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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