Tome of Power

The Tome of Power is an artifact that appears in Heretic. It looks like a black book with a skull on the cover. Activating the Tome of Power temporarily gives all of the weapons their power mode. The Tome of Power can also restore players to their normal state if they have been transformed into a chicken by the Morph Ovum.

Power Modes of Heretic Weapons

 * Staff - Becomes surrounded by blue energy that gives it increased power.
 * Gauntlets Of The Necromancer - Their aura becomes red, and they drain health from the enemies that they damage, healing the player.
 * Elven Wand - Fires in a spread pattern, similar to Doom's shotgun, but with the addition of a pair of slower fireballs with each shot.
 * Etherial Crossbow - The number of bolts fired with each shot increases to five, and the bolts are more powerful.
 * Dragon Claw - Slows down in firing rate, but each shot splits into a ring of spiked balls that tear through enemies.
 * Hellstaff - Slows down in firing rate, but causes a fiery substance to rain down over the area each bolt hits.
 * Phoenix Rod - Acts like a flamethrower, unleashing a torrent of fireballs that deal heavy damage, but have limited range.
 * Firemace - Fires huge steel balls that bounce around and deal severe damage.