Difference between revisions of "The Venery"

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	Test of the
	Venery

	Discipline
	Thought
	Requirements
	Level 8 Principles of Thought
	Principles
	Make an Eyelet cut Amethyst (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Lapis (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Turquoise (Optional) Make an Eyelet cut Garnet (Optional) Make a Simple Lockbox Make Papyrus Paper Build a Venery Gathering Point Install at least 7 Lockboxes Open a Venery Tear down your Venery Gathering Point, OR Have 7 Judges run and rate your Venery Design rated Good by most judges All of the above OR complete three recent winning Venerys
	Demonstration
	Demonstrated by kirie in [[]] on 7/24/2018.

University Text

Design a Venery, a treasure hunt around your home, throughout your neighborhood, or across Egypt. A good Venery can teach runners about local sites, and is neither too easy nor too difficult. After completing your design, if you wish to turn off the Venery menu on objects, turn off the option in 'Interface Options' under 'Show menu items for Venery Configuration'. This option was added when you started the Test of the Venery.

Overview

This is the second test in the discipline of Thought.

This test allows the builder to create a small story and bring the participant through a series of locations while participating. It can be timed and can be as small as within eyesight to Egypt as a whole.

Passing Principles

Open a Venery (Venery Gathering Point and Simple Lockboxes) and tear it down OR
Have seven Judges run and rate your Venery Good or better OR
Complete three recent winning Venerys

Complete and collect 3 Venery Certificates. Show them to any School of Thought. (Note From T7- last step does not seem to be necessary. I leveled up at Venery Gathering Point after getting third Venery Certificate - Estaar)

Creating a Venery

Make at least 7 Simple Lockboxes
Determine where you'd like to start your Venery
Build a Venery Gathering Point
Name your keys
Install your Simple Lockboxes
Create your clues - Consider using the Venery Planner to plan and write your content.
Open your Venery.

Notes on Lockboxes and Clues

You need to select 'Configure This Venery' at the Venery gathering point before you start installing lockboxes. Then you can install keys and lockboxes anywhere you like.
Make sure that Options > Interface> Tests > "show menu items for venery configuration" is checked, or you will not get the option to install the Locboxes! - Minerva

A venery should be fun to do. Many Egyptians get frustrated with the very hard ones and will tend to quit the venery.
Make sure your clues are precise and not too hard to decipher.
Always keep in mind that people will be voting on this so if you want to pass it needs to be finely balanced between easy and hard.
Some people in previous tales built chests and placed rewards in them for others to collect. However you do it is up to you.
Some people will also have an answer sheet attached to their wiki page.
Remember Just Have Fun.

For more on how to design a Venery see Dreasimy's Guide to Creating a Venery!

Venery Locations

Green for recognized (passed) veneries (use "Gr" prefix on pin)
Red for unrecognized (unpassed) veneries (use "Rd" prefix on pin)

Region	Coordinates	Designer	Name	Passed	Remarks	RL Date Opened
South Sinai	3360 4775	Spatulus	Undisciplined	Yes	First Venery in T8	7/24/2018
Red Sea	2021 1981	Sabuli	Schoolbusters	Yes		7/25/2018
Meshwesh Delta	1021 7014	Samruc	Samruc's Puzzle Venery	No		8/15/2018
Meroe Desert	-230 -720	Atom	Pistachio the Squirrel's Sea Lily Patch	Yes		8/10/2018
South Sinai	3360 4751	Vixsin	Sheep Scurry	Yes		8/15/2018

Passes

See Test Pass History

Demonstration

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