Magic Item, homebrew
uncommon, requires attunement
Lore
Written by the (in)famous Edred Rhys (E.R.) Mountfort, this pocket sized book is a comprehensive and complete guide on decyphering runes, hieroglyphs and alphabets. Its marroon leather cover with gold lettering is fancy, but is definitely showing wear and tear. The corners are cut and the gold trim is spotty in places.
Mountfort went to great lengths to keep his work concise, but the readability of his writing suffered greatly from all manners of cross-referencing and use of abbreviations. The owner needs to spend some time to attune to the writing style to be able to read it and to be able to comprehend it quickly enough to be able to benefit from the knowledge held within.
Mechanics
While holding this book you can read all writing.