Enc.: 395#	IS:	-	Aura:	GP: 62,500
Artifacts & Relics	-	<8Magic Items8>	-	DMG

Codex of the Infinite Planes: In the distant past the High Wizard Priest of
the Isles of Woe (now sunken beneath the waters of the Nyr Dyv - see
THE WORLD OF GREYHAWK from TSR) discovered this work and used its
arcane powers to dominate the neighboring states, but lejend also has it
that these same powers eventually brought doom to the mage-priest and
his tyrannical domain. It must be that somehow the Codex survived the
inundation, for the archmage Tzunk scribed the following fragment prior
to his strange disappearance:

    ” . . , and the two strong slaves lifted it [the Codex] from the back of the
    Beast. Thereupon I commanded the Brazen Portals to be brought low,
    and they were wrenched from their hinges and rang upon the stone.
    The Efreet howled in {fear} and fled when I caused the page to be read,
    and the Beast passed into the City of Brass. Now was I, Tzunk, Master of
    the Plane of Molten Skies. With sure hand I closed Yagrax’s Tome [the
    Codex], dreading to -- ”
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From the foregoing it is evident that the item is very large and of exceptional
power. Any person reading its 99 damned pages is 99% certain
to meet a terrible fate (1% cumulative chance per page). The Codex‘s
other pages have the keys to instant physical transference to any one of
the other planes and alternates of any world or universe. The work will
destroy instantly any character under 11th level of experience who
touches it, but those of 11th level or higher who make a saving throw
vs. Magic can command the powers and effects of the Codex:
 

-	-	-	-	-
4 x I	*	*	*	*
4 x II	*	*	*	*
2 x III	*	*	-	-
2 x IV	*	*	-	-
2 x V	*	*	-	-
2 x VI	*	*	-	-

Note: When activating powers and effects, base their coming into play
upon the progress of the character's perusal of the Codex.

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