Third Imaskarcana

The Third Imaskarcana was one of the Seven Imaskarcana, said to be one of the most powerful items ever created by the Artificers of Imaskar. Like the others, it stored the lore of the Imaskari empire.

Description
The Third Imaskarcana was a great tome bound in slate covers, lined in blue dragon hide, with pages of ragged vellum, crystal magically given the flexibility of paper without its weaknesses, and even the skins of humans, elves or tanar'ri.

Powers
The Third Imaskarcana could not be read, and instead would answer questions posed to it once per day. It provided its wielder a certain resistance to spells in general, and could be commanded to employ a small number of extremely powerful spells. However, the command had to be spoken in Roushoum; a command in a different language prompted the item to transform its wearer into another of its fine vellum pages.

History
The Third Imaskarcana was created on the orders of Lord Omanond in -3891 DR. In the year -2487 DR, refugees from Imaskar took the Third Imaskarcana with them as they headed for the Underdark. As of 1372 DR, it probably numbered amongst the possessions of an Underdark aberration named Gduar.

Notable Owners

 * Gduar