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Anecdote: The Anecdotes are forgotten narratives given desperate form. Beings stitched from tales abandoned and secrets left untold. They wander the spaces between realities not to consume or destroy, but because they have forgotten how to stop existing, each searching for the final page it was never given. Within this accursed kind, you are born as one of the rare few who have become aware of a terrible truth: that all realities are merely stories, their pages waiting to be folded back and stepped through.

Impact: 🔴🔴🔴

🟩 Crease the Page [Primary]: You exist in the unknown between stories, yet from it, you may fold the pages of reality, peeling back the surface of the tangible to step into worlds. The crease remembers both sides, and you may return to the unknown at will.

🟩 Blasphemed Quill [Secondary]: With a blasphemous violation of what is real, you overwrite the narrative of the tome in your grasp, dragging a target into the fabricated tale. This act demands a fragment of your own accumulated insight as a tithe to what you have made true.

🟩 Unleash the Bound [Use Book]: You are capable of using the books that have been imbued with twisted realities, releasing potent, reality-bending power from their paper prisons. These stories spill forth in devastating surges, and the books are often consumed, their pages turning to ash.

🟢 Timeless Parchment [Passive]: You are an entity of ink and fiber, a construct that does not hunger for the sustenance of mortal flesh, but merely endures, timeless and patient.

🟡 Desecrated Codex [Passive]: Your stature is a measure of your integrity; as wounds accumulate and your essence is torn away, you shrink, collapsing into a smaller, more tattered version of your former self.

🟡 Resonant Shroud [Passive]: Raw, unassimilated knowledge resonates around your form, coalescing into a palpable swarm of thoughts and truths that clings to you like a shroud.

🟡 Weight of the Written [Passive]: Your form is dreadfully light, making you swift as a rumor spreads and slow to fall. Yet this ephemeral grace holds a curse; the weight of armor anchors you to the earth, slowing your step and hastening your descent.

🔴 Arcane Dissonance [Passive]: Enchanted armors and tools hum with a frequency that is dissonant to your own. They interfere with your dominion over narrative, forcing you to pay increased tithes of knowledge for every reality you dare to twist.

🔴 Skin of a Story [Passive]: Your skin offers little resistance to the world's cruelties. Blows land harder upon you, finding no meat or muscle, only fragile surfaces, and your own strikes are but the whispers of violence.

🔴 Stitch the Tatters [Passive]: You are a being of stitched-together pages, and you do not heal as the living do. To close the tears in your existence, you must find and weave new scraps of paper into your own flesh.

📖 Blasphemous Tales 📖:

The Collector's Little Helper

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Allay

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [You've Got a Friend in Me].

A short tale of an allay that never forgot its purpose: to gather, to carry, to bring. When read, the story's devotion seeps into the world, compelling all dropped items within sixteen blocks to drift toward you for two minutes.

The Regenerative Heart

Experience Cost: 15

Source: Axolotl

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Cutest Predator].

The axolotl in this story gives and gives, regenerating from wounds that should be fatal, yet in its healing, it forgets how to fight. When read, you are granted the same gift: powerful regeneration for half a minute, but during this time, your hands are capable only of healing, never harming.

Echoes in the Dark

Experience Cost: 7

Source: Bat

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Isn't It Iron Pick].

A bat's journey through endless caves, navigating not by sight but by sound bouncing off unseen walls. When read, the echoes linger in your ears, granting you night vision and the ability to see creatures through solid stone for two minutes.

Pollinator's Path

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Bee

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Bee Our Guest].

The bee in this story visits flower after flower, each touch sparking new growth in its wake. When read, for fifteen seconds, nearby plant-life remembers the bee's touch and surges toward the sky with impossible speed.

Fires That Do Not Forget

Experience Cost: 20

Source: Blaze

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Into Fire].

A blaze's fury, trapped in a story that cannot cool, cannot forgive. When read, a prolonged barrage of flames erupts in the direction you face; not merely burning, but leaving its victims crippled and slowed, as though the heat itself remembers their trespass.

The Desert's Patient Stride

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Camel

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

The camel's tale is one of endless sand and distant horizons, walked with patience that outlasts the sun. When read, a spectral camel materializes beside you for five minutes, moving with a speed no living camel could match, as though the desert itself urges it forward.

Nine Whispers

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Cat

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

A cat's nine lives, each one a secret whispered to those who earn its trust. When read, one of those lives is bestowed upon you. For five minutes, death will pause, consider you, and look away. The gift does not stack; a life can only be given once per telling.

Venom Weaves

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Cave Spider

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

The cave spider's venom is not merely poison; it is a story of paralysis and slow demise, woven into fangs over generations. For the two minutes after reading, that venom weaves around your implements, and any creature you strike receives poison deep enough to remember.

The Egg and What Follows

Experience Cost: 5

Source: Chicken

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

A chicken's egg contains more than a chick; it contains potential, violence waiting to hatch. When read, an egg materializes beneath you. After five seconds, it erupts, sending a plume of damaging feathers outward like shrapnel from a broken shell.

Currents Below

Experience Cost: 4

Source: Cod

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

The cod knows nothing but water, currents, and the quiet drift of existence beneath waves. When read in the ocean, you inherit that existence for a minute; underwater breathing along with amplified swimming speed, as though the sea has accepted you as one of its own.

Hide of the Pasture

Experience Cost: 6

Source: Cow

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

The cow's hide has weathered countless storms, standing patient in the face of nature's cruelty. When read, that patience wraps around you, reducing all damage for one minute.

The Final Silent Moment

Experience Cost: 16

Source: Creeper

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

The creeper's story ends the same way every time. When read, that final moment is pulled into your present. After five seconds, an explosion erupts from the position read, powerful enough to end stories of its own.

Grace of the Pod

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Dolphin

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

Dolphins play in pods, racing ships and leaping through wakes, their grace a gift to those who share the water. When read, that grace fills you for two minutes; swimming and underwater mining become effortless, as though you too were born to the sea.

Burden-Bearer's Lament

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Donkey

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

The donkey's story is one of burdens carried without complaint, of loads strapped to its back until the trail ends. When read, a spectral donkey appears for five minutes, moving faster than any living donkey, as though finally free of its burdens.

What the Tide Took

Experience Cost: 15

Source: Drowned

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Drowned were once living, and this story remembers what the tide stole from them. When read, over the next thirty seconds, nearby creatures begin to drown on land, their lungs filling with phantom water. Only those meant for the depths are spared.

The Curse Beneath

Experience Cost: 75

Source: Elder Guardian

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

The elder guardian's curse slows all who trespass, a weight of ages pressing down upon the unworthy. When read, for the following five minutes, nearby creatures find themselves trapped in that weight; moving, attacking, and breaking blocks with agonizing slowness. They sink in water as though the sea itself rejects them. This story is odd; the elder guardian's power seems to have soaked into the pages so deeply that reading does not consume them.

The End of Their Story

Experience Cost: 100

Source: Ender Dragon

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Free the End].

The void the Ender Dragon drowned in for ages has soaked into this tale, overwhelming the dragon's own power. The void within has taken hold. When read, the void reaches out, consuming nearby creatures for fifteen seconds. Few survive. Strangely, the void that comprises the ink seems to feed on what it takes, repairing the book at the same rate it is destroyed by use.

Eyes That Watch

Experience Cost: 18

Source: Enderman

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Endermen watch from afar, and when they move, they simply are elsewhere. Their story is one of observation without travel, of presence without distance. When read, you inherit that gift: precise teleportation to any location within sight, no matter how far.

The Unwelcome Guest

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Endermite

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The End?].

An endermite's existence is brief and hated, a story of being chased from every dimension it touches. When read, you deal immense damage to all creatures in The End for five minutes. But the Endermen remember your trespass; they see you as one of the unwelcome guests and attack without provocation.

Fangs of the Vexed

Experience Cost: 30

Source: Evoker

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Voluntary Exile].

The evoker summons fangs from the earth, a story of vexation given teeth. When read, three rows of spectral fangs surge forward eight blocks, each one snapping shut on any creature in their path.

Pounce and Pause

Experience Cost: 9

Source: Fox

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

The fox pounces without thought, its body a blur of motion, then pauses to savor the catch. When read, you gain immense land speed and can walk up blocks as though they were flat ground for one minute. Then, for fifteen seconds, the pause comes; your movement slows as you savor what the hunt gave you.

Leap of the Marsh

Experience Cost: 7

Source: Frog

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Frogs leap from lily pad to lily pad, falling without fear because the water always catches them. When read, you gain that confidence for one minute, gaining heightened jump capabilities and complete immunity to fall damage.

Tears That Burn

Experience Cost: 22

Source: Ghast

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Return to Sender].

Ghasts weep tears that burn up into the air, a story of sorrow. When read, infernal tears create an aura around you for fifteen seconds, burning any who approach. The flames end in a devastating explosion, as though grief itself cannot be contained.

Ink That Remembers Light

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Glow Squid

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Glow and Behold!].

Glow squids remember the light they were born in, and their ink still carries its echo. When read, a flash of blinding light erupts from you, stunning nearby creatures and leaving them unable to move for a short time.

The Ram's Lesson

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Goat

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Goats ram not from malice, but to teach, to show that impact has consequences. When read, you dash forward, dealing immense damage to any creature in your path. Those struck are left reeling, unable to move, having learned the ram's lesson.

Spines of the Monument

Experience Cost: 18

Source: Guardian

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Guardians wait in their monuments, spines extended, daring the world to touch them. When read, for the next two minutes, that warning becomes yours; any creature that attacks you takes significant damage, as though striking a monument of your own.

Blood and Bristle

Experience Cost: 22

Source: Hoglin

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [We Need to Go Deeper].

Hoglins kill, and in killing, they grow stronger, a story of blood rage building with each victory. When read, for the next five minutes, each creature you kill grants a stack of blood rage, up to ten. At its peak, you deal three times the damage, bristling with stolen strength.

The Unbroken Path

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Horse

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

Horses run trails until the trail ends or the horse does. Their story is one of paths taken to completion. When read, a spectral horse appears for five minutes, moving faster than any living horse, as though the path itself bends to welcome it.

Sand in the Veins

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Husk

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Husks are what remain when the desert claims you, sand replacing blood, thirst replacing life. When read, a sandstorm forms around you for a short time, puncturing the flesh of any creature that comes near, draining their vitality and hunger as the desert drains all things.

Forgotten Protector

Experience Cost: 28

Source: Iron Golem

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Hired Help].

Iron golems were built to protect, but this one was forgotten, left to guard an empty village until rust claimed its joints. When read, a spectral iron golem manifests for two minutes; enhanced in size and damage, as though its centuries of solitude honed its purpose to a razor edge.

Spit and Spite

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Llama

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

Llamas spit not from humor, but from deep-seated spite, a story of irritation given projectile form. When read, a devastating globule fires toward where you look. Any creature struck takes immense damage and finds itself blinded.

Heart of the Core

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Magma Cube

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [We Need to Go Deeper].

Magma cubes burn without being consumed, their cores so hot that fire is comfort. When read, for the next minute, that which would burn you heals you instead. But the weight of the core slows you while grounded, as though the earth itself remembers your heat.

Whispers Through the Mycelium

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Mooshroom

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Mooshrooms hear the mycelium whisper of flowers that bloomed long ago. When read, the mycelium whispers to you of nearby flowers. For each unique flower within four blocks, you gain its correlated status effect for half a minute, as though the meadow remembers its own.

The Stubborn Carry

Experience Cost: 9

Source: Mule

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

Mules carry what they are given and ask nothing in return, a story of stubborn endurance. When read, a spectral mule appears for five minutes, moving faster than any living mule, as though finally free of the weight it bore.

The Watcher in the Vines

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Ocelot

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Ocelots watch from the jungle's depths, unseen, unheard, moving through leaves as though they were air. When read, you gain that gift for the next two minutes: invisibility and heightened mobility, allowing you to run faster and pass through leaves without disturbance.

The Unbothered Slumber

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Panda

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Pandas sleep where they fall, utterly unbothered by the world's concerns. When read, you lie down and enter that same deep sleep for ten seconds. While sleeping, you regenerate rapidly and cannot be harmed, but you are blind to the world and cannot move. The world, for those ten seconds, simply does not matter... until it does.

Echoes of the Jungle

Experience Cost: 7

Source: Parrot

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Is It a Bird?].

Parrots repeat what they hear, and the jungle echoes with their calls until direction becomes meaningless. When read, nearby creatures become greatly disoriented by the echoing of the jungle: slowed and without full control of their movement, as though lost in a sound that never ends.

Wings of the Sleepless

Experience Cost: 18

Source: Phantom

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Phantoms fly without rest, hunting those who cannot sleep, their wings never tiring. When read, for the following two minutes, you fly like a phantom and deal increased damage to creatures of the night.

Snout of the Swine

Experience Cost: 5

Source: Pig

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Pigs root through the earth, and sometimes, they find what others miss: a truffle, a treasure, a story of the ground's hidden wealth. When read, for the following two minutes, breaking blocks occasionally yields rare resources like ores, as though the pig's snout guides your hands.

Gold and Greed

Experience Cost: 16

Source: Piglin

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Oh Shiny].

Piglins trade for gold because gold is the only story they know: a story of value, of barter, of shiny obsession. When read, the wealth within the story is shared with all nearby Piglins, causing them to trade with you as though you had given them gold directly.

Wrath and Loathing

Experience Cost: 30

Source: Piglin Brute

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [War Pigs].

Piglin brutes guard their bastions with a wrath that has become loathing, a story of violence pointed eternally outward. When read, for the following five minutes, you deal immense damage to all creatures in The Nether. But Piglins and Zombie Piglins see your wrath and recognize it as their own; they attack without provocation, knowing you for what you are.

Raider's Mark

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Pillager

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Voluntary Exile].

Pillagers fire arrows without aiming, without counting, without ever running out. Their story is one of ammunition that simply is. When read, for the following two minutes, your ranged damage is significantly boosted. If you run out of arrows, you are provided with one, repeatedly, as though the raider's mark never leaves you.

Frozen Fury

Experience Cost: 16

Source: Polar Bear

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Light as a Rabbit].

Polar bears hunt in endless ice, their fury cold as the landscape, their bodies insulated against the frozen world. When read, for the following two minutes, your max health is significantly increased, and you become immune to freezing damage, as though the frozen fury now burns within you.

The Inflation of Wrath

Experience Cost: 8

Source: Pufferfish

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Tactical Fishing].

Pufferfish, when angered, swell to twice their size: a warning that wrath has mass. When read, for the following fifteen seconds, your scale increases, and creatures within a large radius take significant damage and are poisoned, as though your anger itself has become toxic.

The Hare's Jest

Experience Cost: 6

Source: Rabbit

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Rabbits leap not from fear, but from joy: a jest played on gravity itself. When read, for the following two minutes, you gain significantly heightened movement speed and jump height, as though gravity has finally understood the joke.

Trample the Fields

Experience Cost: 40

Source: Ravager

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Hero of the Village].

Ravagers destroy what they touch, not from malice, but because destruction is simply what they do. When read, your scale significantly increases for one minute, and nearby blocks are destroyed as you approach, as though the world itself yields to your presence.

Upstream

Experience Cost: 4

Source: Salmon

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

Salmon swim against currents that would sweep others away, their story one of impossible journeys up rivers that do not want them. When read in rivers, for the next minute, you gain underwater breathing and amplified swimming speed as though you too are swimming upstream toward something vital.

The Shepherd's Wool Coat

Experience Cost: 5

Source: Sheep

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [The Parrots and the Bats].

Sheep grow wool to weather the storm, a coat that thickens with each passing season. When read, for the next minute, thick wool pads wrap around you, significantly reducing all incoming damage, as though the shepherd's coat now covers you.

The Box That Waits

Experience Cost: 25

Source: Shulker

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Great View From Up Here].

Shulkers are boxes that wait, their contents unchanged for centuries, untouched by time or death. When read, a special inventory opens; one that is preserved even when you die. The box waits, unchanged, until you open it again. The simplicity of this story seems to have made an impact; reading does not consume it.

Stone's Hidden Teeth

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Silverfish

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Eye Spy].

Silverfish hide in stone, waiting, their teeth ready to bite any who break what they call home. When read, for the following five minutes, the silverfish's knowledge of stone allows you to mine through stone and stone-like materials much more quickly, as though the stone yields to you to avoid their teeth.

Bones That Remember

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Skeleton

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Skeletons continue seeking violence even after a second death, their bones remembering violence as purpose. When read, all bones in your inventory reshape themselves into various arrows and tools, much more useful for violence, as the bones remember what they are for.

Dust and Reins

Experience Cost: 25

Source: Skeleton Horse

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

Some horses were so loyal they followed their riders into death, and beyond. This skeleton horse's story is one of waiting: for a command, a purpose, a hand on its reins. When read, it answers eagerly, appearing for five minutes and moving with a speed no living horse can match. It requires almost nothing to summon because it has been waiting so long.

The Bouncing Skin

Experience Cost: 10

Source: Slime

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Slimes absorb impacts, their bodies distributing force so perfectly that violence simply... bounces. When read, for the following two minutes, the damage you receive is greatly decreased, and the attacking creature finds its violence turning back upon it, as though striking its own reflection.

Ancient Scents

Experience Cost: 20

Source: Sniffer

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Planting the Past].

Sniffers dig up what was buried, guided by scents so old they predate memory. When read, for the following two minutes, breaking blocks has a high chance of yielding rare resources like ores, as though you too can smell what the earth has hidden.

The First Snowfall

Experience Cost: 15

Source: Snow Golem

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Hired Help].

Snow golems throw snow not as a weapon, but as a welcome; the first snowfall of winter, beautiful and cold. When read, for the next minute, a blizzard forms around you, snow gathering on the ground, and creatures are left slowed and freezing, as winter reminds them of its arrival.

Eight-Legged Vigil

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Spider

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Spiders climb walls not to escape, but to watch; an eight-legged vigil over the world below. When read, for the next two minutes, you gain the ability to climb any wall, as though you too are keeping vigil.

Ink Cloud

Experience Cost: 6

Source: Squid

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

Squids release ink not to hide, but to create a cloud of confusion that lets them slip away. When read, an ink cloud blooms within an eight-block radius, blinding and slowing creatures. The radius doubles in water, as though the squid remembers its home.

Winter's Arrow

Experience Cost: 16

Source: Stray

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Light as a Rabbit].

Strays fire arrows of ice, each one a piece of winter given flight. When read, an arrow of pure ice speeds toward your target. Those struck find themselves unable to move, freezing from within as winter claims them.

Walk the Boiling Sea

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Strider

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [This Boat Has Legs].

Striders walk on lava because they have never learned to fear it; their story is one of faith in surfaces that should not hold. When read, for the following two minutes, you become immune to fire damage and can walk across the surface of lava with ease, as though you too have forgotten to fear.

What Will Be

Experience Cost: 5

Source: Tadpole

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Bukkit Bukkit].

Tadpoles are not yet frogs, but they contain what will be: a story of patience, of waiting to become. When read, you are slowed for ten seconds. After which, for one minute, your scale doubles, and your health and damage greatly increase. What will be, finally arriving.

Colors That Hide

Experience Cost: 5

Source: Tropical Fish

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

Tropical fish are so bright that predators look away, their colors a kind of invisibility to hide in plain sight by being too much to see, to comprehend. When read, for the next minute underwater, you gain breathing and invisibility, as though your colors have finally become too bright to notice.

What the Tide Guards

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Turtle

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Fishy Business].

Turtles retreat into shells that cannot be breached, waiting for the tide to carry danger away. When read, a stationary bubble forms around you for half a minute, inside which no damage can be taken or dealt. The tide guards what is within.

Blade of the Vexed

Experience Cost: 18

Source: Vex

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Voluntary Exile].

Vexes phase through walls, through armor, through flesh, their blades striking what should be protected. When read, for the next two minutes, a spectral blade forms which lags slightly behind your attacks. It phases through armor, dealing extra damage with each strike, as though the vexed have lent you their grudge.

When the Illagers Came

Experience Cost: 20

Source: Villager

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Hero of the Village].

The villager's story recounts a hero saving the village from raiders, a tale told so often it has become the truth. When read, your reality-bending powers convince nearby villagers that those events just occurred; they treat you as their savior, because in this story, you are.

The Axe Remembers

Experience Cost: 18

Source: Vindicator

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Voluntary Exile].

Vindicators remember every swing of their axes, each one a story of violence that the blade never forgets. When read, for the following two minutes, your axe damage is significantly increased, as though the axe remembers what it is for.

Paths That Shift

Experience Cost: 14

Source: Wandering Trader

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [What a Deal!].

The wandering trader's tale recounts their journey from the village, a path they took so long ago they barely remember it. When read, your reality warps, sending you to the nearest village, as though the path has shifted to meet you.

The Heart of the Deep

Experience Cost: 100

Source: Warden

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [It Spreads].

The sculk within the Warden's story mutates the bindings, sealing the book shut permanently. Though the Warden's immense power allows you to make use of its ability to meld through earth just from reading the title. The book cannot be read, so it is not destroyed with use; instead, it imbues a passive effect upon you when held, as though the heart of the deep beats against your pages.

Brews of Fate

Experience Cost: 20

Source: Witch

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Local Brewery].

Witches brew potions without knowing what they will create, trusting fate to provide what is needed. When read, a random splash potion materializes above the head of all nearby creatures, yourself included. Whether the effect helps or harms is left purely up to fate.

What Remains After Decay

Experience Cost: 100

Source: Wither

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Bring Home the Beacon].

The Wither's immense power withers the pages away the moment it is sealed inside. Though despite this, the words remain, floating within the binding of the book. The book, already half withered, is not destroyed with use. The words float too wildly to be read, but even holding this book imbues you with the Wither's ability to fly; what remains after decay, still potent.

Black Bone

Experience Cost: 24

Source: Wither Skeleton

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Spooky Scary Skeleton].

Wither skeletons are black bone and withering hate, their story is one of skulls that never stop grinning. When read, for the following two minutes, your health is greatly increased, and the targets you strike receive withering, as though black bone now grows within your pages.

The Pack Remembers

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Wolf

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Best Friends Forever].

Wolves hunt in packs, and when one falls, the pack remembers. When read, two powerful spectral wolves materialize and fight for you for one minute, as though the pack remembers you as one of their own.

Undying Rage

Experience Cost: 35

Source: Zoglin

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [We Need to Go Deeper].

Zoglins are what remains when hoglins die and refuse to stay dead, their rage undying, their hunger unending. When read, for the following ten minutes, each entity you kill grants a stack of rotten rage, stacking up to fifty times. At its peak, you deal ten times the damage; undying rage, finally given direction.

The Rotting Touch

Experience Cost: 12

Source: Zombie

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Monster Hunter].

Zombies rot, and what they touch begins to rot as well: a story of decay spread by contact. When read, for the next minute, your attacks spread infection. Non-undead creatures take rotting damage for five seconds after being struck, as though your touch has become that rot.

The Almost-Healed

Experience Cost: 30

Source: Zombie Villager

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [Zombie Doctor].

Zombie villagers are almost healed, almost human, almost saved. When read while looking at one, that almost becomes complete: they are cured instantly, returning to what they were before. The story, for once, has a happy ending.

The Horde's Memory

Experience Cost: 16

Source: Zombified Piglin

Prerequisite: Obtain the advancement [We Need to Go Deeper].

Zombified Piglins remember those who wronged them, grudges building with each offense until violence becomes inevitable. When read, for the following two minutes, when a creature attacks you, your grudge against it builds. The more grudge you hold, the more damage you deal, as though the horde's memory now lives in you.

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Origins: Anecdote