I made a reply on a post earlier by Ximenez and i wanted to expand upon an idea/epiphany I had earlier about a possible Bookmaking skill addition and related item inclusion.The idea came out of the desire for a UI notepad option. Instead of UI based, I came up with a skill/item based idea that offers unlimited community possibilities.
I suggest an inclusion of a high rank of Penpersonship II (P2) for the ability to craft though a recipe of Book items. These would be crafted from several pieces of paper and perhaps a few other items such as as planks or flowers to create these books. I took book-making in college so I could see everything from flowers, leaves, wood, etc being very viable natural materials.
• Recipes could vary in order to give different color 'cover' icons for individual books that are made. These colors would need additional materials to create the book - eg. Purple Flower + base materials to create a Book with a purple cover.
• Perhaps the default name of the item could be a 'Journal' instead of 'Notepad' or 'Book' which would fall into line with cuteness that most Glitcher expect. (I dunno why, i just think 'Journal' sounds cuter and denotes a larger variety of uses. I think of 'journal' and many connotations come to mind.)
• Should be one item per bag slot to emphasize uniqueness of each 'book'.
• Give the crafted 'book' the ability to be 'renamed' via menu option, much like bags can be now. This would allow titles to be given not just for organizational purposes but creative ones as well.
• Should be non-vendorable but auctionable, dropable and giftable.
What could use a book for? Consider these options:
• In-game Notepad (the most basic choice)
• Auction Economic Spreadsheet
• Glitchian Crush Diary (probably don't want to drop this accidentally)
• Haiku Collections
• Future Skill Planner
• Alchemical Experiment Notations
• Recording Paranoid Nonsensical Ramblings from Bubble Trees
• Crafting Supplies Lists (I find myself forgetting things all the time that I need to procure)
• Wiki Writing Journal
• Glitchian Novellas*
* This one in particular sparks my imagination. I can perfectly imagine a secondary market of book-swapping between Glitchers of personally written books of stories, musings, haikus, poetry and riddles either through gift-giving or auctioning. I can imagine Glitcher independent print-makers going into business for themselves selling their writings on the Auction (and dealing with the frustrations of copyright infringement and pirating, no less) or just trading amongst friends. I can imagine the publication of pulp serials by various Glitcher authors. Basically, this one little skill and recipe could unlock an entire other facet of this fascinating world that is available to those desiring to embark upon it.
Thoughts?