Curse of Strahd

Victor's Spellbook

A worn book about the size of a standard A6 journal with beat up cloth covers. The book has writing starting from both the front and back like the author was organizing two different thoughts. The front (designated by a faded silver stamp in the shape of a stylized R) is a collection of spells. The back half is written in a different, unlettered hand. The author appears to be developing a ritual to infuse a trapped spirit into a specially prepared corpse. A DC 15 Arcana check will reveal the ritual as written is flawed and would never succeed. The elements of the ritual however would grant a +3 bonus to another attempt to create the ritual.

Spells:

Cantrip

Chill Touch

Mage hand - Hand is skeletal

1st Level

Detect Magic (Ritual)

Shield - A misty zombie appears and interposes itself between the caster an any attack. Otherwise identical to the original.

2nd Level

Diablerie Dart - Magic Missile but does Necrotic Damage

Foul Familiar -like Find Familiar but summons a low level devil or demon

Lesser Animate Dead - Only works on Tiny or smaller creatures.

3rd Level

Glyph of Warding (Lightning) - There are notes in an older, mature hand, trying to convert this to Necrotic damage.

Vampiric Touch

4th Level

Greater Invisibility