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The 2025 Hero Challenge: Dresden Files vs. Wild Cards
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping / The Jumpers / STD / 2 of 3
*any kind of couple on the cover
Wild CardSwordheart/ The Jumpers/ Loophole/ 1 of 3
*A lawyer is a main character, and there is an important courtroom scene.
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I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
The Dresden Philes scored 8 points and also got 2 Energy Cells.
Team Wild Cards came in at 15 points, with Audrey getting July Bonus Hero Carnifex and Milou jamming with Jumping Jack Flash. The Cards got no Energy Cells.
Go forth and read, my friends.
Wild CardsAces High/The Imaginary Corpse/Empire State Building/3of3
Several major scenes set on in skyscraper, and on the cover
Aces High completed
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Unfit to Print / The Jumpers / Loophole / 3 of 3
*a major character is a lawyer
** The Jumpers Defeated **
DresdenThe Black Coats / Zorro / The Man In Black / 1 of 3.
Members of this vigilante organization all receive and wear a black coat.
Off the Grid / Zorro / Tornado / 2 of 3.
Game Warden Joe Pickett rides a named horse (Rojo) in fulfillment of his regular duties.
Retreat Zorro / Secret Identity / 3 of 3.
MC, a con artist, assumes the identity of a look alike rich woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
Zorro recruited!!
DresdenA Court of Mist and Fury / Harry’s Apartment / Trap Door / 1 of 3
A couple of instances in the book where characters go through a hidden door that leads to something important to the story
I somehow missed the location bonus update and seeing “Harry’s apartment” :) Cool!
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*a statue on the cover
** Summer Bonus Lily Recruited **
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*a treehouse is important to the story
Wild CardThe Last Sun /The Jumpers/ STD/ 2 of 3
*couple on cover
Pears and Perils / The Jumpers/ Possession/ 3 of 3
*An MC gets possessed by a god
The Jumpers defeated!
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August, and summer, are winding down.
This week was relatively close.
Team Dresden got 16 points, with Pamela visiting Spanish California to cross blades with Zorro, while Shawnie enjoyed the waning days of Summer with Lilly and then defeated the Jumpers. The team also got 2 Energy Cells.
Wild Cards got 10 points, from Melanie defeating the Jumpers and Milou booking a table at Aces High. The team got no Energy Cells.
With that done, two more things to post:
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Tomorrow I begin my annual pilgrimage to DragonCon. But, this year, I'm also going to BoucherCon immediately afterward. So, short version, I will be around minimally if at all for the next two weeks, and the next two updates will be delayed.
As always, i ask that the veteran players help out the newer ones if questions arise in my absence.
Thank y'all for your patience, and I hope to share some news when I return.
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Marva September 1-30
1. Black Court- Read a book where something commonly believed turns out to be true, where a book is published to reveal secrets, or with a mostly black cover.
2. One of the Last- Read a book where someone is the survivor of a massacre or purge, where a group thought to be killed off ends up being still around, or with some kind of hunt on the cover or “hunt” in the title.
3. Veil- Read a book where someone can turn invisible, where something in the story can’t be seen, or with “invisible” or “veil” in the title or something fading from view on the cover.
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Tomorrow I begin my annual pilgrimage to DragonCon. But, this year, I'm also going to BoucherCon immediately afterward. So, short version, I will be around minimally if at all for the..."
Have fun, Wayland! I've always wanted to go to DragonCon. :)
Dresden***Karrin Murphy Recruited**
Karrin Murphy/Short/Gifted & Talented/3 of 3
One of the MCs is short.
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Tomorrow I begin my annual pilgrimage to DragonCon. But, this year, I'm also going to BoucherCon immediately afterward. So, short version, I will be around minimally if at all for the..."
Salt Lake FanX con is Sept 25-27. Just saying.
Wild CardsParadox Bound/Wraith/Thief/2 of 3
Major focus of the book is hunting for something important that has been stolen.
DresdenReckless (Mirrorworld) by Cornelia Funke / Summer Bonus Lily / Petrified / 1 of 3.
MC works to save his brother whose skin is becoming petrified like jade.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone / Summer Bonus Lily / Green Hair / 2 of 3.
MC uses a rare magical wish to make her hair permanently blue.
Siphon: Power Comes With A Price / Summer Bonus Lily / Power Transfer / 3 of 3.
MC is a half-alien who can absorb power from other people, even though it kills them.
Summer Bonus Lily recruited!!
DresdenSorcery of Thorns / Harry’s Apartment / Bookshelves / 2 of 3
Books important to the story and lots of scenes set in libraries
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Julie Chan Is Dead / Location Bonus: Saint Mary of the Angels / Church / 1 of 3
*someone’s religion is important to the story
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The Artist of Blackberry Grange / Location Bonus: Harry's Apartment / Trap Door / 2 of 3
*a hidden bookcase door leads to something important
Wild CardsJean-Claude/Rise of Empire/Swordsman/1of3
Hadrian is highly skilled with a sword
Bowery Wild Card Museum/Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow/museum/3of3
The Museum of Stolen Moments on the cover and has several important scenes set in it
Bowery Wild Card Museum completed
DresdenSkyggen foran mig (The shadow in front of me) / The Jumpers / Loophole / 1 of 3
- lawyers are important to the story
Udstødt (At Risk) / The Jumpers / STD / 2 of 3
- A main character has AIDS, and it is important to the story
The Eternal Ones / The Jumpers / Possession / 3 of 3
- The gods have the ability to possess someone
*** The Jumpers defeated ***
Fool Moon / Will Borden / Werewolf / 2 of 3
- This book is full of werewolves and all sorts of lycanthropy
Winds of Fate / Lily / Green Hair / 3 of 3
- Someone dies their hair
*** Lily recruited ***
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The Godbreaker / Location Bonus: Saint Mary of the Angels / Holy Ground / 2 of 3
*a place is sacred to a person or group (the Godspire)
DresdenA Court of Wings and Ruin / Molly Carpenter / Distraction Advantage / 3 of 3
All the male characters seem to be well endowed (with muscles of course!)
*Molly Carpenter recruited*
Wild CardsMail Order Minotaur/Fortunato/Pimp/3 of 3
MC runs an escort agency and the cover is mostly red.
***Fortunato recruited***
Wild CardsWhose Bed Have Your Claws Been Under?/Jumping Jack Flash/Womaniser/3 of 3
Flirting on the cover.
***Jumping Jack Flash recruited!***
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The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association / Will Borden / Werewolf / 3 of 3
*a werewolf is a major part of the story
** Will Borden Recruited **
Wild CardsJoker Town/The Family Experiment/New York City/2of3
Several major scenes set in New York City
Marva/When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth/Black Court/1of3
Mostly black cover
Marva/Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow/One of the Last/2of3
Marva/Veil of Doubt/Veil/3of3
Marva defeated
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Books mentioned in this topic
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (other topics)The Family Experiment (other topics)
When the Dogs Don't Bark: A Forensic Scientist’s Search for the Truth (other topics)
Veil of Doubt (other topics)
The Last Murder at the End of the World (other topics)
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Jumping Jack Flash/Shamus & Shifter/Flight/3of3
Lots of characters can fly (several dragons and lots of shifters)
Jumping Jack Flash completed
Aces High/Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust/Restaurant/1of3
Main character runs a restaurant (where a lot of the book is set)
Aces High/A Forest of Vanity and Valour/Fatman/2of3
Lek is almost always referenced to by his enormous size
Bowery Wild Card Museum/Bookshops & Bonedust/local business/1of3
Small local business is a big part of the story
Bowery Wild Card Museum/The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals/historical scenes/2of3
History important to the story (non-fiction about Victorian court cases)
Jokertown/The Death of Shame/Jokertown Clinic/1of3
We follow several doctor characters with several major scenes in hospitals/clinics/practices