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A '''''Libram of Gainful Conjuration''''' was a [[book|tome]] of great value to arcane spellcasters of neutral alignment.<ref name="DMG-A1-p149"/><ref name="DMG-A1-p123">{{Cite book/Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition|123}}</ref> After {{yearlink|1372}}, the name referred to a version of the artifact that provided benefits to arcane spellcasters of good alignment.<ref name="ELH-p151">{{Cite book/Epic Level Handbook|151}}</ref>

==Powers==
To make use of the work, a wizard of the correct alignment (neither good-aligned nor evil-aligned before {{yearlink|1372}},<ref name="DMG-A1-p149"/><ref name="DMG-A2-p173"/> only good-aligned after<ref name="ELH-p151"/>) needed to spend a week cloistered and undisturbed, perusing the tome. The earlier book would teach them approximately half of what they needed to take their skills to the next level;<ref name="DMG-A2-p173">{{Cite book/Dungeon Master's Guide 2nd edition|173}}</ref><ref name="DMG-A1-p149">{{Cite book/Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition|149}}</ref> the later book instead increased the natural qualities of the magician that governed their spellcasting.<ref name="ELH-p151"/> In either case, the book disappeared after use, and no mage could gain the benefit of such a tome twice.<ref name="ELH-p151"/><ref name="DMG-A1-p149"/><ref name="DMG-A2-p173"/>

For the earlier version, arcane casters whose alignment was rejected by the book suffered severe damage, leaving them unconscious for 50–200 minutes, commensurate to the damage taken, and needed an ''[[atonement]]'' spell cast in order to continue their studies.<ref name="ELH-p151"/><ref name="DMG-A1-p149"/> For the later version, rather than physical damage, their basic health was undermined with no period of unconsciousness; they still needed the ''atonement'' spell to continue advancing in their studies.<ref name="ELH-p151">{{Cite book/Epic Level Handbook|151}}</ref> Anyone not an arcane spellcaster in the first place who read the tome was at risk of ''[[insanity]]''.<ref name="ELH-p151"/><ref name="DMG-A1-p149"/><ref name="DMG-A2-p173"/>

==History==
One ''libram of gainful conjuration'' was protected by four [[necrophidius|necrophidii]] in the [[Crypt of Badr Al-Mosak]].<ref name="DoD-p82">{{cite book/Desert of Desolation|82}}</ref> Another example of the book was kept by the wizard [[Martek]] in the library at [[Martek's Inner Sanctum]].<ref name="DoD-p127">{{cite book/Desert of Desolation|127}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===See Also===
{{Block indent|''[[Book of Exalted Deeds]]'' • ''[[Book of Vile Darkness]]'' • ''[[book of infinite spells]]'' • ''[[libram of gainful conjuration]]'' • ''[[libram of ineffable damnation]]'' • ''[[libram of silver magic]]'' • ''[[manual of bodily health]]'' • ''[[manual of gainful exercise]]'' • ''[[manual of puissant skill at arms]]'' • ''[[manual of quickness of action]]'' • ''[[manual of stealthy pilfering]]'' • ''[[tome of clear thought]]'' • ''[[tome of leadership and influence]]'' • ''[[tome of understanding]]''}}

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