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Grand Game 216: Delving through the Earth

You have entered sector 106 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 2 of 5 of the Guardian Tower.

I spilled out of the portal into darkness.

Dropping into a crouch...

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Grand Game 215: The Perils of Domination

A few minutes later, my body was fully restored, the last of its injuries washed away by soothing waves of chi heal.

Opening my eyes, I found myself looking out on the molten lake and repress...

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Grand Game 214: A Spell of Heat

My suspicion proved correct. The savants couldn’t heal themselves.

It was a dire weakness and one I was ruthless in exploiting. Time and again, I charmed the fire slugs and sent them agains...

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Grand Game 213: The Basin of Fire

A few minutes later, I had a plan.

My primary goal was to get to the exit portal and to do that, I needed to defeat the savant acolyte and the magma elementals. Given their positioning, it wa...

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Grand Game 212: No Way Back

I didn’t bother checking the eastern and western exits of the plague quarter.

If the mantises had gone through the trouble of blocking one gate out of the quarter, I was certain they’d do...

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Grand Game 211: A Knight in Flight

When I reached the foyer, I found Richter, Orlon, and three other knights waiting.

At my appearance, one of the knights—Teg, I noted—swung around to face the knight-captain. “Him? Reall...

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Grand Game 210: Focusing the Mind

“Get me out of the citadel.”

I’d thought about asking for access to the minotaur maze, but that would’ve still left me in the knights’ sphere of control and when the Triumvirate’s...

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Grand Game 209: Why Won’t They Stop?


Day Five

I awoke to a loud bang.

Sitting up, but making no move to leave the warmth of the bed, I rubbed my eyes. What time was it? Checking the state of my mental concealmen...

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Grand Game 208: The Penniless Player

I entered the Triumvirate castle without fuss. Constable Richter was absent but showing the guards my citadel room key sufficed to gain me entry, and no questions were asked as I slipped into keep....

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Grand Game 207: The Old Gnome’s Gift

The first thing I noticed was that the notes on the saltmarsh dungeon were untitled. It appeared that the dungeon had no name, at least none known to the gnomes.

I didn’t let that daunt me,...

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Grand Game 206: Dungeons and More

Before I could respond, Cyren disappeared into the back office, only to reemerge a few minutes later with a sheaf of papers. He laid the documents on the counter. “This is what five hundred gold ...

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Grand Game 205: Hunting for Knowledge

The players were still muttering amongst themselves as they drew to a halt in a ragged line before me. Fingers were pointed, and the epithet ‘scav’ was thrown around more than once.

Sayin...

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Grand Game 204: The Disciples of Menaq

Turning about, I fled down the passage.

The other three images of Gintalush had vanished with his death, and with no other target to hold their attention, the undead charged straight for me. ...

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Grand Game 203: A Fight Amongst the Dead

Wrapped in shadow, I sat in vigil at the intersection of four of the dungeon corridors. It had taken me five minutes of breathless and silent running to get here.

Behind me, I heard nothing.<...

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Grand Game 202: Predatory Games

Before moving onwards, I cast my buffs and renewed my protections.

You have cast reaction buff, increasing your Dexterity by +4 ranks for 20 minutes.

You have c...

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Grand Game 201: Stalking Prey

The Haunted Catacombs dungeon will respawn in 5 seconds. All keys, doors, and traps will be reset, and the dungeon’s denizens repopulated.

I opened my eyes at the Game mess...

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Grand Game 200: Preparing the Ground

It took me nearly two hours to explore the first sector and memorize its layout. My scouting took me through a dizzying array of barren corridors and rooms, all empty of loot or living creatures. View Post

Grand Game 199: Finding The Right Spot

Before leaving the safety of the shadows, I activated a scent ward, wrapped my mind in a shield, and cast lesser imitate, transforming myself into the likeness of a Triumvirate knight. A moment lat...

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Grand Game 198: Training Gone Awry

Day Four

Six hours later, I woke up rested and refreshed.

Rising quickly, I exited my room, sealing the door behind me. The first rays of sunlight had appeared on the horizon, and I had...

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Grand Game 197: Guest Rights

I slipped into the shadows at the first opportunity.

Nestled in darkness, I crept towards the safe zone’s south gate. As I traveled, I reflected on the assassins and their ongoing hunt.

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Grand Game 196: Eyes in the Sky

The sandworm went down easily.

Given the manner in which we’d met, I didn't expect Genmark’s party to be any good. But they surprised me, and under the gnome’s leadership, they seamless...

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Grand Game 195: A Second Unwelcome Surprise

“Hey you, hold up!”

In no mood to chatter to the fools who’d stolen my kill, I almost didn’t look up. But the cry had come from up ahead, not behind me.

Glancing up, I saw that ...

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Grand Game 194: A Stolen Kill

Stepping back, I dropped into a crouch.

The stygian sword was in my right hand, my buffs were cast, and my face was concealed by an illusion. I was as ready as I could be. For a moment, I con...

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Grand Game 193: The First Cesspool

Edit made to previous chapter: he uses facial disguise instead of lesser imitate. Following text added: 

"I’d chosen to conceal my identity with facial disguise instead of lesser i...

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Grand Game 192: A Note-worthy Occurrence

Day Three

Eight hours later, I woke up rested and restored. From the light filtering in between the gaps in the shuttered windows, I could see that the sky was just beginning to turn gray. View Post

Grand Game 191: Rankin Up

After the others disappeared from view, I followed in their footsteps, retracing my steps back to the room with Kesh’s agent.

My wolf senses led me true, and after only a few missteps and w...

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Feedback on draft artwork

Hi all,

This is the draft art for the next book in the Grand Game series. I'm not quite convinced by the cover. Any comments/feedback to improve it are welcome.

Note, the above artwork ...

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Grand Game 190: The Price of a Seed

We passed through the citadel’s main doors and entered a foyer. An elegantly attired, if overweight, human stood waiting there to greet. By his garb, I marked him as a civilian.

Simone stro...

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Grand Game 189: The Citadel

The citadel that Simone spoke of was the Triumvirate castle in the center of the quarter. According to Jasiah, it was close by.

Once we set out, I turned my focus inwards and saw to my player...

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Grand Game 188: Fruits of a Dark Labor

Alas, the other two serpents did not keep fighting.

Moments after I grabbed the seed and fled, the two flying snakes disentangled themselves from each other and, taking to the air, gave chase...

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