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* The Book of Prophecy from ''[[Avalon Code]]''. In addition to being able to learn anything on any character, item, or monster that you see in the game, it's where you draw all of your weapons. To get some of that information ''in'' the book in the first place, the target entity has to be [[Throw the Book At Them|smacked upside the head with it]]. Don't worry...[[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|they won't see or feel a thing.]] |
* The Book of Prophecy from ''[[Avalon Code]]''. In addition to being able to learn anything on any character, item, or monster that you see in the game, it's where you draw all of your weapons. To get some of that information ''in'' the book in the first place, the target entity has to be [[Throw the Book At Them|smacked upside the head with it]]. Don't worry...[[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|they won't see or feel a thing.]] |
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* Both ''[[Myth]]'' games feature the Total Codex, a biography on every person who will ever live. During the first game the narrator looks in it and reads about the Summoner, a man who will resurrect the Myrkridia and visit untold horrors upon the land. He closes the book fast. |
* Both ''[[Myth]]'' games feature the Total Codex, a biography on every person who will ever live. During the first game the narrator looks in it and reads about the Summoner, a man who will resurrect the Myrkridia and visit untold horrors upon the land. He closes the book fast. |
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* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', Lezard Valeth states that he found the Philosopher's Stone (this version granting all knowledge), but that people have to work to get any knowledge out of it. He later clarifies by saying that a more accurate description of the Philosopher's "Stone" is the "[[ |
* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', Lezard Valeth states that he found the Philosopher's Stone (this version granting all knowledge), but that people have to work to get any knowledge out of it. He later clarifies by saying that a more accurate description of the Philosopher's "Stone" is the "[[Doorstopper|ten-billion page codex]]." |
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* In ''[[Blaze Union]]'', Nessiah's [[Spell Book]], [[Security Blanket|the Revelation of the Gods]], is reputed to be one of these. {{spoiler|Byff has technically been sent by his master to steal it.}} Its all-inclusiveness is justified by the fact that its owner {{spoiler|is over a thousand years old}}. |
* In ''[[Blaze Union]]'', Nessiah's [[Spell Book]], [[Security Blanket|the Revelation of the Gods]], is reputed to be one of these. {{spoiler|Byff has technically been sent by his master to steal it.}} Its all-inclusiveness is justified by the fact that its owner {{spoiler|is over a thousand years old}}. |
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has an appearance by the Tome Of Tropes, which is all but explicitly this very wiki in magical book form. Reading this particular trope page in it isn't advised, as it tends to make the book implode violently. |
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has an appearance by the Tome Of Tropes, which is all but explicitly this very wiki in magical book form. Reading this particular trope page in it isn't advised, as it tends to make the book implode violently. |
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