Stories Told

[Zentrend]

Have you ever wondered how to get your colonist perfect in all skills? How to get 20 research if you already researched everything? How? With books of course! Books contain knowledge that the writer shares!

Your colonists will be able to build the writers desk, where you can add bills to create books. The books contain the skills of the writer for example, Your colonist is 20 at mining. If you make him write a book about mining your other colonists will be able to read his book and learn things about mining. Overtime (Long time) If they read enough books they will reach how high the books level at which is Mining : 20
They will learn what the writer write. Passing on the legend.
But how long will it take to read 1 book? It depends first on how high level the book is, and how high the writer's art is.
The efficiency of a book depends on...
1. The writer's art skill
2. The quality of the book
3. How high level is the book
The writers art skill makes the book better to read.
The quality of the book also refers to the writer's art, example, good and awful.
If the book contains 20 levels in mining it takes you longer to read it.
Reading books is fun and if your colonists reads them they get a good mood boost. And if you get them a table and a chair to read it on they get even more boosts!

                                          So pass your legend now!

                                          Enjoy your life, Then share it!                   
                                                             -Zen

[Eleazar]

If there was going to be a way for pawns to teach others their skills, books are a needlessly indirect method, and don't fit the setting.  Why write a book when you can just talk to and demonstrate to your small audience?

Instead you could "apprentice" a pawn to another.  The apprentice would follow the teacher around, do no work himself, and gain skill at an increased rate whenever the teacher performed his craft.

[Ember]

If there was going to be a way for pawns to teach others their skills, books are a needlessly indirect method, and don't fit the setting.  Why write a book when you can just talk to and demonstrate to your small audience?

Instead you could "apprentice" a pawn to another.  The apprentice would follow the teacher around, do no work himself, and gain skill at an increased rate whenever the teacher performed his craft.

what if your lvl 20 doctor died for some reason and you have no one even close to having the same skill?

[CodyRex123]

Errr. Well, better planning, Rimworld is suppose to be unfair and fun, Not logical and easy...
Well, maybe a little bit logical...

[Eleazar]

If there was going to be a way for pawns to teach others their skills, books are a needlessly indirect method, and don't fit the setting.  Why write a book when you can just talk to and demonstrate to your small audience?

Instead you could "apprentice" a pawn to another.  The apprentice would follow the teacher around, do no work himself, and gain skill at an increased rate whenever the teacher performed his craft.

what if your lvl 20 doctor died for some reason and you have no one even close to having the same skill?

The time he spent writing could have instead been spent teaching.  Assuming both happen at the same rate it is just as likely he'll die before finishing the book.

[Splinterbee]

Great idea