Changes: Book (equipment type)

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In the context of equipment, a book is an item wielded in the off-hand slot that enhances a mage's spellcasting. When wielded alongside a wand, a book will increase the user's spellcasting rate from 1 cast per 4 game ticks (2.4 seconds) to 1 cast per 2 game ticks (1.2 seconds). However, spells cast will only deal 75% of their normal maximum damage to compensate for the increased speed. As there are no off-hand wands, books allow players to effectively, if not technically, dual-wield Magic spells, as the attack rate with a wand and a book is the same as with two dual-wielded melee or Ranged weapons of the same speed as a wand (Fastest).

In addition to increasing spellcasting speed, many books provide a bonus to Magic accuracy equal to the Magic level required to wield them. The exceptions are god books and illuminated god books.

Books are functionally equivalent to orbs.

List of books

Standard books

Standard books increase the speed and accuracy of magic spells. They are often used with wands. For equipment levels that don't have books, there is often a corresponding orb instead

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Wizard's book.png	Wizard's book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Imphide book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	20	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Tome of frost^[1]	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	128	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
File:Bat book.png	Bat book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	141	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Mages' book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	230	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Ahrim's book of magic	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	374	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Virtus book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	609	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

^ This item will also provide unlimited water runes when equipped.

God books

Book of balance equipped — A player wielding Guthix's book of balance.

God books, obtained as rewards from the Horror from the Deep quest, are more powerful books. While god books do not grant bonuses to Magic accuracy, each offers a +5 prayer bonus as well as various armour, lifepoints, and critical bonuses according to the characteristics of the god associated with the book. For example, Saradomin's book offers the largest defensive bonuses and Zamorak's book offers the greatest offensive bonuses, as these gods are respectively associated with good and evil. Guthix's book provides a balance between offensive and defensive bonuses, and Armadyl's, Bandos', and Zaros' books provide bonuses specifically to their favoured combat styles -- Ranged, melee, and Magic, respectively.

Unlike standard books, god books (whether illuminated or not) do not affect the casting speed.

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Holy book.png	Saradomin's holy book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	300	225	2	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
File:Book of balance.png	Guthix's book of balance	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	200	145	2	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
File:Unholy book.png	Zamorak's unholy book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	0	0	2	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
File:Book of law.png	Armadyl's book of law	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	100	75	2	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
File:Book of war.png	Bandos' book of war	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	100	75	2	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
File:Incomplete ancient book.png	Ancient book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	100	75	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%

Illuminated god books

After completion of One Piercing Note and with 60 Prayer and 60 Crafting, players may create illuminated copies of their completed god books in the Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede. This creates additional copies, rather than replacing existing books, and grants 10,000 Prayer and Crafting experience the first time a book is successfully copied. The experience is earned for each type of book, allowing for up to 60,000 Prayer and Crafting experience if all six books are copied.

In addition to carrying a +3 higher Prayer bonus, illuminated god books have higher bonuses in their respective stats than the non-illuminated books. Armour and lifepoints bonuses are boosted by approximataly 33%, and critical bonuses all increase by 0.1%.

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Illuminated holy book.png	Illuminated Holy Book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	400	300	4	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
File:Illuminated book of balance.png	Illuminated Book of Balance	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	266	200	4	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
File:Illuminated unholy book.png	Illuminated Unholy Book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	0	0	4	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
File:Illuminated book of law.png	Illuminated Book of Law	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	133	100	4	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
File:Illuminated book of war.png	Illuminated Book of War	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	133	100	4	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
File:Illuminated ancient book.png	Illuminated Ancient Book	N/A	0	0	Magic	0	0	133	100	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%

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[1] This item will also provide unlimited water runes when equipped.

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