_State_KarlachOpinion
    
    128. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Astarion, ORI_Inclusion_End_Karlach
    
    7.
    Astarion
    : That looks terribly heavy. Why don't you let me carry it for you?FOR_DangerousBook_AstarionWants = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_AstarionWants
    
    67. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Wyll
    
    24.
    Wyll
    : We surely shouldn't just leave such a threat out, where anyone could stumble across it.FOR_DangerousBook_State_WyllOpinion = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_State_WyllOpinion
    
    79. [TagCinematic]
    
    112. Player: [TagAnswer] FOR_DangerousBook_State_InteractedWithBook
    
    32. Player: Place the amethyst in the slot on the book's cover.FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_HasTomeKeyFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_RemoveTomeKey
    
    43. [TagCinematic] ^devnote
    
    63. Player: Open the book.FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlockedFOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner['Astarion -1', 'Gale -5', 'Karlach -1']
    
    124.
    Narrator
    : *The book's pull is irresistible; you feel changed, bettered, for having opened it. Suddenly, you are capable of anything - felling mountains, darkening suns, conversing with the dead.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked
    
    134.
    Narrator
    : *So much promised... but what is sought in return?*^devnoteSORCERER
    
    22. [Alias] AVATAR = False, REALLY_ASTARION
    
    Alias to Node 88
    
    121. Player: Well. Quite the page turner. I'll get back to it when I have more time to focus., REALLY_ASTARION, AVATAR^devnoteFOR_DangerousBook_State_GaveBookAway, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_GaveBookToAstarion, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_TakeBook
    End
    
    88.
    Narrator
    : *Glyphs shift gently before your eyes. Words slip into your mind, onto your lips, forming words you don't understand. And something is trying to reply.*<br>^devnoteNARRATION, SFXFinishTome
    
    57. Player: Turn to the next page.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    38. [RollResult] True
    
    109.
    Narrator
    : *The symbols dart beneath your eyes, warping and twisting. Your head throbs, but you almost understand.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    Link to Node 18
    
    146. [RollResult] False
    
    87.
    Narrator
    : *All you can see are those symbols. All you can hear are the whispers - there is nothing else.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    Link to Node 18
    
    75. Player: Stay on the page, listen to the book. Try to connect with the magic bound within it.SORCERERRoll (Charisma, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    97. [RollResult] True
    
    82.
    Narrator
    : *The glyphs swarm impatiently. The book wants you to turn the page, to delve deeper. It's hungry.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    Link to Node 78
    
    86. Player: Refuse the book. Muster your willpower and force the magic to reveal its nature.SORCERERRoll (Charisma, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    141. [RollResult] True
    
    138.
    Narrator
    : *The glyphs seem to burn your inner eye, outraged at your denial.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    28.
    Narrator
    : *Within the pages, you feel a feral thrashing. Living magic, driven mad by what it was used for...*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    81.
    Narrator
    : *Necromancy. The magical energies of all living things were stolen, corrupted, and sealed in this vile book. It wants someone to share in its insanity.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    113. [Jump] Jump to Node 18 (1)
    
    37. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (1)
    
    62. Player: Concentrate your energy on the book. Channel a sense of calm onto its pages.SORCERERRoll (Charisma, ) vs 15 (0)
    
    111. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 115
    
    14. [RollResult] False
    
    52.
    Narrator
    : *The magic inside the book is too strong. The voices grow louder - a cacophony.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    77. [Jump] Jump to Node 101 (1)
    
    90. [Jump] Jump to Node 18 (1)
    
    150. Player: Channel your magic into the final line. 'Now poor Barry's got a hag he must marry.'48b3a9be-e6ff-2ce6-24e5-a623e147a1c6_BARDLimerickStage2, BARDRoll (Charisma, Performance) vs 15 (0)
    
    Link to Node 14
    
    100. [RollResult] True
    
    45.
    Narrator
    : *Your limerick's final line pierces something within the book's roiling, vengeful magic.*^devnote
    
    115.
    Narrator
    : *The voices falter, the anger quells. The magic seems to grow still and quiet, like a soothed beast.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    42. Player: Turn the page.
    
    119.
    Narrator
    : *Nothing. Just old parchment covered in arcane symbols. The magic sleeps.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    73. Player: Close the book.
    
    105.
    Narrator
    : *The heavy cover thumps shut with a strange finality.*^devnoteFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished, FOR_DangerousBook_State_SuccessfullyRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_GrantForbiddenKnowledge
    End
    
    147. [RollResult] False
    
    91.
    Narrator
    : *Pain grips your mind. The book will not be denied - it will make you read on, or force you to retreat.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    116. [Jump] Jump to Node 106 (2)
    
    85. [RollResult] False
    
    127.
    Narrator
    : *All you can see are those symbols. All you can hear are the whispers - there is nothing else.*^devnoteFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Link to Node 78
    
    110. Player: Drown the book's voice with verse. 'There was a young hero called Barry...' BARD48b3a9be-e6ff-2ce6-24e5-a623e147a1c6_BARDLimerickStage1Roll (Charisma, Performance) vs 5 (0)
    
    31. [RollResult] True
    
    55. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 82
    
    78. [Jump] Jump to Node 106 (2)
    
    131. Player: '... Who had to best a tough quest and not tarry. It was going quite well, 'til he fell under a spell...'48b3a9be-e6ff-2ce6-24e5-a623e147a1c6_BARDLimerickStage1, BARD48b3a9be-e6ff-2ce6-24e5-a623e147a1c6_BARDLimerickStage2Roll (Charisma, Performance) vs 10 (0)
    
    33. [RollResult] True
    
    107. [Jump] Jump to Node 138 (1)
    
    17. [RollResult] False
    
    27. [Jump] Jump to Node 91 (1)
    
    29. [RollResult] False
    
    142. [Alias] FOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Alias to Node 87
    
    Link to Node 78
    
    40. Player: Turn to the next page, wary of any arcane tricks.WIZARDRoll (Intelligence, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    41. [RollResult] True
    
    106.
    Narrator
    : *The symbols move aggressively, probing your mental defences, but you hold strong. For now.*FOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    Link to Node 18
    
    16. [RollResult] False
    
    53. [Alias] FOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Alias to Node 87
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    Link to Node 18
    
    60. Player: Ask your patron to guard your mind and turn to the next page.WARLOCKRoll (Charisma, ) vs 5 (0)
    
    136. [RollResult] True
    
    66.
    Narrator
    : *The symbols move aggressively, probing your mental defences. Your patron is there to defend you, but there's only so much they can do.*FOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    Link to Node 18
    
    135. [RollResult] False
    
    15. [Alias] FOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Alias to Node 87
    
    11. Player: Turn another page.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 15 (0)
    
    56. [RollResult] True
    
    117.
    Narrator
    : *The world around you is gone - you can only see those glyphs, only hear those voices.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    123.
    Narrator
    : *You feel claws moving in the shadows. They pull at you, dragging you closer.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_State_FirstPageRead = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_SecondPageRead
    
    101. Player: Urge your hand to turn another page.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 20 (0)
    
    20. [RollResult] True
    
    71.
    Narrator
    : *The glyphs scream, branding your mind with strange runes. You see time rewritten - fate undone - your future thrumming with power.*NARRATION, SFX
    
    36.
    Narrator
    : *Black strands of Weave curl all about you, only to sink as into graves as you try to grab hold. Necromantic spells - tantalisingly powerful - slip away forever.*, REALLY_GALENARRATION
    
    36.
    Narrator
    : *You struggle to cling to scraps of what you know - powerful necromancy, you're sure - but it darts away, leaving only Hells' screams.*, CLERIC, DRUID, WIZARDNARRATION
    
    50.
    Narrator
    : *The book snaps closed. You've seen too much. What profane knowledge is now seared inside of you, you should never have known.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished, FOR_DangerousBook_State_SuccessfullyRead, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_GrantForbiddenKnowledge, InvestigateMissingKnowledge
    End
    
    21. [RollResult] False
    
    76.
    Narrator
    : *The glyphs scream, searing your mind. You feel lost, tossed in a sea of arcane power you can neither control nor comprehend.*FOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Link to Node 36
    
    13. Player: Force the book closed.Roll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    70. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 140
    
    5. [RollResult] False
    
    69.
    Narrator
    : *You try to close the book, but claws tear at you from the darkness. You can feel them on your body - in your soul, scratching and tearing at your sanity.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    140.
    Narrator
    : *The claws try to grip your hands, try to stop you, but you slam the book shut before they can take you.*^devnoteNARRATION, SFX
    
    154.
    Narrator
    : *The whispers, the pain - it all disappears in an instant. You are yourself again.*NARRATION, SFX
    End
    
    125. Player: Welcome the darkness in the name of your god and turn the page., PALADIN_EVILRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    125. Player: Welcome the darkness in the name of your god and turn the page., CLERIC_EVILRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 10 (0)
    
    Link to Node 59
    
    46. Player: Drink in the darkness, embracing it, and turn the page., REALLY_ASTARIONREALLY_ASTARIONRoll (Wisdom, ) vs 15 (0)
    
    Link to Node 59
    
    12. Player: Face the darkness with your own, delve deeper., REALLY_ASTARIONREALLY_DARK_URGERoll (Wisdom, ) vs 15 (0)
    
    59. [Jump] Jump to Node 101 (2)
    
    102. [RollResult] False
    
    122.
    Narrator
    : *Every symbol seems to burn your eyes. You can feel them searing into your mind - into your soul.*NARRATION, SFXFOR_DangerousBook_Event_FailedWisdomSave
    
    Link to Node 123
    
    18. Player: Slam the book shut.
    
    48.
    Narrator
    : *The whispers, the pain - it all disappears in an instant. You are yourself again.*NARRATION, SFX
    End
    
    61. Player: Close the book.
    End
    
    10. Player: Drop the tome, ready to destroy it.FOR_DangerousBook_Event_DroppedBook['Astarion -5', 'Gale -5', 'Lae'zel 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    25.
    Narrator
    : *You feel better the second the book is out of your hands.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    99. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Astarion
    
    133.
    Astarion
    : You can't be serious. Give it to me this instant!^devnoteFOR_DangerousBook_AstarionWants
    
    23. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion
    
    149.
    Narrator
    : *The voices return. Louder. Stronger. Commanding you to stop...*NARRATION, SFX
    
    49.
    Narrator
    : *...but they have no hold on you. All you have to do is strike.*NARRATION, SFX
    End
    
    129. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_Gale
    
    47.
    Gale
    : What are you doing? That's no way to treat a book!FOR_DangerousBook_GaleWants
    
    84. Player: [TagAnswer] ORI_Inclusion_End_Gale
    
    Link to Node 149
    
    143. Player: Give the book to Astarion.FOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound = False, FOR_DangerousBook_AstarionWants, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked, REALLY_ASTARION = False['Astarion 5', 'Gale -5']
    
    26.
    Astarion
    : Excellent.^devnote
    
    65.
    Narrator
    : *You don't know what he read, but it had an effect. His eyes are hungry, but pained.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound
    
    0.
    Astarion
    : Well. Quite the page turner. I'll get back to it when I have more time to focus.^devnote
    
    93. Player: [TagAnswer] FOR_DangerousBook_State_GaveBookAway, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_GaveBookToAstarion, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner, ORI_Inclusion_End_Astarion, FOR_DangerousBook_Event_TakeBook
    End
    
    74. Player: Put the book away.FOR_DangerousBook_State_HasTome
    End
    58. Player: Tuck the book into your pack.FOR_DangerousBook_State_HasTome = FalseFOR_DangerousBook_Event_TakeBook
    End
    34. Player: Leave the book be.FOR_DangerousBook_State_HasTome = False
    End
  - 98.
    Narrator
    : *You can sense something dark about this tome - something profane.*, CLERIC_GOOD, DRUID, PALADINNARRATIONDestroyTome_Radiant
    
    Link to Node 92
  - 94.
    Narrator
    : *You feel the darkness radiating from the book. It's delicious.*, CLERIC_EVIL, PALADIN_EVIL, REALLY_ASTARIONNARRATION
  - 94.
    Narrator
    : *You've seen similar books in wizards' libraries - a tome on Thayan magic. A rare and expensive find, but people have gone mad reading less dangerous texts.*, REALLY_GALE, WIZARDNARRATION
    
    Link to Node 92
118.
Narrator
: *The book refuses to open - for you, at least.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner = False
- 51. [Jump] Jump to Node 74 (1)
137.
Narrator
: *You've seen much of the book, but its most powerful secrets are guarded by indecipherable glyphs. Without a key, they may be locked away forever.*FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished, FOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound, LOW_SorcerousSundries_State_LastPageThayRead = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookOwner, LOW_SorcerousSundries_Event_CypherReadBy = FalseFindWayToDecypherPage
- 120. Player: Close the book.
  End
145.
Narrator
: *As you look into the book's amethyst eyes, you can almost hear a voice. You just have to open the book, and it will be yours. Forever.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_Bound = False, FOR_DangerousBook_State_BookUnlocked
- 1. [Jump] Jump to Node 35 (2)
148.
Narrator
: *The book refuses to open.*NARRATIONFOR_DangerousBook_State_BookFinished
End