[All Patrons] So, You've Found a Book... Random Book Generator for Fifth Edition (Patreon)

Hey all!

Recently, I started reading a book about anthrodermic biblioplegy—books wrapped in human skin. While the subject is creepy, it's pretty interesting, especially when you realize just how common this practice was, particularly in the 1800s.

This got me to thinking about how much I suck at describing random books found in dungeons. Books have a lot of value in a fantasy/medieval environment. In fact, a common book in D&D 5e is worth 25 gp and a spellbook without spells is worth 50 gp. That's some pretty significant cash!

Thus, I came up with this series of tables and historical notes on books. I'll probably expand this a bit, but for right now I figured that 22 pages on the subject was enough to get us going.

Enjoy!

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