MT 207 - Buffs, Cooldowns, Consumables. Burn Them All.
You have observed the Consecration spell!
Consecration
Divine
Cost: 25 Mana
Requirements: CHA 40, Divine Magic 40
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2024-12-02 11:59:12 +0000 UTC View PostMT 206 - No Avatar Flesh After Midnight
Holy Water of Yara’s Favor
Time Remaining: 1 minute
HP: 1087 -> 1317
“Thanks,” I thought Xim.
“Hurry up and regen ...
2024-11-30 02:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostMT 205 - Soundtrack
“Grotto, got any idea what this weave does?”
[It… appears to be nonsense.]
Hysteria began muttering arcane phrases, their voice low and sonorous. Each syllable hammered against the air like the head of a drum, the avatar chantin...
2024-11-25 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMT 204 - Unified Theory of Demanifestation
My mind split in two. One half began to filter through the observations I’d just made, while the other processed Hysteria’s question and the resulting conversation.
I glanced at my ruined floorboards. Their destruction grabbed my a...
2024-11-24 23:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMT 203 - Is That a Skeleton in Your Closet, or a Divine Avatar Looking to Kill Us All?
HP: 643 -> 873
I was a touch surprised when Xim pumped a Heal into my back, but Skeletor Hysteria didn’t react. I’d already healed a few hundred points fr...
2024-11-23 09:36:06 +0000 UTC View PostMT 202 - Special Guest Star
The souls of everyone present rippled as the Dread Star’s true name caused reality to shudder. The boiling conflict between us froze as the three syllables delivered overwhelming context. The Dread Star’s nature was revealed, engraving itself onto our ...
2024-11-18 19:18:04 +0000 UTC View PostMT 201 - Banana Sandwich
While the scuffle ensued, the hefty Hyrachon took the opportunity to sidle over to me, their impractically massive sword resting against a shoulder. He squatted down and looked me over, appraising me with a simmering anger that felt out of place. True hatred ...
2024-11-16 09:26:41 +0000 UTC View PostMT 200 - Bro, Can You Even Bench the World’s Largest Land Mammal?
Heavy.
That was the only thought I could muster for the first few seconds after I regained consciousness. I was face down on the ground, a mess of blurry lights filling my vision from the runes beneath me. I tr...
2024-11-15 19:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
Got hit with some sinus problems that put me down with a migraine for a few days. Monday chapter will probably be out tomorrow, and aiming to be back on schedule for Thursday.
Thanks!
2024-11-12 19:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostMT 199 - Time to Meet Our Host
Something about the darkness was magical. Despite seeing a shadowy figure approaching, they never came into focus, even after coming to a stop only twenty feet away. Their soul was obscured, making it impossible to get a read on their strength.
Gi...
2024-11-09 18:41:11 +0000 UTC View PostMT 198 - What’re Ya Sellin’?
“Is something the matter?” asked Avarice.
“No, far from it,” I said. “One moment, please.”
“Grotto, do we still have all the vines from the overgrown Dominion Ivy Plant?”
[There has not exactly been time ...
2024-11-07 12:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostMT 197 - What’re Ya Buyin’?
Avarice’s soul cut into mine like a precision scalpel. At first, I thought she’d gone back on her word, that she was planning to turn me into some kind of Dread Star Q&A slave, but the soul connection didn’t feel like an attack. It was closer...
2024-11-04 13:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostMT 196 - The Hippo, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Shortcut had me and Grotto halfway down the hall before the end of the first unexpected syllable. Gracorvus was up, Somncres was ready, and Grotto had both shields between himself and the intruder. By the time the sentence was done, I...
2024-11-03 22:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostMT 195 - The Chapter in Which the Combined Skills of Both Myself and My Bonded Familiar are Completely Useless
It turned out Lito had his own dream hammer. That is, a hammer that sent people to dreamland by force. It was a rubber mallet called Gorgeous, because of how stunning 2024-10-31 17:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
MT 194 - When to Hit Your Guests, Part II
I paused a few feet away from Lito and Myria and gestured for Sineh to keep moving. She shot me a worried look, then walked forward to slip between the pair.
“A saboteur wove an advanced teleportation array into the lounge,” I said....
2024-10-29 01:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMT 193 - Judgment
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to hit him.”
[Culturally, it is the strongest way for you to deny his accusations.]
“Consorting with an avatar isn’t a crime in the books yet, and his own evidence contradicts the shit abo...
2024-10-26 21:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostMT 192 - Arlo Xor’Drel, Esquire: Ace Attorney
“Excuse me,” I said to a servant who’d paused to listen to the exchange. He was a middle-aged man whose name I’d learned was Eric. He held a tray of chilled drinks that looked delightful. I beckoned him forward, then selected a ...
2024-10-26 00:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostMT 191 - Leon the Prosecutor
No sooner had I shrugged on my boa and shrugged off Myria’s Disregard spell, than Lord Leon Heronwyte appeared. It was uncanny, and I assumed the man either had people tracking me, or some ability that let him know the instant I was available.
Eit...
2024-10-24 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMT 190 - Napkin Hunt
“How’d you like the smoking room?” I asked, glancing back at Lito as we exited. “We put it together just for you.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Really?” he said, sounding doubtful.
“Only the best for sensei,” I said. “Of course, I’d pr...
2024-10-21 17:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostMT 189 - Allies Close, Danger Closer
The king and I continued our discussions for another hour. His focus with the party’s upcoming meetings with the Littans was to establish some expectations for what he believed we’d encounter. Fortunately, I didn’t detect any of the animosit...
2024-10-19 10:19:13 +0000 UTC View PostMT 188 - Insider Knowledge
“We knew we’d make some people unhappy when we went into Deijin’s Descent,” I said. “That Delve wasn’t the most combat-focused, but we were under threat the entire time we were in there. I’m still spending every second of every day looking for...
2024-10-17 06:40:14 +0000 UTC View PostMT 187 - The King
This was a moment that we had put a lot of thought into, and no small portion of Riona’s lessons were focused on how to greet a royal. As the king walked into the Closet, all Hiwardians present dropped to one knee, heads bowed to the ground. No matter their indivi...
2024-10-15 16:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostMT 186 - Royal Security
Shortly after being invited to establish my own nation by Zenithar Zura, Varrin and Xim found their way to the lounge. Zura excused herself to retire, granting me some time to mull things over, and she assured me that a servant had already prepared a room for ...
2024-10-11 17:38:13 +0000 UTC View PostMT 185 - Accidental Nation Building
I was not averse to learning. I often took it upon myself to investigate and explore a variety of subjects, Delver-related or otherwise. I was the type to fixate on a topic that struck my fancy and go full gonzo with little regard for my health and...
2024-10-09 21:26:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis post has sad pet news. If you're sensitive to that, all it's really saying is that I got behind on writing but I'm catching up this week.
Hello folks,
Last week was a solemn one for my household, as one of our doggos had been terminally ill. We spent some extra t...
2024-10-07 22:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostMT 184 - When To Hit Your Guests & Other Lessons on Etiquette
“This is incredible,” I said. “Thank you, it’s perfect.”
“Perfect would be if it turned all your enemies to treasure with a single touch,” Khigra replied. “But I think this is not too far behind....
2024-10-04 01:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostMT 183 - Showing Off ‘The Hammer’
Varrin looked fresh as new-fallen snow. He wore a white silk shirt, pristine and with nary a wrinkle or speck of dust. It was loose-fitting in a way that miraculously made his Herculean musculature look even more impressive as it bulged around hi...
2024-10-02 07:58:36 +0000 UTC View PostMT 182 - Home & Garden & Very Small Pants
I didn’t end up testing my reforged skills after having lunch for breakfast. Once I’d eaten my fill, fatigue hit me hard enough that my sleep-deprived brain thought I was under attack. I hadn’t slept in a proper bed in months, a...
2024-10-01 01:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostMT 181 - Project: Unavoidable Harm
My first thought for Oblivion Orb was to exchange the crit trigger for a trigger that caused the orb to teleport forward a short distance when it contacted any sort of armor or mitigating ability. That would let it bypass a lot of defensive weaves a...
2024-09-27 18:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostMT 180 - Skill Forge
Grotto and I teleported back to my Pocket Penthouse to begin reforging my active skills. We spent some time setting up a dedicated meditation space clear of anything distracting or destructible. I’d never had a catastrophic failure while skill forging–and had...
2024-09-24 17:34:32 +0000 UTC View Post