Books - necessary? : V

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:44 pm

Is there any use for books other than "reading" them once and level up at something?

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:39 pm

One reads books. Try it sometime.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:04 pm

some books may lead you to a quest by giving you clues. otherwise, they're just there for lore, so you can understand the world more.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:37 pm

Some could potentially be needed in quests, but that is a pretty rare occurence. They can be sold for good cash sometimes. And personally i like to keep some just since it feels good, gonna stack them up somewhere in my house later on.

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:37 pm

you learn the lore by reading books

» Thu May 10, 2012 2:49 pm

Yeah some books give you miscellaneous objectives and others give you quests... "legend of [blank]" keep an eye out for books with that title. I've found 2 books with legend in the title and both gave me more stuff to do.

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:18 pm

I collect books, always have in the TES games... can't really explain why either. But since there's now limited room in the bookshelves (which are AWESOME btw), I might just reserve my collection to the rare/valuable/odd books.

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:02 am

I read / chech all books I can find. Found few books that gave skill up.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:54 pm

They look nice in my bookcases

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:51 am

There's also skill books, which improve skills by two points. Most suggest saving these until later in your character development when skill points are harder to come by.

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:06 pm

Some help with quests

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:04 am

I can tell that one book i read procced a quest to start so yes, it's not only the occasional skill increase.

» Thu May 10, 2012 6:46 pm

Go to whiterun and check the jarl's study room in the Jarl quarters. There's a book on the bookshelf called legend of something.. Or something of legends. It'll start a quest which will bring you to a new shout.

» Thu May 10, 2012 8:05 pm

If you find all of the books in the game you get an assault rifle.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:07 pm

Best book I found so far, besides the skill books, is the one about the Oblivion Crisis that talked about the Hero of Kvatch and Martin. Read the books...this is a game to be savored and enjoyed and it's a chapter in a long journey.

:tes:

» Thu May 10, 2012 4:48 pm

They're good for learning about lore. The ones about the Dwemer you can buy from the archaeologist-wizard-elf-guy in Markarth are really interesting.

» Thu May 10, 2012 12:07 pm

I would read the books as I find them, but there's soooooo many of them. I just store them in my house for future reading.

» Thu May 10, 2012 5:29 pm

Best book I found so far, besides the skill books, is the one about the Oblivion Crisis that talked about the Hero of Kvatch and Martin. Read the books...this is a game to be savored and enjoyed and it's a chapter in a long journey.

:tes:

I found but have yet to read Oblivion Gates. I've been lugging it around with me for many hours of play.

» Thu May 10, 2012 10:15 pm

Lots of great details about the world, which helps to really get into it.
One particular book has been helpful to me so much that I take it with as a reference. Got that one from the Thieves Guild.

» Thu May 10, 2012 7:24 pm

Is there any use for books other than "reading" them once and level up at something?

Xbox much?

» Thu May 10, 2012 11:06 am

There are also books which give you tips on defeating hard enemies.

"Wispmothers fact or fiction" (something like that^^) for example