# A request about the "Study X until you learn...?" prompt

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [May 17, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158 "2014-05-17T02:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khrysanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Khrysanth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Khrysanth)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/1 "2014-05-17T02:16:43Z")

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Would it be possible to not have this auto-stop reading on the first “You fail to learn…” once your skill has reached the cap from a book? As it is it can be tedious to keep going through the prompts to get those last couple of recipes.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/2 "2014-05-17T03:40:57Z")

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Not sure what you mean, doesn’t it let you know that when you reach that level?  
And you stop reading when you gain a level.

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**Author:** ![vache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@vache](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vache)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/3 "2014-05-17T04:10:01Z")

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When you get all the skill a book can offer, but still lack a recipe, there is no “study until you learn a recipe” option. You have to do individual reads over and over to learn recipes, which ends up being incredibly tedious, and digging the last recipes out of a book often feels like it takes way longer than getting the skill out of it.

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**Author:** ![Khrysanth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Khrysanth](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Khrysanth)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/4 "2014-05-17T07:34:40Z")

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When you’ve reached the skill limit for a book, but there are still recipes to learn attempting to read it still brings up the “Study skill until you learn something? (gain a level) (Y/N) (Case Sensitive)” prompt.  
Choosing “Y” will read once, then stop, whether you learn something or not.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/5 "2014-05-17T07:39:53Z")

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Yeah, I think it’s an oversight.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/6 "2014-05-17T08:21:41Z")

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Thanks for clarifying, that sounds like a reasonable change.

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**Author:** ![RAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@RAM](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RAM)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/7 "2014-05-17T08:33:22Z")

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“Study until the book has no more to teach you” would seem to be something that would fit player objectives. Not sure that I have ever had that option when reading things in real life though…

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**Author:** ![Creamy\_Goodness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/creamy_goodness/32/292_2.png) [@Creamy\_Goodness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Creamy_Goodness)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/8 "2014-05-19T04:28:06Z")

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> [@RAM](#):
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> “Study until the book has no more to teach you” would seem to be something that would fit player objectives. Not sure that I have ever had that option when reading things in real life though…

Yes this option is perfect +1 for this amazing unhassle feature

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**Author:** ![jimboblordofeskimos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/jimboblordofeskimos/32/2_2.png) [@jimboblordofeskimos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jimboblordofeskimos)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/9 "2014-05-19T12:25:00Z")

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I would love this. It would save a ridiculous amount of keypresses.

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**Author:** ![Paquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-request-about-the-study-x-until-you-learn-prompt/6158/10 "2014-05-20T21:31:43Z")

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Be sure to disable this feature if your character is incapable if learning a recipe in the book 🙂