Re: Regarding these tomes...

by Nightshade Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:02 pm

Probably because your thoughts aren't worth knowing.

Anyhow. Good luck with that, Calith. These books can defend themselves, but maybe it won't kill you.

by Kennek-Getha of Iblan Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:23 pm

ok well i'm underground and i've discovered that the books can provide illumination if there's no other lightsource around. light doesn't go far though, just enough for you to see so that you could write, can't use it as a torch or anything.

books are also waterproof, but that's unrelated.

by Alicia Jornali Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:34 pm

I guess that's useful if you don't want to waste a candle or a light spell writing at night. And I would have been a bit disappointed if the books were not waterproof, considering their likely origin.

by Ineri Mencele Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:35 pm

Hey, someone try to cross out what I wrote here. Can you modify other people's writting?

by Kennek-Getha of Iblan Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:38 pm

Ineri Mencele wrote:I am a woman I guess?

only if you put what they said in quotes i guess

by Ineri Mencele Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:40 pm

Weird. And what makes you say that?

by Kennek-Getha of Iblan Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:45 pm

i'unno. kinda ambiguous as to what you are.

by Ineri Mencele Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:46 pm

And your first assumption is female? Weird.

by Kennek-Getha of Iblan Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:54 pm

you keepin' it ambiguous ain't helpin'

i just learned that staring at the light too long makes things look purple and distorted. gonna put the journal down for a bit

by Alicia Jornali Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:03 pm

Kennek-Getha of Iblan wrote:i just learned that staring at the light too long makes things look purple and distorted. gonna put the journal down for a bit

... uh, that happens if you look at any dim light in the darkness last I checked.

by Nightshade Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:04 pm

Which is why you keep a candle just in case. Besides, reading in the dark hurts your eyes.

The books replenish themselves no matter how many pages you tear out. I've just finished ripping out enough to make another book. I wonder if you can duplicate the books in such a way.

If not, well then I get a free blank book.

by Azim Dekshari Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:05 pm

Nightshade wrote:Which is why you keep a candle just in case. Besides, reading in the dark hurts your eyes.

The books replenish themselves no matter how many pages you tear out. I've just finished ripping out enough to make another book. I wonder if you can duplicate the books in such a way.

If not, well then I get a free blank book.

Hah! No need for ink, candles, and paper? This book is saving all of us a potential fortune!

by Nightshade Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:10 pm

Tried writing something on the bound ripped out pages. They didn't appear or anything, so even if you have a bunch of them stuck together, the enchantment on those torn out pages remain gone. No duplicating them that way.

Obviously, you'd still need ink for those torn pages.

by Kennek-Getha of Iblan Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:13 pm

yeah no shit your eyes hurt when you do that, but this sort of purple is off.

and for some reason it makes my scales itch.

by Amator Bellum Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:25 pm

ALLOW ME TO TRY WRITING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE?

Regarding these tomes... - Page 2 Words

((sorry for that being absolute shite; done in about 15 seconds in paint, what more do you want from me?))

by Nightshade Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:46 pm

Your handwriting is horrible. Is that first letter supposed to be Lyr or Hekem?

Anyhow, it is obvious that these books would allow other languages. And we know of course that sketches can also show up in them. What I want to know is: if you remove a page which you have previously written on, would your writings disappear in another book?

by Amator Bellum Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:54 pm

THE VERY FIRST LETTER IS DWEMER NOT EVEN DAEDRIC

BY THE NINE I KNOW MY HANDWRITING IS NOT BAD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO MIX UP LANGUAGES

by Nightshade Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:59 pm

Should've been more clear. First letter of your daedric writing. Figured that since I was referring to the daedric script it would be self explanatory. I guess not.

by Amator Bellum Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:10 pm

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS; THAT'S ALL MY WIFE TAUGHT ME TO WRITE

by Calith Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:15 am

Whatever spawned these tomes made them exceptionally durable.

So far as I can tell it cannot extensively read thoughts. It seemed unaware of my intention to destroy it, making no attempts to protect itself until the moment it was directly attacked.

by Nightshade Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:12 pm

How did it respond to being stepped on by a mammoth?

by Calith Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:13 pm

Never found one and after today i'm sure it wouldn't be damaged by being stomped on.
It wasn't so much as scratched after it was buried under a landslide and then set upon by a troll looking for food in my pack.

by Kestrel Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:18 pm

What happened to the troll?

by Calith Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:22 pm

Kestrel wrote:What happened to the troll?

Concussed. The book didn't take kindly to the troll trying to shred it in its efforts to find the meat it smelled.

by Arla Neerus Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:30 pm

So we can cover the books in food and give them to the Falmer and Trolls and Bears? Easy hunting

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