Reading the books?

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For immersion reasons i usually also read books etc. - im not far in the game so i just want to know - will books etc. get better? To me it seems like many of the books and other readable things in this game are rather pointless? Many neither seem to add to lore/immersion or anything?

Or is this just in the beginning?

[sonofthunder73]

I am not sure if they get better (what is good for me may not be for you) but I found that, as I progressed into act 2 and 3, I found more of them that directly related to the characters/locales/events in the area that I was in more often. When you get to the city there are mailboxes by buildings and you can read mail (illegal as hell irl lol... but hey you don't get baddie points and it isn't theft so I suggest you do it) in them.

[Wolfsun]

What sonofthunder said.

I'm in chapter 1. Found 1 book that having read it kept me out of a fight that occured sometime later (which surprisingly impressed Shadowheart), So - YES - reading books does impact events; ya just never know which ones and how they'll do it.

Read books. Can't hurt. AND - if you don't you'll never know what you may have missed - Well - at least not until your next play through that is.

[SnowyJon]

some boke have recipes, very very few have quest/companion dialogue that triggers. like a kids book from the broken house with the ogres in act 1 triggers a shadowheart dialogue.

[Elrodeus]

Originally posted by ....:

For immersion reasons i usually also read books etc. - im not far in the game so i just want to know - will books etc. get better? To me it seems like many of the books and other readable things in this game are rather pointless? Many neither seem to add to lore/immersion or anything?

Or is this just in the beginning?

Some of the ones I've read have definitely had lore. In fact, just to point at some directly, there are several documents in the burning town of Waukeem's Rest (sp) that hint at a variety of political things between factions on going at the time the town was burnt down. Keep in mind, you have to actually be able to reach these documents as the fire is spreading.

There are also books and things you come across that share insights into deities and other in game lore. I've been reading almost everything I've come across personally.

Oh and there was also a letter I found that talked about a hidden stash of goods at a particular part of the map that (once I followed it) there was indeed a stash of goods there.