Accursed Archive

A cursed library full of knowledge that was sealed away by the gods themselves, but has found ways to let curious minds enter, many of whom make pacts with the archive. It is full of tomes of curses, demons, dark magic, and dangerous histories.  

Index of Books

• Nightmare: History and Handling (book about Nightmare horse monster)
• Mordenkainen's Demonomicon: Lesser Demons
• Baphomet - The Prince of Beasts
• Into the Abyss: A Study of Archdemons
• Demonomicon: Carceri
• A Bloody History of Blood Magic: Beginners
• Found - Black Sun, Dark Sky
• Found - The Black Sun: Murderous Intent (Bhaal)
• Luba's Tarokka of Souls (artifact spellbook-esque) (DC 27)
• History of the Fire Plane: Azer
• The Little Pretender - this nondescript story never mentions the name Cyric, as doing so would alert the god to its existence. Instead, it tells the story of a boy who was a great pretender and liar, cunningly using enough of the truth to mask his own lies - pretending to be his brothers, retelling stories, casting himself in a better light, impersonation and condemning others as himself and all the connotations with that name. As he grows the offenses become more and more serious. Someone deep in study of the gods and with some knowledge of the truth in the Scripts of Deneir, will be able to piece together that the Liar, Cyric, is a pivotal player in the dark ages to come. 

Compendium of Forgotten Secrets, Wizard Spells

As Finn wishes, he may attempt to uncover hidden spells in the Archives. Make a DC 25 investigation check. On a success, have him roll a d12, the spellbook he finds correlating to the list of warlock patrons below, though these are wizard spells, not warlock spells, including some from the PHB.

• 1. The Accursed Archive: accursed wish, blackened heart, dark secret, legend lore
• 2. The Ashen Wolf: funeral pyre, ashen pack, wall of fire
• 3. The Blackthorn Grove: overwhelming emotion
• 4. The Currency Conspiracy: clairvoyance, skin of flint, unspoken agreement
• 5. The Eternal Citadel: glyph of warding, wall of stone
• 6. The Fallen Exile: see invisibility, falling star
• 7. The Forbidden Graveyard: suffer, dark empowerment
• 8. The Gelatinous Convocation: slime sphere, summon slime, wall of ooze, waterwalk
• 8. The Gray Portrait: seeming
• 9. The Keeper of the Depths: crushing tide, sleep
• 9. The Perfect Chord: animate objects, compulsion
• 10. The Serpent Empress: silence, venom blast, constriction, feign death
• 11. The Shadowcat: duskwalk, shadow armor, creeping dark, unseen claw, shadow world
• 12. The Storm Lord: skystrike, windblade, wind wall
• 12. The Wild Huntsman: frozen lance, dominate beast, cone of cold
• On a Natural 20: reflective defense (acquired)
• On a 2nd Natural 20: end of days
• On a 3rd Natural 20: touch infinity

Dangers

The more time spent in the cursed library the greater the chances for harm. Aldred has become so exposed to the library that ink stains permanently blot his skin, and some of it is starting to look almost like text, but is just illegible. This was the influence of Carasphyx within that domain exerting his will onto Aldred. With Carasphyx defeated, the harm will not get worse - if he should return though, Aldred does not have long until he is totally under the influence of Carasphyx.