Chapter 65: Discussion of Skills
Mark: Katie Brockworth.
Quest Giver: Kieran Mori.
Rank: Bronze.
Category: Assassination.
Reward: 1 gold.
Katie Brockworth is a level 6 Ice Mage, and a member of the Adven...
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Chapter 64: Fireball FTW
What do you mean I can’t Fireball that? Watch me!
- Delwin “Boom” Cindershower, Gnomish Pyromancer.
Aliandra
Ali perched on a bony ri...
2024-03-30 02:30:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 63: Tanking Fire and Bone
Mato
Mato bit down hard on the bone-plated tail and dragged the scorched and cracked Piercer Scorpion corpse off to the side, straining a little against the enormous dead weigh...
2024-03-29 20:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 62: Skeletal Wyvern
The Dungeon Survival Guide, Rule 3: Perception skills.
Do not underestimate the value of perception skills. At the very minimum, you need mana-sight and an advanced...
Chapter 61: Picking a Fight
When considering your attribute investments, do not ignore perception. Adventurers often find themselves stuck in situations where there is no light, or pitted against enemies that have ways to...
2024-03-29 18:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60: Thuli’s Dream
Securing a good Blacksmith is an investment in life.
- Artur Dragonsworn [The Rule of Law], Human King of Dal’mohra
Aliandra
Ali spent th...
2024-03-29 17:49:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59: A Chat with Vivian Ross
Aliandra
“Ugh,” Ali said, throwing herself onto the couch in front of the hearth in the guild hall.
“You alright?” Mato asked.
...
2024-03-29 05:17:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58: That Which Lurks Below
The Dungeon Survival Guide, Rule 2: Expect the unexpected.
Never trust a dungeon. Just when you think the dungeon is boring and easy, when you finally get complacen...
Chapter 57: Acolyte
Malika
Malika peered around the bone-encrusted bookcase, squinting against the darkness beyond. By the light cast by their small, distant campfire, she could easily make out ...
2024-03-29 04:24:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56: Piercer Scorpion
Strength is perhaps the most straightforward of the seven attributes. If you need to hit something harder or pick up something heavy, this is your attribute. As the saying goes, if strength doe...
2024-03-29 03:24:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55: The Grand Library Arcana
It is common knowledge that wisdom increases one’s mana pool. For most sentient races, each point spent on wisdom grows maximum mana capacity by ten, increasing both the mana available for sp...
2024-03-28 19:11:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54: Spitter Drone, Take II
Aliandra
The ruined streets were desolate and quiet, with not even a single hint of their desperate flight from the Kobold horde yesterday remaining. They encountered only a ...
2024-03-28 18:06:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53: Some Preparation Required
Definition: Train (noun/verb, adventurer jargon).
A large group of monsters incited to pursue the same person or target. Typically, the result of a failed pull in a dungeon, the recomme...
Chapter 52: Bone Spitter Drone
The Dungeon Survival Guide, Rule 1: Have an escape plan.
Something will always go wrong, make sure you can get out – or measure yourself for a casket. Your ...
Chapter 51: The Ruins of Dal’mohra
Aliandra
Ali stared down into the yawning darkness of the ventilation shaft, shuddering at the memories, vertigo, and the disturbing sense of the dark void pulling her downwa...
2024-03-28 03:43:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: Sneaky Smash
Jax Hawkhurst: She fucking backstabbed me!
Kieran Mori: Who?
Jax Hawkhurst: Vivian Ross. All that bitch had to do was remain neutral during the Town Council vote, and the lion’s...
Chapter 49: Training
Aliandra
The quest board looked decidedly anemic compared to the week before. All the jobs that Ali had been tracking to make money had been tied to the defense of the town a...
2024-03-28 03:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48: Merchant
Calen
Calen led the way unerringly through the eerily quiet, dense forest. He had been here only once, and then under the imminent threat of being discovered by Goblin patrol...
2024-03-28 03:36:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: The Reading Corner
What is the essence of the Arcane?
For most laypeople, it is the image of an Arcane Mage standing upon high battlements shooting endless streams of glowing purple guided missiles or bol...
Chapter 46: Loose Ends
Malika
When Malika woke, she found herself in an unfamiliar dark room and it took more than a few moments to remember she was still in the guild hall. Ali lay beside her on t...
2024-03-28 03:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: Hobgoblin
Aliandra
The giant, coal-black Timber Wolf stalked across the littered ground, oozing lithe power and malevolence from every pore. It bared yellowed, razor-sharp fangs longer...
2024-03-28 03:28:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: The Goblin Horde
Aliandra
“Let’s go,” Ali commanded in Draconic while stepping down into the dripping tunnel. Her intention of a dramatic exit was somewhat marred by landing knee-deep i...
2024-03-28 03:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: The Power of a Crazy Idea
Magic may be a tremendous force, but applied blindly it is little better than hitting something with a rock. It is knowledge and imagination that will be your lever and fulcrum, multiplying you...
2024-03-28 03:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Newbies
Because the number of marks shown by Identify is far too coarse a measure for practical concerns, the Adventurers Guild has always used a finer-grain ranking system. This facilitates a more rel...
2024-03-28 03:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: An Unexpected Rescue
Basil
Basil was a quiet and studious person. His parents had been telling him this since before he could remember. Even now, he didn’t have a whole lot of friends, but that...
2024-03-28 03:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: Quests
Aliandra
Ali’s friends did not complain in the slightest when she requested a trip to the laundry. The slightly portly, frazzled-looking Gnomish man who ran the tiny shop, tu...
2024-03-28 03:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: Accidents Happen
Calen
Calen frowned in frustration at his new bow and the quiver of arrows lying on the ground by his feet. He had spent a substantial sum to buy a better bow, following the Gu...
2024-03-28 03:07:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: Mushrooms and Mana
Aliandra
Ali woke after a dreamless sleep, fully rested and feeling amazing. She found herself cocooned somewhere delightfully warm and soft, lying in a dim interior space with...
2024-03-28 03:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37: Trees
In the ancient whispers of leaves, the Tree reveals the language of mana. As I rest in the embrace of bark and sap, I bear witness to the silent communion between the roots that delve deep into...
2024-03-28 03:04:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Shopping
Aliandra
Ali blinked and then had to squint as she stepped out of the Adventurers Guild into the bright afternoon sunshine. The street out front was not a major thoroughfare,...
2024-03-28 03:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post