Do you collect and read all the ingame books throughout the Game(s)?

T2av

Kamigoroshi

Wholly depends on what character I'm playing.

If my CHARNAME is a Barbarian and/or has an Intelligence score of 8 or less, then I'll roleplay that person as being illiterate. In that case I will not only *not* read any kind of books, parchments or letters... but also won't use the game's Journal. At all.

On the other hand... if my CHARNAME turns out to be a Bard, Mage, Cleric or some seeker of knowledge, then I'll have him/her pillage every single bookshelf and read every book at least twice per game chapter.

semiticgoddess

I read them once (past tense "read") and haven't opened them since. Same goes for most all of the text of the game, from bar rumors to dialog to item and spell descriptions.

BillyYank

I even put the multi-part volumes in order in whatever container I'm using as a book stash. When I change my base of operations, I pick them all up and find a new stash point in whatever town I'm moving to.

BillyYank

Also, when I decided to play around with Near Infinity, the first thing I did was... make a book.

Now my charname carries this around:

Original is here: http://ovalkwiki.com/The+Seventy+Maxims+of+Maximally+Effective+Mercenaries
And here: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-04-04

T2av

BillyYank said:

Also, when I decided to play around with Near Infinity, the first thing I did was... make a book.

Now my charname carries this around:

Original is here: http://ovalkwiki.com/The+Seventy+Maxims+of+Maximally+Effective+Mercenaries
And here: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-04-04

Lol that's great! You are hardcore! I collect all books in every game I usually play.. From elder scroll games to bg. It's a hobby within the game

Yannir

Not on a regular basis but I have done this in the past atleast once.

Skatan

I have read a couple but far from all. I have too little time to play and too short attention span so I don't feel like I have time for it. When I play nowadays I have an hour here and there so I want to maximize the output, meaning as many quests etc in as short time frame as possible.

When I was younger though, I could spend an entire weekend gaming. Aah, those were the days..

Tuth

When I first got the game, I was reading everything. The rumors, item descriptions, books, letters and so on. Then, for many years I didn't feel the need to do so again. The focus was on completing, exploring, collecting and fighting as much as possible. Nowadays, for a year or so I've reached a point where I want to sink into the world as much as possible, so I read everything again and talk to everyone.

shawne

A lot of it just isn't really relevant to the story at hand - what's the point of reading the complete history of Shadowdale or Halruaa? Sure, it's the lore of Faerun, but it's useless information in relation to BG specifically.

deltago

Every once and awhile I'll read the Dead Three; the book that Elvenhair Firebead gives to you.

When I first did the quest I was super excited that he was giving me a book he thought I would enjoy thinking that it was a stat tome, but NOOPPPEEE... thanks Bioware.

I tend to read the titles of the books at least and figure out why the person that owns them would have a copy but besides that, I hardly crack them open.

UnderstandMouseMagic

Over the years I've probably read all of them at least once. Usually when I'm putting something off I have to do in game or just finished an area and need a break before the next quest.
I suppose it depends on the mood, sometimes you just don't want to go and kill yet more stuff.

Mirage

I read some of them every time, usually not the ones I 've read before though.
I enjoy them a lot, they make quite an atmosphere.