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[Crinkles]

The various groups of religions and such could finance books on their deities to spread the faith. Likewise there would be books on governments, on laws, and when members of other civs read these, they might bring these new ideas to their home.

I could also fancy a taming library saving the different animals you've acquired over the years. In game terms it could be something like a library liasion showing up at your fortress. He is willing to share copies of his books with you (bringing you new skills on animals) while you have to hand him books on domesticating for instance Giant Keas.

So why would you not trade with this guy? Perhaps other FUN civs could seize the library and learn the secrets stored within the halls of leather and paper. Also if you would add a university of smithing, you could learn to produce exotic goods, but possibly spreading knowledge to other non-dwarven civs as well.

Dwarven bookmobile? I approve!

[ZodGilla]

Am I the only one who wants a sort of Dwarf Library for Fortress Mode? Like, a writing skill and all that.
The thought of a Dwarf Author is hilarious to me.

[Tharwen]

+1 for this. Probably planned already.

Quite so.

Bloat185, LIBRARIES, (Future): Books and libraries utilizing histories. Once these are in, people that you chat with don't need to know as much. You can find legends here that reveal locations of ruins made by world gen, or your dwarf games. Various other books are possible.

It's a bloat goal though... I wouldn't be too hopeful.

[Veylon]

Am I the only one who wants a sort of Dwarf Library for Fortress Mode? Like, a writing skill and all that.
The thought of a Dwarf Author is hilarious to me.

It's not terribly undoable, it's just taking some of the history that's already floating around in memory and translating it into book form. Authors could write biographies or autobiographies by going through a figure's history. They could write the history of a site, region, or group. They might feel spurred by the abduction of Foolfoot Walksabove to write a history of all the attempted abductions the fort has had with a brief overview of each of the victims. Or a list of ghost stories if you haven't been in the habit of honoring the dead in a timely manner. Or all the cool fight sequences such-and-such a squad has been in. Or an amazing masterwork steel throne might inspire them to catalog and describe all the chairs of the fort.

Most of this stuff would be pretty dry "so-and-so lived in X city and in the year 189 he moved to Y town", but artistic license - based on the author's preferences and soul attributes - could add some detail. The author could wax eloquent when one of his friends or fellow-worshippers did something awesome and clam up when it's an enemy. They could get things wrong if their Memory is low or even outright fabricate if they are a skilled Liar. The possibilities are endless!

[Detoxicated]

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[Azerty]

Am I the only one who wants a sort of Dwarf Library for Fortress Mode? Like, a writing skill and all that.
The thought of a Dwarf Author is hilarious to me.

It's not terribly undoable, it's just taking some of the history that's already floating around in memory and translating it into book form. Authors could write biographies or autobiographies by going through a figure's history. They could write the history of a site, region, or group. They might feel spurred by the abduction of Foolfoot Walksabove to write a history of all the attempted abductions the fort has had with a brief overview of each of the victims. Or a list of ghost stories if you haven't been in the habit of honoring the dead in a timely manner. Or all the cool fight sequences such-and-such a squad has been in. Or an amazing masterwork steel throne might inspire them to catalog and describe all the chairs of the fort.

Yeah, it could be interesting to read Chronicles of our fights against the Goblins , Fortress's inventory, List of criminals punished or Contact with the Circus or, on a greater scale (in Legends mode),
Chronicles of the Northern Empire, History of the War of the Norths or Deeds of Cacame.

Most of this stuff would be pretty dry "so-and-so lived in X city and in the year 189 he moved to Y town", but artistic license - based on the author's preferences and soul attributes - could add some detail. The author could wax eloquent when one of his friends or fellow-worshippers did something awesome and clam up when it's an enemy. They could get things wrong if their Memory is low or even outright fabricate if they are a skilled Liar. The possibilities are endless!

We could even have situations where both sides claim to have won the fight.