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Chandler wrote: "How do we fight monsters? Do we write out the RP of the fight ourselves?"

Hi Chandler,

Personally, I have been recording my monster fights like this:

Sewer Rat- 3AP | 5HP 12/30/21
(view spoiler)[🗡 Lady Bobbi strikes monster with Scarlet Rain (sword LVL 4 / AP 6) for 6 damage.
🐀Monster is struck for 6HP. Dead.
🗡Lady Bobbi earns 1XP (hide spoiler)]
Next Available: 1/6/22

It's fairly simple and easy to understand for me. I *might* leave some of the roleplay out of it when I get to higher level monsters which, naturally, will mean longer battles. Hope that helps, and welcome, friend.

I've got a minor health potion and my HP is 11/18. If I use it, how much health will I have then? Haven't played for a while and it's my first time using a health potion.

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've got a minor health potion and my HP is 11/18. If I use it, how much health will I have then? Haven't played for a while and it's my first time using a health potion."

Minor Health Potion heals for 5HP, so you would be at 16/18.

Bobbi wrote: "Chandler wrote: "How do we fight monsters? Do we write out the RP of the fight ourselves?"

Hi Chandler,

Personally, I have been recording my monster fights like this:

Sewer Rat- 3AP | 5HP 12/30/..."

Ooh, Scarlet Rain! Awesome sword name!

Laurie wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Chandler wrote: "How do we fight monsters? Do we write out the RP of the fight ourselves?"

Hi Chandler,

Personally, I have been recording my monster fights like this:

Sewer Rat- 3A..."

Thank you!

Silly question for you lovely people. I have 11/12 HP, and I am about to go up a level. Do I return to full HP when this happens or am I still 1 down?

Thank you in advance.

Bobbi wrote: "Silly question for you lovely people. I have 11/12 HP, and I am about to go up a level. Do I return to full HP when this happens or am I still 1 down?

Thank you in advance."

You return to full HP so I recommend you to fight a monster that will give you more rewards without killing you as you will recover fully once you level up.

For Questanomics, does an ordinal number qualify? For example, A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor is book number three in the series.

Soelo, I checked out the link in the quest description where the inflationary language is explained. There's quite a long example. Going by this sentence: "Bob had been fond of Anna, his one-and-a-half sister, ever since she saw the light of day for the second time." As "the first time" was inflated into "second time" I guess that you're right and ordinal numbers qualify. :)

Awesome, thanks! I would not have noticed that one in the paragraph =)

I have done some digging, friends and found the following articles: January's Most Anticipated New YA Novels, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of January, and most interestingly Snowed In! Mysteries and Thrillers for the Wicked Cold.

In that particular article, all of the books are set in winter, perfect for cold weather reading. I found about 5 more books to add to my ever growing TBR.

Bobbi wrote: " I found about 5 more books to add to my ever growing TBR."

So many great books to read and not enough hours in the day.

Zuzana wrote: "Bobbi wrote: " I found about 5 more books to add to my ever growing TBR."

So many great books to read and not enough hours in the day."

Right? In crafts, we have this term, SABLE (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy). There needs to be a book version of that for TBR piles.

Bobbi wrote: "Zuzana wrote: "Bobbi wrote: " I found about 5 more books to add to my ever growing TBR."

So many great books to read and not enough hours in the day."

Right? In crafts, we have this term, SABLE (..."

In the board game community, it's GAD - Game Acquisition Disorder (and yes, I have that too 😅).

Brave adventurers, are any among you feeling like passing on your experience to the newcomers to our fair realm?

If so please head over to our Apprenticeship Scheme and we will match you with someone in need of your particular skills.

Hello, Fellow Adventurers!!

My, what a lovely tavern! Great place for a chat! Anyone willing to treat a stranger to a pint? I may be new in town, but a traveler does get thirsty. Hahaha!

I’m looking forward to learning more about the ins and outs of this town and how I can transform this measly sword and staff (man, they are so weak, I mean really…I couldn’t fight a sewer rat with this!) into true weapons of the realm.

A welcome basket!?!? Thanks! That WILL come in handy!

Oh, yeah…name’s Lady Crystalline. It’s nice to meet you all.

:)

A bit late to the party maybe, but I wanted to share with you all my fellow knights who enjoy listening to audiobooks this GR article, 39 Audiobooks to Be Better in 2022. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea given that most of them are "self-help" books, but as for me there are quite some titles which are on my TBR already and many others I'd like to explore. Just wanted to share in case anyone else is interested too :)

Hello again friends, I need quest help if someone would be so kind.

I'm going to attempt 5,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the instructions are as follows: To determine the amount of leagues travelled by a single book, round down to the nearest 100 pages, then calculate 2 to the power of the number of hundreds of pages. (Hint: use the xy button on the calculator).

So for example, I just finished a 262 page book. Rounding down to 200, am I correct that the equation would be 2 to the power of 2, or 2 squared? If so, would that book equal 4 leagues or 400?

Sorry for the silly question. I passed university level calculus, I swear. 😅

Bobbi wrote: "Hello again friends, I need quest help if someone would be so kind.

I'm going to attempt 5,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the instructions are as follows: To determine the amount of leagues travell..."

Unfortunately, it is only 4! In some of the recommendations I saw that we should use very long books for this quest, short ones would take ages and are not worth it. Hope it helps!

⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Hello again friends, I need quest help if someone would be so kind.

I'm going to attempt 5,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the instructions are as follows: To determine the amount of l..."

Okay, cool! Long books it is for that particular challenge. I'm glad I wasn't completely off-track with my understanding of how mathematics works haha. Thanks!

Hello fellow adventurers! I went exploring for interesting articles and found the following three to be rather interesting. The last one I list will have been my favorite!

March's Most Anticipated New YA Novels
Travel Back in Time With These New Historical Fiction Novels
64 Top Nonfiction Books to Read for Women's History Month

I found so many books to add to my TBR shelf in these articles! xD
The last article I found most interesting because I don't often delve into non-fiction. However, I found many of the books there to be worth a read, I feel, especially one about the 5 women killed by Jack the Ripper. The book is called The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper.

Jennifer wrote: "Hello, Fellow Adventurers!!

My, what a lovely tavern! Great place for a chat! Anyone willing to treat a stranger to a pint? I may be new in town, but a traveler does get thirsty. Hahaha!

I’m look..."

Welcome to the realm, Lady Crystalline! If you haven't dried up from thirst yet, here's a pint for you! 🍺 I hope you've been able to start upgrading your weapons. We have a lot of sewer rats around here. 😂

Welcome to all the newcomers! Come inside and have a pint. :)

I'm looking for somebody to buddy-read a book with me for the New Year's resolution quest - task 8:

8. Make More Reading Friends.
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our local theatre for your buddy-read sessions.
Reward: 1 Mercenary Coupon.

Is anybody willing to buddy-read either one of the books bellow?
Star Wars: Rogue Planet by Greg Bear
Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger


If you have your own list of books you'd like to read, share. They might be on my TBR as well.

Zuzana wrote: "I'm looking for somebody to buddyread a book with me for the New Year's resolution quest - task 8:

8. Make More Reading Friends.
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our loca..."

Hi Zuzana, I can read with you but I have a few books that I need to read first. Would it be ok to BR it in April?

⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Hi Zuzana, I can read with you The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger but I have a few books that I need to read first. Would it be ok to BR it in April?"

Hi Cynthia, thanks, April is totally fine. Looking forward to buddy-reading the book with you. :)

Queen Skye desperately needs your help to rescue her godson from the Goblin King. Head over to either the quests page or the notice board for more information.

Lady Laurie saunters into the tavern, and you notice what appear to be two long, furry black ears poking out of her rucksack...

That's right, I've finally completed the Easter Bilby's quest and have a bunny of my own! (Who knew it would take so long to track down a few rabbits?) Everyone, meet Shade!

Buddy read for April (or May since March is almost over). Please choose one of the months to read. Both are wide open for me.

Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder
✓The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner with Cat for May.
You'll Be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus
City of Villains - Estelle Laure

Hi Bobbi! I'd love to buddy read .
May might work a little bit better for me, but I would also be available for April.

Laurie B wrote: "That's right, I've finally completed the Easter Bilby's quest and ha..."

What a lovely bunny, Laurie! :)

Cat wrote: "Hi Bobbi! I'd love to buddy read .
May might work a little bit better for me, but I would also be available for April."

May it is, Cat. :)

Bobbi wrote: "May it is, Cat. :)"

Yay, I can't wait :)

I finally finished The Leprechaun RPG and have a Pot of Gold of my own!

Give me another year and I'll show up to Caravan Hill like

So I have been wandering far afield to complete my Academy Level 2 Quest, sliding down one rabbit hole after another and swelling my already overly full TBR mountain to epic proportions.

The quest I am finding myself on this day is the following one :
1 ~ Visit the Goodreads blog: News & Interviews & check out at least 3 of their articles. (link to the articles you read & report on the most interesting one in The Local Tavern)

There are so many articles of interest, but since my day-filling job duties find me at the library from sunup to sundown five days a week, I am always interested in books that are upcoming. Goodreads never disappoints me in this regard.

What IS interesting is how some editors manage to predict with extreme accuracy what my community will want to get their hands on, and how others don't seem to have a single clue. People are funny, reading tastes vary, and reader's advisory is a big thing in my corner of the world. My library patrons know that Historical Fiction is "my thing" so it was nice to see so many interesting titles coming my way to talk to them about for this year.

Travel Back In Time With These New Historical Fiction Novels

Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May it is, Cat. :)"

Yay, I can't wait :)"

May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?

Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"

Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading around the 19th-20th?

If you think it's too late and earlier works better for you, I'm up for starting earlier, too :)

Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"

Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading around the 19th-20th?

If you think it's too late..."

Nope, that works just fine for me. :)

Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"

Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading around the 19th-20th?

If you think i..."

Amazing :)

How many days would you prefer our BR to last?
The book is 36 chapters and around 300 pages.

Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"

Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading around the 19th-20th?

..."
5? That's roughly 7 chapters chapters a day.

Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"
Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading around the 1..."

Awesome!!

So let's roughly make it something like:

May 20th: Chapters 1-7
May 21st: Chapters 8-14
May 22nd: Chapters 15-21
May 23rd: Chapters 22-28
May 24th: Chapters 29-end

And, if I'm not mistaken, we should be holding our BR sessions in the theatre, right?

Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"
Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to start reading..."

That works for me!

Yep, BR sessions should be in the theatre for the quest.

Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "Cat wrote: "Bobbi wrote: "May is tomorrow! Time flies! What day shall we start?"
Wow, time really does fly, haha! So, would you be up for us to s..."

Awesome :D Can't wait!

Linking an article from GR blog for Quest: The Academy - part II

100 years of popular books

I thought it was cool to see which book was popular the year I was born. I haven't read it, but it explores themes of gender identity! Over 40 years ago!

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Linking an article from GR blog for Quest: The Academy - part II

100 years of popular books

I thought it was cool to see which book was popular the year I was born. I haven't read it, but it expl..."

Ooh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Laurie B wrote: Ooh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Have you read the book from the year you were born? (don't have to tell me the year hahaha

Ray (user2637) wrote: "Laurie B wrote: Ooh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Have you read the book from the year you were born? (don't have to tell me the year hahaha"

I have not! Nor do I really want to, lol. But still interesting! 😅

Just curious if this challenge is still happening?

Gayatri wrote: "Just curious if this challenge is still happening?"

Yes! You can go to the Apprenticeship Scheme topic and ask for a mentor to help you get started. Or, if you feel comfortable, you can just start playing - it's lots of fun!

Fellow adventurers meet Trixie who is definitely in need of some training.