Item:Epistemic journal

epistemic journal
Look:	You see nothing unusual.
Weight:	5 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Appraised Cost:	Unknown
Properties:	This item is worn in the shoulder or belt or thigh slot. This item is a toy. This item trains a skill with its use. This item has more than normal or unusual verbs.
Dimensions:	1 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:	Unknown Source is Hollow Eve Festival 425

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Found a narrow felwood bookshelf just outside of the First Arachnid Bank in the festival grounds.

Details

Once every 24 real life hours, you can WRITE in the journal to immediately absorb a portion of your field experience into ranks. The percentage of field exp absorbed per use will slowly increase as you use the journal, until it hits its capped percentage.

The journal also records a little memory each time it's used, which you can READ back later, has some fun verbs, and is wearable (with a few adjustable worn slot options). The way your journal looks can be altered, if you find a merchant willing to change how a magical book looks.

Variations

On the felwood bookshelf
Item	Price	Done
smokewood-bound explorer's log nielloed with roiling storm clouds	0	!!
dingy canvas-bound diary stamped with a skull and crossbones	0	!!
pallid ghoul-skin notebook limned with a scarlet eye design	0	!!
tawny firecat-skin journal branded with a pair of crossed swords	0	!!
leather-banded soldier's journal with a simple ironwood cover	0	!!
goldwood-bound prayer journal emblazoned with thirteen auric avatars	0	!!
motley jadeleaf-bound field journal dotted with tiny silk wildflowers	0	!!
mistwood-bound notebook painted with an idyllic woodland scene	0	!!
animite-trimmed travel diary inlaid with tricolor gemstones	0
eventide suede dream journal embroidered with argent constellations	0	!!
bardic blue kidskin notebook embellished with silver musical notes	0	!!
sanrisi-bound journal etched with a hexad of elemental symbols	0	!!
onyx-hide pocket diary patterned with jagged blue spiderwebs	0	!!
discolored ratskin training journal with patchwork seams	0	!!
gloomwood-bound diary engraved with nightshade blossoms	0	!!
rugged mariner's log bound in stormy grey sharkskin	0	!!
white velvet-bound traveler's diary with an aldamdin-plated cover	0	!!
orichalcum-trimmed research journal bound in crimson silk	0	!!
niniam-buckled adventurer's journal with a greenish punka cover	0	!!
angiswaerd-scale scholar's journal embossed with golden geometrics	0
rosy bourde pocket diary tied with a blushing pink ribbon	0	!!
thick quartz-hide expedition log trimmed with kertig rivets	0	!!

Notes

• 24 hour cooldown
• Converts 20% of your field xp to ranks
• Write Journal appears to describe your last action
• You have to hold your journal to use it
• **It may allow you to stack charges**

Verbs

• STUDY: Looking the [noun] over, you believe you could WRITE in it, READ it, FLIP through it, or ADJUST its worn location. You can also TAP, RUB, WAVE, SHAKE, TURN, CLEAN, PUSH, and PULL it.
• CLEAN: You gently brush a stray speck of dirt from the [noun]'s cover.
• TURN: You adjust the [material] quill tucked inside the [noun]'s cover.
• FLIP: You flip through through your [noun] to a random page and peruse the entry. Today, you wrote about listening to a class on [skill]. The page contains various notes.
• TAP: You drum your fingers pensively across the cover of an [item name].
• WAVE: You idly fan yourself with the [noun].
• ADJUST: You adjust the length of the [noun]'s [material] strap so that it can be [worn slung over one shoulder/attached to a belt/attached to the thigh].
• READ: You open your [noun] to a recent entry, and begin to read from there... Today, you wrote about listening to a class on [skill]. The page contains various notes.
• SHAKE: You heft the [noun] up and down in your hand, weighing its secrets.
• PULL: You tug at the journal's [material] strap, securing it tighter.
• TAP: You drum your fingers pensively across the cover of an [item name].