I was just thinking about in-game jobs and I got an idea. What if we added a sort of writing skill to the list of jobs? I know people can write, but what if they could have a skill attached to it? My reasoning is this: many people in medieval times could not write (or read for that matter, which might be implementable in the library). My thought was that one could learn to write through Jayose like how Harnquist teaches metallurgy and basic smithing, and by writing, one trains. What if we added "blank paper" and "blank scroll" items, similar to how we can get blank books? We could then make it so that one can only use paper to start with, and at a certain level, scrolls, then books can be used. Other items could also be added. The skill also allows you to write longer and longer documents, as your character will be able to handle that sort of task.
Here are some reasons why I think this would be a good idea:
1. Few modifications have to be made to implement this feature as parts of it are already implemented.
2. Quests can be done which require writing things such as notes (thanks Azhira).
3. It will improve the richness of the economy by providing incentives for people to write and sell literary pieces.
4. It improves the richness of the game by adding another job.
5. It gives people who need more things to do something else to do.
6. It can go hand-in-hand with other knowledge-based jobs, especially ones like alchemy or herbal. I think this because one can take in-game notes regarding their crafts and use them later, or they can write notes to those they may be working with in an industry-type structure.
7. These literary works can be used to enrich role-play in many different ways.
I do realize that there are a few issues to deal with here, but then again, any addition or modification to a piece of software usually has complications. I think adding "Scribe" to the occupation list would be well worth the effort expended to add it, and could be an appreciable improvement to the gameplay of this game.
