Rhonda is the first out of the slime, probably because she’s the least injured of the three. It’s hard to tell exactly how hurt Rezlar is, but I’d bet Freddie will be out last, thanks to that broken arm. Rocky helps the goblin out of the slime and back into the ring, where he lifts her hand (and the rest of ...
2023-06-09 00:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostRezlar is clearly doing his level best to not panic, and I’d say he’s doing a pretty good job of it, all things considered. The confidence of the others probably helps, as do the few small encounters I send as they do their gathering. I only send some minor stuff, just enough to be a warm up. Rocky would...
2023-06-06 01:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe experienced butler fights himself to keep the smile off his face as he puts the finishing touches on his disguise. While he's certain he could fool the ordinary guards while wearing a garish jester's outfit, he's having a friendly competition with the veterans. The Young Master can't pretend to be Larrez all o...
2023-06-05 00:27:05 +0000 UTC View Post________
~~Rezlar~~ Larrez
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The young elf noble does his best to ignore the curious glances of his guards as he selects a bunk at the back of the barracks. While he does have his disguise on, his guards do still need to know where he is, at least when ...
2023-06-02 01:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post___________
**Rhonda**
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The goblin hums to herself as she carefully measures out doses of potions into bottles, Lucas dutifully following after to properly cork them. He likes to put a thin webbing over them as well, enough to ensure the corks stay put, yet not th...
2023-05-30 01:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostHeat and pressure, building...
building...
Building...
BUILDING...
Existence. The newborn scion takes a few moments to try to adjust and take stock. While the empty mamga tube she's in is fairly simple to understand, things only get more complex f...
2023-05-28 22:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostAnother day, another set of delvers. Today’s set is starting early… and they don’t look much like my typical delvers. Most of them come in with some variety of armor, or at least a wizard’s robes, but not these ones. These ones come with what looks to me like forge gear, heavy leather aprons and glov...
2023-05-26 01:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post______________
Tarl
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Tarl considers his report, brushing the feather of his quill against his cheek and not minding the ink staining his fingers. It’s not often he gets to update two dungeon reports at the same time, but he really should understand by now tha...
2023-05-23 00:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostExperiment log 1: Securing funding is proving... difficult. When I explain the parameters of my proposed experiment, potential patrons back out, citing a lack of profit potential. Fah, profit?! What is the point of money if not to delve the odd mysteries of the world?!
Experiment log 2: A he...
2023-05-22 00:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostBerdol and the electric dire rat square off for a few moments, each measuring the other up. I’m pretty confident the catkin will win without too much trouble, but I still pay attention to see if I can learn anything about how he fights and how his affinity works.
The rat isn’t going to just give him the victor...
2023-05-19 01:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith Tarl’s latest inspection out of the way and him certainly writing some kind of report about it, I’m back to working on making my new expansion actually be something useful. I still need to get my enclave in there, and there’s a fair couple upgrades to do to get access to it.
I’m already seeing some ac...
2023-05-16 01:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostWakefullness comes slowly, though it isn't resisted. The elder of Lord Thedeim's ratkin enjoys his bed, but he also enjoys having an active day. The transition would be easier if he could figure out some way to make the world outside his blanket as warm as the one inside, yet he faces the first challenge of the da...
2023-05-14 21:36:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust because there’s technically no snow on the ground right this moment, doesn’t mean it’s not cold outside. Early delvers are pretty sparse, mostly just the miners with their escort heading down the access shaft. There’s a few on the ground and in the manor, but not much else. The catacombs are mos...
2023-05-12 02:42:57 +0000 UTC View PostI mostly watch Nova wander around as night falls, letting Teemo make some shortcuts to help keep himself distracted from worrying. I’d tell him to not worry, if it wouldn’t make me a gigantic hypocrite. I know the group can handle themselves, but that doesn’t stop my mind from spitting out horrifying what-if...
2023-05-09 01:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe ashen elf wonders how he came to this point. He ponders as he gathers the chalice and wine bottle from his victim's night stand, replacing them with untainted ones from his bag. His employer will want proof, and it's supposed to look as though the rotund noble simply died in his sleep. It's not that far ...
2023-05-08 00:33:58 +0000 UTC View PostIn hindsight, in my eagerness to get an enclave and so a project to keep me busy, I may have forgotten that an expansion gets me more than just a bigger sandbox. I blame how long it’s been since I expanded. Totally a good excuse, right?
Well, this is why I drill into Violet the need to have plenty of extra...
2023-05-04 23:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I’m looking at the map for the stuff beyond my borders, above and below the ground, and… I think I have my timescales messed up. Below the surface, I was expecting to be tripping over Aranya’s old dungeon fairly quickly, or at least finding some trace of it with the long scouts. But so far, they’ve not...
2023-05-02 02:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostDeep in a vault in the Dungeoneer's Guild Headquarters, there lays a maul, as real as me standing here! It is no ordinary vault. Behind inches of steel and stone, designed to withstand not only an onslaught from an archmage, but the scryings of the same, the vault is designed to impregnable to almost all. Th...
2023-05-01 01:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post________________
Coda
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The Architect scion finds it difficult to focus, despite how excited he is! Probably because of how excited he is, honestly. The Foreman’s idea, this concrete, the very concept sings to his soul! The kinds of thin...
2023-04-28 02:26:46 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know how they declare winter officially here, but I’m willing to call it with the first snow in town, which started about an hour before dawn. It’s not a very heavy snow, nor is it really sticking, but it’s there, so I’m counting it. And with winter officially-by-me here, it’s time to make sure...
2023-04-25 02:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post"Ach, he's got yer mother's beard."
"Such a wee treasure!"
"Have ye' decided a name?"
"Aye. Ragnar, after m' grandpappy."
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"Tha' all ya got?" wheezes the battered young dwarf, not giving an inch to the bullies. He can take it, but he doesn't think his you...
2023-04-23 23:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post___________
Honey
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The bee scion sighs and takes flight, unable to fight the twitchy feeling she has. It’s nothing she can do anything about, which is probably the worst thing about it. If it was something in her reach, some detail she needs to fill Leo in on, she could do...
2023-04-21 02:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next couple days see a sharp increase in delvers. I think it’s a bit of a combination of them wanting to get in some more quality delving before winter really sets in, and of Rezlar’s quests being put out. It also helps that people are checking out Hullbreak now, too. For the moment, people seem cont...
2023-04-18 02:18:33 +0000 UTC View PostNot far from the Memorial, the merfolk gather. Practically the entire enclave is here, though not all of them are especially excited about it. Thankfully, the Tidecaller has given his blessing for Yendo to speak to everyone, so most everyone came to at least hear. The High Priest doesn't give his approval to...
2023-04-16 22:23:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen someone asks if you’re a god, you say yes, right? Not to argue with Winston’s wisdom, but there’s some valuable context to keep in mind. If you’re staring down a 7-foot tall freakshow flanked by monster dogs and a weird extra-dimensional pyramid/staircase behind them, probably a good time to build you...
2023-04-14 01:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostAt least there’s not much more inspection to do after that. The merfolk show Tarl to the kelp thicket and he simply notes that the thicket is to be avoided, and is happy to leave it at that. Teemo doesn’t manage to get back by the time Tarl is ready to leave, so the First Mate sees him off instead. He gi...
2023-04-11 01:42:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe centipede scion thinks to himself as he rests, coiled around Violet's core. She has tasked him to be her Guardian, and he is honored to do his duty. He just wishes it was more consistent. Much of his time is spent doing very little, though at least Cappy is able to keep him company and talk about the out...
2023-04-09 21:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post________
**Tarl**
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As he takes the small dinghy out towards Hullbreak, his thoughts return, as they always do, to the day his mentor died. The day Hullbreak went mad.
However, much as his mind would like to wander down those dark paths, it’s difficult to get ...
2023-04-07 01:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostWatching through Teemo’s eyes as the First Mate takes him around Hullbreak really helps put things in perspective, which makes sense, now that I think about it. Most of Hullbreak is still a work in progress, but we do identify something that he should probably work on himself: the location of his core.
Riding th...
2023-04-04 01:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostSettle down, everyone. Yes, I'm late, which is a bit fitting considering the subject of today's theology lecture: The Raven. While technically in the Golden Wings pantheon, every known deity seems to acknowledge the Raven as the ruler of death, though this does not mean the ruler of the dead. Each pantheon h...
2023-04-02 22:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post
