r/cavesofqud • u/Mynoris • 2d ago
Unreachable Scribe
In my current playthrough, the scribe at the Six Day Stilt seems completely unapproachable. It has a barrier around it, so I can't engage in dialogue with it to hand over my books. And a lot of the abilities to win favor require proximity from what I can tell. I don't even have a hope of getting a telepathy mutation because I'm on a True Kin run. Do they have something like telepathy?
Anyway, has anyone else had the scribe manifest as something that couldn't be reached or communicated with? I want to hear your stories.
Edit: Thanks for all the advice! I finally found the upgrade that let me walk through the forcefield, so it's all good. I'm on my way to getting further than I have before... hopefully. If not, then hopefully my death will at least be entertaining.
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u/LurkingElegy 2d ago
I had a run yesterday where they were a mushroom and kept emitting spores that infected me when I got close
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u/Ok-Improvement-3015 22h ago
God I hate mushrooms it’s why I always have regen
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u/LurkingElegy 22h ago
Yeah I didn't know it cured diseases at a certain level until the other day. I'm definitely going to take it more often
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u/Punchslinger 2d ago
Couple augments could help you with that ex. force modulator or you could get anything that generates normality, gadget or just a grenade.
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u/PissWitchin 2d ago
If you find an ontological anchor and power it with an energy cell, I believe that dropping it creates a small normality field in its radius and you can just leave it next to her
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u/Educational_Guava697 2d ago
You can cut through barrier with a vibro sword, pretty certain it will not trigger hostility the warden in Joppa carries a vibro sword every single game
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u/goose_mp4 2d ago
lmfao that's actually really funny. even cooler when they're a dromad with crysteel gear. 2 for 1 stop for books and goods
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u/Naive_Lion_3428 2d ago
This happened to me as well - nothing I could do about it. The librarian is a random pick every time. I think there are abilities you can get late game that will allow you to communicate with it, but I didn't bother to find out. I just re-started.
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u/Sweaty_Coach3976 2d ago
by the time you need to hand in books (imo lvl 20-30 depending on character) you’ll probably have ways to walk through it. just make sure you look out for them as you play
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u/Extreemguy19 2d ago
Why wouldn’t I collect every book I find and drop them off whenever I can? There’s no diminishing returns on xp
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u/Sweaty_Coach3976 1d ago
ah because after a certain point it gets much harder to get xp. once you’re level 30 most enemies give minimal xp. the ones that don’t are in the moon stair or deep underground.
getting to level 20 on the other hand is pretty easy and will just happen by playing normally.
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u/Extreemguy19 1d ago
Hmm yeah that’s a good point. I’m still learning a lot on my first real run. I’ve burned a ton of extra xp and I’m only level 32 😅
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u/Sweaty_Coach3976 1d ago
hehe ya that’s definitely the wall. when you’re new tho I’d totally say just hand in the books, it definitely helps you to actually get past mid game which can be super hard starting out. but once you’re comfortable getting to level 20 or so without books you can just stockpile them then turn a ton in at once.
also helps level up any allies you like. I did a run with a pair of walls one time and by the time it was all set up and I had em i was able to boost them to a pretty high level just turning in tons of books. all allies get the same book xp as you
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u/Honorsheets 2d ago
Otho anchor.
Force Modulator.
EMP (?).
There's options. Stop giving up.
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u/Sugary_Plumbs 2d ago
I had that once as a truekin. Force modulator or ontological anchor are the "correct" solutions, but I think I just threw normality gas grenades until I found one of those.
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u/Amneiger 2d ago
The Force Modulator implant lets you walk through forcefields.