Book of Exalted Deeds

The Book of Exalted Deeds was the supreme written authority of goodness and virtue in all the multiverse.

Description
The tome was held shut by a clasp that resembled the wings of an angel.

Powers
Only virtuous and goodly beings could open and glean insight from the Book of Exalted Deeds, evil creatures that attempted to do so were struck down with intense radiant energy, possibly to their utter destruction, while others of moral ambiguity could read its text but not gain any significant information.

After spending one week or 80 hours studying the book, goodly creatures could gain one or more of several boons, including a greater insight into all manner of subjects, increased power when casting divine magic, and even an angelic halo that bolstered the reader's radiant presence and protected them from both fiends and undead. It was said that if any arcane spellcaster were to read from the book, they could possibly lose a portion of their intellect.

Following a reading, the great tome transported to some other location among the planes in illuminate the moral outlook of others facing darkness and evil, and was reportedly unreadable by the same person. It was entirely impossible to transcribe or otherwise reproduce the content written within the Book of Exalted Deeds and it was rumored to be entirely indestructible. This last belief was mostly true, however it could be rendered inert and functionally useless for a matter of years if it was submerged within the waters of the River Styx.

Reading from the tome was a requirement for attuning to the wards of suffering, a pair of holy bracers, as well as the ward of faithfulness, a gauntlet imbued with powerful magics.

Reputation
It was considered to be a form of holy scripture to many goodly divine spellcasters.

History
At some point during the late 15 century DR, a child name Dara read from the Book of Exalted Deeds, which granted her the full powers of an Ilmatari priest. It also bestowed upon her a divine quest to rescue the souls of fallen heroes and lost angels from the Nine Hells.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Dungeon Hack
 * Card Games
 * Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
 * Avernus Rising (Day of the Devil • Faces of Fortune • Infernal Insurgency • Losing Fai • The Breath of Life • The Swarmed Heart • The Vast Emptiness of Grace • Maddening Screams • Honors Unforeseen • In the Hand • Consequences of Choice • Fang and Claw • Where Devils Fear to Tread)
 * Avernus Rising (Day of the Devil • Faces of Fortune • Infernal Insurgency • Losing Fai • The Breath of Life • The Swarmed Heart • The Vast Emptiness of Grace • Maddening Screams • Honors Unforeseen • In the Hand • Consequences of Choice • Fang and Claw • Where Devils Fear to Tread)