I don't think anyone's gonna argue that the book and the pages and their related strats should not be discussed, so I'll discuss now.
The book is potentially horrible.
I have a lot of abilities that help me use it more safely. But it's designed inherently to require a lot of teamwork and cooperation to be used safely, or else to be pretty weak, or for me to be changed by someone so I could potentially use it more effectively.
Alternatively, anyone alive can use it. Possibly without my safeguards (Maybe I could pass them on so with them!) but how to confirm the alignment of the user.
If you're scared about someone specific maybe having and using the book, please kill that person. It can only be used by the living, and only once that living person has 3+ pages.
Since I started with it, if I held it, I don't have to worry about that. But it does require trust, cooperation, teamwork to really use 'much' or you need just the right role, abilities, and probably luck to use it usefully for your wincon.
I also can destroy any item I hold, but only at night, and if I had held the book N1 I would have destroyed it then, especially after Fal's helpful demo of "I and maybe others can take this from you sooner or later".
I strongly support the book and any copies that may exist being destroyed, I think that's the safer way to handle it. I can confirm if any copies exist in play, but I would prefer not to as there's a cost that isn't really pro-town under most circumstances.
The pages make copies of certain abilities of anyone who has the page at the end of the day. Never a mafiakill, never an auto, never an item. So, the one traded by Jack has a copy of one of Jack's abilities on it, and I picked that one to check on, which is why I targeted Tricmagic, expecting to see the name of Jack's copied ability.
Downside is, while the ability works if it can be used... if the page can be used. The user only knows the name of the ability, not the text of what it does.
Maybe once someone had the book and 3 pages at once, since that can be used and you can ask about what you can do, maybe then you can get details if you ask. Otherwise you're stuck with what you trust of what people tell you, whatever you get from flips (yeah, what flips) and whatever else can get info. Your own abilities that qualify get copied; you know what they are so you can decide if you wanna use them or not if you were ever in that position.
I hoped we could use the pages investigatively. They will take a qualifying ability name from the holder at the end of day. I have a neat range of abilities that interface with pages in various ways, even without the book. So, I did hope I or others could use the pages in a pro-town way.
Currently, I'm scared that it may be possible for people not-me to copy the book and copy the pages and get 1+ books with 3+ pages. This is only bad in anti-town or careless hands, but the way items are shifting around is scary, the struggle to figure out alignments is scary, and player error risks are also scary.
Any questions about book(s) or pages?