Grimoire of the Forgetful Quill

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

The Forgetful Quill is a finely bound tome of dark leather, its cover embossed with a quill that seems to bleed ink when viewed in bright light. The pages are pale ivory, edged in faint violet, and the ink appears to shimmer subtly as you turn each page. The spine is reinforced with bronze filigree that hums softly when a memory is being written or erased, and the scent of old parchment and rain lingers around the book even when it’s closed.

Memory Writ Erasure Whenever you transcribe a spell into this book, you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or forget that spell from memory for 24 hours. You may still inscribe the spell into the book, but your mind loses the memory of that spell for a day.

Memory-Drain Burst The book holds 7 charges. Expend 3 charges to cast Modify Memory (5th-level) from the book on a creature you can see. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or have one spell they currently know or have prepared erased from their memory for 24 hours. The memory returns after a long rest.

Lore

Legends speak of the Archivist of Names, a scholar who sought to forget dangerous truths rather than risk them falling into the wrong hands. To safeguard his knowledge even after his death, he forged a grimoire whose pages could erase the memory of any spell inscribed within them. The book drifted through ruined libraries and forgotten towers, always returning to those who sought to weaponize memory itself. Those who wield it find it tempting to forget burdensome spells, yet the book’s power exacts a price on the mind of its reader.

History

Asked about the Grimoire, guild archivists tell of Velitor, an archmage who used such a tome to purge his own memory of forbidden formulas before a grand betrayal. The book changed hands many times: from a royal scribe in a sunken palace to a traveling collector who vanished during a desert storm, leaving behind rumours of memory-dark magic that taints any who read it too closely.

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