#1: I need to figure out now what happens with class evolution @ lvl 50, before it sneaks up on me in 3 floors and I'm totally unprepared.
Things I want: I want the levelling to slow down after 10th floor. 3 lvls per floor, diminishing to 1 and then every other floor and so on, until we hit lvl 100.
I want some ...
Mark Wyrd felt like he was finally beginning to relax. The knots were coming undone, the tea from a rare flower that only grew on this floor had a mild sedative effect that managed to pierce a Climber’s Resistance.
And it didn’t taste half-bad either.
“This must be the most interesting wall in all the land,...
2025-05-02 17:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Got interviewed by the voice actor and the Sound Booth Theater crew in anticipation of the release of book 2 of Industrial Strength Magic on Audible May 6th. It's out on pre-release right this very moment.
3…2…1
BOOOOOM!
An explosive blast sent out a wave of compressed air, flattening the jungle around the lake for a hundred paces and disintegrating the top of the ziggurat.
Shrapnel cleaved through the platform of hardened air that they stood on, diverted off course by th...
2025-04-30 19:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostMark Wyrd was taking a much-needed break. Four months since he had killed his father and rescued his wife, and it felt like he hadn’t gotten a single moment to rest.
It wasn’t just purging the ranks of his father’s stooges and straightening out their extremely crooked finances, it was also defend...
2025-04-28 17:40:25 +0000 UTC View PostWith no regard for his personal safety, William Oh didn’t hesitate a single heartbeat, charging into the ancient dungeon alone and headlong, eager to take on the raid boss that he knew in his heart was there.
Once he found Silverdeath, he stood his ground and challenged it to a fair fight, bounci...
2025-04-25 18:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostWilliam Oh won a coinflip against the God of Misfortune, who withered and died, having finally been released from his curse of infinite success.
- Jason Salazar
“Okay, we’ve got three Greater Healing Potions and six people.” Will gave Re...
2025-04-23 15:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay so right there is where Akresh says the Raid Boss is.” Loth said, pointing out a spot near dead center on the map.
Will frowned, studying the X in the middle of a lake below a waterfall.
“This hasn’t been discovered in a thousand years?” Will asked. it was in the center of the map, partly between t...
2025-04-21 17:16:17 +0000 UTC View PostCaddock heaved the arm-width rope over his shoulder, timing his tugs with those of other prisoners as they transported the star towards the cart designed to haul it out of the frozen wastes and down to Basalt.
Robbing the mostly empty frozen wastes of what little warmth they had in order to arm the Church of Granesh aga...
2025-04-18 17:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post…And THAT is why we are not monsters, or demons, or anything but a proud race of warriors descended from the divine world-snake in ages long lost to the sands of time, waiting for the final battle, when Ouroboros will call his erstwhile molts back to him.
Unfortunately for Will, tongue-flicks didn’...
2025-04-16 18:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostOuroboros was once attacked by a coalition of gods and men with the intent of subduing Chaos and bend The Tower to their will. In the midst of the battle, Ouroboros shed several skins of titanic proportions. These Immortal Serpents continued to fight on while their creator shrank down to the size of a humble garden snake,...
2025-04-14 16:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe days gradually went by more and more smoothly once they got a handle on the monsters, which seemed unending at first. The teeming life of the jungle slowly ran out of surprises.
Never completely out of surprises…but less.
Taking the extra time to level the civilians kept them much safer than they might’ve ...
2025-04-11 16:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostWilliam Oh once found a turd on the side of the road, and on a dare, polished that turd until it shone…
It’s the centerpiece of Andover’s crown now.
- Jason Salazar
William Oh
Re...
2025-04-09 16:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I was going through all my notes trying to add everything together for a character sheet splash, and I finally KNEW I had gotten to the point where making an excel spreadsheet that could automatically accommodate the shifting stats from Pha...
“So, who was it?” Will asked, causing Ria to glance up from where she was helping to clean up after the attack. Ria smoothed her clothes and straightened, clearing her throat as he approached.
“Who was what?” the tall young woman asked, awkwardly leaning on a nearby wagon.
“Who died?” Will clarified. 2025-04-07 16:35:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Will was still shaking off the fog of sleep as his body shot to its feet.
Three big blinks and Will was back, orienting on the sound of combat.
It wasn’t coming from the brush-cutting vanguard, but the rear.
Something smart enough to attack from behind, but dumb enough to think they could get away with it....
2025-04-04 19:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Gods, it chafes.” Travis complained, adjusting his pants for the umpteenth time as he walked beside the wagon. “You’re not chafing?”
“It’s the moisture in the air.” Will said.
“There was moisture in the air on the Sixth Floor, and it didn’t chafe.”
Will glanced down at the Master Decoy...
2025-04-02 18:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Patreon not letting me edit access again for some reason. Will delete older one.
“Gods, it chafes.” Travis complained, adjusting his pants for the umpteenth time as he walked beside the wagon. “You’re not chafing?”
“It’s the moisture in the air.” Will said.
“There wa...
2025-04-02 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: This is the second chapter I've had to re-release manually because Patreon gave me a 'something went wrong' message when I tried to modify the access tiers. Nothing has been changed, for those of you who have already read it.
Welcome to the 7th Floor!
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2025-03-31 19:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the 7th Floor!
Miasma Acclimation: 7 days.
It is not advised to Ascend or Descend before the Miasma acclimation period has elapsed. Side effects of doing so include fever, bulging bloodshot eyes, coughing, pustules, necrosis of the extremit...
2025-03-31 18:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostRead the whole thing for details on how I'm considering the effects, for a better chance at your suggestion being chosen.
The middle finger that had Will's lifesteal sickle is now empty, and the Stormfists are dwarfed in power by the Coiled serpent amulet, giving us two free finger slots.
The undead servant wand ...
2025-03-27 18:34:50 +0000 UTC View PostIt was remarkable how quickly things grew when you weren’t paying attention to them. That applied to severed hands and organizations that treated you like a Lord.
By the time Will got back to the Fifth Floor, Thea Oilton, socialite extraordinaire and older sister to his Party’s Master Decoy, had liquidated a large p...
2025-03-27 17:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostWilliam Oh walks on frozen lightning, drinks the tears of the gods, breathes defiance, and stares giants in the eye.
- Jason Salazar
“I did it,” Jason panted breathlessly.
You have reached level 10!
Author's note: Ch. 124 was resisting changing the access tiers for some reason, this is my attempt to bypass that resistance and get Ch. 124, to the $5 tier. No changes have been made, this chapter is not new.
William Oh walks on frozen lightning, drinks the tears of the gods, breathes defiance, and stares gian...
Jason blinked his eyes open, discovering a dimly lit ceiling above him.
I’m still alive? Or not?
“Am I dead?” Jason rasped, his voice coming out unexpectedly hoarse.
“I considered having someone to play that prank on you, but I resisted.” A familiar voice spoke beside him.
Jason glan...
2025-03-22 17:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostWilliam Oh challenged Ouroboros, the god of Mischief and Chaos to a footrace.
The Hero and the God ran at a speed that made mortal men age from sheer proximity, causing distances to shrink and light itself to politely step aside as they passed.
Time itself sped past the two as the footrace co...
2025-03-20 16:59:30 +0000 UTC View Post“How goes it?” Caddock asked as Orev took a deep swig of a healing potion while Maybin kept his ankle straight. A little time-out to catch his breath.
“He’s burning through Charge fast,” Orev gasped as he unsealed his mouth from the bottle. “But sir, I’m not sure if we’ll be able to pin him down in one p...
2025-03-18 16:18:10 +0000 UTC View PostPeople were asking what he could do, so I spent some time this morning putting this together by bouncing through and compiling info to create a character sheet. I tossed in a few of my calculations for various Abilities too, so they hopefully make more sense.
Some of this will probably go into a character sheet at the ...
How the FUCK does he fight like that!?
- Orev Harti, level 57 Trickster Raven’s thoughts
Time to switch up the game of tag, Will thought, using the springy earth underneath him to propel himself out of the bloody woman’s reac...
2025-03-14 17:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostTypically, Relics of limitless power carry their wielders through one shattering victory after another….
It doesn’t matter who starts the fight with the Relic of limitless power.
William Oh is going to have it by the end.
And the shattering will be your bones.
-&...
2025-03-12 16:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
