Talk:Books
Nearly all book icons and images have now been uploaded, and previous 'game file' names simplified. All book image/icon names start with 'Book_'.
- For small icons (most/all the ones displayed on this page), you will want to find book images ending in '_Item_Icon.png'.
- For the larger 'faded' images, for use on book pages, using the 'Image=' field, you will want to find book images ending in '_Image.png'
- Searching for 'File:Book Icon.png' or 'File:Book Image.png' should find you all related book image uploads.
- The base names for each book's image and icon, should match. If you know the name for one, you should be able to infer the other.
- Book images can now also be found under Category:Book Images.
- Book icons can now also be found under Category:Book Icons.
- Many links/redirects for old book files are still in place. Will be corrected as links are updated. Llamageddon (talk) 13:55, 26 August 2023 (CEST)
Book Spoilers
When updating existing book/note pages to the new | book spoiler parameter, remove the "yes" as well in most cases. Spoilers on books should be sparse. See Template_talk:MiscItemPage for more information. Addela (talk) 07:48, 6 December 2023 (CET)
Book missing: Secrets of the Talis
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
The best way to begin to interpret your talis deck is by getting to know it as you would a person - one exceptionally long-lived and wise. The more time you spend in close observation of your deck, the more its arcana will philter in and and out you like air.
it's not for the deck to reveal itself for you; it's for you to reveal to yourself through the powerful symbols and ancient wisdom portrayed in these seventy-eight cards.
Missing book: The Book of Suitors
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
[Within this plain diary are glued letters from suitors seeking Jannath's affection]
Madam,
Please, you mustn't leave me in suspense. Tell me you'll be mine, or tell me all is lost. One or the other, or I'll not sleep another tenday.
Jonah.
Milady,
I was dreadfully sorry to hear about your husband's demise and hoped you'd come calling sometime this tenday that I might convey my condolences to you in person. I've just received a lovely shipment of red from the south and thought it might be some consolation to you.
Lord Haventh
Dearest Madame,
Might I come visit you on the morrow and pay my respects to your great house? It's been so long since I've had the privilege to sup tea at your side.
Horatius
Missing book: When Love Fumbles
Found in Jannath's room, it reads:
[The book falls open to a page in the middle of this spine-broken print.]
Missing book: Masters of the Painterly Arts
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
[A catalogue of great painters, historically and contemporary. The spine is bent in a particular spot, and the book opens on the following page.]
OSKAR FEVRAS
Fevras may be best known for the calibre of his clientele, but should really be commended for his attention to detail.
Each portrait illustrating the oft-elusive Baldurian patriars is rendered with exquisite accuracy - the most minute of details from the curl of a smirk to the eye's knowing glints are present in his work. Though he has garnered the reputation of a flighty dilettante, he is a young master worthy of watching, to be sure.
Missing book; Counting the Conchs
Found on the desk on the the first floor of the Water Queen's House. It reads:
For the first conch on your cord, remember the salt which cleanses, nourishes and stings.
For the second conch on your cord, remember the drowned.
For the third conch on your cord, remember the tempests that whip her.
For the fourth conch on your cord, remember the breath which fills your lungs, but that she might press out of you according to her will.
For the fifth conch on your cord, remember the bounty of her body, the queen, the sea.
Missing book: Acquisitions
Found in the Water Queen's House. It reads:
By year's end, we'll have sufficient resources to acquire Nurthammas' shipping yard.
For years now, the duties paid at docks across the city have been far too low - the temple all but subsidises local trade. This will be rectified once we are able to acquire enough docks to force a rise in tariffs. We may even be able to regild the nave in Waterdeep with the profits.