Lens of Speed Reading

Last Updated: September 10, 2019

  • Campaign: The Rod of Seven Parts
  • Price: 1,000 gp
  • Body Slot: Face
  • Caster Level: 1st
  • Aura: Faint (DC16 - Divination)
  • Activation: -
  • Weight: -

    Looking through this gilded glass monocle widens one's field of view while burning the written words into ones mind.

    The user of a "Lens of Speed Reading" can read a book in one-quarter the normal time.

  • This can cut down on the time needed to search for information in a library.
  • This would also reduce the amount of time needed to research new spells.
  • The spell preparation time for a wizard to study her spellbook after resting is only 15 minutes instead of the normal hour.
  • The spell preparation time for a wizard to study her spellbook to fill an open slot is only 4 minutes instead of the normal 15 minutes.
  • The study times required to use a Tome of Knowledge are reduced so that 24-hours becomes 6 hours and 1 hour becomes 15 minutes.
  • The time required to peruse a magical Book, Manual or Tome is reduced. For example, a Manual of Bodily Health or Tome of Understanding would only take 12 hours to read instead of 48 hours. Likewise, a Book of Exalted Deeds could be read in 2 days instead of 1 week.

    History:

  • Nuria Darkfire acquired the "Lens of Speed Reading" from some dead cultists of Nerull.
  • She eventually sold it to help fund her quest for more powerful magic needed to defeat her mother, the Lady Valera Darkfire.


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