MT 179 - The Void King’s Houseplant
Guar was alive, just Paralyzed and missing two-thirds of his health. A quick tap from Pio cleansed the debuff as she went past on her way to Balta...
2024-09-22 02:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostMT 178 - Nottagator Rematch
The Littans spent the hour recovering and I chatted with Grotto about the upcoming political quagmire our party was about to become involved with.
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MT 177 - Delicious in Delve
Guar had an entire kitchen in his inventory. Not just a camp cookout kitchen, either. The man pulled out an entire wood-fired stove, a six-foot length of st...
2024-09-18 23:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostMT 176 - Strategy Meeting, but Dressed
Grotto’s Delve had been pretty informative. Although I’d done plenty of research into Delving and had opportunities to train and speak with o...
2024-09-17 04:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostMT 175 - Planar or Spatial? The Subtle Nuance of Portal Magic
All is not lost for the Littan party! Nottagator’s merciless combo may have looked ruinous, but Sgt. Guar had Shielding ...
2024-09-13 00:58:55 +0000 UTC View PostMT 174 - The Raaaaage Caaaaage!
The Abyssal Atrocidile Titan was four times the size of the Atrocidile I’d fought during my Creation Delve. The creature’s pale flesh was covered in...
2024-09-12 18:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostMT 172 - Surprise Mimicry
The next section of the Delve was a dimensional maze. The hallway ended at a T-junction, each side of which led to a crossroad with 3 more potential paths to ...
2024-09-08 00:21:58 +0000 UTC View PostMT 172 - Littan Excellence
“Has the valiant sacrifice of Alfalfa’s pack earned us anything?” I thought to my familiar.
[I assume that is your designation ...
2024-09-06 19:04:43 +0000 UTC View PostMT 171 - Gold Standard Delving
I didn’t think too hard about Grotto’s request for me to join him in watching randos invading my dimensional space. I simply grumbled my acceptance a...
2024-09-03 14:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostMT 170 - Reality Anchor
By the time we reluctantly left the hot spring, it was still early enough that a vampire would have only just begun to think about climbing into their coffin fo...
2024-08-31 23:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostMT 169 - Strategy Meeting, but Naked
We splished, we splashed, and soon enough the world's obligations swam back around. We had critical information to pass on about Brae’ach and the...
2024-08-29 17:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostMT 168 - Pool Party Farewell
My knowledge of Japanese hot springs was assuredly lacking, as my understanding primarily came from anime and a couple of late-night internet rabbit holes....
2024-08-27 05:29:28 +0000 UTC View PostMT 167 - Breakfast Invitations
When we’d approached the portal we were knives out and ready for a fight. We had several strategies mapped out depending on what we found on the other ...
2024-08-25 13:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy!
Here are the level 12 character sheets for the core party up through the end of the Descent.
If you're someone who's read the level 6 sheets with a keen eye, you may notice one o...
2024-08-24 18:57:14 +0000 UTC View PostMT 166.5 - Everyone Else’s Skills and Evos
Hey, let me take you aside for one moment. I know, I know, that’s a hell of a cliffhanger to take a step back from, but I thought y...
2024-08-23 04:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostMT 166 - Escape
“Arcane Geometry is good,” said Varrin. “Gaining a library of mana shapes usually takes years, and shapes are often limited to specific skills.”
“The se...
2024-08-20 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMT 165 - The Good, The Bad, and The Arousing
Having chosen my skills, I took the time everyone else was spending looking over their options to review my evolution choices. First up was...
2024-08-20 15:09:52 +0000 UTC View PostMT 164 - Hickory-Smoked Skills
Three minutes passed wherein we were treated to increasingly unhinged solicitations for outdoor grills. The first was a simple affair that used a ruby ch...
2024-08-18 05:02:58 +0000 UTC View PostMT 163 - Phase Two
GLOBAL SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT
The wording of this announcement has been modified to adopt the predominant terminology in use by the curre...
2024-08-16 01:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostMT 162 - Brae’ach the Unifier, Part II
Three of the hands in Avarice’s shadow danced, their fingers shifting into complex hand puppets. Images shifted before us, showing Brae’ach...
2024-08-12 16:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello all.
I've been on the backfoot this whole last week. Rather than continuing to push everything out a day late while I scramble to get back on track, I'm going to reset and have the next...
2024-08-11 23:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostMT 161 - Brae’ach the Unifier, Part I
Who was Brae’ach? Why was he rampaging across Timagrin? Why did Avarice believe he threatened the entire world? To answer these questions, we ...
2024-08-10 03:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostMT 160 - Dread Star II
Levels. The ultimate goal of most Delvers and a significant source of their power. Levels granted stats, stats made you stronger, and everybody loved getting str...
2024-08-06 17:37:36 +0000 UTC View PostMT 159 - Arbitrage
A flash of lightning pulsed within the clouds over Timagrin. It was timed to perfectly accent the end of Avarice’s claim that she could give us information on a wo...
2024-08-03 22:08:47 +0000 UTC View PostMT 158 - System Addendum #4 has had 2 versions released today simultaneously.
One version (Unrated) contains highly graphic descriptions of violence, going beyond what has been seen so far i...
2024-08-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: There are 2 versions of this chapter that I am publishing today at the same time. This version (Theatrical) contains the typical depictions of violence that has been present in the se...
2024-08-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWarning: Graphic depictions of violence
NOTE: There are 2 versions of this chapter that I am publishing today at the same time. This version (Unrated) contains graphi...
2024-08-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMT 157 - An Offer You Can't Refuse
“Monkey bread!” said Etja.
The woman called Avarice raised an immaculate eyebrow at the outburst and looked over at our resident mage. My f...
2024-07-29 14:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostMT 156 - Need Before Greed
This is the part of the story where I try to make Varrin’s recovery a nail-biting tale of the big guy riding the razor’s edge of life and death while the...
2024-07-27 23:03:26 +0000 UTC View PostMT 155 - Splitting Souls
“Oh, is this a riddle?” asked Etja. “I’m not very good with riddles.”
“It is not a riddle,” said the Icon.
I waited ...
2024-07-25 12:09:49 +0000 UTC View Post