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There's 48 hours before official start of Emerge. Books finished during the break can be considered Emerge the Victor books.I'll start reading some books 3+ in series hoping it would make up for my 2 wk absence. But am hoping we get a good (stable) internet connection!
I was actually going to suggest if anyone is looking for something to read now but has nothing to fit remaining labours task to start reading short series particularly 1-4's to start. As long as they are after tomorrow morning, we will be able to use them levelling up our weapon straight away
Read Rising from DustFits: Relay
Wow, the new challenge is complicated.
Not a fan of the Never Never series but I appreciate its existence and its benefits for the good of wobble haha i presume a lot of us will be finishing that series after all!
OMG that looks so complicated. Have any of our Captains played this before? How do the 16 hour tournaments work? Im so confused I wish I had not read the rules lol I can handle the series reading part thats easy lol
I'm with Gillian on this. If other people just want to direct me and tell me what to generally do, feel free :P
I don't have many short books and especially not many that are a part of a series. I'm not super keen to buy any more books either. I'll plan to read books that are in series (mostly #1) but will certainly be happy to take direction for how I can best be useful.
I'm taking a break from writing my paper now to finish my book. :)
None of us has played this before but Nikk is going to take the helm on this one :DI'm copy pasting a mod's explanation with layman's terms ;)
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(from ❀Tea❀, ... gone ...)
"You need health and weapon for fighting monsters and later in tournament.
You start game with base weapon (attack 10 I think) and you can level it up by reading books in series. Higher the weapon level, easier to hurt your opponent.
I'll give you few (made-up) examples:
Let's say your hero is base level on everything - so hero level is 1 which gives you 20 hp (health points) and your weapon is level 0 with 10 attack
and one of your cards is monster butterfly which has 9 hp and 13 attack which when dead gives you 4 points, 1 gold and wing.
So battle would look like this:
Hero: level 1, 20hp, weapon level 0 10A
Butterfly: 9hp 13 attack
- hero attacks - 9hp-10A - butterfly dead
- you get all that from butterfly without hurting your self
Now let's say, hero same levels, but next monster Wasp is little tougher (15hp, 18A) and gives you 6 points, heal potion and sting
Battle:
Hero - 20hp, 10A
Wasp - 15hp, 18A
- hero attacks - 15hp-10A - wasp has 5hp left
- wasp attacks - 20hp-18A - hero has 2hp left
- hero attacks - 5hp-10A - wasp is dead
You again get all those goodies, but now your health is low and now even butterfly could kill you. If your weapon was level 5, you'd kill that wasp in one hit.
To heal yourself, you have couple of options. In lower hero levels it's easier by leveling up your hero. Leveling up is achieved by getting certain number of points (see in rules post #2). By killing that butterfly and wasp, you have now 10 points which means you have enough points for level 2. Now your hero is level 2 and is all healthy again (has 25hp now).
Another way to heal yourself is by using that potion wasp dropped when you killed it :)
Beside killing monsters, you can get points by doing tasks. Let's say that one of your cards says that if you read (team) blue cover, white cover, 500+ book, title starting with N and author's initial B (so 5 books) and that quest is worth 10 points. You read that, submit books into spreadsheet and get 10 points.
You might notice that you now have 20 points which means your hero is now level 3"
Mod
Hera is getting so much attention that most of the gods are jealous. Do you see green? Lavish a little TLC on some of the other gods.
◈ Read a book with a green cover ( 75% green)
◈ Read a book in which Hades is a character
◈ Read a book in which Aphrodite is a character
Points: 50
Still, I am a bit confused. I will try to follow once it starts.
I'm confused too about the new challenge but reading books in series is easy enough. I have tons of different uncompleted series.I'll be finishing books #6 and #1 in series next week.
I hope my reading picks up again. I discovered the Ivona text to speech app and now I can listen my Kindle books during my commute to work.
Skandia wrote: "I'm confused too about the new challenge but reading books in series is easy enough. I have tons of different uncompleted series.I'll be finishing books #6 and #1 in series next week.
I hope my ..."
Skandia, we missed you!
@Viji and @Skandia: Basically, we read books...A) for specific tasks to complete quests
B) any books in a series to level up our weapon
Then Nikk and Ash will take the helm and stir us all in the correct direction! :)
Finished YOU HAD ME AT HELLO for text, email, etc goal
Why do we have to wait 2 whole days for the start of the next challenge after Labours finishes?
I just started one of the books I need to read for another challenge and I realized it's actually about an apothecary. Would've been useful before. And the book I read for apothecary actually had Hades as a character.
Glad you're enjoying your trip, Karishma!
Completion Post 
Book: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
Date read: 8th oct 2016
Pages: 671
Labour 36: Read a book with wings on the cover(Bird on cover)
Kathleen wrote: "@Viji and @Skandia: Basically, we read books...A) for specific tasks to complete quests
B) any books in a series to level up our weapon
Then Nikk and Ash will take the helm and stir us all in t..."
One query on this:
B) any books in a series to level up our weapon
Could the books be from any series on they should be from one series only - like Title Relay?
I completed #2 in a series. Could that be used for this task? Thanks.
~~~N~~~ wrote: "Read Rising from DustFits: Relay
Wow, the new challenge is complicated."
Hey Noa, you don't seem to have set the read date for this book so its not showing up on the spreadsheet for me to use. Can you please fix as i ned to make sure the points count
thank you :-)
Viji wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "@Viji and @Skandia: Basically, we read books...A) for specific tasks to complete quests
B) any books in a series to level up our weapon
Then Nikk and Ash will take the helm and..."
only books finished after labours finishes tomorrow can be used in emerge. Any banked or unused books prior can be sold for gold. So if you have finished the book 2 already, we will need to sell it for gold
Nikk wrote: "~~~N~~~ wrote: "Read Rising from DustFits: Relay
Wow, the new challenge is complicated."
Hey Noa, you don't seem to have set the read date for this book so its not showing up on the spreadsheet ..."
Fixed it (I think).
Also, finished One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest so I updated that.
Kathleen wrote: "I think Labors ends in an hour?"Wasnt it supposed to go into Sunday?
Mod
Dionysus has agreed to host the celebration festival in your honor for completing all your Labors. He does insist on a few tasks completed in his name first.
◈ Read a book with a Purple cover.
◈ Read a book with grapes or vines on the cover.
◈ Read a book with a centaur.
◈ Read a book the characters dance
Points: 40
We have 48 hours before official start of Emerge. All books read and finished from here on will count for Emerge. We can read anything we like! :D Yey!Since we don't have our quest cards yet, we can also start working on leveling up our weapons just by reading books from a series. I checked everyone's currently reading shelves and noticed a few are reading books from a series. I updated the spreadsheet so here it goes...
Level 1
1st book in series- --Nikk--- Beautiful Oblivion
Level 2
1st book in series - --Skandia--- Wrong
2nd book in series - --Gillian--- Dragonsinger
Level 3
1st book in series - --Gillian ---Lady Midnight
2nd book in series - --Gillian ---Well of Ascension
3rd book in series
Level 4
1st book in series- --Katharine--- Nightmares can be Murder
2nd book in series- -- Kathleen--- The Exiled Queen
3rd book in series
4th book in series
Saw a very nice explanation for Emerge. Thank you Kazen! :D_________________________________
To start - we have a hero that can gain experience, gold, and items by fighting monsters and doing quests. These will be on cards that we'll get once the game starts.
We can also level up our weapon and it's really straightforward - read books from series. Reading book #1 of a series will gain us level one. Reading another book #1 of a series plus a book #2 of a series will gain us level two. (Different series are okay!) Reading a book #1, #2, and #3 will gain us level three, and so on. Each level adds one point of attack to our weapon.
There's no telling what kind of cards we'll get but that doesn't stop us from planning weapon books now! To reach level four we will need 10 books total:
4 book #1 in a series
3 book #2 in a series
2 book #3 in a series
1 book #4 in a series
Is one of the books you're working on now (a whole number) part of a series? Something on your TBR that you'd like to read? Go ahead and claim it! If you're not working on a series book or don't care of series at all that's totally fine - once we get our monster and quest cards we'll have plenty of other tasks to keep us busy! Finish whatever books you want, as they'll all count for Emerge. If you'd rather take a break that's great too - a warrior needs their strength! :)
Im going to read
which is 5th is a series if that helps.
I started Beautiful oblivion last night (Maddox brothers #1) and managed to get nearly halfway through before realising the time and going to bed. Should be done with it later today
Finished 
Level 2
1st book in series - --Skandia--- Wrong
2nd book in series - --Gillian--- Dragonsinger
I hope to have Lady Midnight finished today if not early in the morning at the latest.Level 3
1st book in series - --Gillian ---Lady Midnight
I'll read books for 1st and 2nd in series. Halfway through the 1st in a series book.1st: Merrick
2nd: Burning Bright
Just finished Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers #1) and may have kind of...accidentally downloaded books 2 and 3 of this series on to my kindle to read this week... oops...I need to read Castle of Dreams for another challenge but am hoping will work for one of our early quests
Finished
(#1 in a series),
, and
(#3 in a series).Started
(#3),
(#1). Will start
(#4) this afternoon.
~~~N~~~ wrote: "I'll read books for 1st and 2nd in series. Halfway through the 1st in a series book.1st: Merrick
2nd: Burning Bright"
Finished both.
Just reposting the list I need to get through for personal consultation. I'll focus on the short ones and ones in series for now.(view spoiler)
Nikk wrote: "Just finished Beautiful Oblivion (Maddox Brothers #1) and may have kind of...accidentally downloaded books 2 and 3 of this series on to my kindle to read this week... oops...I nee..."
Lol Nikk, lucky accident!
Katharine wrote: "Finished (#1 in a series), , and (#3 in a series).Started [bookcover:A..."
How was your trip? :D
Ange wrote: "Oh this challenge looks fun, to start ill read Don't Look Now for #2 in a series"Haha you're the only one who's first impression for Emerge was fun! My first reaction was "not again!" ;)
Gillian wrote: "Im going to read which is 5th is a series if that helps."I'm checking my pile of paranormal books because I know they would come real handy! Have you read The Fever Series btw?
Our weapon is now a Level 4! Hope everyone's enjoying their current reads :D
Level 1
Level 2
#2-Gillian: Dragonsinger
Level 3
#2- Noa: Burning Bright
#3- Katharine : Act of Darkness
Level 4
#2- Ashley: A Bone to Pick
#3- Kathleen: Never Never
#4- Kathleen: Eagle Strike
Level 5
#1 -Gillian: Lady Midnight ----Reading
#2- Kathleen: The Exiled Queen ----Reading
#3- Katharine: A Hell of a Dog ----Reading
#4- Katharine: Golden Eggs and Other Deadly Things
#5- Gillian: Lover Unbound ----Reading
Level 6
#1- Skandia: Wrong----Reading
#2- Ange: Don't Look Now----Reading
#3
#4
#5
#6
Level 7
#1- Kimberly: Lock In ----Reading
#2- Gillian: Well of Ascension----Reading
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
If your current read is not part of a series, it's okay! We're going to bank it and use it for quests. We have lots of quests to complete and monsters to kill!
Kathleen wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Im going to read which is 5th is a series if that helps."I'm checking my pile of paranormal books because I know they would come real handy! Have ..."
No not yet but i have the 1st one on my want to read list I will see if I can get the set if they are good.
I'm reading LOCK IN. It's a first in series. :)
Gillian wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Im going to read which is 5th is a series if that helps."I'm checking my pile of paranormal books because I know they would come ..."
I just finished book 5 of the fever series yesterday and I only started the series after Kathleen recommended at the start of wobble. I also have the next 3 books in the series borrowed from the library so I can read them soon also :-) Long story short, i am really enjoying the fever series :-P
Speaking of reading I just finished Castle of Dreams for another challenge. It is not part of series, but i am hoping it will work for a quest once Emerge starts proper. For now though i think I am gonna read Beautiful Redemption )Maddox Brothers #2)
What can I say? FEVER has it's faults but I found it addicting so ...what faults?! And of course hello Barrons! I actually binge read them--- with eating, going to the bathroom and sleeping as my only break. I had no discipline at all.
Kathleen wrote: "Katharine wrote: "Finished "It was beautiful, but SO glad to be home!
Also on my list for the next 1-2 weeks:
(#2),
(#9.5--only 91 pages),
(#7),
(#8), and
(#2),
(#3), and
(#5--finishes the series).
I think only whole number books in series count.
Correct Kimberly. I've finished A Bone to Pick which is the 2nd book in a series.Did everyone have a good weekend??
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