My ideas for Wickerbottom's eventual character refresh

[hhh2]

On 1/9/2022 at 2:04 AM, Leonidas IV said:

As ironic as it sounds, it doesn't seem like a bad idea.

 

If the meter was handled correctly and isn't just "idle with x item hur durr" it could work. Like just have the knowledge bar passively recharge at a rate effected by wicker's current sanity and or be charged by sanity foods and it can be spent to cast the books, maybe even give the books different effects at higher levels of knowledge like spawning more tenticles with the tenticle book or putting boss mobs to sleep with sleepy time stories or even growing a whole screen of crops with applied hornicluture at full charge of "knowledge" (maybe even instant giant crops). Remove the books' durabilty if the meter were to be implemented and keep the sanity penaltly, add a few new books and there's a perfect rework without removing any funcitonality.

[EssZee]

On 1/9/2022 at 1:04 PM, Leonidas IV said:

As ironic as it sounds, it doesn't seem like a bad idea.

 

I don't really like it, as it'll likely limit the ceiling of what you can do with her books (unless there's additional ways to rapidly increase the meter other than time). All of her books are mass spammed by players late game for various purposes, except for applied horticulture. Cut reeds already exist as a factor to limit such spamming early game, allowing her books to scale well late game ; notably once you have a lureplant farm set up or have made enough rounds through the swamp for enough papyrus. Birds is used with sleepytime stories to farm krampus sacks. On average you'd need around 15 books in total for one sack if you're not moonstorm farming glommer on the side. Tentacles book is spammed for an initially expensive BQ method that pays itself off over time. It also readily provides one of the key ingredients for its maintenance as tents die, tent spots. Applied silviculture is spammed in grass/twig farms. Assuming you're using all eyeplants fairly efficiently, you're looking at several stacks of each per book. I really only use the end is nigh to charge WX's for stupidly long amounts of time.

In short, adding a meter will put a heavy cap on her book spamming

[Astraia]

A hat that makes Wicker lose less sanity when using her books, not only is that what the hat does, but it also increases the number of times she can read the books

[Phizzle]

On 1/10/2022 at 9:30 PM, IanKSB91 said:

Oh, what if when she uses one of her books dust and moths come out of the book to make a contrast, I don't know it sound fun in my mind.

I like really like this. It makes me imagine Wick getting sucked from her library into the Constant. She recognizes what's happening, thinks quickly and grabs some dusty books before she leaves her library forever. 

[Eughstein]

On 1/9/2022 at 1:27 AM, Leonidas IV said:

I hope they be creative. And no status bar

Reading bar, you can use books only if bar have charges, you can get charges by reading books irl and sending to klei video how you read a book

[ArubaroBeefalo]

21 minutes ago, Eughstein said:

Reading bar, you can use books only if bar have charges, you can get charges by reading books irl and sending to klei video how you read a book

that would be a good incentive to read which is kinda necessary lately in these years (but real books, not scammy ones like 'the secret' xD)

[EssZee]

going to hide comics inside my books and hope Klei doesn't notice