[NirAntae]

Currently, the paintings jump in 20 pt blocks.  ie, 40, 60, or 80 skill needed.

Given that we get the book skills at 80, I thought it might make more sense for the advanced paintings that are currently craftable at 80, would be nice to get at either 70 or 75, so you can craft something 'new and exciting' during those last points before you reach book level (and most likely start doing 'other things').

[Lara]

In preparation for the new magic system I'd like to jump the gun on some of the ancillary changes we want to make.

So, when the new magic system goes in (and no the design isn't available to players yet) we are going to remove recall and gate from all magic systems, including devotion and make it a utility accessible to everyone.

Recall and Gate will be a function of rune books which can be charged with a gold sink (non craftable) resources.

• Books will take more runes then they do now
  
• Books will take more charges than they do now.
  
• Recall will still require mana of 10 (or is it 11?)
  
• Gate will still require mana of 40.
  
• However they will no longer fail unless the book isn't charged.
  
• Runebooks, Runes, recall scrolls and mark scrolls will be craftable by inscription. 
  
• Recall scrolls and mark scrolls will not require skill to be used.
  
• Gating will only be a function of rune books.
  

The new magic system will use significantly fewer spells, and FULL spellbooks will be purchasable from a master NPC just like devotion and precision.  Consequently, the crafting of scrolls and the mob drop of scrolls need to be reviewed.

To offset the loss of scrolls from inscription, we are going to merge inscription + artisty + cartography.  Putting these three skills together should create one robust "pen and ink" skill rather than three rather crappy craft skills.

1. Eventually, the magery scrolls, with the exception of that noted above, will be removed from inscription.
   
2. Scrolls dropping on mobs will either be remove or reimagined, no details as of yet.
   

[Lara]

Recall, Gate and Mark

So recall, gate and mark will stay as part of Eval Int: http://www.sanctuaryshard.com/index.php?...telligence and require mana and skill checks.

BUT, you can buy scrolls for recall, gate and mark and it will work without skill or reagents, but still require the mana.

OR, you can buy a runebook, and put runes in it, and it will use charges (aka scrolls) to gate and recall with out skill or reagents, but mana is still required.

[Lara]

What do we do with all the other scrolls OTHER then gate, recall and mark.

What if you could put scrolls into an anti-evil eye resist magic amulet that would buff the resistance of magic resist against specific spells?