My most recent derp. I finally decided to give Blood Magic a try for no particular reason. Still haven't figured out why I want to use it except for the reason that I can. Found that beginner's guide by Padfoote - wonderful thing btw - and was able to do my lv1 and lv2 altars easily, np.
So, I thought I'd go on and do the level 3 altar. Well, I looked at the picture and started placing down the blocks and before you knew it, I had a setup that looked just like the picture. So I caught a couple of innocent bystanders and helped them over to the confinement chamber. Did the nasty to them and find that the gold block I put in the altar wouldn't change. Maybe there wasn't enough lp? So I start swigging the bottle and doing myself. Still nothing. So, I finally go get my little black 'book' and swing it at the altar and ...it's still a lvl2 altar?
And no matter how many times I check, it keeps saying level 2. Maybe the glowstones were too high? Nope. Maybe the square was too big? Nope. Maybe I needed more of those fancy stone things with the designs on them? Nope. Got so frustrated
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so I went back to that beginners guide and took a looonnng look at the picture. It looked exactly the same. I was about to give up on this thing.
Finally, the following words pop out of the guide and it said, ONE BLOCK DOWN.........
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opps.
Moral of the story? You really should read the guide that someone goes to great trouble to put together.