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[Zuzana]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "April update is up here."

Great update as usual. Love the Spring Forth from Randomness quest - 3 potions for 5 books? Much better ratio than the scrounger list!

No update to Jack and Jill's caravan hill or Merek's mercenaries this month?

[Morgan]

Thanks for the future present is now! Netgalley books are a good chunk of what I'm reading lately. :D

[Morgan]

For the Spring forward:
The Gorgon Fields (Constance and Charlie Series)
by Kate Wilhelm
Mystery
3.4 rating

So would I read a book that's just in a series and number doesn't matter or should I go with a non-series book?

[Reva]

Thanks Zuzana.

I'm always open to better ways on doing things.

Does anyone know if it's possible to search our own thread?

I'm positive that I read a book recently with citrine in it but the overall search showed nothing.

I tried google books but only got gemology books and this was a Romance. I once was able to search a word once I was in a google book search but couldn't get it to work this time.

Help, please.

[Teresa]

I have a problem with the randomizer. The books it is generating for me don't work with the task. They have no genres, no ratings, no blurb, no reviews, nothing to go on as to what kind of book it maybe. The first one was foreign language. The second was called Hey Dad, You're Great and I did it a third as I decided the first didn't count and got Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich, which at least has ratings and things, but I have no idea what genre to put it at but I can guarantee you I don't read that genre :/

Can I randomize again? please???

[Karsyn]

Nope, no way to search just one thread. I sure wish there was! You definitely haven't used the word citrine, at least not since the first of the year. What I do if I'm looking for something specific I (or someone else) said is this ~

Put the word you want to search for ------> over there in the search box, in this case citrine. Then when it pulls up all the pages, I do a find search (ctrl F) for my (or the other person's) name. So like for citrine, I searched that then ctrl F your name and beyond your last post, you haven't written it in a post.

Now, if you do spoilers at all, it doesn't search within the spoiler.

[Daphne]

Teresa wrote: "I have a problem with the randomizer. The books it is generating for me don't work with the task. They have no genres, no ratings, no blurb, no reviews, nothing to go on as to what kind of book it ..."

Women of Valor looks like it could either be biography or history. Since it doesn't have one listed, you could go with either. Lots and lots of books available if you used those. :)

I hope that helps!

[Teresa]

Daphne wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I have a problem with the randomizer. The books it is generating for me don't work with the task. They have no genres, no ratings, no blurb, no reviews, nothing to go on as to what k..."

I don't read biographies or historicals except historical fiction. Do you think that would be ok?

[Reva]

Teresa wrote: "Daphne wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I have a problem with the randomizer. The books it is generating for me don't work with the task. They have no genres, no ratings, no blurb, no reviews, nothing to go ..."

Years ago, (1972) David Niven wrote The Moon's a Balloon it's a piss your pants, LOL, funny recounting of his and others many adventures in The Movie Business. It's an autobiography you'll never mind reading.

[Mary]

I'm having trouble with the randomiser as well they're all in a foreign language!

[Zuzana]

Reva wrote: "Thanks Zuzana.

I'm always open to better ways on doing things.

Does anyone know if it's possible to search our own thread?

I'm positive that I read a book recently with citrine in it but the o..."

No problem, Reva. :) I know that a stray point here and there doesn't matter to you but to some of others including me it makes a difference. Might mean a heal potion saved for another battle or sometimes a whole round of battle that saves a load of our hero's HPs.

re CITRINE: I used google and I came up with this:

search term: "citrine site:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

This should be the book you're looking for: Tycoon's Delicious Debt (Mills & Boon M&B)

On google.com simply add “site:html of your thread” (or whichever site you want to search) after your search term, and you’ll get all the instances of that term on that particular site.

[Daphne]

Teresa wrote: "I don't read biographies or historicals except historical fiction. Do you think that would be ok? "

Hmm...What would you think of a trade? I read lots of nonfiction in all genres. What I don't do is read erotica, so I'm kind of stuck with Kili's quest. We could trade books? You read an erotica for my quest and I could knock out a history for you? Is that even allowed? We could always sell them to each other when the market opens up if you wanted. :)

Let me know if that might work for you.

[Reva]

Daphne wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I don't read biographies or historicals except historical fiction. Do you think that would be ok? "

Hmm...What would you think of a trade? I read lots of nonfiction in all genres. W..."

Sounds like a perfect solution to me.

[Reva]

For The Kitchen That Cleans Itself

1 Cook 5 things in your kitchen (after 4/1/16)

Since it doesn't ask us to present the balls, does it mean that the mouse balls are available in our inventory to use in battles?

[Kelly]

Yes Reva. It's just to make use of the kitchen.

[Reva]

Great. Thanks.

[Zuzana]

So, Reva, was it the book you were looking for? Or was it a google search fail?

[Reva]

Thanks for your help. I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. Too busy sorting through my totes, building KITCHENTWO. Its an awesome feature.

[Morgan]

Karsyn wrote: "Nope, no way to search just one thread. I sure wish there was! You definitely haven't used the word citrine, at least not since the first of the year. What I do if I'm looking for something specifi..."

I always open my spoiler tags and then do the ctrl+f search and it finds whatever I've used -- If I can't remember slotting a book for a task or what task or something.

[Reva]

Would you please post the exact Amazon link for best sellers 2001. I'm just getting a generic link and can't find it. Thanks.

Re KitchenTwo. Are we collecting potions every Sunday or is it one week from the time we complete the quest?

[Kelly]

Zuzana wrote: "No update to Jack and Jill's caravan hill or Merek's mercenaries this month?"

Nothing this month. There was a suggestion from the other mod's on a mercenary but I don't know how to make it work yet so it's delayed until I figure it out :)

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "Would you please post the exact Amazon link for best sellers 2001. I'm just getting a generic link and can't find it. Thanks.

Re KitchenTwo. Are we collecting potions every Sunday or is it one wee..."

Hmmm.... Let's make it Sunday so it doesn't confuse people. Easier if it's always a static date.

[Kelly]

And my own kitchen remodel still isn't done *sighs*. But we have floors and most of our cabinets now.

[Teresa]

Daphne wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I don't read biographies or historicals except historical fiction. Do you think that would be ok? "

Hmm...What would you think of a trade? I read lots of nonfiction in all genres. W..."

That would be awesome!! I could definitely work with that :)

[Cathy M.]

Congrats on the Rare Binding battle Reva! Don't know how I missed that before.

That new Kitchen update is awesome! Thank you Kelly! Looks like I have to work on the basic one now...

[Cathy]

Yep, extra incentive to finally finish my house. then my kitchen...

[Kelly]

Heh. Well you guys kept wanting kitchen to be useful.... :P

[Rylie]

Cathy wrote: "Yep, extra incentive to finally finish my house. then my kitchen..."

Same here. I love anything with a cooking element, but a potion that gives at least 5 HP a week is a huge incentive, along with the recipes.

[Kelly]

New Kitchen:

[Alyssa]

Hahahhaa that picture is awesome

[Cathy M.]

Kelly wrote: "Heh. Well you guys kept wanting kitchen to be useful.... :P"

You totally made it worth it now :) The pic is great!!

[Reva]

Ok. I've finished my KITCHENTWO. Since we're collecting potions on Sundays can I start tomorrow or do I need to wait a week til the 10th?

[Kelly]

You can start tomorrow. I'll update the quest text to reflect the Sunday thing.

[Zuzana]

Kelly wrote: "Nothing this month. There was a suggestion from the other mod's on a mercenary but I don't know how to make it work yet so it's delayed until I figure it out :) "

O.K., thanks. It's not like I don't have a ton on unfinished quests to work on. :)

I'll be looking forward to the new mercenary next month. Could you give us a hint, who it might be? Is it someone famous? Do we know him/her?

BTW That picture is awesome, Kelly.

[Zuzana]

There are several quests you need to finish first before you can enjoy your first home-made potion. It can be confusing. So I thought that making a to-do list for the new players who'd like to build a new improved potion making kitchen would be helpful.

WHAT QUESTS to finish to get a shiny LVL 2 KITCHEN:

1/ Sticks and Stones may Build a House
Cost: 10 books
Reward: 7 XP and a house of your choosing

2/ Kitchen
Cost: 10 books
Reward: a LVL 1 kitchen

3/ now you have LVL 1 Kitchen you may start cooking meals. You'll need (at least) 5 in order to level up your Kitchen.

You have 2 options, either Drop Bear Steaks (see 3a) or Mouse Meatballs (see 3 b). To obtain recepies/ ingredients you have to finish other quests.

3a/ Drop Bear Feast
Cost: 3 books + 3 Drop Bear Steaks (see bellow)
Reward: Drop Bear Steak Recipe (A Drop Bear Steak restores 7 HP)

to cook the 3 required steaks for the Queen's party you have to shop for ingredients:

Spice Exchange - Repeatable Quest
Cost: 4 books
Reward: 3 servings of salt

Picking Herbs - Repeatable Quest
Cost: 4 books
Reward: 3 servings of herbs

Kill 3 Drop Bears (8 Attack, 15 Health, appears weekly)
Reward: 3 Drop Bear Meats + 3 x 1 XP

Now you have the recipe you need to cook 5 Steaks for yourself. (you'll need them in step 4 to level up your Kitchen).
To do that you'll have to obtain 5 servings of salt, 5 servings of herbs and 5 drop bear meats.

2 x Spice Exchange - Repeatable Quest
Cost: 8 books
Reward: 6 servings of salt

2 x Picking Herbs - Repeatable Quest
Cost: 8 books
Reward: 6 servings of herbs

Kill 5 Drop Bears (8 Attack, 15 Health, appears weekly)
Reward: 5 Drop Bear Meats + 5 x 1 XP

Now you have 5 Drop Bear Steaks that equal 5 x 7 HP = 35 HP (deduct any HPs lost when battling Drop Bears), and 1 serving of salt and 1 serving of herbs left for next cooking.


3b/ Here Birdy Birdy
Cost: 10 books
Reward: a baby falcon (that will bring you 1 Mouse Meat a week) + a Mouse Meatball Recipe (A Mouse Meatball restores 3 HP)

Now you have the recipe you need to cook 5 Meatballs for yourself. (you'll need them in step 4 to level up your Kitchen).
To do that you'll have to obtain 5 servings of salt and 5 mouse meats.

2 x Spice Exchange - Repeatable Quest
Cost: 8 books
Reward: 6 servings of salt

5 Mouse meats
Cost: no books, no battles, your baby falcon will bring you the meat, it will take him 5 weeks to bring all five of them

Now you have 5 Mouse Meatballs that equal 5 x 3 HP = 15 HP, and 1 serving of salt left for next cooking.

4/ The Kitchen That Cleans Itself
Cost: 8 books (+ you have to cook 5 meals for yourself - see above)
Reward: 5 XP and a LVL 2 kitchen

LVL 2 Kitchen comes complete with a sink unit that drips health potion. Wait one week to harvest a Minor Heal Potion, two weeks to harvest a Heal Potion and three weeks to harvest a Greater Heal Potion.

TOTAL COST (option a): 55 books + 8 drop bear meats

TOTAL COST (option b): 46 books + 5 mouse meats

You may somewhat reduce your costs by obtaining The Orb of Air by killing the Great Yellow Dragon - you'll get salt and herbs cheaper (3 servings for 3 books).

[Cathy M.]

Great break-down Zuzana!

[Zuzana]

Thanks. After the update I was like great, finally an incentive to work on the kitchen.

And then I thought how complicated and confusing it must be especially for the new players to sort out all that has to be done to get to the goal of a shiny LVL 2 kitchen. I hope that the break-down helps them a bit.

[Cathy M.]

Yea I didn't realize how much work it would be until it was laid out like that. But in the end it will totally be worth it!

[Zuzana]

Kelly, do you think is red enough for a red cover?

[Cathy]

Great break down Zuzana! The only other consideration is the number of HP each treat provides. Kelly said we still get to use the HP from our cooking so .... drop bear steaks provide 7 : 7x5=35 HP
mousemeat balls provide 3 : 5x3=15HP

However, if you can't one-hit the drop bears, they cost you HP to add into the equation.

[Zuzana]

Great catch, Cathy, I'll add the HPs to the reward column.

[❀Tea❀]

Zuzana wrote: "Kelly, do you think is red enough for a red cover?"

That looks more pinkish to me

[Zuzana]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "Kelly, do you think is red enough for a red cover?"

That looks more pinkish to me"

I got a physical copy from my library and it looks more like a wash out red than pink. But it's o.k., I'll found another red book - lots of red covers on my bookshelves.

[❀Tea❀]

I'm fine if it's really red. We all know that screens don't always show right colors :)

[Zuzana]

Thanks. :)

[Reva]

When using the twins;

Is Gold considered "a drop" for the logophilic lemur?

[Zuzana]

I counted it as such.

[Morgan]

I only counted things like drop bear meat, rat tails, bat wings, goblin bones. Not gold or potions.

[Zuzana]

Morgan wrote: "I only counted things like drop bear meat, rat tails, bat wings, goblin bones. Not gold or potions."

As far as I know no common or timed monster drops any potions.

The twins "double drops from common and timed monsters. "

Logophilic Lemur is a Common monster. I went by the logic that when I kill one it drops one coin. It never ocurred to me it might be wrong.

[Kelly]

Zuzana wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Nothing this month. There was a suggestion from the other mod's on a mercenary but I don't know how to make it work yet so it's delayed until I figure it out :) "

O.K., thanks. It's ..."

I don't want to hint til I know it will work out.