Chapter 35: Adventurers Guild
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JOIN THE ELITE RANKS OF THE ADVENTURERS GUILD
Are you tired of sitting on the sidelines while the forces of darkness encroach upon ou...
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Chapter 34: Lunch at Laurel’s Café
Aliandra
Laurel’s Café was apparently far too upscale an establishment to exist in any proximity to an unsophisticated location like Artisan’s Row. It took a while for them to walk across the several districts to reach the fancier, more upmarket end of town.
...
2024-03-28 02:58:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Myrin’s Keep
Aliandra
Myrin’s Keep was surprisingly extensive. Given the way her friends had described it, Ali had initially formed the impression that it would be a little hamlet, littered with trash and overrun with bad people like a plague of rats. She and Mato had left in a rush i...
2024-03-28 02:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: The Novaspark Academy of Magic
While the value of teleportation magic in combat, travel, or escape is undeniable, it truly shines when one considers commerce and the economy of nations. Long-range teleportation skills are both rare and expensive but with the addition of a simple locus and a mana storage device – or a bat...
2024-03-28 02:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: Reunited
Mato
Mato’s body twisted and warped as he shifted from his Bear Form, leaving him lying on his back in the middle of the clearing, panting and drenched in sweat and worse. The cool touch of the early morning breeze felt invigorating as it gently cleared the stench of burnt ...
2024-03-28 02:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: Warband
Elite Goblins are rare. Perhaps one in a thousand or fewer are born with a mana affinity or unlock an uncommon class. But they breed so fast…
- The Unexplored Lands, by Lyeneru Silverleaf, Elven Pathfinders Guild.
Mato
&nb...
2024-03-28 02:19:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: Goblin Bugbears
The problem with Goblins is that there’s never just one of the blighters.
- Bragni Doomhammer [The Hammer of Justice], Dwarven King of Dal’mohra.
Malika
Malika trudged along the game trail, forcing her tired...
2024-03-28 02:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28: A Walk Through the Forest
Mato
Mato crouched in a dirty alleyway in the dim predawn light, extending a morsel of food on the palm of his hand to the timid stray dog. He held the pillow under one arm and tried not to get it dirty. Under normal circumstances, he would have avoided even entering such a d...
2024-03-28 02:14:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27: Insight
Mato
We’re not out yet. Keep alert.
Mato held his emotions in check as he followed Ali out of the shattered stone doors of the ruined underground city, heading towards what she assured him was the forest cavern above. She was clearly emotional ...
2024-03-28 02:10:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26: Ancient Mistress
Mato
Mato sat in silence, keeping watch. Ali had barricaded the doorway as usual, but he had been struggling to sleep the last couple of days, and keeping watch felt like he was doing something useful.
I’m so sick of this place.
...
2024-03-28 02:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: Kobold Rogue
Everyone knows about the existence of dungeons. Adventurers risk their lives for fame and fortune to defeat the denizens that inhabit these strange places. Once you graduate from the rank of Novice, you, too, will be asked to delve into dungeons to protect our lands and people.
Chapter 24: Library of Bone
Aliandra
You have been afflicted with Domain Withdrawal.
Separation from your domain weakens you.
-10% to maximum health.
Affliction – Duration: Indefinite. Count: 4
Ali moane...
2024-03-28 01:51:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23: Kel’darran Merchant Caravan
Malika
Malika’s awareness surfaced through a leaden sea of lethargy like a drowning swimmer trying to catch a breath. Her mind was hazy with an undercurrent of panic, barely registering the hard wooden floorboards bouncing and bucking beneath her battered body, and the st...
2024-03-28 01:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22: Ambush
Stealth skills are uncommon, in truth, but we Pathfinders cannot afford to ignore them. Far too many have found themselves dead before they even knew what hit them, victims of Ambush attacks from the concealment of a good stealth skill.
For those of you wh...
2024-03-28 01:40:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21: Withdrawal
Aliandra
You have been afflicted with Domain Withdrawal.
Separation from your domain weakens you.
-10% to maximum health.
Affliction – Duration: Indefinite. Count: 1
2024-03-28 01:34:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20: Guilt
Kobolds are a reptilian humanoid monster-race distantly related to dragons. Typically standing a little taller than three feet, they are physically weak, making up for this deficiency with their numbers, cunning, and proficiency with traps. They walk upright on digitigrade taloned feet, using...
2024-03-28 01:11:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19: Circle of Restoration
Nature magic is such a broad category that it would take many volumes and the efforts of armies of scholars to fully classify. The simplest way to explain nature magic is to note that it is an affinity with life. The life of plants, animals, and the world itself. Within its domain are magics ...
2024-03-28 01:06:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18: Fire in the Darkness
Aliandra
Ali followed along, bringing her summoned monsters prowling beside her as they picked their way through the dark, bone-littered area of the cavern. Calen had surprisingly sharp eyes, easily calling out the skeletons hidden in the darkness well before any of the other...
2024-03-28 01:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17: Respawn
Tala
Tala darted across the slate-tiled rooftop and leapt the alleyway, landing quietly upon the roof of the bakery on the opposite side. Nobody ever looked up – even without her potent stealth skills, she would remain invisible. A chill wind blew out of the dark brooding...
2024-03-28 01:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16: First Hunt
Mato
Mato paced back and forth, his excitement growing by the moment, while Calen and Malika hashed out the details of their plan. He was going to test his skills in a real battle.
I can’t wait!
“So, Malika is our tank and ...
2024-03-28 00:57:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15: Look Mom, I’m a Bear
Mato
Mato awoke to the fluting song of a robin greeting the pre-dawn light through the open windows in his bedroom. This had been his room for as long as he could remember, even before his older brothers had moved out.
Perhaps it’s time for me to find...
2024-03-28 00:49:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14: Summoner
Aliandra
After breakfast, Ali followed Malika out into the darkness as they searched for monsters to test themselves against. The transition as she stepped out of her mossy domain around the shrine and into the larger cavern was jarring, going from invigorating and vibrant to...
2024-03-28 00:42:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: Grimoire
Calen
Calen sprinted down the moonlit street, cloaking his form with his new Eclipse skill. The street was deserted, all the normal merchants, crafters, and townsfolk having retreated to the relative safety of their locked doors and barred windows. All that remained was the l...
2024-03-28 00:36:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12: Wolves Revisited
Intelligence is the premier attribute of the mage. Known variously as intellect, mind, or spell power, Intelligence provides all that, and more! The most sought-after effect is that Intelligence scales most magical damage or spell potency. However, it also provides benefits in learning langua...
2024-03-28 00:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Rat Redux
Aliandra
Ali sat chatting with Malika for quite a long while, initially just happy with her new ability to communicate. Sage of Learning still took a point of mana here or there to fill in some missed meaning while she was listening, but it proved significantly harder to spea...
2024-03-28 00:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: Sage
Calen
Calen ranged out with his skills active, Mato loping almost silently beside him in the form of a disconcertingly large wolf. He was as tall at the shoulder as that Starving Alpha wolf, but there was far more bulk to his frame and his reddish-brown fur wasn’t matted an...
2024-03-27 19:24:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9: Grove Warden
On the topic of combat versus non-combat classes, opinions are sharply divided. While most scholars believe that the system makes a clear delineation between the two, there is a vocal minority that argues the boundaries are much more fungible. On one side, the system itself categorizes class ...
2024-03-27 19:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: Soul Monk
Tala
Tala darted down the street, hugging the walls to dodge the broad patches of moonlight. Her soft leather boots barely made a sound as her feet fell lightly on the rough stone pavement.
She may have grown up in the slums of Myrin’s Keep, but that didn...
2024-03-27 16:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: Wolf Pack
Calen
It was probably morning above ground, but such things did not have much meaning down here in this dark and dead underground forest. Calen rose to his feet from where he’d been keeping watch and began making the rounds to wake his companions. They had camped for a litt...
2024-03-27 16:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6: Spiders and Rats
Malika
Malika wrinkled her aching nose in vain against the overpowering stench of the sewer, but the soft soothing pulse of the healing potion’s magic was rapidly erasing her scrapes and bruises. She followed the group, hanging back and letting the more adventurous – and ...
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