Change magical books/grimoires to magical orbs

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Amateur Hour
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Change magical books/grimoires to magical orbs

Post by Amateur Hour » Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:34 pm

...or some other kind of magical object.

What I envision is primarily cosmetic. I understand why there are items that are locked behind UMD to use, but it doesn't make sense that a book would require UMD and not Lore. Some kind of mysterious orb or weird gadget would make more sense considering the UMD requirement. They could even still be found on dungeon bookshelves like scrolls are; who doesn't shove random knicknacks on their bookshelves?

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Re: Change magical books/grimoires to magical orbs

Post by The GrumpyCat » Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:43 pm

Whilst I can see is adding more none-book items similar to current spellbooks, but not changing the current items. it's cool to find books in shelves. Rejected.

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