Addon Spotlight: Grimoire Keeper
by Sean Forsgren 
May 30th 2008 at 5:00PM
Then came the caveat; I bought this damned pamphlet on Seduction, used it, and now the merchant didn't save my purchase records like any other bookseller! I didn't expect him to suggest other grimoires I might enjoy based on my interest, but come on! I am aware that I can burn through some shards to summon each of my demons to check at the trainer, but what a waste! There had to be an easier way.
Then I discovered Grimoire Keeper, an addon that aids budding demon-wranglers in remembering which abilities, and ranks thereof, their demons already have. Keep reading to discover it for yourself.Grimoire Keeper is a great tool for tracking demon training. The author who wrote this one also developed Recipe Book, which is another addon that remembers things for you. (Future Addon Spotlight love!?) I thought the description for Grimoire Keeper was fantastic, so I thought I'd post it. Here it is in the developer's own words:
"When you summon a demon, Grimoire Keeper's tiny little gnomes will interrogate it using top-secret techniques to learn its level of mastery for all spells. They'll then write down that information for that character, storing it securely in your per-character SavedVariables file. Any time your demon learns a new spell, our gnomes will re-interrogate it for added thoroughness.
When you visit the demon trainer, the gnomes will spring into action, bustling up to the interface panel with BLUE CRAYONS to color all the books that your demons know blue. Books you can't learn yet will remain red, which leaves you, the fortunate warlock, to select which of the white books you'd like to buy.
If you can't summon a Felguard yet, they also color the Felguard grimoires with BLACK CRAYONS so you're not duped into buying one of those.
Don't worry, the crayon washes off before the next person tries to buy anything. No property is permanently damaged."
Once you've installed this addon, you will need to summon each of your demons, so the "magic gnomes" can study then, thereby remembering what abilities you've already trained. After that, you're free to visit the demon trainers and Grimoire Keeper will function. That's it, no configuration required. With that in mind, I can't really give you any tips on how to use it.
If you play a Warlock, this is one of the solutions to your demon-training problems at your disposal. Download it, install it and go back to rolling your face on the keyboard. Dismissed!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
InsaneAssault May 30th 2008 5:10PM
Very nice, I don't know why Blizzard hasn't streamlined and cleaned up the method of purchasing tomes for demons. Anyone who has leveled up a lock knows how annoying it is to check every even level to see which tomes can be purchased. And the fact that you don't know which spell you already have until you actually purchase the tome -AND- have the pet summoned makes it even more of a pain.
Baluki May 30th 2008 5:10PM
Looks cool; I'll have to try it. The demon-training system has always been pretty clunky.
I wonder, is there an Ace version?
Fuentese May 30th 2008 7:33PM
This has been a must-have for me since I rolled my first lock in '06. The only pain now is doing the stay-and-dismiss drill for every pet so I don't waste shards. Some Blizzard attention on the whole process would be great.
Radagast May 30th 2008 5:38PM
If you have the pet summoned when you visit the trainer, you will know which grimoires your pet "already knows"
makishima May 30th 2008 5:40PM
"I am aware that I can burn through some shards to summon each of my demons to check at the trainer, but what a waste! There had to be an easier way."
Read the whole story?
jbodar May 30th 2008 9:56PM
Grimoire Keeper lets you see the grimoires you need for those unsummoned demons at a glance. The only downside is that you still need to summon the demon so it can learn, but it lets you decide when to do it.
The Artist formally known as Jesus May 30th 2008 5:39PM
The only thing better than the addon is the description itself
fLUx May 30th 2008 5:46PM
I think I'll have to try this. The warlock demon training system is stupid.
To stop myself from wasting shards, I used to go to SW to train, find which ones I needed for my current demon, tell it to stay, and run outside, get a free shard, then do it again for the next demon, and so on. I ain't wasting shards! (OK, it wasn't because I didn't want to waste, I usally only have 1 or 2 on me anyway!! I'm a naughty lock mwahahahhaha)
my2cents May 30th 2008 6:00PM
Sounds like a cool addon, and the description is pure gold. For those of you who have way too many addons already though (like myself) here's a tip:
The tomes you train your pets with at any given level all cost the same amount of money (to the best of my knowledge) So if you keep up with always training the latest stuff when it becomes available, then you simply need to find one tome that requires your current level and see how much it costs. Then you can skim through all the pages and buy each tome that costs the same amount.
Saves me a lot of time at least >.
Zamboni May 30th 2008 6:06PM
There was an addon called "DemonTrainer (Continued)" that converted the Demon Trainer window to match that of a normal Class trainer. Grimoire Keeper looked like a klutzy hack compared to it. Unfortunately, DemonTrainer hasn't been updated in a long time and has developed some fatal incompatibilities with other common addons.
Tenchan May 31st 2008 2:13AM
I use DemonTrainer as well, and it is still running smoothly for me.
NeSuKuN May 30th 2008 6:06PM
Quite old if you ask me, had since lvl 10~ I'm surprised that there's so many locks that didn't knew about it already.
Rydolomo May 30th 2008 6:09PM
I remember on my lock, I used to train at the Slaughtered Lamb Inn (in SW) because the demon trainer stood next to the warlock trainer. I didn't train at IF for ages because I didn't know if it had a demon trainer until I eventually found him next door!
Daryl.
KrazyIan May 30th 2008 7:13PM
I wish I had known about this add-on about 70 levels ago.
uncaringbear May 30th 2008 8:46PM
Man, I wish I had this addon 70 levels ago. I really don't understand why Blizz doesn't update the archaic demon training system.
G May 30th 2008 10:09PM
I'm very glad I found this addon months ago when my warlock was still young. If Blizz can color code "normal" training windows to show you what you already know (or can't yet learn), they should have done something like this for Grimoires from the beginning. The 3rd or 4th time I had to figure out which ones to buy, I went looking for the addon which I was sure must exist.
As the post mentions, the same person also wrote Recipe Book. It's handy for not only seeing what you know, can learn, or can't learn yet at a glance, it also keeps track of the same for all of your alts and shows that at the bottom of the tooltip. Can be learned by Tunaface, Already known by Mahiface, Will be learnable by Shrimpface, etc. That rocks for altaholics.
AtomB May 30th 2008 10:12PM
been using this since the early teens on my lock, great mod
Punky May 30th 2008 11:14PM
I've used this for awhile..love it :-)
Katz Jun 1st 2008 9:14AM
Have you covered TrainerFu yet? It covers this (demon trainers) and more (class, profession, weapons, etc). Isn't dependent on fubar either, don't let the name fool ye, it can just work straight off your minimap.
http://wowui.worldofwar.net/?p=mod&m=3497
(I recommend this version of the one at wowace, older but more stable)
You have to visit each trainer to add it to your list and then all available skills will be listed in green as soon as available (eg on skillup/levelup etc), shows those you're getting within your next 2 levels (as a nice preview) as yellow and you can scan through to see just what level you learn upcoming skills whenever/whereever needed.