Grand Game: Michael at the End of Book 3
Player Profile: Michael
Level: 129. Rank: 12. Current Health: 100%.
Stamina: 100%. Mana: 100%. Psi: 100%.
Species: Human. Li...
2022-10-10 03:56:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Grand Game 241: A Rude Awakening
I didn’t leave the walled compound immediately.
There was still the matter of where I went from here. I’d spent months in the dungeon and gained much in the process. A new Class. Upgraded skills. A hidden sector. And not least, a Pack.
But now, it was time to contemplate the futur...
2022-10-09 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 240: Completing Oneself
I didn’t rush my decision.
I had at least until the day’s end and the sector’s reset, and I was determined to think matters through before choosing. It was a monumental decision and likely my biggest one yet in the Game.
“Magus. Adept. Void,” I muttered.
All three were...
2022-10-08 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 239: Fate’s Key
Barely taking the time to acknowledge the Game messages, I spun around, ready for the worst. There were still multiple hostiles in the chamber after all, and amongst them were too many wyverns for comfort.
But I needn’t have worried.
My foes were stampeding for the exit.
With ...
2022-10-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 238: The Statue Garden
Door closed. To unseal the chamber, slay the final sector boss.
Panting heavily, I took a moment to recover as the crystal barricade slid shut behind me. I was trapped in the compound now, and there were only two ways out: death or victory.
The good news was that if I...
2022-10-06 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 237: Compounding Enemies
You have entered sector 109 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 5 of 5 of the Guardian Tower.
I landed in a sprawl, but rose quickly to my feet and spun around, ready to fend off any threats.
But I was alone.
After a tense moment of waiting for somethin...
2022-10-05 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game Game System Explanations
What do you think of the above tables? Do they make sense, and do they give you a better feel for understanding the Game system?
2022-10-04 14:06:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 236: The Realm of Air
I crossed ten more ledges and just as many bridges, zigzagging between the two cliff faces, which I now realized were the two sides of a deep canyon. One whose bottom I could not see.
And which housed a nest of wyverns.
Time and again, the flying beasts rushed up the gorge, circled th...
2022-10-04 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 235: Ledges and Bridges
You have entered sector 108 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 4 of 5 of the Guardian Tower.
I emerged on a cliff face.
In a split second, a flurry of images flashed through my mind. Sheer rockfaces. Jagged peaks. Blue sky. A narrow ledge. And space. An infi...
2022-10-03 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game Book 3 nearing completion!
Hi all,
Grand Game Book 3 will be done by end of next week latest, the last chapter being CH 241. I hope you've been enjoying the story so far, and would like to hear which aspects...
2022-10-03 07:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 234: Break Out
It’s a day for surprises, it seems.
For a long time, I couldn’t move. Frozen in place and with my attention turned inwards, I replayed the Adjudicator’s words over and over in my mind.
The pack’s gesture—no, it was more than that—the pack’s faith in me ...
2022-10-01 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 233: A Questionable Future
…
Illusion deactivated.
The air before me shimmered, transforming into a glittering wall of towering ice that marched off in both directions. Yelping in surprise at the wall’s sudden appearance, Snow and the other wolves danced backwards.
I,...
2022-09-30 03:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 232: Fighting Hope
I didn’t build a den, not really.
What I did was assemble a second sled with a closed top, tightly insulated with layers of furs and fat. The movable den became Star and her pups’ new home, one that Snow, and the other wolves gladly pulled.
It was a solution that allowed the pack ...
2022-09-29 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 231: The Gray World
I stepped out of the portal into a world enveloped by heavy banks of smog and was immediately assaulted by a barrage of Game messages.
You have entered sector 18,240 of the Forever Kingdom, a closed and unclaimed sector. You are the first player ever to have visited this sector! 2022-09-28 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game 230: Wolf Lord
In the coming days, the wolves and I roamed the icy plains.
The pack was better than me at finding game. For one, they had the numbers for it, and for another, they were more fleet of foot. Every day, without fail, the pack’s far-ranging scouts discovered something and reported back their...
2022-09-27 06:10:19 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 229: Running with the Pack
They weren’t dire wolves. That much I could tell immediately from size alone. None of the wolves stood taller than waist high. They appeared bulkier though, but that could just be a result of their puffed-out coats, which were all shades of white or gray.
A wolf larger than th...
2022-09-27 06:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 228: An Icy Existence
It took me the rest of the morning to construct the snow cone.
In one sense, it was much like building an igloo, except I filled the inside as well and expanded the structure upward as high it would go while taking pains to keep it stable.
I packed the snow as densely as possible and ...
2022-09-22 14:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 227: Bottom of the Barrel
The day passed slowly.
I fell into an easy rhythm, placing one foot in front of the other, while trying to maintain a steady heading. All the while my gaze roved over the horizon, searching for a landmark, a shift in the terrain, anything.
As I’d come to expect, the falling snow rem...
2022-09-22 11:17:50 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 226: Fitted for Bear
I woke again a few hours later, yawning and red-eyed.
The events of last night seemed almost surreal, and for a moment I wondered if I hadn’t dreamt it all. But a quick check on the waiting Game messages was enough to convince me otherwise.
You have reached level 115! 2022-09-20 12:41:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game 225: Frigid Encounters
The bear charged again.
I dove out of the way, and it rumbled past. Staying down, I tried to conceal myself in the snow.
You have failed to hide.
So much for that, I thought, rising to my feet. Stealth wasn’t going to work. I needed another plan. 2022-09-19 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game 224: The Frozen Wastes
Getting back to my feet took nearly as much effort as slaying the leopard had. The kill had given me new hope though, and I forced my tortured body into motion.
But I didn’t sate my hunger immediately.
Instead, I began stacking snow.
The fight had cleared my mind, and I realiz...
2022-09-18 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 223: The White-Washed Plane
You have entered sector 107 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 3 of 5 of the Guardian Tower.
I rolled to my feet in a world of white.
It was cold. Blisteringly cold.
Wind tugged at me, and I staggered. Icy fragments whipped into my eyes and my feet wer...
2022-09-17 15:53:00 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 222: The Great Escape
Returning to the boss, I tugged free the artifact from around his neck.
You have acquired an amulet of earth, the second piece of the guardian amulet of elements. In its present form, the amulet grants the bearer +10% resistance to earth magic.
The artifact was nearly...
2022-09-15 13:33:10 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 221: Behind Locked Doors
It took me less than a minute to get ready.
Working quickly, I put out the torches in a stretch of tunnel between the miners’ cavern and the cul-de-sac, transforming the space into an ideal hunting ground.
I’d chosen the spot with care, ensuring it was not visible from either the ...
2022-09-14 15:37:03 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 220: The Assassin’s Way
I hurried through the main cavern for the third time. The ruckus around the nest entrance had increased with many more squads of ratmen assembling. I didn’t dare dally. Counting off passages quickly, I located and entered the one leading to the sector’s exit portal.
It, too, was flooded...
2022-09-13 13:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 219: A Two-Faced Rat
I didn’t exit the chamber.
It was far better to make the brutes come to me. Drawing on my psi, I sent probing tendrils of energy into the pairs’ minds and overcame their defenses with laughable ease.
You have charmed 2 of 2 targets for 10 seconds.
With a gri...
2022-09-13 05:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 218: Being Gurk
You have killed a ratman.
You have killed a ratman.
After slaying the last ratman, I searched the bodies, but the guards had carried as little of value as the first two I’d killed and I came away with nothing. The Adjudicator hadn’t awarded me wit...
2022-09-10 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 217: A Real Rat’s Nest
A few minutes later, I was back on my feet.
My right foot was good as new. The same could not be said of my newbie shoes. It had endured the heat of the previous sector better than it had being skewered.
Fingering the large hole in my abused shoe, my gaze drifted to the ratmen. Neithe...
2022-09-10 11:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post