The Red Knight's Final Strategem

The Red Knight's Final Strategem is a Legendary Book which grants the reader the powerful scroll of Artistry of War. WARNING: Extremely powerful knowledge. May include curses.

A volume rife with ploys, feints, gambits - and a smattering of elemental strategy, of course.

Properties

•  Books
• Author: The Red Knight
• Rarity: Legendary
•  Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
• Price: 2000 gp

Where to find

• In the Sorcerous Vault beneath Sorcerous Sundries at X: 368 Y: 1057, behind a wall just north of the entry portal to the vault, behind a hidden button ( DC 15 Perception check)

Usage

• Reading the book produces a Scroll of Artistry of War.

Text

Before her time as an exarch of Tempus and goddess of Strategy, the Red Knight was a paladin most devout. She toured armies the world over as both student and teacher, and thus war she elevated by Tempus to her current status. These pages contain that of her which was left on the material plane after her ascension.

Notes

• The Scroll of Artistry of War can be scribed to a Wizard's spellbook, which allows to cast the spell using a Level 5 Spell Slot once per Short Rest.
• The line in the flavour text about 'a smattering of elemental strategy' is a reference to Gilbert and Sullivan's Major-General's Song.