Wordsmith

Wordsmith

Focused around the production and writing of books, the Wordsmith profession can encompass many types of scholarly characters from poets and record-keepers, to independent researchers and cartographers.

Every character can mechanically make and write books, but the Wordsmith aims to take their craft to the next level

Skills

Skill Icon	Name	Description	Total Levels	Skill Point Cost Per Level	Skill Point Scaling Cost Per Level	Total Skill Points Required For Max Level
	Bookbinding	Wordsmiths can use many different materials and minerals to use as custom inks, bindings or covers for their books. These materials apply a custom lore tag to the description to denote the changes.	1	3 SP	N/A	3 SP
	Bookworm	Prolific scholars or archivists may often have to create many, many bookshelves to house their creations. The Bookworm skill allows for bookshelves to be created with less materials.	1	2 SP	N/A	2 SP
	Bookworm	Using more ink, a wordsmith can apply a custom tag to their book, to denote it has been written with the utmost care.	1	3 SP	N/A	3 SP
	Click Combos	By pressing a three-button combination of the left and right mouse buttons; R-R-R, R-L-R, R-R-L, you can perform special attacks with any type of weapon.	0	0 SP	N/A	0 SP
	Custom Crafting	After a character has used a certain number of skill points, they will be given the option to unlock this skill. This will allow them to use a Custom Crafting 'token', in return for a custom-made item.	1	1 SP	N/A	1 SP
	Forge	Using metal powders, a wordsmith can apply a custom lore tag to their book, denoting it has been illuminated to a high quality.	1	3 SP	N/A	3 SP
	Level Up	This skill gives the character an extra skill point, after a long cooldown.	0	0 SP	N/A	0 SP
	Forge	Wordsmiths have unlocked the ability to create paper out of woo	1	1 SP	N/A	1 SP
	Redaction	Wordsmiths have the ability to un-sign books. Some use this to correct previous mistakes, others use it for more unsavoury means.	1	3 SP	N/A	3 SP
	Orehound	With coal and water, or gemstone dust with an ink sac, a wordsmith can create normal ink, or glowing ink, respectively. Higher levels in this skill will yield more ink.	3	1 SP	N/A	3 SP
	Start Book	Using their writing tools, wordsmiths can eliminate the need for feathers or ink to create new books.	1	2 SP	N/A	2 SP
	Smelt	Wordsmiths can create a set of writing tools, used for further skills.	2	3 SP	6 SP	6 SP

Tools And Equipment

The basic materials to craft books are leather, paper, ink and feathers. The Wordsmith has access to skills that make the production of books much easier, especially with Writing Tools.

Many Wordsmiths put together their own smaller libraries, or often work as a group in order to collate and maintain vast archives of works.

Wordsmiths will often need to obtain large amounts of materials to make books, until they create their own Writing Tools. Working closely with Dwarves of other Professions will usually help.

Those scholars who have unlocked their Bookbinding skill may find themselves wanting to stockpile various items with the aims of using them to create their own unique books.

An example of a book with the Calligraphy, Illumination and Bookbinding skills used on it.

Wordsmiths In-Game

Those who choose the Wordsmith profession are often those who plan on writing a large amount of books, or those that simply wish to be meticulous in their writing or chronicling.

Some may wish to write folk stories or fairy tales in their spare time, some may want to catalogue the world they now find themselves living in. Some may devote themselves to writing journals and diaries of the various goings-on within their Outpost, or may become fixated on specific specimens.

All professions that could be remotely classed as a 'scholarly' profession would come under the Wordsmith umbrella - bards, poets, chroniclers, researchers, map-makers, historians, archaeologists and more.

Wordsmiths can find themselves quite easily absorbed in writing books and tomes on their own or forming small scholarly groups with others, either to build libraries or perform more in-depth research on specific subjects.

If a Wordsmith has proven themselves to be able to write particularly well, or produce particularly nice books, they may with to offer their writing services out to the Dwarves of the Outpost.

Wordsmiths are also used as a 'blank' profession, for those who wish to perform a less mechanical role in the outpost, completing tasks and works not suited for a specific profession already created, examples include Architecture, Politics, Philosophy, and more.