Spectacles of Arcane Recall

The Spectacles of Arcane Recall were a magic item first possessed by Arch-Mage Odore, and then by Casimir Dunbarton.

Properties
Spectacles of Arcane Recall

Very Rare, requires attunement by a wizard

These spectacles have silver frames and lenses that shimmer in blue and green. When you read written language while wearing them, the characters shimmer and animate. The spectacles can be used as an Arcane Focus.

Arcane Recall: While wearing these spectacles, you can use an action to read your spellbook and attempt to cast a spell you do not have prepared. The chosen spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots and must be in your spellbook. Roll an Intelligence check. The DC is equal to 11 plus the spell’s level. On a success, you cast the spell as part of the same action, expending components and a spell slot as normal. On a failure, you do not cast the spell and the action is wasted. Once you have successfully cast a spell this way, you cannot use this feature again until you have finished a long rest, or after you use your Arcane Recovery feature.

History
The Spectacles of Arcane Recall were first owned by Arch-Mage Odore, the former Arch-Mage of the College of Willowroot. After his death at the hands of Githyanki corsairs in the Astral Plane, the Spectacles were left in his desk in his hidden laboratory. When Casimir Dunbarton took over as Arch-Mage, he helped himself to the Spectacles, and carried them on his subsequent adventures.