Hooked on Books discussion

January 1, 2025
Open-Ended
Team

Please decide on a team name and submit in the Quest check-in thread.


Team Members
Amanda
Race: Human
Class: Ranger
Class level: 4

Jackie
Race: Elf
Class: Wizard
Class level: 4

Janeylou
Race: Fairy
Class: Fighter
Class level: 4

Lisa
Race: Shifter
Class: Rogue
Class level:4

Links
Q&A
Quest Check-in
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


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

Do we want a team name?

Suggestions:
Readers of the Lost Arc
Plot Points and Polyhedrals
Bookwyrms and Beholders
Readiculous Adventures

Those are good, Lisa. Hard to choose but I think either Readers of the Lost Arc or Readiculous Adventures.

ChatGPT. I can only be creative with AI assistance. :)

I like Readicious Adventures

Oops wrong team

I like Readers of the Lost Arc

I like Lost Arc as well

Race Tasks: (choose one)
1. Read a book with a character that matches the race type you choose
2. Read a book with all the letters of the race type you choose in the title/subtitle/series (example: GOBLIN)
3. Read a book with the race type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or % (example: DWARF)

Class Tasks: (choose one)
1. Read a book with a character that matches the class type you choose
2. Read a book with all the letters of the class type you choose in the title/subtitle/series (example: WIZARD)
3. Read a book with the class type chosen listed in the text of the book: please state the page or % (example: BARBARIAN)

Please choose one race & one class
Race options:
Elf
Dwarf
Goblin
Orc
Human
Shifter
Fairy

Class Options:
Barbarian
Druid
Ranger
Rogue
Wizard
Fighter
Monk

Link to Class options to explore skills: https://5e.tools/classes.html#barbari...

Please Note: Each player will read a total of 2 books for this. One for race & one for class.

I let Corey choose for me and he said he would play as a Human Ranger which honestly is way easier than a lot of other options lol

I’ve always wanted to be a wizard. lol

Have to figure out my race. Maybe elf.

I'm leaning toward Shifter Fighter or Shifter Monk....

Can we have any parts the same as each other or all need to be different?

I think I'm gonna go with Shifter Rogue.

It doesn't say that we can't overlap.
Q: Does the whole team have to choose the same race & class?
A: Absolutely NOT! In my opinion, it is better to have a variety of skills. However, the strategy your team chooses is up to you. Have fun choosing your characters.

You will each make your own decisions on race & class. This is a good thing. Everyone will have their own skills. You may need a variety of skills because you never know what quest you will be sent on. It may be easy but it may not be. Your skills may be the answer. You decide the path you take in this game.


Per my daughter and her boyfriend, variety is good in D&D. They would not recommend EXACT duplicates. (Their knowledge is based on actual game play).

Ive heard of D & D , thats about as far as my knowledge goes 😄😄

Spreadsheet is in message 1

I was just thinking we might need a spreadsheet to track this stuff. :)

I've played and yes, variety is good so you have multiple ways to combat what you come across

Im going with Fairy Fighter

I'll go with Elf Wizard.

Checked us in

Quest #1

A prized 'sack of flour' has been stolen from you, but you've tracked it down to a highly secure bank. The bank will not give it back to you. Do you give up, or plan a heist?

If you give up: spell out CONCEDE
C
O
N
C
E
D
E

If you plan a heist.
Step 1: Gather your heist materials
Minimum 4 books - items should be on covers or in the title

Step 2: Security - security guards & alarms
Read a book with a security guard character (to distract him)
Read a book with the word alarm in the text (to disable it)
{Create your own additional tasks as needed to fit your plan}

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

Just off to work so look later
Miffed i just finished a security guard 😄

Im presuming we going to plan a heist .
I ve changed my feather book for sweden to a security guard so got that covered

Also got Alarm in text

Items used for heist ...from google

Lockpick
Stethoscope
Rope
Duffel bag
Surveillance stuff
Scanner
Wire cutters
Baseball bat
Tabi boots..( japanese socks for.ninjas)
Crowbar
Grappling hook
Silk gloves
Laptop
Drill
Dental floss
Bolt cutter
Sledgehammer

Those will be hard to find in title/cover. If someone comes up with the fun story (I'm not creative enough lol) I'll read books to fit it

Amanda wrote: "Those will be hard to find in title/cover. If someone comes up with the fun story (I'm not creative enough lol) I'll read books to fit it"

Wheres Kirsten when we need her 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ 😄😄

We could ask her. I'm sure she'd help. :)

I hid the concede option on the spreadsheet.

I can find things if I know what to find. This creativity piece is not my forte. :)

I can find the cover items but none fit with Quest which im trying to get most sorted before other challenges take over

We definitely need Kirsten’s creativity. Maybe she’d help us out. 🤞

Don't forget that you have skills that may be useful...

This may help us girls

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd...

Ok girls , before the new challenges start do we need to sort out what we going to do so can plan books

K's Idea
STEP ONE:
cellphone
gloves
watch
plastic

Others...
Lockpick
Stethoscope
Rope
Duffel bag
Surveillance stuff
Scanner
Wire cutters
Baseball bat
Tabi boots..( japanese socks for.ninjas)
Crowbar
Grappling hook
Silk gloves
Laptop
Drill
Dental floss
Bolt cutter
Sledgehammer


STEP TWO:
security guard
flowers
alarm

THE PLAN
Janine used her cellphoneto call Jackie. "When you get to the bank, be sure you've got your gloves so you don't leave any fingerprints."

"Right," said. Jackie. "And then I'll use the countdown timer on my watch to disable the vault with the plastic explosives.

Amanda joined the call. "Meanwhile, I'll distract the security guard with a large bouquet of flowers.

"And I'll disable the security alarm while the guard is trying to get rid of the huge bouquet," piped in Lisa.

Read your 4 books and I'll work them into this plan. I'm not entirely sure how this is supposed to work, so keep me posted, but if you find items and books, I can write a story. OR, if you want me to give you items I can just do that and then you can tell me the titles of stuff you've read and I can make a story out of it.

I'm working on something, have an idea but Lisa can you pick a shifter from the DND shifters:

1. Werebear
2 Wereboar
3 Wererat
4 Weretiger
5 Werewolf (wolflike)
6 Werewolf (doglike)

Werebear.

Guys, I said I wasn't creative and then I went a little too hard on this lol

LIsa- Stealth and Trickery, has proficiency in acrobatics, athletics, intimidation, OR survival
Amanda-Martial Prowess and Nature Magic (Humans are humans lol)
Jackie-Scholarly, Can manipulate reality; superior night vision
Janine-Martial Combat, Weapons, can fly, exceptionally small, can cast fairy flame

Okay, so Here's what I'm thinking from everything we've got:

If you plan a heist.
Step 1: Gather your heist materials
Needed: (I think we can just choose 4 to read for)
Program
Cell Phone
Watch
Rope
Gas
Gloves

Step 2: Security - security guards & alarms
Read a book with a security guard character (to distract him)-Janine
Read a book with the word alarm in the text (to disable it)-Janine
{Create your own additional tasks as needed to fit your plan}

Step 3: Execute your plan - tell me your plan (and then pick 4 words from here to read as books?)

Amanda slowly pushed the vine up the back wall until it pushed through a window they had left open while visiting a bank manager during regular hours. When Lisa asked for a glass of water, the dumb manager left leaving her the chance to download their data copier to the computer’s hard drive. Now all that’s needed is for the vine to take the shape of the USB drive so that they can retrieve the information. The program will self destruct by midnight, so as soon as the download is complete, Amanda wills the vine to disintegrate.

Jackie is the only one capable of reading the binary info they’ve received so it is sent directly to her cellphone. After reading what is needed to disable the alarm, she rushes over to relay the information to Lisa and they both give Janine the signal, a quick ping on her watch.

Janine is far out in the empty field nearby. Luckily it’s dry enough that her fairy flame quickly sets the small patch they’ve covered in gasoline a blaze. She quickly takes to the sky, pumping her tiny wings with all her might so that she doesn’t get caught in the smoke. Jackie quickly casts an illusion so that the guard believes the fire is much closer than it actually is. Unfortunately for him, she also makes it seem that the fire extinguisher nearby is missing, so he’s forced to flee to safety to call in the Fire Department.

Now, it’s Lisa’s time to shine. She quickly shifts into here were bear form and Amanda hops on her back. Jackie and Janine have donned their gloves and are able to pull the doors open just in time for them to run through. Once inside, Amanda conjures another vine to key in the alarm code and everything goes blissfully silent. Getting to the vault is tricky as a huge bear, but they manage, and Amanda uses the rope to tie the huge heavy bag of flour to Lisa’s back. Jackie and Janine signal a quick flashlight pulse that the guard is returning. Lisa digs deep into her bear’s awareness to put on a burst of speed. They race out the door, Lisa scoops up Jackie while Janine takes to the skies, and they all flee into the night.

🤣🤣..great Amanda , i happen to know stephen Spielberg..shall i put in a good word ??

Amanda, that’s terrific!

So would any of these work for.programme

Janeylou wrote: "So would any of these work for.programme



"

Maybe the last two.

I thought that would be the answer 😒😒

I can cover programme then , not sure when though, as i pick new books ill bear the others in mind

Maybe instead of gas, use fire. That would be easier to find, I think.

I can take rope and probably any of the others.

I updated the spreadsheet and picked: Program, Fire, Gloves and Rope.
I thought Gas and Cell Phone would be harder to find.

For Step 2 I added:
Read a book with the word "vine" on the cover or in the text
*Amanda uses a vine twice, so we might want to make sure we have that covered

Not sure what else to add for step 2.

Then we have to pick 4 books titles of books we read to include in the story right?

I just read "Conundrum" that might be a good word to include. I've also got Sawyer if we wanted to give someone else (maybe the waiter) a name.

I don't think I have anything that works for anything other than the titles....

For
Program
Cell Phone
Watch
Rope
Gas
Gloves
We need at least 4 but do we get more more the more we use cos i can find a phone

I found a cellphone.

It says minimum of 4 for Step 1 so we can do more

Janeylou wrote: "For
Program
Cell Phone
Watch
Rope
Gas
Gloves
We need at least 4 but do we get more more the more we use cos i can find a phone"

We can also add more to this list, they're just also used in the story so didn't want to over do it.

But if we don't mind reading it twice we can definitely have a lot of the same