XP Value: 10,000
GP Value: 50,000
Acererak gave this singular volume to his servant Moghadam long before betraying the loyal architect. The codex of silence is bound in supple red leather and is sealed with an obsidian clasp. Within its covers are 64 sheets of the finest white vellum, all sewn to a spine of red leather with heavy black thread. The most immediately noticeable and disturbing feature of the front cover, which appears to contain the bulging outlines of a screaming human visage confined beneath the leather. Those who stare too long at the cover tend to have dreams in which they are surrounded by the silently screaming faces of unknown men.
Any wizard who memorizes a spell directly from the codex of silence need not use verbal components in the casting of that spell, no matter the normal requirements of the spell. Rememorizing the same spell from a different spellbook does not grant the same ability to ignore verbal component requirements, nor do spells copied from the codex of silence and then memorized from the new volume grant this same special ability.
Each of the spells contained in the codex is set down one spell per two pages, save for the unique spells described below, which take more space. These unique spells’ effects are in line with the volume’s theme of silence; they never require verbal components, even if recopied into another volume of spells. The spells in the codex are: 1st—cantrip, color spray, comprehend languages, feather fall; 2nd—continual light, deeppockets, knock, quell, rope trick, wizard lock; 3rd—fly, lightning bolt, tongues, wraithform; 4th—dimension door, extension I, polymorph self, tongue parasite; 5th—dream of the earth, extension II, passwall, telekinesis, teleport; 6th—contingency, enchant an item, light into darkness; 7th—reverse gravity, shadow walk, silent accord; 8th—blue earth, permanency; 9th—prismatic sphere.
