Perk tree: Book writing
The Keeper's five talent trees - Building, Smithing, Farming, Book writing and Anatomy - laid out like the in-game talent window.
Character
The Book writing tree grows down from its first node. Every node costs one Book writing inspiration point and needs every node above it that it is connected to. 5 nodes raise Book writing mastery by 1 each; the other 13 are perks. Buying all 18 nodes takes 18 points, which is 84 notches of the Book writing inspiration bar.
Book writing inspiration point
1
Tier 1
Book writing mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Book writing mastery by 1.
Tier 2
Perk
Leather Scroll at the Writing Desk: 6 instead of 4; Clean Paper at the Writing Desk: 10 instead of 6; Clean Paper at the Paper Press: 30 instead of 20; plus 3 more.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Perk
People believe in your words. Ceremonies grant extra faith.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Perk
The church isn't just a triumph of the spirit. It's also a collection of buildings and properties. You've learned to manage them, so ceremonies give you extra money.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Book writing mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Book writing mastery by 1.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Perk
+4 Smithing mastery when working at the Jewelry Table.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Tier 3
Perk
+4 Book writing mastery when working at the Writing Desk.
Requires: Paper maker
Perk
The more friends you have, the more brains you need. Increase your zombie limit without receiving a PR penalty.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Book writing mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Book writing mastery by 1.
Requires: Talented jeweler
Tier 4
Perk
Story and Newspaper start with 2 successful ticks already done; its other 16 recipes at the Writing Desk and the Printing Press start from the first tick.
Requires: Scribe
Perk
2 less energy per tick on its 9 recipes at the Writing Desk: 2 instead of 4; plus 1 more.
Requires: Scribe
Perk
Successful ceremonies grant extra Faith and silver.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Perk
Happy customers are good customers. Town orders give more Likes.
Requires: Good fellow
Perk
1 less energy per tick on its 14 recipes at the Jewelry Table: 2 instead of 3; its 14 recipes at the Jewelry Table start from the first tick with or without it.
Requires: Book writing mastery +1
Tier 5
Perk
+4 Book writing mastery when working at the Printing Press.
Requires: Like a King
Perk
+4 Book writing mastery when writing sermons.
Requires: Sermon writer
Tier 6
Book writing mastery +1+1
Mastery upgrade
Raises Book writing mastery by 1.
Requires: Good press, Voice of Faith
How it works
Inspiration points of a colour buy the nodes of that colour's tree.
Each full inspiration bar of a colour gives one point. Every node costs one point of its colour.
Raises that mastery by 1. A recipe cannot be worked below its required mastery (star crafts and autopsy work can be attempted with at least 1 mastery), and twice or three times the mastery it needs finishes it in a half or a third of the ticks.
A permanent bonus. 14 of the 68 talent perks add +2 to +4 mastery for one kind of work.