Trait Book Locations

[Jivebot]

I thought it would be a good idea to try and gather a list for where the various Trait books are. The Books you can have your team read for a +1 to various skills.

One is in Brea, in Garold's Basement. It's like, named "Garold's Forge Notes" for a +1 Smithing.

Then there's another in Brea. In the Mayor's House. Upstairs in his son's bedroom. Sadly it's the same dresser the son is standing in front of so unless you have REALLY high theiving skills there's no way to avoid getting a bit of Brea Crime Reputation damage for taking it, but screw it. It's called "Change Your Life" for a +1 Persuasion.

There's two more but i'm struggling to remember exactly where I found them. I am pretty sure one was in Greentown for +1 Pathfinding but i'll see if I can keep better track next time I playthrough. I dont recall exactly where it was except that one of the two was in a seemingly random house, unlike the other two I mentioned which were in the houses of more noteworthy characters.

If ya'll find any please add them here. I assume there's one for all the Skills.

[Whiskey Richard]

Here's a little secret one: If you have high skill in the "Steal" profession, you can pickpocket the alchemist on the outskirts of town in Brea (the one involved in the Barghest quest from the Abandoned Farm). From her you can steal the Legendary "Spirit Magic" book which of course enables Spirit Magic, which is not available by default!

[AuraForLaura]

I think you can buy the book as well ?
But yeah. And unlike monk skill, and magic . Spirit magic can be used by everyone.
There is also necromancy class in the swamp via a quest .

[Jivebot]

Really? I never even thought to try having non-mages read the spirit Magic Book(Which you can also get from Magnolia if you kill patton and give her back her necklace). I just assumed it would be for mages only.

That sounds like it's a bug, but for once it's a GOOD bug.

Which probably means they're going to SPRINT to patch that, while all the crappy bugs go on the backburner. lol. Monk used to be usable by everyone. And if you do it through save editing, you can still give it to non-mages and it works fine. I THINK that Monk is still intended for everyone, and only mages being able to learn it is another bug.

[AuraForLaura]

Yes i Hope they make monk available to all again. I miss my chi shield beserker combo tbh

[AuraForLaura]

Yes. My non mage guy learned spirit magic . And there is a bard class as well for everyone. Necromancy and elemental is still only for mages . And i don't think you can transform people into mages except your main guy.

I think there are 3 chars that has magic that you can hire though .big you want full party . But 1 is a guy

[Jivebot]

Necromancy? Where'd you find Necromancy?

The only companions I know that have Magic is Pheobe, Fiorella, and the Elf Dude from the wildmages.

I always get Phoebe. I usually choose Martina over Fiorella, but I wish there was a way to recruit both. And I have not yet gotten my Wildmage Rep high enough to recruit the Elf guy.

[AuraForLaura]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Necromancy? Where'd you find Necromancy?

The only companions I know that have Magic is Pheobe, Fiorella, and the Elf Dude from the wildmages.

I always get Phoebe. I usually choose Martina over Fiorella, but I wish there was a way to recruit both. And I have not yet gotten my Wildmage Rep high enough to recruit the Elf guy.

Very easy to get rep with wildmages. just take all the (kill this group quests) directly from Brea and the tower....

Necromancy tome is in Miasma swamp south of izziel temple. Just a questline from a guy in a shed in middle of the zone.

Its very neet - it has 3 summons in 1 skilltree

[Jivebot]

Originally posted by AuraForLaura:

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Necromancy? Where'd you find Necromancy?

The only companions I know that have Magic is Pheobe, Fiorella, and the Elf Dude from the wildmages.

I always get Phoebe. I usually choose Martina over Fiorella, but I wish there was a way to recruit both. And I have not yet gotten my Wildmage Rep high enough to recruit the Elf guy.

Very easy to get rep with wildmages. just take all the (kill this group quests) directly from Brea and the tower....

Necromancy tome is in Miasma swamp south of izziel temple. Just a questline from a guy in a shed in middle of the zone.

Its very neet - it has 3 summons in 1 skilltree

Oh I remember that quest. I destroyed the stone. I'm a good guy at heart. lol. After that the Necromancer wouldn't work with me anymore. So i murdered him.

Which was a completely valid good guy move. He wouldn't let the Elf guy's ghost rest in peace, and he was keeping his daughter trapped in a state worse than death.

I was wondering if he would have taught me necromancy, but figured if he would I could probably loot the book from his corpse. Since he didn't have one on his body I figured it must not be available.

[AuraForLaura]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Originally posted by AuraForLaura:

Very easy to get rep with wildmages. just take all the (kill this group quests) directly from Brea and the tower....

Necromancy tome is in Miasma swamp south of izziel temple. Just a questline from a guy in a shed in middle of the zone.

Its very neet - it has 3 summons in 1 skilltree

Oh I remember that quest. I destroyed the stone. I'm a good guy at heart. lol. After that the Necromancer wouldn't work with me anymore. So i murdered him.

Which was a completely valid good guy move. He wouldn't let the Elf guy's ghost rest in peace, and he was keeping his daughter trapped in a state worse than death.

I was wondering if he would have taught me necromancy, but figured if he would I could probably loot the book from his corpse. Since he didn't have one on his body I figured it must not be available.

Thats him :)
Well you can take the stone and send the Elf to the afterlife. And the poor necromancer guy just tries to help his daugther so its kinda good . hehe... but you can solve the "daugther problem" after he gives you the book i think.

[Jivebot]

Yeah but the elf lady in the temple made it clear if I take the stone I would be damning her and all the other elf ghosts in the temple to eternal torment so...yeah. My heroic good guy urges just wouldn't let me do that to them. lol

Sucks when the evil rewards are always better though :(

I sympathize with the Necromancer and if he would have been open to a new deal I would have signed up to try and help him, help his daughter, and help the ghost he was keeping prisoner(The guy did try to rob him afterall, so he's not COMPLETELY innocent).

But I wasn't willing to screw over a bunch of other innocent spirits to do it.Plus I was kinda hoping the elf lady would be a companion lol. Instead all i got was her staff and the ingredient to craft a powerful defensive necklace. Those were cool too though. Though the necklace is mostly elemental protection and few enemies do elemental damage

[Jivebot]

Originally posted by Whiskey Richard:

Here's a little secret one: If you have high skill in the "Steal" profession, you can pickpocket the alchemist on the outskirts of town in Brea (the one involved in the Barghest quest from the Abandoned Farm). From her you can steal the Legendary "Spirit Magic" book which of course enables Spirit Magic, which is not available by default!

Yeah I bought it from her(Phyllis), but the fact you can steal or buy this from her is what made me think that I could kill the Necromancer and get his too. lol

Fun fact, if for some reason you screw things up with Phyllis, you can also get the Spirit Magic book from magnolia(the witch in Grey Hills) if you kill Patton for her and bring her back her necklace. The Necklace is good but there are better ones so I gave it back.

Mind you, Magnolia's not a good guy exactly but neither was Patton. Heck, you could easily end up killing him by accident just because his gang might attack you for mouthing off lol

[AuraForLaura]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Originally posted by Whiskey Richard:

Here's a little secret one: If you have high skill in the "Steal" profession, you can pickpocket the alchemist on the outskirts of town in Brea (the one involved in the Barghest quest from the Abandoned Farm). From her you can steal the Legendary "Spirit Magic" book which of course enables Spirit Magic, which is not available by default!

Yeah I bought it from her(Phyllis), but the fact you can steal or buy this from her is what made me think that I could kill the Necromancer and get his too. lol

Fun fact, if for some reason you screw things up with Phyllis, you can also get the Spirit Magic book from magnolia(the witch in Grey Hills) if you kill Patton for her and bring her back her necklace. The Necklace is good but there are better ones so I gave it back.

Mind you, Magnolia's not a good guy exactly but neither was Patton. Heck, you could easily end up killing him by accident just because his gang might attack you for mouthing off lol

But that is all the classes so far right? - bard necro and spirit wasnt in blackthorn i believe... And we are still missing the shapeshifter

[Jivebot]

Originally posted by AuraForLaura:

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Yeah I bought it from her(Phyllis), but the fact you can steal or buy this from her is what made me think that I could kill the Necromancer and get his too. lol

Fun fact, if for some reason you screw things up with Phyllis, you can also get the Spirit Magic book from magnolia(the witch in Grey Hills) if you kill Patton for her and bring her back her necklace. The Necklace is good but there are better ones so I gave it back.

Mind you, Magnolia's not a good guy exactly but neither was Patton. Heck, you could easily end up killing him by accident just because his gang might attack you for mouthing off lol

But that is all the classes so far right? - bard necro and spirit wasnt in blackthorn i believe... And we are still missing the shapeshifter

There's also Yangyuan Sword which is based on Chinese Swordplay, but you have to choose between that and Battle Monk.

There's also one based on Chinese Spears. It's in Blackthorn Arena, but only one Hero NPC has it. I forgot the name. You could not teach it to any of your own gladiators without Save Editing.

The Spear one is actually in this game too, but again...only through save editing. And if you add it in, the name is bugged and it will be named the same as Yan Sword. I experiment with stuff like that sometimes but never long term.Eventually I revert back to a less "compromised" save. This game is glitchy enough as it is without intentionally throwing curveballs like that into the mix longterm. lol

It does have some cool, slick looking spear moves. Which just makes it weird why they went to all the trouble of creating this class, only to have it so limited in Blackthorn and ("Officially")non-existent in Reckoning. Maybe it's intended for some future DLC or something. But I never like it when content already in a game is released as DLC.

[AuraForLaura]

Originally posted by Jivebot:

Originally posted by AuraForLaura:

But that is all the classes so far right? - bard necro and spirit wasnt in blackthorn i believe... And we are still missing the shapeshifter

There's also Yangyuan Sword which is based on Chinese Swordplay, but you have to choose between that and Battle Monk.

There's also one based on Chinese Spears. It's in Blackthorn Arena, but only one Hero NPC has it. I forgot the name. You could not teach it to any of your own gladiators without Save Editing.

The Spear one is actually in this game too, but again...only through save editing. And if you add it in, the name is bugged and it will be named the same as Yan Sword. I experiment with stuff like that sometimes but never long term.Eventually I revert back to a less "compromised" save. This game is glitchy enough as it is without intentionally throwing curveballs like that into the mix longterm. lol

It does have some cool, slick looking spear moves. Which just makes it weird why they went to all the trouble of creating this class, only to have it so limited in Blackthorn and ("Officially")non-existent in Reckoning. Maybe it's intended for some future DLC or something. But I never like it when content already in a game is released as DLC.

Well let's be honest. It's not like any part of the game is ready for release yet . So let's see what happens. But yeah I do miss my shapeshifting. They should at least implement that