# Manual of Gainful Exercise > [!info] Item Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Category** | Wondrous Items | > | **Rarity** | Very Rare | > | **Attunement** | No | > | **Source** | DMG p.181 | --- ## Description This book contains fitness exercises and weightlifting regimens, and its words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its guidelines, your Strength score increases by 2, as does your Strength maximum. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. --- ## Properties - Study for **48 hours over 6 days**: **+2 Strength** and **+2 Strength maximum** (permanent). - After use: loses its magic and **regains it in 100 years**. - Consumable (single use); no attunement required.