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CHARACTERRace/Class
Read a book from a genre you usually don't read.
This will determine your race/class.
Book/Author: The Children of Men P.D. JamesDate completed: 28/09/25
Task: a book from a genre you usually don't read
How it fits: i dont normally read MPG Sci-Fi
Tiefling RangerYou are bold and curious, always venturing where others fear to tread.
Advantage: “Planar Step” – Once, you can move two prompts ahead instead of one (basically fast-travel through the story).
Sorry, I missed your post! Use any book read from Sep 28th to now that fits the prompt: Weapon
Read a book and tell me the page count and format.
This will determine your weapon.
Book/Author: Mary, Mary James PattersonDate completed: 02/10/25
Task: Read a book and tell me the page count and format
How it fits: 388 pages, Hardcover
SwordBalanced and reliable, a hero’s classic weapon.
Advantage: “Parry” – Once, you can deflect a prompt you dislike and swap it for a random new one from the DM.
CompanionRead a book that meets the guidelines.
The title will determine your companion.
Title: The Last Devil to Dieauthor: Richard Osman
Date completed: 03/10/25
Task: guidelines
How it fits: fits guildlines
Dragon Hatchling 🐉Small but mighty.
Advantage: “Dragon’s Spark” – Once, replace any prompt with “read the book you’re most excited about right now.”
🌄 The First Quest: The Call to AdventureThe air is crisp as dawn breaks over your quiet village. Life has always been simple here — until today. A mysterious figure in a dark cloak arrives at the village gates, carrying a scroll sealed with an unfamiliar crest. They call for brave souls to leave the safety of the village and journey into the unknown.
As you step forward, the figure hands you the scroll. Inside, it reads:
“Choose your first step wisely, for your path will shape the fate of your journey…”
⚔️ Choose Your Path (Read one book):
The Forest Path 🌲
Prompt: Read a book with green on the cover.
Outcome: You follow winding trails into the forest. Strange whispers echo among the trees — something magical is watching.
The Mountain Pass ⛰️
Prompt: Read a book over 400 pages.
Outcome: The climb is harsh, but the view is breathtaking. High above the world, you find ruins carved into the cliffs — but they’re not abandoned.
The River Road 🌊
Prompt: Read a book set in another country.
Outcome: You journey along rushing waters, where merchants and wanderers trade stories. Yet rumors of bandits make every crossing dangerous.
The Shadowed Alley 🌑
Prompt: Read a book with "shadow" or "alley" in the title.
Outcome: You slip into the backstreets of a crumbling city. Eyes follow you from the shadows, and a dangerous secret is about to be uncovered.
Task: The Forest Path 🌲Prompt: Read a book with green on the cover.
Outcome: You follow winding trails into the forest. Strange whispers echo among the trees — something magical is watching.
Title: Love the One You're With
Author: Emily Giffin
Date completed: 09/10/25
The Forest Path 🌲The forest deepens, its canopy swallowing the light. The whispers grow louder — part warning, part invitation. Ahead, the trail splits in two.
The Glade of Light ✨
Prompt: Read a book with flowers, trees, or plants on the cover.
Outcome: You step into a sunlit clearing where the forest spirit may aid you.
The Cursed Hollow 🌑
Prompt: Read a book with MPG Fantasy.
Outcome: Shadows slither between the roots — something old and dangerous stirs.
Title: Emerald SpringsAuthor: Fleur McDonald
Date completed: 09/10/25
Task: Read a book with flowers, trees, or plants on the cover
How it fits:
The Glade of Light ✨Golden light fills the clearing. In its center stands a stone altar, vines curling around its base. You sense both safety and danger here.
The Spirit’s Blessing ✨
Prompt: Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Outcome: A guardian spirit offers guidance, but only if you prove yourself worthy.
The Hidden Door 🌿
Prompt: Read a book with a secret passage, hidden world, or portal.
Outcome: Among the roots, you discover a door leading deeper underground.
The Spirit’s Blessing ✨Title:The Phoenix Pencil Company
Author: Allison King
Date completed: 13/10/25
How does task fit: Allison King is a new Author to me.
The Spirit’s Blessing ✨The guardian spirit rises from the altar, offering visions of what may come.
The Trial of Wisdom 📖
Prompt: Read a nonfiction book.
Outcome: The spirit whispers secrets of the past into your mind. Knowledge sharpens your path.
The Trial of Courage ❤️🔥
Prompt: Read a book you’ve been intimidated to start.
Outcome: Bravery burns bright within you, and the spirit blesses your journey with strength.
Title: Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable PeaceAuthor: Sarah Mackenzie
Date completed: 18/10/25
Task: Read a nonfiction book.
How it fits: MPG non fiction
The Trial of Wisdom 📖The spirit’s whispers point you toward a single glowing star in the sky.
Task: Read a book with star in the title or on the cover.
Title: William Penn: Liberty and Justice for AllAuthor: Janet Benge
Date Completed: 14/11/25
Task: read a book with star on the cover
How it fits:
🏰 The Tower — Interlude QuestThe journey has led you here. Rising higher than the clouds, the Tower looms like a wound against the sky. Its walls are black stone, carved with runes that shift when you look at them. You are not alone: whispers of other travelers, shadows of past adventurers, even echoes of your own footsteps gather here.
The gates creak open with a groan that shakes the ground. Inside, four corridors spiral upward. Each pulses with a different energy. The choice is yours…
✨ Choose Your Path (Read one book):
The Library of Whispers 📚
Prompt: Read a book about books, libraries, or knowledge.
Outcome: Shelves stretch beyond sight, filled with tomes that whisper your name. Some knowledge is a gift… and some a curse.
The Hall of Blades ⚔️
Prompt: Read a book with a weapon, warrior, or battle theme.
Outcome: The air hums with steel. Swords hang suspended mid-air, waiting to test your worth.
The Chamber of Shadows 🌑
Prompt: Read a book with MPG Horror.
Outcome: Darkness pools in every corner, moving as if alive. To enter is to risk being swallowed whole.
The Garden of Echoes 🌿
Prompt: Read a book with nature, plants, or animals playing an important role.
Outcome: Overgrown roots split the stone, flowers bloom in impossible colors, and every leaf whispers forgotten secrets.
Title: In a Sunburned CountryAuthor: Bill Bryson
Date Completed: 16/11/25
Task: The Garden of Echoes 🌿
How it fits: Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Bill Byrson explores Australia and its fauna, 80% endemic animals and invasive species of both.
Bookish Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
In a Sunburned Country (other topics)William Penn: Liberty and Justice for All (other topics)
Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace (other topics)
The Phoenix Pencil Company (other topics)
Emerald Springs (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Bill Bryson (other topics)Janet Benge (other topics)
Sarah Mackenzie (other topics)
Allison King (other topics)
Fleur McDonald (other topics)
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Sign-ups are open until February 28th.
The challenge is open-ended.
The Challenge
1. Comment here to sign up, and I will create a personal challenge thread for you.
2. You will create your adventurer step by step: first by reading for a race/class, then a weapon, then a companion. Each of these will come with a one-time-use advantage to help you later in the challenge.
3. After your character is ready, you will begin the journey. At each stage, you will face a short story and a choice of tasks. The book you choose to read will determine the path your story takes.
4. To move forward, you must read for at least one of the tasks presented. You can only choose one task per branch — but you may use your earned advantages to skip or bend a rule if you wish.
5. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
6. If you feel stuck, you may use 5 points to skip a task.
7. Completing a task gives you 2 points. Completing the challenge gives you 25 points.
8. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.