I want a note to be added to the players inventory when the book is read/spell is learned.

I know there's an event OnRead(), and that it only works when the book ui opens. I'm wondering if there's an appropriate event for books that teach a spell. "Consumable books."

Have you checked if OnRead definitely only fires on the UI? It might be worth giving it a shot, just in case it'll work anyway.

Beyond that, it looks like maybe you could try 'OnItemRemoved'--the Wiki says that a consumed Item's Destination and Reference will both return NONE, which might help you identify when the Spell Book has actually been read, rather than just dropped.

You could also try the OnEquipped event. The event is triggered even for miscellaneous items (typically junk that you can pick up in the game like bones) despite the fact that such items do not have a slot that they occupy like armors or weapons do.

yeah just tried it. on read doesnt work on spellbooks. but since it does work on regular books i might be able to go a different rout and addspell the spell.

I can confirm that spell books behave like misc items when it comes to events, OnEquip and OnActivate trigger fine, no OnRead.

orly? awesome. thatl come in handy.