Hooked on Books discussion

“Stay focused. Stay ready.”

👥 Team Roster
Kirsten
Lisa
Jackie

👥 Team SS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

📜 Rules
⭐Teams may only have one active creature at a time + one bonus if assigned (bonuses are optional)
⭐All creature requirements must be fully completed before turn-in
⭐All turn-ins must be posted in The Nightbound Conclave
⭐A Conclave Dial result is required to receive your next assignment
⭐Follow all instructions issued by the Conclave
⭐Standard Rules Apply

🔗 Chain Rules (Read This Carefully)
To capture most creatures, your team will complete chains.
Each chain requires 3 books total
Each team member contributes 1 book per chain
👉 You may split the work as needed:
One member may complete 2 books in a chain
BUT no single player may complete all 3 books in a chain


🔗 Important Links
❓ Q&A: The Conclave Inquiry Desk
📜 Scoreboard: The Conclave Ledger (competitive only)
🌑 Check-In / Turn-In: The Nightbound Conclave
🗂️ Collectibles
🗒️ Feedback

👁️ Thread Use
This thread is for:
⭐Planning your reads
⭐Coordinating with your team
⭐General discussion
“What happens here… is still seen.”

⚠️ Advisory
Something may… interfere.

🔮 The Conclave’s Favor (Fallback Hunt)

When a hunt proves too elusive, the Conclave may offer… an alternative path.

During the challenge, each player may call upon the Conclave for guidance.

Instead of completing a difficult or overly specific task, you may:

👉 Roll 2d6 or 1d12 https://rolladie.net/#!numbers=1&...
👉 Complete the assigned task below instead
👉 Your book will still count as a full chain link

🎯 The Conclave’s Boon Table
🎲 1. Color of the Veil
Read a book where one color makes up at least 50% of the cover

🎲 2. Marked by the Beast
Read a book with an animal or creature on the cover

🎲 3. Hunter’s Tool
Read a book with a weapon or tool on the cover
(blade, staff, gun, bow, etc.)

🎲 4. Whispered Name
Read a book with a specific word in the title
👉 Roll 1d6:
1–2: Blood
3–4: Shadow
5–6: Fire

🎲 5. Echoes in the Text
Read a book where the assigned word appears at least twice in the title, synopsis, or text.
👉 Roll 1d6:
1–2: Dark
3–4: Death
5–6: Power

🎲 6. Domain of the Hunt
Read a book set primarily in:
👉 Roll 1d6:
1–2: Forest
3–4: City
5–6: Water (ocean, river, or lake)

🎲 7. The Unnatural
Read a book featuring a supernatural or non-human element

🎲 8. Marked Soul
Read a book with a main character who is cursed, transformed, or hunted

🎲 9. Cycle of Conflict
Read a book that includes one of these themes:
Revenge
Survival
Sacrifice

🎲 10. Cover of Omen
Read a book with:
A face, OR
A single prominent object on the cover

🎲 11. Hidden Thread
Read a book with:
A map, symbol, sigil, emblem, crest, or other meaningful marking connected to the story.

🎲 12. The Hunter’s Choice
Read a book that clearly fits the supernatural, horror, or fantasy realm
(Must be justifiable—no unrelated reads)

⚖️ Rules & Restrictions
⭐ Each Hunter receives 1 Conclave Boon during the challenge.
🔗 One Boon may replace one eligible task and counts as one completed chain link.
📣 The Boon must be declared before finishing the book.
🎲 Once rolled, the assigned Boon task must be completed — no rerolls.
📖 One qualifying book completes one Boon task.
📖 HOB Standard Rules Apply
🚫 Boons cannot replace Tasks #11, #14, #19, or #23.


🌒 Veilbound Advantage (backup players)
Veilbound Reserves may carry a maximum of 3 Veil Sigils with them when called into the main hunt. Sigils are earned while playing in the Veilbound Reserves and are available only to those players.

🔮 Each Veil Sigil may be exchanged for 1 additional Conclave Boon use.
✨ Once exchanged, that Sigil is spent.
🎲 Additional Boons use the same Boon Table and rules as the player's original Boon.
🚫 The same task restrictions apply.

I'm here.

Me too.

👀 Ahhh... late arrivals.

Welcome, Bone Circle.

Looks like you're still waiting for one more hunter to join you, so I'll behave myself... for now. 😈

Get settled. I'll be back.

no Kirsten?

She's getting ready to start teaching. She'll be by soon.

😈 Twitch has a question...

So... The Bone Circle.

Are we reading books here, or are we waiting for the teacher to dismiss the class? 📚👀

I hear Kirsten is busy getting ready for the school year, which apparently means the entire Bone Circle has been put on recess.

Don't worry. I'll wait.

I'm very patient.

...

Okay, that's a lie. 😈

Carry on, Bone Circle. I'm sure Kirsten will eventually let you out of detention. 😂

I could not find this thread!!!

I am finally here. So sorry, team. Good thing we're not competitive.

Spun and checked us in.

19. 🐉 Dragon

🐉 Dragon Encounter: Trial of the Hoard

⚠️ CONCLAVE INTERRUPTION
The entity has not been found.
It has not been tracked.
You have entered its domain.
“You do not hunt a dragon…
You are judged by it.”
The Dragon does not attack.
It watches.
It waits.
And then… it tests.

🔥 The Trial
The Dragon guards something of value.
To survive this encounter, your team must prove:
👉 You are worthy to take it

💎 The Hoard
The Dragon’s hoard is not gold.
It is power, rarity, and value

To complete the trial:
👉 Your team must present 3 worthy offerings

👥 Team Structure
Each team member contributes one offering (one book)
All three must be completed
❗ No doubling up
❗ No substitutions

🐉 The Rule of Worth
Each offering must feel:
⭐significant
⭐meaningful
⭐or valuable

🔥 Offering Types (choose any 3)
Each book must meet ONE of the following:

👑 Power
A book where power, dominance, or control is central

💰 Value
A book that feels significant:
✨long
✨highly rated
✨or widely known

⚔️ Trial
A book involving challenge, conflict, or proving oneself

🛡️ Guarded
A book featuring something protected, hidden, or fought over

🔥 Rarity
A book that is:
✨outside your usual genre
✨uncommon
✨or difficult for you personally

Bonus 2: 🐍 Basilisk

“Do not meet its gaze… and you may survive.”

The Conclave has identified a volatile anomaly—one that does not strike through force, but through a single fatal moment.

It does not pursue.
It does not warn.

👉 It only needs to be seen.

To resolve this anomaly:
Complete the following:

📖Read a book featuring a danger that characters try to avoid.
📖Read a book with a person, face, or object partially hidden or obscured on the cover.
📖Read a book involving secrecy, hiding, or avoiding detection

Ok for Dragon I'm thinking...Riding the Storm for 🛡️ Guarded - A book featuring something protected, hidden, or fought over. Thor wants to protect Orin.

And then for Basilisk...I can do:
To Touch the Light - EM Lindsey
Read a book involving secrecy, hiding, or avoiding detection: (Viktor is trying to stay hidden)
Read a book with a person, face, or object partially hidden or obscured on the cover. (only see half the face)

I could find the last one too if needed.

For Dragon, I can do Value - A book that feels significant:
✨long
✨highly rated
✨or widely known
I have a Stephen King coming up that should work for that.

For Basilisk, I should be able to do any of them.

I can take Power with Something Wicked This Way Comes because the supernatural power fights for control of the past and present.

For basilisk, I can most easily do face obscured and avoiding danger

So for Dragon:
Lisa: 🛡️ Guarded
A book featuring something protected, hidden, or fought over
Kirsten: 👑 Power
A book where power, dominance, or control is central
Jackie: 💰 Value
A book that feels significant:
✨long
✨highly rated
✨or widely known

For Basilisk:
Lisa: 📖Read a book involving secrecy, hiding, or avoiding detection
Kirsten: 📖Read a book with a person, face, or object partially hidden or obscured on the cover.
Jackie: 📖Read a book featuring a danger that characters try to avoid.