The Great Library of Serraine

The Triumph and Glory of the city of Serraine, The Great Library soars 280 feet into the air with its 14 floors, and 50 feet down into the sublevels and basements (the west and east wings rise only 120 feet but have 50-foot-deep basements). It is a repository of knowledge probably unparalleled in the Known World, because it has been all over it. Collected here are evidence and records firsthand: books, scrolls, papyruses, magical talking cylinders, flexible rubbery opaque spheres which telepathically implant knowledge into the reader’s brain, crystal balls with implanted programmed illusions which give the equivalent of modern video lessons, and many other strange and wonderful forms.
It goes without saying that the librarians here have developed an index so complete that it requires an entire level (the ground level) to itself. The librarians are mostly venerable gnomes. It takes 70 years of training to qualify. The head librarian, Matazumi, is a druj, a strange and disturbing undead entity.

What is this, and How can I contribute?

The Great Library of Serraine is my pet-project. In here I am placing a list of Fictional Books found during adventures, or listed in Modules etc. I am also putting in books for character s to read.
My idea is that these are all “In-World” Books, which means there will be no game mechanics or Game rules in the books. Only material Player-Characters would find. The material does not need to be centered around The Known World, and I will happily add any books contributed to the library. PDF Files, No Copywritten material please, I don’t want Lawyers hunting me down.
If you are placing Spellbooks (Any Edition) please make sure “Casting Time” & Duration” are in second / Minutes / Hours, not rounds and turns, and Range is in feet, inches, and miles This is to keep it more period centered. (Not many Fantasy worlds had Metric systems). It also simplifies for characters. If they have a choice of the Newer Streamlined Sleep Spell that takes 2 seconds to cast and lasts 1 minute, or the Old School Sleep Spell that takes 6 seconds to cast, and lasts 5 minutes, they can make that decision (Do I have the time to cast the older one?)

The Books

Religion

Magic

Travel

Biology

  • Behaviour of Beholders & Beholder-kin
  • Behaviour of Insects Vol. I
  • Behaviour of Insects Vol. II
  • Behaviour of Insects Vol. III
  • Giants and Giant-Kin
Language

  • Dethek: Dialects & Diction
  • Dwarvish- Thyatian Dictionary
  • Elvish – Thyatian Dictionary
  • Hin- Thyatian Dictionary
  • Orish – Thyatian Dictionary
  • Ruathlek Runes
  • Symbols, Sigils & Signs
Fiction

History

  • Armor Through the Ages
  • A Short History of Admanite – By Charles Sagui
  • Bardkeep: It’s Works & Wonders
  • Elves, Elvenkind and Evermeet
  • The History of Halfling Horticulture
  • The Rise and Fall of the Elven Empire Vol I (Rise)
  • The Rise and Fall of the Elven Empire Vol II (Years of Glory)
  • The Rise and Fall of the Elven Empire Vol III (Decline)
Arts & Entertainment

  • Acoustics
  • Actors and Acting
  • Dirges & Funeral Overtures
  • Dwarven Tempo & Improvisation
  • Elven Tempo & Improvisation
  • Great Plays of Calimshan
  • Halfling Tempo & Improvisation
  • Heroic Ballads
  • The Jester’s Jokebook – Billy Cannon
  • Madrigals
  • Make-up and Costume Design
  • Marches & Martial Music
  • Melody & Harmony
  • Monster Drinking Songs – Stone
  • Musical Masterpieces of Alfheim
  • Notes on Magic
  • Oratory
  • Orcish Percussion Techniques
  • Order of the Open Eyed Owl
  • Playwrights and Performance
  • Plays
  • Stagecraft
  • Tales of the Theatre
Alchemy & Science

  • Alchemists Handbook
  • Baron Stefan Krenin’s Theory of Reanimating Dead Tissue
  • Bronze Methodology
  • Casting
  • Chemical & Alchemical Studies
  • Circe’s Cookbook
  • The Complete Laboratory
  • Dwarven Forging
  • Dwarven Weapon-smithing
  • Elementary Engineering
  • Elven Metallurgy – Myth or Magic?
  • Elven Weights & Measurements
  • Encyclopedia of Metallurgy
  • Everyday Experimental Equipment
  • Experimental Techniques and Methods
  • Gnomish Hand-firing Techniques
  • Herbalist’s Handbook
  • Jewel and Gem-Cutting
  • Metal Sculpture
  • Smelting
  • Thermal Testing
  • Weapon Smithing
  • The Well Stocked Laboratory
Other Worlds

  • Rangers of the Forgotten Realms
  • Cyclopedia of the Realms
Military

  • Amn’s Arms and Armor
  • Mercenary & Guard Training