Tome of Gatekeeper

the Gatekeeper spell book

An Advance Reader Copy spell book — Donut's reclaimed floor prize — teaching a class-nullifying spell that won't activate until the twelfth floor.

Story so far

The Tome of Gatekeeper is the spell book Princess Donut finally reclaims on the eleventh floor as the prize she was cheated of when the party skipped the seventh. Uniquely a paperback rather than a proper tome, its cover shows an angry human woman before a gate; the AI marks it 'an Advance Reader Copy. Street date: 12th floor,' meaning Donut can install the Gatekeeper spell now but cannot cast it until the twelfth floor.

The AI's rambling entry riffs at length on real-world fandom 'gatekeeping' before explaining the effect: for 75 mana it strips a target — opponent, NPC, deity, or mysterious 'OI entity' — of all class-associated skills and abilities for a short, intelligence-scaled duration, though a god will keep raw elemental powers (a lava god can still burn you). Neither Carl nor Mordecai can decode what an 'OI unit' is.

Appearance

A slim paperback book — not a traditional spell tome — its cover a drawing of an angry human woman standing before a gate.

Role

Donut's reclaimed floor prize, teaching the class-nullifying Gatekeeper spell for use on the twelfth floor.

Relationships

Princess Donut — Who reclaims it as her long-owed floor prize and installs its spell.

Gatekeeper — The class-nullifying spell the tome teaches.

Carl — Who reads and examines the book, puzzled by its 'OI entity' targeting.

Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 93

An Advance Reader Copy spell book — Donut's reclaimed floor prize — teaching a class-nullifying spell that won't activate until the twelfth floor.