Hi Im Laura New to this Group was recommended to me... Love role Playing challenges so a complete newbie... I am setting up my thread now, anyone want to take on an apprentice i would be very grateful!!!
Quests Completed
11/11/22
Spock Guardian of Forever
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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.
N Hostage to Pleasure - Nalini Singh 18th April
I - It Ends with Us - April 26th
M - Marked 9th Jan
O - One Dark Throne - April 8th
Y - Year One - May 16th
Search for Spock in History - Read 3 books written by Leonard Nimoy or set in outer space.
1 Fated Blades - Jan 14th Set on another Planet and they fly around
2 Clean Sweep 21st October - Partially set on another planet October 21st
3 Sweep in Peace July - 27th - Partially set on another planet
Search for Spock in the Hearts of Men - Read 3 books about sports, dogs or food.
1 A Secret for a Secret 10th August MC a NFL player
2 The Player and the Pixie Feb the 6th - MPG Sport
3 The Varlet and the Voyeur - April 12th MPG sports
Search for Spock in our Memories - Read 3 books about history or set in the past.
1 Loki's Daughters May 15th
2 Vow of Deception Jan 10th
3 The Viscount Who Loved Me April 1st
(hide spoiler)]Practice Makes Perfect
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Technology is a wonderful thing... usually... when it works. But most of the time it's good... really. The local tinkerer has a new toy that he wants to have you try out. He promises it's better than the auto-rat tail generator that got into an infinite loop and nearly filled the whole castle with fake rat tails.
All he needs is a few items and it will be perfect! He swears.
Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble.
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
The One Night : A Novella Feb 19th
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
The Butterfly Garden Jan 5th 2021
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
Polo June 15th Ricky after car accident and losing his son and Jail comes back to polo.
• Wire - Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
Witch's Cauldron Sword May 24th
• Energy - Read a book with a light or sun on the cover.
One Fine Fae August the 3rd
• Anti-Matter - Read a book where something exists that no one believes in.
The Siren 11th August
• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
The Soulmate Equation sep 26th
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
Sleeping Beauties october 29th - women rebuild the town on the other side of the tree
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
Beastly: Lindy's Diary June 19th
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.
King's Cage June 5th
Receive 5 XP 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)]Run Alex Run!
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You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee! The Great Novel Dragon is here and craves the taste of men!" You sit pondering this statement for awhile and conclude that that probably explains some of the gender ratio of the realm. Blinking a few times you clear your head and decide you should probably help maintain the ratio and charge in to help Lord Alex escape certain lunch.
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.
West - Mc in Golden Boys The Golden Boys 23rd April
Southside West's Nickname for blue Forever Golden 26th April
Paper Princess Easton Character Name 2nd Jan
Will They, Won't They? - "not like up north" Page 7
(hide spoiler)]Crazy Cat Lady
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On the edge of town there is a strange house. Sometimes you wander past and ponder if some wizard drank too much mead and accidentally cast a growing spell on an old boot. The lady who lives inside is frantic because her cats have gone missing. She would like you to find all 7 of her missing cats.
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. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Receive 5 XP and 1 Heal Potion for finding all 7 cats.
1 Page 23 "How Cats Felt about the comparison"Motherducking Magic
2 Fierce Obsessions Page 105 "Madisyn was a cat shifter" 1/2/22
3 The Bad Mother's Virus Cheshire cats October 17th
4 License to Bite - October 29th "Spooked house cat" Page 41
5 The Little Village on the Hill: Love is in the Air - October 28th "Hair of the cat" Page 16
6 Screwmates November the 10th "do you like cats?" 99%
7 Cruel to be Kind - June 7th "herding Cats" Page 86
(hide spoiler)]Learn the basics
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Miss Read, the school teacher needs some help with her new pupils. They have forgotten how to count, read and write. Without these basics, they won't be able to help Queen Skye and the kingdom.
1. Read 3 books with consecutive series numbers (doesn't have to be the same series) to teach the children to count.
1 Lost Souls Jan 28th
2 Georgia Feb 12th
3 When He's Sinful April 9th
2. Read a book where someone is taught to do something new so the children remember how to learn.
Wicked! November 11th - Kids are studying for GCSE'S
3. Read a book where someone writes i.e. a letter, a book or a diary, to teach the children how to write.
The Bad Mother's Wedding November the 3rd - The book is written as a diary
4. Read any book over 400 pages to remind the children of the joy of reading.
Different Seasons - October 20th - 560 Pages
In return Miss Read giving 10XP and 1 minor poison potion to anyone who helps (hide spoiler)]Scrounger Hunt
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It's the 1st annual Scrounger Hunt in Novel Kingdom! Queen Skye has been plagued with requests for various things that her subjects need and has found a clever way to make everyone happy. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of things that people need.
Scrounger List
• Turmeric
• Cinnamon
Daughter of Smoke & Bone 18 April "the scent of cinnamon and donkeys"
• Rosemary
Practical Magic 6 April "They mixed rosemary into his breakfast cereal" Page 39
• Ginger
Page 172 "we have a ginger in the house" Dark Instincts August 18th
• Basil
Riders May 10th 40% "so nice to have a man that can tell the difference between rosemary and Basil"
• St. John's Wort
The Vine Witch 1/4 Page 6 "If only she had a little saint-Johns-wort
• Garlic
• Steel
Playboy 29/3 Page 140 "Steel Trap"
• Copper
• Silver
The Noose of a New Moon April the 9th Silver Porche Page 102
• Gold
Prisoner of Night 9th August "Holding out a gold cane"
• Cotton
• Silk
Dirty Exes 21st April Page 24 "as silk falls down your back"
• Fabric
Broken Prince "I could burn every scrap of fabric" Page 60 Jan 6th
• Dye
• Candle
Gild page 76 "With candle in Hand"
• Wax
• Ink
"The back of my neck and ink in question" Page 21 Jan 8th
• Paper
Page 102 "I wrote a paper about him. Island Fever: Love In A Time Of Rum May 24th
• Bowl
Page 118 "Or a candy Bowl" Shifter's Shadow Jan 5th
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 (hide spoiler)]Puppy
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Queen Skye has just gotten a puppy from the royal canine breeder. It is an adorable puppy with bright blue eyes and an inquisitive personality. She has launched a campaign across Novel Kingdom to name the royal puppy. The winner of the naming campaign receives their very own puppy!
Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you
Magical Mischief - Laura Greenwood April 6th
- read a book that starts with your first initial
A Lie for a Lie July 2nd L Lie
- read a book that starts with your last initial
The Cocktail Waitress c in cocktail July 23rd
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
Roomies June 9th (hide spoiler)]
Quests Completed
The Academy - part II
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Note: Books need to be read after announcement of the quest. Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other quests. These are participation tasks.
Levels:
Fill in the application form - Complete 6 Requirements
List your teaching accomplishments - Complete another 5 Requirements
Complete the application process successfully and get the job - Complete the rest of the Requirements
1 Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern)
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
2 Pick out and read a book based on News & Interviews recommendation (list the book and link to the article that features it)
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1...
The Butterfly Garden Jan 5th 2021
3 Check out the books that won Goodreads Choice Awards & read a book that has either won or been nominated for this award (any year will do)
Stillhouse Lake September 3rd 2020
Nominated in Best Mystery & Thriller 2017
4 Check out New released books listed on Goodreads: Click on Browse>New Releases > "By authors" and/or "By Genre". Pick at least one book and add it to your "Want to read" GR list. List the book.
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/new_...
The Cursed Crown
5 Find the answer to this question on Goodreads: "What do I do if I can't find a book using search on Goodreads?".
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
6 Find your GR Reading stats and put down how many pages you read last year (hint: search under "My books").
https://www.goodreads.com/review/stat...
80597
7 Go through your "Want to Read" list and delete all the books you're no longer interested in reading. List the number of remaining books.
3438
8 Go through your "Read" list and shelve at least ten books that have no tag other than "read" (if all your books are already shelved, you deserve a "task complete").
Task complete
9 Set up a new shelf on "My books" page, either for unfinished/abandoned books or any other genre/tag that you've been missing. List the name of your new shelf. (if your shelving system is perfect as it is, you deserve a "task complete")
Task Complete
10 Go to Recommendations, select recommendation by shelf or by genre and read at least one book recommended to you and mark at least one book as "not interested". List those books.
Recommended
Rejected December 23 2020
Not interested
Lila's Loves
11 Go to Listopia and vote for your favourite books on at least three lists (link to the lists).
Task complete
12 Check out GR Popular Quotes and "like" at least three of them. Copy & paste your favourite one and post it to the Theatre thread.
“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
13 Take at least one of the GR Quizzes (link to it and list your result).
https://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/res...
14 List how many GR groups you are a member of, which one is your favourite and how many comments have you made in that group so far.
Im in 9 proper groups and have my own one for Challenges and 3 private challenge groups for the remainder of its counterpart
My Favourite... i dont know i love them all but i have stayed in
and made plenty of comments
https://www.goodreads.com/group/47034...
15 Find at least three GR Groups that are interested in your favourite genre or author or reading activity (e.g. challenges), link to them (you don't have to join them).
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
16 Check out your GR Profile, Account & Emails settings and update them if needed.
Task Complete
Rewards
Application Form: 3 XP, 1 Minor Heal Potion
Accomplishment List: 4 XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Successful job application: 6 XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP)
(hide spoiler)]Sticks and Stones may Build a House
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Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
Reclaimed 12/4 The river Plane
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
Beautiful Disaster 29/3 Abby is At College
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
The Gathering 9th April
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
The Thief 1st of April - Dagger on cover
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
Spirit Bound 15th April
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
Rejected 23rd December 2020 Mera is Physically in a different realm.
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
When He's an Alpha 27/3/21
Havvanah Moves in with Tate and her girls move into the Pride (New apartments)
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
I See Me (Banked book) June 26 2020
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
Serpent's Kiss 27/3 Mainly brown cover
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.
Fae 28th March Flower In Hair and on Water
Pick one of the following houses to add to your possession.
House 1 House 2 (see Main quest page)
You get 2 XP for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things
(hide spoiler)]Kitchen
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Home is where the heart is and the kitchen is where the stomach is. You feel like you've gone months without a good solid meal in your tummy. Chocolate eggs just aren't cutting it anymore for you. A sensible solution seems to be to install a kitchen in your house. You're not quite sure how to actually cook anything but some of the people over in the Queens kitchen seem a little dim so it can't be too hard.
Note: This quest requires a house to complete.
To construct your kitchen complete the following tasks:
• Build the oven - Read a book that takes place in a hot climate.
[book:The Unhoneymooners|43341641] 11th May Takes place in Maui
• Build a fire place - Read a book with a red cover or one about firefighters.
The Glamourist May 12 red cover
• Hang a pot - Read a book about a witch or a chef.
Magical Mischief 6 april
• Build a sink - Read a book with a body of water on the cover or one that takes place mainly near or on the water.
Fall 2nd April
• Buy bowls - Read a book with the word bowl (exactly) in a quote from the book text.
"Handing over a bowl of his famous buttery popcorn" Page 63
How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon 4th Of April
• Buy spoons - Read a book with a reflective object on the cover.
The Siren - August 11
• Buy knives - Read a book where someone gets stabbed.
Spider’s Revenge - 20th of April
• Add meat hooks - Read a book where someone dies.
Tempted by Midnight 21st April
• Build a pantry - Read a book with someone who likes to shop a lot.
Here Kitty, Kitty 15th April
• Build a spice rack - Read something spicy (romance)! or something with peppers on the cover.
King of Diamonds May 26th
(hide spoiler)]They Vant to Suck your Blood
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Potion Quest
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's warm and sunny out in Novel Kingdom and you'd like nothing more than to go hiking in the woods and enjoy a nice picnic complete with Drop Bear Burgers and Lemonade. You've just gotten into the forest when the mosquitoes attack! Little bites all over your body feeling like you've descended to the 7th level of Hell, Violence. You frantically try to cover up but they've grown superior and beat back your every attempt at salvation. You're only hope now is to squash every last one of them in your trusty Ye Old Flysquatter.
To squash the mosquitoes:
• Read a book with irritating/annoying character or book that was annoying to you
Siren Misfit 2nd April
• Read a book where someone bites
Vampire's Kiss May 22nd
• Read a book with blood on cover or in title or series
Eternal Kiss of Darkness 23rd April
• Read a book you were itching to read
Never His Girl 24th April
Squashing the mosquitoes will bring on a sense of self satisfaction, inner peace and net you 5 XP and a Minor Poison Potion.
(hide spoiler)]Apprentice Scheme
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Apprentice Scheme
Laura and Mel
Tasks
10/10
✔️1. Say hello in the buddy thread set up for you
✔️2. Introduce yourself in the Tavern (the experienced player does not need to do this again!)
✔️3. Newcomer reaches level 2 experience
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️4. Newcomer levels up a weapon
✔️5. Newcomer levels up both weapons
✔️6. Newcomer defeats their first monster
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️7. Together spell out one of NOVEL, ROLE, PLAY, GAME using standard spell out rules
R - Laura 30th April Unwilling Bride Mc Named Rain
O - Mel 30th April A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
L - Laura 1st of May Lost Girl - Leia Stone
E - Mel April 29th The Return of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs
✔️8. Visit the melting pot and suggest a quest idea that you have worked on together
✔️9. The experienced player gives a gift to the newcomer to help with a quest (Major heal potion thank you xxxxxx)
✔️10. Both partners read a book that involves a teacher or student, or that has a link to a video game (i.e. Ready Player One or The Last Wish). It does not have to be the same book. The mentor can also read a book with the letters AS in the title.
Mel - The Last Wish - April 28th
Laura - Secondborn - May the 1st "Roselle has been my student since she could crawl"
Dune is Roselle's Mentor, They part ways when she is called into service.
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Monster fights 2022
Monster Fights
RAT 28 March
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Me HP 10 Weapon staff 1 weapon sword 0
Me fight 2+ UB +1 = 3 AP
Rat 5 HP- 3 = 2
Rat Fight
3 attack
My HP 7
My attack 3
Rat defeated 1 XP
(hide spoiler)]RAT 5th April
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Me HP 11 Staff 1
2 + 2 = 3 Attack
Rat 5 hp - 3 = 2
Rat attack
3 Attack
Me 8 hp
Me attack Rat defeated
(hide spoiler)]RAT April 15th
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Me HP 11 Staff 1 Sword 1
2 + 1 = 3 Attack
Rat 5 hp - 3 = 2
Rat attack
3 Attack
Me 7 hp
Me attack Rat defeated
(hide spoiler)]RAT 25th April
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Me HP 12 Staff 1
2 + 2 = 3 Attack
Rat 5 hp - 3 = 2
Rat attack
3 Attack
Me 9 hp
Me attack Rat defeated
(hide spoiler)]The bane of all young hero's, the iconic sewer rat. Biting at ankles, he makes his presence known one nip and nibble at a time. Maximum hero level of 7. Sewer rats will flee from any hero level 8 and higher.
3 Attack 5 Health - Reward: 1 Experience
Queen Skyes Winter Holiday Challenge
"not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" - guests make sure no mice are stirring by poking rat bodies! You'll need to catch (kill) 4 sewer rats
Me
Health Points 20
Staff 5 + 2
Bauble
Staff 7 attack
Killed rat
Staff 7 attack
Killed Rat
Staff 7 attack
Killed rat
Staff 7 attack
Killed Rat
Gain 4 EXP
Sword weaker weapon
Gain levels by reading taller pyramids of page numbers. A book that's 350 pages may count for a 300+ book, a 200+ book or a 100+ book.
1 - 100+1 -
Prince of War - 139 Pages 29th March
2 - 200+ 1 -
They The Pretty Stars - 179 Pages May 3rd
2 -
Cowboy Dragon 210 Pages 18th April
3 - 300+ 1 - 100 +
Shadow Fae May 28th 129 Pages
2 -
All the Truths November 17th 264 Pages
3 -
Forever Golden 340 Pages 27th April
4 - 400+ 1 -
2 -
3 -
Ink and Bone 25th November 362
4 -
Divergent 14th Nov 487 Pages
5 - 500+ 1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 - 500+
6 - 600+
7 - 700+
A Court of Silver Flames 757 Pages 13th jan
Weapons Magic Staff (Main)
Gain levels for your magic staff by creating taller pyramids of series reads (books don't have to be from the same series, even within a level)
Level 1
1 -
September 3rd 2020
Level 2
1 -
April 27th
2 -
April 1st 2021
Level 3
1 -
- 12 May
2 -
- June 9th
3 -
April 12th
Level 4
1 -
- June 16th
2 -
- June 19th
3 -
- June 10th
4 -
- June 10th
Level 5
1 -
- June 19th
2 -
- June 22nd
3 -
- June 23rd
4 -
- June 23rd
5 -
- June 10th
Level 6
1 -
- 18th November
2 -
3 -
4 -
- Nov 27th
5 -
6 -
For players starting January 1st, 2016 and later, the citizens of Novel Kingdom would like to welcome you with your very own handy dandy welcome basket!
Contents:
• 5 Potion Tokens
• 10 Gold
• 3 Minor Heal Potions
• 1 Time Walking Potion
• 1 Shield Potion
• 1 Mercenary Coupon - Hire one mercenary free for a week
• Up to
15 8 books read in the 12 months prior to starting
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Books used 1 year Prior to Starting March 26 2021
December 23rd 2020
Jan 5th 2021
September 3rd 2020
June 26 2020
Quests Completed List and Links
Link to archived Quests
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Items on inventory
Gold
020
Potions • 3 Minor Heal Potions
• 2 Time Walking Potion
• 1 Shield Potion
• 2 Minor Poison Potion
• 1 heal Potion
• 1 Find Items Potion
• 1 Duplication Potion
Tokens • 5 Potion Tokens
001 Mercenary coupon
Other
• The growth weapon enhancement bauble
(The Bauble increases damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3))
• Plasma Gun
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Laura..devouring books like crumpets’s
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