The Necronomicon (5e Equipment)

Wondrous Item (spellbook), artifact (Requires attunement of a spellcaster)

A platinum bone encrusted book with black leather for with many notes and scribbles within the pages, mostly written in Undercommon. Being the spellbook created by Vankodek the Patched, it is one of the most powerful tomes in history due to the amount of information about Undead creatures stored within the tome.
Random Properties. The The Necronomicon has the following random properties:

• 1 major beneficial property
• 4 minor detrimental properties
• 2 major detrimental properties

'Unchained Mind Your intelligence ability score increases by +2 to a max of 28

Undead Knowledge. The tome contains information about every single kind of Undead creature in existence. You can create the Undead within the tome using the "create undead" spell and can control them if their cr is lower than your level.

Undead Summoning. The tome allows you to create contracts with intelligent Undead creatures that you have created by using the spell "create undead". You can create a bond with these summons and will be given the chance to bestow them names.
Destroying the The Necronomicon. You must first ask the creator of the item, Vankodek Hellsun the Patched, if you could permission to read his tome. If he allows you, then you must then deal at least 500 points of radiant damage within the span of 1 round. Only those with permission can make attempts to destroy the tome with radiant damage.

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