Just as he was passing out or dying in some hidden cave, Milo flicked his tail and logged out of the game. He had too much to do in the real world to be wasting time lying in a dusty cot. He did en...
2022-09-13 01:33:08 +0000 UTC
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Milo didn't like the idea of trying to just keep his two adversaries busy while his partner looted the rare mushrooms. Every scenario seemed to end badly for him. The spiders could use the ceiling ...
2022-09-12 20:25:11 +0000 UTC
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When the situation was explained to them, Sven, Jon, and Cham volunteered to handle the task of hiding Ozzy's bag. All three of them had a STR score over 12, and Sven was at 15. His job was cutting...
2022-09-12 18:20:47 +0000 UTC
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First, thank you all for the suggestions for building Billy and Layla. Greatly appreciated and I'll have their character sheets ready soon. This chapter is a bit out of order. I started it, stopped...
2022-09-12 15:25:29 +0000 UTC
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This story comes between the time Ozzy floats off after his fight with the Ghoul Lord in Gadobhra, and when the story picks up again with him in the smoke. It deals with a shipwrecked deck hand nam...
2022-09-11 23:55:08 +0000 UTC
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Milo passed through the large cavern, noting the types of common mushrooms and vegetables that were being grown here. All of the plants were grown in raised beds with water carefully poured in by t...
2022-09-09 01:08:02 +0000 UTC
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I wasn't happy with the first version and the first half grew in revision. So here is the final version.
Work has begun on the Ozzy solo arc in The Smoke. I will be posting some new game me...
2022-09-08 19:27:47 +0000 UTC
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After his third time telling Larry his story, Milo got away by promising to tell it again at the next meal. Larry was in a better mood, still singing the song from the story. The map showed the cav...
2022-09-07 03:32:42 +0000 UTC
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Milo followed behind the Cheese-Master and a very nervous Riftkin. A small side room was unlocked, which turned out to have only a staircase in it, leading downward. Milo could smell all sorts of i...
2022-09-07 00:14:58 +0000 UTC
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The fight had not gone unnoticed. Rolly and Squirmie weren't to the village yet when the Suzette's first spell lit up the early morning darkness. He arrived as Layla was trying to keep Suzette aliv...
2022-09-05 04:19:52 +0000 UTC
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This chapter just happened. I started writing, and didn't know all of this shit was going to pop it. It just did. Sometimes when I write, it just flows. Other times, especially with dialog, it gets...
2022-09-04 19:19:35 +0000 UTC
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Cheese class with Master Bleusnout was interesting. He had had no idea that cheese was as much a part of rat-kin culture as beer was in dwarven culture. It was an ingrained part of every rat-kin's ...
2022-09-01 20:07:23 +0000 UTC
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The fighting arena was filling up as Milo arrived. Like the day before, some seemed to be players just starting up new characters. Several were sparring in the center area, punching and slapping wi...
2022-09-01 16:35:01 +0000 UTC
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Finally, a day off! I lost my weeked to a silly trip to the beach where I endured salt, sun, saltwater taffee, pizza at Mack and Mancos, and other delights of the Jersey shore. Fun, and I wrote sto...
2022-09-01 01:40:37 +0000 UTC
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Posting this, but it needs some work. First runthrough to get ideas down. I'm a bit behind from a trip to the beach. Needed my salt water taffee and macaroons. All my kids are tired and sunburnt. S...
2022-08-30 04:40:05 +0000 UTC
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This takes place after chapter 177 of Butcher of Gadobhra.
It was sometime in the waning hours of night that a lone figure moved through the ruined city.
The Dregs in Hungrytown had...
2022-08-30 00:44:42 +0000 UTC
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Sadly, character sheets go up poorly, and Billy and Laylas are only partially done. But for reference, lets reveal that ACME also had a special build for their 'Worker Liasons' like Billy, Layla, a...
2022-08-30 00:42:16 +0000 UTC
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Apologies. Hard to make this work in Patreon. All the riddle answers will be hidden in spoilers in the regular story
Rolly could tell that something was wrong with his pet. Squirmi...
2022-08-25 22:44:57 +0000 UTC
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Milo felt a small bit of regret as Brutus tucked his cheese into a large pouch, but the sound of Larry begging for cheese was enough to convince him ten times over. "You mentioned some classes? I t...
2022-08-25 04:10:49 +0000 UTC
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A hellish chapter to write, mostly dialog :) This will get at least one more look through before putting it up. If something bothers you, let me know.
Before the first time he logged into th...
2022-08-25 02:38:40 +0000 UTC
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About half of this was in the old chapter, some got moved elsewhere, and more got added.
A group of contract workers, finished with their daily chores, having labored from sunrise to sunset...
2022-08-23 00:37:11 +0000 UTC
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Pushing a couple of things off again to finish up the 'Fae Upgrades'. It seemed better to do them at once than to interspace them with other chapters.
Lord Hound had begun his busy day the i...
2022-08-22 17:39:44 +0000 UTC
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"Wow, I can smell the mushrooms from here! I'm starving. You've got to have worked up an appetite with that fighting. Nice job by the way. It's not easy laying a tail on old Gilad. That guy's was f...
2022-08-18 17:54:47 +0000 UTC
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A tough chapter, and will get a bit of polish. Try describing a fight. Now try describing a fight with tails.
Milo collected himself. The older rat-kin had said that they wou...
2022-08-17 23:49:42 +0000 UTC
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I realized I wanted to get out a couple of small chapters before the bigger one that deals with Ozzy talking with Billy, and Layla having fun hacking meat. So what I had said was chapter 174 now ge...
2022-08-17 19:49:48 +0000 UTC
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To the north and west of the village of Sedgewick was a small forest of Ironwood Hickories. Long under siege by the mighty army of the oaks, they now dwelt in peace, guarded in part by their new al...
2022-08-16 22:27:59 +0000 UTC
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Milo wondered how his second life had gotten so hectic. After some thought he decided to blame the eels. They always seemed to be up to something. At least he got double experience and skill points...
2022-08-16 20:46:36 +0000 UTC
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Milo had taken advantage of the relative calm in Harry's area to attempt a visit to his Arcane Library. It was more difficult now. Instead of logging out and getting an option to go to the library,...
2022-08-16 17:42:11 +0000 UTC
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Cham had gone to sleep, by himself, in one of the older trees at the edge of the glade. He'd learned the hard way that trying to get some rest anywhere near the younger dryads was impossible. Bloss...
2022-08-16 01:15:22 +0000 UTC
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It took a few days for Harry to grow until he was roughly human sized and his huge arm to shrink down to the point, he could drag it along behind him. A day later, he asked for Milo's help in takin...
2022-08-15 02:15:47 +0000 UTC
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