Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Congrats Tia! I'm still working on my last book for my first set of gold... haha.

Impressive, Tia. I'll be happy to get the horse by the end of April.

Good going Tia. Have you got a name and picture yet?

Yup, her name is Andraste who was a war goddess supposedly called upon by Boudicca during battle:

Congrats Tia!!

Nice pic!

Hey Kate. Welcome to the Quests. Bartender an ale for our newcomer!

Tia, your horse is gorgeous!

Good for all of you.

I have books in tote but no gold this time around. This month hasn't been a very productive reading month for me I am afraid to say.

Thanks for the compliments, guys. =)

Reva wrote: "Hey Kate. Welcome to the Quests. Bartender an ale for our newcomer!"

Thanks, Riva! I appreciate the ale!

I'm probably going to be a relatively slow Quester - I don't read as fast as a lot of people on here do - but I thought this sounded fun! Nothing like drinking ale and slaying dragons to make the day fly by!

Bartender! A round of ale on me!

Thanks Kate. Lifting her cup of Meade, "Cheers"

Thanks Kate. Lifting her cup of Meade, "Cheers"

Can I just confirm that I can use an extension gift card on quests?

I've decided I need a timewalk potion so I don't have to worry about the expiry date on the longer quests (horse, bunny, house) but for that I need to finish the timewalker quest before it expires, eep!

Zee wrote: "Can I just confirm that I can use an extension gift card on quests?

I've decided I need a timewalk potion so I don't have to worry about the expiry date on the longer quests (horse, bunny, house) ..."

Yes. you can use it. You need to use it before quest expires to get another month. Don't forget to let us now you're using it and where. ☺

Zee wrote: "Can I just confirm that I can use an extension gift card on quests?

I've decided I need a timewalk potion so I don't have to worry about the expiry date on the longer quests (horse, bunny, house) ..."

What years do you need? Perhaps I can help you through the Market Caravan.

Kate wrote: "Reva wrote: "Hey Kate. Welcome to the Quests. Bartender an ale for our newcomer!"

Thanks, Riva! I appreciate the ale!

I'm probably going to be a relatively slow Quester - I don't read as fast as ..."

Welcome Kate! Don't worry, you're in good company. Even for us slowpokes it's great fun :)

I have a question about the poison potion, it says -2 HP per turn - so that means, if it takes three hits to kill something, that's a total of -6 hp off their total right? not just -2 hp for the whole battle...

Reva wrote: "Zee wrote: "Can I just confirm that I can use an extension gift card on quests?

I've decided I need a timewalk potion so I don't have to worry about the expiry date on the longer quests (horse, bu..."

I've considered using the caravan too Reva! I may pay it a visit after I've looked at my planning document and checked out the library catalogue :-)

Looks like I'll be needing books published in 2005 and 2007 so I'll be over to the caravan when I've actually earned some gold!

There's nothing like hours and hours of travel to help with your reading! It's sometimes nice to realize you have a few hours where the only thing you can do is sit down with a book (even if traveling itself can be less than glamorous, haha).

Tia wrote: "There's nothing like hours and hours of travel to help with your reading! It's sometimes nice to realize you have a few hours where the only thing you can do is sit down with a book (even if travel..."

I like that too. I'm really looking forward to when my kids are old enough that they can swim on their own and I can take them to the pool and then read.

Does anyone have an answer for me from msg 1518? Please :)

Teresa wrote: "I have a question about the poison potion, it says -2 HP per turn - so that means, if it takes three hits to kill something, that's a total of -6 hp off their total right? not just -2 hp for the wh..."

Sorry. I read that one on my phone and meant to come back and answer.

Yes, the poison potion gives -2 hp per turn. So it's very similar to increased damage except on monsters that are affected by weapon type. (This would be the same for them since it's neither staff nor sword.)

I may be inclined in the future to make a monster weak towards poison :)

Sounds good.

I have a question. I have killed my two Big Hearts. Too bad I can't have more. :(

I was thinking about using my 2 Find Item from Big Hearts The Easter Bilby (My bunny) and Two Empty Halves of Coconuts (My horse). My question is do I get to choose what half of the quest the find item can work on or does it just fill up the first or last half of the quest?

Example:
1. Gold Cover or Gold Currency: Item Find
2. Read 3 books under 200 pages: Item Find
3. Horses or Farm:
4. 600+ pages:
5. 2 D's in Title: Item Find
6. Chic lit, cozy: Item Find
7. Red Cover or Teacher:
8. Reward:
9. Begins with H:
10. Bribe: Item Find

Kelly said we can't use find items potion on the horse, and I would assume the bunny as well

Oh drats. Not on the horse. booooo.

How about build a house?

I know, I tried when it first came out. We can use the potion on the 7 cats challenge though

I'd even be happy if I can use it with The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side.

this is what the rules say:

• Find Items Potion - Magically obtain half the items needed for a specific quest. (Note the use of this potion when turning in your quest. If an odd number of items is required, the potion rounds down the reward. Example: Requires 3 items, potion provides 1. Requires 4 items, potion provides 2.) Note that this cannot be used for quests that require a list of different things (e.g. do the 3 following tasks).

She said it was for items like cats, berries, or gems

We're aiming for collecting similar items for the find items quest. I decided I'd make a note in the quest when it's allowed to be used. Otherwise it's incredibly powerful and it wasn't meant to be that good based on when it was given for a reward.

I'll try to have another 1 or 2 quests that can use it in the next month's batch.

Ahh, okay. Thanks for explaining it to me. Yeah, I was like oh awesome we can use it for these larger quests. I was denied. :(

I finished the gems and berries. I don't think I want to us it on the cats so I'll have to wait and see what comes out next month.

I'll try to make some where it helps a lot to use them.

Just to make sure, can we use the Find Item Potion for the Timewalker and Time For the Dead quests? They seem like the types of quests this Potion was made for.

Perhaps it would be best if you publish a summary list of quests and where
The find item potion IS eligible to be used.

Zuzana wrote: "Just to make sure, can we use the Find Item Potion for the Timewalker and Time For the Dead quests? They seem like the types of quests this Potion was made for."

When I get a moment I'll go back and update the older quests with find potion eligible.

Quick Question

For "something through which you can enter a house and 1 book where there is break in", does it have to be the main focus of the cover? Or could it be small, such as a building with lots of windows.

Ex:

RebeccaS wrote: "Quick Question

For "something through which you can enter a house and 1 book where there is break in", does it have to be the main focus of the cover? Or could it be small, such as a building wit..."

Something small is fine. Window, Door, giant gaping hole in a wall :) Since Tea isn't here I'll throw in Key too :P

Yayy thank you!

Meet Wicked, my cat in training.




Picked her up at Familiars R Us. :-)

Great looking cat Reva, congrats!

Ooo, pretty kitty.

Thanks all.

Had another picture but couldn't find it again despite many searches.

This one is close.

https://www.google.com/search?safe=of...

Doing the search for visually similar images in google turns up some neat ones.

It was not that similar but the eyes were great.

Kelly wrote: "When I get a moment I'll go back and update the older quests with find potion eligible. "

O.K. Thanks, Kelly. I'd like to use the Potion for the Time For the Dead quest.

A quick question.

Do the same weekly restrictions apply when attacking the Lexicon Ness Monster? Or can both be attacked the same day without sacrificing a book for the second.

Reva, I think that both can be attacked the same day without sacrificing a book.

From the rules: "Killing one won't scare off the others."