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**The First Mate**
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The great white scion of Hullbreak Harbor looks across the seabed to the forces of the other dungeon. Thedeim, or Neverrest, or whatever it is, she’s given the Captain’s decision: The ...
2023-01-27 01:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know what I was expecting from the fight with Hullbreak, but this awkward standoff wasn’t it. I was expecting to have a big battle under the waves, but my ‘assault’ force is staring at only a fraction of the sharks I was expecting, and those sharks don’t exactly look enthu...
2023-01-24 02:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe Composer is close to finishing the Axe. Ever since his creation, Slash had at least a vague idea of what the Axe would look like, would sound like. He has longed to be able to actually bring some of that music to reality.
He quietly watches as Thing and Queen put the finishi...
2023-01-22 23:17:13 +0000 UTC View PostI watch through Teemo’s eyes as he talks with Yendo. I’d be holding my breath if I could, and releasing it in a sigh of relief when he accepts helping us. After just a little more explanation, my Voice makes a messy shortcut out of there, and the two book it.
Those are the s...
2023-01-20 03:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to Teemo, I’m feeling a lot better about the whole thing. It also helps that everyone is doing the last bit of prep, which helps solidify what we’re going to be doing. Something about knowing this is it helps me focus. Having time to second guess makes it too easy to ...
2023-01-17 01:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe Voice of the Southwood bounds through his lord's domain. While he's in no particular hurry to get anywhere in specific, his lord's demesne is vast enough that he needs to be quick if he wishes to get anywhere at all. Thankfully, he has been blessed with fleetness that the winds sh...
2023-01-16 00:25:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis is feeling like the longest week of my life, and it’s only just started. Sure, I haven’t had all that many weeks since becoming a dungeon, but the point still stands. Everyone has been brought up to speed on the plan, too, but nobody has been able to come up with any...
2023-01-13 02:38:40 +0000 UTC View PostWith night comes the latest reports from the spies in Hullbreak, and Leo dutifully works through them. There’s definitely an increase in sharks inside, and it looks like their expeditions have finally discovered the beachhead. They’ve even tried a fly over with some gulls, but Poe...
2023-01-10 01:03:41 +0000 UTC View PostWhile most are familiar with the four main classifications of dungeons, there are many sub-classifications to go along with them. Experienced adventurers will recognize at least a handful of these, and will often specialize in, if not a specific single dungeon, a subclass of dungeo...
2023-01-08 23:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post____________
Tarl
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The Inspector of the Fourdock branch of the Dungeoneer’s Guild grins as he finishes his foe with one final slash. It was a long and arduous battle, but it joins its brethren in the pile of the defeated, and he cl...
2023-01-06 03:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostAround sunrise, Yvonne, Teemo, and Aranya go to meet up with Aelara and Ragnar to take a look at the forest and the planned shortcut, so I take a chance to talk with the dwarf through Teemo and see what he thinks about making a move soon.
It takes Teemo most of the walk out to the treeline ...
2023-01-03 02:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostA proper baker keeps rather strange hours. People love to have fresh baked things for breakfast, but fresh baked things take a considerable amount of time to create. They need to be mixed, cut, risen, deflated, risen again, portioned, baked, then often topped, too! All that does...
2023-01-01 23:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostWith the scythemaws pretty much done with their fun, and the surprise fun of helping Rhonda and Freddie getting their classes finished, I return my attention to the problem of Hullbreak Harbor. I’m still trying to get more info, and set up a few safeguards, but I think I’m getting close...
2022-12-30 00:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post______________
Torlon
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Last night was a strange experience for the Head Priest. He might not have as close of a connection to the Shield as the High Priest in the Citadel, but he is the closest of anyone in Fourdock. So it ca...
2022-12-27 00:03:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere will not be a peek tomorrow, because I'll be spending time with the family for Christmas. Thank you all for reading and for your support. This is how I make my living now, and I never thought that could be a thing my writing could do. I hope you all have a merry Christmas ...
2022-12-25 01:11:32 +0000 UTC View Post___________
Staiven
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The aged ratkin steals a few seconds as he and Rhonda work to simply observe his apprentice. While he couldn’t be more proud of her for gaining her class, they still have a business to run. These healing p...
2022-12-23 00:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostWith the challenge done and settled, and Aranya relaxing, I can take some time to go over what else has been happening. It’s not like everything else stops just because I’m distracted with something else.
It’s looking like the scythemaws are finally starting to pack it up and he...
2022-12-20 02:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone is having a good month! Just a quick nudge for more suggestions for either full peeks, or questions to go into another Q&A, feel free to put whatever comments you have right here! And feel free to repeat, if you feel I've managed to miss a burning question. I...
2022-12-19 01:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostJarsto frowns to himself as he looks at the dossier on his desk. Unlike many in the guild, he doesn't mind the bureaucratic upkeep required for the guild to run smoothly. He's actually quite good at it, if he does say so himself, and it makes him happy to be able to look over the numb...
2022-12-19 01:34:17 +0000 UTC View PostFreddie smiles in triumph as he holds Aranya by the forearm, the challenge done. If I could, I’d be smiling with him. I don’t know how I was expecting the kids to beat Aranya and Rocky, but I wasn’t expecting them to split up and face the two individually! The young orc’...
2022-12-16 01:12:13 +0000 UTC View PostOk, well… that went a lot better than I thought. Not only does Freddie seem to be on a path to understanding what a paladin actually does, but Rhonda helped Thing to get a breakthrough with the lifedrinking problem! I’m a little nervous about her getting hints about the d...
2022-12-13 03:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostDeath. The little purple gem shard is surrounded by it. Neat and orderly and quiet, the mana flowing steadily, as it should. It has two small spawners: rats and wasps, and it orders its denizens to ensure the mana flows smoothly, and to maintain the peace of the small room of de...
2022-12-12 00:40:54 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Thing and Rhonda get ready to work on the quartz pickups, I pay more attention to Larx and Freddie. I always find it interesting to listen to philosophy and how people think, but I’m also curious about how paladins actually work here.
In the games I’ve played and run, paladi...
2022-12-09 02:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostFreddie and Rhonda elect to take the streets over to the cemetery and crypt complex, rather than try to slip through the tunnels, and I can hardly blame them. The scythemaws are mostly settled in now, but why take the risk?
I look in on Thing and Larx to see what they’re up to. &nbs...
2022-12-06 03:28:53 +0000 UTC View PostToday will be interesting for the large spider scion. Something big is coming, and even Weaver Thedeim has noticed. Not that he's bad at sensing the threads of fate, but it's more like he works them without even realizing it, so it's always interesting when he does ...
2022-12-05 01:09:26 +0000 UTC View PostI laugh to myself as I watch Tiny untangle the group from the web, and manage to ask Teemo to be there once they’re free so he can tell them about the next challenge. It looks like he’ll have plenty of time, too. They’ve made a proper hash of the webbing.
“I count it as ...
2022-12-02 01:51:23 +0000 UTC View PostIs bemused the right word? Knowing you’ve been had, but not particularly minding it? Whatever it’s called, I’d say that describes Tiny’s feelings on having been defeated by the kids’ puppydog eyes. They’re pretty good at it, and shameless in using it, too, heh.
Simple notes drift through the tunnels as the earth elemental gets familiar with the lute Tiny gifted him. It sounds completely different from the snippets of music he sometimes hears through the bond with the Composer. He's known from shortly after his creation that the Composer had ...
2022-11-27 23:40:15 +0000 UTC View PostThursdays update will be cancelled as I'll be spending Thanksgiving doing Thanksgiving things. The Sunday Peek should still happen on schedule. Thank you for your support again, and I hope you have a good week.
Khenal
2022-11-22 01:42:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe kids exchange glances after Teemo finishes talking, and Freddie is the first to break the silence.
“I think we’re going to need more than a bucket of mice to capture this one,” he says with a sideways look to Rhona, who can’t help but giggle.
“Yeah, we’re going to need...
2022-11-22 01:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post