希瑞經

希瑞經

神器希瑞經是一本有著很大的(一英尺見方)漆黑封面的書冊,封面上繪著獰笑的骷髏和暗日,背景則是代表折磨與混亂的扭曲花紋。這本書附有金質的鉸鏈和搭扣,並配有堅固金屬製成的鎖。據說開啟這把鎖要受到15%的技能減值並且它無法被破壞。

簡介

開啟這把鎖要受到15%的技能減值並且它無法被破壞。這本書的書頁則是由剝製下來的皮膚製成——來源於前任失敗的抄寫員。書中的書頁裝飾著由金箔製成的繪成奇怪的獸形的花紋,並且書頁上的文字均由鮮紅色的墨水寫成。一旦開始閱讀,這本書就難以放下。有時這本書會持續的放射出奇異的綠光,沿著書脊強烈的閃動。

歷史

希瑞經的存在反映出了希瑞克的野心——他試圖支配所有國度並征服其他的神祇。在動亂之年後,神祇的力量直接與他(她、它)的信徒的數量和規模相關。希瑞經是一本強力的魔法卷冊,它能使任何聽到或看到它的其他神的信徒轉變為希瑞克的狂熱信仰者。以此毀滅國度內的其他神使得希瑞克自己成為唯一的神祇。

希瑞經在犧牲了很多的抄寫員(397個)之後終於製成,於是它被用在Fzoul Chembryl身上作為測試。但當時Mask正假扮成他並因而代替他讀了這本書。希瑞經成功的在閱讀者的意識中編制了一張謊言之網,而只有在Mask放棄了他的一部分神力之後才勉強擺脫了它帶來的完全支配效果。由此可知任何弱於神的生物都將會毫無疑問的受到卷冊的影響。

此後希瑞經在散提爾堡中被宣讀,但是(真正的)Fzoul事先已經讀過了《希瑞克真傳》——希瑞經的克制物從而沒有受到希瑞經的影響。而這次散提爾堡的宣讀只是毀滅的開始。稍後希瑞經被託付給抄寫員Rinda——他在希瑞克的強迫下不情願的製造了這本書。後來Rinda被Oghma(可能是以和Azure Bonds的Alias相同的方式)用迴避偵測術藏了起來以保證希瑞經不至於落入希瑞克和他的信徒的手中。

在戰役中使用

希瑞經是國度內最危險的書之一。如果閱讀它,它會將閱讀者轉變成一名希瑞克的狂熱信徒,並使它積極的在國度內傳播希瑞克的語錄。因此,其他神的神殿都如同希瑞克神神殿一樣派出探員不斷地尋找它的下落,無論是想將它作為談判的籌碼或是徹底摧毀掉。

更糟的是,還存在著一些早先的沒有附魔的希瑞經的草稿。雖然其中的大部分都已經銷毀了(與他們的製造者一起),但可能仍有一到兩本——至少是一部分——還存在並流傳著。這說明希瑞經的影響力仍然遍布所有國度。這些沒有附魔的草稿缺乏神奇的力量,並且可以如常被銷毀。

力量

持續:任何閱讀希瑞經的人都會變成希瑞克的狂熱信徒,一個成功的豁免鑑定可以在你讀到它的結論之前停止閱讀,但要承受-4減值。即使通過了豁免鑑定你還是會受到一個持續的弱智術的影響,只有醫療術和祈願術可以結束這一效果。

任何聽到宣讀希瑞經的人允許進行一次豁免對抗。任何成功通過豁免的人會立刻受到恐懼術的影響並試圖逃離宣讀者:而豁免失敗的人則會轉變成希瑞克的狂熱信徒。

受到希瑞經影響的人會堅信書中所寫的一切:希瑞克是國度內的真神;是所有神祇的至高神;是唯一值得信仰的神。其他神的牧師會轉變成希瑞克的牧師,(如果有其他有效牧師等級的話則會變成特殊牧師。)陣營會立即轉變成混亂邪惡,而且這些人會不斷的傳誦希瑞克的“聖言”。

一旦某人讀了希瑞經,便只有完全祈願術才有可能移除它的影響,而且這也只提供給他另一次豁免的機會罷了,(還要受到弱智術的影響)。神性生物可以抵抗這本書的影響,但這需要他放棄一個階段的神力。(弱等神力變成半神,半神則失去他的神力。)曾經受到希瑞經的影響並不會給他帶來免疫能力——他還是有可能在另一次閱讀中受到影響。

建議的銷毀方式

·這本書必須被獻祭在純淨之炎中。

·這本書必須呈給AO本人,他會將這本書(以及它的撰寫神)送到另一個存在的平行位面去。

英文版

he artifact known as cyrinishad is a large (1-foot-square)tome of raven-black leather embossed with a pattern of small grinning skulls and dark sunbursts against a twisting, warped background of torture and chaos. the book has golden hinges and clasps, and it is closed with a lock of unbreakable metal. the lock may be picked at a -15% penalty but cannot be shattered. the pages of this book are made of the flayed skins of the scribes of earlier, less-successful drafts of the tome. these interior pages are illuminated with strange, bestial designs imprinted on gold foil, and the text of the work is inscribed in bright red ink. once begun, it is a hard book to put down. at random times and for random durations, the book may emit an eerie green radiance, which flickers and seems strongest along the edges of opening pages.

history

the Cyrinishad reflects an attempt by the god Cyric to dominate the Realms and conquer the other great deific powers. as a result of the Time of Troubles, the power of a deity is directly related to the size and fervor of belief of his, her, or its followers. the Cyrinishad is a powerfully enchanted tome that causes the reader or listener to become a fanatical followers of other powers of the Realms to his faith, thereby destroying them and allowing him to attain the position of the only power in the Realms.

the Cyrinishad was finished after a great many drafts(397). its power was to be tested on Fzoul Chembryl, but the god Mask was impersonating him at the time and read the book in his stead. the tome was successful in weaving its web of lies into its reader's consciousness, and Mask only escaped its complete domination by excising portions of Masks own godly power. Any lesser creature would undoubtedly be totally ensnared by the power of this book.

the Cyrinishad was to be read to the people of Zhentil Keep, but(the real) Fzoul instead read a blasphemous text, the True Life of Cyric, that rebutted Cyric's dogma. the reading was the beginning of the destruction of Zhentil Keep. the real Cyrinishad was later entrusted to Rinda the Scribe, who had created it unwillingly under extreme coercion by Cyric. Rinda was rendered undetectable by the god Oghma(in a manner presumably similar to that of Alias of the Azure Bonds) and entrusted with keeping the book from the hands of Cyric and his followers.

Campaign Use

the Cyrinishad is one of the most dangerous books in the Realms. if it is read, it turns its reader into a fanatical follower of Cyric, who then seeks to spread the word of Cyric throughout the Realms. as a result, it is continually hunted by agents of the church of Cyric as well as other powers who wish to either utilize its power as a bargaining chip or destroy it utterly.

to make matters worse, there are a number of early drafts of the Cyrinishad that lack the magical powers of the final book. most of the early draft were destroyed(along with their scribes), but apparently one or two survived—at least in part—to make it into general circulation. this means the Cyrinishad sightings may occur throughout the Realms. these nonmagical drafts lack the artifact power of the true Cyrinishad, and they may be destroyed like any normal book.

Powers

constant. the reader of the Cyrinishad becomes a fanatical followers of Cyric. A successful saving throw vs. spell at a -4 penalty allows an individual to stop reading before the conclusion of the book. even a successful saving throw results in the reader being under the effect of a feeblemind spell until a heal or a wish spell is used to cure that condition.

those listening to the book read aloud are forced to make a saving throw vs. spell. those who make a successful saving throw immediately suffer the effects of a fear spell and seek to escape the speaker. those fail their saving throw(or those who cannot escape the reader's voice) become fanatical followers of Cyric.

those affected by the Cyrinishad believe all written within the book to be true: Cyric is the one true deific power of the Realms, supreme above all other deities, and the only individual worth venerating. priests of other deities immediately become clerics of Cyric.(Those with the necessary prerequisites may become specialty priests.) alignment of any convert changes immediately to chaotic evil, and such an individual continues to spread the "good word" of Cyric.

once a person is converted, only a full wish spell negates the effects of the Cyrinishad, and this only gains the individual a new saving throw vs. spell(with the feeblemind effects as noted above). creatures of godly nature may shed the effects of the book, but at the effective cost of one level of their power.(a lesser power becomes a demipower, and a demipower loses all godly power.) being affected once by the Cyrinishad does not provide immunization from the book—one may still be affected upon another reading.

Suggested Means of Destruction

the book must be immolated in a fire of absolute purity.

the book must be turned over to Ao himself, who will place the book(and its godly author) into a separate plane of existence.

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