Hooked on Books discussion

January 1, 2025
Open-Ended
Individual

Race: Dwarf
Class: Druid
Class level: 3

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Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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

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.

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Completion Post

Race: Dwarf
Task: Read a book with the race type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or %
Book: Gone Witch by Nova Nelson
Date: 01/01/25
How it fits: Dwarf character first mentioned at 32% “…An auburn-haired dwarf nodded a curt hello as I squeezed next to his barstool. “Hi,” I said. “Hello.” “I’m Nora.” He nodded, his eyes roaming quickly up and down the top half of me. “That’s good to know”…”

Class: Druid
Task: Read a book with the class type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or %
Book: The Songs of Magic by Kaelyn Hamm
Date: 01/01/25
How it fits: Druid character first mentioned on page 64 “…“No, Worley isn’t an elf. He’s a speechling: born of nature and magic. He’s a bit unique; most speechlings don’t care much for what happens with the rest of the world. They’re often recluses. On top of that, he’s a Druid and a pretty powerful magic user, despite how he might seem.”…”

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.

Completion Post

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?

A sack of flour? Concede for sure - save my strength for later

Task: If you give up: spell out CONCEDE
C - Cheery Charms by Bella Falls - 03/01/25
O - Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary - 23/01/25
N - New Year in Mystic Springs by Mona Marple - 10/01/25
C - Behind the Sun by Deborah Challinor - 14/01/25
E - The Naughtiest Girl Again by Enid Blyton - 15/01/25
D - Watered Down Death by Lucinda D. Davis- 11/01/25
E - How To Survive Your Sisters by Ellie Campbell - 22/01/25

You have conceded this quest. You will never know whether that bag of flour was more than just a plain bag of flour. You never took a moment to ask why it was locked up in a bank in the first place. Banks don't typically lock up bags of flour. Maybe it was magical. But alas, you have made your decision...

Quest #2

After a night in a tavern, each member of the party wakes up in the body of another member with no memory of what happened. One party member's body is gone, however, their mind instead inside a sentient item... a bag of beans.

Are these magic beans? Maybe, maybe not; plant them and find out. Worst case scenario, you could eat them. Do you eat the beans? If they are magic beans, how do you use them? Can you get everyone back in their bodies?

If you eat the beans, spell out BEANS
B
E
A
N
S

If you think they are magic beans, start here
Plant the beans
Read a book with dirt on the cover
Read a book with all the letters of BEANS in the title
Read a book with water on the cover
Read a book with a sun on the cover

Step 2: Find a solution to the body problems listed above. Use book titles BUT please use filler words as needed to tell me your solution. Minimum of 4 books. (everyone will do step 2 no matter the choices above)

For those of you playing solo... you will play this as if you were a member of the party experiencing this issue. How would you solve this? You can play as any member the party, one that is in another body or the beans. But you must present a solution.

Completion Post

Quest 2 - After a night in a tavern, each member of the party wakes up in the body of another member with no memory of what happened. One party member's body is gone, however, their mind instead inside a sentient item... a bag of beans.
Are these magic beans? Maybe, maybe not; plant them and find out.

Planting the beans
Read a book with dirt on the cover - Perils in Provence by Carolyn L. Dean - Dirt seen between the rows of lavender - 27/01/25
Read a book with all the letters of BEANS in the title - Eat, Drink, and Be Scary by Olivia Jaymes - EAt, drink, aNd Be Scary - 24/01/25
Read a book with water on the cover - A Snowy River Summer by Stella Quinn - water on cover - 05/02/25
Read a book with a sun on the cover - The Sun Witch by Linda Winstead Jones - Sun on the cover - 30/01/25


Solution: When we all discovered what had happened we realised we were in great peril. Trying to get each person back into their correct body was a scary proposition, the witch thought she had a spell that could do the job. The only problem was while she was now in the Goblin’s body, her magic was still back in her human body which was now inhabited by the Elf. The fairy and I had swapped bodies and she was complaining about being a dwarf. I looked out through the window at the snowy countryside and a small lightbulb went off in my head. I directed the elf to go out and gather the snow in a pot. I then used the sun to melt the snow using a magnifying glass I found behind the bar. I then used it to start a fire and put the pot of water on it to boil. We threw the beans in, along with the lavender from Provence, and let them simmer. The witch wrote the spell down and the she got the elf to read it out using the magic in the human body. Then we all got a glass and scooped out the water and on the count of 3 we all eat the beans and took a drink . The room swayed and we all passed out. When we woke up things were back to normal we were all back in our own bodies and minds.

I am actually awake, and functional. My phone is not ringing off the hook (yet) and I am still confused. So I am going to let you iron out the details on this and resubmit it.

You planted the beans and then in the story... you ate them. See my confusion? You didn't elaborate on that at all. Has the plant grown already? Did we go through a time warp?

Sigh - no me not understanding the question. I hate writing stories that have compulsory inclusions.

Have rewritten.

Solution: When we all discovered what had happened we realised we were in great peril. Trying to get each person back into their correct body was a scary proposition, the witch thought she had a spell that could do the job. The only problem was while she was now in the Goblin’s body, her magic was still back in her human body which was now inhabited by the Elf. The fairy and I had swapped bodies and she was complaining about being a dwarf. I looked out through the window at the snowy countryside and a small lightbulb went off in my head. I directed the elf to go out and gather the snow in a pot. I then used the sun to melt the snow using a magnifying glass I found behind the bar. I then used it to start a fire and put the pot of water on it to boil. Using the water to meet the snow and warm the earth. We then planted the beans in the unfrozen earth, along with the lavender from Provence, for fertiliser. The witch wrote the spell down and the she got the elf to read it out using the magic in the human body. The bean stalks grew instantly and produced a crop of beans within seconds. We each picked a handful of the beans and on the count of 3 we all ate the beans, taking a drink of the leftover water to wash them down. The room swayed and we all passed out. When we woke up things were back to normal we were all back in our own bodies and minds.

Quest 2A

Congratulations on getting everyone back into their own bodies but messing with magic is a risky business. Wild magic tends to spring back on itself and your team starts to have weird side effects and ailments. If things start to sprout from your bodies you are in big trouble. You may want to seek help. Do you accept your fate? Do you seek a healer? Do you seek an oracle? Do you quest for a cure?

Accept Fate:
F
A
T
E

Seek Healer:
Read a book with a Nurse
Read a book with a Doctor
Read a book where a character goes to a hospital
Read a book with all the letters of HEALER in the title/series


Seek an Oracle:
Read a book with a prophecy
Read a book with a wise character (your interpretation)
Read a book that starts with a letter in ORACLE
Read a book with an ORACLE

Quest for a cure: Create your own tasks & tell me your story

Completion Post - Quest 2A

Quest A - We are going to accept our fate

Spell out FATE:

F - The Whisperer's War by Jackie French - 24/02/25
A - Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey - 26/02/25
T - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett - 20/03/25
E - Who killed Bianca? by Emma Darcy - 10/03/25

Your side effects have gotten worse. You have started to turn into a Yeti. On the bright side, you now have darkvision.

Quest #3
The party finds a "Wanted" poster with one of your members on it. A Fiend (a demon) is going around committing crimes in their likeness and leaving the victims in compromising situations. You have no idea why the Fiend has chosen a member of your party to impersonate.

If you decide to collect on that bounty and turn in your friend, Spell out BETRAY
B
E
T
R
A
Y


If you decide to fight the Fiend
Step 1: Collect weapons
Minimum 4 books - items should be on covers or in the title

Step 2: Track the Fiend
{Create your own tasks for this step}

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

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Calling it quits - thanks for the challenge - it’s not you it’s me 😜👍