MT 74 - Through the Gift Shop
I was making Nuralie MVP of this Delve, and I would hear no argument about it.
We had problems. The loson had chemical solutions. Nuralie and Xim had both ...
2024-01-25 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMT 73 - Cage Match, Part 2
After missing her first counterspell, Etja was ready for the follow-up. A wave of blue mana washed across me, Xim, and Nuralie as Orexis’ second cloud of putresce...
2024-01-22 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMT 72 - Reveals
‘The Eye reveals’ is how Xim had explained it back on the riverboat to Arsenal. An ability that I’d tapped into later, during our Third Layer walk. I’d become...
2024-01-20 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 71 - Cage Match, Part 1
Before Orexis could voice his displeasure, I asked a question that was burning a hole through my mind.
“So, if you’re in here, as a soul fragment,” I sa...
2024-01-18 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 70 - The Inner, Inner Cage
The portal was in the ground.
Our group was gathered in a circle around the entrance to Anesis’ prison, looking down at its languid surface. The gateway ...
2024-01-15 12:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostMT 69 - May I Borrow a Cup of Soul?
Fortune continued to walk, footfalls trodding neatly between the bodies. Though the overall shape of the central cage was a sphere, the ground here was lev...
2024-01-13 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 68 - The Quick Way Down
I’d never gone skydiving. I thought that I wouldn’t like it.
I was correct in that assumption.
The inner cage was a sphere with a diameter of about ...
2024-01-11 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMT 67 - Fortune
I reeled from Fortune’s words, but their meaning wasn’t lost on me. Still, I needed to be sure.
“Sorry, I’ve been getting to know a lot of gods lately,” I said...
2024-01-08 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMT 66 - Gods and Ladders
“You know what’s odd?” I said as we hustled down the flickering corridor. The door we’d unlocked was a quarter turn around the loop from where we’d fought t...
2024-01-06 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostMT 65 - Breaking Gear
Turns out Homing Weapon was not a Guaranteed Hit, as the flappy asshats were still able to swoop out of the way of my thrown axe, technique be damned. ...
2024-01-04 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy!
First, happy new year! Next, thanks for being here!
There's a lot of space on RR to let everyone know how much I appreciate their support, but no author notes on Patreon to do th...
2024-01-02 21:07:48 +0000 UTC View PostMT 64 - Handsy
{The Mouth is definitely in the subchamber,} Cage thought to us.
“Is there a reason,” I said, “that you’re withholding critical information until the las...
2024-01-01 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMT 63 - Heads Shoulders Knees & Toes
The hike from one spawn-infested subchamber to the next was about four miles, which made the entire loop around the outside of the main cage an eight-...
2023-12-30 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMT 62 - Shog'tuatha
A deep voice echoed from the portal, purring like a lion as it spoke.
“Slayer of Ihbriobrixilas,” it said. “I am pleased ...
2023-12-28 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMT 61 - The Wailing, The Moaning
“Hmm, wonder what Fervor monsters look like,” I said.
“Spiders,” said Nuralie. I jumped at her sudden appearance beside me.
“Really? Spi...
2023-12-26 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMT 60 - Delve Core 9998
“Alright,” I said. “What fresh asshole is talking into my brain?”
{Fresh? If I were an asshole I’d be very old. I doubt I’d be fresh at all....
2023-12-25 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMT 59 - Short Rest
“So, what are we doing?” said Xim through a mouthful of hardtack.
We’d all broken out some provisions once Etja had dug into my offer of cheese and dried meats....
2023-12-23 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMT 58 - Player 5
You’ve entered an area with a very high concentration of Dimensional mana. Bonus mana regeneration capped at 10xWIS.
Current mana regeneratio...
2023-12-21 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMT 57 - S-Tier
Orexis turned and searched between us, looking for the source of the interruption. His gaze quickly landed on Grotto, and he snarled. The tendrils from the obelisk continued to...
2023-12-19 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMT 56 - Override Code: FAAFO
“You think I have no ears?” said Orexis, as the hardened masses of his feet clunked along the floor toward us. He paused and held a hand up to the side of his...
2023-12-18 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMT 55 - God of Yearning
Ealdric opened with a spinning slash. His blade grew twice in length, sailing for the side of Orexis’ head, but the creature’s left hand appeared in front of the b...
2023-12-16 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMT 54 - Orexis
The light in Drel’s hand expanded outward and enveloped us. Within it, I was cast back into the world of complete black the same as when we’d first transitioned to the Thir...
2023-12-14 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMT 53 - The Third Layer
“I will have a guiding light,” said Drel. “When we are in the Third, you must follow it. Do not speak to one another. If someone speaks to you, they are not real...
2023-12-12 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 52 - A Perfectly un-Ordinary Bridge
We made our way into the mountains at a brisk walk, rather than the break-neck speed of the journey so far. This gave Ember and Drel’gethed the time t...
2023-12-11 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMT 51 - LFG
“We took the liberty of naming it,” said Varrin, looking over the disassembled shield, “since Modular Floating Targe of the Honeycomb Atrocidile’s Maw was too muc...
2023-12-09 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMT 50 - Gracorvus
I forewent physical training on the eve of our approach to the cave. Initially, I’d asked Lito if he could teach me a technique that utilized stamina rather than mana, but...
2023-12-07 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMT 49 - Some Light Exercise
Arsenal was the quintessential trade hub and traveler’s town. The economy revolved around providing services to the merchants, traders, and commuters moving from...
2023-12-05 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 48 - Enter the Mana-Matrix
I raised my eyebrow at Grotto’s claim.
[I thought improving my stats with training was just some divine fuckery.]
[It is. However, I believe th...
2023-12-04 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMT 47 - I Can't Feel My Guilt When I'm With You
“Many Delvers may act as though their exploits are limited to conquering Delves and clearing out inhuman creatures from around villages and n...
2023-12-02 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMT 46 - The Subtle Art of Hammering
Eventually the Alpha was subdued, and Ember dismissed her mega-owl to keep it from eating the body parts the beastman needed to respond to questions. Myria...
2023-12-01 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post