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<onlyinclude>{{Item Attributes|Mage Book|
Icon = Book.jpg
| Summary = Mage Books allow a player to learn an additional skill, even one outside of an individual characters limitations. Each character can only learn 1 mage-book skill per game and doing so adds it as a special, additional skill to the right of their portrait, this can be used to replace skillsets lost due to Mush/Death. 
| In-game Flavor = Books. A practical, if antiquated invention. Maybe you'll find the solutions to your life's problems within. In any case, reading won't do you any harm.
| In-game Examine Text = Books. A practical, if antiquated invention. Maybe you'll find the solutions to your life's problems within. In any case, reading won't do you any harm.
| Origin 1 = Found in '''{{room|Storage}}'''
| Origin Amount 1 = 1
| Origin 2 = Decoding the '''{{Comms|Mage Books|Xyloph DB}}'''
| Origin Amount 2 = 3
| Is Destroyed in Fire = yes 
| Is Consumable = yes
| Can be Read = yes
| Reading Text = Mage books are the perfect example of neuro-cryptic literature. They allow knowledge to be instilled in any spirit, regardless of how unencumbered by intellectual baggage it may be. Unfortunately, their high degree of entropy causes them to be immediately destroyed after the knowledge is implanted.
| Consumable Effects = Learn a new '''[[Skills#Mage_Books|skill]]'''
}}</onlyinclude>{{Item Tooltip}}

The '''Mage Book''' is a consumable item which grants the user a [[Skill]] beyond their maximum number of Skill slots, lasting until the end of the game, unless a mush uses {{Skill|Transfer}} which erases all the human abilities on both bodies involved.

While displaying the same {{privacy|public}} log messages as any other "Book", even when read, they are not to be confused with ''Manuals'', which are not single-use, free to read, and merely provide tips about certain tasks.

{{info|Since Mage Books are single-use, rare items, they are '''particularly precious''' and should not be used lightly!<br>It is highly advisable to discuss with the rest of the crew before using one.}}


Each [[character]] is limited to the use of one ''Mage Book'' per game: 
{{Confirm|Can transfered people that had read a {{PAGENAME}} read another on their new body?}}

[[Image:Read.png|Message for characters who have already read one Mage Book]]


== New Actions ==

[[Image:Magebook.jpg|frame|right|A Level 3 {{Character|Chun}} has used a mage-book to learn {{skill|Biologist}}, displayed below their third skill (Gold Mode)]]

{{Action Details|
|Name = Read
|Cost = 2 {{ap}}
|Requirement = No other ''Mage Book'' read.
|Target = Self
|Effect = Gain a skill slot and the respective skill.
|Privacy = public
|Room Log = ['''Character'''] starts reading enthusiastically...}}
*{{Notification|Private}}: ''You have learned a new skill: ['''Skill name''']! Make good use of it!''


== List of Mage Book skills ==

A single ''Mage Book'' may teach one of the following skills:

{| class="wikitable padded-table"
! colspan="4" | List of ''Mage Book'' [[skills]]
|- 
| {{Skill|Astrophysicist}}
| {{Skill|Biologist}}
| {{Skill|Botanist}}
| {{Skill|Chef}}
|- 
| {{Skill|Diplomat}}
| {{Skill|Firefighter}}
| {{Skill|IT Expert}}
| {{Skill|Logistics Expert}}
|- 
| {{Skill|Medic}}
| {{Skill|Pilot}}
| {{Skill|Radio Expert}}
| {{Skill|Robotics Expert}}
|- 
| {{Skill|Shooter}}
| {{Skill|Shrink}}
| {{Skill|Sprinter}}
| {{Skill|Technician}}
|}

{{note|Try and use these in ways that create efficient combinations, like {{skill|Shooter}} /{{skill|Pilot}} or {{skill|Medic}} / {{skill|Nurse}}.}}


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