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[Reva]

Attack #388   Rare Binding 29/3/2016
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** attack 500 HP - The Rare Binding uses blood magic to fight. His attack will be based off your health points at the beginning of the current round. (Before health potions have been used and before your attack for the round). He also has an attack modifier that grows his attack by 1 each round (the first round will have a modifier of 0.)

Reward: 75 Experience, 4 Potion Tokens (may be exchanged at Jack and Jill's for any potion), 15 Gold, 1 Magic Book


9 Minor Heal Potions
1 Shield -1
1 Pet Plus potion  
1 Damage Potion 
1 Enhanced Weapon Potion 
1 Growing Strength Potion 
1 Minor Poison Potions +2 

Puppy attack +4
Horse +2
Pet Rock +2
Orb of Fire + 3
Cat +4
1 Lvl 17 staff with Bauble
Red gem
Blue gem

✯Hero Lvl 12 ✯HP: 21+2 ✯Sword Lvl 6 (+6)=12+B✯Staff Level 17(+6) =23+B ✯Exp 1940


Round 1
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2  + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion + 4 cat + 1 Bauble +1 Growing Strength Potion = 42 - 500 = 458
Rare Binding Attack reduced by Rock: 23 -2 -1 Shield = 20 + 0 modifier
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 20  - 23 = 3  HP


Round 2
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 2 Bauble +2 Growing Strength Potion = 40 - 458 = 418
Rare Binding reduced 3  -2 Rock  -1 Shield = 0 + 1 modifier = 1
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 1  - 3 =  2 HP


Round 3
1 minor heal potion +5 + 2 = 7 HP
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 3 Bauble +3 Growing Strength Potion = 42 - 418 = 376
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 2 -2 -1 = 0+ 2 modifier=2
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 2- 7 = 5 HP


Round 4
1 Minor Heal Potion 5 + 5 = 10
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2  + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 4 Bauble +4 Growing Strength Potion = 44 - 376 = 332
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 5 -2 -1 = 2 + 3 modifier =5
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 5 - 10 = 5 HP


Round 5
1 Minor Heal Potion 5 + 5 = 10
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 5 Bauble +5  Growing Strength Potion = 46 - 332 = 286
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 5 -2 -1 = 2 +4 modifier = 6
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 6 - 10 = 4 HP


Round 6
1 minor heal potion +5 + 4 = 9 HP
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2  + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 6 Bauble 6  Growing Strength Potion = 48 - 286 = 238
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 4-2 -1 = 1+5 modifier =6
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 6 - 9 = 3

Round 7
1 minor heal potion +5 + 3 = 8 HP
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 7 Bauble +7  Growing Strength Potion = 50 - 238 = 188
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 3 -2 -1 =  0 +6  modifier =6
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 6 - 8 = 2


Round 8
2 minor heal potion 10 + = 12 HP
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 8 Bauble +8  Growing Strength Potion = 52 - 188 = 136
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 2 -2 -1 =  0 +7  modifier =7
Employs blue gem
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 9/2 = 5 - 7 = 2

Round 9
2 minor heal potions +10 + 2 = 12 HP
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 9 Bauble +9  Growing Strength Potion = 54- 136 = 82

Employs red gem (no pets)
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 9 Bauble +9  growth weapon potion = 48 - 82 = 34
Rare Binding reduced by Rock & Shield 3 -2 -1 = 0 +8  modifier =8
Rare Binding Attacks Hero 8 - 12 = 4 HP

Round 10 
Hero attacks Rare Binding 17 + 2 + 2 horse + 4 puppy + 2 MPP + 3 orb + 3 Enhanced Weapon Potion + 3 Damage Potion  + 10 Bauble +10  Growing Strength Potion = 56- 34 = Rare Binding Dead


Reward: 75 Experience, 4 Potion Tokens (may be exchanged at Jack and Jill's for any potion), 15 Gold, 1 Magic Book 2 HP (orb)


✯Hero Lvl 12 ✯HP: 2+2 ✯Sword Lvl 6 (+6)=12+B✯Staff Level 17(+6) =23+B ✯Exp 2015



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[Reva]

So what does the magic book do?

[Rebecca]

Phew Reva!!! Congrats that looks completely exhausting.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "So what does the magic book do?"

Future *wink* :)

[Ray (user2637)]

Shanna_redwind wrote: "I went through and checked for covers that were lacking half naked men and found a couple mysteries you might be willing to read if you go with the name Desiree.. And Oh My! to the other books."

Sweet, thanks so much! Congregation looks great. Yeah, it's not that I don't like a good erotica...but the emphasis is on "good"!! So many people writing under what I assume to be a pseudonym 'sexy' name...doesn't say much for the writing quality. :/

[Alex]

I'm struggling a little with finding a gold cover. Would this one work?

[Rebecca]

I just read for a gold cover. It's really short and good and the audiobook narration is great.

[Morgan]

Question: Would werewolves doing the same task (search and rescue) work for "• Read a book where someone uses a search and rescue dog."?

I realize that might be stretching it a bit. lol. Figured it was worth asking though.

[Shanna_redwind]

Morgan wrote: "Question: Would werewolves doing the same task (search and rescue) work for "• Read a book where someone uses a search and rescue dog."?

I realize that might be stretching it a bit. lol. Figured ..."

I need to know what the werewolf search and rescue book is. Not because I can make a determination, but because I need to read it.

[Alyssa]

I've found plenty of books with dogs searching for a hunt/runaway/etc but I can't find one for a rescue. So yes if anyone has suggestions for this I'd appreciate it too!

[Morgan]

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Morgan wrote: "Question: Would werewolves doing the same task (search and rescue) work for "• Read a book where someone uses a search and rescue dog."?

I realize that might be stretching it a bit..."

lol! It's a small part of the book (though I am a SUCKER for anything werewolf related), I'm actually enjoying it a lot overall.

Revenge and the Wild

What this book has:
-- All sorts of creatures: werewolves, vampires, leprechauns, etc.
-- A pet chupacabra that is basically what tumblr would term a "cinnamon roll." (so at the least it would work for "unusual pet".)
-- Cannibals.
-- Alternate history America + magic + dash of steampunkishness.
-- Western
-- A MC who isn't falling all over herself for romance and isn't perfection.
-- A MC missing most of one arm (+mechanical arm) another character missing his ability to speak without a specialized mask -- both thanks to cannibals. Sign language, etc.
-- Father of both is super smart inventor (and PoC)
-- Psychopath of a small child with ringlets.
-- Native American characters who are pretty awesome.

Plus a bunch more, so basically an everything I never knew I needed to all be IN ONE BOOK being in one book. ;)

I have been sort of unable to stick with a book lately, but I haven't put this one down for anything short of audio (meaning I'm at work and can't read this) since I picked it up!

[Morgan]

Alyssa wrote: "I've found plenty of books with dogs searching for a hunt/runaway/etc but I can't find one for a rescue. So yes if anyone has suggestions for this I'd appreciate it too!"

Yeah this took awhile and I just stumbled upon it while reading (apart from cover stuff like the food or picking something from my tbr, I don't tend to plan things I read. Just slot after the fact wherever it fits. This one is fitting a lot of places just because of how eclectic this whole thing is. I'm sure it would have a ton of scrounger words too.

[Alyssa]

Well thank you for that comprehensive list! I'm adding it to my TBR shelf for future use for one of those many things haha,

Bitten/Stolen are both werewolf books that involve search and rescue too, but by a werewolf so it's in that grey area. And there are dogs, hunting THEM escaping, but the dogs aren't rescuing.. lol it's so close!

[Shanna_redwind]

There's a couple listopia lists that might have search and rescue dogs

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

[Alyssa]

Thanks Shanna, those are helpful!

[Shanna_redwind]

Am I cheating if I use a book like this?
The Munschworks Grand Treasury
It's a collection of picture books.

[Reva]

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Am I cheating if I use a book like this?
The Munschworks Grand Treasury
It's a collection of picture books."

There's a Midas quest that it would be perfect for. (Captain Morgan, I think)

And...

Thanks Rebecca. I think I reworked the various scenarios a gazillion times. ;-)

[Kelly]

Zee wrote: "I'm struggling a little with finding a gold cover. Would this one work?

"

I'm ok with that for gold. Unless otherwise specified we try to hit 50% for cover color.

[Shanna_redwind]

Did you know that Goodreads has a random book Generator? The one I got today was Evolving Constitutions of International Organizations, a Critical Analysis.

I bet a quest involving this generator would be fun. Obviously you couldn't require someone to read the book generated, but maybe to take one of the words in the title or the authors first or last name and find a book with those things. It could be something about things spontaneously generating that need to be cleaned up.

**Edited to add, maybe a link to the generator would be nice. Goodreads Random Book Generator

[Daphne]

I got .

I'm half tempted to go track that down.

That's an interesting challenge idea Shanna! I bet it would be fun. :)

[Rylie]

Yeah, we would definitely have to make it something like, author's first or last name, or at least one word in the title. For mine I got

I really don't think I'd ever want to read that book, or could track it down, but reading a book by a Richard, or with the word hour, or business, that I could do.
Wonderful idea, in my opinion. :)

[Rebecca]

I'm a little confused about "a confusing book".

When I click on it, it doesn't take me to a specific list just the search result for exciting. Is there a specific listopia we need to use? Or just determine a book that's exciting?

[Rylie]

RebeccaS wrote: "I'm a little confused about "a confusing book".

When I click on it, it doesn't take me to a specific list just the search result for exciting. Is there a specific listopia we need to use? Or just ..."

It should take you to a shelf of popular exciting books. I think there are a couple of shelves with the word exciting in them, but I just went to the first one. Anything on that list can be used. That's how I did it, and it seemed to work out.

[Kelly]

Shanna_redwind wrote: "Did you know that Goodreads has a random book Generator? The one I got today was Evolving Constitutions of International Organizations, a Critical Analysis.

I bet a quest involving ..."

I like it :)

[Kelly]

RebeccaS wrote: "I'm a little confused about "a confusing book".

When I click on it, it doesn't take me to a specific list just the search result for exciting. Is there a specific listopia we need to use? Or just ..."

Those "genre" lists are all the books that are shelved at least once (or negative once in one case) for that word. So any book on the list is fine.

[Kelly]

Morgan wrote: "Question: Would werewolves doing the same task (search and rescue) work for "• Read a book where someone uses a search and rescue dog."?

I realize that might be stretching it a bit. lol. Figured ..."

No :P Dogs and wolves aren't the same.

If you want a search and rescue dog book there's The Search or Rescue My Heart. (Read those so I can vouch for them.)

Otherwise these might help:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Daphne]

You could have both though!

Here is my handsome wolfdog, Tesla, hanging out in my library with me. :)


And Kiera bringing me back her hunt:


100% not relevant. I just love any remote excuse to show 'em off. ;)

[Morgan]

haha. My reasoning exactly Daphne! If they can procreate and their offspring can then procreate....they are close enough to the same thing to rationalize asking the question.

Okay so I know wolves =/= werewolves BUT I don't know....faulty rationalizations and lack of sleep FOR THE WIN. ;)

No prob Kelly! I figured it was a sssssstttttrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeetttttccccchhhhhh. haha. My library has the second of your recs as an audio so easy peasy. Plus I already slotted the other for unusual pet, because I don't know that I will find anything more unusual than a chupacabra. haha.

[Rebecca]

Daphne wrote: "You could have both though!

Here is my handsome wolfdog, Tesla, hanging out in my library with me. :)


And Kiera bringing me back her hunt:

SO CUTE!! I am so very jealous.
100% not relevant. I just love any remote excuse to s..."

[Morgan]

New question:

Would Horns work for "Read a book with a weapon in the title or series."?

Again, fine if not. I just like trying to see how many diff slots I can fit things into of the ones I have open.

[Kelly]

Morgan wrote: "New question:

Would Horns work for "Read a book with a weapon in the title or series."?

Again, fine if not. I just like trying to see how many diff slots I can fit things into of..."

I'm ok with that for a weapon. They can certainly kill people.

[Cathy M.]

Daphne wrote: "You could have both though!

Here is my handsome wolfdog, Tesla, hanging out in my library with me. :)


And Kiera bringing me back her hunt:


100% not relevant. I just love any remote excuse to s..."

Such a beautiful dog Daphne!

[Morgan]

Kelly wrote: "Morgan wrote: "New question:

Would Horns work for "Read a book with a weapon in the title or series."?

Again, fine if not. I just like trying to see how many diff slots I can fit..."

I might be playing too much dragon age in addition to reading so I was slightly inspired. lol.

[Ray (user2637)]

Horns was SO GOOD! :D

[Rebecca]

Ok professional questers....I have a question to throw out there for some advice.

I need to up my experience level so I can increase my max HP. I know some people have calculated each quest for amount of books / exp points to determine which are the most fruitful.

I see that New Gang in Town will give me 16 EXP for reading 9 books which is pretty good. I'm also working on the Leprechaun quests because those give some nice exp.

What are the quests that get you the most exp for your books?

Thanks! :)

[Alex]

The relay race is pretty lucrative if you can find books with super long titles. I read 7 books for the first 10 exp and plan on using the duplication potion to make it even better value for the second part.

[Cathy]

Questanomics pays 8 experience for only 3 books.

I used books with loooong subtitles and finished the relay race in no time.

[Morgan]

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Horns was SO GOOD! :D"

Other than the gag inducing moment near the beginning I enjoyed the whole crazy, twisted ride.

That apple didn't fall far from the tree! haha.

[Kelly]

Quests will be up soon guys. They just need review.

[Karsyn]

I've been looking for the same things, Rebecca. In addition to the ones mentioned already, here's what I've found ~

Do the expired "Academy" with a time walking potion. The 5 of the tasks, don't require any reading at all. So welcome people, write a thing for the tavern, and so on. That was 7 exp for 6 tasks one of which was a book (participating in a BOM).

Robbing Robin Hood is 1 book for 5 exp. You need 4 bat wings though.

Schoolmarm is 3 books for 5 exp

A nap is a good idea is 10 exp but requires a bunch of wings, bones and tails.

[Morgan]

Best one I'm working on now for xp is "A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar...."
But probably not in a books/xp ratio sort of way. Just a way to rack up as many points as you want depending on how long your word is (+1 per letter) +2 extra for a word over 5 letters. (And a heal potion as a bonus.)

There are a couple like that where you can control how much you get.

I'm one away from spelling MAYONNAISE. haha. +12 xp once I get that final book read for the 'O'.

[Rebecca]

Thanks everyone!! I knew you guys would be awesome at strategizing (not my strong suit I must admit). I will search out those quests that I haven't done yet.

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April update is up here.

[Alyssa]

Oh Kelly the kitchen is awesome! That's very creative

[Rebecca]

love it love it!!

[Reva]

I really like the kitchen. Anything that generates regular potions is tops in my books.

As your Hero's levels increase, the gap between levels gets larger and ANY opportunity to generate experience points becomes important. If you control the number of exp points generated-- even better. If any flowers get you 5 exp points, but all ROSES get you more, go for roses.

In a Toy for Hadley, I used Triangle instead of star. -- more points.

Although I haven't turned it in yet, I've generated 2 Greater Heal Potions & 30 experience points in the Essential Oils Quest with Lavender Oil and Sandalwood Oil (I included oil in the spell-it-out). I may, if I have nothing better to do, look for another essential oil with more letters than Lavender to get even more exp points.

[Alyssa]

peppermint oil?

[Zuzana]

Big congrats Reva on beating the Rare Binding. :)

I have a nitpick though ;) (In my solely theoretical battle plan:) For each round I figure out the Binding's attack power including the modifier and then I deduct the point for Rocky. I know that the way you did it (the other way round) is actually harder (takes less of Binding's attack points) but I don't see anywhere in the rules why I should do that in that order.

[Morgan]

Reva wrote: "I really like the kitchen. Anything that generates regular potions is tops in my books.

As your Hero's levels increase, the gap between levels gets larger and ANY opportunity to generate experien..."

I did the same thing with Triangle and all roses. haha. Didn't add Oil in every time for that quest, but went for number of books as well as a variety of letters to look for just to keep my interest. If I need to read 15 N books my brain is like NOPE. haha. So I have to balance my large words/variety a little.

The relay race was a pretty good one too.

I know there have been more that were similar-ish. For a long time I was doing XP and stockpiling potions and getting items over anything that was gold/house/weapon, so I know I'm probably just totally forgetting others. haha.

[Zuzana]

RebeccaS wrote: "Ok professional questers....I have a question to throw out there for some advice.

...

What are the quests that get you the most exp for your books?"

Relay race is pretty good. Especially if you don't mind non-fiction books. Lots of them have really long titles. :)

Collect them all. Pick a book with lots of bugs in it and you're set. I got all 100 bugs in one book. 1 book = 10 XP

Tavern Games if you go for words in the titles (5 books get you 9 XP).

The Blackest Eye is a great quests. Brings you 5 XP and potion tokens for 2 books (and 5 drop bear meats)

Shanna_redwind wrote: "There's a couple listopia lists that might have search and rescue dogs

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7......"

Thanks, Shanna, for sharing.