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Thunderplump has rained down!

Hello, my friends! Thunderplump is in your inbox!

$5+ tier has the ebook

$15+ tier has the audiobook as well

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A week off!

Hello, my friends!

With the release of THUNDERPLUMP today, I'm taking the rest of the week off, as I am at a conference! But next week, prepare for a new series that I've been working on, bot...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twenty-Four!

As soon as they were out of the doors, the sound of dozens of alarms being sounded around the Town reached Joe's ears. Clearly, nearly every sector was dealing with a breach, and the closest ritual...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twenty-Three!

With his new ritual diagram well-practiced, at least in terms of popping it open, Joe found himself itching for an opportunity to put it into play. Its battery was placed, and he’d tested it ligh...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twenty-Two!

“How far away do you think that thing has to be in order to be hidden behind the curvature of the planet?” The words fell out of Joe's mouth before he thought all the way through them. It seeme...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twenty-One!

Seventeen attempts. Seventeen failures. On the eighteenth, the failure that would have taken the last bit of his hope was mitigated by the special effect of his ingot hammer activating and forc...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twenty!

Walking away from the new addition to the ritual tower staging yard without looking back was a test of his willpower, but Joe tried to keep his body language calm and his breathing even. “If I do...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Nineteen!

“Sorry it took so long to get back to you; we were so close to finishing the project that I had to force these layabouts to push past what they thought were their limits.” Havoc cheerfully call...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Eighteen!

The knock on his door came even faster than he was expecting, but Joe was still ready. He threw open the entrance, a wide smile on his face as he took in the visage of his old party member, Major C...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Seventeen!

“Gather round, gather round!” Joe started pacing in a circle as the crew of Ritualist aspirants shambled into position. He didn't miss the fact that they appeared jittery and somewhat nervous, ...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Sixteen!

Literally bouncing off the walls, Joe flung himself through the open area in an attempt to catch up to the leopard and join his friend in taking it down. As the flicking tail of the Boss Monster ca...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Fifteen!

Joe was having so much fun with his lessons that he found himself staying far past when he’d planned to leave. In fact, the only thing that broke him out of lecture mode was the dozens of horns a...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Fourteen!

Two hops across the planet later, the Ritualist appeared on the ground next to the shrine in the center of Novusheim, panting for breath and pushing against his chest to physically tamp down the na...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Thirteen!

His work was beginning to suffer. Joe knew it. He didn't know what he could do about it. Rituals that took him an hour to perform were dragging on for two, even three sometimes. The blueprint Danie...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Twelve!

“Approximately two hundred hours since the start of the first wave until the twenty-fifth hits. That gives me about eight days in total to get these projects done before we’ll be completely ove...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Eleven!

After a half dozen hours, Joe had finally come up with his plan for completing the first Mana Battery Recharge Station. “This goes here, this here. Good. With the complexity, if I assume every po...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Ten!

Filled with a sense of purpose, Joe was rushing on his way to his workshop to start gathering resources, making plans, and ensure that the connections would be perfectly stable in conjunction with ...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Nine!

The overstressed ritual towers whined ominously as they geared up for another blast, causing Joe to flinch as an incandescent, staticky ball of flames shot forth and engulfed a group of screaming P...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Eight!

Joe had dusted himself off and retreated back to the innermost part of the Town with all the dignity he could recover. Part of him kept saying not to worry about it, that no one would have seen him...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Seven!

With so much help, it was a work of mere minutes to frisbee the bodies of monsters off into the distance and reverently stack their own people in close proximity to each other. As soon as it was co...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Six!

Joe began placing the final lines of the ritual, splitting his attention for a bare moment to ensure that his Exquisite Shell was running at full capacity.

Just in case.

He’d managed ...

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Kickstarter question!

Hello, my friends!

Quick question for you. I am making a special edition of Ritualist, a totally black book with the title on it in silver leaf foil.

There's going to be a bunch of wor...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Five!

Only seven hours passed before Joe was able to create the third spool of wire, and he held his breath with an expectant gaze as he stared at his skill sheet, hoping to see it update. After thirty s...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Four!

Everyone involved in the creation of the new type of ritual tower let out a deep sigh of relief as the ritual reached completion and winked out of existence. The only signs that the swirling, swoop...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Three!

“No.”

Even though he had been expecting it, Joe had to keep his face still so that he didn't show how annoyed he was at the instant rejection. “It’s always such a pleasure to get ...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Two!

Sparks flew off of the glowing pool of aspects as Joe brought his ingot hammer down, shaping the raw energy into yet another Ebonsteel mug. A few careful hits later, the shining material solidified...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ One!

A high-pitched whine filled the dimly lit chamber Joe was working in, signaling the beginning of a cascade of energies that would cause his ritual to detonate if left unchecked. The Ritualist’s A...

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CC 11: Thunderplump ~ Prologue!

<Heed my words, my Progenitor of the Ice.> The words of the Jotunn rang within the mind of the third eldest of the Frost Giants.

He had been hoping for this moment, the honor of being t...

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CC 10: Thesaurize ~ Thirty-Two!

The defenders of the Village were prepared for the attack; eager for it, going by the zeal that they put into each and every blow against the massive creatures coming for them. Arrows whis...

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Thesaurize has arrived!

Hello, my awesome friends! Thesaurize is in your inbox!

$5+ tier has the ebook

$15+ tier has the audiobook as well

Take a look at the email address you shared with Patreon to find...

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