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[Nyxalinth]

I was looking at fortress stocks in 40.10 and saw a listing for ....

Books.

I know Necromancers write books, but can fortresses have books now?

[smjjames]

That's been there since 0.34, maybe 0.31.

[Quietust]

That's been there since 0.34, maybe 0.31.

Books were added in version 0.34.01 along with Interactions, so they wouldn't have been in 0.31.

[Nyxalinth]

I have NEVER, EVER, had books, in my dwarves' good listings.

Necromancers had books, but never, ever, in my forts.

am I more clear now? Look.  A book.  IM MY STOCKS.  My .34 forts NEVER had this.

[Man In Zero G]

Technically speaking - your stocks list is showing a lack of books. So you still haven't had a book in your fortress.

Kidding aside:
Forts can be retired.
Adventurers can obtain books, and leave them in retired forts.
Forts can be reclaimed.
There you go.

[Swonnrr]

I never used them, but Masterwork includes books that can be used to increase skill.
I think it was an interaction that allowed a skilled dwarf to write books and essays, and an other that would allow a dwarf to read said book and learn from it.

[Meph]

I never used them, but Masterwork includes books that can be used to increase skill.
I think it was an interaction that allowed a skilled dwarf to write books and essays, and an other that would allow a dwarf to read said book and learn from it.

Masterwork mod books are tools, not actual books. Quietust is correct, books have been in vanilla DF for a while. You can usually find some in fort mode if you embark on fortresses, tombs or towers.

[Nyxalinth]

I never used them, but Masterwork includes books that can be used to increase skill.
I think it was an interaction that allowed a skilled dwarf to write books and essays, and an other that would allow a dwarf to read said book and learn from it.

Masterwork mod books are tools, not actual books. Quietust is correct, books have been in vanilla DF for a while. You can usually find some in fort mode if you embark on fortresses, tombs or towers.

I Know he's right, I had just never seen one in a fort before, ever.

[Quietust]

It looks like version 0.34 didn't have a "Books" category in the Stocks screen - maybe that's why "Slabs" showed up twice. They were definitely a thing, though - invading Necromancers would bring books with them.