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Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 6:38 pm
by Dragonlady
Evnissyen wrote:Rider: How does setting a 'code' operation around the text keep the forum software from randomly and unpredictably condensing the spacing?
Dragonlady: Seems to me you might actually do something with that rather impressive collection.
Maybe this should be an option in Book III. Collect books and start up a shop in an empty space in your home town.
Of course, the shop space should
actuallybe found free and unused... no funny business, eh?
And by the way, just so everything's clear: that includes dragons which just 'happen', all too inconveniently, to have a mild cold at just the time they're scouting for real-estate... .
Avid book collecting won't excuse anyone... .
Okay, you owe me a box of screen cleaner. took me forever to clean my screen after reading your post and laughing so hard I sneezed all over it. It's got melted edges but still works...
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 6:41 pm
by Dragonlady
Gorgon Rider wrote:One of these:
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BOOKS IN ESCALON: COST TYPE
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"A Soldier's Guide to Heavy Armour" 75gp skill: heavy armour
"Encyclopedia of Health & Practices" 50gp skill: medicine
"In Plain Sight" 50gp skill: hide in shadow
"An Axe to Grind" 75gp skill: cleaving weapon
"Scouts Guide to Defensive Attire" 50gp skill: Lt. armour
"Alchemy on the Go: a Field Guide" 75gp skill: alchemy
"The War of Merchantilism" 50gp skill: merchant
"A Master's Guide to the Bow" 100gp skill: archery
"The Fly's Defense" 50gp skill: dodge
"Ocular Codex" 50gp skill: Spot Hidden
"Elementary" 50gp skill: Lore
"Tales of Extreme Survival" 45gp skill: Foraging
"Shields Up!" 75gp skill: shields
"Complete Book of Metallurgy" 15gp list of metals weak to rare
"Keyholes & Tumblers" 75gp skill: pick lock
"Crush! Smash! Destroy!" 50gp skill: bludging
"A Bar Brawler's Guide" 80gp skill: unarmed combat
"The Adventures of Brambit the Thief" 75gp skill: move silent
"Antitoxin Craft & Creation" 50gp reciepe: Detox potions
"Through the Lost Realms" 50gp skill: Cartography
"Magicka Divine" 75gp skill: Arcane, Divine
"Wraith in the Night" 50gp skill: piercing weapon
"Stumpy's Guide to Combustables" 35gp recipe: Demon Oil
"The Oradur Are Watching!" 2gp scary tales 4 kids
"Zulben's Guide to Light Armour
Materials" 15gp list of types
"Elements of Magick" 75gp skill: Arcane, Elemental
"Traps and Tribulations" 50gp skill: skullduggery
"The Legendary Swordsman" 125gp skill: weapon-swords
"Poems for Children" 2gp cute poem on Rats
'Holy Book of Rai' 5gp Story of creation of Eschalon
Oh! Thanks. I will try it in the next few days.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 7:14 pm
by Evnissyen
Dragonlady wrote:Okay, you owe me a box of screen cleaner. took me forever to clean my screen after reading your post and laughing so hard I sneezed all over it. It's got melted edges but still works...
Hmm... seems to me it might take a little more than window cleaner to fix this one.
...Then again, of course, if it's only the edges, and they're only melted a little, and nothing's wrong with the screen... I imagine the screen looks much cooler than it did before, and therefore you have me to thank? Eh?
(Always happy to help a dragon create
actual screen burn-in.)
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 9:00 pm
by Gorgon Rider
Evnissyen wrote:Rider: How does setting a 'code' operation around the text keep the forum software from randomly and unpredictably condensing the spacing?
No idea. I'm no code monkey, but I know forums rarely (if ever) mess with the spacing if you use a code box.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 3rd, 2010, 9:20 pm
by IJBall
Gorgon Rider wrote:Evnissyen wrote:Rider: How does setting a 'code' operation around the text keep the forum software from randomly and unpredictably condensing the spacing?
No idea. I'm no code monkey, but I know forums rarely (if ever) mess with the spacing if you use a code box.
I'm pretty sure the 'code box' uses "PREformated" text - i.e. a 'monospaced' font.
The PRE tag in HTML, with its use of a monospace font (e.g. Monaco or Courier, etc.), maintains things like formatting via the 'space' bar.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 8:44 pm
by IJBall
OK, here's my contribution to this thread. I'm pretty sure I'm missing some "other" books (I'll update this if I find other stuff).
Anyway, here goes:
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BOOK TITLE COST TYPE
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Skill (trainer) Books:
"Alchemy on the Go: a Field Guide" 75gp skill: Alchemy
"Magicka Divine" 75gp skill: Arcane, Divination
"Elements of Magick" 75gp skill: Arcane, Elemental
"Scouts Guide to Defensive Attire" 50gp skill: Armor, Light
"A Soldier's Guide to Heavy Armour" 75gp skill: Armor, Heavy
"Shields Up" 75gp skill: Armor, Shields
"Through the Lost Realms" 50gp skill: Cartography
"The Fly's Defense" 50gp skill: Dodge
"Tales of Extreme Survival" 45gp skill: Foraging
"In Plain Sight" 50gp skill: Hide in Shadow
"Elementary" 50gp skill: Lore
"Encyclopedia of Health & Practices" 50gp skill: Medicine
***No Trainer Book for Meditation!!***
"The War of Merchantilism" 50gp skill: Mercantile
"The Adventures of Brambit the Thief" 75gp skill: Move Silently
"Keyholes & Tumblers" 75gp skill: Pick Locks
***No Trainer Book for Repair!!***
"Traps and Tribulations" 50gp skill: Skullduggery
"Ocular Codex" 50gp skill: Spot Hidden
"A Bar Brawler's Guide" 80gp skill: Unarmed Combat
"Crush - Smash - Destroy" 50gp skill: Weapons, Bludgeoning
"A Master's Guide to the Bow" 100gp skill: Weapons, Bows
"An Axe to Grind" 75gp skill: Weapons, Cleaving
"Wraith in the Night" 50gp skill: Weapons, Piercing
"The Legendary Swordsman" 125gp skill: Weapons, Swords
***No Trainer Book for Thrown Weapons!!***
Story Books:
"Holy Book of Rai" 5gp Story of creation of Eschalon
"The Orakur Are Watching!" 2gp Scary tales for kids
"Poems for Children" 2gp Cute poem on Rats
Other Books:
"Complete Book of Metallurgy" 15gp list of metals: weak to rare
"Zulben's Guide to Light Armour
Materials" 15gp list of lt. armor: weak to rare
Recipes:
"Healer Johan's Guide for Healing" 15gp recipe: Healing Potion
"Helpful Potions for Mages" 20gp recipes: Mana Potion
& Fortified Mana
"Antitoxin Craft & Creation" 50gp recipe: Detox Serum
"Curing Greater Ailments" 20gp recipe: Cure Ailments
"Stumpy's Guide to Combustables" 30gp recipe: Demon Oil
"Secrets of the Sharpshooter" 20gp recipe: Keensight
"Eyes of the Direlynx" 20gp recipes: Cat's Eyes
& Predator Sight
"Hasty Victories" 20gp recipe: Haste
"Breakfast of Champions" 20gp recipes: Ogre Strength
& Nimbleness
"Protection From Elements" 20gp recipe: Greater Protection
"Toughen Thy Skin" 20gp recipes: Leatherskin
& Stoneskin
"Magickal Clouds" 20gp recipes: Charm Cloud
& Toxic Aura
***Recipes for Magickal Armor/Weapon Imbuing obtained via quests***
***Recipes for Cold/Fire/Poison Imbuing found in gameworld***
***Recipe for Invisibility Potion found in gameworld***
***Recipe for Potion of Restoration only by purchase of all recipes***
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 1:16 am
by Farwalker
In case anyone is wondering, it is possible to find all the skill books just by shopping stores, but not all books show up in all stores. Last I did this it was the cartography book that took the longest to find, it eventually showed up at the inn on the first map.
If you keep checking both the inn at the beginning of the game, and also the inn and general store in Port K you should be able to find them all.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:25 pm
by Dragonlady
Thank you for adding the recipes to the book list. I'd been thinking of making a list the last couple of days but kept putting it off.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 4:24 am
by Cantello
Any ideas on where to find which books with the highest probability?
I am still searching for the light armour book and have already finished the Hammerlorne Mines. Finally the "penalty" icon bothered me enough to go hunting for the book.
I've been trying countless times at the general stores in Port K, Eastwillow, Everdale and Edon. Could have bought approximately 15.000 books on swordmanship, mercantilism, bar brawling or divine magick, but no armour at all.
Where should I try my luck?
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 4:39 am
by dot_sent
Cantello I have found it at Eastwillow inn keeper
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 4:49 am
by Cantello
dot_sent wrote:Cantello I have found it at Eastwillow inn keeper
You were totally right. Even though the innkeeper only stocks one or two books, he had both the armour one and one about piercing weapons, which I've not yet seen before.
Thanks
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 12:46 pm
by Painted Lady
It seems to me there is a certain amount of luck involved in finding all of the training books. Sometimes I wait and wait for a certain book to show up, and the next play-through the little devil appears multiple times (and fairly early on). There are no guarantees that every book will show up in every game as far as I can tell.
Re: Skill books ?
Posted: October 17th, 2010, 5:47 pm
by Farwalker
Painted Lady wrote:It seems to me there is a certain amount of luck involved in finding all of the training books. Sometimes I wait and wait for a certain book to show up, and the next play-through the little devil appears multiple times (and fairly early on). There are no guarantees that every book will show up in every game as far as I can tell.
With persistence I think you could get them all in every game, but sometimes that last book takes a very long time to show up! My last book in my recent play through was one that only shows up at the Eastwillow Inn as well (to my knowledge), can't recall for sure which it was though - maybe "Through the Lost Realms".