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Cathy wrote: "For this one, do you round up or down?The Hydra - Sloth - Your attack power for this head will be based on average of weapons (e.g. staff is at 9, sword is at 5, attack power is 7).
My sword is..."
I believe that you round down to 6. Might be better to level up one of your weapons.
Cathy wrote: "For this one, do you round up or down?The Hydra - Sloth - Your attack power for this head will be based on average of weapons (e.g. staff is at 9, sword is at 5, attack power is 7).
My sword is..."
Let's go with round down since otherwise a 7 and 8 would be the same as matching. I'll add it to the FAQ when I get to it :P
Is Hercules a Greek god?Wikipedia calls him a "divine hero" and the son of Zeus.
I always thought that he was only a demi-god, he was a mortal, he died on a pyre after being poisoned and only after his death was invited to Olympus to dwell among gods.
Hmm. It says he's a demi-god, half god half mortal.But then I found "In Greek mythology, only two figures with half-mortal, half-immortal parentage—Hercules and Dionysus—became fully immortal and were worshiped as gods.
Read more: http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Go-Hi..."
So I'm inclined to say yes.
Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Urban Fantasy (3 Gold)Does this mean that Urban Fantasy has to be the first genre listed on the page or just be on the book's main page?
Would you say that being convicted of a crime you didn't commit because people were biased against you and wanted you to suffer counts as being framed for a crime?It turns out she didn't do it, but people thought she was evil and she didn't get a fair trial.
RebeccaS wrote: "Would you say that being convicted of a crime you didn't commit because people were biased against you and wanted you to suffer counts as being framed for a crime?It turns out she didn't do it, b..."
Sounds like it to me. Being framed is a matter of intent. Someone has deliberately gone out of their way through action or not speaking up to promote that person's conviction.
Reva wrote: "RebeccaS wrote: "Would you say that being convicted of a crime you didn't commit because people were biased against you and wanted you to suffer counts as being framed for a crime?It turns out sh..."
Awesome thanks!!
Also another question about a "sharp object" on the cover... on this one the man has a sword
, even though you can't see the tip.
RebeccaS wrote: "Also another question about a "sharp object" on the cover... on this one the man has a sword , even though you can't see the tip."Yeah that's ok.
Queen Skye was the tricky Queen in the entire world. She marked everyone in Novel Kingdom. But the Deity she cared for the most was Zorro. Captain Morgan wanted to be her way. It went here!The End.
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Kelly, could you please answer my questions from last week? Thanks.Zuzana wrote: "Kelly, would you accept frogs for prey animals? They are hunted by herons, otters and some species of snakes.
I have a couple of questions about mercenaries.
When I hire one, the contract is for 7 days. May I rehire them once the first contract expires?
Also I'd like to know if the mercenary bussiness is part of the single-player? (the heroes don't compete among themselves who gets to hire a specific mercenary and can hire them at their leisure). "
Frogs can be prey. Yes you can rehire mercenaries after their contract expires. And yes it's single player so no fighting with others over the mercenaries. Just one at a time.
Just a friendly reminder:If you haven't done so already, use your birthday cards. They're going to expire on Tuesday, 15th December.
Have (any newer) quests been expiring though.? I haven't seen anything in months on the quest page saying they are. :/
I believe you can use your cards on any quest even those that don't have an expiration date announced yet.BTW I think that some of the quests are going to expire either next month or in February. We were talking about the game getting too complex for new players and expiring some of the really old quests makes sense to me.
But I should use it on a quest now that will probably be expiring? I didn't know I could do that. Sounds good. I just post in my own quest log which quests I intend to use the gift cards towards, by 12/15?
I plan on doing some re-organization to make things a bit clearer for new folks once I get off work for the year. I was going to group quests into categories and list them all under one area. I'll keep the notice board for when things are released but I'll try and not have that be the main source of information anymore.I also want to break apart the rules section into separate posts for each area of the game then have one overall area that directs people to the different areas. (e.g. a monster area, a quest area, a weapons area, etc.)
Zuzana wrote: "Just a friendly reminder:If you haven't done so already, use your birthday cards. They're going to expire on Tuesday, 15th December.
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I totally missed this. What's it from?
That'll be good- the way it is currently you kinda have to just sit down and read through each page chronologically to figure out how the overall game works. Having a main page broken into sections with links would be very user friendly for people
Thanks Zuzana! Didn't see that at all. haha. Though I wouldn't have an idea of where to apply them personally, I'm sure it would help some of those who just joined with things potentially expiring soon.
Morgan wrote: "Thanks Zuzana! Didn't see that at all. haha. Though I wouldn't have an idea of where to apply them personally, I'm sure it would help some of those who just joined with things potentially expiring ..."You might want to consider the large quests that you might not get around to just yet. The Academic Quests, Death's Wish, -- anything involving 10 or more books.
Don't forget there will be more cards available next year too.
What Reva said. I used one for the Spock's quest earlier this year. And I'll probably use one for the Relay race. It has a really good ratio amount of books/XPs and potions. Other quests that are essential for attacking some of the major baddies have priority but this one is too good to miss hence the extention card.
I've already finished most of those and have two timewalker potions banked up, so apart from maybe like....one academic quest? (Which I wouldn't be too bothered over...) I finished all the others in time.But like I said would definitely help those who haven't been around from the start and/or don't read as much volume-wise.
Just finished Magic Bites
by Ilona Andrews -- My fist Kate Daniels book. I enjoyed it very much. It's as if Harry Dresden and Anita Blake had a baby girl named Kate. ;-)
Reva wrote: "Just finished Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews -- My fist Kate Daniels book. I enjoyed it very much. It's as if Harry Dresden and Anita Blake..."
If you like the 1st one, you should like the rest of the series even more! I thought it started to get really good around book 3 :)
Oh I've never heard of that series, but it looks good!
RebeccaS wrote: "Oh I've never heard of that series, but it looks good!"People had been raving about the series all year. I finally got around to reading book #1. I enjoyed it.
Ahh. Only made it through the first one on that so far. So many good books I keep getting distracted.I went through my last 2 years and added all the next in series to a special shelf so I could find them all and I had 212 :-/ I think I may have a problem.
I have a similar problem. However, I am up-to-date on Kate Daniels. Love that series!
Kelly wrote: "Ahh. Only made it through the first one on that so far. So many good books I keep getting distracted.I went through my last 2 years and added all the next in series to a special shelf so I could ..."
I am making a concerted effort to finish off some series I've been sitting on for ages. I'm almost done with the Kingdom Sage/Hawk & Fisher series. Then I'm thinking of maybe trying to finish Glen Cook's Black Company. I'm on book 6 or 7 out of 12 I think.
I just read #5 of Kate Daniels series a couple weeks ago. 3 more to go! My problem is that I keep starting new series without finishing the ones I've already started. Or can't seem to fit them into the challenges/goals we currently have >.<
Oh god Kelly, that's a lot! I'd hate to see what my # is!
Cathy M. wrote: "I just read #5 of Kate Daniels series a couple weeks ago. 3 more to go! My problem is that I keep starting new series without finishing the ones I've already started. Or can't seem to fit them in..."
That's why I did it. So I can go scan through the list and try to choose from those books which one fits :P
I use another site to track my series that is especially for that.fictfact.com
Cathy wrote: "I use another site to track my series that is especially for that.fictfact.com"
I use fictfact too!! It's the only way I can easily keep track of where I am in all the series.
Oooh they have
on audio at my library! That bumps it way up for me.I may have a problem with starting new series.....I never seem to be able to catch up to the author.
I love fictfact! So easy to see at a glance what the next book in each series is.
DennisCohick wrote: "who wants to date"Are you new Dennis? Welcome and Bartender, an ale for friend Dennis, if you please.
Sorry had to go do something. Just fine thanks. What's brought you to us?
Many people check in here around 1:30 EST but the Mods tend to check in periodically for those who have questions. Are you planning to join the game?
Need to check out Fictfact! Thanks!
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The Hydra - Sloth - Your attack power for this head will be based on average of weapons (e.g. staff is at 9, sword is at 5, attack power is 7).
My sword is 5 and my staff is 8 so I round to 6.5