# Research Complications
*Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything p. 132*
**Research Complications**
`dice: [](research-complications-xge.md#^research-complications)`
| dice: d6 | Complication |
|----------|--------------|
| 1 | You accidentally damage a rare book. |
| 2 | You offend a sage, who demands an extravagant gift.* |
| 3 | If you had known that book was cursed, you never would have opened it. |
| 4 | A sage becomes obsessed with convincing you of a number of strange theories about reality.* |
| 5 | Your actions cause you to be banned from a library until you make reparations.* |
| 6 | You uncovered useful lore, but only by promising to complete a dangerous task in return. |
^research-complications
*Might involve a rival