make inscription more useful

[cavesomething]

Since this board seems somewhat quiet since the xorn discussion died out, I figured I would throw this idea out and see if anyone likes it:

There already exist a series of skills that allow items to be created. I propose that inscription should be extended to do the same to scrolls so that, for example, a scroll and a leperous flake of skin might yield a scroll of cure disease, a scroll and a potion of wisdom a scroll of percieve self and a scroll and a lich dust a scroll of banishment.

This could also give the enchantment scrolls although these should be difficult to get "potion of invulnerability + scroll of protection from attack + defender (yes the artifact sword) + dragon shield + scroll" for enchant armour maybe?

Obviously this requires a new item to make them (writing desk?) and I would suggest that the libary should have a 'study room' analogous to the tannery and smithery etc in scorn.

[Ryo]

Err. Plain inscription lets you write magical scrolls already.

Take a scroll with a spell, apply a writing pen, mark scroll, cast the spell you want to write, then use_skill inscription
If you lucky, you'll make a new scroll.

Of course you need to know the actual spell you want to write.

[cavesomething]

I wasn't aware of that.

I admit it does go much of the way to achiving what I was looking for (does it work with rods also? a couple of scrolls of percieve self are lighter than a rod, and sufficant for any visit to a dungeon, ditto word of recall If I get high enough level scrolls, and more space for loot is good).

I still want to be able to make enchantment scrolls though, and making scrolls of meteor swarm without knowing the spell would be liked (through an 'ingredients' list as I originally envisioned)

Incidentally my reason for assuming it didn't exist was that running crossfire -m7 didn't say that anything needed inscription.

[Ryo]

You must know the spell, rods & such won't help. Unless i'm mistaking

Enchant & Improve scrolls, you can't make'em.

And -m7 doesn't say anything about inscription because it's just a skill, and the code takes care of gory writing details.

[cavesomething]

Well then, In that case my original idea has some application (albeit less than I originally believed). It would be useful to be able to make scrolls of high level spells, and enchantment scrolls (although as I stated previously the cost should be *very* high).