Yok’sal ground his teeth together until they cracked. All Nymasolth had to do was stay the course! Just a few measly turns of this pitiful sun and they would have everything they wanted. W...
2025-01-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, Mel thought to herself as she studied the gorgeous, wide-brimmed crimson hat. She lifted it up to the light, turning it around to view the leather band that girdled th...
2025-01-22 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMel raced back to the camp as fast as [Windstorm] would take her.
[Windstorm]: Enhances Sense, movement speed, and wind-based skills while reducing the effects of earth-based s...
2025-01-21 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMel and Gwen pulled ahead of the group. Little wonder, since they were faster than the others. With the highest agility, Mel could physically move her body the fastest, but Gwen’s monstrou...
2025-01-20 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCharlie Asleton lounged on her floating [Charred Apostate Staff], observing the battle unfold from a place of relative comfort and peace.
It was easy to plot and plan when you weren’...
2025-01-19 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJacob slid back under the rabid assault of a covenant member dressed in black robes and armed with two long, sinuous daggers. He kept his shield up, biding his time until the man’s burst o...
2025-01-18 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostQuest Update: All or Nothing
Objective: Maintain the Black Fence by keeping Jacob, Camilla, Shrubley, and Smudge confined to the Hall of Martyrs (0/1). 2025-01-17 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Mel didn’t know how to respond to that. “What do you mean? Why would I leave any of you?”
“I’m just making sure everyone knows this doesn’t have to be temporary,” Gwen sa...
2025-01-16 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThey set up camp around Gwen, dragging her off to the side where it was slightly sheltered. She was easier to move now that she wasn’t literally on fire.
Thomas glared daggers at Hea...
2025-01-15 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMel pressed her back to a crystalline tree as their target emerged out of the thermal spring. It looked like a rocky toad the size of a grizzly bear.
Gwen was just a few feet away, her...
2025-01-14 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did you give her the branch?” Heath asked. “Is that just something Magi do? I’m having a hard time figuring you guys out.”
“No,” Gwen said. “Not usually. Thomas su...
2025-01-13 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMel quickly figured out a few of [Condensate’s] limitations by zipping around the thermal springs dotting the landscape.
Firstly, if she only conjured one nail, she couldn’t wait s...
2025-01-12 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey made camp near a prismatic spring, surrounded by sulfurous pillars and crystalline trees.
Gwen loped around the perimeter, doing a quick search for ingredients. She was followed b...
2025-01-11 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe fires were getting out of control. They were already beyond Mel’s ability to smother with her [Hidden Mist]. It took Gwen to remind her that they had other options to snuff out the fla...
2025-01-10 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostYok’sal lounged in his seat and leaned back from the display. “Shut it off, Em’trath.”
His steward bowed his head and waved a hand. The scrying vision vanished, plunging the sm...
2025-01-09 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDonny slunk forward, licking his lips. Some part of him felt a little thrill at what he was about to do.
It was to be expected. While he didn’t want to like watching th...
2025-01-08 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this is a good idea, Donny?” Eloise asked.
“You saw what this monster did to our friends!” Donny hissed at her. “You want to let her run free after all that she...
2025-01-07 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“How does this work?” Heath asked. “I’ve never heard of ‘latent runes’ before. And I’ve been in a lot of groups.”
Thomas looked over, but Mel held up a hand. “I’ve ...
2025-01-07 02:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostYou defeat a [Tarikan (High Copper Rank—Plateau Beast)].
You gain extra runes of Divine, Mist, Blood, Serpent and Omen experience for slaying a Plateau Beast...
2025-01-07 02:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostThick mist surrounded the clearing below as Mel and her allies stayed high up in the trees while the large creature prowled beneath them, looking for the threat.
For the past day or tw...
2025-01-07 02:11:27 +0000 UTC View PostThomas was pushing them harder each day. He usually wasn’t so reckless, but they would have crossed right in front of the plateau beast’s path if not for Mel’s vigilance.
It help...
2025-01-07 02:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostGwen tore across the ground, chasing the monster out of hiding. An intimidating werewolf went both ways.
Either a monster was provoked into attacking or ran out of pure fright. The how...
2025-01-07 02:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostMel turned her arms over, flapping them madly. “Hah! It kinda tickles.”
With a look of utmost curiosity, one befitting of any Magi, Gwen reached out to touch the fire. Because of c...
2025-01-07 02:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post“I am not a monster!” Shrubley cried out as he sprinted, growing more and more out of breath, his speech picking up without pause. “Well, in fact, I am a monster. However, I am an awak...
2025-01-07 02:06:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe brew that Mel made looked similar to Thomas’ and Gwen’s, despite it being tinged blue like her favorite slush drink. “What’s the plan?” Mel asked, holding onto her [Primeval Br...
2025-01-07 02:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostMel opened the Emporium and looked over the branches available.
[Copper Emporium Core Items]
[Petrified Branch of Vigor]
(Copper R...
2025-01-07 02:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Those are pretty,” Gwen said.
Mel had taken off the old bracers and put on her new ones. Though they were weaker, their imprint was vastly better.
Don’t need increased...
2025-01-07 02:04:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe graveyard surrounding the tomb was covered in about ten different groups. None of them seemed aggressive toward each other.
In fact, it reminded Mel of playing MMOs long ago when p...
2025-01-07 02:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostMel stepped up to the altar and peered into the basin. The water still reflected the stars above without showing her face, but now she could see two items submerged in the clear water.
Mel shut her eyes, opening them once the transition was over. She knew, logically, that she was still in the ritual chamber. The stones were firm under her boots.
However, her eyes and...
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