Crafting and books make games fun? hooray!

Welp its me again so you know what that means, mad long suggestions (hooray?)

So I was thinking about what rob said and what I was thinking what would be good for the crafting system in oort online seeing as it is going to be one of the main features of the game and really the main system in the genre. What I am going off and what sparked my thoughts on this subject was when rob stated
“We want to allow players to craft a certain portion of basic recipes to start with. But we also want players to be able to experiment and discover new recipes as well as find more advanced recipes from creature loot or through trading with other players.”
First of all I would like to say this is a wonderful way of doing it and I know it will work very well, what I propose isn’t to change this but to ADD to it and give it a nice sense of lore in the oort universe because for the first time in a game I have actually been interested in the back story of the mysterious “oort” race so here we go!”

The easiest way to do what rob proposes is to have recipes that you find and can learn, the same type of system has been implemented in rust and i think it works pretty well, but how can it be made fun, interesting and within the lore of oort online.
I propose instead of recipes we have books you can find on mobs/chests or buy from other players! how does this make it fun though you might ask…

—How books work—
Most basic recipes in the game that have to do with crafting weapons and blocks even when they get a bit higher up in technicality can be found in standard books that aren’t very rare and can be found on mobs and stuff.. obviously the more advanced the harder they are to find.
When you get to the more “magical” weapons and blocks (which might be the mechanical blocks if they are controlled by magic) are rare books found in oort dungeons or on harder mobs and are written in oortian (which is impossible to read for the basic user)…
At this point I am assuming that character progression and leveling is in the game, each time you read a book (use the book in game) you gain a level in reading. Once you get over a certain number rerading… lets say.. 30… you are able to translate the books for yourself and then once you reach level 50 you can translate and write the books for other players (you cant copy books indefinately though).

—crafting journal—
So I was thinking on how to make this even more interesting and make sense without having to carry around a bunch of books in your inventory, so this is what I came up with. When you find a book you can tear out the page (recipe) and put it into your crafting journal… players start off with this in their inventory when they spawn with the basic recipes already in it. think of this as the enchiridion of crafting that you are creating yourself.. and that every player creates …
Hardcore Mode?
If you die with the book on you, you lose the book and have to either get it off of your corpse or start again (you get another book when you spawn). You can also steal the book off of other players so be careful when someone sees you craft that epic sword!

+++++how will this affect the game+++++
-It will introduce new player roles (scribe, specialized crafters, librarian?)
-It will contribute greatly to the player progression in the game on multiple levels
-It will make crafting a part of the exploration aspect of the game
-It makes sense within the lore of oort online and for me makes crafting make allot of sense

<<<<<Possible Balance Changes>>>>>>>
-Maybe make the books have crafting recipe groups instead of a book per recipe? but you can still tear individual pages out so you can pick and choose and sell the rest if you want?
-Don’t include my “hardcore mode” features
-The numbers in the rarities and progression can always be changed to make it easier or harder depending on what you guys want