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These quests involve posing to the Tavern, Theater or elsewhere in NBRC. They are good for getting a dose of role playing with your reading.
Hello, my name is...
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You wish to advertise your services as a proper knight so the citizens know who to call if they have trouble.
Introduce yourself or post a link to your existing introduction to earn an easy 3XP.
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The Academy - Expired 7/15/15
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The Novel Academy where all mages, warlocks and undergraduates go to learn about the world is looking for new instructors. The application process is rigorous and daunting but have no fear, the worst that can happen is you fail horribly and live in disgrace.
Complete requirements to rise the ranks and become a teaching prodigy.
Note: Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other tasks. These are participation tasks.
Ranks
Associate Professor - Complete 3 Requirements
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements
Requirements
1) Nominate a book for BOM in any category
2) Read and Participate in a BOM Discussion
3) Volunteer to write DQ for a BOM
4) Start and Finish one of the Monthly/Seasonal Challenges
5) Start a Spell-It-Out challenge in Reading Challenges and finish at least one word.
6) Participate in a Buddy Read
7) Write and post a scene for The Theatre
8) Request a recommendation or choose one already recommended and read it
9) Create a draft of a new reading challenge and send to mod account - this can be for NRPG or the main group.
10) Welcome 5 new members to the group
Rewards - received at each level gained
Associate Professor - 3XP, 1 Heal Potion
Professor - Complete 6 Requirements - 4XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Distinguished Professor - Complete all Requirements - 6XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and refills HP)
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The Academy - part II
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You've been teaching at the Novel Academy for what feels like eons (see The Academy quest here ). While it's a great honour you've become a bit bored. The Principal Mage just announced that there's an opening in the exchange program and you're eager to jump on the opportunity and teach at the Witches and Honourable Banshees university for the next semester. To get the job you have to prove that you're a Goodreads expert and know your way around without a map.
Complete the requirements to apply successfully for the new teaching job. You do not have to complete the requirements in order.
Note: Books need to be read after announcement of the quest. Books used in these tasks are still available to be applied towards other quests. These are participation tasks.
Levels:
Fill in the application form - Complete 6 Requirements
List your teaching accomplishments - Complete another 5 Requirements
Complete the application process successfully and get the job - Complete the rest of the Requirements
Requirements:
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)
2 Pick out and read a book based on News & Interviews recommendation (list the book and link to the article that features it)
3 Check out the books that won Goodreads Choice Awards & read a book that has either won or been nominated for this award (any year will do)
4 Check out New released books listed on Goodreads: Click on Browse>New Releases > "By authors" and/or "By Genre". Pick at least one book and add it to your "Want to read" GR list. List the book.
5 Find the answer to this question on Goodreads: "What do I do if I can't find a book using search on Goodreads?". (Either link to the answer or "copy & paste".)
6 Find your GR Reading stats and put down how many pages you read last year (hint: search under "My books").
7 Go through your "Want to Read" list and delete all the books you're no longer interested in reading. List the number of remaining books.
8 Go through your "Read" list and shelve at least ten books that have no tag other than "read" (if all your books are already shelved, you deserve a "task complete").
9 Set up a new shelf on "My books" page, either for unfinished/abandoned books or any other genre/tag that you've been missing. List the name of your new shelf. (if your shelving system is perfect as it is, you deserve a "task complete")
10 Go to Recommendations, select recommendation by shelf or by genre and read at least one book recommended to you and mark at least one book as "not interested". List those books.
11 Go to Listopia and vote for your favourite books on at least three lists (link to the lists).
12 Check out GR Popular Quotes and "like" at least three of them. Copy & paste your favourite one and post it to the Theatre thread.
13 Ask your friends and the Goodreads community what you should read next. Use a Goodreads feature to do that.
14 List how many GR groups you are a member of, which one is your favourite and how many comments have you made in that group so far.
15 Find at least three GR Groups that are interested in your favourite genre or author or reading activity (e.g. challenges), link to them (you don't have to join them).
16 Check out your GR Profile, Account & Emails settings and update them if needed.
Rewards
Application Form: 3 XP, 1 Minor Heal Potion
Accomplishment List: 4 XP, 1 Major Heal Potion
Successful job application: 6 XP, 1 Health Gem (grants +1 Max HP and refills HP) (hide spoiler)]
Apprenticeship Scheme
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The Academy - part III
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The Principal Mage at The Novel Academy just announced that he's looking for The Magical Teacher of the Year. You desperately want to be nominated.
• Complete two of these quests: Academy - History, Academy - Geography, Academy - Literature
• Complete two of these quests: Academy II - History, Academy II - Geography, Academy II - Literature
• Complete both of these quests: The Academy, The Academy - part II
• Read a book with a teacher as one of the main characters.
Reward: Receive the nomination and 1 Health Gem for your efforts.
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These quests are simple quests that net experience for your hero.
Gather Berries - REOPENED 30/12/2020
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The innkeeper asks you to pick some berries to help with her famous triple berry pie. You gladly agree in hopes of reaping some berry good rewards.
Spell out one of the following words with standard spell out rules: YUM, BLUE, RASP, STRAW. 1 XP per letter, 2 XP for completing a word (Max 1 word) (hide spoiler)]
Gather Bones - REOPENED 30/12/2020
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The local necromancer is looking to ply his trade. He offers good coin for any spare bones you happen to have lying around.
Read a book with a title that mentions bones, has bones on the cover or is in the horror or paranormal genre. 1 XP per book (Max 5) (hide spoiler)]
Rare Gems - REOPENED 30/12/2020
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A trader wanders into town at dusk. He hops off his mighty stead and ties the horse to a nearby tree. He sees you eyeing the quest board with a vaguely disgusted look on your face. He saunters up to you looking eager for news of the realm. "Tell me your rumours and stories! I've been away for too many years!" he cries.
"I wish to hear your juiciest and most rare gossip." he whispers. You wink at him and say, "I have just the stories for you..."
Earn 1 XP (Max 5 XP) for each Rare Story book read. Rare Story books must have less than 500 ratings.
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Valentines Day Feast - Expired 5/15/15
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Prime Cut, butcher looking for prime cuts of meat - read a book with a prime number of pages. List of Primes
(Example: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 251 pages)
2 XP for each Prime Cut of Meat. (Max 3 Cuts of Meat) (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) (hide spoiler)]
Date Night - Expired 4/15/15
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The Queen is going on a first date with a very nice Prince of the neighbouring kingdom of Novella. She wants some ideas of nice things to do on her date.
Find up to 5 of the following words in books (one word per book) for 1 XP each. A max of 1 additional XP may be claimed if one of the books is a romance novel. Copy the line where the word is used to claim credit.
• LOVE
• HEART
• DINNER
• CHOCOLATE
• ROMANCE
• ROSE
• VALENTINE
• DATE
• MARRIAGE
• HAPPY
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Gift of Love - Expired 4/15/15
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A man runs up to you and screams, "I must find a book she will love! One everyone loves! How else can I show her how much she means to me." You try to calm the man down and then tell him that you're available to help shop.
To give the man options read 3 award winning books from GoodReads Choice Awards (winners or nominees for any year). +5 XP for providing all 3 books. (hide spoiler)]
Alchemy - Expired 5/15/15
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You come across an old book of magic. Within its pages is a recipe for transmuting lead into gold. You try, try and try again. Finally, the spell works! The lead bar shimmers into gold and melts all over your book, obscuring the recipe forevermore. You've learned a valuable lesson in life.
Read 3 books with "lead" (grey/silver) coloured covers. Then transmute the lead to gold and read one book with a golden cover. For learning your life lesson earn 5 XP. (hide spoiler)]
A Toy for Hadley - Expired 5/15/15
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A father is looking for a gift for his young child Hadley. He asks you if you've come across anything in your travels that might entice a young girl.
Read a book with a shape word in the title (star, circle, square, cross, triangle, heart, etc). Then use spell-it-out rules to spell the shape you found to create the toy. (2 XP for finding the shape, 1 XP per letter spelling it, 2 XP for completing the toy.)
Example: Heart of the Matter
H - Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost
E - Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A - Aervyn Walker in A Modern Witch by Debora Geary
R - Preservation by Rachael Wade
T - The Mortal Instruments series - City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
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Gather More Bones! - Expired 5/15/15
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The local necromancer is upset at the lack of quality bones being provided by the local populous. An angry necromancer is never a good thing. Goblin bones are of the highest quality and might appease him.
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The Queens New Clothing - Expired 6/15/15
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The Queen calls you in and since it is the Queen you of course drop everything and rush to the castle. When you arrive, she pulls you aside and confesses her current disaster. "I'm set to go on another date with Prince Archer and I have nothing to wear!" Alarmed at the emotional distress of the Queen, you assure her that you'll work on the problem right away. As you start to back away, she pins you with a glare. "And I've heard about what those swindlers did to that Emperor who wanted new clothes, so don't think you'll be getting away with that scam." You stammer a response and then flee to investigate new fabrics and ribbons.
Read 3 or 5 books from 2015 or with clothing on the cover to acquire a nice selection of fabrics to construct the Queen's new clothing. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Fashion must always be done in odd numbers. (Earn 3 XP for 3 books or 6 XP for 5 books)
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Rescue Kitty - Expired 6/15/15
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A sad little girl is pinning a poster up on the notice board. "Lost Kitty". You feel a little tear form in your eye. You look up to blink it away then squint at a furry thing in the tree above. You look back at the poster, then at the furry thing, then at the poster. Finally you head off in search of a ladder, wondering the whole time who would name a dog "Kitty".Form a ladder by overlapping the end of one book with the beginning of the next book. At least 3 letters must overlap or your ladder will be too weak to rescue Kitty. Use 3-5 books to complete your ladder. (Earn 3 XP for a 3 book ladder, 5 XP for a 4 book ladder and 8 XP for a 5 book ladder.)
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Boast the Most - Expired 6/15/15
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You're sitting around the tavern drinking with fellow adventurers when one rude fat man stands up and declares that he has killed more sewer rats than any man alive! You beg to differ and proceed to inform him of your numerous destruction of Rodentia Ickerus.
Count back through your adventures. 10 sewer rat deaths (since the start) will put this man in his place. You also need to commemorate this most prestigious occasion. Reading 1 book with the letters R, A, T in the title will get you your trophy and earn you an extra 2 boasting experience. (Example: Orphan Train train has t, r, a). Greater sewer rats are also eligible.
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A Tavern Delicacy - Expired 6/15/15
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The Tavern is looking to expand its culinary offerings and asks you for help procuring the latest delicacy: Smoked Sewer Rat. You cringe a little at the name but agree to help deciding that they probably know more about gastronomic delights than you do. You head out for awhile then bring back 4 cuts of sewer rat, a pile of logs and some seasonings. Smoked Meat with Reduction is on the menu.... You ponder the meaning behind "meat".
Kill 4 sewer rats or greater sewer rats, these rats must be fresh kills to not poison the tavern patrons with spoiled meat. Read 1 book from the list of banned books for burning. Read 1 book with a seasoning or herb in the title. Completing the delicacy will net you 6 XP.
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Robbing Robin Hood
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Robin Hood has lost his hood! You never thought you'd see the day, but some bandits on the road got the best of him and that place way down low got frozen over. You can barely stand to see him looking so sad and miserable. A local tailor offers to help but needs some leather to form into a new hat.
Provide 4 bat wings for leather and read a book with 6 or less characters in the title to provide a thin string of thread for sewing them all together. Receive 5 XP for re-hooding Mr. Robin.
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A Fairy Odd Path
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Faeries travel through thinning in the veil called in-between. Three small fairies have gone missing in the in-between. Find them before they're eaten by the Gothere Monster.Read 3 books that are in-between series numbers. i.e. #6.5 or #2.1 in a series. May be part of a collection of stories but the whole collection must be over the 100 page minimum (a collection will only count towards one of the numbers). Fairies are forgetful but always thankful and after you remind them they provide you a Heal Potion and 2 XP for the rescue.
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The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side
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The tavern has heard rumours of a food critic in the area. The owners want to create a new specialty. They've heard of something called a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich being served over in Wintershaven. They ask you to check it out and bring back the parts to start making them.
Read a book where the author or a character has the initials PB. Read a book that starts with the letter J (indefinite article may be ignored). Then spell out the word BREAD using spell-it-out rules. Finally assemble it using a knife by reading a book from a series that starts with I. Earn 12 XP when the sandwich is complete.
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Questanomics
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Novel Kingdom is dangerously close to entering a time of deflation. Queen Skye has been advised that she wants a nice healthy rate of inflation around 2% to maintain price stability and maximum knight employment. She is worried that if the kingdom falls into deflation everyone will hold onto their gold since it will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. She's even heard that there is novel hoarding going on! Help Queen Skye inflate the kingdom!
Read 3 inflationary books. Inflationary books have a "number" in the title. The number should be inflated to the next higher number as the series number. See link for examples of inflationary language.
Example:
For a Few Demons More - The Hollows #5 (four -> five)
Something Wonderful - Sequels #2 (one -> two)
Receive 8 XP for saving the economy.
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more simple quests...
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These quests will help you heal either directly or through their rewards. Note that some of the quests in the potion section can also provide healing benefits.
Healing - Expired 3/15/15
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You wish to learn more about healing to better arm yourself for battle. Spend some time researching different methods.
Read up to 3 books with titles containing healing words (Heal, cure, rest, blood) or synonyms of these words (verify words through mods if unsure.) Each book will net you 1 Minor Heal Potion (hide spoiler)]
The Academy - History
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The Academy's History department is in desperate need of new history. Queen Skye has assured them that you are the very best in inventing new history for the students to learn. Don't let her down!
Receive 10 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion after compiling all the following history: (Note: first publication date is used for when a book is published.)
• Sort your to-read by date added. Select one of the first 4 books (oldest books). If one is a series book you may substitute an earlier book in the series.
• Read a book published the year you were born.
• Read a book published the month you were born. (year does not have to match)
• Read a book published the day you were born. (year/month does not have to match)
• Read a book set around 50 years in the past.
• Read a book set around 100 years in the past.
• Read a book written 20+ years ago
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Crazy Cat Lady
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On the edge of town there is a strange house. Sometimes you wander past and ponder if some wizard drank too much mead and accidentally cast a growing spell on an old boot. The lady who lives inside is frantic because her cats have gone missing. She would like you to find all 7 of her missing cats.
To find a cat, find a mention of a cat in a book and quote the sentence where the cat is mentioned. Cats are individual creatures and there can only be one found per book. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Receive 5 XP and 1 Heal Potion for finding all 7 cats.
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New Gang in Town
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There's a new gang in town and they're moving in on your territory! Never mind that you aren't actually in a gang for them to move in on but it's the principle of the matter! Do whatever you need to so you can win back your town.
Check the last 9 books you read before May 1st, 2015. If there have been more male authors then your target is the new female gang. If there has been more female authors then your target is the new male gang.
Read new to you authors of the appropriate gender to chip away at the rival gang. Gender should be the real life gender of the author and not their pen name (unless unable to find).
Reduce the rival gang by 3 to gain 4 XP.
Reduce the rival gang by 2 more to gain 4 additional XP.
Eliminate the rival gang by reducing 3 more to gain 4 additional XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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The Academy - Literature
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The Academy's Literature department has fallen on Hard Times. The Book Thief has been plaguing their halls! They're so desperate they'll even take Little Women to help out. It's a Brave New World and they have Great Expectations of what you could do to help capture this fiend and bring him in for Crime and Punishment.
Receive 10 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the literature department.
• Read a book with a single character in the title (Not A or I) B is for Burglar, X Marks the Scot
• Read a book with a greek letter in the title Alpha One, Omega Days
• Read a classic or literary classic
• Read a book with a preposition in the title
• Read a book with a conjunction in the title
• Read 2 books that have homophones of each other in them. (The Winter Sea and All the Light We Cannot See - Sea/See)
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Ubiety in Perpetuity
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The local librarian (a powerful political position in Novel Kingdom) is walking around looking frazzled in the tavern. You gently take the book out of his hands and notice it's a dictionary. You ask him what the problem is. "I just can't find the word I'm looking for! Property of something or other!" You calm him down and assure him that you'll help find the word he's looking for.
Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large aspect of the book reflects the words definition.
• Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
• Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
• Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
• Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
• Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
• Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
• Adaptability - capable of being adapted
Read 3 books for 4 XP.
Read 5 books for 7 XP.
Read all 7 books for 10 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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The Academy - Geography
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Novel Kingdom is having some problems with geographical dissenters. The rogue group is calling themselves Novelarian Flat Page Society. They believe that all of Novel Kingdom exists on a single sheet of paper in a single book in the Great Reader's library. The head of the geography department is beside himself. Help him map out the world and prove that Novel Kingdom actually rests on the cover of a book laying on the Great Reader's coffee table.
Receive 12 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the geography department.
• Read a book set in country where you live or come from.
• Read a book set in a foreign country.
• Read a book set in imaginary country.
• Read a book set on the continent you live on.
• Read a book set on a continent that isn't North America or Europe
• Read a book with mountains on the cover
• Read a book with river/sea on the cover
• Read a book with valley on the cover
• Read a book with forest on the cover
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Tournament of Alka
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The Queen is sending a contingent of riders to the The Alka Tournament of Sinj. You bravely step forward when the Queen asks for volunteers and proclaim in a loud voice that you are the best horse rider and alka stabber in all of Novel Kingdom. The Queen quickly agrees with you and sends you off to represent the Kingdom.
To compete in the tournament you need to have a horse. If you do not have one you may read a book with a horse on the cover to borrow one.
You also need a 3m long spear (read a book that's 300-399 pages or a book that has something spear-like on the cover) and alka (read a book where the author's initials (all listed) can be found in ALKA)
To spear alka roll a dice and read a book that is that number in a series.
For competing in the tournament receive 5 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
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Idiots and their Idioms
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The local fool is wandering around town speaking in riddles... or at least you think they're riddles. He keeps talking about wanting a cup of joe, but you can't figure out how Joe (the 300 pound farmer down the road) could fit in a cup. Then he told you to eighty-six the moldy bread and you told him who would want eighty six pieces of moldy bread... Then he started talking about having a field day with the new rat stew recipe in the tavern but he wasn't even in the field that day. You really must help him regain his sanity so he doesn't keep spouting off gibberish.
Read 5 books that contain different idioms to help the fool (whoever he or she may be) learn to speak correctly. Earn 7 XP and 1 Minor Heal potion for achieving enlightenment.
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Essentially Oils
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Merlin, a local alchemist/wizard/general-jack-of-all-trades has asked you to find him some essential oils. He finds that they cure an amazing number of random ailments and he can take credit for their amazingness all by himself.
Find 6 essential oils.
Find 2 by spelling their name via Spell-it-Out
Find 2 by finding the word in the text of a book
Find 2 by finding them on the cover of one or more books (Example: Rosemary = 1 book with rose on cover, 1 book with lady named Mary on cover, or Tea Tree = 1 book with tea on the cover and 1 with tree on cover)
For providing Merlin with 6 essential oils receive 2 Greater Heal Potions plus 1 XP per book used.
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A Nap is Always a Good Idea
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You've been questing for months, in fact it might be almost a whole year now. You're tired. The rats are cutting into your Sunday rest day. The goblins are gobbling up your weeknights. The bats are battering your psyche. Even the rocks are causing your day to get a bit rocky. You need a nap. But first, the perfect nap spot!
First you find 2 trees near each other with a book with at least 2 trees on the cover.
Then construct a rope ladder with 5 goblin bones and 12 rat tails to bind them together.
Finally, weave together 10 bat wings to form the perfect hammock.
Afterwards take a wonderful nap for a full heal and 10 XP.
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5,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after traveling 5,000 leagues that there's really nothing more that would surprise you down there. You've seen all the fish, sunken ships, sharks and mermaids that you could ever care to see in the sea. Just make sure to take some pictures so you can have a few rounds bought for you at the Tavern after you've returned.
Travel 5,000 leagues and take pictures! Reserve a wonderful spot at the tavern for all your stories.
Leagues may be travelled by reading books. 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)
Examples:
512 page book -> 5 hundred pages -> 2^5 = 32 leagues
1072 page book -> 10 hundred pages -> 2^10 = 1024 leagues
Reward: The tavern owner was so impressed with the number of additional customers your stories brought in he has provided you 2 Greater Heal potions for your effort. You also gain 5 XP for your travels.
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more healing quests...
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These quests will grant you potions directly or allow you to acquire them through exchange.
Timewalker - Expired 4/15/15
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You're sitting in a tavern sipping ale and listening to the mumbled conversation around you. A woman sits down across from you. "I need your help! My name is Diana Bishop and I desperately need help recovering a variety historical manuscripts." You agree to help her.... for the right price, and set your course towards discovering old texts.
Read a book first published in each of the following years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Each year completed will earn 1 XP. Complete all years to earn 1 Time Walking Potion.
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Time For the Dead - Expired 6/15/15
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Nick the Necromancer finally has his huge pile of bones. He starts trying to cast spells but they keep fizzling. Trying again to avoid having an angry necromancer on the loose, you suggest that maybe his antique hour glass might be a few grains short of an accurate time piece. You offer to make him a brand new clock for timing his spells, even though you are starting to wonder at the wisdom of having a somewhat inept necromancer working magic in your town.
Read 12 books, each one initially published in a different month. (Example: January: Uninvited published Jan 2014). +1 XP for each book read. +1 Damage Potion for completing the clock and unleashing the necromancer on your town. (Bonus 2 XP if all the books are from the same year.) (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
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The Kindness of Strangers - Thanks to Margaret for the quest!
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You are trekking through the kingdom and come to a fork in the road. A three pronged fork to be exact. Being the intrepid adventurer that you are you take the only logical course and pull a die out of your pocket.
Roll the die!
You take your path according to the side now showing.
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You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.
A dwarf monk named Marros has misplaced his bible and needs your help to find it. To help out Marros, you need to read one book that meets one the following requirements:
1. Religion plays a part in the story
2. Has a religious figure as an MC (e.g. priest)
3. The first name of one of the MCs is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
4. The author's first name is Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
5. There is a religious item on the cover of the book
For helping Marros you receive +1 XP and a Healing Potion.
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You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.
A wizard named Cruamros is a bit of a clumsy wizard and has cast a spell on his pet cat. The cat has turned into a toad. To help the wizard restore his cat to its former self, you need to provide Cruamros with one of the following items which will help him cast his reversing spell on his cat:
1. A mushroom
2. A flower
3. A stone
You need to read a book that has one of the items above on the cover, as part of the title or is mentioned in the book (provide page number and sentence the word is used in).
For helping Cruamros you receive 1 XP and a minor poison potion.
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You meet a blacksmith named Kevdak. The Queen has ordered Kevdak to create a special shield for her son's 8th birthday. The shield will have the picture of an animal on the front. But Kevdak doesn't know what animal to use. To help Kevdak, you must read a book with an animal on the cover, or an animal in the title, or an animal or child plays is a major part of the plot of the story.
For helping Kevdak you receive 1 XP and an enhanced weapon potion.
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Note: Only one path may be done per adventurer.
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Mesomegomediment
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You're sitting in the tavern enjoying the new specialty Drop Bear Steak and a man sidles up to you. He smells of beer and stale sweat which you suppose isn't all that different from anyone else around the bar or even the bar in general.
"Hey, I heard you know things. I'm looking for these scrolls, they sound kind of the same. Know what they are?"
You're not entirely sure what he's talking about but you figure that with the condition he's in, he would accept anything resembling the right answer.
Read 2 books with a word in the title with the same prefix and 2 books with a word in the title with the same suffix. (Chart) Receive 1 Time Walking Potion and 4 XP for giving the man his answer.
Example:
The Angel Experiment - Merriment in the Museum (-ment)
C is for Corpse - Carpe Corpus (corp-)
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They Vant to Suck your Blood
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It's warm and sunny out in Novel Kingdom and you'd like nothing more than to go hiking in the woods and enjoy a nice picnic complete with Drop Bear Burgers and Lemonade. You've just gotten into the forest when the mosquitoes attack! Little bites all over your body feeling like you've descended to the 7th level of Hell, Violence. You frantically try to cover up but they've grown superior and beat back your every attempt at salvation. You're only hope now is to squash every last one of them in your trusty Ye Old Flysquatter.
To squash the mosquitoes:
• Read a book with irritating/annoying character or book that was annoying to you
• Read a book where someone bites
• Read a book with blood on cover or in title or series
• Read a book you were itching to read
Squashing the mosquitoes will bring on a sense of self satisfaction, inner peace and net you 5 XP and a Minor Poison Potion.
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Hot or Not
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Lady Adelaide is one of the most eligible bachelorettes in the region. She sits down at the tavern mumbling "I'm all hot and bothered about Sir Quinn." You inquire as to if that's a good thing and she likes the knight. She glares at you. "No! I'm hot because it's the middle of summer and I'm bothered because Sir Quinn is a ninny. He bought me chrysanthemum instead of roses!" You venture over to Sir Quinn and inquire if you can help though you're unsure as to if you should also offer your sympathies.
- Read 3 books with flowers on their cover to make a bouquet (Extra 1 XP if they are all roses)
- Read a book that takes place in summer
- Read a book with a beach picture on the cover. Or book with beach related object on cover.
- Read something hot (steamy book topic, set in a hot climate or even a bestseller)
- Read a book that has been made into a summer movie. Or it would be great summer movie
7 XP and 1 Damage potion for helping Sir Quinn.
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Collect them All
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They're everywhere! Bugs here! Bugs there! Bugs everywhere! Capture them all before the whole kingdom is overrun with the creepy crawlies.
Collect 100 bugs. Each instance of a bug found in a book may count, multiple instances may be found in each book however books with insects found may not be used for other tasks. (Find Items Potion may be stacked for this quest). Bugs include Ants, Beetles, Flies, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and anything else you would denote as a creepy crawly.
For capturing all the bugs earn 10 XP and 1 Time Walking Potion.
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Relay Race
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The annual Novel Kingdom Olympics are just around the corner and you are one of the brave, the proud, the lowly messenger runner. Nevertheless, it is your job to ensure that all the surrounding kingdoms are formally invited to come and participate in the festivities. Your job is to run to each town delivering the invitation.
The complete route is as follows:
Stop #1 - Paperville - 120 Furlongs
Stop #2 - Novelette - 80 Furlongs
Stop #3 - Kindletopia - 200 Furlongs
Stop #4 - Nookestern - 100 Furlongs
Stop #5 - Booksylvania - 250 Furlongs
Stop #6 - Omnibuskee - 60 Furlongs
Stop #7 - Scrollern - 150 Furlongs
Stop #8 - Blogia - 175 Furlongs
Stop #9 - Novel Kingdom - 40 Furlongs
Every letter in a books title, authors first name and/or authors last name may count as a Furlong. You may choose to include any or all of the segments. In the case of books with 2 or more authors any one of the authors may be chosen to be used. Books with subtitles include the subtitle in the count. Punctuation and spaces do not count towards a letter count. The exact Furlong count must be reached at each stop to complete that leg of the journey. (http://www.wordcounter.net/ is a useful tool for counting letters, use the characters (no spaces) after deleting any punctuation)
Example: 120 Furlongs
Me Before You Jojo Moyes = 11 + 4 + 5 = 20
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling = 31 + 2 + 7 = 40
Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
20 + 40 + 60 = 120
Stops must be completed in order.
Complete the first 3 stops to earn 10 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
Complete the next 3 stops to earn 13 XP and 1 Find Items Potion.
Complete the last 3 stops to earn 15 XP an 1 Damage Potion.
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Scrounger Hunt
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It's the 1st annual Scrounger Hunt in Novel Kingdom! Queen Skye has been plagued with requests for various things that her subjects need and has found a clever way to make everyone happy. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of things that people need.
Scrounger List
• Turmeric
• Cinnamon
• Rosemary
• Ginger
• Basil
• St. John's Wort
• Garlic
• Steel
• Copper
• Silver
• Gold
• Cotton
• Silk
• Fabric
• Dye
• Candle
• Wax
• Ink
• Paper
• Bowl
Each scrounger list item may only be found once. Items are found in the text or title. of a book. Only one item may be found per book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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These quests will get and enhance your horse, a must for any serious adventurer or any who hate to walk.
Two Empty Halves of Coconuts
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An important step in any young knights life is his first horse. Actually, once you get a horse you don't take nearly as many steps. So maybe it's really that the beginning of the end of steps is acquiring a horse. No matter what, it's a good thing to do.
To acquire a horse you must have perseverance, persistence, perspicacity, performance, perfume and various other per related things.
Find all the items to receive your very first horse.
1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chic lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.
You may choose 1 of two horses. You may also name him as he is now your horse.
Horse 1 is a American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons.
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If it Sounds like a Horse...
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Ser Amanda is back from visiting from the neighbouring kingdom of Storyfornia. She has brought with her flock of Sheep to shear on the Sea Shore. She motions you over.
"I have lost my shears and cannot shear my sheep by the sea shore! Whatever shall I do!"
You tell her not to worry and that you'll help her shear her sheep. She promises you a warm horse rug in return for your help made of the finest fleece.
• Mine some metal in the Novel Mines - Read a book with a miner
• Pay the blacksmith to form the shears - Pay the blacksmith with a gold covered book
• Create a Sheep Pen - Spell out the word PEN
• Herd the Sheep - Read a book with a dog on the cover
• Shear the Sheep - Read a book with a sheep in it
• Skirt the Fleece - Read a book where the main characters job is cleaning
• Dye the Wool - Read a book that is 90% one color on the cover
• Spin the Wool - Read a book with 3 O's in the title
• Knit the Blanket - Read a book that has multiple story lines that merge together
For helping Ser Amanda shear her sheep you receive 1 warm horse rug which allows a horse to make one of your attacks an area of effect attack.
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These quests will net you gold, useful for exchanging things with your fellow heroes and buying things from Jack and Jill's.
Run Alex Run!
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You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee! The Great Novel Dragon is here and craves the taste of men!" You sit pondering this statement for awhile and conclude that that probably explains some of the gender ratio of the realm. Blinking a few times you clear your head and decide you should probably help maintain the ratio and charge in to help Lord Alex escape certain lunch.
Find the direction words north, south, east and west each in a book or book title (one per book). Lord Alex gladly pays you 10 Gold for helping him escape. He also promises to buy you a round at the local tavern but you're understandably wary after hearing about his last joke where he put the magic frog powder in Lady Tea's drink and turned her into a frog for a week.
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Lady Kelly's Missing Quests
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After hard day hunt, you enter into the Tavern looking forward to some cool ale and maybe some nice stew you know that's simmering in the back. After all it was you who brought rat meat for it. You're sitting at your table, drinking ale and thinking about quests that are waiting for you tomorrow, when you hear sniffle behind you. You turn around trying to find where the sound came from, but only Lady Kelly is sitting in that direction. You're little scared to approach her, after all she's the Master here, but your kind heart can't say no to a damsel in distress. As you start approaching Kelly, you hear her muttering "They are gone. They are all gone. What am I supposed to do now?!" and she starts crying again. You sit beside her, offer her your not so clean handkerchief and ask her what's wrong. Through tears you find out that someone broke into her room and stole all her future quests.
"All future quests?! But how's that possible? There are no thieves in Novel Kingdom! I'll help you Lady Kelly. Don't worry, you'll have your quests back!?" you yell and storm out of Tavern to find a thief.
To find Lady Kelly's quests read 2 books where someone steals something and 2 books where someone finds something. (use your imagination ☺)
Lady Kelly will gladly pay 10 gold for her missing quests.
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The Many Voices of Lady Zuzana
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You walk into the square and see Lady Zuzana waiving her hands around trying to communicate with the merchant. You come closer and hear: "Do you speak English?" The merchant stares confused. "Mluvíš česky?" Still nothing. "Parlez-vous français?" Nothing. "Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Parla italiano? Fala português? ¿Habla usted español? Вы говорите по-русски? Govorite li hrvatski? Talar þú íslensku? Spreekt u Nederlands? Μιλάτε Ελληνικά;..." Lady Zuzana tries many different languages, but the merchant still doesn't understand her.
To help Lady Zuzana in her communication with the merchant, read 2 books originally written in your native language and 2 books originally written in another language. Lady Zuzana will gladly pay 10 gold to find common language.
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Ser Amanda's Cryptic Caper
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Minding your business you slowly stroll on the square and see Ser Amanda looking at the notice board. You're pretty interested what is she looking at cause it could be new quest for you. You come closer and look at the paper. Something is written on it but it doesn't make much sense to you. You look at Ser Amanda quizzically. "I found it under the door this morning and can't figure out what it says so I decided to put it here and maybe someone will be able to solve it." You're pretty intrigued now about what that note says and decide to give it a try.
Baff wuia! Duh xcicraw vu pufqa vksp zuwa. Vu esispk vksp thapv duh iaaw vu pgaff uhv bumw ZUWA. Pam Cxciwc bsff rfcwfd gcd 10 rufw eum vksp xdpvamd.
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Lady Rachel's Debut
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The local theatre offers an open practice session to allow Novelarians the chance to see free performances and the actors the chance to practice in front of a live audience. You saunter in to get out of the sweltering heat outside and start to eat your giant turkey leg and side of tomato. Lady Rachel is up on the stage facing a grubby little trained pet goblin when she trips over her skirt and falls backwards. The director yells at her, "You're supposed to kill the goblin! Not the other way around!" Both Lady Rachel and the goblin stare at the director. Seeing the opportunity to help, you jump up (spilling your turkey leg and tomato onto the floor) and announce that you know how to make a great goblin sword that can easily pretend to smite a pet goblin. Running out of the room you go and search for the materials.
Gather 3 goblin bones, then read a book with a grey cover to gather the metal, then forge the metal and goblin bones together with a book that has fire (exact word, though, may be part of a larger word) in the title or series. The director will gladly pay you 10 gold for setting the show back on track.
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Sir Zee's High Flying Adventure
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Wandering about nearby woods you find Sir Zee sitting on the fallen tree and looking up. You sit by her and try to find what's keeping her so transfixed. You see tiny dots high, high above in the sky. "Don't you think it would be great if we could fly?" Sir Zee says. You look at her strangely, but make no comment. "Just think. You are up there. Wind is blowing in your feathers. You can see so far away and you are free to go where you want." You look again at those dots in the sky, not really thrilled with Zee's idea. You really prefer standing on firm ground. "Oh, and do you know what would be even better?!" Zee looks at you, eyes shining with excitement. "Just when you reach that perfect speed and perfect height, you stop. No flapping your wings or anything. Just let gravity do it's business. Oh it would be such great rush!" You smile at Sir Zee patronizingly and hoping she doesn't notice you turned little green at her great idea.
To help Sir Zee achieve her dream of flying (and falling from the sky) read 2 books with something that can fly and 2 books with something very high on the cover. Sir Zee will gladly pay you 10 gold for her flying experience.
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Sir Audrey Jane Break-in
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You just finished killing your last monster of the day when you check the time (Sun is just nearing horizon). You figure you don't have time to go home and change, but luckily that last kill didn't mess with your shiny armor. You just polished it last night since you've been invited to the dinner at Sir Audrey Jane's. You are really looking forward to that dinner since she just got back from Hobb'ton and everyone knows that Hobb'ts like fine cuisine and always have plenty of food and love parties. You reach Sir Audrey Jane's place and see her standing in front of her door, grocery bags on the ground around her, and she is searching her bags like crazy. "What happened?" "Oh, it's you. Is it time already? You won't believe what happened. At last moment I remembered I forgot to purchase something for dinner and went to the market just to figure out I forgot my key. Again! We can't get into the house!"
Read 3 books showing something through which you can enter a house and 1 book where there is break in. Sir Audrey Jane will gladly pay you 10 gold to help her enter her house without a key.
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Lady Shanna and the Case of the Blueberries
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You pass group of young squires sitting and talking. You can't not notice they are retelling Lady Shanna's Blueberry Adventure. You smile to yourself. It is great story, but like in many stories some things got changed with each retelling. And not to mention not many people know what happened after. Lady Shanna went to the field again day after and she picked some blueberries for herself, but nobody told her that those berries shouldn't be eaten fresh. She started eating them while picking. "Spit them out!" said the white horse. "But they are so tasty." "Spit them out!" All of the sudden, Lady Shanna's nose started turning purple. "What is happening to me?" yells Lady Shanna while continuing turning purple and starting to grow round. "I told you to spit them out. Everyone who eats them fresh ends up as blueberry and nobody knows why."
Read 2 books with blue covers and 2 books with round object on the cover to help Lady Shanna out of her blueberry-ism. She will gladly pay you 10 gold.
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Lady Dani Lost and Found
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Lady Dani and you walk down the lane. Every now and then she stops and picks pretty stone for her collection. After a while you see old man coming towards you. "Hello there strangers! Oh, what pretty stones you have there my lady. I have something that will make your collection even prettier" and he pulls from beneath his cloak smallish stone with gold flecks on it. You are all excited (because it's gold!) but Lady Dani knows her stones and asks to look it closer (because everyone knows that those gold flecks are probably pyrite). She examines it closely and is pretty sure it is real gold. "Where did you find this stone?" "Not far from here. There is abandoned gold mine not many knows about. I could give you map for small price - all your pretty stones." Lady Dani doesn't really want to give her stones, but opportunity to find more gold is huge. She agrees and gives her stones to old man and gets map for them. Two of you follow directions on the map and soon come to big hole in the ground. Since Lady Dani is expert here, you agree that she should go down and explore while you keep guard. Lady Dani goes in and starts going down the many halls. Left. Right. Left. Right... Until she comes to the main chamber and sees gold vein in the wall. Lady Dani is very happy and turns around to go to you and share her news, but then she finds out that she's actually lost.
To help Lady Dani to find her way out of the gold mine, use this map and Lady Dani will gladly pay you 10 gold when she gets out.
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These quests will net you weapons or weapon enhancements that can be useful in fights.
Spock Guardian of Forever
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Mr. Spock has traveled back in time using the Guardian of Forever and gotten lost! Help Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew search for their beloved friend.
Search for Spock in Books - Spell out the name Nimoy using Spell-It-Out Rules.
Search for Spock in History - Read 3 books written by Leonard Nimoy or set in outer space.
Search for Spock in the Hearts of Men - Read 3 books about sports, dogs or food.
Search for Spock in our Memories - Read 3 books about history or set in the past.
Search 1 location to gain 3 XP.
Search a second location to gain an additional 4 XP.
Search a third location to gain an additional 5 experience.
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Death's Requests
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Death comes to you and asks a favor.
I NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE
You wonder what those items may be. Surely Death has everything he needs though since you cannot take it with you maybe he has nothing. You inquire as to his list of needs.
TERRY PRATCHETT HAS REQUESTED SOME ITEMS TO BRING WITH HIM
• Spell out the word PRATCHETT for 5 Discworld books (5 items)
• Read a book where the author or a character has the initials TP for some much needed toilet paper (1 item)
• Read a book where a character has Alzheimer's disease for social awareness (1 item)
• Read a book with a hat (on or off a person) for a black fedora hat (1 item)
• Read a book with a knight for a knight medallion (1 item)
• Read a book with a sword on the cover for a handmade sword (1 item)
• Read a book with a mainly green/yellow/purple cover for octarine sunglasses (1 item)
• Read a fantasy book for a little bit of magic (1 item)
• Read a book with a monkey in it for a donation to the Orangutan Foundation UK (1 item)
• Read a book set in outer space for a telescope (1 item)
Acquire 3 items to gain 3 XP.
Acquire 3 more items to gain an additional 4 XP.
Acquire 4 more items to gain an additional 5 XP.
Acquire all items to recover Death's Gratitude. Death has offered you one wish to lower the starting hit points of a creature by 10.
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Slingshot: The Art of Manliness
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You come up along side the road and spot a small boy trying to hit milk bottles with a sling shot. Sadly, broken slingshots do not work nearly as well as unbroken ones do. The boy looks sadly at his slingshot and asks if you could possibly help him make a new one.
Help the boy make 2 new slingshots and receive one of them as his gift to you.
Find 2 books whose title starts with the letter Y to make the branches.
Find 2 books that have something that can bounce on the cover to make the sling.
Construct the slingshots by reading a book with a handyman or carpenter as a main character.
Slingshot: Uses 1 nut to reduce a monster's health by 1. Does not use a turn. However, you can shoot a maximum of 3 nuts per round.
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Practice Makes Perfect
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Technology is a wonderful thing... usually... when it works. But most of the time it's good... really. The local tinkerer has a new toy that he wants to have you try out. He promises it's better than the auto-rat tail generator that got into an infinite loop and nearly filled the whole castle with fake rat tails.
All he needs is a few items and it will be perfect! He swears.
Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble.
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
• Wire - Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
• Energy - Read a book with a light or sun on the cover.
• Anti-Matter - Read a book where something exists that no one believes in.
• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.
Receive 5 XP and a Growth Weapon Enhancement bauble. The growth weapon enhancement bauble will increase damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3). Quest may be repeated once for a bauble for your other weapon. When calculating values based on attack power of weapon, each round it must be re-evaluated.
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From the Pieces Comes Greatness
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A small little boy named Arrow lives on the outskirts of town. He was a bright boy. Quick as an arrow was the description from all the townspeople. Though he grew up poor, he always had a smile for his neighbors and would stop and help whenever he could.
Sadly upon his 8th birthday, he was dared by a group of the local boys to climb the tallest tree at the end of Mulberry lane. He had made it halfway up when he heard a snap. The next thing he remembered was blinking in the harsh light of the local healers house.
The local healer has done all she can for Arrow. He is almost completely healed now and able to move on his own, but he has not been able to speak since the accident. His parents have asked for your help to assist in letting Arrow speak again.
Read 3 or more books. The first word of each of the books (main body of the text, including any prologue) should be put together to form a grammatically correct sentence. The sentence may be in any language, and the word may be translated directly from one language to another.
For helping young Arrow, his parents bestow unto you a magical arrow endowed with the power that you have restored to their son. This arrow can be used one time (ever) and will hit with damage equal to twice the amount of words (books, up to a maximum of 10 books) that you have provided to Arrow.
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Pipsqueak
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Who ever heard of a talking mouse? Maybe in a Disney movie... well definitely in a Disney movie. Or maybe a book... or a genetic experiment gone completely wrong or maybe someone made one of those animal to human speech converters and attached it to the little furry throat of one of these things.... ok fine, it's possible.
Your new little friend has requested some tasty morsels for eating and is willing to trade something amazing that he found in your attic.
You do wonder why you have to pay for your own item but what he's asking seems reasonable enough.
Provide a tiny feast for your friend by doing the following two tasks. Must be fresh books. (Read after 9/1/16)
- Read 10 tiny books (under 100 pages, this overrides the general 100 page minumum).
- Read 5 in-between books (books in-between the main series numbers, example: #2.5, minimum 100 pages)
Receive 5 XP and 1 Magik Shard - Increases base spell damage by 1 on any spell.
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These quests will get or enhance your bunny.
The Easter Bilby
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Rabbits have overrun Novel Kingdom! They're eating all the carrots needed for Sewer Rat Stew and eating all the lettuce needed for Bat Wing Wraps. They must be stopped!Lady Renee gave up her birthday wish to bring the Easter Bilby to Novel Kingdom to help fight back against the menace. Complete all the tasks to capture all the rascally rabbits eating our veggies.
Capture the Rabbits:
1) Read a book where someone has a pet rabbit.
2) Read a book with a rabbit on the cover.
3) Spell out the word RABBIT using spell-it-out rules.
4) Read a book with the word rabbit in the title or series.
5) Read a book featuring chocolate or where the main character is a pastry chef.
6) Read a book set during Spring.
7) Read a book with an invasion in it.
8) Read a book where the main character is a doctor or vet.
9) Read a book where there is an Easter celebration.
10) Read a book with grass on the cover.
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Your hero needs all the comforts from home. No hero has really made it while they're still sleeping on a pallet in the middle of the woods. These quests will help you get set up with a nice home and things to go inside.
Sticks and Stones may Build a House
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The local barracks are getting a bit stuffy for your sensitive knightly tastes and you're looking to expand into something more cushy that can house your collection of miniature poodle figurines.
Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.
Pick one of the following houses to add to your possession.
You get 2 XP for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things.
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Kitchen
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Home is where the heart is and the kitchen is where the stomach is. You feel like you've gone months without a good solid meal in your tummy. Chocolate eggs just aren't cutting it anymore for you. A sensible solution seems to be to install a kitchen in your house. You're not quite sure how to actually cook anything but some of the people over in the Queens kitchen seem a little dim so it can't be too hard.
Note: This quest requires a house to complete.
To construct your kitchen complete the following tasks:
• Build the oven - Read a book that takes place in a hot climate.
• Build a fire place - Read a book with a red cover or one about firefighters.
• Hang a pot - Read a book about a witch or a chef.
• Build a sink - Read a book with a body of water on the cover or one that takes place mainly near or on the water.
• Buy bowls - Read a book with the word bowl (exactly) in a quote from the book text.
• Buy spoons - Read a book with a reflective object on the cover.
• Buy knives - Read a book where someone gets stabbed.
• Add meat hooks - Read a book where someone dies.
• Build a pantry - Read a book with someone who likes to shop a lot.
• Build a spice rack - Read something spicy (romance)! or something with peppers on the cover.
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Clinomaniac
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Every morning, you wake up at the crack of dawn. You squint, blink your eyes several times, then yawn, close your eyes again, grumble, thrash around, pull your sheets up, push them down, itch, grumble, then finely pry yourself out of bed to face the day. Your pallet just isn't cutting it anymore. You have a severe case of clinomania and need a better bed to give in to your deeper issues. Luckily, the town woodworker is willing and able to help you on your quest.... for a price.
Requires House.
Gather 4 large logs for the bed legs. Each log may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.
Gather 4 rails for the sides. Each rail may be found in a book over 500 pages.
Gather fabric for the mattress by reading a trilogy.
Gather feathers to stuff the mattress by reading a book with a chicken or duck in the story.
Receive 10 XP and a Bed for gathering all the materials. Bed will heal you 1 HP every Sunday.
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1600 Count Rat-Tail Sheets
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The local tailor has offered up his services to weave together the finest of rat tail sheets. He has warned that the more provided the better quality sheets he can make. The finest weave comes from only the highest quality of rat tails. You sigh just thinking of the comfort.
Requires Bed. (Find Items Potion works for this quest. However, each segment is separate.)
Give the tailor 10 rat tails for a Low Quality Sheet. (Restores 1 HP every Sunday)
Give the tailor another 20 rat tails to upgrade to a Mid Quality Sheet. (Restores 2 HP every Sunday)
Give the tailor another 30 rat tails to upgrade to a High Quality Sheet. (Restores 3 HP every Sunday)
Upgrading your sheet uses the existing sheet. Only one sheet exists at a time.
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Merely The Softest
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It's winter now... it's been winter for awhile. The snow is on the trees, it's on the ground... it's in between your toes. Gosh it's cold. Your teeth chatter together, your lips chatter together. You stop to ponder how cold you must be to have chattering lips.
Your nice rat tail sheets are great for summer but you really need to invest in a blanket. You plead with the local tailor to sew you a comforter and he agrees... for a fee.
Requires Bed and Requires High Quality Sheets.
Give the tailor 5 gold and 10 Merely Kat Pelts. (Restores an additional 1 HP every Sunday)
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The Kitchen That Cleans Itself
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Your kitchen is nice, but nice isn't what it's cracked up to be. Your neighbor, Missus Birdy, has had her kitchen entirely redone. She can cook bread in half the time! Her mouse meatballs are just the right amount of crunchiness. She's even been selling leftovers to the tavern for all the drunks. You have a strong case of the green eyes of jealousy.
Remake your kitchen to be even better than Missus Birdy's. Requires kitchen.
• Cook 5 things in your kitchen (after 4/1/16)
• Read a book that has a chef in it.
• Read a book where someone eats a delicious meal.
• Read a book where someone eats a terrible meal.
• Choose a new stove by reading a hot book (environment, steamy, etc.)
• Choose new cabinets by reading a book with something wooden on the cover.
• Choose a new sink by reading a book where someone is on a ship (water ship or space ship)
• Choose new lights by reading a book with a lightning storm in it.
• Install your new potion unit by reading a book with the letters POTION in the title but not the word potion.
Receive 5 XP and a new kitchen. Your new kitchen comes complete with a sink unit that drips health potion. Wait one week to harvest a Minor Heal Potion, two weeks to harvest a Heal Potion and three weeks to harvest a Greater Heal Potion. Potion gathering restarts after harvesting.
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The Lantern to Light Your Way Home
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Your house looks very dark at night. Very dark indeed. The shadows linger on the steps and under the windows. A sinking feeling forms in the bottom of your stomach as you realize that your home is a prime target for thieves and other ninjas of the night.
Light would fix the shadows, you think.
Create a lamppost for your front yard. You may complete this even without a house, but it will be a lonely lamppost.
- Read 5 500+ page books to build the post.
- Read 1 book with a light on the cover to light the lamppost.
Reward - 10 XP, 1 Mercenary Coupon.
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These quests will net you recipes or ingredients for cooking in your kitchen.
Spice Exchange - Repeatable Quest
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Salt is a wonderful mineral that can be used to enhance the culinary aspects of many dishes. There's a particularly grimy old spice trading man who's definitely worth his salt. Though you should take it with a grain of salt, his salt is especially fine and salty. He likes to taunt you that you're not a good enough chef for his salt and he really rubs salt in that wound. Prove to him that you're not below the salt and become the great chef you know you can be! Only to do that... you need some salt.
Read 4 books each with at least one of the following qualifications: (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
• 50% or more white cover
• Title begins with S, A, L or T
• The word salt (exactly) appears in the book text
Receive 3 servings of salt for use in cooking.
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Picking Herbs - Repeatable Quest
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Herbs are another important aspect to cooking culinary cuisines. Herb Macklefinger is the local Herbsman. He traipses through the woods and selects the herbiest of the herbage to tempt herbivores to commit herbivory. He is willing to trade some of his herbs if the price is right.
Read 4 books each with at least one of the following qualifications: (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
• 50% or more green cover
• Title begins with H, E, R, B (Indefinite article may be ignored)
• The word herb (exactly) appears in the book text
Receive 3 servings of herbs for use in cooking.
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You're all nuts! - Repeatable Quest
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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many squirrels, she didn't know what to do.
She gave them some nuts without any thought;
And they rose up before her and started a coup.
Sitting sadly at a table in the tavern is an old lady missing all her nuts... or maybe she is totally nuts... it's hard to tell. She tells you a sad story about the loss of her home to a terrorist uprising. You decide that you might be able to evict some of those squirrels and reclaim their nuts to add to your own sense of sanity.
Quest may be repeated once each month. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
Spell out the word SHOE using spell-it-out rules to evict the squirrels for the month. They are persistent though and will reclaim the shoe at the 1st of each month.
Receive 3 nuts for evicting the squirrels.
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Drop Bear Feast
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Lady Karen has stopped by from the neighboring village and the Queen would like to hold a special party for her birthday! She's asked you to help cook up some of Lady Karen's favorite things. Lady Karen is especially fond of grilled Drop Bear steaks. You eagerly agree to help in hopes that you can repeat the recipe later for your own gastronomical delight.
To cook a Drop Bear Steak: gather 1 drop bear meat, sprinkle with salt. Grill for 3 minutes per side. Garnish with 1 sprig of herbs.
(Requires: 1 Drop Bear meat, 1 Salt, 1 Sprig of Herbs and Kitchen)
Drop Bear Steak: Restores 7 hp. May only be eaten at rest.
To acquire Lady Karen's recipe complete the following: (The Queen would be very upset if you ate one before feeding the guests.)
- Deliver 3 Drop Bear Steaks to the castle
- Read a book with fruit on the cover and read a book with a cake on the cover for desert
- Read a book with a silver cover or with silver in the title or series for a platter to deliver the food on
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Here Birdy Birdy (acquire Falcon)
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Lady Sonia is in town to celebrate her birthday with Queen Skye. She brought along her beloved pet falcon named Beta Test. Beta left hunting this morning but never returned. Lady Sonia is beside herself with grief and asks for you to help return her falcon to her.
First you must track the falcon. You decide to follow the trail of mutilated, eaten mice. Spell out the word MOUSE using spell it out rules.
Then you must set a falcon trap. You need some netting and a lure. To make the netting read 3 books with a net on the cover or set at sea. To get the lure read a book about fishing or one with a rodent or bug on the cover.
Finally read a book with a bird on the cover to capture Lady Sonia's falcon.
Lady Sonia is so happy with the return of her falcon that she gifts you one of the falcons eyasses. Your baby falcon will return with 1 piece of mouse meat every week on Sunday.
To cook Mouse Meatballs: gather 1 mouse meat, grind, form into ball, sprinkle with salt. Bake 1 hour.
(Requires: 1 Mouse meat, 1 Salt and Kitchen)
Mouse Meatballs: Restores 3 hp. May only be eaten at rest.
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When Two Become One - Repeatable
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You stumble out of the Tavern late one night. On the side of the road a small boy is crying holding a dirty stuffed bear. You slur your words but manage to get out "Wazzz up boy? Nuh use cryin."
The boy sniffs and holds out his teddy bear with an arm ripped off. You decide that you can fix this particular problem. Rummaging around in your pocket, you find an egg that some lady handed you in the Tavern. Shrugging you smash the egg on the ground, grind up a goblin bone and spit in it. You smear the mixture on the bear and stick the arm back on. It instantly seals to the bear stronger than ever.
The boy gingerly takes the bear back and whispers "Thank you."
Mix: 1 Egg, 1 Goblin Bone and 1 Book with a main character whose first or last name starts with S.
Reward: 1 Book Glue. Glue 2 books together to make a bigger book with the combined total of pages.
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These quests are simple quests that net experience for your hero.
Tavern Games
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The local tavern is looking to drum up some new business and has started a game night. The game is called Shipzee and was invented by local sailors to play while on long voyages. Try your hand at it. There is a prize for the winning knight!
Roll 5 Dice. Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title. (7 XP if series number is chosen, 9 XP is words in title is chosen.)
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Spring Cleaning
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The old armor smith found a stockpile of gold in a nearby mountain and up and left! The Queen has asked you to clean out all his old junk and get the smithy ready for the next master smith to live in.
Read a book on your to-read shelf that has been there for more than a year. 1 XP per book (Max 5 XP).
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Quick! Lies!
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You stumble up to the gates of the nearest town desperate for a nice cozy, rat infested room at the inn. The guards stop you and ask for your reasons for visiting. Not willing to spout your real reasons, you quickly spin a tale explaining the purpose of your visit.
Read up to 5 books and construct a story using their titles as part of the tale. Post your tale in the tavern when done. (1 XP per book, 1 additional XP if all 5 books are used)
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Art Extravaganza
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The Queen is setting up her annual Novel Kingdom Show of the Arts. She'd like you to help organize the paintings into pairings pleasing to the eye.
Your job is to help organize the paintings. Start with a book, choose an alternative cover then choose another book with a similar cover to the alternative one. You may link up to 5 books together. (2 XP for 2 books, 1 more XP for 3 books, 2 more XP for 4 books, 3 more XP for 5 books)
Note: You may use one of the covers from the edition you've read but you don't have to. Books with only one cover are not eligible for the quest however you may use covers from another language of the book.
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A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar....
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You blink your eyes as you hear Mr. Stevens repeat his joke for the seventh time.
"The kitten says that her milk is buzzing and the cow replies yes, but that's better than moooooving?" You finish off the joke.
Mr. Stevens blinks at you. "Well... err... yes... I suppose I have told that one a few times. Can you ask around to find a new one I can entertain people with?"
Read a book that has a good joke in it. Then spell one of the words (over 3 letters) in the punchline using Spell-it-out rules.
Once you have finished your joke receive 1 Heal Potion plus 1 XP per letter spelled and 2 additional XP if the word is 5 or more letters.
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Baby Baby Toil and Trouble
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Lady Karen has just stumbled into town carrying a small baby she found in the woods. She looks a bit haggard and you wonder why.
"Please help me! I found this baby in the woods!"
You agree to help and start to run around gathering baby supplies.
Read a book with a cow to get some milk.
Read a book with the word rattle in it to get a baby rattle.
Read a book with a towel or sheet on the cover to get a baby wrap.
Read a book with a bed or house on the cover to get a crib.
For helping to take care of the baby, you get Lady Karen's eternal gratitude and 6 XP.
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Schoolmarm
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You've been sitting in remedial hero class for a week now. You knew that goofing off at your yearly exam was a bad idea but you had no idea it was this bad of an idea. The lectures are actually starting to melt your brain, you feel it oozing out your ear.
*SNAP*
The Schoolmarm's ruler comes down on your desk. She demands that you run off and find 3 chalks of exactly the right length or you'll be sitting through another whole week of this.
Read a book with a title of exactly 5 characters.
Read a book with a title of exactly 8 characters.
Read a book with a title of exactly 13 characters.
(Spaces and punctuation do not count, letters and numbers count.)
Reward: Not having to sit through another week of classes.... and 5 XP.
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Taste the Rainbow
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Queen Skye has been moping around the castle. It's gloomy outside and dark and drab and grey. She'd like a bit of color in her life. It's always good to be on the Queen's good side.
Read a book that is either primarily (75%+) the color or has an object that is commonly that color in the book's title.
+1 XP for each color, 2 additional XP for all colors.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink
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Queen Skye's Winter Holidays
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Queen Skye can't wait for the winter celebrations to start, but she's more of an ideas person than a completer-finisher, so she needs help getting everything ready!
Decorate the palace
More than anything the Queen wants a fabulously decorated main hall, with banners and lights and - of course - a beautiful tree!
Tree
First, find a tree, by spelling out SPRUCE (must use NEW books, read after you start the quest, to avoid premature needle-drops)
Next, wrestle it into a pot by spelling out POT
Finally, make sure it's nice and straight by reading a book with a tree on the cover
On completion of all three parts, you get 10 XP
Now the tree is positioned, it's time to decorate it and the hall! Go crazy here, finding books with things to hang from the tree or on the suits of armour and weapons around the hall.
Colour scheme:
you can use: up to 6 books with colour covers to set the colour theme. You get 1 XP for each book you use (to a maximum of 6 XP), You can choose to have as many different colours in your scheme as you like but for each different colour you use you LOSE a point. So, if you have 6 books with 6 different colours you will get a total of 7 XP; if you have 6 books all in the same colour you will get a total of 12 XP
- 1 colour = 6 XP
- 2 colours = 5XP
- 3 colours = 4 XP
- 4 colours = 3 XP
- 5 colours = 2 XP
- 6 colours = 1 XP
For the purposes of this, use TinEye, and the colour cover must be 60%. No debate over what TinEye says, however wrong you feel it to be!
Decorations:
In addition to books for the colour scheme, you can hang up to 10 items on your tree / around the hall, using items on the cover, 1 XP for each item hung (i.e. maximum 10 XP). Feel free to be creative, and to brag about your tasteful / gaudy decorations in the Tavern!
Festive Entertainments
The Queen is planning a big party, and needs you to set up some entertainments for her guests.
'Twas the Knight Before Christmas
An interactive, immersive performance of the famous poem.
Set up the interactive elements!
"not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" - guests make sure no mice are stirring by poking rat bodies! You'll need to catch (kill) 4 sewer rats
"stockings were hung by the chimney with care" - let the guests hang up the stockings: read a book with a stocking (or sock) on the cover
"Mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap" - provide guests with hats to wear: read a book with a person wearing a hat/head covering on the cover
"eight tiny reindeer [...] he called them by name" - guests must match the antlers to the reindeer: provide name tags by spelling out one of the reindeer names (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen)
"a little round belly /That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly" - just in case they can't imagine it, guest can feel the quivvering of the jelly - read a book tagged Humor (at least 1 tag)
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" - the cheerful ending will have guests waving to "Santa" as the curtains close. In the absence of Santa you will have to press into service a Yeti (kill either Big Heart or Snowflake Heart)
On completion: 10 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion and 1 Minor Poison Potion
Uncommon Monster: Snowflake Heart
A large silvery Yeti that only shows up during snowy holidays. It has 6 limbs and icy armour. In order to start fighting it you will need to throw a Phoenix Feather at it (uses a turn - it will attack you first). You can throw a Phoenix Feather as your attack, for 20 damage. (Population: 6)
6 Attack 66 Health - Reward: 6 XP, 1 Snowflake Arm
Note: you get Phoenix Feathers after you acquire Falala in the From Ashes Comes My Bird quest
Skye's Solstice Present Surprises
Skye has set up a lucky dip for her guests. Read one of the 2020 NBRC Books of the Month (can use from your tote if you already read one) for 1 Minor Heal Potion
Festive feasting
The palace chefs have refused to make everything for the feast, so each guest must bring along at least one meal of their own (you can bring more if you want). Make a festive meal!
Your meal must have 16 ingredients, found by scavenging food words from within books. You can find:
- 12 ingredients in books of 500+ pages
- 8 ingredients in books of 201 - 499 pages
- 4 ingredients in books of 100 - 200 pages
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These quests will net you gold, useful for exchanging things with your fellow heroes and buying things from Jack and Jill's.
Lady Teresa in Tights
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Lady Teresa comes into the Tavern very excited. 'Have you heard? We are going to have a real performance in the Theater. Some group is coming to town and they are going to preform for us. Look!' and she pushes torn ad into your hands. You look down and see advertisement for troupe called 'Men in Tights' that are going to preform their version of Robin Hood. Looking at the image below the title you see that all actors are male. 'This should be interesting' you think remembering Robin Hood story. 'I know! And there is a prize! If you can answer the quiz question, you get to meet the actors behind the stage! Don't you think that would be great? But, I can't figure out the answer. I looked everywhere but I can't find what are the actors names.' She looks at you sadly and you decide you'll try to help her.
To figure out actors names you need to read 2 books written by male authors and two books where author uses only his/hers initials instead of full name. Lady Teresa will pay you 10 gold for backstage pass.
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Ser Rebecca's Private Performance
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Still high from her great performance in Theater, Ser Rebecca strolls into the Tavern where she saw some strange man sitting. 'There she is! Star of the night. Please take a sit and we'll have a little chat. Actually I have little business proposal for you.' 'Um, business proposal?' 'Yes, I'm looking for unique talents and your performance was brilliant. If you say yes, you'd travel all over the Kingdom or even wider. I even heard Queen Skye would like private performance.' Ser Rebecca starts to think private performance! Traveling all over the world! No more monster that attack when you least expect... 'Where so I sign?' 'Not so fast, my knight. First I'd need to hear few more songs to be certain that you are talented and that your performance wasn't just beginners luck.' Ser Rebecca runs back to Theater to get her goblets and finds knights, that were before in the audience, around her cart spilling water and smashing her goblets. 'What is going on?' she asks you. 'Well, after your performance someone started selling mulled wine that was poisoned. Now they are afraid that everything here is tainted.' 'What am I going to do now?' asks Ser Rebecca as her dream of fame and fortune falls apart.
As we all know, you are very tenderhearted so you decide to help Ser Rebecca. Read 1 book where character is involved in music, 2 books with body of water on the cover and 1 book that has object in what you can keep/gather water on the cover. That will restore Ser Rebecca's 'instrument' and she will gladly pay you 10 gold for it (and probably send you few postcards from her travels)
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Lady Tea in Wonderland
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Lady Tea is out walking and sees a rabbit darting through the woods. Thinking it may be one of the magical egg laying bunnies she sets off in pursuit. The rabbit darts into a hobbit hole on the edge of town. Never one to turn down a hobbit hole, Lady Tea pursues the rabbit. As soon as she steps inside she falls down a deep hole. She sees a tiny door and a bottle named "DRINK ME". She shrugs and downs the unknown concoction then starts to shrink to a tiny size! Looking around she sees a piece of cake labelled "EAT ME." Growing wise, she pockets a piece of it and heads through the door. On the other side she munches on the cake and returns to her previous size.
After stumbling around for awhile she sees the rabbit sitting at a table with a tea party set out. Smiling to herself she sits down deciding that tea is much better than what else may lay in this crazy world. Lady Tea hopes that others will be told about where she's lost.
Recount Lady Tea's story by reading a book with trees on the cover or one with short people (hobbits/dwarves/etc.) to set the scene. Then read a tiny book (100-150 pages) to tell about shrinking Tea. Read a big book (500+ pages) to tell about making Tea big again. Then read a book with a cup of tea on the cover or one where drinking tea is mentioned in the book to tell about the party. Lady Kelly will gladly pay you 10 gold for helping describe where Lady Tea is lost.
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Lady Eni's Cinnamon Sticks
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Making Pasteis de Nata is not an easy task. First you need to keep your hands cold for the puff pastry to be smooth and perfect. That means having a bucket of water with lots of ice nearby to keep dipping your hands in. Then is spending hours by a low fire stirring to get the perfect custard. Next comes the wait for them to bake, and the worst part is to avoid eating them while they are fresh from the oven. After conquering this mighty task, Lady Eni only needs some cinnamon sticks to ground and some icing sugar. Easier said than done since some mice had a late night party and now the icing sugar bag has a nice hole in it and is spilled on the floor. Also the cinnamon sticks are all chewed down. Oh no! There is no way she can present her Queen pasteis de nata without ground cinnamon or icing sugar to sprinkle on top. What to do? What to do?
Replace the chewed sticks: Read 2 cinnamon books (*)
Find some icing sugar: Read a white cover book
Serve the pastries: Read a book where the main character loves to cook or does some yummy treats or owns a bakery or food shop.
(*)Cinnamon books: brown cover, cinnamon on cover or title, Series or Main Character's name has at least 2 letters from cinnamon. Any character (or pet) is named Cinnamon or Cin.
Lady Eni will gladly pay 10 gold for help with her pastries.
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Sir Reva's Forecasting
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Sir Reva is frantic! There's planting to be done and seeds to choose and the local weather magician hasn't given an accurate weather forecast in months! She wants to fit as many vegetables as possible into her garden since her kitchen is almost done and there's cooking to be done and health points to be had. She wonders if cherry tomatoes are just as good as the big ones and if they are smaller and are ready sooner. They must be tasty since people eat them. As you approach she's wandering around her garden muttering to herself about unpredictable weather and vegetable yields. You cautiously ask if you can help. She turns to you and says, "Well you can start by figuring out what vegetables would be best and provide the biggest benefit in the least amount of time per crop ratio. Oh, and any knowledge of future infestations and plagues would be useful."
Read 2 books where someone predicts the future or is sent to the future and 2 books featuring farmers or economists.
Sir Reva will gladly pay 10 gold for accurate predictions of the future and vegetable benefits.
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Sir Nancy of the Helen's Game of Choice
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Going through Knightlys (our local newspapers, in case you didn't know) Sir Nancy of the Helen finds an interesting article about a new game called Gameball. Since the knights got a little lazy over the winter and warmer days are coming, this game would be great opportunity to get the knights back into shape. Going through the description of the game, she decided it would be easy task. Sir Nancy goes out and puts a note on the message board looking for knights for a team. If she gets enough players and they are good enough, maybe later she would challenge teams from neighboring kingdoms.
Read a book where character plays sports (professionally or recreational) or has job involved with sports to create team for new game.
Read a book with green cover for team uniforms.
Read a book with round object on the cover for ball.
Read a book with doors or columns on the cover to represent the goal.
After you have everything prepared for the game, go to Sir Nancy of the Helen and request your 10 gold for effort.
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Lady Cait's Streak
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Lady Cait has been hanging out around the tavern and is on a streak! She's so nervous about breaking her streak that she can't stop talking about it. Unfortunately, the tavern is loud and those nearby can't hear her very well. An old man wanders up to her and tells her that if she has a streak on her clothing she can get it out with the soap that his wife sells. Another younger, more attractive man comes up and says that Lady Cait can streak anytime she wants. Lady Cait's eyes go wide and she mumbles something about the wrong kind of streaking. Finally, a shady looking man walks up and says the only foolproof way to maintain a streak is cheating by magic. Lady Cait looks at them all in disgust and storms off. You catch her right before she leaves and offer to help.
Read 1 book with a piece of clothing (without the person in it) on the cover for the old man.
Read 1 book where someone is caught in a compromised situation for the young man.
Read 1 book where someone uses magic for the shady fellow.
Read 1 book where someone wins a game for Lady Cait's true streak.
Lady Cait will gladly pay you 10 gold for helping her maintain her cleanliness, clothliness and morality.
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Sir Angel's Story
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Since weather was beautiful and warm last few days, the heroes decided to throw a little bonfire party near some nearby woods. As it usually goes, after few ales and delicious drop bears steaks, it's time for scary stories. After a couple of pretty tame stories, Sir Angel thinks it's time to share her adventure... "...and then I entered the woods following Ser -- tracks. Luckily moon was full so I could see almost everything otherwise I'd have to wait till morning. I heard sound away from the path and when I looked that way I saw a man. It had to be Ser -- so I went toward him calling his name. I guess he didn't hear me as he continued walking and at one point I lost him as there was huge tree on the way. When I got to that tree, I froze." You look around and all heroes are sitting on the edge, listening carefully. "On the ground were Ser -- clothes, but he was nowhere to be seen. And going away from the clothes I could see paw tracks. Big paw tracks. And then I heard it...." You start biting your nails. "Howl! But not normal wolf howl. This one was terrifying! It made my blood run cold." Silence. "Don't you see?! It's obvious, Ser -- is shapeshifter!" Everyone (but you) starts laughing hard.
Read a book tagged as paranormal or fantasy, read a book with animal on the cover (preferably dog/wolf but not required), read a book with moon on cover or in title or series and read a book where someone goes through some change. Bring this collected evidence to Sir Angel so she can prove to other heroes she was telling the truth and she'll pay you 10 gold. (hide spoiler)]
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These quests will net you gold, useful for exchanging things with your fellow heroes and buying things from Jack and Jill's.
Lady Gesa's Rumbly Tummy
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On a one fine day Novelarians decided to have little spelling contest. Every hero ran to library to find dictionaries and tried to learn all those obscure words so they can win a prize (a jar of honey). Only Lady Gesa didn't do anything. After all, she grew up speaking German and who could forget all those nice words like Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. The day has come and the heroes go up on stage. Lady Gesa, full of herself, just smirks at other heroes trying to cram in that last word before show-time. The local librarian goes from hero to hero and lets them pull the words out of a hat. Words like tomato, peanut, pancake, hamburger start coming up and Lady Gesa remembers she didn't eat anything that day. Her stomach starts to growl. The librarian is getting closer and closer and Lady Gesa's stomach is getting louder and louder. Lady Gesa is afraid she'll die of mortification if this doesn't end soon. Finally the librarian calls for a break and Lady Gesa looks at you to help her out and bring her something to eat.
You run home to check your pantry for ingredients.
Read a book where both author initials can be found in BREAD for bread.
Read a book with a vegetarian character for lettuce.
Read a book with a yellow cover for cheese.
Read a book with an animal on the cover or someone who works with animals for meat.
You gather ingredients and quickly make tasty sandwich for which you'll get 10 gold from Lady Gesa.
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Captain Morgan and the Tower of Books
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Captain Morgan stands in the middle of her living room and sighs heavily. All around her are towers and towers of books just waiting for a strong breeze to topple. And please don't even mention those scattered in other rooms. She looks at you. "So you are looking for a bunny book? I know I have at least one but as you can see it's a little hard to find it quickly. Let's start with this pile." She approaches nearest tower and starts checking titles.
Read a book with book on cover or tagged as book about book to collect all Captain Morgan's books in one place.
Read book set in wooden area or has wood/tree on cover to get wood for shelves.
Read a book where character works with wood, is handyman or works in construction to have someone to build those shelves.
Read a book with something vertical on the cover to make sure books won't fall from shelves.
Bring finished bookshelves to Captain Morgan and she'll give you 10 gold for it.
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Lady Cathy versus The Rat Stew
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After being badgered for months by Lady Tea, Lady Cathy finally decided she would go into The Tavern and try that rat stew. Everyone says it's delicious, but Lady Cathy is a lady and she'd never eat something so disgusting as rat. Actually, it's not her first try. A few months ago she did go to Tavern but when the time came to make an order she asked for ale. Just mentions of rat in stew makes her feel ill.
To help Lady Cathy to brave her disgust of our local delicacy, start by reading book tagged as cooking or food or with food on cover.
Then read a book with recipes to find perfect one for stew that Lady Cathy will like.
After that read a book where letters R, A, T can be found together (in any order) in title to make sure there is a rat ready.
And finally read something delicious.
After making such perfect stew, serve it to Lady Cathy and she'll reward you with 10 gold.
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Something Old
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Sometimes old things have value. An old coin preserves the history of the past. An old book preserves lore of the past. An old sandwich preserves.... well, most things have value.
Novel Kingdom is hosting it's first antique convention. You'd like to set up a booth to sell some of your older possessions in hopes that they're worth more than expected.
Sort your to-read list by date added. Gather 5 books that are either in the first 25 listed or that were added before 2015.
One of your antiques has hit gold! It's way more valuable than you thought. Receive 10 gold for your hidden treasure. Unfortunately, the others are more like sandwiches...
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The Steelers Gang
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Lady Karsyn runs into the tavern! Her hair is amok, her dress is amok, her shoes are amok, she is just generally amok. You inquire as to the state of her amokness.
"I've just been robbed by the Steelers Gang! I've always admired them from afar. They're just wonderful to watch work. All precision and stamina. But this is taking things too far!"
You agree that it's much better to watch and hear about thieves than be the subject of such a situation. You decide you should try to help to ensure that Lady Karsyn wants to stay in Novel Kingdom for a longer visit.
Read 2 books about thieves or where something is stolen to get into their mind. Read 1 book about a trap being set to set your plan in place. Read one book with 300-310 pages to set the timer on the trap and watch it fall into place.
Lady Karsyn is so pleased with the return of her valuables that she gives you 10 gold for your help.
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These quests will get and enhance your shield. The shield is a powerful piece that is gained from acquiring gems from 5 different monsters.
One Shield to Rule Them All
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One Shield to rule them all, One Shield to find them,
One Shield to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Broken Spines where the Shadows lie.
A shield has been recovered from the depths of the Great Novel Forrest. It is rusted and grimy but radiates a great power. The local blacksmith speaks of a legend of 5 Gems of Power that when inserted into a powerful shield will grand the user many boons.
He then offers his services (up to 25% off and more!) to polish up the shield you found in hopes that it may at least make a good pastry plate.
The blacksmith needs some steel wool (a grey covered book) to polish the shield and smooth oil (a smooth book) to make it shine.Then you must find the 5 Gems of Power and insert them into your shield.
White, Purple, Blue, Red, Green
Reward: One Shield - Negates one attack point from physical enemy attacks.
The Gems must be activated to achieve their full power.
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The Power of Blue
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The blue gem represents resilience. When activated it bestows you with a feeling that you can withstand anything!
Requires completed shield from "One Shield to Rule Them All"
Read a circle of 8 character links. Entire name must match. Character must at least have a speaking role (or a significant active non speaking role). Either first or last name can match. Book 1 matches a character with Book 2. Book 2 matches a different character with Book 3.... Book 8 matches a different character with Book 1.
Example: Book 1 has a character named Tom Jones. Book 2 has a character named Tom Brody and Alice Jane. Book 3 has a character named Allen Jane .... Book 8 has a character named Bob Amber. Book 1 has a character named Bob Jenkins.
Activates the blue gem in the shield - halves damage of one turn per week (Sun to Sat).
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The Power of Green
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The green gem represents growth. When activated it helps you grow into a better healthier hero!
Activate all the natural elements. Find each item on the cover of a book.
• Sun
• Mountain
• Trees
• River
• Cloud
• Lake
• Grass
• Sky
Activates the green gem in the shield - adds 1 to max HP.
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The Power of White
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The white gem represents purity. When activated it helps you purify your hero when tainted.
Activate all the pure elements. Read a book with each of these words in the title or series.
• Pure
• Golden
• Light
• White
• Silver
• Angel
• Heal
• Magic
Activates the white gem in the shield - allows you to purify your hero once each calendar month. Purifying your hero will remove any lasting effects from monsters (e.g. disease).
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The Power of Red
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The red gem represents power. When activated it helps to supercharge your hero for a short time.
Read 3 sets of uncharged and charged books. To charge a book take an uncharged books title and add one word to it.
Examples:
Darkest Night charged to The Darkest Night
Shift charged to Night Shift
Activates the red gem in the shield - allows you to double your attack power for one turn once a calendar month. (Includes weapon enhancements, does not include pets attack, only includes one strike during the turn so either slingshot or sword or staff may be doubled.)
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The Power of Purple
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The purple gem represents royalty. When activated it restores your hero to former health.
Gather all the parts of history so time can be rewound.
Read one book from each of the following time periods: (At least half the book should take place in the time period.)
• Future (10+ years)
• Present (within 3 years each direction)
• Recent Past (4-10 years ago)
• Past (70s-90s)
• Early Years (1700s to 1960s)
• Distant Past (1000s to 1600s)
• Ancient Past (0 - 1000s)
• BC (Any time in BC)
Activates the purple gem in the shield - allows you to restore your HP to the HP you had before a fight once a month.
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These quests will grant you potions directly or allow you to acquire them through exchange.
Alchemy That!
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(Tasks must be completed in order)
The local Alchemist is a student of Dr. Cottage. He ushers you into his laboratory promising great and mighty potions if you can just help him out with some of the ingredients. You agree a bit warily remembering your last run-in with Dr. Cottage's protegees.
"Ahh the potion that I want to try first is a delicate blend of boar liver, scat of mongoose and tree sap."
Cringing a bit you agree to look for the items.
Boar Liver may be found in books containing a boar or pig (dead or alive).
Scat of Mongoose may be found in any book taking place in Africa.
Tree Sap may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.
You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Weakening Potion.
Weakening Potion - Reduces your attack power to half of normal for both sword and staff (rounded up).
"Oh my.... that's not what I wanted it to do."
You feel a bit woozy and have to sit down for awhile.
"Don't worry dear Chap. This one is foolproof! I just need a vial of duck feathers and 3 eyeball of newts."
A vial of duck feathers may be found in books where there is a swamp or wetlands.
Each eye of newt may be found in a book with an O anywhere in the title.
You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Transmogrification Potion
Transmogrification Potion - Transforms 1 dropped item from a common monster into any other dropped item from a common monster.
You glance at The Alchemist. "Well...", you say. "It's certainly interesting. Though I'm not sure I need my goblin bones to be bat wings...."
The Alchemist sighs. "Don't worry. This last one will work for sure! All we need is all the vowels."
Find books that start with A, E, I, O, and U to provide all the vowels to The Alchemist.
For giving the Alchemist all the vowels, receive 1 Pet Plus Potion.
Pet Plus Potion - Doubles the effects of any pets of the hero for one week.
"Oh, Mr. Alchemist! I love it! Fido will be so happy!" You happily walk away with your potions, hoping you don't mix them up.
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The second-somewhat-monthlyish Scrounger Hunt
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It's the second-somewhat-monthlyish Scrounger Hunt in Novel Kingdom! Queen Skye has been pleased with the response of the first hunt and has decided to offer rewards for the other items she has received requests for. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of things that people need.
Scrounger List
• Fleece
• Fur
• Needles
• Thread
• Linen
• Perfume
• Pearl
• Oil
• Wine
• Wool
• Spices
• Fish
• Calamine
• Treacle
• Spectacles
• Wainscot
• Incense
• Ironwork
• Clocks
• Pewter
Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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Scrounging is as Scrounging does
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Queen Skye is preparing for the annual Boo fest. It's the tradition in the town to read scary books, sitting in scary places, dressed in scary things, generally being scared. She'd like to accumulate some scary things to decorate the town with for the enjoyment (and terror) of all her citizens. She is offering reward potions to those who bring back items on her scrounger list of decorations.
Scrounger List
• Apples
• Broom
• Bats
• Black cat
• Candles
• Cauldron
• Cobwebs
• Coffin
• Corpse
• Demon
• Eyeballs
• Frogs
• Ghost
• Grim Reaper
• Jack O Lantern
• Monster
• Nightmare
• Poltergeist
• Skeleton
• Undead
• Vampire
Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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Deck the Halls with Scrounged Items
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Queen Skye is frantic! Her staff have lost all the decorations and the annual Christmas Holiday Bash is just around the corner. Help her gather new decorations for the castle!
Scrounger List
• Candle
• Tree
• Mistletoe
• Lights
• Candy
• Cane
• Peppermint
• Holly
• Festive
• Joy
• Sparkle
• Star
• Ornaments
• Tinsel
• Santa
• Chimney
• Present
• Naughty
• Nice
• List
• Yuletide
Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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Tell No Tales
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Roacher the Bard is not a very good bard. He cannot sing. He cannot tell tales. He cannot even dance the jig. Roacher is desperate for someone to help him learn his craft and is willing to provide you ample compensation for your efforts if you will help.
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Queen Skye was the ____adjective____ Queen in the entire world. She ___verb past tense____ everyone in Novel Kingdom. But the ___noun___ she cared for the most was ___proper noun___. ___Your Hero Name___ wanted to be her ___noun___. It went ___Adverb___!
The End.
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Collect the following types of words from titles of books. Only 1 word per book title (it does not have to be the whole title). Once complete, fill them into the story in order and post in the tavern!
• Adjective -
• Verb Past Tense -
• Noun -
• Proper Noun -
• Noun -
• Adverb -
Reward for posting completed story in the tavern is 6 experience and 1 Potion Token.
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The Addict in Me
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You feel your fingers start to twitch and your eyes go wide and bloodshot. You haven't had a fix in weeks! Oh, it's nothing a 12 step program would solve, nothing that would get you thrown in jail or shunned from most societies... but you just can't help yourself. You just need a fix of a very specific things.
AHHHHHH you can't stand it anymore!
Give into your urges and get a fix of a particular author or series. Read 5 books by the same author or in the same series to start feeling normal again and promise yourself that you'll get the help you clearly need.
Receive 1 potion token and 3 experience for fulfilling your urges.
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Ring in the New Scrounged Items
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After an exhausting Christmas Bash, Queen Skye just wants to rest. However, her advisors keep making all these resolutions for the kingdom. Help them get off to a good start.
Scrounger List
• New
• Resolution
• Year
• Time
• Passing
• Weight
• Happiness
• Job
• Clean
• Parade
• Read
• Challenge
• Goals
• Beginning
• End
• Start
• Health
•Travel
•Volunteer
•Extravaganza
•Noisemaker
Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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The Blackest Eye
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Young Knight Winster drags himself into the tavern looking rather worse for wear. Though you wonder who would wear a knight. It wouldn't be comfortable, they tend to wear armor and pointy things. Really, saying something like worse than fuzzy slippers or worse than soft robe would make more sense...
Winster coughs pulling you out of your thoughts. He starts to moan about training and mean pranks by senior Knights. You make sympathetic noises and head off to get him some supplies.
Give Winster 5 Drop Bear Meats to keep on his eye to reduce the swelling.
Give Winster 1 pointier sword by reading a book with a sword or dagger on the cover.
Give Winster some life experience by reading a book where someone learns a big lesson about life.
For helping Winster out receive 5 experience and 3 Potion Tokens.
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The future is now! Well, really the present is now. The future can't be now. It's impossible. Unless... time travel. If you time traveled back to the present then the future would be the present, or at least the future self would be the present but now the future self is the present self and drat... The present is now!
Queen Skye has asked you to review future copies of books. You assure her that you'll try your very best to review the closest to future books that you can acquire.
Read 3 books that are advanced copies or first published after 4/1/16.
Receive 5 experience and 1 potion token for your almost future reviews.
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These quests will get you your puppy. The puppy can be enhanced through training through Jill.
The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom
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Queen Skye has just gotten a puppy from the royal canine breeder. It is an adorable puppy with bright blue eyes and an inquisitive personality. She has launched a campaign across Novel Kingdom to name the royal puppy. The winner of the naming campaign receives their very own puppy!
Search far and wide for the perfect name!
- read a author with same first name as you
- read a book that starts with your first initial
- read a book that starts with your last initial
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial
- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling)
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list
- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.)
Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians.
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There's really no way to explain any better than to say, this is the quest for people who kill things that breathe.
Rocky the Rock
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You know a lot of adventurers have pets... but cats and dogs and horses and bunnies and falcons and squirrels take things like food and water to stay alive. You prefer pets that do a little more giving than receiving. Plus, nothing says defense like something you could pile on top of each other about a million times to make a giant stone wall....
Acquire 5 pebbles to receive your very own Rocky the Rock pet. Rocky will subtract 1 attack point of any creature.
You may use another 5 pebbles to paint on a face and give Rocky real pet status. Rocky will then heal you 1 HP at the end of every battle.
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These quests will help you heal either directly or through their rewards. Note that some of the quests in the potion section can also provide healing benefits.
Everybody Lies
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You have a terrible rash.... well everywhere. It's itchy and scratchy and is stopping you from your love of murdering small fuzzy smelly sewer rats. You've been to Dr. Trowel over in Papeville and Dr. Winchester over in Novelette and even visited the local healing mage Mr. Smile. None of them were able to help. At your wits end you go over to The Academy Teaching Hospital to visit Dr. Cottage the best diagnostician in the region.
Dr. Cottage comes to the door, sneers at you and lets you in. You fumble with your hat then step inside.
"Ummm... Dr. Cottage.... I was told you would be able to help me with my rash. I haven't done anything to cause it!"
Dr. Cottage tells you to sit then storms out of the room. You look over to a whiteboard in the room with the words "signa, causae, curae" scribbled across the top.
Awhile later a young lady comes out and says "Hello, my name is Twelve... I mean Miriam. We think you have too much blood in your body. We're going to suck some out with leeches."
Treatment 1: (treatments must be completed in order)
Spell out the word LEECH by using Spell-It-Out Rules and read a book about blood sucking vampires.
Receive 2 Healing Potions for trying the leech treatment.
The last leech pops off with a *pop* after filling it's belly with blood. Shuddering you look at your skin and sadly you are still covered with rash but now have additional leech bites. Twelve comes back into the room. "Well... that wasn't the issue but we read your horoscope and you need some Gillyweed extract."
Treatment 2:
Gillyweed is a magical plant native to the Mediterranean Sea. Read a book set in a country that borders the Mediterranean Sea to find some.
To make the extract read a book on the list of crush books.
Finally, drink a lot of water to account for your new gills. Read a book where a large part of it takes place at sea.
Receive 1 Major Heal Potion for trying the Gillyweed treatment.
After recovering from your bout of fishiness, Twelve comes in again. "I'm sorry, we've narrowed it down to your brain having too much evil and it trying to seep out of your skin. We're going to need to perform a trepanation. It's a simple procedure where we bore a hole in your skull to let the evil spirits out." Your eyes go wide. "Ummmmm" you reply. "Could we maybe just try the marigold rub I heard about?" Twelve sighs, "Ok, we can try that first but you're risking your life by leaving all that evil inside."
Treatment 3:
Read a book where the cover is bright yellow to collect the marigolds.
Then read a science book to bring medicine into the 15th century.
Finally rest a week to recover your health. (Resting one week prevents the adventurer from participating in battles but battle wait timers will still tick and quests may still be turned in.)
After receiving treatment 3 you're cured! Gain 8 XP and restore your HP to max.
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Threat of Fire: High
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Smokey the Bear would be having a fit! The gentle rolling pages of gnarled hill are brown and brittle. The peaks of Binding Mountain are so dry they're blowing away. It's ripe for a terrible book fire and no one wants books to burn, even the terrible ones.
Throw one terrible book on the fire to appease the book gods. You hate to do it but messing with book gods is an even worse fate. (A terrible book should have less than 2 stars on GoodReads. It must be rated at least once by someone other than you.)
Then water everything down to make it grow by reading a book with a body of water on the cover or one set at sea.
Finally, make Smokey calm down by giving him a bucket of berries by reading a book with a mainly blue and purple cover.
For saving Novel Kingdom receive 1 Heal potion and 3 XP.
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More Berries
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Berry pies just don't taste very good after the first year. The innkeeper has asked you to help pick some more berries for her famous triple berry pie. You gladly agree in hopes of reaping some berry good rewards.
Spell out one of the following words with title, author, series, main character rules. YUM, BLUE, RASP, STRAW. 1 XP per letter, 2 XP for completing a word (Max 1 word)
Also receive a 10 HP instant heal upon completing the quest since berry pie has a restorative effect.
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Willy Wilder and the Vegetable Factory
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It's 2017 now and you can't just give kids chocolate all the time. There are vitamins and fat content and all sorts of things to consider. Therefore, Willy Wilder has chosen to close down his factory and open the first ever Vegetable Factory to the delight of modern children everywhere.
He's giving tours to 5 lucky children! Can you get your own ticket to visit?
• Open loads of Dizzy Carrot Crunches - Read a book with a vegetable on the cover.
• Open tons of Crazy Cucumber Surprises - Read a book with a vegetable in the title.
• Hire a factory to open millions of Lettuce Lights - Read a book with a vegetarian.
• Eat as many Enormous Eggplants as you can - Read a book where someone cooks.
• Open the only Zany Zucchini that you can find - Read a book where someone doesn't have enough food.
Recieve 10 XP and 2 Major Heal Potions.
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These quests involve multiple pets that you must have already obtained.
Stress Relief - Thanks to Daphne for the quest.
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A Hero's job in Novel Kingdom is hard. There's books to read, monsters to kill, quests to track, ale to drink....
A Hero deserves some stress relief to take his or her mind off of the troubles of the world. That's where your pets come in. Why else have them? Their ability to combat monsters, find hidden treasures and seek hidden creatures is nothing on their ability to calm the troubled soul.
Play with your pets for some much needed stress relief. You must have each pet to be able to play with it.
Note for find items: Each type of item must have it's own potion and can be acted on individually by an item requirement reducing item.
Puppy:
• Make a tug toy with 2 rat tails and 1 bat wing. (Find Items Potion works for the rat tails.)
• Read a book where someone goes on vacation or a trip.
• Read a book where there is a party or celebration.
• Read a book with a canine in the book or on the cover to find your inner canine.
Kitty:
• Make a cat teaser with 1 goblin bone, 3 rat tails, and 3 nuts. (Find Items Potion works for the rat tails and nuts.)
• Read a book with catnip in the text.
• Read a book with a chase (car chase for example).
• Read a book with a feline in it to find your inner kitty.
Falcon: Must have slingshot to shoot treats.
• Exercise your falcon by flinging 3 bear meat and 3 mouse meat. (Find Items Potion works for the meats.)
• Read a book with some sort of eyesight improving item on cover (glasses, monocle, telescope, etc) so you can be ready to aim.
• Read a book with a large open space on the cover so you will have somewhere to play.
• Read a book with a bird in it to find your inner falcon.
Pet Rock: Rock must be full trained to pet status.
• Give 5 nuts to your rock for company. (Find Items Potion works for the nuts.)
• Read a book with a silver or grey cover to use to paint your nuts the color of the rock (this will totally work because the phrase is "dumb as a box of rocks" for a reason).
• Read a book with a character that is a painter so you can learn the skill.
• A book with a box on the cover to give the "rocks" somewhere to play.
Rabbit:
• Give your rabbit 5 herbs to munch on. (Find Items Potion works for the herbs.)
• Read a book with grass on the cover to give your rabbit somewhere to play.
• Read a book with carrot in the text to give your rabbit some motivation.
• Read a book with something really tall (skyscraper, castle, etc.) on the cover to provide jumping space.
Horse:
• Give your horse 5 salts to lick. (Find Items Potion works for the salts.)
• Read a book with the word apple in the text to give your horse a treat.
• Read a book with someone who rides a horse to get your horse some exercise.
• Read a book set in a place with wide open spaces to let your horse run free.
Squirrel:
• Give our squirrel 5 nuts to go run and hide them. (Find Items Potion works for the nuts.)
• Read a book with an unusual pet to have someone for your squirrel to play with.
• Read a book with a tree on the cover to give your squirrel something to climb.
• Read a book with a difficult predicament as part of the plot to give your squirrel a hard problem it needs to solve.
For each pet played with receive 5 XP, 1 Heal Potion and 1 Pet Plus Potion.
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Teach a Knight to Fish - Repeatable Quest
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Ahh, a lazy Saturday... or maybe it's Sunday. Either way, ahhh a lazy day that ends in y. You sit back relaxing on the bank of Spine River. Fishing rod in one hand, tavern beer in the other. You feel a tug on your hook. Quickly, you jump up and reel it in as fast as you can and... an old smelly boot.
Sighing in frustration, you toss it back in. Nearby you hear a man laughing loudly watching you. He walks over and shows you a bucket of fish. You ask if he'll share one of them with you. He replies "But if I give one to you, you shall have one, if you learn to fish you shall have many."
With that, your fishing lessons begin.
Part 1: Learn to Fish (not-repeatable)
Spell out the following words with title, author, series, main character rules.
FISH, ROD, REEL
Reward: Ability to Fish, 10 XP.
Part 2: Fish! (repeatable)
Find 3 of the following words in one or more books. (Multiple words may be found per book, books may not be used for anything else. Word must be exact, plurals are accepted but no other versions.)
• Fish
• Reel
• Rod
• Bait
• Bite
• Lure
• Tackle
• Cast
Reward: 1 Fish (Feed a fish to your cat to double their attack power for a week)
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What ate the sun?
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You stumble out of the tavern again around noon (you really should probably get help for that). It's oddly dark outside. Maybe it really is night time. Maybe you don't have a problem..... nope... you do.
A little girl is staring at the sky, shaking. You ask if she should be in bed. She looks at you with wide eyes and responds that it's lunch time.
You assure her that there's a rational explanation for this and proceed to try to explain it with science.
• Explain the gods are angry with us - read a book that has gods that talk with the people
• Explain a demon is eating the sun - read a book with demons
• Explain a dragon is eating the sun - read a book with dragons
• Explain a frog is eating the sun - read a book with frogs
• Explain a bear is eating the sun - read a book with bears
• Explain a werewolf is eating the sun - read a book with werewolves
• Explain a vampire is eating the sun - read a book with vampires
• Explain that the gods are battling - read a book with an epic battle
• Explain that the sky wolves nearly caught the sun and the moon - read a book where the moon and/or the sun is destroyed
• Explain that the sun and moon were having more children - read a book where someone has a baby
• Explain that the sun and moon were fighting - read a book where people make peace
• Explain that a trickster god blotted out the sun for fun - read a book with a prankster
• Explain planetary alignment - read a science book or one where someone ruins the fun
Reward: 5 XP and a "Lucky 13" collar for your cat. "Lucky 13" collar will add 1 attack to your cat. Only one collar may be worn at a time.
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Spring Forth from Randomness - Thanks to Shanna
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Queen Skye is enjoying the lovely April weather. Spring flowers and fall leaves all flowing around like a crazy whirlwind of unknown hemispheric origin. She asks her most trusted adviser Fred the Magician what the meaning of such randomness in life is. Her adviser is very upset with such a question. He tells you that "Randomness is the lack of pattern or predictability in events." But how can such randomness have meaning!
Help out poor Fred by finding meaning in the randomness.
Generate a random book. Record that book, it will be your reference for the rest of the quest. (You may generate up to two random books to choose between but have to use one of them to complete all the tasks.)
• Read a book with the same first or last name as the author of the random book.
• Read a book with the same top genre as the random book. (If no genre, guess the main genre and read from there.)
• Read a book that has the same star rating as the random book. (e.g. 3.45 rating would require a book between 3-4 stars).
• Read a book that has the same word in the title as one of the words in the random books title. (It is acceptable to translate titles to other languages if your random book is not in your native language.)
• Read a book that is the same number in the series as the random book. (If not in a series, then read a non series book.)
For helping out Fred receive a bundle of potions containing a Major Heal Potion, a Transmogrification Potion and a Shield Potion.
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May all your Scrounges be Scroungiferous
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In the midst of the chaos of the White Dragon, Queen Skye notices some of her supplies are running low. She asks if you could acquire some of these items, purely in your spare time after dragon preparedness of course.
Scrounger List
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Soap
• Bandage
• Cloth
• Cleaning
• Supplies
• Shirt
• Pants
• Dress
• Socks
• Shoes
• Hairbrush
• Glass
• Plate
• Spoon
• Fork
• Knife
• Drywall
Each scrounger list item may only be found once in the text of a book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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Barbie's Ken
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The local farmers wife Barbie is a treasure trove of knowledge. Her ken reaches far and wide on various topics. She challenges you to a knowledgeathon. You accept despite your better judgement.
Barbie challenges you to best her in the following ways:
1) Read a scientific book.
2) Read a non-fiction book.
3) Read a book with a book on the cover.
4) Read a book where a main character is in college.
5) Read a book set at least 50 years in the future.
Complete 3/5 to beat Barbie at her own game. Receive 5 XP for beating Barbie.
If you can complete all 5 you are named Ken Champion. Receive 5 more XP and 1 Potion Token for achieving ultimate ken.
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Cheaters Sometimes Prosper
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Your best friend Agnus is getting ready for the tri-knight tournament. You love Agnus but let's just say the words dirty rotten liar apply to her very well. She asks for just a little help passing the trials. You agree but figure you might need to go on a pilgrimage soon to purify your soul. She promises to hand over her entry awards to you if she gets in.
Each book must be a "cheat" when fitting it into the requirements.
Task 1: Read 1 book in each of the page categories.
- 100-300 pages
- 301 - 400 pages
- 400 - 500 pages
How to cheat: Use the page numbers from an edition you didn't read. The edition you did read must not be in the page category. For this challenge it is acceptable to read a book under 100 pages if the "cheat" version is in the acceptable category.
Task 2: Read a book with the following items on the cover.
- Cat
- House
- Man
How to cheat: Use the cover from an edition you didn't read. The edition you did read must not have that item on the cover.
Task 3: Read a book that proudly displays its award. (i..e award "sticker" on the cover)
How to cheat: Use a different edition that has the award sticker when the one you read did not.
Reward: 12 XP, 3 Potion Tokens, 3 Major Heal Potions.
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The Hairstyle Theft
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Leia Fisher is always hanging around with a bad crowd. One day she walks into the tavern. While her friend distracts the owner, she swipes 2 simply cinnamon buns from the ledge where they are cooling.
Suddenly, the owner shrieks in outrage at his missing buns. Leia runs to the back of the tavern where you are sitting enjoying some rat stew.
"Please help me," she begs. "I'll change my ways!"
You agree to help and curl her hair up and plop the two cinnamon buns into her hair. You declare her pretty as a princess and send her off.
Help Leia escape.
• Read a book where someone on the cover has long hair.
• Read a book where someone hides food.
• Read a book where someone secretly is royalty.
Recieve 6 experience and 1 potion token for your help.
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King of the Goblins
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You are reading a book in your favorite part of Erudite Park. All of a sudden, you are whisked away by a goblin to another realm.
The goblin king, Jareth Bowie, declares his love for you if only you are to obey him. You refuse and defeat him.
Defeat the goblin king.
• Use 30 goblin bones to defeat his minions
• Read a book with someone who defies authority
• Read a book where someone is taken to another world or reality.
Recieve 10 experience and 2 potion tokens for your help.
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Secrets Below the Ground
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Little Jimmy has hidden his parent's prized rutabaga somewhere. His parents are frantic with worry. The kingdom faire is only 2 days away! They were counting on the prize money to invest heavily in the wheat germ market. They ask you to please help find their ginormous root vegetable.
Little Jimmy speaks only in riddles. Decode the secret message to find the rutabaga.
09 14 - 20 08 05 - 02 01 18 14
To decode each letter, read a book where the page numbers add together to that letter's cipher equivalent.
Example: 342 pages = 3 + 4 + 2 = 9 = Decodes to I.
Reward: 12 experience, 1 Shield potion
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Scrounging a ride on a turtle
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye wants help decorating a new tower of her castle. She's heard of a little known place called Discworld and would like objects from there. Can you help collect these in exchange for some potions.
• Death
• Wizard
• Witch
• Captain
• Luggage
• Hat
• Dragon
• Turtle
• Elephant
• Policeman
• Pyramid
• Golem
• Boots
• Troll
• Dog
• Camera
• Cabbage
• Broomstick
• Hedgehog
• Staff
Each scrounger list item may only be found once. Items are found in the text or title. of a book. Only one item may be found per book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
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These quests will grant you ingredients used for spells.
From Ashes Comes My Bird
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Gregoff has a small bird. It's red. It's spirited. It has a tendency to catch on fire and burn to death. But! There's a plus. It comes back to life again afterwards. He's named this bird Falala. Although you think your friend may have some sort of strange Santa fascination, you humor him.
Gregoff is in dire straights. He's a bit of a gambler and lately the odds have not been in his favor. For the low low price of saving his butt, he'll trade you Falala.
Right before you walk away to get his payment, you ask him about the name.
He replies. "It stands for From Ashes Live Again Limited Availability."
You snort and walk away.
Pay off Gregoff's gambling debts of:
• 10 Gold Coins
• 10 Salts
• 10 Herbs
• 6 Rat Tails
• 6 Bat Wings
• 3 books with someone who is at least a millionaire (does not have to be main character)
Receive 1 Falala Phoenix and 5 XP.
Falala will die each Sunday and shed 1 Phoenix feather. She will revive shortly after to live the rest of the week.
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You Can't Close the Doors if They're Not Built
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Your horse has gotten into Mr. McRoland's garden for the third time this week! He's threatening to call the authorities on you.
You decide it's best if you build a barn of some sort. That way you can actually close the doors to keep your livestock in rather than the stern look and the word "stay" that you've been trying up til this point.
You even decide with your grand new barn that you can expand your lively collection of farmy creatures. How wonderful!
To create your barn you need the following:
• 4 books with at least 1 tree on the front for lumber
• A book with a mostly red cover to paint it red
• A book with doors on the cover because... well.. your horse has a problem.
Receive 1 barn and 5 XP.
To add a new your new farmy creature
• Read 1 book with a sheep in it
• Read 1 book with a sheep on the cover or "sheep" or "ewe" in the title or series. (may be plurals but not part of another word.)
Receive 1 Sheep. Your sheep will produce 1 Ball of Wool every Sunday.
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Birds of a Feather Probably Can't Fly Well
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A scrawny little bird hops along the pathway. Hop, hop. It looks ridiculous. Almost all of it's feathers are gone, it's tiny and hungry looking.
You look back to your lunch and sigh. This bird needs your last bit of sandwich way more than you do. You take the last little bit of bread and toss it out in front of the bird. He looks startled, then grabs the tiny morsel, gobbles it up then flies away.
You look behind and see a beautiful Bird Feather lying behind where the bird was. This gives you an idea.
Befriend the poor bird by feeding him bits of sandwich. Each meal must be at least a week apart from the last.
To feed the bird, read 1 book with food on the cover and 1 book with a bird on the cover.
Feed the bird 3 times to befriend it. (No feathers are obtained until the bird has been befriended.)
Receive 4 XP and a bird friend. Your befriended bird will come visit every Sunday and leave behind 1 Bird Feather. You may feed him again during the week to receive extra feathers.
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A Piece of Dirt to Call your Own - Repeatable
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Larry the Salesman is spectacular. He's in town and doing one of his famous infomercial sessions. Last time he was in town you bought your very favorite vegetable spiraller, which you admit would be better if you had vegetables to spiral with.
You're giddy with excitement for the big day. Larry steps up on stage, places a cutting board in front of him. A lumpy object is covered by a shimmering cloth.
Larry clears his throat. "Welcome! Ladies and Gentleheroes! I am here tonight to show you something extraordinary! This object I have before me can produce giant food out of tiny little pellets. It can be used to soothe wounds and heal skin. It can be used to assist in walking or in enhancing the look of your home. This is truly remarkable."
He whips off the cloth and everyone stares at.... a clump of dirt. At least you think it's a clump of dirt. Since Larry is selling it, and Larry is awesome, it must be something more. You hesitate but take your money up to the front and hand it to Larry. He gives you back your very own Clump of Dirt.
(Note: Larry will be here a very very long time, Novel Kingdom is ripe for the pickings with customers.)
Pay Larry 1 book with a metal in the title or series and 1 gold coin.
Receive 1 Clump of Dirt and 1 XP
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To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow - Repeatable
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It's a Saturday, a lazy Saturday. You stroll through the local Novel Gardens on your way to get Novel Coffee and Novel Crumpets.
All of a sudden a small white rabbit darts across the field and disappears down the next row. You think that this is rather odd and it gives you a vague sense of déjà vu. You hurry quickly after it (what else are you to do really).
You round the corner and stop, eyes going wide. The rabbit is there sitting on a small chair. A table sits in front of him with a large orange carrot. He delicately slices the carrot into fine pieces and pops them into his mouth, chewing furiously.
You inquire as to where he found such a lovely carrot. He responds that Old Friar Tuck grows them in his garden.
You leave pondering such gardening feats. You head back to your house, though sometimes you feel it's just an empty plot of land. A patch of land on your property seems to glow with the light of future veggies.
Start your veggie garden.
• Read 1 book with a princess to get a Snap pea seed.
• Read 1 book with a rabbit or horse in it to get a carrot seed. (Can be a mention but must be the alive animal, not rabbit stew, or a plush horse.)
• Read 1 book set at sea or with water on the cover to water your garden.
Note: Your garden can be grown year round.
Your garden will sprout one week after watering.
Reward: 1 Carrot, 1 Snap Pea and 3 XP.
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The Art of Wisping - Repeatable
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You ponder your existence in the Novel Kingdom. Sometimes it doesn't feel quite real. You wander out into the Novel Forest late at night and watch the little blinking lights of the life wisps flickering through the forest. You ponder catching one... but how...
Catch a life wisp.
Set a life wisp trap by reading one of the following books and waiting 2 days.
- A book with an almost all blue cover
- A book with candies on the cover
- A book shelved as hea (happily ever after) at least 5 times.
- A book where someone gets married.
Only one wisp trap may be set at a time.
Reward: 1 Life Wisp
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Lemons are a Girls Best Friend
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A diamond in hand
May be quite nice and shiny,
But lemons are a girl's best friend.
You whistle as you walk around town. Clearly people need to get their priorities straight. You tick off on your hand mumbling.
1) You can eat lemons and you can't eat diamonds.
2) Lemons make delicious drinks, diamonds disappear in fire.
3) Lemons grow on trees. Diamonds don't.
Acquire your own lemon tree.
- Read a book with a yellow cover.
- Read a book with someone with a sour personality.
- Read a book where someone grows up.
- Read a book with a tree on the cover.
- Read a book with water on the cover.
- Read a book with a cow in it. (Fertilizer).
Reward: 8 XP, 1 lemon tree. Drops 1 lemon weekly on Sunday. Zest your lemon for 1 Zest of Lemon (zesting may be done at any time and uses 1 lemon per zest of lemon).
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Pixie Power Girls - Repeatable
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Pixies live far away, really really far away. But luckily they migrate in the winter and therefore stash hordes (really small hordes, really only a few flakes) of pixie dust along their migration route.
The key, is finding those hordes but fear not, we shall endeavor to be as the great seekers of old.
Acquire a magnifying glass to go searching for pixie dust through one of the following methods:
- Read a mystery book
- Read a book that's title starts with P
- Read a book with something glass on the cover.
Reward: 1 XP, 1 Flake of Pixie Dust
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How Does Your Garden Grow? Prerequisite - Whirlwind spell
(view spoiler)[Casting the whirlwind spell has had an unexpected effect on the area you've been using as a garden. It has decided it doesn't want return to being scrub grass and likes being useful. To help it maintain its new state as an allotment:
1. Read a book with a brown cover to fertilise the soil
2. Spell out SPADE
3. Read 3 books with the name of flowers or vegetables to plant (scavenger hunt in the text or title).
4. Read a book with a container you could collect vegetables in on the cover
Rewards: 1 carrot, 1 snap pea and 1 dirt a week.
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Quests to help you save Novel Kingdom from the Zombies.
In the beginning zombies ate brains and more brains
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This is it, your first zombie experience. You nervously wring your hands.... drat... this isn't going to go well. Zombies eat brains, you like your brains, they keep you alive and thinking and all that.
Well, the best way to beat the zombies is to learn some basic combat skills. Yes... that should probably be a pre-requisite to actually trying to kill something. Good plan.
Learn combat skills by reading combat books.
- Read 1 book where someone is a soldier or in the military.
- Read 1 book where someone kills someone else.
Reward: 1 basic shotgun, 3 XP.
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Assault and Batteries
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You're a bit concerned about those running zombies you keep hearing about. So far everything's been rather calm.
Your basic shotgun was pretty good, but it's a bit slow on the reload, and those zombies are getting stronger fast. Maybe you should look around for something a bit more powerful, and maybe a good form of transportation.
Upgrade your weapon
- Read a book with 2 identical items on the cover
- Read a book where someone invents something
- Read a book with a car on the cover
- Read a book where someone runs out of batteries
- Acquire 1 machine gun clip
Reward: 1 Machine Gun, 1 Battery, 10 XP
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Step it Up
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Geez, you barely made it away with your life on the last zombie. They're only going to get harder from here. What can you possibly do to top a machine gun. A Tank? Missiles? Should you really be making something to kill things that have "miss" in the name? What else could you do.... Marshmallow Gun! You'll shoot them, they'll stop to eat the marshmallows, then you can use your machine gun. Perfect! Nothing will go wrong.
Construct your Marshmallow Gun
- Read a book where someone makes sweet treats
- Read a book with someone who has a sweet personality
- Read a book with a cylinder on the cover.
- Read a book with the word marshmallow in the text.
- Add a Battery
- Add a Marshmallow
Reward: 1 Marshmallow Gun, 10 XP
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The White Rabbit
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You set down your copy of Alice in Zombieland and ponder your options. You feel like your best bet for beating the zombie hoard is to learn all you can from books. After all, information in books is vastly more reliable than the internet.
First you must acknowledge that the marshmallow gun was a terrible idea. Second, you must learn to slip into spirit form so you can destroy the zombies.
Must have acquired Alice in Zombieland book. (Do not have to read it).
Learn Spirit Form
- Read a book with someone who is a ghost or spirit
- Read a book where someone has magic
- Read a book with a white cover
- Read a book where someone is brought back to life
Reward: Spirit Form, 10 XP
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The Thrilling Conclusion
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You're almost done, the zombies are almost defeated and yet.... you hear a fascinating beat coming from the battle field. "And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike." Except you! You must save you. "You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination." Ahhh, the song. Earmuffs.. that will save you.
Construct your thrilling earmuffs.
- Read a book where someone is deaf
- Read a book with a fuzzy animal on the cover
- Read a book with 2 ears shown on the cover
- Read a book where someone goes to a place with loud music.
Reward: Thrilling Earmuffs, 10 XP
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Simple Quests - Part 3
The Doppelgänger
(view spoiler)[You've heard it whispered that everyone has a doppelgänger, a supernatural look-alike, or an evil twin. You never believed such wild tales...until now. Everywhere you go lately, people stop to stare at you and whisper to each other behind their hands. Some people even turn around to avoid you! You are just about to confront one of the villagers when your eye lands on a new Wanted poster hanging in the window of the local constabulary. Some scoundrel in Novel Kingdom has been stealing other adventurers' books! What's worse? Above the description of the crime, you see your own likeness staring back at you! But you've never stolen anything from anyone, least of all a book. Someone with your face is causing trouble in Novel Kingdom. Can you find them and prove your innocence before it's too late?
To avoid being arrested, you must find your doppelgänger and prove your innocence:
∙Read a book about twins
∙Read a book where someone is framed or proven innocent
∙Spell the word TWIN using normal spell-it-out rules
∙Read two books that share the same cover art
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and 
---These links can get you started: Cover Couples, http://readingthepast.com/gallery/reu..., and http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/...
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Learn the basics
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Miss Read, the school teacher needs some help with her new pupils. They have forgotten how to count, read and write. Without these basics, they won't be able to help Queen Skye and the kingdom.
1. Read 3 books with consecutive series numbers (doesn't have to be the same series) to teach the children to count.
2. Read a book where someone is taught to do something new so the children remember how to learn.
3. Read a book where someone writes i.e. a letter, a book or a diary, to teach the children how to write.
4. Read any book over 400 pages to remind the children of the joy of reading.
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Poltergeist Extravaganza
(view spoiler)[A poltergeist got into the library and disrupted all the books; the Librarian needs help getting them back in order. Help the Librarian bring order out of chaos by reading non-fiction books where the initials in the title (main bit) are in alphabetical order. Titles need to have at least two words.
e.g. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (ignore the subtitle, that appears after the colon)
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It's Called a Lance... Hello!
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It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1
A jousting tournament is coming to town! Perfect! You've been looking for a chance to impress long reigning champion, Count Adhemar. You decide to review the rules and sign up.
+1 point for a hit that does not break the tip of the lance.
+2 points for a hit that breaks the tip of the lance.
+3 points for a hit that shatters the tip of the lance into several or multiple fragments.
1. Read a book with an average rating of 4.1 or higher and with 100-10,000 ratings. +1 XP
2. Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher and with 10,000- 100,000 ratings. +2 XP
3. Read a book with an average rating of 4.3 or higher and with over 100,000 ratings. +3 XP
Points are additive, but you must read the previous # before collecting a higher #. For example, if you read #1 and #2 you will have +3 XP. But if you only read #1 and #3, you can not collect points for #3 until #2 is completed.
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1 must be complete
You have reviewed the rules and are ready to begin training. You ask Count Adhemar (when he is done with his media interview, of course) if he has any advice for an up and coming jouster. He simply tells you to take a short walk off a long pier. You are not sure how this will improve your jousting skills, but he is the champ, so you give it a try.
Read flash fiction or short stories (less than 50 pages) until you reach a cumulative total of 100 pages or more. A collection can be used if it is 100+ pages. +1 XP per 100 pages (max +3 XP)
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 3
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2 must be complete
YOU WIN! You are the new jousting champion! You are beat up and tired, but you humbly approach to collect your prize as Count Adhemar scowls and retreats.
1. Read a book where the underdog wins. +1 XP
2. Read a book written or set during medieval times+1 XP
3. Read a book involving a medieval sport or game (jousting, sword fighting,
horseshoes, etc). +1 XP
+1 Heal Potion for completing all 3 books.
**Bonus** Receive +3 XP for reading or listening to The Knight's Tale (included in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Available for free at Project Gutenberg (text, read online or download) or Librivox (audio). Another + 1 XP for watching A Knight's Tale (2001).
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Jump the Queue - Repeatable
(view spoiler)[Upgrading your magic staff becomes increasingly challenging as you climb to higher levels. Luckily, a skilled leathersmith with magical talents offers enchanted book covers in exchange for the right ingredients and a fair fee. With a touch of kelpie magic, combining books has never been more effective.
5 Rat Tails
1 Kelpie Skin
1 Book with a main character whose first name starts with C, O, V, E, or R
5 Gold
Reward: 1 Book Cover (Combines 2 books to create a book that has a combined serial number)
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Get classy with classics
(view spoiler)[After months of mingling with goblins, trolls, and other unsavory creatures, the hero finally carves out an evening for a proper date. You scrub yourself clean, don your finest clothes, and head to the fanciest tavern in the city—famous for not including rat meat on the menu. But once seated with your charming companion, years of rough living betray you. You use the soup spoon to attack the bread, tear into your Merely Kat steak with all the grace of a starving ogre, and punctuate the meal with a loud, appreciative belch.
Your date, eyes wide and clearly traumatized, escorts you home with a polite smile and a vague promise to “catch up sometime.” The next morning, the post delivers a package: a pristine copy of The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Books of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness. Your jaw drops. Mortified, you clutch the book, realizing that maybe, just maybe, it’s time to polish up on your manners. After all, even trolls and yetis deserve a polite pre-battle conversation.
Prove to your date that you do have class by reading the following books. (Stick to authors of the same sex as yourself for this challenge.)
• Read 3 classics first published in the 19th century.
• Read 2 classics first published in the first half of the 20th century.
• Read 1 modern classic first published in the second half of the 20th century.
• Finally, to ensure your next date is a success, read a book where a couple goes on a romantic date.
If you're unsure what to read for this challenge, check out these lists for inspiration: Best Books of the 19th Century and Best Books of the 20th Century.
Congratulations, you've proven that even the roughest adventurer can polish up their manners! You’re rewarded with 10 XP to reflect your newfound social standing, 1 Potion Token, and 1 Rose. With these in hand, you're ready to woo your next date—or at least impress the innkeeper!
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The Tiny Tome Tantrum
(view spoiler)[You stroll through the Novel Kingdom’s Grand Library when a cacophony of tiny voices breaks the silence. A group of children, armed with stacks of small books and determined expressions, marches up to the librarian's desk.
“It’s not fair!” one tiny protester declares, stomping their foot. “Why don’t our little books count for quests? They may be short, but they’re full of big adventures!”
The head librarian looks frazzled, but before you can retreat unnoticed, the children spot you.
“An adventurer!” a bespectacled child exclaims. “You’ll help us, right? Show everyone that tiny books matter just as much as big ones!"
The children cheer as you accept the quest, and one particularly small warrior wields their little book like a shield. “Good luck, adventurer! Don’t let anyone underestimate the power of tiny tales!”
To champion the cause of tiny books (50-99 pages), complete the following tasks:
• Link tiny books by their titles. The last letter of the first book must be the first letter of the next book. Complete 3 pairs of title-linked tiny books. (The, A, An do count for this task)
• Read 3 tiny books where somebody goes on an adventure or takes on a quest.
• Read 3 tiny books where a young child (up to 12 years of age) plays a significant role (they don’t have to be the main character, but their presence should be important).
• Revisit your childhood by reading a tinier than tiny illustrated book (under 50 pages) designed for young children. These short stories can be quickly enjoyed in just a few minutes—perfect for a brief escape while browsing your favorite bookstore!
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Story Quests - Part 2
Santa's Little Helper (Only available for completion in December)
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Santa is struggling this year. After all the disruption in the Lexicon Kingdom over the last few years his elves haven't been able to make all the books needed as presents. Queen Skye thinks that some of her heroes might be able to help him finish the books and wrap them ready to give to the children of Lexicon Kingdom at the Christmas party at the Theatre.
To help Santa to prepare for Christmas:
1/ Read a book that has Winter, Christmas, Holidays, Mistletoe or Santa in the title.
2/ Read a book that was first published in December (any year).
3/ Use a book that you finished reading in December (any year).
4/ Report the books you read for this quest at the Theatre.
Reward: 3 XP and 3 Santa Coupons.
A Santa Coupon is a special item that can be used in any quest to substitute for one book of your choice. However, only one Santa Coupon may be used per quest. It’s a unique item that cannot be duplicated and can only be earned by completing specific quests. (hide spoiler)]
Stick to your New Year's Reading resolutions (For a change) (Repeatable)
You can participate once every year.
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1. Start fresh.
Read 2 books from a new to you author and 1 book published this year.
Reward: 5 XP.
2. Read every day.
Read several pages every day for a month (minimum of 10 pages or 15 minutes of audio). You can break up the task into 4 week-long segments if you prefer (doesn't have to be 4 consecutive weeks).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
3. Read More Diverse Books/Books You Don’t Normally Read.
Read three books from genres you usually avoid (e.g. classics, memoir, sci-fi, YA, history, science, comic book, book set in another country or different culture).
Reward: 3 XP and 6 Gold.
4. Don't be intimidated by longer books.
Read either one 1000+ page book or two 500+ page books.
Reward: 3 XP and 1 Duplication Potion.
5. Enjoy yourself.
Re-read one of your favorite books.
Reward: 2 XP.
6. Declutter Your Books.
Go through all the books you own (physical or electronical), organize them and if you come across some physical books you know you won't read (ever again), donate at least one of them to your local library or school or to a friend. (You don't have to read the book if you don't want to.)
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
7. Organize Your Bookshelves & Manage your ‘to be read’ pile.
Either read a book that you added to your TBR in the year you joined Goodreads or read a physical book that has been sitting on your bookshelf longer than that.
Reward: 1 Time Walking Potion.
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 Major Heal Potion.
9. Stop Buying Books for a month.
Don't buy any books for at least a month and instead read a book that you got for free (might be from your library or borrowed from a friend).
Reward: 2 XP.
10. Pick up a number and stick with it.
Set yourself a reading goal that feels achievable yet still pushes you to find the time to read (minimum of 12 books per year) and stick to it. You can collect your reward for finishing this task no sooner than 1st December.
Reward: 1 Santa Coupon
Tasks 2, 6 and 10 are participation tasks (you can use the books you read for other quests).
Once you finish a task, report it in the Theatre thread and you can collect your reward.
If you finish all 10 tasks, you can collect your BONUS REWARD: additional 5 XP. (hide spoiler)]
Knowledge is Power (Repeatable)
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The Local Tavern is the bustling heart of the kingdom—a perfect spot to swap stories, share tips, and uncover secrets about quests and monsters. Heroes have gathered here since time immemorial to trade their knowledge and adventures. To encourage the spread of wisdom, there’s a reward for those who contribute valuable information to Ye olde FAQ.
Here’s how it works: draft your proposed addition and post it in the Local Tavern thread for review. Wait for confirmation from the mods or the Keeper of the Books account before submitting it to the FAQ. Alternatively, you can ask (in the Tavern) the Keeper of the Books to approve the drafts they like and have them post those directly. This approach saves you time and ensures that the final post in the Ye Olde FAQ thread aligns with all the game's rules and guidelines.
You will earn 1 XP and 1 Gold for each of up to 3 drafted FAQ posts you submit in the Local Tavern. The reward applies regardless of whether your drafts are ultimately approved or posted in the Ye Olde FAQ thread. Your effort to enhance the game for everyone is what truly deserves recognition! This quest can be repeated every 3 months—so keep those insights flowing! (hide spoiler)]
Impress the Queen (Repeatable)
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye is restless. The same routine of battling familiar monsters, the Notice Board void of thrilling new quests, and the shops stocked with the same uninspired goods have left her longing for excitement. She yearns for something fresh to bring life back to the kingdom.
Help the queen by suggesting:
1/ a new quest,
2/ a new monster, and
3/ a new item to buy in Jack's store or another update to Jack and Jill's Caravan Hill.
You can collect your reward after sharing your ideas in the Melting Pot thread. You can repeat the quest once every 6 months.
Reward: Receive 5 XP for a suggestion. Additional Reward for sharing all three ideas: 1 Potion Token. (hide spoiler)]
New Year, Same Me (Repeatable)
(view spoiler)[Another year has come and gone, and Queen Skye is staring at a toppling stack of her TBR from the past year that she never got to. It’s so tall now that it touches the ceiling and threatens to flood the room with pages. You can help her by reading some of these books and providing a TLDR.
This is a literary awards challenge!
Choose 1 year and read 5 winners and/or nominees from a single established literary award (e.g., Pulitzer, Hugo, Booker Prize, or Goodreads Choice Awards). Share a mini-review of your favorite in the Local Tavern thread.
!!! Only fresh books can be used for this quest!!! (i.e. read after publication of the quest)
Reward: 5 XP and either 1 Book Glue or 1 magical Book Cover – your choice. Can be repeated once every month.
Book Glue - Glues 2 books together to make a bigger book with the combined total of pages. Book Cover - Combines 2 books to create a book that has a combined serial number. (hide spoiler)]
Should I Know This? (Repeatable)
(view spoiler)[Do you have burning questions about the game? Perhaps some rules seem as mysterious as a wizard’s shopping list, or a magical item's properties are as vague as a prophecy. Now’s your chance to ask!
Ask 3 questions about any of the following in the Local tavern:
• Rules or game mechanics
• Unclearly worded tasks
• Properties of weapons, equipment, or magical items
• Anything else that seems puzzling
Your Feedback Matters! If something is unclear, we want to know. With your help, we can reword confusing rules, clarify task descriptions, or expand the Ye Olde FAQ thread with explanations that will help other players.
Reward: 1 XP + 1 Gold for each question you submit (up to 3 questions per round). This task is repeatable every 3 months, because as the game evolves, new questions are bound to arise. (hide spoiler)]
Cheep-skate: a Budget-Friendly Bounty
(view spoiler)[In the bustling Open Market of the Novel Kingdom, a peculiar character has set up shop: Sir Bargainbeak, a chatty magpie with an eye for shiny deals and a knack for sniffing out literary treasures. Wearing an oversized pair of roller skates and a feathered hat far too fancy for a bird of his size, he glides around the stalls chirping, “Why pay full price when you can CHEEP your way to glory?”
Sir Bargainbeak has a dilemma, though. His “Library of Legendary Steals” has grown so large he can no longer remember which books were acquired where. Was The Tome of Forgotten Tales a bargain-bin find, or did he win it in a high-stakes poker game against a squirrel?
“Help a humble bird out!” he squawks, flapping his wings. “Fetch me proof of how you scored your books on the cheap, and I’ll make it worth your while. Oh, and one more thing—any book featuring a skate is just... well, chef’s kiss. Consider it a bonus!”
Complete these tasks by reading books acquired in the following ways:
• Secondhand Treasure: Read a book you acquired secondhand, like from a thrift store, garage sale, or flea market.
• Borrowed Brilliance: Read a book borrowed from a library, friend, or that one cousin who still hasn’t returned your copy of The Dragon’s Cookbook.
• Gifted Glory: Read a book that was gifted to you.
• Bargain Bliss: Read a book you snagged for a bargain. Dollar shelves, promo codes, and “Buy 2, Get 5” deals count! Share the bargain with the Local Tavern patrons.
• Free as the Wind: Read a book that cost you absolutely nothing. Project Gutenberg, free Kindle downloads, and LibriVox are fair game. Once again, share your find in the Local Tavern thread.
• Skates and Silliness: Read a book with a skate on the cover—roller, ice, or otherwise. Sir Bargainbeak insists this is purely for his aesthetic satisfaction.
Now, strap on your metaphorical skates and get rolling—Sir Bargainbeak is counting on you!
Rewards: 10 XP + Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather (Guarantees a 50% discount on 1 item purchased from Jack’s Store. Don't forget to notify Jack when you're placing your order. Just to be clear, Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin.)
As you complete the quest, Sir Bargainbeak skates circles around you, chirping happily. “You’ve done me proud, friend! These books may be cheap, but their value is priceless. Remember, the best stories come at the best prices—or for free! Cheep-cheep!” (hide spoiler)]
Twice Upon a Title
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As you wander through the bustling streets of the Novel Kingdom, you stumble upon a peculiar little shop. Its sign reads: “Twice Upon a Title – Where Stories Meet Their Match.” Intrigued, you step inside, only to find shelves brimming with books that seem eerily similar. A cheerful gnome with glasses perched on the tip of his nose pops up from behind the counter.
“Ah, a fellow book lover!” he exclaims. “Welcome to my humble shop of duplicates, doppelgängers, and downright strange coincidences. I specialize in books that share the exact same title but couldn’t be more different in story, genre, or tone. Fascinating, isn’t it? Two tales, one name! I call it... book twinning!”
“Care to join me in celebrating the beauty of title twins? Find pairs of books with the same title, read them both, and marvel at how wildly different they can be—or how surprisingly similar! Complete my challenge, and I’ll reward you with something truly unique.”
• Read 3 pairs of books that share the same title. (Example: The Gift by James Patterson and The Gift by Cecelia Ahern). Twins must be written by different authors.
• Report your twin books titles in the Local Tavern.
• Read a book where twins are the main characters.
• Read a book where a character sells something or works in a shop.
For completing this quest, you’ll receive 10 XP and one of Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feathers. How the gnome got his hands on it is a mystery—one you decide not to investigate. It’s probably better that way. (Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather grants you a 50% discount on 1 item purchase from Jack’s Store.)
Note: If a book has a subtitle, you may ignore it. (hide spoiler)]
Spell Quest - Part 2
Digging for Relief
(view spoiler)[A dreadful drought had swept across the Novel Kingdom, leaving the land as parched as a librarian caught without her tea. The townsfolk, understandably alarmed, turned to you—a person of action (or, at least, a person who owns a shovel). Of course, this is easier said than done. Digging a well isn’t just a matter of poking the ground until it gurgles apologetically. No, it will take brains, brawn, and perhaps a touch of bibliomancy. Once complete, the well will stand proud, its wooden pail swinging merrily and its mechanism creaking with rustic charm.
To make it happen:
• You’ll need to dig deep—read a book where "deep" and/or "depth" appears at least 40 times, because nothing inspires a hard day of shoveling like a little literary repetition.
• Spell out PAIL using standard spell-out rules, because apparently, water-hauling technology demands strict orthographic integrity.
• To securely attach the pail, you’ll need to craft a chain by reading five books, each published in consecutive decades—because the past is always full of links.
• Share your success in the Local Tavern so the thirsty villagers know they can now quench their thirst at your newly built well.
Reward: Well – Produces 1 Pail of Water every Sunday.
Pail of Water: Can be used as an ingredient for powerful Water spells. In quests, 3 Pails of Water may also substitute for 1 book that is specifically stated to "represent" water. A list of applicable quests can be found in the Ye Olde FAQ thread. (hide spoiler)]
Where Roses Bloom
(view spoiler)[As winter retreats, grumbling about the unfairness of spring, the Novel Kingdom stirs to life. Flowers cautiously bloom, trees compete to out-bud one another, and the air hums with the chaotic sounds of villagers battling stubborn roots and misplaced trowels. Your garden, however, waits in silence—an empty patch of potential. To turn it into a summer paradise, you must embark on a quest of digging, planting, and muttering colorful phrases at unyielding soil. In the Novel Kingdom, even gardening demands the resolve of a true hero.
!!! Only fresh books qualify for this quest!!! (i.e., books read after the quest was published - 4/12/25)
Complete a series of tasks to ensure your garden thrives.
• Rid Your Garden of Weeds - Read a book with a blade on the cover or the word "blade" found in the title.
• Gather Your Tools - Read two books with garden tools on the cover or mentioned in the text. (And no tricks! It has to be an actual tool, not a charming “rake” wooing duchesses or a “spade” in a royal card game.)
• Get the Seeds - Obtain 3 Rose Bush Seeds (by defeating The Rose Thorne)
• Plant Your Flowers - Read three books with flowers on the cover or in the title.
• Water Your Flowers - Read a book with water on the cover.
Reward: 5 XP + 1 Rose Bush (The Rose Bush will produce 3 Roses on the first day of each month, beginning the month after you've completed the quest.)
Note: Inspired by The Spring Has Sprung by Abbie and Natasha. Thank you, ladies, for this wonderful idea. (hide spoiler)]
Potion Quests - Part 3
A Labyrinthine Mission
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The Goblin King has stolen Queen Skye's godson and she is desperate for him to be returned. You have 13 hours (or in this case books) to rescue him from the Goblin King's labyrinth.
Read a book about siblings.
Spell out GOBLIN.
Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.
Read a book with a trap in it.
Read a book containing a ball (the type where people dance).
Read a book where someone is forgiven.
Read a book where the author initials can be found in Jareth.
Read a book with a character called Sarah or Toby.
Queen Skye is very grateful when you return with her godson and gives you a reward of 15 XP and 2 Duplication Potions. (hide spoiler)]
Plague Prevention
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Queen Skye has been very happy to see an increase in the number of heroes in her realm who are helping manage the monsters who were starting to get out of control. She’s realised that the increased movement through the country has resulted in more people catching the plague and becoming unwell. She’d like your help to stop the spread.
Her team of advisors have developed a simple plan to follow to do this. There are 4 steps:
Mask Up - cover your mouth and nose
Keep your distance - 6 ft ideally (length of a lance if in doubt).
Wash your hands - in any water source you can find in the realm.
Help develop and give the vaccine
Mask Up
To make your own basic mask:
Spell out MASK using the usual spell-it-out rules
Read a book with character who wears a mask - (any sort of mask from a masquerade or fancy dress mask to full-on surgical mask will work)
Reward: 5 XP and 1 Mask. Your Mask will delay the effects of disease from disease-bearing monsters by one turn (zombies and the plague bringer).
Example:
Round 1
Hero (wearing mask) hits monster
Monster hits hero, hero receives no disease from monster
Round 2
Hero hits monster
Monster hits hero, disease takes effect
To upgrade your mask:
Spell out SPARKLE
Read a book with a gemstone on the cover
Reward: 8 XP and 1 Shield Potion
Keep your distance
Read a book with 6 in the page count
Read a book with 1 person on the cover
Reward: 6 Gold
Wash your hands regularly
Read a book with water on the cover
Spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY (each book can be used for 2 letters).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion and 2 books can be reused towards your kitchen (or cooking ingredients).
Get a vaccination
Spell out VACCINE using books read since you started this quest.
Read a book that’s been on your TBR for less than 6 months.
Reward: 1 Enhanced Weapon Potion
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The Academy II - Literature
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Things Fall Apart again in the Academy's Literature department. Most of their Beloved books vanished from their library shelves. They suspect A Darker Shade of Magic is at play. They Trust you're the right person to find out what happened, confront The Book Thief and return their books.
Are you ready to provide The Help they so desperately need?
• Read a novel with an unusual form (e.g. an epistolary novel or a diary)
• Read a book of poetry (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
• Read a play (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
• Read a non-fiction book about books (e.g. literary criticism, a memoir/biography of an author or a publisher, a history of a literary movement)
• Read a book written by two or more authors
• Read a book with "literature" in the text
• Read a book with an author as a main character
Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Duplication Potions after helping the literature department. (hide spoiler)]
The Academy II - Geography
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People are losing their way in the Novel Kingdom. With new bookshelves being constructed and stacks of books constantly rearranged, the original map you helped create years ago is now outdated. At Queen Skye's command, you’ve been tasked with assisting the Academy's Geography Department in revising the map of her realm. Will you take on the challenge?
• Read a book set within 100 miles (160 km) of where you live
• Read a book set further than 1000 miles (1,609 km) from where you live
• Read a book set on another planet or in space
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: Map, Globe, World, Country, City
• Read a non-fiction book about Geography (e.g. focused on a city, country or a region, a travelogue)
• Read a book with a flag on the cover
• Read a book with a main character that travels from country to country
Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Shield Potions after helping the Geography department. (hide spoiler)]
The Academy II - History
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The Head of the Academy's History Department has scolded you—your lectures on "New History" are apparently putting students to sleep. In fact, they’d rather read The Big Novel Kingdom Telephone Book than listen to your lessons. It’s clear you need to find a way to make New History captivating once more.
• Read three books in the historical fiction genre each set in a different time period
• Read a book published over 100 years ago
• Read a non-fiction book about history
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: History, King, Queen, Prince, Princess
• Read a book with a throne, crown jewels (e.g. a crown), armor, or a coat of arms on the cover
Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Enhanced Weapon Potions after helping the History department. (hide spoiler)]
Thaddeus vs. Gravity
(view spoiler)[In the snowbound hills of the Novel Kingdom, Thaddeus the Slightly Less Mad spent his days inventing ways to cross snow without walking—a pointless chore inflicted by gravity, in his opinion. First came the Icebound Chariot, which hurled its rider downhill at “terminal enthusiasm.” Next were the Fence-Feet, inspired by fence planks and the idea that “snow isn’t slippery enough,” gliding their users straight into trees. Finally, Thaddeus unveiled the Snow Surfer that combined speed, balance, and confusion about where to sit.
When asked why he created such bone-breaking contraptions, Thaddeus replied, “One day we’ll need to flee downhill from dragons.” The townsfolk let him be, watching from a safe distance as Thaddeus hurtled past, laughing manically and bouncing like a badly thrown sack of potatoes. In the end, his inventions didn’t quite replace walking, but they did provide endless winter entertainment, and the hill where he tested them was later named Bonebreak Bluff in his honor.
To honor Thaddeus' bold inventions and questionable survival instincts read 6 books:
• The Icebound Chariot Ride – Read a book that kicks off with an action-packed scene (e.g., a fight, a chase, a heated argument, etc.).
• The Fence-Feet Experiment – Read a book featuring a character who invents something or solves a practical problem. Be sure to note what they invented or solved!
• The Snow Surfer Wipeout – Read a book with a setting in the mountains, or a snow-covered landscape.
• Bonebreak Bluff – Read a book where somebody is injured due to a fall.
• The Final Glide – Read a book where the protagonist escapes danger or disaster in a thrilling or unexpected way. Take note of how they managed to escape!
• Fleeing Dragons – Read a book about dragons. (has to be a major theme, not only a short appearance)
Complete all six tasks to earn 5 XP, 3 Minor Heal Potions, and the prestigious title of Honorary Mad Scientist of the Novel Kingdom. (hide spoiler)]
"Scrounge, Sweet Scrounge"
(view spoiler)[As Valentine's Day approaches, Queen Skye grows increasingly restless, determined to make it absolutely perfect. She’s offering reward potions to those who can gather the items on her scrounger list—essential things to ensure an unforgettable date night. Will you help her create the ultimate evening of romance?
Scrounger List (20 items)
• Bath Bombs
• Bathrobe
• Box of Chocolates
• Bouquet
• Champagne bottle
• Chocolate Cake
• Cupid figurine
• Diamond
• Engagement Ring
• Hankerchief
• Hearth Rug
• Heart Pendant
• Ice Bucket
• Jewelry
• Lace
• Lingerie
• Necklace
• Perfume
• Strawberry
• Wine Glass
Each scrounger list item may only be found once. Items are found in the text or title of a book. Only one item may be found per book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Item (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]
D-O-D-G-E
(view spoiler)[You're walking through the woods when a monster suddenly rushes towards you. You D-O-D-G-E but the monster keeps rushing towards you. You dodge again and tell the monster they are in for a fierce B-A-T-T-L-E if they don't stop trying to rush you. The monster immediately stops and pulls out something from behind their back. It's the very important bundle of potions you have been looking for so long. T-H-A-N-K the monster and continue on your way satisfied with the outcome.
Spell out these words using basic spell-out rules:
• DODGE
• BATTLE
• THANK
You may use 1 book for two letters.
After D-O-D-G-E, receive 2 XP and 1 Minor Heal Potion.
After B-A-T-T-L-E, receive 2 XP and 1 Heal Potion.
After T-H-A-N-K, receive 3 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion.
Note: Thanks to Natasha & Cat for this amazing quest. (hide spoiler)]
Equinox Shenanigans and Solstice Silliness
(view spoiler)[In the Novel Kingdom, the equinoxes and solstices weren’t just dates—they were excuses for unmitigated chaos. During the vernal equinox, villagers held the Great Balance Games, where they balanced eggs on spoons and occasionally on their heads, while claiming it aligned perfectly with the day-night harmony. The summer solstice, however, was the time for Runaway Sun Day, a festival where everyone blamed the heat for their bad decisions, including Sir Horace attempting to joust a sunflower. The autumn equinox brought Leaf Wars, with teams hurling armfuls of colorful leaves at one another, claiming it was an ancient tradition (though no one could agree who started it). Winter solstice, naturally, was the Festival of Shadows, where villagers competed to cast the longest shadow before sunset—unfortunately, last year’s winner had been a tree.
Queen Skye declared that every festival must include a story, quipping, “If we’re absurd, let’s be literary about it.”
• Vernal Equinox (Balance): Read two books with an identical number of pages.
• Summer Solstice (Sun): Read a book set primarily on a beach or in a desert.
• Autumn Equinox (Harvest): Read a book with the word "harvest" or "fall" in the book title or series name.
• Winter Solstice (Shadows): Read a dark mystery or thriller written by a Scandinavian author.
For completing all four tasks, you'll receive 5 XP and 3 Heal Potions. (hide spoiler)]
House Quests - Part 2
Bestselling Bulwark of a Booktress
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You're cozied up in bed, completely absorbed in a thrilling book, when chaos erupts from the kitchen. That annoying goblin, your weekly uninvited guest, has already broken in and is making a mess. With an exasperated sigh, you set your book aside mid-chapter, grab your sword, and head off to handle the nuisance. If only there were a way to delay these pests long enough for you to finish your reading in peace.
!!! Only fresh books can be used for this quest!!! (i.e. read after publication of the quest)
Prerequisite: You have to have a house.
You need to read:
4 books that have 1,000+ pages each to make the fortification intimidating and bulky enough,
4 books with 10,000+ reviews on GR to get enough material for the fortification to encompass all your property,
4 books with 100,000+ ratings on GR to pay for the monstrosity.
Reward: 4 XP + 1 Fence
Fence: Negates one attack point from your enemy's attacks. (hide spoiler)]
Potion Quests - Part 4
The Novel Kingdom’s Golden Moving Scroll Awards
(view spoiler)[The Kingdom is abuzz with excitement as the annual Golden Moving Scroll Awards draw near, the most prestigious celebration of stories, heroes, and unforgettable performances across the lands. This event encourages adventurers to read books that embody the spirit of award-worthy storytelling.
Lady Stardust, the glamorous host of the awards, greets you with a dazzling smile as you enter the gleaming ceremony hall. “Ah, dear reader! Your presence honors us. As an esteemed member of the audience, I invite you to participate in the festivities by diving into stories that would make even the Academy proud. Explore these categories, and who knows? You might leave here with more than just applause!”
Read books that fit the following categories:
• Best Picture – Read a book that has been adapted into a movie or TV show.
• Best Actor/Actress in a Leading Role – Read a book where the main character holds a leadership role in their country, such as a king, queen, president, or prime minister.
• Best Supporting Role – Read a book featuring an ensemble cast, where multiple characters play significant and prominent roles in the story.
• Best Original Screenplay – Read a fantasy book with a unique or creative world-building.
• Best Adapted Screenplay – Read a retelling or a book inspired by another work (e.g., fairytales, myths, or classics).
• Best Animated Feature – Read a graphic novel, manga, or any comic book.
• Best Costume Design – Read a book with clothing featured on the cover (not people wearing clothes, but standalone pieces of clothing).
• Best Soundtrack – Read a book whose title or series name contains the title of a song or piece of music. Be sure to note the song and artist (e.g., Good Girl, Bad Blood—Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood).
• Best Cinematography – Read a book where shooting a movie or TV show plays a significant role in the story.
• Best Documentary – Read a nonfiction book that teaches you something new or delves into a fascinating subject.
• The Lifetime Achievement Award – Read a book by an author whose works have stood the test of time—someone considered a literary legend (e.g., Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or Agatha Christie).
For completing this quest, you’ll receive 12 XP and 3 Duplication Potions.
Lady Stardust adds with a wink, “Remember, my dear reader, the true reward is the stories you experience along the way. Now, take your seat and let the awards season begin!” (hide spoiler)]
Quotable Quests
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Quotable Quests: Part 1
You have been doing great! You've been questing, slaying monsters, and helping out all the residents of Novel Kingdom. But now... you're in a rut. What to do next? You need to advance your skills to continue your adventures. You hear tell of an old archivist deep in the woods that has sage advice for blossoming heroes. You travel to the shack to find Voltaire. Without preamble he states: "Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?”
• Choose a friend or fellow adventurer.
• Visit their Goodreads profile and use the 'compare books' feature.
• Change your shelf to 'to-read' and their shelf to 'read'.
• Read 5 books you have in common. (you can use one profile or multiple, the more friends the merrier)
Reward: +1 XP for each book read
Quotable Quests: Part 2
You have taken Voltaire's advice and are eager to get back to the woods to share everything you have learned. But before you can pass on the story of your adventures, you notice another man in the room. Confucius looks up at you and says, "Study the past if you would define the future.”
Quotable Quests Part 1 must be complete
• Reread a book (must be one year since last read)
• Read a book set in the past
• Read a book set in the future
• Read a book with dual time frames
• Read a book involving time travel
Reward: +1 XP each prompt
Quotable Quests: Part 3
You head back into the woods yet again. You have taken upon you the knowledge of friends, studied the past, and ruminated on the prospects of the future. Surely you're ready to impress the brilliant philosophers with these great achievements. You approach the clearing where you will find the shack, but... where is it? Everything is gone- the shack, the little garden out front, and Voltaire is no where to be found. The only thing that remains is a slab with a table resting at it's center. You approach the table to find this note: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle
Quotable Quests Part 2 must be complete
• Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
• Read a book in your favorite genre.
• Read a book whose cover is a favorite color.
• Read a book involving a favorite hobby, sport, game, or past time.
• Read a book that inspires reflection (upon yourself, government/social/religious relations, etc.)
Reward: +1 XP each prompt
***Bonus*** Receive +5 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion for completing all 15 books.
Note: Thanks to Lyssa and Meg for creating this lovely quest. (hide spoiler)]
The Trials of a Royal Godparent
(view spoiler)[Huzzah! Queen Skye has given birth to a beautiful baby princess, and in a twist of royal fate (or perhaps an error in the guest list), you have been chosen as the royal godparent. But there's one small catch: before you're officially knighted into this role, you must pass the "Godparent's Reading Trials" to prove your worthiness. After all, a proper godparent must be well-read and ready to inspire the princess with tales of adventure and wisdom!
Your Tasks:
1. Read a book where the protagonist has a unique and memorable name. Make a note of why it stands out—it might make the princess’ nickname list!
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title: child, baby, prince or princess. Every princess needs companions for tea parties and hide-and-seek.
3. Read a book with characters navigating social rules or (royal) protocols. Jot down one rule for the princess—like how not to cause an uproar during a state banquet.
4. Read a book featuring a magical, mythical, or wise mentor figure. Let’s face it—you’re going to need tips.
5. Read a book with a gift on the cover—wrapping paper, bow and all. Find inspiration for the perfect naming ceremony present.
6. Read a fairy tale or a fairy tale retelling. Queen Skye insists that all proper godparents believe in happy endings.
Complete all six tasks to earn the title of Super Duper Godparent, along with 6 XP, 3 Major Heal Potions, and the everlasting gratitude of the Novel Kingdom! (hide spoiler)]
May the Fourth Be With You (Repeatable)
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye has uncovered a cache of ancient tomes chronicling tales of distant galaxies, fearless rebels, sinister empires, and the timeless struggle between the light and dark sides of the Force. Stirred by the valor of Jedi, the cunning of Sith Lords, and the political tensions rippling through the stars, she has declared this May a celebration of Star Wars - through the power of storytelling.
Now, the time has come for you to choose your path. Will you walk the noble way of the Jedi, seeking peace, wisdom, and balance? Or will you embrace the path of the Sith, driven by ambition, power, and passion?
Before you decide, you may consult one of these light-hearted quizes to discover which side of the Force your allegiance lies:
[Buzzfeed quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/eheman/are-y...] or [Google Forms quiz: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... ]
Whether you raise a lightsaber or a library card, your journey begins now. The galaxy awaits - one chapter at a time.
Follow the tasks aligned with the path you’ve chosen (Jedi or Sith).
!!!!! Only fresh books count for this quest (i.e. books read after 5/1/25)!!!!!
The Jedi Path: Order, Balance, and Peace
"There is no ignorance, there is knowledge."
1. The Youngling Trials
• Read a book with a young protagonist (15 or younger).
2. Archives of the Jedi Temple
• Read a book that includes a temple, church, or castle setting.
3. Balance in the Force
• Read a book where a warrior chooses diplomacy over violence or seeks to resolve conflict without fighting.
4. Across the Galaxy
• Read a science fiction or fantasy book set in space or on another world.
5. Guardian of Peace
• Read a book with a source of light on the cover.
• Read a book that includes all of the following words somewhere in the text: peace, knowledge, harmony or harmonious, serenity or serene, force.
6. Report to the Jedi Council
• Complete your mission by spelling out the first name, last name, or both of a Jedi Master from the list below. Choose your guide among the guardians of peace and justice:
(view spoiler)[Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Shaak Ti, Luminara Unduli, Depa Billaba, Qui-Gon Jinn, Aayla Secura, Luke Skywalker (hide spoiler)]
The Sith Path: Power, Passion, and Control
"Through power, I gain victory."
1. Becoming an Acolyte (your first step: changing your wardrobe)
• Read a book featuring a person on the cover dressed entirely in black.
2. Secrets of the Sith Holocrons
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: secret, dark, or shadow.
3. The Rule of Two
• Read a book featuring a master-apprentice dynamic, or a toxic mentorship.
4. Crush the Weakness
• Read a book that includes all of the following words somewhere in the text: lie, passion or passionate, strength, power, victory or victorious.
• Read a book that ends with the villain prevailing.
5. A Galaxy Ruled by Fear
• Read a book where the villain serves or enforces the will of an authoritarian government or oppressive regime.
6. Report to Your Sith Master
• Complete your journey by spelling out the name or title + name of a Sith Lord or Apprentice from the list below. Choose one and honor your allegiance through their legacy:
(view spoiler)[Darth Sidious (Sheev Palpatine), Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker), Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus (Count Dooku), Darth Bane, Darth Zannah, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Darth Plagueis (hide spoiler)]
Rewards For Completing Your Jedi/Sith Journey: Use the reward system below to calculate your XP.
You gain 2 XP per each book read + 1 Shield Potion (for a Jedi) or 1 Damage Potion (for a Sith).
• Bonus XP:
+1 XP for each Star Wars book read (canon or Legends) for tasks 1 to 6.
1 XP for each Star Wars film or full season of a Star Wars TV series watched between starting the quest (the date you finished the first book towards this quest) and collecting your reward. Mark the date you watched them.
The Quest can be repeated only once: Should your heart shift and your loyalties waver, you may undertake the Quest a second time.
A fallen Jedi may embrace the power of the Dark Side, while a redeemed Sith may seek the light and walk the noble Jedi path. When repeating the quest, you can't duplicate any books used in your previous run (Jedi and Sith teachings don't mix very well.) (hide spoiler)]
Potion Quests - Part 5
The Great Easter Egg-scapade!
(view spoiler)[Spring has arrived in Novel Kingdom, and Queen Skye’s subjects are eagerly preparing for the most egg-citing celebration of the season—Easter! The festival promises grand egg hunts, chocolate feasts, and a special appearance from the Easter Bunny himself. Even the local rabbits have rehearsed a festive dance to welcome their beloved holiday hero.
But just as the final decorations are placed on the Golden Egg Display, disaster strikes. A notorious gang of mischievous chickens, known as the Peep Bandits, has stolen every single Easter egg—including the legendary Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk. Without these sacred eggs, the Easter celebration cannot proceed.
The kingdom needs a hero—a sharp-witted, book-loving champion with a fondness for bunnies. That means you!
Your mission: Recover the stolen eggs, outwit the Peep Bandits, and restore Easter to Novel Kingdom.
Quest Rules:
- Complete each part in order. No skipping ahead—this isn’t a shortcut through a hedge maze.
- Use books from your Tote of Infinite Books that were read or first published in March or April, or select fresh books (read after the publication of this quest).
- To earn the final reward you need to complete all parts of the quest - that includes confronting the mastermind behind the heist (in Part 5).
Part 1: Crack the Case
The kingdom is in chaos. The eggs are missing, people are panicking, and local chocolatiers are in despair. To solve this mystery, you’ll need to gather clues and act fast.
1. Interview the Witnesses – The royal guards reported suspicious figures lurking near the Golden Egg Display last night. Someone must know something.
• Read a book featuring an investigation, whether it’s a detective story, conspiracy unraveling, or sleuthing adventure.
2. Consult the Town Gossip – Every kingdom has someone who knows everything. Here, it’s Madame Whispermouth, who only speaks in riddles and half-truths.
• Read a book where secrets or rumors play a major role in the plot.
3. Inspect the Crime Scene – In the Royal Egg Vault which under normal circumstances houses the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk, you find colorful feathers, candy wrappers, and a cryptic note. To gather the clues:
• Read a book with a bird, feather, or wings on the cover.
• Read a book where someone eats candy, cookies, or chocolate.
• Read a book in which a character breaks a code or deciphers a message.
Reward for completing Part 1: 6 XP, 6 Gold Coins (discovered under the Golden Egg Display).
Part 2: The Great Egg Hunt
Using your newly gathered information and detective skills, you pinpoint the hiding places of the stolen eggs. It’s time to track them down.
1. Recover the Chocolate Eggs – The Forest of Fiction is filled with hidden chocolate eggs, but some are booby-trapped. (Ever stepped on a melted chocolate egg? Disgusting.)
• Read a book with two or more Ts in the title (for trees) to search the area.
• To disarm the boobytraps, read a book where a bomb either explodes or somebody manages to neutralize it in time.
2. Rescue the Sugar-Coated Hostages – In the village of the Marshmallow Peeps, you discover that some of the townsfolk have been kidnapped by the Peep Bandits. They must be freed before they go stale.
• Read a book with a pink cover.
• Read a book that is heartwarming or sweet, such as a romance or fairy tale.
3. Look for the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk – The most powerful Easter artifact (or at least the shiniest) must be hidden somewhere high above, possibly on Cloud Nine.
• Read a book with the word "sky," "star," "cloud," or "moon" in the title or a book that is the ninth in the series.
Despite your best efforts, you recover only half of the stolen eggs and the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk is amongst those still missing. Queen Skye, however, appreciates your bravery and rewards you.
Reward for completing Part 2: 6 XP, 3 Find Item Potions.
Part 3: Prepare for Battle
The Peep Bandits will not surrender without a fight. You’ll need to gather supplies, form a strategy, and prepare for the final confrontation.
1. Gather Your Gear – A true hero is only as strong as their resolve (and their equipment).
• Read a book with a traditional weapon (sword, dagger, or gun) on the cover. No umbrellas, even if they can be wielded creatively.
2. Form an Attack Plan – The Peep Bandits are quick, fluffy, and fueled by sugar. You need to be prepared.
• Read a book where the main character wins a physical fight.
• To practice, defeat 20 Common monsters (!Timed monsters don't count!). All battles must take place after completing Part 2.
• To plan this complex operation, read a book featuring a character in a significant role who is a high-ranking officer, such as a colonel, general or admiral.
3. Prepare for the Sugar Rush – Battles require energy, and you’ll need plenty of it.
• Read a book with food on the cover to stock up on essential battle snacks.
Reward for completing Part 3: 6 XP, 6 Carrots (they might come in handy later).
Part 4: The Final Egg-Straction
The Peep Bandits’ secret hideout is revealed—a colossal chocolate fortress in the heart of Candy Cane Canyon. It’s time for the final showdown.
1. Infiltrate the Candy Fortress – The entrance is guarded by five rabbits kidnapped from the Forest of Fiction and brainwashed by the Peep Bandits to do their bidding. The best way to both cure their condition and sneak past unnoticed is to use carrots as bait. Your mum was right—carrots can cure a plethora of complaints.
• Read a book where the word "carrot" or "carrots" appears at least five times.
• Read a book where the main character sneaks, spies, or infiltrates a location.
2. Confront the Egg Thief – Deep within the fortress, you face the leader of the Peep Bandits gang, Sir Peepington III, a giant, fluffy, ill-tempered chicken in a tiny top hat. He has long resented Queen Skye’s favoritism toward bunnies and chocolate, and he plans to ruin Easter to make his point.
• Read a book with headwear on the cover to identify him.
• Read a book where the villain is exaggerated or over-the-top to distract Sir Peepington by placating his huge ego.
3. Recover the Remaining Eggs – With Sir Peepington distracted, you seize the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk and the rest of the stolen eggs and make your escape.
• Read a book where the protagonist is a runner—either an athlete or someone running from responsibility.
Reward for completing Part 4: 6 XP, 3 Heal Potions.
Part 5: Defeat the Egg-Napper Extraordinaire
Just when you think the mission is complete, Sir Peepington consumes a Jellybean of Doom and transforms into his ultimate form: Sir Peepocalypse
1. Defeat Sir Peepocalypse
Stats: 33 attack, 99 health.
This huge marshmallow-padded chicken uses its inherent special ability, Sugar Crash, against you. It overwhelms you with sugary sweetness, muddling your mind and rendering magic and advanced weaponry useless. Your primary weapon's base attack is reduced to one third of its original power (e.g., sword LVL 15 hits for 5 AP + 2 weapon bonus + pets + inventory and other bonuses). Magic and other weapons don't work against this hopped-up-on-sugar menace at all.
Tactical tip: To reduce Sir Peepocalypse's attack power, throw a carrot at him at the beginning of each turn. This offsets the sugar overload with something healthy, reducing his attack by 10 AP.
2. Return all the eggs to the Royal Egg Vault – So that the Kingdom might prepare the celebration in time for Easter.
• Read a book with an egg on the cover or "Easter" in the title.
3. Celebrate your victory!
• Announce your victory in the Local Tavern thread.
Reward for completing Part 5: 15 XP, 3 Duplication Potions.
Final Celebration
With the stolen eggs safely returned, the kingdom rejoices. Queen Skye proclaims you the official Easter Champion, and the Easter Bunny himself acknowledges your heroic deeds. As a token of gratitude, you receive an additional reward: 5 XP and 3 of the Easter Bunny’s finest decorated eggs. Your name is forever etched in the annals of Novel Kingdom’s history, and Easter is saved once more.
Note: The Easter Bunny Egg is a magical treat that restores up to 15 HP. It can be eaten in portions and remains fresh for one month after the first bite. Cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin. (hide spoiler)]
The Theatre of War: A Play in Too Many Acts
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye, ever the sensible ruler, preferred her kingdom to be a place of peace, prosperity, and only the occasional riot when the bakery ran out of pastries. Sadly, the rest of the world seemed committed to the idea that war was just diplomacy with extra bloodshed. Beyond her borders, armies marched, kingdoms clashed, and rulers—some wise, some profoundly not—kept flinging their soldiers into battles over territory, grudges, and the occasional royal insult involving someone’s choice of headwear.
But war, as Queen Skye knew, was not just a thing of generals and kings. It was a storm that swept through villages and cities, shattering lives and reshaping history. If her kingdom was to remain at peace, her people had to understand war—not just its battles, but its causes, its costs, and the scars it leaves behind. Your quest is to uncover the tales of war and share your findings so that others may also learn. For if enough people understand war, perhaps fewer will choose to wage it.
So, grab your books, sharpen your wits, and embark upon this noble quest. After all, history has a habit of repeating itself… unless, of course, someone stops it.
1. The Fires of the Present – War is not just a relic of history; it continues to shape the world today.
• Read two books by authors from or set in countries or territories that have experienced war in the 21st century (e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Chechnya (Russia), Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia). NATO countries are excluded from this task.
2. The Scars of Civil War – Some wars are fought between nations, but others tear apart a country from within.
• Read a book by an author from or set in a country that has recently endured the devastation of civil war (e.g., Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, Libya). NATO countries are excluded from this task. Recently means from 1990s till now.
3. Echoes of the 20th Century – The last century was marked by conflicts that reshaped the world in fire and steel.
• Read two books about or set during a 20th-century war or civil war, where the conflict plays a major role in the story.
4. Battles of the Past – History is filled with wars that shaped civilizations, empires, and entire continents.
• Read three books about or set during different major wars or civil wars from before the 20th century, where the conflict is a central theme.
5. War Beyond the Stars and Realms – Even in worlds of magic and distant galaxies, war is a force that shapes destinies.
• Read two fantasy or science fiction books set during a war, where the conflict is a major part of the story.
6. Chronicle Your Knowledge – Queen Skye values the lessons you have learned.
• Share your reading list in the Local Tavern thread (mark the setting/author's nationality for tasks 1 and 2, and the conflict for tasks 3, 4 and 5) so that others may learn from your wisdom.
For completing this quest, you earn 12 XP and 3 Shield Potions. (hide spoiler)]
Simple Quests - Part 4
What's in a name? (Enough to start a royal debate, apparently.)
(view spoiler)[The news has spread across the kingdom faster than a dragon spotting an unguarded roast: Queen Skye is expecting a royal bundle of joy! The court is abuzz with preparations, and even the squirrels in the royal gardens are arranging their nuts in celebratory patterns (or possibly just in patterns, as squirrels are wont to do). But there’s one small hitch—the Queen cannot decide on a name for the future heir or heiress.
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to help expand Queen Skye’s baby name list by drawing inspiration from the finest tomes of the land.
To do that:
• Read five books with a first name in the title. Each name must be unique—no trying to sneak in two books about someone called "John," even if one of them is wearing a magical hat.
• Post your name list in the Tavern thread so that the patrons can guess at which one our queen will pick for her baby.
For suplementing the Queen’s baby name list with 5 bookish names, you earn 8 XP.
Bonus Reward: Should you discover books whose titles consist solely of the first name (e.g., Emma by Jane Austen or Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott), you’ll earn 1 extra XP per each such book. Queen Skye appreciates simplicity, and a name that stands alone in bold, bookish splendor is sure to catch her eye. (hide spoiler)]
The Emperor’s New Nonsense
(view spoiler)[In the Kingdom of Lexomere, Emperor Thumble has taken to strolling the streets in what he claims are “robes of refined intellect.” Alas, they are nothing but air and ego, stitched together by two swindlers who promised garments only the wise could see. His citizens, not wishing to seem dim, cheer his breezy fashion sense while pretending not to wince.
Only one child dares to say, “He’s wearing nothing at all!”—and is immediately shushed for being "unpatriotic" and possibly allergic to velvet.
Queen Skye, well-read and well-dressed, remembers this tale from her storybooks. What began as a chuckle quickly became concern as Thumble’s nonsense spread: rewriting schoolbooks, replacing judges with yes-men, and claiming the moon as part of his personal real estate portfolio.
Now the Queen turns to you, bold reader! Not to hem trousers or design capes, but to unravel delusion with the sharp scissors of truth. Read bravely. Think clearly. And for the love of literacy, help the Novel Kingdom resist the rise of royal ridiculousness!
Complete the following tasks in pursuit of truth and clarity::
1. The Invisible Fabric Test - The Emperor insists that certain topics are “too controversial” for polite conversation. How convenient!
• Read a book that explores themes of race, gender, or sexuality - subjects the Emperor has conveniently chosen not to see.
• Read a book where language, words, or books are banned, erased, rewritten, or destroyed - because ignorance is so on trend this season.
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about censorship, book banning, or propaganda - just don’t tell His Highness.)
2. The Academy of Illusions - All schools now teach embroidery, flattery, and royal genealogy. Critical thinking? Banned.
• Read a book set in a school, university, or place of learning - preferably one that teaches more than how to compliment a crown.
• Read a book that teaches you something meaningful - be sure to share what you learned (+1 XP if it’s about critical thinking or fact-checking).
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about education, teaching, learning, intellectual freedom, or even a practical skill.)
3. The Parade of Delusion - Lexomere erupts in applause for the Emperor’s invisible wardrobe. No one dares call it what it is.
• Read a book where deception or self-deception plays a central role.
• Read a book where a leader (king, CEO, general, etc.) makes disastrously bad decisions.
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about leadership, politics, the psychology of crowds, or how to avoid walking naked into a crisis.)
4. The Silenced Child - The one who speaks the truth is often ridiculed, punished, or ignored.
• Read a book where a character is punished by someone in power (judge, teacher, parent, etc.) for speaking the truth.
• Read a book that includes a courtroom scene or legal battle for justice - because sometimes truth needs a really good lawyer..
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about whistleblowers, free speech, justice, or judicial system.)
5. The Emperor’s Purse - After spending a fortune on imaginary robes, the Empire’s economy is, "shockingly", not thriving.
• Read a book where somebody goes bankrupt.
• Read a book featuring a con artist, narcissist, or fraudster.
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about economic crises, corruption, grift, or other crime.)
6. Chronicle The Truth - so that others may benefit from your hard-won wisdom.
• Share your reading list in the Local Tavern thread once you’re done. Once submitted, your list is locked in and the quest is complete — even if you skipped an optional task. Calculate your reward according to the guidelines below.
Your reward for exposing nonsense: 2 XP per fiction book read and 3 XP per non-fiction book read. For a bonus 1 XP read Hans Christian Andersen's story The Emperor's New Clothes that inspired this quest (You can find it online for free, e.g. here: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-t... or here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...).
Well done, truth-seeker! The world may cheer for invisible finery, but you know: only knowledge is truly in fashion. (hide spoiler)]
Fred’s Fiery Fiasco
(view spoiler)[Fred the Magician, in a dazzling display of poor judgement and overconfidence, has once again set part of the castle ablaze—this time incinerating half his beginner spell scroll collection. It might have been avoidable had he not stored them next to a mountain of Phoenix Feathers and a barrel clearly marked “Definitely Not Flammable (Probably).”
To help salvage the situation—and prevent Fred from “testing fireproofing spells” on the castle drapes—you’ve been asked to assist in reconstructing the lost scrolls. The information can still be found, scattered across spellcasting manuals, old wizard memoirs, and books teeming with magical mayhem. Restoring the scrolls will aid future adventurers… and buy time while someone discreetly relocates Fred’s half-built fire golem to somewhere with fewer curtains.
Search for the lost knowledge in:
1. Spellcasting manuals: Read a book where a main character chants, sings, or recites a poem.
2. Wizard memoirs: Read a memoir or biography of a “performer” — actor, singer, comedian, magician, dancer, etc.
3. Books Infused by Magic: Read three books that have a Main Page Genre of Fantasy, Magic, or Magical Realism.
Success!
The scrolls have been restored, just in time for the next class of bright-eyed adventurers. Fred is tremendously grateful—though he’s now muttering something about “lightning-proof ink.” Your Reward: 1 XP + 5 Ember Shards. (hide spoiler)]
Beware of the Equine Gourmets
(view spoiler)[Wild horses have recently discovered the village's vegetables and developed quite a taste for them, leaving the farmers in a state of frantic vegetable defense. To stop these hungry critters, you’ll need to outsmart them with a bit of reading:
1. To catch one: Read a book with a horse on the cover. It's a simple start—nothing too extravagant.
2. To catch two: Read the second book in a series where someone, presumably a character with a fondness for saddles, is seen riding a horse.
3. To catch three: Read a book that mentions the word “unicorn”—which, for some reason, these particular horses seem to be very keen on.
Once you’re done, the grateful farmers, though still slightly bewildered by the events, will reward you with 3 XP and 5 carrots. Let’s hope these carrots are better behaved than the horses!
Note: This quest was inspired by the brilliant suggestion of Lady Saar. Many thanks for the wonderful idea! (hide spoiler)]
Potion Quests - Part 6
A Royal Flush
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye had many concerns—border disputes, economic stability, the occasional dragon—but few things troubled her more than the stench permeating the kingdom’s streets. The Novel Kingdom was grand and glorious, but it had one fatal flaw: an absolute disaster of a sanitation system. The streets reeked, the rivers ran suspiciously brown, and the castle’s moat had gained a rather unsettling reputation (the less said about the glowing green sludge, the better).
Some said this was simply the way of things. Others, usually after an unfortunate slip in something unmentionable, insisted that something must be done. Queen Skye, being a forward-thinking ruler (and also quite tired of holding her breath while walking through the city), declared that you should be the one to fix the mess.
Thus begins your most noble and revolting quest yet!
The Steps to Sanitation:
1. Prepare yourself – No hero should enter this "battle" unaware of what awaits them.
Spell out the word STENCH using standard spell-it-out rules.
2. Brave the Depths – The kingdom’s sewers await. Abandon hope, all ye who sniff.
Read a book where the main character must navigate an underground location.
3. The Rat King’s Dominion – The sewers have a ruler of their own, and he’s not pleased to see you.
Read a book featuring a crime lord (or a mafia boss) to help drive the Rat King out of his smelly domain.
4. The Source of the Problem – Ah, the blockage. A horrifying combination of waste, lost treasures, and things best left unmentioned.
Read a book where a treasure is discovered (hopefully, it's worth the smell).
5. Clear the Pipes – With heroic determination (and probably a very long stick), you set things right.
Read a book with a shovel, a bucket or a spoon on the cover.
6. A Cleaner Kingdom (Mostly) – The filth is flowing freely again! Er... to the river. That’s future-you’s problem.
Read a book that contains the word “ecology” in the text.
Success! While you haven't solved all of the kingdom’s sanitation problems, you've tackled the worst of them—the blocked sewers. The noblemen still grumble about stepping in dung on the streets, but honestly, you're not a magician. Let everyone clean up after their own pets.
Queen Skye, now able to walk through her city without pinching her royal nose shut, bestows upon you a well-earned reward.
Your Reward for Services Rendered:
15 XP + 3 Minor Poison Potions (because let’s be real, you definitely came across some nasty concoctions down there).
Now go forth, brave adventurer, and may your nose recover swiftly! (hide spoiler)]
Alchemy That! Part II: The Spectral Brew
(view spoiler)[
Bill the Alchemist greets you with a suspiciously enthusiastic grin as you return to his laboratory. “You’re back! Fantastic! I’ve been working on something revolutionary—something that will change the way we deal with monsters forever! Imagine bringing them back to life, but, uh… more dangerous. I call it The Reanimation Potion! Just think of the rewards! The glory! The academic papers! All I need now are a few… minor… ingredients.”
You eye the cluttered lab nervously, noting the bubbling cauldron that seems to be emitting a faint scream. “Let me guess,” you mutter, “I’m collecting the ingredients?”
“Oh, of course, dear hero. But I assure you, this one will work perfectly. No side effects. Probably.”
Pre-requisite: You must complete Alchemy That! quest before attempting Part II (if you haven't already).
The Alchemist is asking for fresh ingredients as he brews the potion.
!!!Only fresh books can be used for this quest, i.e. read after 6/1/25!!!
1. The Essence of Past Battles
“First, we’ll need the essence of a worthy adversary. Read a book featuring a duel, battle, or fight scene—it must really make you feel the adrenaline rising.”
(“Perfect! The potion's starting to look dangerous now.”)
2. Ghostly Whispers
“Next, I need something spooky—a whisper from beyond the grave, if you will. Read a book with a ghost, spirit, or other spectral being in it. And no, that romance novel with the ‘hauntingly handsome hero’ doesn’t count.”
(“Ah, now it’s bubbling! A good sign!”)
3. Shadowed Memories
“This step requires an emotional touch. We need the memory of loss. Read a book where a character mourns, grieves, or faces some kind of profound personal loss. The potion feeds on sadness, you see. For, uh, scientific reasons.”
(“Excellent work! The potion’s gone black. That’s totally normal, right?”)
4. The Spark of Life
“Now, we need something bright—a spark to reanimate the spirit. Find and read a book with lightning, storms, or electricity in its pages. Kudos if someone yells ‘It’s alive!’ but that’s optional.”
(“Aha! It’s glowing now! …Wait, is it supposed to move?”)
5. An Unwilling Sacrifice
“Lastly, we need… oh, you’re going to love this one! We need a book that’s been neglected. You know, the one collecting dust on your physical or virtual bookshelf for the minimum of 3 years. Sacrifice it to the cause by actually reading it.”
(“Brilliant! The potion is complete! And it only singed my eyebrows a little.”)
You hand over the final ingredient, and the Alchemist triumphantly raises the potion into the air. It glows ominously, and you feel an unsettling chill in the room.
“Behold! The Re-animation Potion is ready! Soon, every rare monster in the Novel Kingdom will have a ghostly counterpart—and I’ll be rich! Uh, I mean… science will thrive!”
He sends you off with a sample to present to Jack’s Store, where the potion is immediately stocked for purchase (at a very steep price). As thanks for your efforts, Jack tosses you a free sample.
Reward: 1 Re-animation Potion. Moreover, the Potion is now "unlocked" for purchase - it means you can buy it at Jack's Store if you can afford it. Mind that as a highly advanced potion it cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin.
Re-animation potion
- Resurrects a defeated rare monster (including rare magical ones) as a ghostly version of its former self. Works only on monsters you originally defeated longer than a year ago. This ghost is far more dangerous than the original, with both its attack power and health doubled.
Upon defeating the ghost, you receive the same amount of XP and regular loot (such as potions, potion tokens, mercenary coupons, and gold) as you would for slaying the original creature. Any monster-specific items (such as gems, orbs, or body parts) will appear as the "shadow" of the original, and can be used only once before they dissipate permanently (e.g., the Shadow of the Orb of Fire grants +3 AP to your magic staff for a single battle).
Each rare monster can be reanimated only once, and the process does not work on Halloween Monsters, other Event Monsters, and zombies, as they’ve already been reanimated once before. The Rare and the Rare Magical Monsters eligible for reanimation will be revealed in waves (stay tuned for announcements in the Notice Board thread). You must defeat all the monsters in one wave before you can start reanimating those from the next. Detailed stats and rewards for each Ghost of [Monster] can be found in the Ye Olde FAQ thread.
Price: 50 gold. This highly specialized item cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin or exchanged for a Potion Token—Jack insists on cold, hard cash only. (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! Part II: The Spectral Brew quest) (hide spoiler)]
Threads of the Rainbow Tapestry
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The Royal Tapestry Room is in a bit of a cheerful mess. Spools of thread are scattered everywhere, magical bobbins are tangling themselves into knots, and someone (probably a sprite) left jam on the edge of the warp loom.
“It’s supposed to tell everyone’s story,” says Pip, the youngest weaving apprentice, peering at a section of the cloth. “But we noticed… well, some colors are missing.”
They hold up a bundle of shimmering rainbow thread. “Would you help us stitch in the ones we forgot? We need stories full of love, discovery, pride, adventure, and joy—especially the kind that’s been left off the page for far too long.”
And just like that, you’ve joined the Weaver’s Circle.
To weave in the colors of rainbow into the Royal Tapestry:
• Read 5 books featuring an LGBTQ+ main character.
These characters should be central to the narrative—whether they’re leading epic battles, falling in love, solving mysteries, or simply finding themselves. All genres welcome.
• Read 3 books written by LGBTQ+ authors.
These books may feature queer themes—or not. Let the author’s voice be part of the tapestry, even if their own story stays between the lines.
• At the Local Tavern, share the title of one book that moved you and why. Was it joyous? Tender? Fierce? Let your fellow adventurers know why it belongs in the weave.
Pip rewards your efforts with 10 XP + 1 Potion Token. (hide spoiler)]
Magical Field Trip
(view spoiler)[The Geography Department of the Novel Kingdom Academy has decided to embark on an ambitious field trip beyond the borders of our Kingdom! However, being the dreamers they are, the professors have no idea how to plan such a journey. Will you step in and help them craft an itinerary?
1. Choose a Starting Point: Read a book with the name of a city or town from your home country (or the country you currently live in) in its title.
2. Set Your Destination: Read a book featuring the name of a city where you’d like to end your trip in its title. This city must be on a different continent and at least 3,000 miles (4,830 km) from your starting point.
3. Plan Your Stops: Read 4 books with the names of cities in their titles, representing the places you'd like to visit on your journey. Each stop must be in a different country, distinct from both your starting point and final destination. (So it's 6 cities altogether: a starting point, a destination and 4 stops along the way.)
4. Pick Your Transportation: Select how you'll get there! Read 3 books featuring different means of transport on the cover or in the title. Make sure your choices match your journey—for example, traveling from New York to London requires something to get you safely across the ocean, i.e. a plane, ship, submarine, or dirigible. (Be realistic—no spaceships or unicorn rides! Choose something that exists and is capable of making the trip, e.g. a carriage pulled by horses would be fine for a trip over land but not across the ocean.)
5. Share your itinerary in the Local Tavern thread so the patrons can admire your planning skills—and who knows, you might even earn yourself a free tankard of beer as a token of their appreciation!
Example: You currently live in the UK.
Itinerary: 1. The Last Bookshop in London-2. The Paris Wife-3. A Gentleman in Moscow-4. The Man from Beijing-5. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan-6. Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
distance: over 11,000 miles (over 18,000 km)
means of transport: train: The Girl on the Train, plane:
, ship: 
As a thank-you for planning their grand adventure, the professors will reward you with 12 XP and 2 Shield Potions. Safe travels! (hide spoiler)]
Cooking Quests - Part 2
Kindlecorn Soup for the Spiritually Knackered
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Battling monsters is all well and good, of course, but even the bravest adventurers eventually run out of sheer spite and mediocre swordplay. After your latest clash with the forces of unpleasantness, you glance at your party and realize they look like overcooked noodles—wobbly, pale, and only upright thanks to strategic leaning.
This simply won’t do. So you drag the lot of them to Dr. Cottage, eccentric herbalist, field surgeon, and soup theorist. He hops closer, using his trusty cane, peers at your companions, sniffs loudly, and mutters, “Spiritually knackered. Only one thing for it. You’re cooking Kindlecorn Soup.”
Of course, he won’t just give you the recipe. That would be far too easy. “It’s a sacred broth,” he insists, “reserved for moments of true crisis… and mild social inconvenience.”
Time to prove yourself worthy of soup.
You must have a Kitchen at least LVL 1 to begin.
Part 1: Equip Your Kitchen (Non-repeatable)
To even attempt Dr. Cottage’s restorative cuisine, you need proper tools. He refuses to let his sacred soup touch anything “chipped, cursed, or emotionally fragile.”
• Spell out CAULDRON using standard spell-it-out rules.
• Pay 15 gold to the local blacksmith for a soup-approved cauldron.
Reward: 1 Cauldron, 4 XP
Part 2: Earn Dr. Cottage’s Trust (Non-repeatable)
“The soup isn’t just a meal,” he says, clutching his satchel of suspicious herbs. “It’s a commitment. A lifestyle. A legally binding culinary oath.”
• Cook 1 Drop Bear Steak to prove your culinary competence. (You must complete the Drop Bear Feast quest first if you haven't already.)
• Read a book with a pen, pencil, or quill on the cover to show you’re ready to copy down the recipe into your personal grimoire.
• Bribe—ahem, supply—Dr. Cottage with 3 Minor Heal Potions. (You’re not proud to encourage his tonic addiction, but desperate times call for mildly unethical measures.)
Reward: Kindlecorn Strengthening Soup Recipe, 4 XP
Kindlecorn Strengthening Soup Recipe:
- 10 Kindlecorn Meats
- 5 Salt
- 5 Herbs
- 3 Carrots
- 3 Peas
- 1 Book with the word "weed" in the text
- 1 Spicy book (steamy, fiery, or just full of drama)
- 1 Book by an author whose first or last name starts with W (for water)
Part 3: Cook the Soup (Repeatable)
!!! Only super fresh books can be used to cook the soup. A super fresh book is one read within the month prior to completing Part 3 of the quest. !!!
With the recipe now (somewhat legibly) transcribed into your book, it’s time to cook.
• You must have a cauldron and the recipe.
• Gather 5 Tree Branches to fuel the fire.
• Gather 5 Phoenix Feathers to ignite the fire with a flourish.
• Follow Dr Cottage's recipe and cook 1 cauldron of his delicious soup for your mercenaries.
Reward: 1 Cauldron of Kindlecorn Soup – Doubles your hired mercenary’s strength for 1 battle.
(Note: Radagast, a staunch vegetarian and soup snob, will politely decline your meaty masterpiece.)
Important Notes:
• To cook the soup, you must use only superfresh ingredients—that is, books read within the past month. For example, if you're making the soup on July 15th, only books finished on or after June 15th will count.
• You can only cook 1 Kindlecorn Soup per calendar month.
• The soup spoils 30 days after being cooked.
• The Magical Pumpkin cannot duplicate Kindlecorn Soup.
• Curious about mercenaries who benefit from soup boosts? Visit the Ye Olde FAQ. (hide spoiler)]
The Teapot Conspiracy
(view spoiler)[“It’s just tea,” said the Duchess. “Perfectly ordinary tea.”
Which would have been convincing if the spoon hadn’t just tried to strangle the maid.
Rumours are steeping across the land—someone’s enchanted the royal teapot, and now every pot of tea brewed within the castle walls has... effects. Sleepwalking guards, dancing cutlery, highly opinionated biscuits. Her Majesty suspects sabotage. Or possibly a prank gone very, very wrong.
You have been summoned to the High Kitchen as the Kingdom’s most reliable disaster-containment specialist (you read one book on herbology once and haven't exploded anything important in weeks). Investigate the source of the chaos and restore order to teatime.
Complete the following tasks to get to the bottom of the conspiracy:
1. The Cursed Cup – Read a book with a teacup or teapot on the cover.
2. Kitchen Confidential – Read a book featuring chef or baker as the main character.
3. Earl Grey Enigma – Read a whodunnit involving an inheritance and/or poisoning.
4. Sip Happens – Read a humorous or absurd book that leans into the ridiculous.
5. Spell-It-Out: T-E-A-P-O-T – Use standard spell-it-out rules.
6. Crumble the Conspiracy – Read a book where the main character is part of a secret society or works for an intelligence agency.
The investigation is a success. The culprit turns out to be the castle butler, who mistakenly spiked the royal tea with one of Bill the Alchemist’s experimental concoctions, having confused it for lemon juice which Queen Skye loves to be added into her afternoon tea. He has since been reassigned to polishing helmets well away from anything remotely herbal, alchemical, or liquid.
Reward: 12 XP + 10 Herbs (for your next tea). (hide spoiler)]
Last Orders at the Haunted Tankard
(view spoiler)[The local inn looked as though it had been losing a slow duel with gravity and damp for decades. Patrons, who considered drinking themselves insensible a noble calling, demanded that such heroic labour deserved better surroundings.
The innkeeper, a man whose artistic sense extended only to deciding which side of the glass the beer went in, reluctantly asked for help. Unfortunately, he asked you.
And since it the scary season is approching, you may have overdone it. The shabby inn now boasts cobwebs that move of their own accord, lanterns that flicker without fire, and shadows that really ought to be paying rent. With luck, the patrons will still come inside. If not - well, ghosts don’t tip, but at least they’re quiet.
To re-decorate the inn, certain formalities must be observed. This is less about artistic skill and more about proving you know what a paintbrush is and which end of it to hold.
1. Establish credibility: read a book in which someone - preferably fictional, but we won’t be picky - attempts to paint, refurbish, or otherwise improve their living space.
2. Summon the right atmosphere: read three horror novels or collection of horror short stories. Nothing says “inspired interior design” like not being able to sleep for a week.
3. Collect thematic materials:
- One book with a pumpkin on the cover.
- One book featuring a spider or cobweb on the cover (ready-made décor, really).
- One book with a predominantly grey or black cover.
4. Finally, add the unexpected: read a non-horror book that nevertheless gave you a fright, and recount the spookiest scene in the Local Tavern thread. Nothing unsettles people quite like discovering terror lurking in the wrong genre.
The innkeeper, it must be said, is less delighted with the results than you are. However, tradition demands that he reward effort, if not taste. You receive 8 XP and 5 salts from the tavern kitchen. (The salts are not currency, but the innkeeper insists they might come in handy. Possibly against slugs.) (hide spoiler)]
Story Quests - Part 3
The Curse of the Crystal
(view spoiler)[A dreadful calamity has befallen the Novel Kingdom! The villainous wizard Forever Everly, a man whose primary motivation appears to be an unhealthy surplus of spite and pointy hats, has cursed our beloved Queen Skye. In a particularly petty act of magical mischief, he has stripped her of her most prized possession: her memory of every book she has ever read. A queen of a kingdom built on stories, suddenly bereft of her literary treasures. It’s not just a catastrophe—it’s a travesty with footnotes, appendices, and a badly scrawled index. Naturally, Everly has scuttled off to his hideout atop Mount Sapientia, a brooding and windswept peak where ominous things happen on a strictly hourly schedule. There, guarded by foul monsters and an unusually high number of ominous doorways, lies the Crystal of Knowledge—the only artifact capable of undoing the queen’s bibliographic amnesia.
To claim the Crystal of Knowledge and restore Queen Skye, you must complete the following steps:
1. Defeat the Rare Monsters of the Land - Before you may approach the foot of Mount Sapientia, you must rid the kingdom of the rare monsters that terrorize its people. Only then will the path to the mountain be clear.
• Kill all the rare monsters that are roaming around the realm at the time the quest is published (6/22/25), that icludes The Evil Godmother.
2. Ascend Mount Sapientia - The climb to the summit is long and arduous, requiring not only physical endurance but the wisdom found in weighty tomes. With each book, you ascend higher, braving the thin air and the dangers of the mountain trail.
• Read 5 books of 400+ pages each.
3. Breach the Lair of Forever Everly - At the peak of the mountain lies the wizard's lair, fortified by ancient wards of dark magic. Breaking through requires immense strength of mind and spirit.
• Read 5 books of 500+ pages each. These mighty tomes will grant you the knowledge needed to shatter the barriers and enter the lair.
4. Defeat the Villainous Wizard - Within his lair, the foul wizard awaits, protected by his mastery of arcane spells. To best him in battle, you must arm yourself with the greatest of literary weapons.
• Read 5 books of 800+ pages each. Every page strengthens your resolve and hones your power, until you can strike the final blow and end his tyranny.
5. Claim the Crystal of Knowledge - Though the wizard is vanquished, your greatest challenge remains: seizing the Crystal of Knowledge itself. The artifact is guarded by unbreakable wards that can only be undone by the mightiest wisdom.
• Read 5 books of 1,000+ pages each. Only these monumental works will grant you the insight to unlock the Crystal's power.
6. Restore Queen Skye - With the Crystal of Knowledge in hand, you must undertake one final act of devotion to cure your queen. To restore her memory and her love of books, you must offer a profound collection of stories from a single mind.
• Read 5 different standalone books by the same author—all books must be different titles, no series allowed (strictly standalone books). These tales will heal her spirit and awaken her love for literature once more.
Triumph is sweet—sweeter than a freshly baked pie stolen from a windowsill. Once Queen Skye is restored to her regal glory, her gratitude is as boundless as the kingdom’s library stacks. As she surveys her realm with clear eyes once more, her gaze falls upon the Crystal of Knowledge, still glowing faintly from your heroic deeds. With a radiant smile (and a flair for the dramatic), she presents it to you, noble knight, as a token of her appreciation and a testament to your courage.
Reward: The Crystal of Knowledge - Permanently adds +1 AP to both your sword and magic staff. Permanently adds +1 HP to your maximum health. (hide spoiler)]
Sir Bargainbeak's Rare Finds
(view spoiler)[Just as you’re basking in the glory of completing the “Cheep-skate” quest, you hear a loud squawk followed by the clink of coins. Turning around, you see Sir Bargainbeak, the legendary book-dealing magpie knight, skating toward you in his tiny chainmail tunic and a gaudy feathered hat.
“Ah, my favorite treasure hunter!” he chirps. “Your impeccable taste in acquiring books for next to nothing has caught my eye—or, well, my beak! I’m in search of rare tomes to stock my shop, The Feathered Tome Emporium. But not just any books, mind you. I need the special ones: stories that whisper secrets, legends with gilded edges, and, er, a cookbook or two for my lunch breaks.”
He leans in conspiratorially. “Help me track these down, and I’ll reward you handsomely. But remember—these books must be as rare and unique as my noble feathers!”
Sir Bargainbeak has a list of rare books he’s searching for. All books must have fewer than 1,000 ratings on Goodreads at the time you started reading them.
Find these treasures:
1. Books Bound in History – Read a book featuring a hidden treasure, or an ancient or historical artifact.
2. Secrets of the Lost – Read a book about a lost civilization or forgotten place.
3. The Fabled Tome – Read a book that prominently features a particular book.
4. Epicurean Adventures – Read a book with food or cooking as an important theme. (“Even knights need to eat!” Sir Bargainbeak squawks.)
5. Feathered Friends – Read a book with a bird on the cover or a bird featured prominently in the story. Bargainbeak insists this is a personal favorite.
6. The Discount Diamond – Read a book you acquired for under $5 that feels like a rare and priceless treasure to you.
For completing the quest, you will be rewarded with 6 XP, and 2 of Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feathers (Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather guarantees a 50% discount on your next item purchase from Jack’s Store) (hide spoiler)]
Stage Fright and Other Unnatural Disasters
(view spoiler)[The Royal Theatre—once a glittering jewel of culture, drama, and snacks shaped like tragedy masks—has fallen into a state of dusty disrepair. These days, the only regular performance is the monthly Book Club Brawl, where Lord Wigglesby throws paperbacks at people who spoil endings.
Queen Skye has had enough. She has been forced to spend her Friday nights staring at the Royal Tapestries and wondering why great-great-aunt Hilda is depicted fighting a goose. She craves entertainment—drama! music! wigs! exploding chandeliers!
You, brave adventurer, have been summoned to save the day (and the box office). Your task is to put together a weekly programme so dazzling, so soul-stirring, so moderately coherent, that it brings audiences back in droves—or at least gets Lord Wigglesby to stop chucking books at pensioners.
Your Theatrical To-Do List:
1. The Play’s the Thing – Read a play. Yes, an actual play. Script format. Stage directions. Overly dramatic monologues. (The 100-page limit is waived; Shakespeare thanks you.)
2. The Fat Lady Sings – Read a book that’s been adapted into an opera. Bonus + 1 XP if the main character dies tragically in the final act.
3. Jazz Hands Required – Read a book that’s been adapted into a musical. If it involves dancing street urchins or people singing at lampposts, you're on the right track.
4. Plié and Prejudice – Read a story that’s either been turned into a ballet (100-page limit doesn't apply here.) or a book that features a character who either performs on stage in an actual ballet or watches an actual ballet performance (the ballet must be named in the book).
5. Lights, Camera, Adaptation! – Read a book that’s been made into a movie, or the actual screenplay if you're feeling fancy and want to casually name-drop screenwriting terms at parties. (100-page limit doesn't apply for the screenplay.)
6. Weekend Drama – Complete your programme by repeating two of the prompts above (i.e. 1-5).
7. Curtain Call – Announce your glittering programme in the Theatre thread. Extra flair encouraged. Bonus applause for visuals.
After you're done, don't forget to collect your reward: 10 XP + 1 Mercenary Coupon.
Now, break a leg—but not literally. The theatre has very strict liability rules ever since the chandelier incident. (hide spoiler)]
Story Quests - Price Rowan
Eighteen Candles and a Quiet Corner
(view spoiler)[It’s a momentous occasion in the Kingdom: Prince Rowan—Queen Skye’s only son and noted introvert—is turning eighteen. A celebration of royal proportions is underway, complete with feasts, fireworks, and far too many speeches. The only person less excited than the Prince is the royal historian, who’s just discovered that no proper record of royal coming-of-age ceremonies exists. None. Not even a doodle.
Queen Skye, determined that her son's birthday go down in history, tasks you with researching legendary rites of passage and birthday traditions. The Prince, meanwhile, just wants to disappear into the library. Conveniently, so do you.
To ensure the Prince’s birthday is properly celebrated—and documented:
1. Read 5 books with a primary genre of “Coming of Age” (first 7 genres listed on GR) and/or are on the first page of this GR list: Best Coming of Age Stories
2. Read a book in which a character celebrates their birthday.
3. Since the Prince is a devoted bookworm, read a book that features a book or books on the cover—as the perfect gift.
Success! The celebration proceeds with only minor firework-related incidents. The Prince smiles (an actual, visible smile) upon receiving your bookish gift. Turns out, literature really is the way to his heart. For organizing a historic and heartfelt event, you earn 10 XP and 3 Roses. (hide spoiler)]
The Prince and his Date-scapades
(view spoiler)[Following the surprisingly tolerable success of his eighteenth birthday celebration, Prince Rowan—bookworm, introvert, and occasional window-sneaker-outer—has decided to explore something new: romance. Not for alliances or courtly pressure (he dodged that speech from Queen Skye by pretending to be asleep), but simply because… well, he’s curious.
The challenge? Being both royal and shy makes traditional courting awkward. Fortunately, the Kingdom's scribes have recently revived an old tradition: "Heart & Heir", a scroll-circulated romantic directory where young nobles share poetic profiles, vaguely flattering self-portraits, and endearing tales of their pet swans. Rowan’s interested in a connection—be it with a princess, prince, or just someone who appreciates quiet libraries and long walks between hedgerows.
He’s asked you, the one person he trusts not to make this weird, to help him prepare. This means books, research, and possibly rhyming. There may also be an awkward tea date or two.
To help the Prince in his search for a kindred spirit:
• Read 3 books on or about courtship or dating (fiction or nonfiction—he’s open-minded).
• Read 2 books written in prose that include a quoted poem or song (minimum four lines). The Prince insists his Heart & Heir profile must include at least one sincere stanza—and no, it can’t be about potatoes again. Slightly offended by the potato comment, you decide to share the poems in the Local Tavern to gauge whether they’re romantic enough based on the patrons’ reactions. (Don’t forget to share the poems for this task to be complete.)
• Read a book where a character suffers from social anxiety but manages to befriend someone—whether the relationship turns romantic or remains platonic.
• Gather 3 Roses—take a flattering picture of the Prince while he’s scenting the flowers. It’ll make a smashing profile picture.
• Read a book that genuinely satisfied you—one that earned a 5-star rating. You won’t know beforehand, of course—but that’s the beauty (and gamble) of dating someone you’ve never met. Rowan wants examples with positive outcomes. (This book must be fresh, that means read after the quest was published)
Success! With your help, Rowan sends off his profile—tastefully illustrated, mildly poetic, and entirely sincere. Several responses arrive within a week, including one from a charming Paperville prince and another from a Kindletopia princess who’s also allergic to large crowds. Rowan is quietly thrilled. Courtship might not be so terrifying after all.
Your reward: 15 XP and the satisfaction of being such a good wingman—or wingwoman. (hide spoiler)]
Potion Quests - Part 7
Summer Scrounge Getaway
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye needs a break. Two whole weeks away from queenly duties sounded heavenly—until the packing began, an arcane ritual involving trunks, lists, and a baby who believed sleep was a conspiracy. Princess Lyra, at three months old, already has more luggage than most invading armies.
Your mission: gather items from Her Majesty’s Vacation Must-Have List before departure. Queen Skye is offering reward potions to those who help her pack.
Scrounger List (20 items)
• Sunscreen
• Beach towel
• Swimsuit
• Flip-flops
• Sun hat
• Cooler (Must be an actual item; don't try to be cool and sneak in an adjective!)
• Beach umbrella
• Snorkel set
• Backpack
• Bug spray
• Hiking shoes
• First-aid kit
• E-reader
• Portable speaker
• Travel pillow
• Map or travel guide
• Lightweight stroller
• Diaper Bag
• Baby wipes
• Travel Cot / Travel Crib
Each scrounger list item may only be found once. Items are found in the text or title of a book. Only one item may be found per book. The word may be plural. Each potion is listed with the number of scrounger items needed to win it. You may trade in items for potions at any time.
• Minor Heal Potion - 1 Item
• Heal Potion - 2 Items
• Major Heal Potion - 3 Items
• Minor Poison Potion - 2 Items
• Enhanced Weapon Potion - 3 Items
• Damage Potion - 4 Items
• Find Items Potion - 2 Items
• Time Walking Potion - 3 Items
• Duplication Potion - 4 Items
• Weakening Potion - 2 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Transmogrification Potion - 1 Item (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest)
• Pet Plus Potion - 4 Items (must be unlocked through Alchemy That! quest) (hide spoiler)]
The Bone-Afide Problem
(view spoiler)[“The skeleton in the ballroom closet is dancing again,” whispers the footman. “And now it’s brought friends.”
It started with a single rogue skeleton doing the waltz at midnight. Now the entire east wing of the castle is overrun with jubilant bones—jigging in the hallways, clacking through the kitchen, and using the throne room as a conga line.
Nick the Necromancer is absolutely certain he didn’t summon them (this time), which means someone else is tampering with bone-magic. It’s up to you to get to the bottom of this rattle-happy invasion.
To banish the ballroom bone brigade, complete these tasks:
1. The Skeleton Key – Read a book where hidden doors or a secret room are involved.
2. Brittle Bones – Read a book where a main character is recovering from injury.
3. Bone to Pick – Read a book featuring a long-standing feud.
4. Dance Macabre – Read a book with people dancing on the cover.
5. Cursed Marrow – Read a book with a curse word in the text. Quote the sentence containing the curse word.
6. Bag of Bones – Gather 25 Bat Wings and 10 Balls of Wool to stitch together a sack big enough to corral the reveling skeletons.
You did it! The castle is once again skeleton-free. Nick the Necromancer is grateful for your help in containing the bony bedlam, and rewards you with 5 XP and 3 Potion Tokens. (hide spoiler)]
Fred’s Flaming Folly
(view spoiler)[Fred the Magician has finally completed his long-promised fire golem prototype. And by “completed,” we mean he’s given it legs, vague instructions, and a name it refuses to answer to. The golem, affectionately (and misleadingly) dubbed “Cinderpaws,” has now gone on an impromptu tour of the kingdom—igniting the occasional thatched roof, toasting one unfortunate bard’s lute, and stopping traffic by basking in campfires “for warmth.”
Since tracking it down with nets and water buckets has proven ineffective (and mildly flammable), Queen Skye has come up with a clever plan: send the most literate adventurers to research magical creature control, the ethics of enchanted constructs, and a few tales of animated beings finding their purpose. Fred, of course, insists this is all part of “the learning experience.”
Search for a way to contain Cinderpaws by completing these tasks:
1. Sentience and Sparks: Read 3 books with an artificial character — robot, computer (must be AI), or golem.
2. Construct Control: Read a book where the word “control” appears at least 25 times.
3. Preventative Magik: Read a book with flame on the cover.
Success!
You return with the knowledge needed to tether Cinderpaws’ wanderlust—using a combination of calming enchantments, self-reflection scrolls, and a sturdy leash woven from fire-resistant puns. Fred declares the experiment a raging success and begins sketching plans for a sequel project: “The Lava Ferret.” Your Reward: 5 XP + 2 Shield Potions. (hide spoiler)]
Nothing But Reading Challenges
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Quests may be embarked upon at any time while they are posted on the quest board and may be completed only once per Hero. During the course of the year, quests may be taken off the board and new quests added. If you have not applied your books towards the completion of a quest you may re-apply them to another purpose if you are unable to complete the quest.
Quests that have expired may be completed by using a NBRC Gift Card or a Time Walking Potion