I could be wrong, but I've read elsewhere that this skill will now allow you to create notes. With paper from trees and a quill. This could come in super handy!
Looks like i have to drop the note after writing so other passers-by can read it. Overuse could possibly lead to a "notes pollution" scenario? There probably should be a limit on how many notes can be left on a street.
Keep going.
I've got the quill, the paper, and the Penmanship skill which mean I can make and keep notes.. in the game.
I'm working on finding a way to share the notes without leaving them on the street.
The other problem with notes is that you pick them up to read them, then have to remember to drop them if you want to leave them where you found them. It's pretty easy to forget that. (I've left notes for people that have vanished and I bet it's people forgetting to put them back.)
Maybe after you're done reading you should get a choice of DROP/SAVE?
I keep hearing about this default option. I'm still unclear on this. When I clicked a note the options were, in this order, Pick Up, Read. They were both the same font weight.
Playing the game trains people to pick everything up so it isn't surprising that we had a problems with this. If it could be more permanent, like planting a sign, or using a gnome other than in front of a home...
I betcha ways to dispose of un-needed notes are on the way. If pigs eat planks...
Penpersonship is going to be part of Bureaucratic skills, but I would like to suggest an artistic offshoot: origami and paper lanterns. If we ever get fireflies, that would go super nice with the lanterns.
Also, should I assume that part of Bureaucratic skills will include calligraphy for fonts and ink making for text colors? Seems sort of obvious, maybe too obvious...
The note interface was okay although it wasn't obvious that you could name the note. I hate the idea of just dropping them on the ground for others to find and read. Too much like littering.
How about if each street had a noticeboard, located somewhere near the shrine? We've also discussed post-boxes on houses. Those would be cool too.
caley, if you want random passersby to read something, you need to drop the note so they can read it as they walk by. thus the noticeboard suggestion since pieces of paper on the ground look like litter.
if you just want to makes notes for yourself or pass them around person to person, yes, dropping is unnecessary.