Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26119768-20171026022236

"''...He permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books...there lie among his hoards many records that few can now read..." ''-Gandalf the Grey

With the addition of lore texts, libraries are a logical addition to the world of Middle-earth. Within them you can find hidden texts, lore of old, and secrets which have been buried for centuries...

Libraries
I'm proposing the addition of 4 main structure types, each a form of library.

First, the private collection. This is found in the richer houses of towns and villages, usually only a few bookshelves. Hardly a library, but a start. These can have lore texts in them, not normally rare ones.

The second of these, is the aptly named 'Library'. This structure spawns in towns (right now only Gondor and Easterlings have towns, which I assume is temporary). It is a small building, with a random chance to replace one of the houses. In it, you can find various lore texts, and a bit of loot. These are not exactly the great archives of Minas Tirith, but we're getting there.

Next is the Great Library. This is closer to what a major structure might have, but not quite there yet. It can be found very rarely in towns, and is essentially a larger library. There's more loot, and more lore texts here.

Finally there is the Archive. This is a cramped little hole in the wall filled to the brim with ancient texts, reports on grain harvests; the sort of thing you'd expect from an archive, a mixture of random junk and occasional treasures. These can spawn as the basement of a Great Library, and can be quite large, perhaps using the same sort of system as dwarven mineshafts.

Lore Text Spawning
Now, you may wonder what I meant by 'rare texts' well, these are texts which spawn only in 3 proposed areas: 'library' 'great_library' and 'archive'. these are the same as the 'ruins' or 'rhun' tags added to existing lore texts, except they spawn in specific buildings instead of specific regions. This would allow for control of texts which honestly wouldn't really be found in some hobbits personal library.

That's all folks, I hope you like it! Constructive criticism is appreciated. 