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[Labhras]

parchment?
Uhm. These are dwarves. The books will be made of STONE.

Those are called tablets. Nice idea btw.

The 10 1 dwarven commandment: THOU SHALT USE MAGMA



Also, maybe a custom workshop where paper/parchment/vellum is made, using wood and leather respectively, is in order. The books then could also be made here. Also, maybe there is a way to have the description of the book be sort of like an engraving, ie This is a superior book of Urist McAuthor and a mule. Urist McAuthor is punching the mule in the face.

[Shaostoul]

The ideas of books is all fine and dandy, but the end result, for near everything being discussed here, Toady has to add it more than likely.

[SethCreiyd]

The current "skill up" workshops seem rather too easy and "cheat-ey", though I know they're mostly workarounds for broken military and whatnot.

The stuff we're talking about isn't bad.  Someone spending all their time reading is going to become a pretty talented reader assuming they're capable of learning.

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Spoiler:  It's a desk. (click to show/hide)

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[BUILDING_WORKSHOP:DESK]
[NAME:Desk]
[NAME_COLOR:7:0:1]
[DIM:1:1]  If you want a bigger desk then you can build a table in front of it.
[WORK_LOCATION:1:1]  That way you can fake rotating, and there's no other way to do so.
[BUILD_LABOR:ARCHITECT]
[BUILD_KEY:CUSTOM_SHIFT_D]
[BLOCK:1:0]
[TILE:0:1:203]
[COLOR:0:1:0:7:0]
[TILE:1:1:203]
[COLOR:1:1:0:7:0]
[TILE:2:1:203]
[COLOR:2:1:0:7:0]
[TILE:3:1:203]
[COLOR:3:1:0:0:0]
[BUILD_ITEM:1:CHAIR:NONE:NONE:NONE][CAN_USE_ARTIFACT]
[BUILD_ITEM:1:TABLE:NONE:NONE:NONE][CAN_USE_ARTIFACT]

[afoninv]

How can reagent classes be assigned, and over what categories of items?

I have simulated reagent classes for items by creating fake stone that does not appear in-game, assigning REACTION_CLASS to it, then customizing items to have the relevant matgloss. This way customized items 'have' the reaction class. Don't know if it's useful for you.

By the way, plants can be assigned REACTION_CLASS too, and it works as intended. Now trying with animal products, like skin and fat...

[Flaede]

How can reagent classes be assigned, and over what categories of items?

I have simulated reagent classes for items by creating fake stone that does not appear in-game, assigning REACTION_CLASS to it, then customizing items to have the relevant matgloss. This way customized items 'have' the reaction class. Don't know if it's useful for you.

By the way, plants can be assigned REACTION_CLASS too, and it works as intended. Now trying with animal products, like skin and fat...

This is exactly the sort of thing I was trying to find out. Thank you! What do you mean by "customizing items to have the relevant matgloss"?

[afoninv]

Well, some bits of research here... http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59311.msg1341304#msg1341304

Basically my trick applies only to items created via custom reactions. You can create any item with any matgloss, so if you use matgloss that has reaction class, item will have the same reaction class. This does not apply to standard-issue items made from standard-issue materials, alas (but can be applied to standard items from modded materials). If you need more details on this, I'll try to elaborate, although I am not really a great modder =)