Karen D’s Comments (group member since Aug 25, 2015)

Karen D’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Leprechaun Quests

The Ugly Leprechaun
(view spoiler)[Spell out the word PEACE using spell-it-out rules.

For providing peace in the kingdom receive 8 experience, an orange shard and 12 Leprechaun coins. (hide spoiler)]

The Almost Color of Gold
(view spoiler)[Acquire the following ingredients and mix, then serve to the masses.
•Malt - Read a book with a dark cover.
•Yeast - Read a book with little creatures (small pets).
•Hops - Read a book where someone cooks.
•Gold Flecks - Read a book where someone only has a little money.

For calming the masses, receive 6 experience, a yellow shard and 12 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

Green is for Leprechaun
(view spoiler)[Read a book with leaves or a tree on the cover to gather your leaves. Then read a book with a gold cover or with gold in the title to convert the leaves to gold.

Earn 3 experience, a green shard and 6 Leprechaun coins for crafting your clover. (hide spoiler)]

The Blue that Soothes
(view spoiler)[Construct a harp to soothe the leprechauns to sleep.
Read a book with 1 word in the title for the shortest string.
Read a book with 2 words in the title for the next string.
Read a book with 3 words in the title for the next string.
Read a book with 4 words in the title for the next string.
Read a book with 5 words in the title for the longest string.

For soothing the leprechauns, receive 8 experience, a blue shard and 14 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

The Power of Purple
(view spoiler)[Prove your love of all things short.
• Read a book with a short title (10 characters or less).
• Read a short book (100-150 pages).
• Read a book with an short person. (Either mentioned as short, or a dwarf/hobbit/midget).

For proving your acceptance of shortness, receive 5 experience, a purple shard and 7 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

There Be Gold in Them Hills
(view spoiler)[Combine all 6 rainbow color shards together. Shake with an exciting book. Pour out one rainbow.

For returning the little green men to their home receive 1 pot of gold and 6 Leprechaun Coins. A pot of gold will produce 1 gold coin each week on Sunday. (hide spoiler)]

Weapon Quests

Death's Requests
(view spoiler)[• Spell out the word PRATCHETT for 5 Discworld books (5 items)
• Read a book where the author or a character has the initials TP for some much needed toilet paper (1 item)
• Read a book where a character has Alzheimer's disease for social awareness (1 item)
• Read a book with a hat (on or off a person) for a black fedora hat (1 item)
• Read a book with a knight for a knight medallion (1 item)
• Read a book with a sword on the cover for a handmade sword (1 item)
• Read a book with a mainly green/yellow/purple cover for octarine sunglasses (1 item)
• Read a fantasy book for a little bit of magic (1 item)
• Read a book with a monkey in it for a donation to the Orangutan Foundation UK (1 item)
• Read a book set in outer space for a telescope (1 item)

Acquire 3 items to gain 3 experience.
Acquire 3 more items to gain an additional 4 experience.
Acquire 4 more items to gain an additional 5 experience.
Acquire all items to recover Deaths Gratitude. Death has offered you one wish to lower the starting hitpoints of a creature by 10. (hide spoiler)]

Slingshot: The Art of Manliness
(view spoiler)[Help the boy make 2 new slingshots and receive one of them as his gift to you.

Find 2 books whose title starts with the letter Y to make the branches.
Find 2 books that have something that can bounce on the cover to make the sling.
Construct the slingshots by reading a book with a handyman or carpenter as a main character.

Slingshot: Uses 1 nut to reduce a monsters health by 1. Does not use a turn. (hide spoiler)]

Practice Makes Perfect
(view spoiler)[Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble.
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
• Wire - Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
• Energy - Read a book with a light or sun on the cover.
• Anti-Matter - Read a book where something exists that no one believes in.
• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.

Receive 5 experience and a Growth Weapon Enhancement bauble. The growth weapon enhancement bauble will increase damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3). Quest may be repeated once for a bauble for your other weapon. When calculating values based on attack power of weapon, each round it must be re-evaluated. (hide spoiler)]

Reva wrote: "Karen wrote: "*takes long gulp of ale*

Thanks Tea! That makes perfect sense, and what I figured but just wanted to make sure.

Looking forward to getting started!"

Karen you might want to check..."

That's a huge help, thank you!

Midas Quests

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. (hide spoiler)]

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. (hide spoiler)]

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. (hide spoiler)]

Ser Amanda's Cryptic Caper
(view spoiler)[Minding your business you slowly stroll on the square and see Ser Amanda looking at the notice board. You're pretty interested what is she looking at cause it could be new quest for you. You come closer and look at the paper. Something is written on it but it doesn't make much sense to you. You look at Ser Amanda quizzically. "I found it under the door this morning and can't figure out what it says so I decided to put it here and maybe someone will be able to solve it." You're pretty intrigued now about what that note says and decide to give it a try.

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. (hide spoiler)]

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. (hide spoiler)]

Sir Zee's High Flying Adventure
(view spoiler)[To help Sir Zee achieve her dream of flying (and falling from the sky) read 2 books with something that can fly and 2 books with something very high on the cover.
Sir Zee will gladly pay you 10 gold for her flying experience. (hide spoiler)]

Sir Audrey Jane Break-in
(view spoiler)[Read 3 books showing something through which you can enter a house and 1 book where there is break in.
Sir Audrey Jane will gladly pay you 10 gold to help her enter her house without a key. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Shanna and the Case of the Blueberries
(view spoiler)[Read 2 books with blue covers and 2 books with round object on the cover to help Lady Shanna out of her blueberry-ism.
She will gladly pay you 10 gold. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Dani Lost and Found
(view spoiler)[To help Lady Dani to find her way out of the gold mine, use this map
Lady Dani will gladly pay you 10 gold when she gets out. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Teresa in Tights
(view spoiler)[To figure out actors names you need to read 2 books written by male authors and two books where author uses only his/hers initials instead of full name.
Lady Teresa will pay you 10 gold for backstage pass. (hide spoiler)]

Ser Rebecca's Private Performance
(view spoiler)[As we all know, you are very tenderhearted so you decide to help Ser Rebecca. Read 1 book where character is involved in music, 2 books with body of water on the cover and 1 book that has object in what you can keep/gather water on the cover.
That will restore Ser Rebecca's 'instrument' and she will gladly pay you 10 gold for it (and probably send you few postcards from her travels) (hide spoiler)]

Lady Tea in Wonderland
(view spoiler)[Recount Lady Tea's story by reading a book with trees on the cover or one with short people (hobbits/dwarves/etc.) to set the scene. Then read a tiny book (100-150 pages) to tell about shrinking Tea. Read a big book (500+ pages) to tell about making Tea big again. Then read a book with a cup of tea on the cover or one where drinking tea is mentioned in the book to tell about the party.
Lady Kelly will gladly pay you 10 gold for helping describe where Lady Tea is lost. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Eni's Cinnamon Sticks
(view spoiler)[Replace the chewed sticks: Read 2 cinnamon books (*)
Find some icing sugar: Read a white cover book
Serve the pastries: Read a book where the main character loves to cook or does some yummy treats or owns a bakery or food shop.

(*)Cinnamon books: brown cover, cinnamon on cover or title, Series or Main Character's name has at least 2 letters from cinnamon. Any character (or pet) is named Cinnamon or Cin.

Lady Eni will gladly pay 10 gold for help with her pastries. (hide spoiler)]

Sir Reva's Forecasting
(view spoiler)[Read 2 books where someone predicts the future or is sent to the future and 2 books featuring farmers or economists.

Sir Reva will gladly pay 10 gold for accurate predictions of the future and vegetable benefits. (hide spoiler)]

Sir Nancy of the Helen's Game of Choice
(view spoiler)[Read a book where character plays sports (professionally or recreational) or has job involved with sports to create team for new game.
Read a book with green cover for team uniforms.
Read a book with round object on the cover for ball.
Read a book with doors or columns on the cover to represent the goal.
After you have everything prepared for the game, go to Sir Nancy of the Helen and request your 10 gold for effort. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Cait's Streak
(view spoiler)[Read 1 book with a piece of clothing (without the person in it) on the cover for the old man.
Read 1 book where someone is caught in a compromised situation for the young man.
Read 1 book where someone uses magic for the shady fellow.
Read 1 book where someone wins a game for Lady Cait's true streak.

Lady Cait will gladly pay you 10 gold for helping her maintain her cleanliness, clothliness and morality. (hide spoiler)]

Sir Angel's Story
(view spoiler)[Read a book tagged as paranormal or fantasy, read a book with animal on the cover (preferably dog/wolf but not required), read a book with moon on cover or in title or series and read a book where someone goes through some change. Bring this collected evidence to Sir Angel so she can prove to other heroes she was telling the truth and she'll pay you 10 gold. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Gesa's Rumbly Tummy
(view spoiler)[Read a book where both author initials can be found in BREAD for bread.
Read a book with a vegetarian character for lettuce.
Read a book with a yellow cover for cheese.
Read a book with an animal on the cover or someone who works with animals for meat.
You gather ingredients and quickly make tasty sandwich for which you'll get 10 gold from Lady Gesa. (hide spoiler)]

Captain Morgan and the Tower of Books
(view spoiler)[Read a book with book on cover or tagged as book about book to collect all Captain Morgan's books in one place.
Read book set in wooden area or has wood/tree on cover to get wood for shelves.
Read a book where character works with wood, is handyman or works in construction to have someone to build those shelves.
Read a book with something vertical on the cover to make sure books won't fall from shelves.

Bring finished bookshelves to Captain Morgan and she'll give you 10 gold for it. (hide spoiler)]

Lady Cathy versus The Rat Stew
(view spoiler)[To help Lady Cathy to brave her disgust of our local delicacy, start by reading book tagged as cooking or food or with food on cover.
Then read a book with recipes to find perfect one for stew that Lady Cathy will like.
After that read a book where letters R, A, T can be found together (in any order) in title to make sure there is a rat ready.
And finally read something delicious.

After making such perfect stew, serve it to Lady Cathy and she'll reward you with 10 gold. (hide spoiler)]

Something Old
(view spoiler)[Sort your to-read list by date added. Gather 5 books that are either in the first 25 listed or that were added before 2015. (added before September 23 2015)

One of your antiques has hit gold! It's way more valuable than you thought.
Receive 10 gold for your hidden treasure. Unfortunately, the others are more like sandwiches... (hide spoiler)]

The Steelers Gang
(view spoiler)[Read 2 books about thieves or where something is stolen to get into their mind. Read 1 book about a trap being set to set your plan in place. Read one book with 300-310 pages to set the timer on the trap and watch it fall into place.

Lady Karsyn is so pleased with the return of her valuables that she gives you 10 gold for your help. (hide spoiler)]

Horse Quests

Two Empty Halves of Coconuts
(view spoiler)[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.
(hide spoiler)]

If it Sounds like a Horse...
(view spoiler)[• Mine some metal in the Novel Mines - Read a book with a miner
• Pay the blacksmith to form the shears - Pay the blacksmith with a gold covered book
• Create a Sheep Pen - Spell out the word PEN
• Herd the Sheep - Read a book with a dog on the cover
• Shear the Sheep - Read a book with a sheep in it
• Skirt the Fleece - Read a book where the main characters job is cleaning
• Dye the Wool - Read a book that is 90% one color on the cover
• Spin the Wool - Read a book with 3 O's in the title
• Knit the Blanket - Read a book that has multiple story lines that merge together

For helping Ser Amanda shear her sheep you receive 1 warm horse rug which allows a horse to make one of your attacks an area of effect attack. (hide spoiler)]

Bunny Quests

The Easter Bilby
(view spoiler)[Capture the Rabbits:
1) Read a book where someone has a pet rabbit.
2) Read a book with a rabbit on the cover.
3) Spell out the word RABBIT using spell-it-out rules.
4) Read a book with the word rabbit in the title or series.
5) Read a book featuring chocolate or where the main character is a pastry chef.
6) Read a book set during Spring.
7) Read a book with an invasion in it.
8) Read a book where the main character is a doctor or vet.
9) Read a book where there is an Easter celebration.
10) Read a book with grass on the cover.

The Easter Bilby gifts you with a captured bunny that will lay an egg that heals 3 hp every Sunday. The egg must be eaten that week or it will rot. (hide spoiler)]

Puppy Quests

The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom
(view spoiler)[Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you
- read a book that starts with your first initial
- read a book that starts with your last initial
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial
- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling)
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list
- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.)

Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians. (hide spoiler)]

Pet Rock Quests
Rocky the Rock
(view spoiler)[Acquire 5 pebbles to receive your very own Rocky the Rock pet. Rocky will subtract 1 attack point of any creature.

You may use another 5 pebbles to paint on a face and give Rocky real pet status. Rocky will then heal you 1 hp at the end of every battle. (hide spoiler)]

Potion Quests

The Kindness of Strangers
(view spoiler)[Rolled the die: rolled a 2:
You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.

A dwarf monk named Marros has misplaced his bible and needs your help to find it. To help out Marros, you need to read one book that meets the following requirements:

1. Religion plays a part in the story
2. Has a religious figure as an MC (e.g. priest)
3. The first name of one of the MCs is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John If you could see me now - Luke is a MC
4. The author's first name is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
5. There is a religious item on the cover of the book

For helping Marros you receive +1 exp and a Healing Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Mesomegomediment
(view spoiler)[Read 2 books with a word in the title with the same prefix and 2 books with a word in the title with the same suffix. (Chart)
Receive 1 Time Walking Potion and 4 experience for giving the man his answer. (hide spoiler)]

They Vant to Suck your Blood
(view spoiler)[To squash the mosquitoes:
• Read a book with irritating/annoying character or book that was annoying to you
• Read a book where someone bites
• Read a book with blood on cover or in title or series
• Read a book you were itching to read

Squashing the mosquitoes will bring on a sense of self satisfaction, inner peace and net you 5 experience and a Minor Poison Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Hot or Not
(view spoiler)[
- Read 3 books with flowers on their cover to make a bouquet (Extra +1 exp if they are all roses)
- Read a book that takes place in summer
- Read a book with a beach picture on the cover. Or book with beach related object on cover.
- Read something hot (steamy book topic, set in a hot climate or even a bestseller)
- Read a book that has been made into a summer movie. Or it would be great summer movie

+7 Exp and 1 Damage potion for helping Sir Quinn. (hide spoiler)]

Relay Race
(view spoiler)[Stop #1 - Paperville - 120 Furlongs
Stop #2 - Novelette - 80 Furlongs
Stop #3 - Kindletopia - 200 Furlongs
Stop #4 - Nookestern - 100 Furlongs
Stop #5 - Booksylvania - 250 Furlongs
Stop #6 - Omnibuskee - 60 Furlongs
Stop #7 - Scrollern - 150 Furlongs
Stop #8 - Blogia - 175 Furlongs
Stop #9 - Novel Kingdom - 40 Furlongs


Every letter in a books title, authors first name and/or authors last name may count as a Furlong. You may choose to include any or all of the segments. In the case of books with 2 or more authors any one of the authors may be chosen to be used. Books with subtitles include the subtitle in the count. Punctuation and spaces do not count towards a letter count. The exact Furlong count must be reached at each stop to complete that leg of the journey. (http://www.wordcounter.net/ is a useful tool for counting letters, use the characters (no spaces) after deleting any punctuation)

Stops must be completed in order.
Complete the first 3 stops to earn 10 Experience and 1 Heal Potion.
Complete the next 3 stops to earn 13 Experience and 1 Find Items Potion.
Complete the last 3 stops to earn 15 Experience an 1 Damage Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Scrounger Hunt
(view spoiler)[Scrounger List
• Turmeric
• Cinnamon
• Rosemary
• Ginger
• Basil
• St. John's Wort
• Garlic
• Steel
• Copper
• Silver
• Gold
• Cotton
• Silk
• Fabric
• Dye
• Candle
• Wax
• Ink
• Paper
• Bowl


Each scrounger list item may only be found once. Items are found in the text or title. of a book. Only one item may be found per book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.

• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]

Alchemy That!
(view spoiler)[Boar Liver may be found in books containing a boar or pig (dead or alive).
Scat of Mongoose may be found in any book taking place in Africa.
Tree Sap may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.

You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Weakening Potion.
Weakening Potion - Reduces your attack power to half of normal for both sword and staff (rounded up).

A vial of duck feathers may be found in books where there is a swamp or wetlands.
Each eye of newt may be found in a book with an O anywhere in the title.

You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Transmogrification Potion
Transmogrification Potion - Transforms 1 dropped item from a common monster into any other dropped item from a common monster.

Find books that start with A, E, I, O, and U to provide all the vowels to The Alchemist.

For giving the Alchemist all the vowels, receive 1 Pet Plus Potion.
Pet Plus Potion - Doubles the effects of any pets of the hero for one week. (hide spoiler)]

The second-somewhat-monthlyish Scrounger Hunt
(view spoiler)[
Scrounger List
• Fleece
• Fur
• Needles
• Thread
• Linen
• Perfume
• Pearl
• Oil
• Wine
• Wool
• Spices
• Fish
• Calamine
• Treacle
• Spectacles
• Wainscot
• Incense
• Ironwork
• Clocks
• Pewter


Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.

• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]

Scrounging is as Scrounging does
(view spoiler)[
Scrounger List
• Apples
• Broom
• Bats
• Black cat
• Candles
• Cauldron
• Cobwebs
• Coffin
• Corpse
• Demon
• Eyeballs
• Frogs
• Ghost
• Grim Reaper
• Jack O Lantern
• Monster
• Nightmare
• Poltergeist
• Skeleton
• Undead
• Vampire


Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.

• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]

Deck the Halls with Scrounged Items
(view spoiler)[Scrounger List
• Candle
• Tree
• Mistletoe
• Lights
• Candy
• Cane
• Peppermint
• Holly
• Festive
• Joy
• Sparkle
• Star
• Ornaments
• Tinsel
• Santa
• Chimney
• Present
• Naughty
• Nice
• List
• Yuletide


Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.

• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]

Tell No Tales
(view spoiler)[ (additional spoiler contained)
Collect the following types of words from titles of books. Only 1 word per book title (it does not have to be the whole title). Once complete, fill them into the story in order and post in the tavern!
• Adjective -
• Verb Past Tense -
• Noun -
• Proper Noun -
• Noun -
• Adverb -

Reward for posting completed story in the tavern is 6 experience and 1 Potion Token. (hide spoiler)]

The Addict in Me
(view spoiler)[Give into your urges and get a fix of a particular author or series. Read 5 books by the same author or in the same series to start feeling normal again and promise yourself that you'll get the help you clearly need.

Receive 1 potion token and 3 experience for fulfilling your urges. (hide spoiler)]

Ring in the New Scrounged Items
(view spoiler)[
Scrounger List
• New
• Resolution
• Year
• Time
• Passing
• Weight
• Happiness
• Job
• Clean
• Parade
• Read
• Challenge
• Goals
• Beginning
• End
• Start
• Health
•Travel
•Volunteer
•Extravaganza
•Noisemaker


Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.

• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]

The Blackest Eye
(view spoiler)[Give Winster 5 Drop Bear Meats to keep on his eye to reduce the swelling.
Give Winster 1 pointier sword by reading a book with a sword or dagger on the cover.
Give Winster some life experience by reading a book where someone learns a big lesson about life.

For helping Winster out receive 5 experience and 3 Potion Tokens. (hide spoiler)]

Healing Quests pt. 2

Everybody Lies
(view spoiler)[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. (the Darkest Minds, Throne of Glass, The Secret History, A Great and Terrible Beauty, Clockwork Angel, Hush Hush, City of Bones)
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)]

Threat of Fire: High
(view spoiler)[Throw one terrible book on the fire to appease the book gods. You hate to do it but messing with book gods is an even worse fate. (A terrible book should have less than 2 stars on GoodReads. It must be rated at least once by someone other than you.)

Then water everything down to make it grow by reading a book with a body of water on the cover or one set at sea.

Finally, make Smokey calm down by giving him a bucket of berries by reading a book with a mainly blue and purple cover.

For saving Novel Kingdom receive 1 Heal potion and 3 experience. (hide spoiler)]

*takes long gulp of ale*

Thanks Tea! That makes perfect sense, and what I figured but just wanted to make sure.

Looking forward to getting started!

Healing Quests
The Academy - History - One done, 6 more?
(view spoiler)[Receive +10 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after compiling all the following history: (Note: first publication date is used for when a book is published.)
• Sort your to-read by date added. Select one of the first 4 books (oldest books). If one is a series book you may substitute an earlier book in the series - (Added 29 July 2015)
• Read a book published the year you were born.
• Read a book published the month you were born. (year does not have to match) 1 published January
• Read a book published the day you were born. (year/month does not have to match)
• Read a book set around 50 years in the past.
• Read a book set around 100 years in the past.
• Read a book written 20+ years ago
(hide spoiler)]

Crazy Cat Lady - can finish now
(view spoiler)[To find a cat, find a mention of a cat in a book and quote the sentence where the cat is mentioned. Cats are individual creatures and there can only be one found per book. 8 cats found (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Receive +5 Experience and 1 Heal Potion for finding all 7 cats.
(hide spoiler)]


The Academy - Literature
(view spoiler)[Receive +10 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the literature department.
• Read a book with a single character in the title (Not A or I) B is for Burglar, X Marks the Scot
• Read a book with a greek letter in the title Alpha One, Omega Days
• Read a classic or literary classic
• Read a book with a preposition in the title - One for this
• Read a book with a conjunction in the title
• Read 2 books that have homophones of each other in them. One possible (need Knight or Sea)(The Winter Sea and All the Light We Cannot See - Sea/See) (hide spoiler)]

Ubiety in Perpetuity
(view spoiler)[Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large apsect of the book reflects the words definition.
• Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
• Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
• Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
• Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
• Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
• Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
• Adaptability - capable of being adapted

Read 3 books for 4 experience.
Read 5 books for 7 experience.
Read all 7 books for 10 experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy - Geography
(view spoiler)[Receive +12 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the geography department.

• Read a book set in country where you live or come from. - Plenty of these
• Read a book set in a foreign country. COuple of these
• Read a book set in imaginary country.
• Read a book set on the continent you live on. Plenty of these
• Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe
• Read a book with mountains on the cover
• Read a book with river/sea on the cover
• Read a book with valley on the cover
• Read a book with forest on the cover (hide spoiler)]

Tournament of Alka
(view spoiler)[To compete in the tournament you need to have a horse. If you do not have one you may read a book with a horse on the cover to borrow one.

You also need a 3m long spear (read a book that's 300-399 pages or a book that has something spear-like on the cover) 4 options for this
and alka (read a book where the author's initials (all listed) can be found in ALKA)

To spear alka roll a dice and read a book that is that number in a series. (rolled a 3) - One option

For competing in the tournament receive 5 Experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Idiots and their Idioms
(view spoiler)[Read 5 books that contain different idioms to help the fool (whoever he or she may be) learn to speak correctly.
Earn 7 experience and 1 Minor Heal potion for achieving enlightenment. (hide spoiler)]

Essentially Oils
(view spoiler)[Find 6 essential oils.

Find 2 by spelling their name via Spell-it-Out
Find 2 by finding the word in the text of a book
Find 2 by finding them on the cover of one or more books (Example: Rosemary = 1 book with rose on cover, 1 book with lady named Mary on cover, or Tea Tree = 1 book with tea on the cover and 1 with tree on cover)

For providing Merlin with 6 essential oils receive 2 Greater Heal Potions plus 1 experience per book used. (hide spoiler)]

A Nap is Always a Good Idea
(view spoiler)[First you find 2 trees near each other with a book with at least 2 trees on the cover. Lots of options
Then construct a rope ladder with 5 goblin bones and 12 rat tails to bind them together.
Finally, weave together 10 bat wings to form the perfect hammock.
Afterwards take a wonderful nap for a full heal and 10 experience.
(hide spoiler)]

5,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(view spoiler)[Travel 5,000 leagues and take pictures! Reserve a wonderful spot at the tavern for all your stories.

Leagues may be traveled by reading books. To determine the amount of leagues traveled by a single book, round down to the nearest 100 pages, then calculate 2 to the power of the number of hundreds of pages. (Hint: use the xy button on the calculator)
Examples:
512 page book -> 5 hundred pages -> 2^5 = 32 leagues
1072 page book -> 10 hundred pages -> 2^10 = 1024 leagues

Reward: The tavern owner was so impressed with the number of additional customers your stories brought in he has provided you 2 Greater Heal potions for your effort. You also gain 5 experience for your travels.
(hide spoiler)]

Simple Quests
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. (hide spoiler)]

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. (hide spoiler)]

The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side - One part can be done, needs 3 more
(view spoiler)[
Read a book where the author or a character has the initials PB. Read a book that starts with the letter J (indefinite article may be ignored).
Then spell out the word BREAD using spell-it-out rules. This one can be finished
Finally assemble it using a knife by reading a book from a series that starts with I.
Earn 12 experience when the sandwich is complete. (hide spoiler)]

Questanomics
(view spoiler)[
Read 3 inflationary books. Inflationary books have a "number" in the title. The number should be inflated to the next higher number as the series number. See link for examples of inflationary language.

Receive +8 Exp for saving the economy. (hide spoiler)]
Tavern Games - Three can be done, needs 2 more
(view spoiler)[
Roll 5 Dice. (4, 2, 1, 3, 6) Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title.
1, 3, 4 from series
(+7 Exp if series number is chosen, +9 Exp is words in title is chosen.) (hide spoiler)]

Spring Cleaning
(view spoiler)[
Read a book on your to-read shelf that has been there for more than a year.
1 Experience per book (Max 5 Experience). (hide spoiler)]

Quick! Lies!
(view spoiler)[
Read up to 5 books and construct a story using their titles as part of the tale. Post your tale in the tavern when done.
(+1 experience per book, +1 additional exp if all 5 books are used) (hide spoiler)]

Art Extravaganza
(view spoiler)[
Your job is to help organize the paintings. Start with a book, choose an alternative cover then choose another book with a similar cover to the alternative one. You may link up to 5 books together.
(+2 exp for 2 books, +1 more experience for 3 books, +2 more experience for 4 books, +3 more experience for 5 books)

Note: You may use one of the covers from the edition you've read but you don't have to. Books with only one cover are not eligible for the quest however you may use covers from another language of the book. (hide spoiler)]

A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar....
(view spoiler)[Read a book that has a good joke in it. Then spell one of the words (over 3 letters) in the punchline using Spell-it-out rules.

Once you have finished your joke receive 1 Heal Potion plus 1 experience per letter spelled and 2 additional experience if the word is 5 or more letters. (hide spoiler)]

Baby Baby Toil and Trouble - 2 ready (maybe 3), 2 more needed
(view spoiler)[Read a book with a cow to get some milk. If you could see me now works
Read a book with the word rattle in it to get a baby rattle. several options
Read a book with a towel or sheet on the cover to get a baby wrap.
Read a book with a bed or house on the cover to get a crib. Several options

For helping to take care of the baby, you get Lady Karen's eternal gratitude and 6 experience points. (hide spoiler)]

Schoolmarm - One out of three
(view spoiler)[Read a book with a title of exactly 5 characters.
Read a book with a title of exactly 8 characters. Two options
Read a book with a title of exactly 13 characters.
(Spaces and punctuation do not count, letters and numbers count.)

Reward: Not having to sit through another week of classes.... and 5 experience. (hide spoiler)]

Quests Completed or in Progress

✔Story Quest: Hello my name is...
(view spoiler)[Posted in August: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]
Gained: 3 EXP

More Berries
(view spoiler)[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 -
T - (Tess)
R - (Ruby)
A - by Amy Ellis Nutt
W - by Alison Weir (hide spoiler)]
1 Mar: Gained 5 EXP (5 letters) + 2 EXP (finishing a word)

Spock Guardian of Forever
(view spoiler)[
Search for Spock in Books - Spell out the name Nimoy using Spell-It-Out Rules. N,M,O,Y
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. - Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found (About history); The Marriage of Opposites (set in the past); The Book of Lost Things (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. (hide spoiler)]
16 Feb - gained 3 EXP

New Gang in Town
(view spoiler)[Read new to you authors of the appropriate gender (male) to chip away at the rival gang. Gender should be the real life gender of the author and not their pen name (unless unable to find).

✔Reduce the rival gang by 3 to gain 4 experience.
- Not on Fire, but Burning by Greg Hrbek
- Endurance by Jack Kilborn
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Reduce the rival gang by 2 more to gain 4 additional experience.
Eliminate the rival gang by reducing 3 more to gain 4 additional experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]
28 Feb: 4 EXP

Taste the Rainbow
(view spoiler)[Read a book that is either primarily (75%+) the color or has an object that is commonly that color in the book's title.

+1 experience for each color, +2 additional experience for all colors.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink
RED: - 1 EXP
(hide spoiler)]

Collect them All
(view spoiler)[Collect 100 bugs. Each instance of a bug found in a book may count, multiple instances may be found in each book however books with insects found may not be used for other tasks. (Find Items Potion may be stacked for this quest). Bugs include Ants, Beetles, Flies, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and anything else you would denote as a creepy crawly.

Splintered - "bug" used 42 times, "moth" used 56 times, "cricket" used 8 times, "beetle" used 5 times, "spider" used 17 times, "insect" used 16 times

For capturing all the bugs earn +10 Experience and 1 Time Walking Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Leprechaun Quests
Embrace your inner leprechaun
(view spoiler)[1 March: Introduced here
Earned 1 EXP, 1 red shard, and 1 Leprechaun coin (hide spoiler)]

Green is for Leprechaun
(view spoiler)[
✔Read a book with leaves or a tree on the cover to gather your leaves.
✔Then read a book with a gold cover or with gold in the title to convert the leaves to gold.
Earn 3 experience, a green shard and 6 Leprechaun coins for crafting your clover. (hide spoiler)]

The Blue that Soothes
(view spoiler)[✔Read a book with 1 word in the title for the shortest string. Shiver
✔Read a book with 2 words in the title for the next string. - Secret Daughter
✔Read a book with 3 words in the title for the next string - If I Stay
✔Read a book with 4 words in the title for the next string. The Things They Carried
✔Read a book with 5 words in the title for the longest string. Notes from a Small Island

For soothing the leprechauns, receive 8 experience, a blue shard and 14 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

The Almost Color of Gold
(view spoiler)[Acquire the following ingredients and mix, then serve to the masses.
✔•Malt - Read a book with a dark cover.
✔•Yeast - Read a book with little creatures (small pets). The Goldfinch - the small dog Poppers plays a large part throughout the book
✔•Hops - Read a book where someone cooks. You Deserve a Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery - she hosts a Chinese food cooking class
✔•Gold Flecks - Read a book where someone only has a little money. - Every Secret Thing - both Alice's and Ronnie's family are relatively poor

For calming the masses, receive 6 experience, a yellow shard and 12 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

The Ugly Leprechaun
(view spoiler)[P - It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War - Paul
E - A Gathering of Shadows - MC goes by Stasion Elsor
A - Hounded - Atticus
C - How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
E - Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War - Elizabeth
Earn orange shard, 8 experience points, and 12 Leprechaun coins - level up to 6!
(hide spoiler)]

The Power of Purple
(view spoiler)[
Prove your love of all things short.
• Read a book with a short title (10 characters or less). Prodigy
• Read a short book (100-150 pages). - Ethan Frome, 128 pages
• Read a book with an short person. (Either mentioned as short, or a dwarf/hobbit/midget). In the Woods - MC's roommate is described as being short, 5 foot nothing

For proving your acceptance of shortness, receive 5 experience, a purple shard and 7 Leprechaun Coins. (hide spoiler)]

There Be Gold in Them Hills
(view spoiler)[
Combine all 6 rainbow color shards together.
Shake with an exciting book.Red Queen
Pour out one rainbow.
For returning the little green men to their home receive 1 pot of gold and 6 Leprechaun Coins. A pot of gold will produce 1 gold coin each week on Sunday. (hide spoiler)]

Monster Log:

Attack a sewer rat -
3 Feb - gained 1 EXP
11 Feb - Gained 1 EXP - Leveled up to Level 2
18 Feb - Gained 1 EXP
25 Feb - Gained 1 EXP
4 Mar - gained 1 EXP
11 Mar - gained 1 EXP
29 Mar - gained 1 EXP
(view spoiler)[
Feb 3: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 1 Magic Staff (3 Attack) Level 0 Sword (2 Attack), 10 Health

•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Magic Staff (3 Attack) => Sewer Rat: 2 Health Remaining
•Sewer Rat Attacks Lady Karen (3 Attack) => Hero: 7 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Magic Staff (3 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

7/10 Health

Feb 11: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 2 Magic Staff (4 Attack) Level 2 Sword (4 Attack), 7 Health

•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Magic Staff (4 Attack) => Sewer Rat: 1 Health Remaining
•Sewer Rat Attacks Lady Karen (3 Attack) => Hero: 4 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Magic Staff (4 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

4/10 Health

Feb 18: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 4 Sword (6 Attack), 8 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Sword (6 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

Feb 25: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack), 16 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Sword (7 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

4 Mar: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack), 6 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Sword (7 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

11 Mar: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack), 6 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Sword (7 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience.

29 Mar: Sewer Rat - 3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack), 6 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Sewer Rat with Sword (7 Attack) => Sewer Rat: Dead
•Lady Karen: Gain 1 Experience. (hide spoiler)]
Sewer Rat: Last Killed: 3/29/2016, Available Next: 4/5/2016

Attack a Rock
(view spoiler)[Lady Karen: Level 4 Sword (6 Attack), 12 Health
Rock: 1 Attack; 5 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (6 Attack) => Rock is dead! (or broken or whatever).
22 Feb:Lady Karen: Level 5 sword (7 attack), 8 Health
Rock: 3 Attack, 10 health
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (7 Attack) => Rock has 2 health remaining
•Rock attacks Lady Karen? (3 attack) Lady Karen -> 5 Health remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (7 Attack) => Rock is dead! (or broken or whatever).

Feb 25:Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack), 16 Health
Rock #3: 5 Attack; 15 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (7 Attack) => Rock has 8 health remaining
•Rock attacks Lady Karen? (5 attack) Lady Karen -> 11 Health remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (7 Attack) => Rock has 1 health remaining
•Rock attacks Lady Karen (5 attack) Lady Karen -> 6 Health remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Rock with Sword (7 Attack) => Rock is dead
(hide spoiler)]
Rocks killed: 3
Gained: 10 Experience, 3 Gold, 1 Pebble
7 Rocks remaining

Attack a Goblin
(view spoiler)[Lady Karen: Level 4 Sword (6 Attack) Level, 14 Health
Goblin: 6 Attack 10 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (6 Attack) => Goblin: 4 Health remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Karen (6 Attack) => Hero: 8 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (6 Attack) => Goblin: dead
23 Feb: Lady Karen - Level 5 sword (7AP); Health: 16
Goblin: 6 Attack 10 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: 3 Health remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Karen (6 Attack) => Hero: 10 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: dead
1 Mar: Lady Karen - Level 5 sword (7AP); Health: 12
Goblin: 6 Attack 10 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: 3 Health remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Karen (6 Attack) => Hero: 6 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: dead
29 Mar: Lady Karen - Level 5 sword (7AP); Health: 6
Goblin: 6 Attack 10 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: 3 Health remaining
•Goblin Attacks Lady Karen (6 Attack) => Hero: 0 Health Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Goblin with Sword (7 Attack) => Goblin: dead
(hide spoiler)]
16 Feb: Reward: 1 Experience, 1 Goblin Bone
23 Feb: Reward: 1 EXP, 1 Goblin bone
1 Mar: Reward: 1 EXP, 1 Goblin bone
29 Mar: reward 1 EXP, 1 goblin bone
Goblin Available Next: 4/5/2016

Attack a Brown bat
(view spoiler)[28 Feb: Lady Karen: Level 5 Sword (7 Attack) Level, 18 Health
Brown Bat: 3 Attack 15 Health
•Lady Karen Attacks Brown Bat with Sword (7 Attack) => Brown bat: 8 Health remaining
•Brown bat Attacks Lady Karen (3 Attack) => Hero: 15 Health
Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Brown Bat with Sword (7 Attack) => Brown bat: 1 Health remaining
•Brown bat Attacks Lady Karen (3 Attack) => Hero: 12 Health
Remaining
•Lady Karen Attacks Brown Bat with Sword (7 Attack) => Brown bat: dead (hide spoiler)]
28 Feb: Gained 1 EXP, 1 bat wing
Brown bat next available: 6 March 2016

Character Statistics (Current: 29 March)

Level Six
HP: 20/20
Exp: 101

Weapons
Sword = Level 5 (7 AP)
(view spoiler)[✔Level 1 = 100+ page book: A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, 240 pages
✔Level 2
100+ page book: Horrorstör, 248 pages
200+ page book: Finding Audrey, 288 pages
✔Level 3
100+ page: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, 242 pages
200+ pages: Lost Lake, 296 pages
300+ pages: The Secret Chord, 302 pages
✔Level 4:
100+ pages: Black River, 240 pages
200+ pages: The Sword in the Stone, 256 pages
300+ pages: One Plus One, 368 pages
400+ pages: All the Bright Places, 400 pages
✔Level 5:
100+: I, Robot, 225 pages
200+: The Vacationers, 292 pages
300+: Twisted, 336 pages
400+ Us, 400 pages
500+: The Kill Artist, 512 pages
(hide spoiler)]

Magic Staff = Level 2 (4 AP)
(view spoiler)[✔Level 1 = Afraid (Afraid #1)
✔Level 2 = A Darker Shade of Magic (Darker Shade of Magic #1)
Trapped (Afraid #2)
(hide spoiler)]

Inventory- After adding the welcome basket, yay!
1 pot of gold!
19 Gold
3 Pebble
3 Goblin bone
1 Bat wing
5 Potion tokens
3 Minor heal potions
2 Time Walking potion
1 Shield Potion
1 Mercenary Coupon

hi everyone! This sounds like fun and trying to figure out how to play. :)

One question, in the rules board, it says that any book read in 2015 (over 100 pages) can count. If I'm starting now, is that still true? Or should I just stick to books read in 2016? Or books read from here on out?

Thanks!

Yay team! That was really fun, and we did really well! 4th out of 27 is awesome!

"The House of Seven Gables" is #302

Goals
*New* Read a book where the characters eat pasta
- Read a book with the word teach, teacher, coach or help (plurals are acceptable) in the title
- Read a book with no labeled chapters
-Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover
-Read a book where the first word of the text is On

Daniel is #2, author of King's Blood is Daniel Abraham

Goals
*New* Read a book where the author's first name is one of the top 100 male names in Spain according to nameberry (http://nameberry.com/popular_names/Spain)
- Read a book with the word teach, teacher, coach or help (plurals are acceptable) in the title
- Read a book with no labeled chapters
-Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover
-Read a book where the first word of the text is On

Reap works for the new one