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# | Books are both randomly generated and prewritten bits of texts scattered throughout the world of Qud. | ||
Aside from reading them for their contents, their secondary function is to donate these books to [[Sheba Hagadias, Librarian of the Stilt]] for experience. | |||
== Book Experience== | |||
How much each book is worth in experience is based on the [[commerce]] value of the item. The formula is as follows: | |||
<math>\text{Exp} = \text{Floor}(\frac{Commerce^2}{25})</math> | |||
A book with the "illuminated" modifier has a commerce value that is 30% higher, which amounts to a 69% higher experience gain when given to [[Sheba Hagadias, Librarian of the Stilt|Sheba Hagadias]]. | |||
==Title Colors== | |||
'''{{color | W | Yellow }}''' books are not markov chain generated and have their contents in Books.xml. This does not mean they do not have some form of randomness to them, however. [[Corpus Choliys]] will always have randomized cures. The two books that do not have a Books.xml entry are [[A crumpled sheet of paper]] and [[Heirlooms of Qud]], which have their own cs file for generation. | |||
'''{{color | g | Green }}''' books are [[recipe]] books which teach the player the recipes within once read. | |||
'''{{color | Y | White }}''' books are markov generated. Each one has a chance of containing one clue of the location of the [[Ruin of House Isner]]. | |||
==List of Books== | |||
White books, also referred to as markov books due to their content generation method, have a randomly assigned commerce value from 50-150. This means that they will grant 100 to 900 experience, and 169 to 1,521 experience when illuminated. | |||
{{#cargo_query:tables=GeneralData|fields=_pageName=Book,FLOOR(POWER(Commerce, 2)/25)=Exp,FLOOR(POWER(Commerce*1.3, 2)/25)=Exp (Illuminated)|where=_pageNamespace ="0" AND ParentObject WITHIN "Book"|order by=Book}} | |||
Note that merchant advertisements cannot be donated. | |||
== Relic Books == | |||
{{main|Relic#Relic_Books}} | |||
Sultan relics can sometimes appear as books with random markov-chain text, and a special relic effect. | |||
{{#cargo_store:_table=GeneralData|DisplayName={{qud text|&yrandom book}}|PlainName=random book|Image=book.png|DisplayChar={{qud char|&y|=}}|ObjectID=StandaloneMarkovBook|Weight=1|JoinKey={{FULLPAGENAME}}}}{{Mechanics Navbox}} | |||
[[Category:Mechanics]][[Category:Lore]] | |||