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28th Mar '13 9:25:50 AM SeptimusHeap

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Now, imagine what would happen if rewriting parts of the Tome Of Prophecy didn't make it inaccurate, but instead ''[[ScrewDestiny changed]]'' the prophecy. In these cases, what you have is a '''Tome Of Fate''', the "big brother" to the Tome Of Prophecy. Rather than be a normal book with a mystic prophecy written on it, you have a mystic book that turns whatever is written in it into fact. A Tome Of Fate can vary considerably from setting to setting in what it can do, though usually they can do one or all of the following: provide an exhaustive [[TheOmniscient record of every event]] past and future written in its [[LibraryOfBabel nigh infinite]] but [[GreatBigBookOfEverything comfortably portable pages]], act as a [[strike:LiteralGenie]] literary genie (with [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor all the risks]] that that [[JerkassGenie implies]]), and serve as a CosmicKeystone that defines the nature of existence and [[RealityWarper is capable]] of RewritingReality. If a TomeOfFate is indeed magic, rather than merely being written by someone who is magic, then it will probably overlap with RealityWritingBook.

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Now, imagine what would happen if rewriting parts of the Tome Of Prophecy didn't make it inaccurate, but instead ''[[ScrewDestiny changed]]'' the prophecy. In these cases, what you have is a '''Tome Of Fate''', the "big brother" to the Tome Of Prophecy. Rather than be a normal book with a mystic prophecy written on it, you have a mystic book that turns whatever is written in it into fact. A Tome Of Fate can vary considerably from setting to setting in what it can do, though usually they can do one or all of the following: provide an exhaustive [[TheOmniscient record of every event]] past and future written in its [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything nigh infinite]] but [[GreatBigBookOfEverything comfortably portable pages]], act as a [[strike:LiteralGenie]] literary genie (with [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor all the risks]] that that [[JerkassGenie implies]]), and serve as a CosmicKeystone that defines the nature of existence and [[RealityWarper is capable]] of RewritingReality. If a TomeOfFate is indeed magic, rather than merely being written by someone who is magic, then it will probably overlap with RealityWritingBook.

24th Mar '13 4:23:51 PM wildste

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3rd Mar '13 4:08:46 AM Sifr1889

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26th Feb '13 5:16:19 AM thewhitequeen

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