# Manual of Quickness of Action > [!info] Item Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Category** | Wondrous Items | > | **Rarity** | Very Rare | > | **Attunement** | No | > | **Source** | DMG p.181 | --- ## Description This book contains coordination and balance exercises, 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 Dexterity score increases by 2, as does your Dexterity maximum. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it in a century. --- ## Properties - Study for **48 hours over 6 days**: **+2 Dexterity** and **+2 Dexterity maximum** (permanent). - After use: loses its magic and **regains it in 100 years**. - Consumable (single use); no attunement required.