A Library

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:35 am

Daris or New Dasar needs a library.

History must be recorded. Obscure facets of information that lead to new ways of thinking. The background and origins of our various peoples. The founding of new orders. Changes in leadershippe.

When a seeker of information, or an explorer, questing knight, or academic wizard needs to know something, or search for obscure facts...maybe they could find it here!

An actual library, with enough storage to support ALL the books and literature of Dasaria, and to further promote literacy, and the enlightenment that reading and writing bring.

(This could be a remarkable tool to help enrich quests and events...when that unknown tomb pops up in the wilderness, a DM just adds a new book to the lines of shelves, and maybe a dedicated scholar will take the time to find that "Easter egg" of knowledge that helps his or her party of adventureres to accomplish certain goals. It would enable our Lending Library to become more detailed, and I know that being able to see some of our writer's contributions in-game, might make them feel that it was worth the time and effort, and encourage more.)

Feral · Post by **Feral** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:44 am

Nice idea Holly, i like it.

egypt1 · Post by **egypt1** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:51 am

I also would love to see this implemented. The current Daris Lending Library is nice, but it seems to lack much historical value... the amount of literature by such authors as Popper is wonderful, but if we could have a true library of sorts, then perhaps it could be organized, so that if one was looking for facts, dates, names of a historical nature, they could look in one section, and if one merely wished to enjoy a nice story by one of the famed bards of the land, they could check in another section. Just my 2 cents.

Jerio Caine · Post by **Jerio Caine** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:57 am

As a part of the Library you can make a school too!

Judas · Post by **Judas** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 10:18 am

a verry good idea

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 10:41 am

It would also give Dasaria's Wizards and Bards a place to call thier own...

broncoblitz · Post by **broncoblitz** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 1:39 pm

ummm wasnt the whole idea of the city of Caer, that IT was the place for the scholars and Mages of Dasaria?

Sylistically, it may be more fun to try and recreate Caer. As it is already the place for the great Dasarian university and Library.

Holly · Post by **Holly** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 1:42 pm

Well...gosh, if a whole city could be dedicated to this, that would be fantastic!

Hailfall · Post by **Hailfall** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 1:45 pm

broncoblitz wrote:ummm wasnt the whole idea of the city of Caer, that IT was the place for the scholars and Mages of Dasaria?

Sylistically, it may be more fun to try and recreate Caer. As it is already the place for the great Dasarian university and Library.

We (Trinny, Judas and I) were trying to work on it. But I don't know if that still stands..

Peepslayer · Post by **Peepslayer** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:06 pm

Heh, i have a character on one of my accounts that was a librarian.

I went around collecting all the books i could find...and proceeded to rent or lend them out to players. The ones who said they couldnt read found how really bored and annoying i was at 4am my time and struck by insomnia.

What was even better was getting players who loved the idea who started bringing me every piece of paper in the game. Books, notes, quest items, ... if it was written...Wildur had it.

Its a fun idea, something far too often overlooked. Holly, if you can figure out a way to do it...im sure i can dust off Wildur The Librarian and he may join ya.

Trinny · Post by **Trinny** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:44 pm

Myryana wrote:
broncoblitz wrote:ummm wasnt the whole idea of the city of Caer, that IT was the place for the scholars and Mages of Dasaria?

Sylistically, it may be more fun to try and recreate Caer. As it is already the place for the great Dasarian university and Library.

We (Trinny, Judas and I) were trying to work on it. But I don't know if that still stands..

It's still there, not moved much in the last couple of months, but I was thinking about it again since the reply to the idae of a Town was posted.

I had done a large-ish city Area as a base for it, with a university and all.. I'll get it out and have a bit of a fiddle (!). There had been work done on appearance styles for mages, and a hierachy of mages for the universit etc, and we had talked about any quests that would be suitabele. One idea was to have a ceremony performed once a day, say at 2pm or soemthing, by the mages of the university, so people could come along to Caer just to see it happen

Jerio Caine · Post by **Jerio Caine** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:57 pm

Trinny wrote:
Myryana wrote:
broncoblitz wrote:ummm wasnt the whole idea of the city of Caer, that IT was the place for the scholars and Mages of Dasaria?

Sylistically, it may be more fun to try and recreate Caer. As it is already the place for the great Dasarian university and Library.

We (Trinny, Judas and I) were trying to work on it. But I don't know if that still stands..
It's still there, not moved much in the last couple of months, but I was thinking about it again since the reply to the idae of a Town was posted.

I had done a large-ish city Area as a base for it, with a university and all.. I'll get it out and have a bit of a fiddle (!). There had been work done on appearance styles for mages, and a hierachy of mages for the universit etc, and we had talked about any quests that would be suitabele. One idea was to have a ceremony performed once a day, say at 2pm or soemthing, by the mages of the university, so people could come along to Caer just to see it happen

Nice... add a few magician guilds devoted to the Different deties and I'll help you, give up all my spare time for it!

The city of Caer will be Built because now, Davo is on it

(If i'm allowed to help that is)

//Davo

Jimmy · Post by **Jimmy** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 6:03 pm

The idea of a mere library is PATHETIC!

We need DASARIAN ARCHIVES! Huge rows and rows of historical papers and recordings in the heart and center of Caer!

Just my 2 cents

Jerio Caine · Post by **Jerio Caine** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 6:14 pm

This idea has gotten so deep into me I'm making a scholar right now to have someone involved in the Caer thing!

If you need help or lack the time building... Ship the mod with the idea to me and I'll see what i can do

//Davo

Judas · Post by **Judas** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:49 pm

Jerio the best thing would be to PM Trin

the last thing i did was make a load of magus with a diffrent number of levles , race and tital

i think it would be cool to kick this idea back in to play and see what happens