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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 21: Teamwork Makes the Splat Work

Splat. My body bounced off taste buds slick with saliva. The room shuddered in pleasure because this dungeon could taste us. I had one life left, and was positive the dungeon wanted to finish its m...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 20: Blockage

"Tandy, a little help with these?" Meredeath was ineffectively trying to carve up one of my old shirts with her dagger.

Digging through her pack furtively, Tandy pulled out a legendary item I...

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New Achievement!

NEW ACHIEVEMENT!
You’ve helped blow past our 30 Follower goal in this first week on Royal Road. A poll will be open after Chapter 18, giving you options on a bonus chapter to be published next...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 19: You Can't Polish This

One might ask how I ended up back between Meredeath's thighs so soon.

"How much time's on our dungeon timer?" Meredeath asked as she used a dagger to cut at the glue pinning Leo to the ceilin...

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Meet [Your Mom's Party]

Cole – The Reluctant Hero

Meet Richard: ‘immortal’ banana slug, emotional...

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Event: Litrpg Con

July 18 - 20, 2025
Denver, Colorado
Grand Hyatt
https://litrpgcon.com/

Come meet MJ Douglas/Reck Well and friends!

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 18: Aerial Acrobatics: Dungeon Edition

Okay, it's not that Meredeath's heavy, [Enlarge] is wearing off! Hurry!

The dungeon groaned as Richard slowly pulled Meredeath up its esophagus. It took everything in me to run towards the we...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 17: Five Points Per [Florist]

Runes began to glow on the top jaw of the dungeon. Energy gathered above our heads, whirling into a portal. I could see Leo, or rather his body in the void, falling towards us. A gruesome injury cu...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 16: Skill Check: Trust

Tandy paced even in death.

Her footsteps sloshed on the dungeon's tongue as we waited for the rest of our party to die.

The dungeon mouth had been reset, and each root canal was retur...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 15: The Ties That Burn

To my horror, I swallowed the frothy sludge. The acid burned all the way down. Lungs on fire, I fought aspiration as my stomach roiled.

[You have been [Poisoned]. All health regeneration has ...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 14: [Reassemble], Break Down

Gravity pulled Richard and me through the terminal hole, dumping us into free fall.

[Root canal defeated. You have earned experience. Further details and rewards will be aggregated and award...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 13: Chew Toy

A discolored cuspid hit the ground with a splat, turning our attention away from Meredeath's disappearing form. It sank tooth first into the spongy floor of the dungeon.

The cuspid's roots mo...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 12: Heart

"I hope all dungeons aren't this gross, or I will cut my adventuring career short. One of you needs to become a water mage. Either that, or we’ll need to invest in cleansing potions." Tandy had f...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 11: Swallowed by the Dungeon

"Tandy, just send her an invite." The more people we had fighting on our side in the dungeon, the better off we’d be.

But Tandy was being stubborn, "Why should we? I haven't seen one shred...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 10: Meredeath

"I like the heft of Ched's axe," Leo said as he swung the axe around. It sang in his hands, whistling as it cut the air.

I bet it's got a handling enchantment on it. It's a Rare [Enchanted Ax...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 9: On Immortality

I wasn't a genius at reading slug emotions, but the more Richard smiled at me, the less convinced I was that he'd survive his plan. It was a terrible plan. He'd made it to the spruce, and every cou...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 8: Sheep Lovers

Another branch cracked. I swung my head to the left, finally making out a human silhouette. Richard was coiled around the collar of my shirt, his head stretched forward as though he could pierce th...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 7: All For One?

“I’m not one to hold sheep hatred against a person, but it does seem a rather large leap to [Adventurer].” I knew my words were tinged with bitterness, with poison. But I was having difficult...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 6: Who's Party?

A beefy hand wrapped around the lip of the hatch. Crap, I pulled at the latch and it didn't budge. We were screwed.

"Leo, is that you?" Tandy's shout echoed in my head. I should have recogniz...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 5: Nothing to See Here

You hard-headed son of a goat. When are you going to wake up?

Consciousness was both a blessing and a curse. Two tiny teeth pricked the side of my neck.

I know you're awake, idiot.

<...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 4: Never a Dull Moment

As a mundane person not in the town militia, my role was clear during the infrequent monster attacks. Evacuate to one of the preidentified fortified buildings scattered throughout the town. Then bu...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 3: Ducking and Dodging

The mallard was the size of a goose. Green, shimmering head feathers surrounded two beady, red, glowing eyes. Its bright yellow bill opened, revealing a line of serrated teeth.

Richard mental...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 2: Drunken Consequences

You're lucky we're already bonded.

"I'm sorry,” I said, immediately hating how whiny it sounded. I was apologizing to a slug. This was a new low.

A gentleman may have helped Richard o...

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Thanks Topeka!

Thank you for joining us at Topeka PRIDE! It was windy and hot, but we had a great time!

We'll see in in Denver in few weeks for Li...

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Stumbling Up: A Loser's Guide to Progression - Chapter 1: Quarter Life Crisis

"You're late," Marta's words echoed painfully. I squinted at the head chef of the Ram's Horn, trying to formulate a reply. The drums hammering my skull from Leo’s drunken birthday bash didn’t h...

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Event: Topeka PRIDE

Join us at Topeka PRIDE this Saturday June 21, 2025 at the Evergy Plaza located at 630 S Kansas Ave in Topeka from 6pm-10pm!

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Lawrence PRIDE

Despite the rain, Lawrence PRIDE was a success! Thanks to everyone who came out to see us!

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Meet Reck!

It's time for LAWRENCE PRIDE 2025!!

Lawrence PRIDE is on Saturday, June 7, 2025, with a parade in Downtown Lawrence at 11:00 a.m. and a block party in South Park after the parade.

What ...

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Monsters? Yep. Magic? Of course. A sensitive banana slug sidekick named Richard? Don’t ask. Just read.
For fans of found family, underdog arcs, and hilarious syst...

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Events Coming Up - June through Sept 2025

Sat June 7 Lawrence Pride 11AM South Park in Lawrence KS

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