Kara was an interesting traveling companion. She was interested in the undead, at first, but once she understood how they moved and fought, our conversations quickly moved on to other things...
2024-12-15 22:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostAs the meeting broke up, I approached Alfred. He flashed me a smile, hints of the annoying, gawky med student he’d been a week ago still there on his face, although so much had changed tha...
2024-12-14 19:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostTheir lair was a true mess. They had an excuse; they’d fled the police station in the middle of the night and holed up in this place, huddled and fearful. Then they’d spent the morning s...
2024-12-13 16:25:11 +0000 UTC View PostAlfred opted to bury their dead right away, rather than trying to bring them back to the others. They’d taken shelter in a UVM building, he told me, and there were monsters wandering aroun...
2024-12-12 22:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy archers were already shooting, firing arrows into the oncoming goblin swarm. I ducked back behind the line of my skeleton warriors and ordered them to advance, protecting themselves with ...
2024-12-12 02:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostGideon watched as his army poured themselves into the work of building his fortress. The walls were coming up quickly, now that the skeletons had better direction. Hiring on Brian West was p...
2024-12-11 22:25:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt was humans, not goblins. That was a good sign, but I didn’t recognize any of them, so I remained hidden and watched. Whoever they were, they had better weapons than the refugees at the ...
2024-12-10 22:46:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle didn’t last long. It wasn’t even much of a fight, being honest. As the enemy undead came my way, I started casting Control Undead on the ones toward the rear of the pack. As e...
2024-12-10 02:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostI woke with the dawn again. That hadn’t been my habit, before all of this. I’d been more of a night owl. But these days it felt like there was always more that needed to be done than the...
2024-12-09 22:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostAlfred stared out into the night, watching for movement. The goblins had been more active, and he worried they might try something now that the sun was down and most of the humans were secur...
2024-12-08 01:12:46 +0000 UTC View PostThere were a lot of stones on the blanket in front of me. First thing I wanted to do was to count them and divide them out into groups. I also checked out my existing stones:
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Our lines crashed into each other for what I hoped would be the final fight.
The enemy undead had the numbers still; we’d worn them down, but it was close, now. Twenty of them, six o...
2024-12-05 02:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun began to sink for the third day since the Event, Gideon watched his minions carrying out their assigned tasks with a sense of satisfaction. It wasn’t pleasure; he wouldn’t all...
2024-12-05 02:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostWith a thought, I ordered Hope to intercept the rush of attackers as best she could. Anything she did to slow them down would help, but I already knew it wasn’t going to be enough. I had m...
2024-12-04 02:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostI had my undead form a tight rank ahead of me as we entered the cemetery for what I hoped would be the last time. No promises; there were a lot of skeletons in there! But I had a good feelin...
2024-12-04 02:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostI’d been hoping that the Animate spell would effectively double my number of controlled minions. As I explored the new spell, I found that it would animate a single dead body into somethin...
2024-12-03 02:06:14 +0000 UTC View PostThere were way too many of them to safely handle. I was growing more confident by the minute, both in my spells and my fighting skills. But I counted eleven of the things approaching now. It...
2024-12-03 02:05:29 +0000 UTC View PostIf I was looking for undead, I’d come to the right place for sure. That cemetery held a swarm of skeletons. Better still, they were unarmed. They wandered about aimlessly, following the fe...
2024-11-29 19:58:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a long and restless night. The forest was no longer a peaceful place. I woke at least a dozen times to various noises, none of them pleasant. First it was a pack of goblins, who looke...
2024-11-29 19:58:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Alfred was the first on the scene, coming around the corner at a run. He’d started moving as soon as he heard the shouts and cries of alarm coming from behind the house Selena’s team was...
2024-11-29 19:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostCarver was up with the sun and moving about on his mission. His house lacked many of the supplies he’d need, but that was fine; he had a horse, after all. Dead, but still able to take him ...
2024-11-29 19:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of things happened very quickly after that spell landed on me.
My full attention was on Bradley. I knew he was going to be trouble, and here he was, angry face and ...
2024-11-29 19:49:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe demon bear rushed me, and I swear I now totally understand what people mean when they talk about their lives flashing in front of their eyes. There was a brief moment where everything se...
2024-11-29 19:48:09 +0000 UTC View PostI followed right behind my zombies, axe up and at the ready. The house reeked. It stank of old meat and blood. The red stains on the floor in the front hall told me we probably...
2024-11-29 19:47:33 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone was feeling much better after some food, and the fact that we were returning to where I’d found the first snake had folks in a good mood. In fact, Lords had more volunteers than h...
2024-11-29 19:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostBrad didn’t react well to that at all. He saw the zombies coming at him as a legitimate threat, and to be fair, they were. He was tier two himself now, so he might be able to take down bot...
2024-11-29 19:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe smell from the cooking snake was going to kill me.
It was so good! Smelled like someone was setting up for a chicken barbecue. My mouth watered as a gust of wind blew...
2024-11-29 19:44:51 +0000 UTC View PostI’d patched up most of Samson’s injuries, but he was still bleeding pretty bad. I raised my head to shout for some help. “We could use Henry’s skills here!”
“He’s on his ...
2024-11-29 19:44:13 +0000 UTC View PostLords was moving faster than I’d have expected from the man. As the goblins rushed us, he lunged forward across the gap between our two groups, ushering the party forward with his hands. ...
2024-11-29 19:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out Bradley of all people had grilling skills. I can’t say I was shocked. He looked the type: sort of had that somewhat overweight, straight from the back woods vibe. I didn’t ...
2024-11-29 19:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post