March quests:
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Robbing Robin Hood(view spoiler)[
Provide 4 bat wings for leather and read a book with 6 or less characters in the title to provide a thin string of thread for sewing them all together. Receive 5 experience for re-hooding Mr. Robin.
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A Fairy Odd Path(view spoiler)[
Read 3 books that are in-between series numbers. i.e. #6.5 or #2.1 in a series. May be part of a collection of stories but the whole collection must be over the 100 page minimum (a collection will only count towards one of the numbers). Fairies are forgetful but always thankful and after you remind them they provide you a Heal Potion and 2 experience for the rescue.
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Two Empty Halves of Coconuts(view spoiler)[
An important step in any young knights life is his first horse. Actually, once you get a horse you don't take nearly as many steps. So maybe it's really the beginning of the end of steps is acquiring a horse. No matter what, it's a good thing to do.
To acquire a horse you must have perseverance, persistence, perspicacity, performance, perfume and various other per related things.
Find all the items to receive your very first horse.
1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.
You may choose 1 of two horses. You may also name him as he is now your horse.
Horse 1 is a American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons.
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Boast the Most(view spoiler)[
You're sitting around the tavern drinking with fellow adventurers when one rude fat man stands up and declares that he has killed more sewer rats than any man alive! You beg to differ and proceed to inform him of your numerous destruction of Rodentia Ickerus.
Count back through your adventures. 10 sewer rat deaths (since the start) will put this man in his place. You also need to commemorate this most prestigious occasion. Reading 1 book with the letters R, A, T in the title will get you your trophy and earn you an extra +2 boasting experience. (Example: Orphan Train train has t, r, a).
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A Tavern Delicacy(view spoiler)[
Kill 4 sewer rats, these rats must be fresh kills to not poison the tavern patrons with spoiled meat. Read 1 book from the list of banned books for burning. Read 1 book with a seasoning or herb in the title. Completing the delicacy will net you 6 experience.
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The Kindness of Strangers:
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You are trekking through the kingdom and come to a fork in the road. A three pronged fork to be exact. Being the intrepid adventuter that you are you take the only logical course and pull a die out of your pocket.
Roll the die! I rolled a 5
You meet a blacksmith named Kevdak. The Queen has ordered Kevdak to create a special sheild for her son's 8th birthday. The sheild will have the picture of an animal on the front. But Kevdak doesn't know what animal to use. To help Kevdak, you must read a book with an animal on the cover, or an animal in the title, or an animal or child plays is a major part of the plot of the story.
For helping Kevdak you receive +1 exp and an enhanced weapon potion.
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Everybody Lies:
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Treatment 1: (treatments must be completed in order)
Spell out the word LEECH by using Spell-It-Out Rules and read a book about blood sucking vampires.
Receive 2 Healing Potions for trying the leech treatment.
Treatment 2:
Gillyweed is a magical plant native to the Mediterranean Sea. Read a book set in a country that borders the Mediterranean Sea to find some.
To make the extract read a book on the list of crush books.
Finally, drink a lot of water to account for your new gills. Read a book where a large part of it takes place at sea.
Receive 1 Major Heal Potion for trying the Gillyweed treatment.
Treatment 3:
Read a book where the cover is bright yellow to collect the marigolds.
Then read a science book to bring medicine into the 15th century.
Finally rest a week to recover your health. (Resting one week prevents the adventurer from participating in battles but battle wait timers will still tick and quests may still be turned in.)
After receiving treatment 3 you're cured! Gain 8 experience and heal your hp to max.
(hide spoiler)]Midas Quests Starting 3/1/15
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Run Alex Run!(view spoiler)[
Find the direction words north, south, east and west each in a book or book title (one per book). Lord Alex gladly pays you 10 Gold for helping him escape. He also promises to buy you a round at the local tavern but you're understandably wary after hearing about his last joke where he put the magic frog powder in Lady Tea's drink and turned her into a frog for a week.
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Lady Kelly's Missing Quests(view spoiler)[
To find Lady Kelly's quests read 2 books where someone steals something and 2 books where someone finds something. (use your imagination ☺)
Lady Kelly will gladly pay 10 gold for her missing quests.
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The Many Voices of Lady Zuzana(view spoiler)[
To help Lady Zuzana in her communication with the merchant, read 2 books originally written in your native language and 2 books originally written in another language. Lady Zuzana will gladly pay 10 gold to find common language.
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Ser Amanda's Cryptic Caper(view spoiler)[
Baff wuia! Duh xcicraw vu pufqa vksp zuwa. Vu esispk vksp thapv duh iaaw vu pgaff uhv bumw ZUWA. Pam Cxciwc bsff rfcwfd gcd 10 rufw eum vksp xdpvamd.
Well done! You managed to solve this code. To finish this quest you need to spell out word CODE. Ser Amanda will gladly pay 10 gold for this mystery.
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Lady Rachel's Debut(view spoiler)[
Gather 3 goblin bones then read a book with a grey cover to gather the metal then forge the metal and goblin bones together with a book that has fire (exact word, though may be part of a larger word) in the title or series. The director will gladly pay you 10 gold for setting the show back on track.
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Spock Guardian of Forever(view spoiler)[
Mr. Spock has traveled back in time using the Guardian of Forever and gotten lost! Help Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew search for their beloved friend.
Search for Spock in Books - Spell out the name Nimoy using Spell-It-Out Rules.
Search for Spock in History - Read 3 books written by Leonard Nimoy or set in outer space.
Search for Spock in the Hearts of Men - Read 3 books about sports, dogs or food.
Search for Spock in our Memories - Read 3 books about history or set in the past.
Search 1 location to gain 3 experience.
Search a second location to gain an additional 4 experience.
Search a third location to gain an additional 5 experience.
Search the final location to recover Spock's lost Plasma weapon. There is only one charge left but it may be used as a instant (no battle turn used) attack of 10 points.
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★Hero★:
► Level 3
► Health 14/14
► Sword: Level 1 (3 attack)
► Magic Staff: Level 3 (5 attack)
► Exp Earned: 24
★Weapons★:
Sword: Level 1
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Level 1:
☑ 100+ - Ghost Box - Derek Nevell 1/7/15
Level 2:
☐ 100+ -
☐ 200+ -
Level 3:
☐ 100+ -
☐ 200+ -
☐ 300+ -
(hide spoiler)]Magic Staff: Level 3
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Level 1:
☑ #1 -Low Town - Daniel Polansky 1/10/15
Level 2:
☑ #1 - Voodoo Plague - Dirk Patton 1/10/15
☑ #2 - Wayward - Blake Crouch 1/2/15
Level 3:
☑ #1 - Only the Innocent - Rachel Abbott 2/12/15
☑ #2 - Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey 2/8/15
☑ #3 - The Last Town - Blake Crouch 1/16/15
(hide spoiler)]★Quests★: +18exp
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Hello, My name is...
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Gather Berries: +7exp
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Spell out one of the following words with title, author, series, main character rules. YUM, BLUE, RASP, STRAW. +1 Exp per letter, +2 Exp for completing a word (Max 1 word)
S - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror - Christopher Moore 1/28/15 +1exp
T - The Troop - Nick Cutter 1/14/15 +1exp
R - Festive in Death - JD Robb 1/4/15 +1exp
A - Anna - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins 1/31/15 +1exp
W - The Martian - Andy Weir 1/18/15 +1exp
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Gather Bones: +3exp
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Read a book with a title that mentions bones, has bones on the cover or is in the horror or paranormal genre. +1 Exp per bone book (Max 5)
Crucifixion - Dirk Patton 1/23/15 +1exp
Iced - Karen Marie Moning 1/24/15 +1exp
Rolling Thunder - Dirk Patton 2/4/15 +1exp
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Rescue Kitty: +3exp
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Form a ladder by overlapping the end of one book with the beginning of the next book. At least 3 letters must overlap or your ladder will be too weak to rescue Kitty. Use 3-5 books to complete your ladder. (Earn 3 exp for a 3 book ladder, 5 exp for a 4 book ladder and 8 exp for a 5 book ladder.)
The Girl with All the Gifts - MR Carey 3/1/15
Gifts of the Blood - Vicki Keire 3/8/15
Blood Orchard - SD Hintz 3/17/15
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Valentines Day Feast: +2exp
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Prime Cut, butcher looking for prime cuts of meat - read a book with a prime number of pages. +2 Experience for each Prime Cut of Meat. (Max 3 Cuts of Meat)
The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon 317 pgs 3/5/15
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Time For the Dead: +2exp
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Read 12 books, each one initially published in a different month. +1 Exp for each book read. +1 Damage Potion for completing the clock and unleashing the necromancer on your town. (Bonus +2 Exp if all the books are from the same year.)
2012:
☐ Jan - Sadie Walker is Stranded
☐ Feb - Shaken
☐ Mar - Dead Case in Deadwood
☐ Apr - GAMELAND: Deep Into The Game
☑ May - Fall of Night - Rachel Caine 3/18/15
☐ Jun - The Children of Hamelin
☐ Jul - Dark Entry
☐ Aug - Deadly Valentine
☐ Sep - Infected
☐ Oct - Tomorrow The Killing
☑ Nov - The Neighbors - Ania Ahlborn 2/21/15
☐ Dec - Ethan Wright and the Curse of Silence
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Timewalker: +1exp
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Read a book first published in each of the following years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Each year completed will earn +1 Experience. Complete all years to earn 1 Time Walking Potion.
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
☑ 2014 - Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel 2/18/15 +1exp
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The Queens New Clothing(view spoiler)[
Read 3 or 5 books from 2015 or with clothing on the cover to acquire a nice selection of fabrics to construct the Queen's new clothing. Fashion must always be done in odd numbers. (Earn 3 experience for 3 books or 6 experience for 5 books)
The Deep - Nick Cutter 3/14/15
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Date Night(view spoiler)[
Find up to 5 of the following words in books (one word per book) for 1 experience each. A max of 1 additional experience may be claimed if one of the books is a romance novel. Copy the line where the word is used to claim credit.
• LOVE
• HEART
• DINNER
• CHOCOLATE
• ROMANCE
• ROSE
• VALENTINE
• DATE
• MARRIAGE
• HAPPY
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Gift of Love(view spoiler)[
To give the man options read 3 award winning books from GoodReads Choice Awards (winners or nominees for any year). +5 Experience for providing all 3 books.
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Alchemy (view spoiler)[
Read 3 books with "lead" (grey/silver) colored covers. Then transmute the lead to gold and read one book with a golden cover. For learning your life lesson earn 5 Experience.
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A Toy for Hadley(view spoiler)[
Read a book with a shape word in the title (star, circle, square, cross, triangle, heart, etc). Then use spell-it-out rules to spell the shape you found to create the toy. (+2 Exp for finding the shape, +1 Exp per letter spelling it, +2 Exp for completing the toy.)
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Gather More Bones!(view spoiler)[
Provide at least 3 goblin bones to the necromancer. +5 experience for the first 3 goblin bones. Turn in up to 3 more for an additional +1 experience each. (hide spoiler)]☐
The Academy - Expires 7/15/15
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The Novel Academy where all mages, warlocks and undergraduates go to learn about the world is looking for new instructors. The application process is rigorous and daunting but have no fear, the worst that can happen is you fail horribly and live in disgrace.
Complete requirements to rise the ranks and become a teaching prodigy.
Note: Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other tasks. These are participation tasks.
Ranks
Associate Professor - Complete 3 Requirements
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements
Requirements
1) Nominate a book for BOM in any category
2) Read and Participate in a BOM Discussion
3) Volunteer to write DQ for a BOM
4) Start and Finish one of the Monthly/Seasonal Challenges
5) Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.
6) Participate in a Buddy Read
7) Write and post a scene for The Theatre
8) Request a recommendation or choose one already recommended and read it
9) Create a draft of a new reading challenge and send to mod account.
10) Welcome 5 new members to the group
Rewards - received at each level gained
Associate Professor - +3 Exp, 1 Heal Potion
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements - + 4 Exp, 1 Major Heal Potion
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements - +6 Exp, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and Current HP)
(hide spoiler)]★Monsters★: +3exp
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Sewer Rat:
2/2/15
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3atk 5hp +1exp
Hero attacks Rat with Magic Staff (4atk) = Rat 1hp
Rat attacks Hero (3atk) = Hero 9hp
Hero kills Rat with Magic Staff (4atk). +1exp
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Sewer Rat:
2/12/15
+1exp
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3atk 5hp +1exp
Hero attacks Rat with Magic Staff (4atk) = Rat 1hp
Rat attacks Hero (3atk) = Hero 6hp
Hero kills Rat with Magic Staff (4atk). +1exp
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Sewer Rat:
3/17/15
+1exp
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3atk 5hp +1exp
Hero kills Rat with Magic Staff (5atk) = Rat 0hp +1exp
(hide spoiler)]★Healing★:
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Spell a healing word using Spell-it-Out rules. CURE, HEAL, BANDAID, TONIC - 1 hp per letter (or choose your own healing related words)
Read a book about healing/doctors or with healing in the title. 1 hp per book.
(hide spoiler)]Tote of Infinite Books:
I believe I've introduced myself once before, but I cannot find that comment. So, for the Novel RPG, hello again!
Birthday: Nov. 17th
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter
Favorite Book Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror (all of the genres, really. except nonfiction)
Favorite Author: JD Robb (In Death is still good even after almost 40 books)
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Food: Spaghetti and Garlic Bread. Yummy bad carbs.
Any Pets: 2 dogs. Both Aussies - 5 y/o Max and 2 y/o Finn
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Anywhere but here or northeast USA or the midwest. I'd probably feel out of place anywhere but in the southern USA.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I read every single day. Too many books, so little time.
I have less than 100 pages to go on
Birdman. Should finish soon as long as I can keep myself from being distracted by snooping on my neighbors. They're annoying neighbors and I think they're moving!
M - Maddox
D - Diamond
E - Essex
G - Gemini
R - Rebecca
A - Jane Amedure
Edit: I am done! This was fun. Good luck in future challenges!
Michelle wrote: "Oh, I like the DD Warren books. Have you read any of the others in the series yet?"Not yet. This was my first. I liked it, so I'll most likely continue reading them.
I'm starting
Shadow Man by Cody McFayden. Not sure what it'll work for or even if I'll have time to finish it before Saturday night.
I've finished
Alone by Lisa Gardner.
U/R - Richard Umbrio
B - Bobby Dodge
A - Alone
N - Nathan Gagnon
F - Frank Miller
T - Tony Rocco
S - Sarah Abrahms
Hopefully I can fit one more in for this week.
I've finished
One Hex of a Wedding.
R - Rose
A - Anna Murray
N - Nanna (not sure if this counts - she's the ghost of the main character's grandmother - but she does play a part in the series.)
F - Joe Files
Y - Yasmine Galenorn
Yay no I's!
Up for this week I'll have:
To Die For - Linda Howard - F, B, T, N at least
Creepers - David Morrell - at least F
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye - Victoria Laurie - L and A and is urban fantasy
One Hex of a Wedding - Yasmine Galenorn - Y
I'm going to have to pass on the book I was going to read for U. It was one of those kindle freebies - has way too many errors and it's really beginning to annoy me. Like make me want to poke my eyes out annoying.
I wish there was a way to search for character names.
I have a short U book on my kindle -
UnDead Me - that I can squeeze in tonight/tomorrow. It doesn't have a page count on the GR page, but the paperback listing on amazon says 190 pages. They have to be over 120 in length, right?
I've finished
A Harvest of Bones by Yasmine Galenorn for Y.
I've finished
Amber Beach.
U - Marju Uskhopchik-Mikniskes
A - Amber Beach
D - Honor Donovan
L - Elizabeth Lowell
Hope the one I start next is better.
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