D&D: Rogue Readers

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

January 1, 2025
Open-Ended
Team

Please decide on a team name and submit in the Quest check-in thread.


Team Members
Char
Race: Elf
Class: Ranger
Class Level: 4

??
Race: Dwarf
Class: Rogue
Class level: 4

Deanna
Race: Shifter
Class: Monk
Class Level: 4

??
Race: Shifter
Class: Wizard
Class Level: 4

Princesspint

Links
Q&A
Quest Check-in
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


Challenge Rules
📘No graphic novels, poetry, or cookbooks allowed.
📘Standard Rules Apply

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Race Tasks: (choose one)
1. Read a book with a character that matches the race type you choose
2. Read a book with all the letters of the race type you choose in the title/subtitle/series (example: GOBLIN)
3. Read a book with the race type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or % (example: DWARF)

Class Tasks: (choose one)
1. Read a book with a character that matches the class type you choose
2. Read a book with all the letters of the class type you choose in the title/subtitle/series (example: WIZARD)
3. Read a book with the class type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or % (example: BARBARIAN)

Please choose one race & one class
Race options:
Elf
Dwarf
Goblin
Orc
Human
Shifter
Fairy

Class Options:
Barbarian
Druid
Ranger
Rogue
Wizard
Fighter
Monk

Link to Class options to explore skills: https://5e.tools/classes.html#barbari...

Please Note: Each player will read a total of 2 books for this. One for race & one for class.

[Deanna]

Checking in.

[❡MaRisa]

o/

[Jane]

checking in.

[Char]

Checking in

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Your spreadsheet is in message 1

[Char]

any idea what you guys wanna be?

[Jane]

I'm not sure yet but will have a look later today. Just now I've got to finish all updates for my 2024 challenges.

[Deanna]

I'll do shifter and monk.

[❡MaRisa]

I want a shifter wizard and a ranger elf, not sure which one I pick for the Team and which for individual though xD I was waiting for you all to pick to see which skills will be more useful in a team setting 🤔

[Char]

Aw, I was gonna do a ranger elf.
You can do it Risa, I'll look up something else

[❡MaRisa]

Char wrote: "Aw, I was gonna do a ranger elf.
You can do it Risa, I'll look up something else"

Oh no, I have my individual thread i can use it for, I'll pick the shifter wizard for the team then no problem at all :)

[Jane]

Looking at the different options, I'll go with a Rogue Dwarf

[Jane]

Class and Race chosen: Rogue Dwarf

Book:
Forensic Knitting Murder by Rl Beck
Date Read: 1/3-25
How it fits: All the letters of Rogue in title> fOREnsic knittinG mUrder

Book:
Hygge: Discovering The Danish Art Of Happiness -- How To Live Cozily And Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures by Olivia Telford
Date Read: 1/4-25
How it fits: All the letters of Dwarf in subtitle: hygge: DiscoveRing the danish Art of happiness -- hoW to live cozily and enjoy liFe’s simple pleasures

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

No team name yet?

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

I am going to add one more person to this team so you will have a 5 person team.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Adding Princesspint to your team

[Char]

Any one have any idea for a team name?

[Deanna]

Welcome Princesspint!

I'm not the best at team names, but here are a few ideas:

Arcane Adventurers
Wandering Warriors
Literary League
Shadow Stalkers
Rogue Readers

[❡MaRisa]

Adventure Bookers
Bookworm Fiendslayers

and thats all I can think of 🤣

[❡MaRisa]

maybe Cursed Teamnames? xD

[Jane]

being a rogue I vote for

Rogue Readers

[Char]

once upon a team?

[❡MaRisa]

I'm fine with whichever name from the suggested :)

[Deanna]

Class and Race chosen: Shifter Monk

Shifter
Book:
Read: 1/9
Fits: MMC is a wolf shifter

Monk
Book:
Read: 1/3
Fits: letters of MONK in title

[Deanna]

I'd be fine with Rogue Readers for a team name if that works for everyone else. I left a post for Donna on the signup thread to let her know Princesspint still hasn't check in.

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

I am sending princesspint a message. She will be getting a strike if she doesn't check in within 48 hours. You can move on then.

[Char]

rogue readers it is!

[❡MaRisa]

👍🏼

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Congratulations on finally naming your team!

[❡MaRisa]

Ngl, I'm struggling to find my Wizard book 🙈 I'm sorry it's taking me so long to find one that fits, I didn't expect to struggle with that one 😓

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Sorry, I am dealing with a mess in RL. I just saw your post in the signup thread. You may check-in as soon as you are ready without princesspint.

[❡MaRisa]

Sorry Team, I think I was the last one to finish the 2 books 🙈 I'm done and updated the SS, should I check us in?

[Deanna]

❡Risa wrote: "Sorry Team, I think I was the last one to finish the 2 books 🙈 I'm done and updated the SS, should I check us in?"

I just checked us in.

[❡MaRisa]

I saw some messed up dates on the SS, I started writing in the dates like " jan 19" because I kept doing that also with the switched month and date format last year xD

[❡MaRisa]

Deanna wrote: "❡Risa wrote: "Sorry Team, I think I was the last one to finish the 2 books 🙈 I'm done and updated the SS, should I check us in?"

I just checked us in."

Thank you!

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

Quest #1

A prized 'sack of flour' has been stolen from you, but you've tracked it down to a highly secure bank. The bank will not give it back to you. Do you give up, or plan a heist?

If you give up: spell out CONCEDE
C
O
N
C
E
D
E

If you plan a heist.
Step 1: Gather your heist materials
Minimum 4 books - items should be on covers or in the title

Step 2: Security - security guards & alarms
Read a book with a security guard character (to distract him)
Read a book with the word alarm in the text (to disable it)
{Create your own additional tasks as needed to fit your plan}

Step 3: Execute your plan - tell me your plan
Use book titles BUT please use filler words as needed to tell me your plan. Minimum of 4 books.

[Jane]

What would we like to do?

[❡MaRisa]

hm personally I'd like to concede, I mean it's a Sack of flour 🤣 but i don't mind either way

[❡MaRisa]

just kidding though :p

[Deanna]

I vote to plan the heist.

[Char]

I want to try the heist too

[Jane]

Heist it is.

So first a book each with something on the cover that'll help us with the heist.

[❡MaRisa]

Does a ship count as item for the escape plan? I am reading a book that has one on the cover Erdsee: Die illustrierte Gesamtausgabe

[❡MaRisa]

Oh and I'm not certain if that's really the house sketch, but if it is then a plan of the building would be great for the heist too?
House of Leaves

[Jane]

I don't know about the ship but it probably works for escape plan.

BUT I think the floor plan on the other cover is absolute brilliant.

[Deanna]

I just finished The Order of Architects (Book 1). We can use the title to explain where the floor plan came from in step 3.

I also finished a book for alarm in the text.

[Char]

I am gonna read Feathers and Fatalities, which has a health potion in cover
We'll probably need that for heist?

[Jane]

I've added a book to the 4 items for our heist. It is handcuffs. We might want to use them in security instead and just make up a task for them.