*Spoiler* necromancy of thay

[DaniTheHero]

Any long term consequences from reading the book without fail?

[The Vagrant Knight]

you get a curse debuff, but just like any curse, a cleric can remove it

edit: my bad, thought it was about the book in Act 3

[[MOO] Dark God Azrael]

boosted wisdom saves, and with finding the book in act 3 to decode the glyphs the ability to create multiple ghouls off of 1 corpse. up to 6 if i remember correctly.

[Toblm]

There's a bonus to certain rolls from "Forbidden Knowledge" but nothing else serious by the end of act II.

[wei270]

but if you unlock it act 3 it is kinda op

[Bastila Shan]

You can unlock it in act 3 and its totally worth it but you need the gem key for it in act 1

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

Long story short, no Necromancy of Thay just gives you the +1 to some saving throws based on Forbidden Lore. After that, the next book in Act 3 just gives you a mediocre spell that allows you to summon 6 ghouls.

Though at that level, ghouls are basically cannon fodder for any enemy you face. So it ends up being a "here's a free 1 LR spell" with no narrative or story impact.

[RACHMANOVSKI]

Random diarrhea.

[DaniTheHero]

No “deal with the devil” type of thing? Just a plus side?

[Ziggurt]

Heh...I got speak with dead ability from it in CH1. Not sure what I did. Plus the usual stuff people mention.

[DaniTheHero]

Seems like there's indeed zero story or ingame consequences for the book.

[Xanshi]

No consquence.

But in Act 3 In House of Grief, you can interact with the Mirror of Loss. It has a high religion check in order to get a permanent +2 stat bonus. You can offer the forbidden knowledge (book of thay buff), this will guaranteed you get +2 stat bonus.

[Raab]

Originally posted by Xanshi:

No consquence.

But in Act 3 In House of Grief, you can interact with the Mirror of Loss. It has a high religion check in order to get a permanent +2 stat bonus. You can offer the forbidden knowledge (book of thay buff), this will guaranteed you get +2 stat bonus.

oh damn

[JODEGAFUN]

And does it not give you the ability to speak with dead without use of a spellslot?