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A plague has past through Novel Kingdom, on the edge of Lake Lexicon. The heroes who were previously keeping the kingdom safe from monsters have been particularly badly hit and Queen Skye has put out a call for new heroes to come and maintain the safety of the kingdom.

In recognition of the fact that the kingdom is in a perilous state with all the new monsters, she is planning to pair experienced adventurers with the newcomers to help them find their way around the kingdom while they settle in.

How to take part
Post below saying whether you are a newcomer to the kingdom or an experienced hero. We will pair you up to complete the tasks together. Both of you will receive the same rewards from completions.

Tasks
1. Say hello in the buddy thread set up for you
2. Introduce yourself in the Tavern (the experienced player does not need to do this again!)
3. Newcomer reaches level 2 experience
4. Newcomer levels up a weapon
5. Newcomer levels up both weapons
6. Newcomer defeats their first monster
7. Together spell out one of NOVEL, ROLE, PLAY, GAME using standard spell out rules
8. Visit the melting pot and suggest a quest idea that you have worked on together
9. The experienced player gives a gift to the newcomer to help with a quest (e.g. potion/egg/magic item)
10. Both partners read a book that involves a teacher or student, or that has a link to a video game (i.e. Ready Player One or The Last Wish). It does not have to be the same book. The mentor can also read a book with the letters AS in the title.

Rewards
These are additive (i.e when you complete hard, in total you will have 23 XP, 10 gold and a major heal potion).

Tutorial: Complete 2 tasks for 2XP
Easy: Complete 4 tasks for 4XP
Intermediate: Complete 7 tasks for 7XP and 10 gold
Hard: Complete 10 tasks for 10 XP and a major heal potion

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Hi Chandler! Welcome aboard!

I'm going to paste here some information I've shared with past apprentices to get you started...

Feel free to ask me any questions at any time. I usually check-in online here a few days a week, but for sure on Sundays. This reading challenge can be overwhelming at the beginning, but it is a lot of fun, so make sure you give it a decent chance.

I'll post here what I shared with my last apprentice to get you started...

I'd recommend looking over other people's adventure threads to see how people are organizing and documenting their quests, etc. Everyone has their own style and way of doing things, but it is good to get a few different ideas so you know how you want to organize yourself.

Some possible priorities for you could be:

1. Choose which weapon you want to have as your main weapon. Both need to be leveled at least once for one of your apprenticeship tasks, but you will probably want to pick one to be your main weapon once that task is complete. For example, I love reading series, so I chose my Magic Staff to be my main weapon and have leveled it up to a comfortable level. I will now be focusing on leveling my Sword to a comfortable level so I can attack those monsters that can only be fought with a sword.

2. Consider using some of your 15 books from the Welcome Basket to get the first level or two of each weapon. That will give you a boost and you can start fighting the lower level monsters to get experience points.

3. Familiarize yourself with the challenge threads so you know where to find important information. As you do, you will no doubt start thinking about which quests you would like to start on first. I suggest you set yourself a monthly goal (i.e. level hero up, level up a weapon, fight a dragon, buy a hat, etc.) and pick the quests that will help you reach that goal.

4. I would recommend working on the Easter Bilby quest early on. It is slightly longer than some, but having that egg once a week is very helpful when healing from monster attacks.

For the tasks above...,

I'll let you pick which word you want us to do for number 7 and which letters you want. You can use your welcome basket books if you need to. Just let me know which letters I should be working on.

Number 8 is the most time consuming, so start thinking about that one early. You can read over other quests apprenticeships have come up with in the Melting Pot thread, or look over the official quests in the Quests thread for ideas. I will help you work out the logistics and write the draft we want to use. I will try to come up with a couple ideas as well.

Looking forward to getting to know you!