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[Morgan]

lol. I was like dang it I went completely off-base again! Okay. That's what I did.

I am never 100% sure about stuff with this lack of sleep lol. I barely know what time it is apart from at work and not at work. haha.

[Kelly]

I'll respond soon. Haven't had enough time to read through everyone's posts yet.

[Reva]

For:

KITCHEN-TWO.5 Choose a new stove by reading a hot book (environment, steamy, etc.)

Just to clarify: Does steamy include erotic/romantic books or just hot in temperature: sauna/ jungle steamy?

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "For:

KITCHEN-TWO.5 Choose a new stove by reading a hot book (environment, steamy, etc.)

Just to clarify: Does steamy include erotic/romantic books or just hot in temperature: sauna/ jungle steamy?"

Anything you'd define as steamy is fine.

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Reva wrote: "For:

KITCHEN-TWO.5 Choose a new stove by reading a hot book (environment, steamy, etc.)

Just to clarify: Does steamy include erotic/romantic books or just hot in temperature: sauna/ ..."


Thanks, Kelly. ;-)

I had two previous questions still to be answered.

[Reva]

I'm looking for recommendations. Hard to pinpoint these dates.

Books set in:

• Present (within 3 years each direction)



• Recent Past (4-10 years ago)

[Alyssa]

I mean you can go off the technology to know where it falls date wise- any book that mentions any kind of social media or smartphones or anything relatively current I'd assume as present and anything from the 90s, like beepers or use of home phones with answering machines etc I'd put int the second category of 4-10 years ago. That way even if it never states a date I can usually figure out about when it was supposed to take place.

[Alex]

Can you use publication dates too? Generally if something doesn't mention a specific date but has a contemporary setting, it's set when it's written.

[Teresa]

RebeccaS wrote: Teresa wrote "Lust attack is based on the base value so there is no increasing (as far as I interpreted and did) so it would be 8 through out."

Correct, that's what I did (isn't it?). Lust's attack on me is 8 each round. My own attack increases each time with bauble."

Yes, you did, i was just commenting on the fact that Catherine was implying the bauble should affect the hydra's attack and I don't believe it does.

[Reva]

Alyssa wrote: "I mean you can go off the technology to know where it falls date wise- any book that mentions any kind of social media or smartphones or anything relatively current I'd assume as present and anythi..."

Great idea! I used the new airplanes the MC keeps buying to date the books.

Thanks ;-)


Now I need to find a book set from year 0 to 1000.

Preferably one I haven't read before and less than 400 pages.

Open to suggestions.

[Zuzana]

Killed my first hydra head today! Bye, Hydra Wrath!

[Reva]

Congrats Zuzana. It's about time, wouldn't you say?

[Zuzana]

Thanks, Reva.

Yup, it's about time to kill all the gem monsters.

I upgraded my weapons, got a bauble, a horse rug, trained my puppy and got all the potions I need to get my shield by tomorrow night.

[Alex]

Congrats Zuzana, and good luck on the rest of your bloodbath!

[Cathy M.]

Congrats Zuzana! Sounds like all your planning is about to pay off yay :D

[Daphne]

Congrats Zuzana!

[Zuzana]

Thanks, ladies! :D

[Artie]

Reva wrote: "Alyssa wrote: "I mean you can go off the technology to know where it falls date wise- any book that mentions any kind of social media or smartphones or anything relatively current I'd assume as pre..."

Right now, the only one I can think about in English is The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell.

If you read in Spanish, there's Astur, by Isabel San Sebastián.

[Zuzana]

Reva, I really like Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee mysteries. They're set in seventh century China.

[Reva]

I found a 9th century Viking book. We'll see how good it is.

Thanks for the other suggestions;-)

[Reva]

Olalla wrote: "Reva wrote: "Alyssa wrote: "I mean you can go off the technology to know where it falls date wise- any book that mentions any kind of social media or smartphones or anything relatively current I'd ..."

Weren't these 12th century books?

[Artie]

Weren't these 12th century books?

That's what I wasn't sure about (it has been a while since I read the book), so I checked and turns out that it takes place during the 9th century,

[Teresa]

Congrats, Zuzana!

[Reva]

REVA's MARCH 2016 CARAVAN AND MARKET EMPORIUM IS NOW OPEN.

SEE MESSAGES 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.

[Cathy]

Wow Zuzanna! You go!!!

[Reva]

I absolutely love my KITCHEN-TWO. So far I've collected:

1. 1 Minor Heal Potion April 3, 2016
2. 1 Heal Potion April 10, 2016
3. 1 Greater Heal Potion April 17, 2016
4. 1 Minor Heal Potion April 24, 2016. (VALUE = 21 GOLD)

Perhaps we could add a SELECTIVE SAMOVAR it would use a random generator to choose from a variety of potions, tokens, items (acorns) etc. Or at least serve a great cup of tea!

[Alex]

Am I understanding the kitchen wrong? I thought that if you chose to collect the minor heal potion after one week, it would then reset and following another week you would only be able to collect another minor heal potion.

[Zuzana]

I'm with Zee. That's what I thought reading the quest. You can either wait one week and collect a minor healing potion or two weeks for a heal potion or three weeks for a major heal potion.

[Alyssa]

Yea that's how I read it too. It's only one at a time.. Otherwise it seems crazy broken no one would ever buy potions again.

[Reva]

Zuzana wrote: "I'm with Zee. That's what I thought reading the quest. You can either wait one week and collect a minor healing potion or two weeks for a heal potion or three weeks for a major heal potion."

I cleared it with Kelly so that we didn't have to wait a week but could start and collect on Sundays instead.

My understanding was we get a potion a week but it changes and resets after the third potion is collected.

[Zuzana]

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. Potion gathering restarts after harvesting.

I think that the important part is the last sentence. Once you harvest the potion whether it's the minor potion after one week or the heal potion after two weeks or the major heal potion after three weeks, the process restarts, i.e. one week from then you can harvest only a minor potion.

But that's my take on it. Wait for Kelly, she'll make a ruling. :)

EDIT: The harvesting day is Sunday, but that was never in dispute after Kelly's post here in the tavern.

[Morgan]

Yeah I think it's if you collect every week you get 1 minor each week.
If you collect once every two weeks = 1 heal
Once every 3 weeks = 1 major/greater

But if you collected sooner than 3 weeks it would be a lesser potion, but each Sunday would be the indicator of "week" as far as when the next week starts/previous week ends.

[Teresa]

I agree with Morgan, Zuzana, and Zee on this...

[Reva]

Morgan wrote: "Yeah I think it's if you collect every week you get 1 minor each week.
If you collect once every two weeks = 1 heal
Once every 3 weeks = 1 major/greater

But if you collected sooner than 3 weeks i..."

But then you might as well simply collect a minor heal potion each week. There's no net difference. Certainly no need to wait.

Can we please get a definitive answer on this? If I'm wrong I'll make the correction.

A value of even 12 GOLD per month is still pretty good.

I'm still waiting for answers for messages 6081 and 6086, please.

[Zuzana]

Cathy wrote: "Wow Zuzanna! You go!!!"

Teresa wrote: "Congrats, Zuzana!"

Thanks, Cathy and Teresa! I just got back from this two days long killing spree. And I have a lovely new shield to show for it. YAY!

BTW Lady Ysmay is a goddess!!!

[Reva]

I think a Spring Scrounger list is due. It's been 4 months.

How about a mini trip around the world. Fly in one direction and either read books written by authors of various continents or books set in different countries. -- or a combination of the two.

Its Flower planting time. How about a garden of books? By cover or by title or by text.

Wimbledon's coming. Strawberries, Cream & Champagne & Tennis.

[Zuzana]

Great ideas, Reva! I would totally love a trip around the world quest.

[Reva]

Daphne wrote: "I have a couple requests for books if you or anyone would like to do them. I'll pay 4 gold per finished book. :)

Here is what I need:
A "smooth" book for the shield
A book where the main character..."

Daphne:

Here's the Smooth book:

Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson 4.14  ·  71,575 Ratings  ·  2,070 Reviews. 263 pages Read: 24/4/2016  (January 1st 2001) Characters:  Jennifer, Dr Brendan Keller, Samantha (Sam) Standford, (Doc) Reverend John Farley, Dr Max Weisberg ROMANCE: HORSE6/KITCHEN 10/KITCHEN-TWO.5, FICTION, BED1/ALCHEMY1.3/INTTRACK1/POT4.1: TREE ON COVER, HARP4, SMOOTH,
PETS: Sox, the cat; Notable: Coma, spousal abuse,
On Cover: TREES, LAKE, SUN, heron, GREEN COVER: BROWN COVER, BLUE COVER; Set in: Lake Geneva (United States)


Here's the pastry chef/chocolate book:

#3   The Chocolate Rose  (Amour et Chocolat #3) by Laura Florand
 3.79  ·  1,202 Ratings  ·  171 Reviews. 245 pages Read: 10/4/2016  (April 9th 2013) Characters:  Jolie Manon(food writer) & Gabriel Delange, (pastry chef) Daniel, Lea, ROMANCE: HORSE6/KITCHEN 10, KITCHEN3, KITCHEN-TWO.2, KITCHEN-TWO.3, KITCHEN-TWO.5, KITCHEN-TWO.6,
SALT, PRATCHETT, ATTACK, TRACK, FETCH, PEACE, HARP3, POT3.3,
Notable: Stolen recipes, book collaboration, chocolate,
Essential Oils:  "the scent of Jasmine
On Cover: chocolate, rose, white painted WOODEN floorboards
Travelled by: automobile, TRAIN,  Set in: Paris, Nice
YEAR, RESOLUTION, TIME, WEIGHT, HAPPINESS, CLEAN, READ, CHALLENGE, START, END, CANDY 
(view spoiler)[
"taking her time"
"do year-long"
"change the resolution"
"a weight workout"
"full-out happiness"
"hopefulness, clean again"
"to read a"
"was a challenge"
"the start of"
"in the end"
"not a candy"
(hide spoiler)]

AS PER ORDERED. 4 GOLD EACH TOTAL 8 GOLD 24/4/2016

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "I'm with Zee. That's what I thought reading the quest. You can either wait one week and collect a minor healing potion or two weeks for a heal potion or three weeks for a major heal ..."

For the potion tap in the kitchen if you collect it then it restarts. So it's always the equivalent of a small heal potion each week but you can wait to bump it up otherwise if you need it in different formats based on how the monster works.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "I don't recall if this was discussed but

Re: You're all nuts! - Repeatable Quest for S.H.O.E.

Can we use the orb of Air to eliminate one of the letters like with HERB & SALT?"

Yes, since it allow find items potion.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "I think a Spring Scrounger list is due. It's been 4 months.

How about a mini trip around the world. Fly in one direction and either read books written by authors of various continents or books se..."

I can certainly do a spring scrounger. Then I think most of the other stuff will relate to the big thing.

I also don't want to upgrade kitchen again quite yet til I see how the potion stuff plus the big event shakes out for people.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "Can the orb of air be used for replacing one of the items for the Quests such as for HORSE or RABBIT, KICHEN or KITCHEN-TWO"

Orb of air can be used in anything that the find items works for. So I believe the answer is no for the examples you have.

[Kelly]

Am I missing any other questions? My life has been a little nuts lately. Maybe you'll end up with another nuts quest :)

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Reva wrote: "Can the orb of air be used for replacing one of the items for the Quests such as for HORSE or RABBIT, KICHEN or KITCHEN-TWO"

Orb of air can be used in anything that the find items wor..."

Some members HAVE been using the orb for the above-mentioned quests. I guess they'll need to correct the issue.

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Am I missing any other questions? My life has been a little nuts lately. Maybe you'll end up with another nuts quest :)"

Can't have too many acorns now. ;-)

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Reva wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "I'm with Zee. That's what I thought reading the quest. You can either wait one week and collect a minor healing potion or two weeks for a heal potion or three weeks for ..."

The only battle I fought that benefitted from a specific heal potion was one that needed Minor Heal Potions.

I'll correct my potion collection. Though not as good as I thought, KITCHEN-TWO is still a good deal.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "Some members HAVE been using the orb for the above-mentioned quests. I guess they'll need to correct the issue."

There's been a lot of confusion about it. Last time this came up I went back to the yellow dragon and updated it to note that orb of air is find items eligible only quests.

[Kelly]

Reva wrote: "The only battle I fought that benefitted from a specific heal potion was one that needed Minor Heal Potions. "

:) You never know what craziness will happen in the future. I thought I'd allow people to pick in case something is needed.

[Alyssa]

So you're saying the Orb of air can ONLY be used for quests that would also allow the use of a find items potion- is that correct?

[Reva]

Kelly wrote: "Reva wrote: "Some members HAVE been using the orb for the above-mentioned quests. I guess they'll need to correct the issue."

There's been a lot of confusion about it. Last time this came up I wen..."

I know, but people continue to get it wrong.