Goblin Journal
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The Goblin's Journal is an artifact of the Destheras, primarily the second in the system. While it is difficult to effectively utilize, it can prove an extremely powerful asset to those willing to give it some consideration.
Appearance
The Goblin's Journal has a fairly plain-text cover, with the word 'Memoirs' emblazoned upon the cover and spine in mother-of-pearl on golden leaf. The entire book appears, from the outside, to have about nine hundred pages, and is surprisingly heavy for a journal. A simple lock keeps the tome closed.
Activation
The Goblin's Journal must be bound to a person in order to allow use, a simple process which involves only inserting the key into the lock and turning. Once bound, lock and key will disintegrate, and will not reform until the tome is unbound, presumably by death. While bound, the cover and spine read 'Memoirs of Name'.
Powers
At first glance, the book appears to be a recollection of the bound entity's life, with every memory written out. However, this artifact differentiates in one crucial way from similar tomes- the power comes from the entity which grants it function, and said entity will often emphasize important passages for it's own amusement. As a chaotic neutral being, Lord Memoir may be motivated to help in solving puzzles or even offer roundabout advice by inserting information that the reader never knew in the first place.
Ex: DM says: The room was a dull grey shade, with cabinets on one side and a broken fireplace on the other. McCoy lay face-down in a pool of blood on a moldering rug at the center
Memoir writes: The room was a dull grey shade, with cabinents on one side and a broken fireplace on the other. McCoy lay face-down in a pool of blood on a moldering rug at the center, his shade still staring in absolute shock at the mantle.
Memoir also has the power to take a hand directly, but given his tendency to ignore current events in favor of the past, this has never been demonstrated.