Quote Originally Posted by StrongWilled View Post
I think maybe the scroll and some others were finalist, because they did like them, but knew it would be harder to implement. It's a magic scroll, so its shape can be firm when held and then still use the slam shut look on animation, because it just pops back open anyways. i think the harder animations are some of the page flip animations. It would just be nice to have something other than a standard book. Knowledge is learned from more than books, so being tied to only books just kinda stinks and feels like a kick. ESP when you see actual winners as things like a ladle and pot lid being used as a sword and shield, and umbrella rapiers, and shark-fist, sword-chakrams
I mean, even for the SCH winner entry, the pallete has no pages whatsoever, so I suppose they don't really mind the page flipping/ripping animation from Excog.

The idea that I had (but never really executed it to submit) was some kind of small square case (that opened like a book) and from inside, a crystal popped and hovered above the open case. The idea because in EW quests we get to interact with crystals serving the functionality of books.