[Does this thread mean the knowledge seekers are an "official" guild now?]

Kinda depends on what you call an "official" guild. The Knowledge Seekers have been an official planeshift guild for many years in any case. The fact that we are now "employed" by Jayose to review all of the books you find worthy to submit for inclusion, doesn't make the guild any more or less than any other guild in any case. We've only been chosen to make a first assessment on fitness for the books you'd like to have included in the library.

I started with 0.3.016 or maybe it was 017 already... Bronze doors were kinda new back then but already open. Since then, a lot has changed... Quests and skills were constantly added. New glyphs and spells too. New crafts... Too much to keep up with... And I might get the order wrong, but this is what I remember:

First really new expansion I witnessed was the opening of the Winch section. Lots of quests were added to help that. And chainmail armor became the next new thing.

New skins were added for Thunderclacker, Maulbernaut, Marfusang, Poison or Fire Carkarass, Wrathrats, Amigo consumers too I think... Guildhouses became a reality, with the massive scales in there. And Platemail armor was added. Some didn't show yet though. Crafting started to work around here, I think.

Then the Derghir village came into being, and ofcourse the Derghir themselves... And Dermorian females were added. Tlokes were seen for the first time.

Next, I guess, were new gobble types, then Gugrontid came and the caverns in Ojaroad and BDroad.  Xiosia destroyed a guardtower and her tree grew in it's place. The Velnishi came to Yliakum, then the Riverling. Platinum became the new coveted commodity.

A second guildhouse type was then added. And the Gobble huts. And the Black Flame area... Also the Deathrealm changed a bit. Not really in layout, but mostly in art. Staircases started working so people could get on bridges and on guard towers. Cooking and Baking was introduced.

Soon after the rogue camp was added, which also helped with equipping some merchants with tents etc. And the Winch area was expanded with the new suspended platform and the buildings on either side.

Well, that's it "in a nutshell"... All along the way, quests, skills and trainers were constantly expanded upon. Something that added a lot to the gameplay, but doesn't have a visual impact.

Gosh, I'm so hooked. 

I'd like to know more about the buildings. All buildings.

Who built them? Are there still builders around?
Where did the materials come from? Is there still evidence of this gathering of materials, and if so, where?
When were the cities/houses built anyway?
Buildings mostly look similar according to region, so is this just a sense of tradition or were they all built at the same time by the same people?
How did the big stone face get to be on the BDroad?
What happened to the Emerald city, so it's now in ruins? And what is Canyt investigating at the Fortress?

Now that should give some interesting stories... I hope...

How long will it take you to copy a 1000 word book 100 times, compare that to how long it would take to cast a "Duplicate" spell 100 times and tell me which you would prefer to do. ...

If the 1000 word book is worth reading and thus copying, it's not that bad to pay, say, 5000 trias for a copy, now is it? That's the price you pay for having Jayose do the hard work. On the other hand, if the author is willing to part with the book for a while, you can always buy an empty book and do the work yourself or just copy the parts you like best.

Anyway, keep in mind the time and don't just make a ton of copies of a book. Before you know it, everyone has a copy and they get thrown away as if they were yesterday's newspaper. There are no cheap paperbacks in Yliakum.

If it's possible, I wish for books, the ones you can buy at Jayoses and write in, to have a function to give them a decent title.

Right now, once a book is bought, it's "title" is compiled from the buyer's nickname and the statement that it's a blank book, with a number added if it wasn't the first one.

Once a book get's filled by it's owner, that title just won't do anymore. Specially if someone is particularly narrative or longwinded, he or she will end up with a lot of "blank books" with numbers and a tough time remembering which number is what.

Furthermore, it would be nice if there was a way to copy books. Maybe Jayose can fill that void, for a fee ofcourse, which could consist of the price of a blank book and a price per character/word/sentence. 1 tria per (non whitespace) character wouldn't even be excessive imho. It's tough copying calligraphy.

Lending books to others will get rather awkward if the author sees the person disappear for whatever reason. The only current alternative is having the book in an open trading screen while the other reads it.

Great enties so far! How about these?


"Get him before he flies away!"


"Can someone please hold this for a second? I dropped my triasack."

"Tria don't make you happy, be happy they make tria!"

Mage's proverb: "Never enchant a weapon to make it invincible. They might hold it against you."