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Anyone else having healing problems or need just those few things in order to attack Kats. How about shaing problems/needs. If we work together perhaps we can accelerate moving to the next step of the event.
Thanks Reva!! I'll take it, so that means I only need to read 4 more books (2 minor heal potions) before Wednesday so I can attack that Merely Kat instead of waiting 2 weeks. I'll be away this weekend, but I'm going to look for my shortest possible books and try and get them all done. Here goes nothing. :)
Hands over egg to Rebecca. Check in anytime Sunday or after for the second egg. Anyone else have an egg they can donate?
Not til Sunday, but I don't mind sharing Cadbury's egg. :D
You guys are awesome!! Ok I will definitely be able to get that Merely Kat pelt (x2) on Wednesday.Rations look low, so I'l start working on my kitchen as well (so sorry I never got around to doing that before).
I'll still be out of gold, but as of Wednesday I'll have 2 potion tokens in case anyone has books for the Kitchen they'd be willing to trade.
RebeccaS wrote: "Thanks Reva!! I'll take it, so that means I only need to read 4 more books (2 minor heal potions) before Wednesday so I can attack that Merely Kat instead of waiting 2 weeks. I'll be away this week..."Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item on scrounger list
Heal Potion - 2 Items on scrounger list
The right 4 books gets you 10 gold in Midas quests = 3 minor heal potions.
Scrounger items are a better deal Have you exhausted your lists?
RebeccaS wrote: "You guys are awesome!! Ok I will definitely be able to get that Merely Kat pelt (x2) on Wednesday.Rations look low, so I'l start working on my kitchen as well (so sorry I never got around to doin..."
I've got lots of kitchen books. Not sure if i have them all Make a list of what you need.
Reva wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Thanks Reva!! I'll take it, so that means I only need to read 4 more books (2 minor heal potions) before Wednesday so I can attack that Merely Kat instead of waiting 2 weeks. I'll ..."Nope that's exactly what I'm going to use. With an extra egg next week, I just need a major heal potion so now I'm down to reading 3 books by Wednesday which is totally doable. :)
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Not that I can get an MK till 1 Jun now, so I'm done on the armour assistance till then!
Rations are a complete arse for me: I now have a kitchen, but need to acquire all the other elements, including cooking about a million drop bear meats before I can help there. And I have no nuts either. So any rations contributions from me are a way off yet.
Reinforcements are pretty easy, so I can happily trundle on delivering them every 4 days.
Catherine wrote: "I was wondering about seeing if we could loan the double-drop hat. I don't want to buy one - it's UGLY after all - but wouldn't mind borrowing one for a fight / day / week (with different price poi..."The hat only works on the small stuff (goblin bones, bat wings, rat tails), but the twins (2 gold/week) will double the merely kat pelt drops. :D (And double the doubled small ones if you do have the wonderful hat of free stuff aka hat hat. ;) lol.)
I believe that the ugly hat hat doesn't work on Merely Kats, only Common monsters.
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Ignore the left-field costume hire shop suggestion!
But yes, I used the twins for my first MK :)
I've almost got Cooper trained to Tracking level 1, then and I've got about a quarter of Tracking 2 lined up. I'm not sure how the battle is going to go quite yet, as I'm not a very high level. I'll need to up my staff to have an easier time battling those Merely Kats. I'm pretty close to having the Bunny for a bit of healing.I'm almost done my house, and then will get to work on my kitchen. When I figure out specific needs I'll post them and see what we can work out, though I'm a pretty down on my luck adventurer at the moment.
I am 4 books away from attacking a merely kat. I'm reading a glove on the cover book and hopefuly I'll finish it today. Then I'll need a search and rescue dog book. Kelly, could you please answer my question about that ? - it's several posts back.
Finally I need two books to get a healing potion and then I'm ready to go.
Daphne, I think it's a little bit of both. Shields had the best reward AND the easiest requirements: every other book title starts with "the" and fits one line on the cover.
Zuzana wrote: "I am 4 books away from attacking a merely kat. I'm reading a glove on the cover book and hopefuly I'll finish it today. Then I'll need a search and rescue dog book. Kelly, could you please answer ..."
Both Reva and Morgan are willing to donate their eggs next week (correct me if I'm wrong). I only need one, so you can have the other if it helps at all!
Thank you Rebecca. :-) But it won't make any difference for me. I'll need to heal during the battle and eggs can be consume outside of combat only.
I'm one book away from completing my bunny, so I can't help with eggs.I was so getting geared up to totally finish my shield and gem activations before this month, now I'm so torn lol.
This is such a cool event. It's fun seeing us have to work together. I can't wait to see what next step is. :)
Is it correct that the Twins double any drop (including potion tokens and gold?)
RebeccaS wrote: "Is it correct that the Twins double any drop (including potion tokens and gold?)"Yes
Reva wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Is it correct that the Twins double any drop (including potion tokens and gold?)"Yes"
Perfect! Then with your one egg next week I can slay a Woollymark and get enough gold to buy the potions I need. So I am a definite Merely Kat killer next week!
Someone else can have Morgan's if it will help them!!
Does a dress designer (creates (invents) and sews (builds)) count for both:BAUBLE7 Matter - a book with an inventor.
BAUBLE8 Screw - someone builds something physical.
I also have 3 Mouse Meatballs cooked up to go with Cadbury's egg if someone just needs a heal between battles to prep for, or eat after a merely kat fight. ;) Had to stick with my "try to finish kitchen upgrade this week" goal.
Wish I could help more. No house, no dog. Still kicking myself for not joining in last year when this all started up. :) I have a few potions and a potion token I can give to the cause if it would help anyone out in any way.
Morgan wrote: "I also have 3 Mouse Meatballs cooked up to go with Cadbury's egg if someone just needs a heal between battles to prep for, or eat after a merely kat fight. ;) Had to stick with my "try to finish ki..."You'll really appreciate the drippy faucet. I've collected 5 minor heal potions so far. It's amazing how quickly they add up. ;-)
Reva wrote: "Does a dress designer (creates (invents) and sews (builds)) count for both:BAUBLE7 Matter - a book with an inventor.
BAUBLE8 Screw - someone builds something physical."
I'm not Kelly, so she may override me but I'd say no to both (I'm the strict mod).
Zuzana wrote: "I am 4 books away from attacking a merely kat. I'm reading a glove on the cover book and hopefuly I'll finish it today. Then I'll need a search and rescue dog book. Kelly, could you please answer ..."
Not Kelly, just trying to help out while she's busy, but I'd say if the work was talked about multiple times in the book it would count. If they just say "this is my dog Buster and he was a search and rescue dog" then no. But if Kelly comes around she can override me on that.
Ok, I finally had a chance to check out how I could help and the two books I had in my tote which weren't earmarked for quests I used for sword supplies, and the book I'm currently reading will work for reinforcements when I finish it. It's not much but it's a start!
Thanks, Karsyn. I searched the book for "search and rescue dog" originally, but now I skimmed it I found out that there's a part with the dog still on active duty. So the book should be o.k.It's A Dog's Purpose if you were wondering.
Reva wrote: "Morgan wrote: "I also have 3 Mouse Meatballs cooked up to go with Cadbury's egg if someone just needs a heal between battles to prep for, or eat after a merely kat fight. ;) Had to stick with my "t..."I got it done quicker than I thought I would tbh! Especially since I mostly read whatever catches my interest at the time.
Zuzana wrote: "Thanks, Karsyn. I searched the book for "search and rescue dog" originally, but now I skimmed it I found out that there's a part with the dog still on active duty. So the book should be o.k.It's ..."
Sounds like it works to me!
Karsyn wrote: "Wish I could help more. No house, no dog."Same here. I'm sure Swords will be done before I'm able to help there, which just leaves Reinforcements for me to help with.
Not sure why a kitchen is required for Rations. All of the items needed can be acquired without a kitchen.
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Karsyn wrote: "Wish I could help more. No house, no dog."Same here. I'm sure Swords will be done before I'm able to help there, which just leaves Reinforcements for me to help with.
Not sure wh..."
She can't make it too easy. :) I thought more people had kitchens than what have been participating, but not everyone has come around. I thought it'd just take the 4 days, maybe 8 days max to get everything together.
I like it, I just wish I had joined much sooner than 2 months ago. :D
I think it requires a kitchen because you're putting together the ingredients to make the Ration. So you can't "cook" without the kitchen.I've been moving books around and have 1 book to finish the Beginning Tracking now. Then will start working on Intermediate so I can help with the Merely Kats!
Karsyn wrote: "Wish I could help more. No house, no dog. Still kicking myself for not joining in last year when this all started up. :) I have a few potions and a potion token I can give to the cause if it woul..."
Well if we can get more people to join in, maybe The Mods will extend it another year.
Or do you think they'll be burnt out by then? LOL
I think this is the push to get the kitchen. I never really saw the incentive before (before Kitchen Two that is), but now I see I need to buck up and get it so I can help the group.
Reva wrote: "Well if we can get more people to join in, maybe The Mods will extend it another year. Or do you think they'll be burnt out by then? LOL
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Oh no! I don't know what I'll do with myself if this challenge ends.
*begins to cry inconsolably*
This is my FAVORITE challenge anywhere on GR hands down.
RebeccaS wrote: "I think this is the push to get the kitchen. I never really saw the incentive before (before Kitchen Two that is), but now I see I need to buck up and get it so I can help the group."I think that the current recipes aren't competitive with the heal potions, so there's little incentive to have a kitchen. Some clever person needs to sit down and work out better recipes.
When we didn't have scrounger lists and Jack and Jill's Store was only open 1/month, you had to really plan your battle needs and buy the potions/items you needed to last the month.
If you miscalculated, the kitchen at least gave you mouse balls and bear steaks that you could cook up for extra healing.
With the store open 24/7, the kitchen becomes less useful. Now having KITCHEN-TWO makes things more interesting.
Reva wrote: "Karsyn wrote: "Wish I could help more. No house, no dog. Still kicking myself for not joining in last year when this all started up. :) I have a few potions and a potion token I can give to the c..."
Oh, I don't think this is going anywhere! Kelly loves it and so does Tea. So even if Kelly got burnt out I'm sure Tea would take over and if both of them did, I'd be willing to give a shot at it, though I'm no where as near created as Kelly is.
I'm sure it'll be around, in some form, for quite a long time! :D
I needed to get more Salt before I could contribute to that one. XD Annnnnd read those books.Also I agree. Definitely my fav challenge!
I really need to convince my husband that reading right now is more important that packing boxes. He has packed so many and I keep hiding behind my kindle.....he is not pleased ;)but but but but but THE DRAGON
haha. I don't know what I would have done last time I moved without audiobooks while I packed everything up! It's now habit to listen when I clean or cook to pass the time. Though I didn't listen during the actual moving day since my dad, my best friend and his wife were there to help. ;)
Daphne wrote: "Awesome Rebecca!Definitely looks like rations and reinforcements is where we are going to stall out on. Not sure I'll have books ready for my next chance to turn rations in on the 9th either.
W..."
*Dame Olalla nearly chokes on her drink*
I was confused for a moment as why reinforcements was going to be so difficult... turns out that I've spent the week convinced that we only had to supply 20 of those.
It's 50.
If you excuse me, I need to go on an epic quest to find books that start with R or with bridges/buildings in the cover or title.
I think I only have three of those
Olalla wrote: "Daphne wrote: "Awesome Rebecca!Definitely looks like rations and reinforcements is where we are going to stall out on. Not sure I'll have books ready for my next chance to turn rations in on the ..."
It's the "every four days" slowing things up. Otherwise we'd go much faster.
This is an awesome event and I wish I could help more but I have just a few books in my tote and I already decided to reserve them for upgrading my sword. Also, I don't seem to have much time to read these days so I'm sorry but I fear I won't be able to contribute much for this part of the event :(
For "Buy spoons - Read a book with a reflective object on the cover." Would a window count? Such as
RebeccaS wrote: "For "Buy spoons - Read a book with a reflective object on the cover." Would a window count? Such as "For that book, I would say no. If it showed a closeup of a window with a reflection in it, I'd say it'd be ok. Again, just me and my opinion. :)
I suppose I could help more if I pulled all the books I've allocated to quests (that aren't complete/turned in yet), but... why? It took time to find books that fit those quests. Is there any reason to rush through gathering supplies?
Some kind of bonus for finishing in X amount of time?
If not, no rush, right?
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Definitely looks like rations and reinforcements is where we are going to stall out on. Not sure I'll have books ready for my next chance to turn rations in on the 9th either.
We did finish shields though, so yay! All the potion tokens are gone. Is that why everyone finished those so early, or was it the ease of the book tasks?