Calista pulled her blade free of the giant’s neck and wiped the blood on his hauberk. The giant’s flaming hair still burned, leaving scorch marks against the stone as burning blood sent smoke t...
2023-09-06 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Severin’s laughter filled their ears. “I can see invisibility, you fools!”
Yeah, but your minions probably can’t. And without them, you’re just a spell caster floating in mid-ai...
2023-09-05 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The trolls back on the ledge shouted curses and taunts as they worked to drag their fellows off the fallen bridge. Beside them, the fire giant raged and bellowed. Fortunately, Lefty and Calista wer...
2023-09-04 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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A blast of blue dragonfire lit the air above them as they fell. Feet first, they landed on the stones below and Calista deftly tucked herself into a tumble. Beside her, she heard Lefty cry out in p...
2023-09-01 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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It was the damnedest summon Calista had ever seen. No portal. No sound. Just a big, old giant in banded mail armor with flaming hair, flaming beard, flaming axe, and flaming shield who appeared bet...
2023-08-31 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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“Quickly,” Lefty said as he knelt next to her. Touching her arm, she heard him mutter not one, but two spells. “There, that’s a fly spell to get us to the final level.”
They both fl...
2023-08-30 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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They watched the little dragon as she flew away and then landed in the cave where they had entered. The dog-sized serpent then disappeared into the rock as Calista turned to Lefty.
“How are...
2023-08-29 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Calista lifted the Emberblade off the dead body of the medusa and slung it onto her belt. Replacing the short sword in her inventory, she then pulled the Emberblade free just as Lefty came into vie...
2023-08-28 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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A gout of blue flame lit up the third level as they reached the bottom of the bridge. A moment later, one of the knights screamed. They had reached the second level of the strange fortress that Sev...
2023-08-25 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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WUMP!
The room bent and folded again and then it was dark. Calista’s eyes adjusted slowly. They were in a small cave with a pair of tables against the opposite wall and a set of sh...
2023-08-24 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“You know how before I passed out I was telling you guys about my bug collection and everything and after Lady Miranda told me to come get you, I got to thinking that after this is all over that ...
2023-08-23 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The statue of the pit fiend met them in the next room. As Calista walked around it, she noticed it seemed different somehow. The huge stone statue loomed over the room, its stone eyes seemed to pie...
2023-08-22 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Calista emerged from the wall and found Lefty’s shadow. Then she closed her eyes and rubbed them with her fingers as she released her [dungeon sense] ability and left the etherea...
2023-08-21 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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There was a sound like a sandbag being sucked through a vacuum as her consciousness left her body and entered the ethereal, a plane of existence parallel to all worlds in the Sable Unlimited multiv...
2023-08-18 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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She accessed her H.U.D and was greeted by a notification.
[Congratulations: level up available!]
Surprised, she opened the tap to access her character sheet. Sure enoug...
2023-08-17 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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She slumped against the wall as the door slid shut behind her. The stone swirled around her and she suddenly felt as though she were drowning. Her wound was a dull, biting pain as something sick wa...
2023-08-16 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“Why would we not murder him?” She asked.
“Because he might be stuck here too,” Lefty replied.
“But why would that bother us? What does it matter if he’s stuck here? It’s ...
2023-08-15 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Narene shut the cage door in front of Calista and locked the latch.
“Look, I’m not sure what to do about the two of you yet, so I’m just going to leave you here while my daughter and I ...
2023-08-14 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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They descended into the dark. There were no torches here. There were no doorways, no windows, no portals, only stone, mortar, and dark. As she had followed the other two through the broken wall, sh...
2023-08-11 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Calista went first as she dove toward the front of the spider with her sword ready. Eight crystal eyes and a pair of steel mandibles met her there. Here goes nothing … Her first swing wa...
2023-08-10 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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The roll of thunder echoed against the stone wall. The storm elemental was still blasting away, while behind them the sharp, shining metal legs of the spider-golem had begun to punch through the gi...
2023-08-09 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Before she could strike again, the troll with the sword and shield was on her. Swinging his sword and then bashing with his shield, the troll beat her back into the next row of desks. To her left, ...
2023-08-08 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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She heard the mage call out from behind her, “How much time do we have?”
“Little to none,” she called back. Reloading again, she kept an eye on the bookshelves before her. There were ...
2023-08-07 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Something crashed as the sound of the troll voices began to get louder and closer. Benson, however, was moving quickly between the shelves. Left and then right he weaved between the shelves as his ...
2023-08-04 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Calista stopped and pulled a random book off the nearest shelf. Flipping it open, she turned to the last page. Sure enough, words were appearing on the book’s final page as though they were writi...
2023-08-03 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Behind them, the talking door closed itself and they found themselves walking over rich gold and burgundy carpet. Before them lay a library that one would typically associate with the mansion of a ...
2023-08-02 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The barred door rattled behind them as the angry curses of the trolls echoed into the room.
“Ho there! Open up! We only want to talk to you and then cut you up into little pieces before we ...
2023-08-01 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Two hallways later, they rounded a corner and came face to face with a small patrol of trolls on the opposite end of the hallway. Before Calista could draw her bow or Lefty fire off a spell, the ne...
2023-07-31 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Narene smiled at the hidden room, “However, all that’s just the lore of the place. What you’re really standing in is a …”
Calista cut in. “A dungeon built on an experimental mecha...
2023-07-28 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Their argument finally over, Narene activated a hidden button on the wall and a secret door slid open. Narene leaned out and looked left and then right. Satisfied the coast was clear, she gave Cali...
2023-07-27 17:00:01 +0000 UTC
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