[Menelaus]

They could just have the book equipable in sub catagory and make it scholar exclusive. That way you could actually see the book without having him use it as a weapon, which i think would be full on retarded. What would the weaponskills be. Binder bash? Papercut?

[Jonastb]

My guess is that it will be a Ranged item, similar to Bard Instruments.

[Ziero]

...the books Scholars use aren't weapons but part of their JA animations. They use the ability, the book appears in front of them, opens up and disappears. That's not even debatible because people have seen the videos of this happening.

[DakAttack]

The Poems of Hafez
(Book) All Races
DMG:40 Delay: 240
Additional Effect: Confusion
Lv. 75 SCH

[Menelaus]

[Arctic Wolf]

Originally Posted by Ziero

...the books Scholars use aren't weapons but part of their JA animations. They use the ability, the book appears in front of them, opens up and disappears. That's not even debatible because people have seen the videos of this happening.

Boom. Away discussions about how they use a freaking book. Corsair's don't throw blackjack cards at mobs do they now

On a side note, like SE said in interviews ages ago, they find it hard to introduce new weapons to the game because of the limitations on PS2 memory.

[Galaxia]

Taken from SE's site.

With the musings and records of a hundred years of scholars crammed between its covers, the grimoire had exceeded its original definition as a tactician's manual, and developed into an encyclopedic source of knowledge. The task of memorizing its contents had become a mammoth task for any aspiring scholar, which defeated the Schultz philosophy of practicality and utility. The person to solve this dilemma was none other than Gunther Schultz II, direct descendant of the famous martial theorist himself. Schultz empowered the grimoire with astral properties, enabling the scholar to command the book to disappear and reappear at will. This allowed proponents of the Schultz school to consult the grimoire at any time, significantly expanding their realm of movement. This flexibility would prove invaluable in the time of the Crystal War...

Says about the book been able to appear and disappear at the SCH's will so maybe there will be a Book weapon for SCH.

Also could be a Ammo type thing

[BurningPanther]

Flay people with the sharp edges of magically propelled pages from your book, R.O.D.-style.

[Amarok]

I thought all books would be 2-handed, except for the one with the naked mithra in it.

[Armando]

Says about the book been able to appear and disappear at the SCH's will so maybe there will be a Book weapon for SCH.

Also could be a Ammo type thing

No.

The book appears/disappears when you use JAs. That is all. We are not getting books as a weapon.

[Galaxia]

Probs right but no one knows til release
I been watching some SCH Vids and it shows the book as the JA so probs won't be a weapon as all the SCHs seem to be using Light Staff

[Coinspinner]

It would be cool to have a book as a reusable throwing weapon. Unlikely to happen, but cool if it did.

[Evion]

So, was I right or not?

[Balfree]

Is it still not clear?

[Lunaryn]

I'm not sure whether it's amusing or sad to see people actually contriving to read flavor that clearly spells out that this is not a physical thing we need to keep on our person as suggesting exactly the opposite because they so thoroughly want it to be the case...

The Grimoire is a Key Item. It is obtained when you complete the SCH flag quest. The description clearly states that due to astral properties it manifests at the user's whim.