black books do i need to keep them?

[Padischli]

hello i just played through the dragonborn dlc (one of the best dlc's ive ever played!)and i think i have all black books now.is there a way to get rid of them i dont want to keep them in my inventory.

[Yankee Bugle Dandy]

If I remeber right you can use each of them for a bonus of some sort so I'd use them for that. I'd just store them in a bookshelf in a house somewhere. Or maybe the college librarian would buy them? I can't recall if he buys them or not.

[Docsprock]

If you ever want to return to Apocrypha, you need to read the book. They are weightless, so they do not encumber you.

You got all 7 right?

[Padischli]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

If you ever want to return to Apocrypha, you need to read the book. They are weightless, so they do not encumber you.

You got all 7 right?

yes i got all 7 books in some book you get a bonus that says hey you can summon a merchant i think its called black market do you know how to use it?

[aturqoise]

It's a power, you select it and use the shout button. He's only there for 15 seconds so be ready to trade. Once you're done he leaves.

[jancawa55]

I've never seen an option to remove a Black Book once you have it.

[FDANB]

Originally posted by jancawa55:

I've never seen an option to remove a Black Book once you have it.

i know, its pretty much zero weight when you finish the dlc if i remember correctly.

[lupus_hegemonia]

Ouaou... just remembered those books... and how much I hated that DLC, turning Skyrim & Dragonborn to... "Cthoulhou" & "Ancient Old Ones"!

(They had NO IDEA what kind of DLC to create... and stolen Lovecraft's myth!)

[alexander_dougherty]

Most of the books have a bonus that you select, you need the book if you want to change that bonus. Not that I've ever picked them up, just read them and moved on (they are still on their stands in the dungeons waiting).

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by lupus_hegemonia:

Ouaou... just remembered those books... and how much I hated that DLC, turning Skyrim & Dragonborn to... "Cthoulhou" & "Ancient Old Ones"!

(They had NO IDEA what kind of DLC to create... and stolen Lovecraft's myth!)

Except that's what Hermaeus Mora has always been like. They didn't rip it off specifically for the Dragonborn DLC at any rate.

OP- I think you can just dump them off on a bookshelf or a chest in a house. They should be 0 weight though so unless you carry a ton of books and notes I'm not sure if there is any reason to.

[MysticMalevolence]

There are a few house mods that add display shelves for them, if you're into mods.
I wouldn't advise putting them on a vanilla bookshelf because they, like the Oghma Infinium, are bigger than other books. As such, they cause some collision issues when placed besides each other or other books, which not only looks ugly but can do strange things with the physics, in my experiences.

Originally posted by lupus_hegemonia:

You realise Lovecraft's work is in the public domain, right?
While Herma-mora is undoubtedly inspired by the Lovecraftian (themes of forbidden knowledge and the Oghma Infinium being bound in skin, to name a few vanilla examples), they still made something unique out of it.
They needed an eldritch horror. Lovecraft was the foremost expert in the eldritch. It makes sense that they, like everyone else, would draw inspiration from Lovecraft's ideas. They didn't blatantly steal anything.

[Xerkie]

Originally posted by lupus_hegemonia:

Ouaou... just remembered those books... and how much I hated that DLC, turning Skyrim & Dragonborn to... "Cthoulhou" & "Ancient Old Ones"!

(They had NO IDEA what kind of DLC to create... and stolen Lovecraft's myth!)

Cthulhu* *Elder Old Ones

Also Hermaeus Mora has always been like that. He and Apocrypha are undoubtedly inspired by Lovecraftian Mythos, but at least Bethesda found a way to make it unique and interesting, with actual lore and background. I liked the Dragonborn DLC because of the sense of Hopelessness and despair, you arrive on a broken, falling island after an attempt on your life to pursue someone who might not even exist, and all points lead you nowhere as the towns fall into dust while their villagemembers become enthralled and enslaved by Miraak, the first dragonborn, who is far more powerful than you...

It's a nice redirection from the main Storyline.

[Brandybuck]

Originally posted by lupus_hegemonia:

...and stolen Lovecraft's myth!

CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!! Someone call the dean's office! Aaargh!

[Tryst49]

You can go through the books again at any time to change the power you gained at the end of it to one of the other options.