D&D: Q&A Thread

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Alaina wrote: "Hi Donna, since I'm a replacement player and I already have my race and class established, do I still need to read those first two books to "choose" my race and class or can I jump into reading for..."

You can jump right into the current quest.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Trisha wrote: "Just checking.

for: 🔑 Read a book with a mirror, doppelgänger, or split personality character

I don't have a split personality character but I do have a character that is all over with everyone...."



So he is living multiple secret lives? That is interesting. You know what? I am feeling generous. I will accept it.

[Trisha]

Donna wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Just checking.

for: 🔑 Read a book with a mirror, doppelgänger, or split personality character

I don't have a split personality character but I do have a character that is all over..."

ooh Thank you!!

[Deanna]

For our quest 2E, are we each reading 1 book to finish the route as a team or do we each read 4 books for the route we choose?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Deanna wrote: "For our quest 2E, are we each reading 1 book to finish the route as a team or do we each read 4 books for the route we choose?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"

You are each reading 4 books for the route that you choose. Everyone makes their own choice. I left enough spaces so you could all choose the same option or make different choices. It is up to each of you to make the choice. The outcome will depend on your choices. No pressure.

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

Would the Book Bridge Buddy Reads we are doing this month in the Book Quest Challenge count as tier 3 buddy reads or just buddy reads with friends?

Here is the link to mine.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Benedicte wrote: "Would the Book Bridge Buddy Reads we are doing this month in the Book Quest Challenge count as tier 3 buddy reads or just buddy reads with friends?

Here is the link to mine."

That would be a tier 2 buddy read. Tier 3 would be Ashley's Formal Buddy Reads.

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

Thanks! I didn't realize until now that I posted the question in the wrong Q&A thread. Sorry!

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

Donna, I was wondering, for this task:

Read a book with nature or seasons as a metaphor for cycles of death and rebirth.

I am having a hard time conceptualizing it, and there aren't any books (on my TBR or not) that come to mind. I was wondering if you could give me an example book so that I could see how it would work and understand the task better. Thank you in advance and sorry if I'm being a bit of a dimwit! 😅

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

"Seasonal Quartet" by Ali Smith
This series of four stand-alone novels uses the passing of time and the endless familiarity yet renewal of the seasons to explore contemporary politics and the work of various artists.

"The Seasons of Life" by Jim Rohn
This book uses the metaphor of the changing seasons to explain life's cycles and the principles needed to navigate them, blending philosophy, personal development, and timeless wisdom.

"Nature as Mirror" by Stephanie Sorrell
This book utilizes the life cycle of a tree as a model to understand human psycho-spiritual development, suggesting that understanding nature's rhythms can help us integrate them into our conscious vision and see death as a transformation rather than an end.

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
A woman is inexplicably caught behind a transparent wall in the Alps. On the other side of the wall a strange catastrophe has taken place and everything seems to have died. Her only companions are a dog, some cats and a cow. In many ways, the novel is a fascinating manual for living off the grid. There is the hay harvest, the milking, the hilling of potatoes, the wood-chopping and the hunting – a dream for someone like me. At the same time, this is a tale of utter futility where there is no one to talk to. Not even the changing of the seasons, nature’s fantastic way of continual death and rebirth, is a relief against total loneliness.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

Wow, thank you! I'll definitely check some of these ones out. I looked a bit around in my bookshelves at home and found The Secret Garden, I think it could also work. I'll sleep on it and see tomorrow which one of these I want to read most :)

[Vicki]

Can you please tell me if Blood Bath and Beyond has dropped out of this challenge, I keep checking our thread but no action nor any books posted since June 3 nor new tasks given. I feel alone and abandoned. lol I just don't want to keep wasting my time by checking the thread and SS to see if there's anything new. Thanks. :)

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Well, nobody has submitted tasks since I have updated the check-ins recently. I try to update every week. Have you tried reaching out to your teammates? If nobody posts a completion, then I don't know that your team is ready for new tasks.

[Vicki]

I did post on our thread so I'll see what happens over the next several days. Thanks for your quick response.

[Richard]

I have a question...

The instructions for our task is that we give a response using book titles.

We have a sentence planned. For the key words, is it required that we find those specific words in the titles, or would titles that start with the key words' first letter be okay?

So instead of 'Magic' in the title...a title starting with 'M'.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Richard wrote: "I have a question...

The instructions for our task is that we give a response using book titles.

We have a sentence planned. For the key words, is it required that we find those specific words i..."

The key word must be included in the title of your book. If you gave me a book starting with a letter M, I would not know what your key word was. It would just be a random book. You wouldn't even be spelling out a word, either. You gave me the first letter of each key word. This is just random letters and doesn't meet the key words as laid out. Your book title could be lightyears different than the key word. It could be Marionette Madness. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to tell that your key word was magic from that. It must make sense. I should be able to see the correlation.

[Richard]

Donna wrote: "It must make sense. I should be able to see the correlation."

Thanks Donna!

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

You're welcome, Richard. Keep in mind that key words are NOT every word in your story. You may add filler words as needed to round out your story. As long as you have a minimum of 4 books, I won't fault your story. You don't have to be the best authors out there. I do realize that you are not authors, and this is not something everyone is good at.

[Richard]

Donna wrote: "Keep in mind that key words are NOT every word in your story."

I know...I just liked to challenge myself in my solo game. 🤓

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

I know you do. Just wanted to throw that out there.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Are you ready for Sinister Toys? I have some fun challenges for you guys coming up!

[Richard]

Donna wrote: "Are you ready for Sinister Toys? I have some fun challenges for you guys coming up!"

Oh yes...looking forward to it!