One of the most overlooked forms of treasure in D&D (and consequentially in

BR) are books. Generally, only spellbooks are given much value, but in

societies that do not yet have the printing press a hand written, hand

bound book is a very valuable commodity indeed. Despite their scarcity,

they are also often considerable works of art and craftsmanship, compiled

using only the most valuable materials available and created by people with

considerable creative talent. Such books are valuable in and of

themselves, let alone for the information that they contain. In a world

where information is scarce, the research of scholars is exponentially more

valuable. Books may contain the knowledge of past geniuses doing work far

beyond their time. They can also represent a valuable research tool for

anyone seeking knowledge in the history and culture of a region because

books give us nearly as much information about their context as they relate

information about their text. For these reasons, non-magical books can be

highly sought after and costly items. In past campaigns, I`ve priced them

as high as artworks in the standard rules and sometimes higher.



"Thousands of tomes of history fill dusty shelves in the Imperial Library"

according to the Atlas of Cerilia (3). Not that many of those books are

actually named in the published materials, of course.

Here are the titles of books or other documents that I`ve found in the BR

materials, their authors, and the BR source in which they are

mentioned. Those in quotes are speculative titles for which no title is

given by the source material.



Aerele Scroll edited by Thesselonius of Bindier (BE 97)

Atlas of Cerilia by Caliedhe Dosiere (AoC)

Annals of the Divinely Disfigured by Anonymous (BE 7, 14)

Book of Days by Unknown (RoE 5)

Book of Laws by Haelyn (BoP 18)

"Book of Tales" by various (LotHK 37)

Daznig`s Libram on Those Enemies of the Blood by Daznig (BE 3)

Four Tomes of Laila the Wise by Laila the Wise (BoM 60)

"Untitled Book Describing Garradalaighs" by Unknown (BoM 119)

"Journal of Stone" by Oerean the Stone Mage (BoM 86)

"Journal of the Wolf" by Shaeron and Naple of Grabentob (BE 112-113)

"Letters" by Vhorduine Runemaster (BoM 21)

Occultic Phenomena by Unknown (BE 6)

Scrolls of the Tainted by Unknown (BE 15, 91)

"Strategies and Economic Trends" by Selma Efferson (LotHK 45)

Theocrats of Mystical Forces by Unknown (BE 107)

Theran`s Torment by Unknown (BE 97)

"Writings" by Audric the Seer (BoM 97)

"Writings" by Lauriel the Mist Maiden (BoM 24)



Two things in regards to the above list:



1. I`m sure there are a few I may have missed. If anyone comes across a

book in the published materials someplace please let me know. I haven`t

gone through the PSo texts either, and there`s probably some in

there.... I`d like to compile a definitive list, so if anyone comes across

any new ones, or finds references other than those noted, please let me know.



2. Are there books you guys think should be represented in the libraries of

Cerilia?



Gary