Doing the Aquila -- RAFFLE!

Doing the wah wah Aquila. Doing the wah wah Aquila.

Seeing that my quest arrow was pointing me toward's Zeus's demise, I snagged one Bailey Skystaff to come help me out. Neither of us had played through Aquila, and it was HIGH TIME, my friends, to conquer Aquila . . . and we did!

ZEUS!

POSEIDON!

Yeah, the first two dungeons didn't provide much of a challenge for us, but I imagine conquering those at the level they are designed for would be quite an accomplishment!

Loved this statue for sure though, right?!

I was going to post more here about my thoughts, but, again, I'm behind the curve on Wizard101 blogging, so I had an idea.

I've created a raffle.

First rule, Only enter once per household -- I will delete entries that are duplicate IP addresses.

Second rule, do not enter this raffle if you're under 13--let mom and dad enter for you.

Third rule, you must use the Rafflecopter app below to enter, and you must leave me a comment in this blog post with a hint, tip, or link to some helpful Aquila information.

Prizes? I don't know, not everyone will win, but I have some spare stuff here that I've never given away, and I may have a surprise gift or two, plus I have a number of Galvanic Hammers to give away!

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Thanks! I can't wait to see all the advice you have to share.

Happy Dueling!

Pet-a-Palooza Raffle Time!

It's Pet-a-Palooza season in Wizard101 where great deals in game meet great fun out of the game, and that means it's also time for a raffle on TFN!

First and foremost, thanks to KingsIsle for all the amazing prizes! We've got 10,000 Crowns codes, 5,000 Crowns codes, and Pet-a-Palooza packs that give the coolest stuff:

Each code will guarantee:
* One Mega Snack Pack
* One Hatching Elixir
* One Energy Elixir for training your pet
* One Random Pet from the list below

Spider Golem
Firewing
Ice Salamander
Black Cat
Lucky Leprechaun
Storm Beetle
Death Scarab
Summer Dragon
Fog Unicorn
Ice Elf
Dark Crow
Myth Leprechaun
Crabling
Snake in a Basket
Fierce Hound

FUN!

All you have to do to enter is use this Rafflecopter widget below and leave me a blog post comment. What to comment about? Simple, you know how our pets compete in Derby racing against each other for awesome fun and tickets? Yeah? What I want to know is what are some other ways you'd like to see your pets compete against each other?

You must have an email address or Facebook to enter, which means if you're under 13, you MUST get mom and dad's approval and assistance before entering. Prizes will be given out within a week of the contest finishing.


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Happy Dueling!

Wyvern Codes a Palooza!

That's right, it's Mount-a-Palooza in Wizard101 right now and yours truly has the opportunity to throw down some codes for 20 lucky fans! I'm so happy to give these awesome Wyverns to you guys! That's right, WYVERNS! If you're one of the lucky winners you will get one random permanent version of the following options:

- Cloud Wyvern
- Fire Wyvern
- Jade Wyvern
- Night Wyvern
- Skyvern
- Gold Wyvern

All you gotta do is enter the raffle below and leave a comment in this blog post about what type of mount you'd like to see from Wizard101 in Pirate101 and why.

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Best of luck everyone! The Raffle ends Sunday (04/21/2013) and winners will be emailed during the week.

Happy Dueling

Conversation Hearts from The Spiral

Happy Valentine's Day, readers! I'm so excited for all that the day will bring to you today. LOVE! Love is in the air!

So I have a lot of multi-person Wizard101 mounts to give away including a Blood Raven, Great Hornocerous, Hydra, Malorian Dragon, Scarydactyl, Winter Treant, Phoenix, and the mighty Trex! If you'd like a shot at winning one, all I need you to do is send me a conversation heart from The Spiral!

What's a conversation heart from The Spiral? Basically conversation hearts are those little candy hearts with text written on them . . . like this!


Here's a link to the website I used to create that, BUT you definitely don't have to only use that program when you make your heart . . . feel free to be as creative as you'd like! Heck, make a cookie heart and snap a picture of it if you'd like! (um, please, no real hearts /shudder) However you make your graphic, package it up and send it to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com (if you're under 13, get your parent or guardian's assistance) by 20 February 2013, and your conversation heart from The Spiral will be judged AND entered into a raffle. That's right, there's a raffle portion to this as well, so don't worry if you're not particularly feeling creative today. :) Just try to make your heart Wizard101 or Pirate101 themed.

We'll announce winners by 25 February (earlier if possible). :) NOTE: Only one entry per person!

Best of luck and happy dueling!

Beating the Post-Christmas Blues Raffle!

Heya! It's easy to slump into some post-Christmas blues my friends. When you think about it, the holidays are pretty emotional events where you're seeing family, giving and receiving gifts, and basically eating more comfort food than you should. It's a time when you're extending yourself beyond your normal reaches, and well, sometimes that just lends itself to "deflating" after the holidays.

No worries though! BUCK UP MY COOL RANCH COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS! You can definitely beat the post-Christmas blues! Get out there and exercise, clean your house, take a vacation, WORK, finish a big project . . . there are lots of awesome things you can do to get motivated.

So here's the deal . . . I have five codes for Wizard101 Epic Bundles that I'd love to give away Rafflecopter style. You remember epic bundles don't you? No? It's a retired card that's no longer available! It's the bundle that started bundles! Check it out!

Enter today (12/27/2012) and I'll choose winners tomorrow (12/28/2012)!

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The only thing I'm asking is that you leave me a comment below with an idea on how someone might beat the post-Christmas blues! Thanks! Have fun, and . . . .

Happy Dueling!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest!

For many party go'ers over the holidays, Christmas joy is manifested in one of the most horrifically snuggly pieces of wonder known as the Ugly Christmas Sweater. Check out this number that comes from Rustyzipper.com's collection of Ugly Christmas Sweaters!

EEK! Ugly and epic! That's the true spirit of an ugly Christmas sweater!

This contest pays homage to the Ugly Christmas Sweater because with Wizard101's hundreds of clothing options, it is absolutely possible to come up with a magnificently gaudy Christmas combination all your own! Behold!

That's Thomas showing off his Santa Hat, Faerie Court Steel Leaf Robe, Mysterious Jade Boots, Ice Elf pet, and Sweet Staff. Whew . . . ugly and epic!

So let's see what ugly and epic Yuletide combinations you can throw together yourself! To enter, please send an email to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com by 20 December 2012 with the following:

1- Your Wizard Name
2- A screenshot of your character wearing the ugliest Wizard101 Christmas costume you can throw together. (Remember, it's gotta look at least a little Christmas'y!)
3- A description of your ugly outfit.

* No group photos please
* Only one entry per person
* If you're under 13, please get Mom and Dad's permission and assistance.

We've got a lot of fantastic prizes to give away including random Wizard101 Bundles and Crowns, so get out there and get creative!

We'll be choosing our top pics on 21-22 December and posting up our winners before Christmas Day! We'll also be raffling off a few random winners as well, so don't worry if your outfit is just so-so . . . everyone has a chance to win!

Happy Dueling!

Halloween Raffle Explosion of Awesomeness!

Heya all,

We've run out of time for contests, but we'd love to raffle off these prizes (courtesy of KingsIsle Entertainment) to the readers of the Friendly Necromancer:

- 10 Death Houses (+ and additional castle elixir)
- 20 Decorating Packs full of Halloween stand-ups and pumpkins
- 20 5,000 Crown gifts

Wow, that's a lot of prizes! Best of luck, friends!

So here's how you enter . . . back in 2008, I asked a question to my much smaller audience and received no answers. Go see the post for yourself.

So here's the question again: Which is spookier, me with my Baby Abbey Krokomummy Pet or the ghoul stand-up, Mr. Slim Shady?



HERE! Use this Rafflecopter to enter. :)

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Prizes will be emailed out on Halloween, 31 October 2012!

Thanks and Happy Dueling

House-a-Palooza 2012 Raffle!

Heya readers! It's House-a-palooza week this week, and that means Friendly has turned the reins over to me, Bailey, to run a contest for him!

I've been looking at how some of the other bloggers run raffles, and it looks like the easiest way to do it is through Rafflecopter. I'm giving it a shot! *crosses fingers this works*

Here's what I've got. I've got 10 (count 'em 10!) Watchtower Hall houses to giveaway this year. Wait a second, isn't that what we gave away last year too?! Oh yeah. Well, it's still a super awesome house that's hard to craft, so I expect there to be a ton of entries. Who doesn't want a free house? Right? Best of Luck!

Just to keep things interesting, I've added a question to go along with the raffle that's going to have you hopping back to Grizzleheim to find out the answer. :) check it out!

Remember, if you're 13 or under, get your parents to help you. You need their permission! All information gathered from the raffle will be deleted after the contest.

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Best of luck everyone! We'll leave the raffle up for one week and announce the winners on the morning of 21 August.

As Friendly would say . . . Happy Dueling!

Cerise Pixie Raffle for Pet-a-Palooza 2012!

Hello all my fellow wizard-y people! This is Bailey Skystaff (aka Uber Wife) posting today.

Things have been pretty dull here on TFN lately with my Thomas joining the pirates and with me being at Nanamancers for the past month with no Internet, but when I got word that pet-a-palooza had hit the spiral I thought, what a wonderful way to make a comeback! (Anyone who knows me knows there is nothing I like more in game than my pets!)

Professor Greyrose gave us a number of codes to give away for a pet-themed contest. Since we are both so busy lately, we'd like to make this as simple, yet as fun as possible, so let's do a raffle!

First, the prize: We've got a ton of these little cuties to give away!

That's the amazing Cerise Pixie that comes with a card of Unicorn!

It's a really cool pet for some lucky winners!

Here's how you can enter: Just post a comment on this thread with the name and type of your current favorite pet you're using in game and leave us a way to contact you in case you win. This can be your email, Wizard101 Central username, or your Twitter name. (All email addresses and responses will be deleted after this contest is done.) And that's it! I'll use random.org to choose the winners on the morning of June 8th, 2012.

Best of luck and as Thomas would say, "Happy dueling!"

Black Cat Entries!

Surprise! You all win! I decided to skip the Raffle part of the Raffle and just give everybody surprise crowns, but I'd still like to give a little something extra to the grand prize winner.

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Thanks for helping choose the winner! Congrats to Sierra Mist!


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Honorable mention to ditto for this hilarious pic. :)

Thanks EVERYONE! You're all winners! That's some good luck on Friday the 13th for you!
**UPDATE**

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1- Valdus Skulldust:


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2- Valdus Darkstone:


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3- Sierra Mist:


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4- Shocker1217:


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5- Seth Dragonhunter:


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6- Sean Redhammer:


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7- Savannah Blueriver:


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8- Riley:


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9- Nathan DragonFlame:


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10- Michael Hawk:


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11- Kyle Firesword:


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12- Joshua Lionbane:


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13- Jason Goldriver / Swordroll:


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14- Jackhen99:


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15- Flash333:


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16- Elijah LightThief:


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17- Ditto Wizard:


hehe . . . I'm gonna disqualify Ditto for the grand prize, but still . . . this is EPIC!

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18- Courtney Thorn:


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19- Autumn LotusSong:


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20- Mark Fireheart


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Best of luck!

Happy Dueling!

Impromptu Black Cat Contest for Friday the 13th!

CALLING ALL NECROMANCERS . . . and friends of The Friendly Necromancer. ;)

We're going to do a quick contest ala Spell of the Week to celebrate Friday the 13th! Send in your best Black Cat spell picture by 8:00 pm Eastern tonight (YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!) and take a chance at winning a bonus 1,000 crown prize! I'll also Raffle off a winner from those that submit a picture.


Here's a mailto address link to get you started: Click Here.

Best of luck!

Happy Dueling!

Super Hero Squad Online Raffle Winners!

Time is now up for the Super Hero Squad Online Raffle and random.org has chosen our winners.

Thank you all so much for playing.

Grand Prize winner of 1,000 Silver is . . .

Jacob aka World Daring Wasp!

Runner up winners of 500 silver each are as follows:

- Pyro Ninja Pig
- Alexander Fire Blade
- Alex NightFlame

Congratulations winners! Hero up and Getdown! I'll be sending you your codes for Super Hero Squad Online silver shortly.

Happy dueling!

Super Hero Squad Online Raffle!

It appears The Friendly Necromancer's recent posts about Super Hero Squad Online have caught the eye of their community, welcome! We love family games here. Although this blog is 95% about Wizard101, I'm a firm believer in players reaching out and trying new games. Super Hero Squad Online is definitely one of those games.

To those ends, I've been offered a few pieces of in game silver to give away as I please. So, LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN!


If you'd like to be entered into a raffle to win a couple of 250 silver code prizes and save yourself 30 spins or so of the lottery wheel, please e-mail me at thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com with the subject line "SHSO Raffle Entry".

Here's a "mailto" link to help you get that e-mail started: Click Here.

Entries must be received by 11:59 pm on 21 December 2011. Raffle winners will be selected randomly through www.random.org, and announced on 22 December.

If you haven't yet tried out Super Hero Squad Online, there's no time like the present. Go make your squad today!

Best of luck! Hero up! and Happy Dueling!

Winners of the Watchtower Hall Contest/Giveaway!

Ok! We deliberated long and hard, and Amber, myself, and Bailey narrowed the winners down to 10 out of 121 amazing entries. I wish we could give prizes to all of you, unfortunately, we just don't have the prizes to do that.

The following ten dorm rooms were our favorites (in no particular order):

- Midnight in Grizzleheim by Deni Deni


- Grizzleheim dorm room by Chris


- Grizzleheim dorm room by Kiera Wyrmsong


- Grizzleheim dorm room by Malorn Ghostrider


- Grizzleheim boss cave by draven74


- Grizzleheim dorm room by Amber Rosepetal


- Grizzleheim dorm room by Gavin Wraith


- Grizzleheim dorm room by KingEdward987


- Christmas in Grizzleheim dorm room by Amanda Skyweaver


- Grizzleheim Dorm room by by Mariah


Great job everyone! You all really did amazing! It was a tough decision, but these really captured our imaginations. Thanks!

Five more houses were raffled from all 121 entries. congrats to the following lucky individuals!

1- Ruth King
2- Jenna Nightshade
3- Richard Nightrider
4- Dustin Griffinflame
5- Chris Deathflame

Prizes will be sent out soon via e-mail. Thanks everyone for participating! If you didn't win this time, keep trying! I'm sure another contest will be right around the corner.

Happy dueling!

House-a-palooza contest! Watchtower Hall House!

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Click here to see the winners.

That's right! We've got contests for houses coming out of our wizard hats around these parts, y'all, (be sure to check all your favorite fansites and blogs), and I'm lucky enough to be giving away 15 of the . . . AWESOME . . . RARE . . . CRAFTING-EXCLUSIVE Watchtower Hall House. You usually can't get these without putting in some serious time and gold AND patience . . . until NOW, and (as far as I know) ONLY here on The Friendly Necromancer blog WITHOUT all the pain and hassle you would normally have to go through to get one of these bad boys. :)

The Watchtower Hall House was the first crafted house to ever come out, and Bailey was so excited about it, she crafted one up herself. I remember the pains she went through to get that thing. /shiver . . . this is pre-plants crafting we're talking about here too. You had to work for those reagents back then. :)

Check out how her house is looking post-decorating!

Indoor Waterfall feature:


Kitchen:


View of the Tower:


Entrance way:

Are you ready to win one of these for yourself? YEAH? YEAH?!?! Ok then! Without further rambling, here's what you have to do to be entered to win a Watchtower Hall House:

1- Decorate your dorm room with a Grizzleheim theme.
2- Take a screenshot of your Grizzleheim-theme dorm room.
3- Send the best screenshot (only one screenshot please) to thefriendlynecromancer@gmail.com sometime before 11:59 p.m. PST on 20 August 2011.

We will be judging the screenshots and will announce the winners on 22 August. Prizes will be distributed sometime before the end of the day on 23 August.

10 houses will be awarded to those with the best dorm screenshot. 5 houses will be randomly raffled to all those who enter the contest. So, don't feel like you shouldn't participate if you don't have a knack for decorating (just do your best).

Good luck and happy dueling!

Moonlight Pony Winners!

Ok, after averting a family fist fight over who the winners should be, we've come to a consensus. SHEESH! (That Amber has a wicked left hook. ;))

Here are our winners, CONGRATZ!

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Nora Sandwhisper's Wolfbat



Alric Ravensinger's Cuckatrice



Destiny Dragonblade's Manderzilla



Chris Greensong's Friendly Satyr (you know, I always wanted a friendly necromancer pet in the game . . . so what if it has goat legs and a pan flute? Sign me up KI!)



Jasmine LotusSong's Panthix



Sean Giantbright's Sea Lion



Delaney Thundertalon's Tigon



Blaze Duskcrafter's Scorp-battle



Taylor Goldenrider's Tigeryphon



Justin Crowcaller's Unicat



Kelly FrostFlame's Bulliger!



Let's give your top ten a round of applause!!!! /clap clap

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Since we're such softies, and we have a few 2,500 emergency crown codes lining our coffers that we're going to give away to our picks for runner up!

Nicole Dragonblood's Angel Hound



Hunter Darkthorn's Grim Unicorn



Megan Unicornheart's Angelica: elf, horse, eagle, angel.



Esmee Duskthief's Hippocampi



Amber DragonRider's Unigon



Irma's Sacred Cow Pet



Valkoor Moonglade's Hydrion



Nora WinterBreeze's Wintermare



Let's hear another round of applause for our runner's up!!

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Now . . . here are the winners of the random drawing:
- Evan Shadowsong
- Kenneth Silversword
- Stephanie Frostwielder
- Autumn SkyRider
- Jenn

WOOT WOOT RANDOMNESS!!!

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OHHH, and one more thing . . . now, Kyle our son has a tender heart and just likes what he likes. These pictures won all our hearts because they were chosen by a very special person to us. They may not have been our first choices, but they were Kyle's ONLY choices. He pretty much refused to use our grading system and just pointed out these two pictures in particular as his favorites. So, I'd say these are personally possibly the two most special pictures we received. We're going to find a way to get these two a pony as well.

Patrick IceDreamer's ice robot



David's flower pet


Thank you so much for your awesome pictures! Like I said before, if we could have given everyone a prize, we would have. You've inspired us, and I'll probably end up making a Youtube from many of the entries we received. There was something uniquely awesome about each of them! You guys rock!

Happy dueling!