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#1 vforge Jan 20, 2009 21:54:43	Ever have a player ask. "What books are on the shelf?" You stammer and come up with dumb names and useless titles. lets build a huge bookshelf here. Come up with a Book Title & Some sample text that a DM can clip and have ready next time. ------------------------------------------------------------ #1 A Practical Guide to Tanning Squirrel Pelts Author: Lysandrus Greenleaf This elven author gives a lengthy discussion about the best methods to be used when making leather out of squirrel pelts. Various breeds of squirrels are discussed in over 20 chapters. Their breeding and eating habits are explained. A small map shows where most breeds are more common and what seasons they are most active. A section near the rear of the book talks about dressing wounds received while hunting squirrels and a list of herbs that are beneficial in cutting back infections from their bites.
#2 suthorn Jan 20, 2009 22:04:50	#2 The Fall of Bael Turath A manual depicting the final battles, mostly the repercussions and territorial exchanges with none of the underlying reasons or causes, of the fall of Bael Turath from the perspective of an anonymous citizen.
#3 oxybe Jan 21, 2009 9:17:21	3) how to cook forty humans a dusty tome written by the chef of the ogre king Kol shows many ways on preparing the human flesh for consumption. stunningly well written if a bit morbid in the descriptions uses. 4) i, Golem an introspective look at how people, magic & constructs interact. written by one of the earlier warforged created by a elderly priest of Ioun to serve as friend, guard & confidant. 5) pocket monsters, the history of the bag of tricks in addition to providing the list of proper spell components for the creation of the item it often starts each chapter with a small anecdotes by the writer, a wizardly explorer and the uses he's found for the bag 6) 1001 list of 1001 lists a book containing 1001 lists of 1001 things: 1001 uses for the cooking pot, 1001 uses for the scrollcase, 1001 uses for troll phlegm, ect...
#4 crossblade Jan 21, 2009 10:28:36	7) Dorks & Delirium: Pretender's Handy Bible. A reference guide to the table top game adventurers can play during down time about average people who live average lives, in a setting with a magic referred to as 'technology' and a life expectancy of 80+ years. This game is great for adventures who want to get their minds off of how dangerous their lives are. 8) A collections of paper's belonging to the 'Dork Master'. It appears to be a game's setting, it starts off very uncreatively, yet typical for a game of Dorks & Delirium: "The group is sitting around in a basement..."
#5 thecapn Jan 21, 2009 18:47:17	I custom created a dozen or so pages of a book for my campaign. Made a pdf and distributed it to my players. 9) 'Reality & You - A guide to survival in a post-arcane world' It is a book describing what might happen after an arcane-based world war or global catastrophe. Lots of "Duck & Cover" style helpful tips. Very Terry Pratchett. "Predictions show that mighty cities will give way to lush forests in 9/10 cases. Continents will have moved and changed in shape, rendering old maps useless. The air itself may now be water and water is air. If you are reading this - Congratulations! Air is still air, or you have managed to adapt an aquatic respritory system."