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Manual of Quickness of Action

Manual Of Quickness Of Action
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Very Rare

This book contains coordination and balance exercises, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its guidelines, your Dexterity increases by 2, to a maximum of 30 . The manual then loses its magic but regains it in a century.

Tactical Applications​

Combat Strategy: Permanently increases Dexterity score and maximum, providing enhanced AC, initiative, ranged attacks, and Dexterity-based skills. One-time use item with permanent character enhancement.

Class Synergies:

  • Dexterity-Based Classes: Perfect for rogues, rangers, monks, and other agility-focused builds
  • Ranged Combatants: Essential for characters relying on Dexterity for ranged attacks and accuracy
  • Stealth Specialists: Excellent for characters focused on stealth, acrobatics, and agility skills
  • Any Class: Universal benefit for increased AC, initiative, and Dexterity-based capabilities

Build Considerations: Single-use permanent enhancement requiring careful timing. Most valuable for Dexterity-based characters wanting permanent agility and speed improvement.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires dexterity magic, agility enhancement enchantments, and speed-infusing materials. Creation cost 50,000-100,000 gp and takes 6 months.

Common Sources:

  • Ancient training academies and repositories of agility knowledge
  • Treasure hoards of legendary acrobats and speed masters
  • Commission from master enchanters with dexterity enhancement expertise
  • Found in the collections of agility researchers and speed specialists
  • Rewards from grateful organizations for completing epic agility-based challenges

Alternative Acquisition: Sometimes discovered in speed sanctuaries or obtained through agility trials.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 75,000-150,000 gp, considered extremely valuable due to permanent ability score enhancement.

Trade Considerations: Artifact-level rarity means most acquisitions involve epic quests or legendary agility achievements rather than purchase.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests dedication to speed and agility, dexterity mastery, or completion of epic trials requiring enhanced quickness.

Character Concepts:

  • Speed master dedicated to agility perfection and dexterity enhancement
  • Character with legendary agility achievements and quickness prowess
  • Agility specialist with expertise in speed improvement and dexterity training
  • Acrobat who has completed epic trials requiring enhanced physical quickness

Adventure Hooks​

The Speed Quest: Epic journeys to locations where dexterity enhancement becomes possible through legendary agility trials.

The Agility Master: Encounters with legendary acrobats who possess knowledge of speed and dexterity enhancement.

The Quickness Trial: Extreme agility challenges where enhanced dexterity determines success or failure.

The Perfect Grace: Character development arcs focused on achieving legendary levels of speed and agility.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Manual of Quickness (Artifact): Enhanced dexterity bonuses and additional speed-based abilities.

Master's Agility Manual (Legendary): Includes agility expertise and speed enhancement knowledge beyond ability scores.

Specialized Dexterity Manual (Very Rare): Optimized for specific dexterity-based abilities and agility aspects.

Specialized Variants:

  • Rogue's Manual: Enhanced for stealth applications and thievery-based dexterity usage
  • Archer's Manual: Optimized for ranged combat and precision-based dexterity needs
  • Acrobat's Manual: Includes advanced agility knowledge and speed enhancement techniques

Lore & History​

Origins: Written by ancient masters of speed and agility who achieved legendary levels of dexterity and quickness.

Historical Significance: These manuals enabled legendary heroes to achieve superhuman levels of agility and speed prowess.

Cultural Impact: Represent the pursuit of perfect agility and the mastery of speed enhancement through magical study.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates ultimate understanding of dexterity magic and the complex enchantments required for permanent enhancement.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 10-17 when permanent ability score enhancement becomes accessible and meaningful.

Campaign Impact: Provides significant permanent character enhancement balanced by extreme rarity and single-use limitation.

Permanent Enhancement: Single-use nature requires careful campaign integration and character development timing.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Epic quests where dexterity enhancement rewards extraordinary agility achievements
  • Speed challenges where enhanced quickness enables completion of impossible agility feats
  • Character development arcs focused on perfect grace and speed mastery
  • Legendary trials where dexterity improvement represents growth and agility achievement

Tactical Adjustments: Enhanced dexterity should be factored into long-term character capability assessments.

Ability Enhancement Items: Other manuals and items that provide permanent ability score improvements.

Agility Equipment:

  • Items that enhance dexterity-based abilities and speed capabilities
  • Equipment for agility mastery and speed enhancement
  • Tools for achieving perfect grace and quickness improvement

Complementary Equipment: Items that benefit from enhanced dexterity or work synergistically with increased agility and speed.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Speed Mastery: Characters achieve legendary levels of agility and dexterity-based capabilities.

Agility Expertise: Enhanced dexterity creates opportunities for speed consulting and agility instruction.

Legendary Status: Permanent ability enhancement marks characters as individuals of extraordinary agility achievement and speed mastery.