One might wonder, as they sit by the waters of the world, for what purpose the entity that they have become now exists.
— Not what purpose we might have had as a seed, or as a child, mind you. Those things are self-evident. The purpose of a seed is to sprout. The purpose of a c...
2022-05-17 18:09:38 +0000 UTC
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Hineni stands out by the river.
They’re outside on a walk today, before opening the guild. There’s no particular reason for this. It’s just that the weather was nice and it feels good to get outside of the house at least once a month.
The sun is shining bri...
2022-05-16 17:51:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! There's some new cover art for Sunflower! As you can see, Burch looks extremely happy and mentally healthy, as one would desire for our very best friend! =)
2022-05-16 07:44:24 +0000 UTC
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“The times I failed?” The woman shakes her head. “More than I can count. By the grace of the gods above, I am still here. But many others were not as fortunate as I.” She reaches down, grabbing some prayer beads from her pouch and letting them run through her fingers as she stares at ...
2022-05-15 18:32:14 +0000 UTC
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“Level?” asks the man, standing in the ankle-high water of floor one and writing into his ledger.
The orc, her leg outstretched, stares in boredom as the slime nibbles on it, entirely ineffective, because of her armor.
“One,” she says, kicking her leg. Th...
2022-05-14 19:18:18 +0000 UTC
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I do wonder at times, who was the first man to ever enter a dungeon?
What would possess such a wild entity to delve into a place that is so dark and separate from the world?
Pursuit of food?
Perhaps. But what food could the dungeon offer that can n...
2022-05-13 16:43:45 +0000 UTC
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Hineni wanders out through the big-now-small forest.
It is late at night and the business is closed for the day. He’s just out here by himself, which isn’t entirely unusual. But it is at the very least, a tiny bit unusual. So it’s only marginally unusual, really.
...
2022-05-12 17:12:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Which ability do you think Isaiah should take this time? =)
- [Expansion] -
Focuses on spreading the roots of your dungeon for as far as you can. The further a dungeon’s reach extends, the more resources you will be able to collect and the larger your dunge...
2022-05-12 15:42:38 +0000 UTC
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The history of the worship of the divine goes back for as long back as civilization itself does and even further before that.
From the witnessing of the first star, to the lighting of the first fire in honor of it, our ancestors have worshiped the divine, the creators of our do...
2022-05-12 15:41:15 +0000 UTC
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Dear account holder,
As requested, we have summarized your total existing balance at: 12,020 Obols.
Thank you.
Avarice.
Hineni rubs his tired eyes, looking at the slip of paper that Sockel had just handed him. I...
2022-05-11 16:09:05 +0000 UTC
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[Floor Three]
The prayer hall
A large temple, lined with altars and pews. This is an optional combat area. Monsters in this room are not aggressive unless provoked.
Capacity: {08} Monster-Points
0 TRAPS
Ro...
2022-05-11 06:31:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! Weaponsmith volume 1 is now available an amazon! =)
https://kdp.amazon.com/amazon-dp-action/us/dualbookshelf.marketplacelink/B09ZVFH9Y8
2022-05-10 11:57:01 +0000 UTC
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One has to remember when dealing with dungeons, that they aren’t just simple things like a cave or a bear’s den.
A dungeon is a living, breathing place in and of itself. A dungeon has monsters inside of itself, but the dungeon itself is also to be viewed as if it were a mon...
2022-05-10 08:30:35 +0000 UTC
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[Territory Breached!]
Intruders: 20
Average Level: 7
Difficulty: Very Challenging
Isaiah stares through the vision of the statues on floor one, watching the latest incursion.
A ...
2022-05-09 16:41:22 +0000 UTC
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“Dungeons? I love them. You know how often I’ve slept in a dungeon, for free? More times than I can count.
Hell, I spent my twenties sleeping in the dungeon every night. Dangerous? Yes.
Is it not a great pull for the ladies? No, it certainly is not. Unless yo...
2022-05-08 18:31:59 +0000 UTC
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Hineni stands outside on the market plaza, staring up towards the bright morning sun, shining above his head. The ground is covered in slush, as all of the melting snow begins to run off, carrying with it the mud and the dirt of many months of treading.
A warm breeze touches his ...
2022-05-07 19:36:53 +0000 UTC
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As a dungeon grows and becomes established, the more obvious a target it becomes for the animals of the region, who are drawn to the high-magic zones surrounding dungeon exteriors.
Following them, come monsters on the hunt, who are chasing after the animals.
In t...
2022-05-06 17:00:36 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! Final core has been approved for release on Royalroad!
It would really mean the world to me if you could please spare a second to rate! (Assuming you've read the advance chapters here haha) *-*
2022-05-06 04:18:48 +0000 UTC
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Much has changed in the years that I was away.
The mountain, as cold and as desolate as it once might have been, has gained a trace of the love of the now-extinct settlement that my friend had made in those fruitful times with others of her ilk.
— Others who so...
2022-05-05 09:05:49 +0000 UTC
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The five of them sit at the booth, eating dinner together. Hineni and Obscura sit on their bench and Rhine, Sockel ‘sit’ on the other bench. Eilig is sitting on the table.
Dinner is some of the food that was cooked in excess and had never left the kitchen this afternoon. It’s not bad,...
2022-05-04 19:09:16 +0000 UTC
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“— Dungeons? I fucking hate ‘em,” says the stranger. “Giant god-damned damned cesspits full of monsters and shit,” they snarl, adjusting a wooden mask on their face. “Who needs ‘em?”
“Huh?” asks the priestess who is walking next to them, somewhat taken aba...
2022-05-04 10:19:39 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone. I'm very thrilled to let you know that volume 2 of Dungeon Item Shop is now available on Audible! =)
2022-05-03 15:23:20 +0000 UTC
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Hineni stands upstairs in the attic, looking around at the familiar space.
His eyes wander down towards the floors, which are as marred and old and untrodden as ever. The deep grooves, which had formed in them over many years, are now no longer there. The windows, which had been ...
2022-05-03 15:21:14 +0000 UTC
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Which ability should Isaiah take for level 3? =)
[Tunneling] : Allows your workers to efficiently dig deep tunnels to collect basic resources, such as higher quality stones and metals in the process.
[Place of worship] : As a hol...
2022-05-02 18:46:14 +0000 UTC
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A dungeon-core is a mass of condensed magical energies, come to life. In a sense, they’re similar to fairies in this regard.
However, while fairies are birthed of the ambient magics of a location or along the leylines of the world, dungeon-cores seem to have much more specifi...
2022-05-02 18:44:06 +0000 UTC
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Seek beauty.
It does not matter what you are; human, sunflower, beast, animal, monster or anything in between those states of being.
It does not matter where you have been and upon which plots of soil your feet have tread.
It does not matter what...
2022-05-02 09:07:42 +0000 UTC
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*He points at me*
"I remember the first time I went into a dungeon, wide-eyed and excited. I held my sword in my hands, together with my dreams and hopes for the man I was going to become.
- Like my sword, they were way too big for my hands back then.”
...
2022-05-01 12:22:03 +0000 UTC
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“Damn snow,” sighs Hineni, closing the door to the house behind himself as he steps inside. “Middle of spring,” he mutters to himself, shaking his head.
The guild is fairly empty today. Two figures sit in the back at a table. Shadowy types, they’re wearing hoods. In mos...
2022-04-30 19:24:13 +0000 UTC
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Dungeons might be perceived as a threat by some. But I view ‘em as something like a bee-hive. Sure, bees can be threats. But the likelihood of them being one on their own is pretty slim. They just kind of mind their own lives, you know?
Now, when you go poking around in their...
2022-04-30 17:40:03 +0000 UTC
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Like any living being, dungeons have one core desire and that is to spread themselves out.
There are typically two ways a dungeon will develop as it presses itself out beneath the surface of the world.
Horizontally: The dungeon will spread itself flat and very wi...
2022-04-29 17:44:29 +0000 UTC
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