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|[[#Letter|Letter]]||Inept||Create the simplest missives for mailing.
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|[[#Scroll|Scroll]]||Inept||Prepare a simple parchment to be used as a scroll.
|[[#Scroll|Scroll]]||Inept||Prepare a simple parchment to be used as a scroll.
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|[[#Language|Language]]||Novice||Learn a racial language and its writings.
|[[#Language|Language]]||Novice||Learn a racial language and its writings.
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|[[#Journal|Journal]]||Novice +33%||Personal writings often extend to more than one volume.
|[[#Journal|Journal]]||Novice +25%||Personal writings often extend to more than one volume.
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|[[#Textbook|Textbook]]||Novice +66%||Many guilds require textbooks for its members.
|[[#Stationery|Stationery]]||Novice +50%||Add elegance to the postal service.
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|[[#Textbook|Textbook]]||Novice +75%||Many guilds require textbooks for its members.
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|[[#Language|Language]]||Apprentice||Learn a racial language and its writings.
|[[#Language|Language]]||Apprentice||Learn a racial language and its writings.
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|[[#Translate|Translate]]||Apprentice +50%||Translate a book into one of the racial languages you know.
|[[#Translate|Translate]]||Apprentice +33%||Translate a book into one of the racial languages you know.
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|[[#Vellum|Vellum]]||Apprentice +66%||Make the paper used in origami.
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|[[#ActionOrigami|ActionOrigami]]||Apprentice +66%||Fold vellum into moving shapes.
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|[[#MagicScroll|MagicScroll]]||Capable||Prepare a scroll for magical writings.
|[[#MagicScroll|MagicScroll]]||Capable||Prepare a scroll for magical writings.
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|[[#Compendium|Compendium]]||Adept +75%||Bind together large compendiums for organizations.
|[[#Compendium|Compendium]]||Adept +75%||Bind together large compendiums for organizations.
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|[[#Language|Language]]||Master||Learn a racial language and its writings.
|[[#ModularOrigami|ModularOrigami]]||Master||Fold vellum into single-use containers.
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|[[#Protection|Protection]]||Master +50%||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of protection.
|[[#Language|Language]]||Master +33%||Learn a racial language and its writings.
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|[[#Protection|Protection]]||Master +66%||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of protection.
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|[[#Manual|Manual]]||Gifted +33%||Manuals often hold dense personal writings.
|[[#Manual|Manual]]||Gifted +33%||Manuals often hold dense personal writings.
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|[[#Disruption|Disruption]]||Virtuoso||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of disruption.
|[[#Disruption|Disruption]]||Virtuoso||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of disruption.
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|[[#Miniatures|Miniatures]]||Virtuoso +33%||Scribe figurines with magical script.
|[[#WetFoldOrigami|WetFoldOrigami]]||Virtuoso +25%||Shape vellum into a talisman of charm and guile.  
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|[[#Tome|Tome]]||Virtuoso +66%||Massive books for personal writings.
|[[#Miniatures|Miniatures]]||Virtuoso +50%||Scribe figurines with magical script.
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|[[#Tome|Tome]]||Virtuoso +75%||Massive books for personal writings.
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|[[#Omnibus|Omnibus]]||Fabled||Organizations sometimes prepare these massive volumes.
|[[#Omnibus|Omnibus]]||Fabled||Organizations sometimes prepare these massive volumes.
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|[[#Divine|Divine]]||Fabled +33%||Learn to write in the divine script.
|[[#Divine|Divine]]||Fabled +25%||Learn to write in the divine script.
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|[[#Kirigami|Kirigami]]||Fabled +50%||Fold vellum into a good luck charm.
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|[[#Curses|Curses]]||Fabled +75%||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of curses.
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|[[#Curses|Curses]]||Fabled +66%||Scribe a magic scroll with the words of curses.
|[[#Stamp|Stamp]]||Mythical||Create stamps to seal stationery with unique chops.
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|[[#Constructs|Constructs]]||Mythical||Prepare a special scroll to curse enemy constructs.
|[[#Constructs|Constructs]]||Mythical||Prepare a special scroll to curse enemy constructs.
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[[Image:Bookbinding.jpg|thumb|Library of the Dark Fates (by Kwee)]]
[[Image:Bookbinding.jpg|thumb|Library of the Dark Fates (by Kwee)]]
==Letter==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>BOOKBIND [quantity] LETTER</tt>
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|style="background:pink"|1 flax per letter
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Letters are plain, unadorned sheets of paper used in the postal system. A letter will hold up to one item and can be mailed at any post office.


==Scroll==
==Scroll==
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==Journal==
==Journal==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>BOOKBIND [quantity] STATIONERY <design></tt>
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You can decorate letters to produce fine, personalized stationery. You'll need one letter in addition to the commodities specified on the design for each piece of stationery. Stationery works the same as letters, and will last twice as long.
See also: <tt>BOOKBINDING STATIONERY</tt>.
==Stationery==


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You can translate a book into any racial language that you know. Only those who know the language can read it. You need 5 applications of magic ink to translate a book. If an author seals his or her book, it may not be translated.
You can translate a book into any racial language that you know. Only those who know the language can read it. You need 5 applications of magic ink to translate a book. If an author seals his or her book, it may not be translated.
==Vellum==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>BOOKBIND [quantity] VELLUM</tt>
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|style="background:pink"|1 leather per sheet of vellum
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Fine sheets of vellum are used for origami.
==ActionOrigami==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>FOLD <design><br/>
SCRIBE ORIGAMI <origami> <text><br/>
CLOSE <origami><br/>
OPEN <origami></tt> - to activate
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|style="background:pink"|1 vellum
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The ancient craft of origami is a subtle and delicate folk art, involving folding and shaping sheets of light vellum into esoteric shapes, using a few simple folds and techniques combined in sequence to create objects of surprising complexity, and imbued with capabilities that seem, to the untrained eye, to be beyond their humble origins. The surest mark of the subtle complexity of origami is the fact that the simpler the design appears, the more complex it actually is to make.
The simplest origami is the action origami, so called because the folded paper can be made to move in simple ways. For instance, a folded paper crane might flap its wings when its tail is tugged on. More cunningly, when magic ink is also applied, a bookbinder can scribe a message into the origami which the crane will appear to recite when it is opened. (One dose of ink will inscribe up to ten characters.) The origami can also be folded around a small keepsake. You may mail this origami at any post office, though only when it is closed.
Note that origami can be folded by a skilled bookbinder in any location, since there is no need for a press for the act of folding vellum into origami.
See also <tt>BOOKBINDINGS ACTIONORIGAMI</tt>.


==MagicScroll==
==MagicScroll==
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Compendiums are the standard for organizations. You must be in a proper bookbinding workshop to craft a compendium.
Compendiums are the standard for organizations. You must be in a proper bookbinding workshop to craft a compendium.
Also see <tt>BOOKBINDINGS COMPENDIUM</tt>.
Also see <tt>BOOKBINDINGS COMPENDIUM</tt>.
==ModularOrigami==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>FOLD <design><br/>
CLOSE <origami><br/>
OPEN <origami></tt> - to activate
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|style="background:pink"|2 vellum
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Like its simpler cousin action origami, modular origami is made from complex combinations of simple folds of vellum, and will appear as some object or creature, most commonly those found in the natural world, regardless of its actual purpose. Unlike action origami, however, modular origami is fashioned from several separate pieces of vellum which are folded independently and then combined in the final step of assembly.
The resulting origami may appear like a dragon or mountain, but will actually serve as a small container capable of preserving its contents for as long as the origami itself lasts, and able to be mailed at any post office (only when closed). However, this preservative power comes at several costs. First, it will not begin to take effect until the final assembly is completed when the origami is closed; and once it is closed, nothing more may be added. Second, the origami itself will not be preserved by other magics such as those used in shop stockrooms. Third, and most importantly, the act of opening the origami will destroy it, leaving its contents in the hands of the person who opened it. (Items that could be stored in a rift will, if the holder has the appropriate skill and enough room, automatically go into the rift instead.)
A modular origami can hold up to 25 items.
See also <tt>BOOKBINDINGS MODULARORIGAMI</tt>.


==Protection==
==Protection==
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You will need a blank magic scroll and 10 applications of magical ink prepared by an alchemist in order to scribe the script of disruption. Once scribed, the scroll may be charged by a highly skilled enchanter for up to 50 charges. The scroll can be read to another. If the person it is read to is psionic and has a locked channel, that channel will be unlocked. If that person has more than one channel locked, one channel at random will be unlocked.
You will need a blank magic scroll and 10 applications of magical ink prepared by an alchemist in order to scribe the script of disruption. Once scribed, the scroll may be charged by a highly skilled enchanter for up to 50 charges. The scroll can be read to another. If the person it is read to is psionic and has a locked channel, that channel will be unlocked. If that person has more than one channel locked, one channel at random will be unlocked.
==WetFoldOrigami==
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>FOLD <design><br/>
RELEASE <origami></tt>
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|style="background:pink"|3 vellum
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Traditional folds and cuts can make many shapes, but cannot produce some of the rounded forms common in nature.  Wet fold origami employs the judicious use of moisture to soften the paper allowing careful shaping to create forms evocative of animals, spirits, and the gentler forces in the world, and such shapes serve as a potent, if temporary, good luck charm with defensive and curative properties.
Once a wet fold origami has been released, which consumes the actual folded vellum, it will grant an origami luck charm which lasts approximately one day. This has several beneficial effects, including making you more charming, slightly increasing the esteem gathered when influencing, and, when the effect wears off, imbuing you with a refreshing, revitalizing energy.
Note that you can only have one origami luck charm in effect at a time.
See also <tt>BOOKBINDINGS WETFOLDORIGAMI</tt>.


==Miniatures==
==Miniatures==
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You will now know divine script (however, you won't be able to speak it). Books written in divine can only be read by gods and other scribes who know it.
You will now know divine script (however, you won't be able to speak it). Books written in divine can only be read by gods and other scribes who know it.
==Kirigami==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>FOLD <design><br/>
RELEASE <origami></tt>
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|style="background:pink"|4 vellum
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The most complex origami shapes are those made with the most limited number of folds and techniques. Only an origami master can practice kirigami, in which cuts, tears, the use of moisture, and other simplifying tricks are eschewed in favor of only a very few permitted folds. Shapes produced by kirigami tend to appear simple but reveal considerable underlying complexity, often resembling the most fundamental objects in the worlds; and some say that kirigami is analogous to the act of creation by which Dynara folded nothingness into matter, spirit, and life, which is why kirigami is often practiced as a spiritual exploration or a form of meditation.
Once a kirigami has been released, which consumes the actual folded vellum, it will grant an origami luck charm which lasts approximately one day. This has several beneficial effects, including making you resistant to damage, increasing the damage you do, making your attacks on denizens slightly luckier, and, when the effect wears off, imbuing you with a refreshing, revitalizing energy.
Note that you can only have one origami luck charm in effect at a time.
See also <tt>BOOKBINDINGS KIRIGAMI</tt>.


==Curses==
==Curses==
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You will need a blank magic scroll and at least 10 applications of magical ink prepared by an alchemist in order to scribe the dark script. Once scribed, the scroll may be charged by a highly skilled enchanter for up to 50 charges. The scroll can be read to another. The person it is read to will be afflicted by a random curse.
You will need a blank magic scroll and at least 10 applications of magical ink prepared by an alchemist in order to scribe the dark script. Once scribed, the scroll may be charged by a highly skilled enchanter for up to 50 charges. The scroll can be read to another. The person it is read to will be afflicted by a random curse.
==Stamp==
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>DESIGN <design> SEALHOLDER PERSON <name><br/>
DESIGN <design> SEALHOLDER ORG <organization><br/>
DESIGN <design> SEAL_TEXT <description></tt>
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Stamps, also called chops or seals, are used to imprint a distinctive symbol on documents that uniquely identifies the sealholder. A chop cannot be easily forged, and thus, is traditionally used on contracts, treaties, and other sensitive documents. Stamps can be associated with an individual or an organization such as a guild, city, commune, order, cult, clan, or family. Stamps associated with an organization can be used by the organization's leaders. Family seals are traditional passed on from parent to child when they become the family head.
Creating Stamp Designs:
Stamp designs are created by trademasters the same way as other designs. However, stamp designs cannot be limited to cartels and must only be public. Every stamp design has to be associated with a particular sealholder as follows:
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>DESIGN <design> SEALHOLDER PERSON <name><br/>
DESIGN <design> SEALHOLDER ORG <organization></tt>
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Stamp designs have an additional field called Seal_Text:
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>DESIGN <design> SEAL_TEXT <description></tt>
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This describes the appearance of the seal, or chop, which the stamp will imprint. The seal does not need to describe the person or organization directly (this will automatically be displayed).
Finally, submitting a stamp design requires a Chop Certificate, which can be purchased at the Hall of Records. There are separate Chop Certificates for personal and organizational stamps. Chop Certificates are quite expensive, because a single person or organization should not have many stamps (usually only one). The bookbinder will get part of the cost of the certificate back when the design is submitted.
Creating The Stamp:
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>Syntax: BOOKBIND STAMP <design></tt>
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Bookbinders can only create a stamp in the presence of the sealholder (in the case of an organization, one of its leaders). The stamp will be delivered directly into the sealholder's hand.
Using The Stamp:
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>Syntax: STAMP <document> WITH <stamp></tt>
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|style="background:pink"|Cost: 1 redtint
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Only a sealholder may use a stamp. Only letters, stationery, and scrolls may be stamped, and each document can have up to six stamps. The document will reveal the chop when read or probed.


==Constructs==
==Constructs==
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