Bandos's Book of War

A Book of war is a book held in place of a shield, and is the God book aligned with Bandos. It can be purchased from Jossik for 5,000 coins. Books of war must be made using all four torn Bandos pages which can be purchased from other players, obtained from treasure trails or by cremating a Vyrewatch. Equipping a book of war allows the player to preach and perform ceremonies, such as blessing, last rites, and wedding rites, by operating it (none of which have any effect on the game itself, and are simply recited lines of text). Lost books of war can be reclaimed at the Lighthouse by speaking to Jossik, complete with all pages that have been added, for no cost.

To be able to have access to the lighthouse players MUST have been done the Horror from the deep quest. ''' The book of war is not suggested to be used as a training weapon for high level players, as its stats are almost identical to the steel defender's. However, the steel defender gives a +1 strength bonus that the book of war does not, and the book of war offers a +5 prayer bonus that the defender lacks. The overall stats of this book are 2 fewer than the Unholy book, Book of balance, and the Holy book.

Performing blessings, wedding ceremonies, last rites, or preachings uses up 25% of the special attack bar.

Filling the Book of War with all pages currently costs 0 coins.

Preaching
The player may perform certain ceremonies by right-clicking the book and selecting "Preach." Preaching expends 25% of the special attack bar. The following are the options that appear when preaching and what the player says upon selecting them.

Partnerships

 * Big High War God want Great Warriors. Because you can make more, I bind you in Big High War God name.

Last Rites

 * You not worthy of Big High War God, you die too easy.

Blessings

 * Big High War God make you strong, so you smash enemies.

Preach

 * Big High War God say: You not run away from battle, or Big High War God strike you.
 * Big High War God say: Good warrior kill enemies, before he get squished.
 * Big High War God say: Follow and obey your commander, unless they run away.
 * Big High War God say: If you not worthy of Big High War God, you get made dead soon.
 * Big High War God say: If your friend get killed, be happy; they were too weak for Big High War God.
 * Big High War God say: War is best, Peace is for weak.

Trivia

 * Oddly, the Book Of Balance, the Book of War, and the Ancient Book are the only God Books that say "Partnerships" instead of "Wedding Ceremony", it is unknown if this is intentional or not.

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