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2023-11-07 23:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello, my friends!
With the release of THUNDERPLUMP today, I'm taking the rest of the week off, as I am at a conference! But next week, prepare for a new series that I've been working on, both the lore and system, for the last two years: Chance Encounter.
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2023-11-07 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as they were out of the doors, the sound of dozens of alarms being sounded around the Town reached Joe's ears. Clearly, nearly every sector was dealing with a breach, and the closest ritual towers to the Town were sending out their deadly payloads. “I'm just going to go ahead and say it...
2023-11-02 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWith his new ritual diagram well-practiced, at least in terms of popping it open, Joe found himself itching for an opportunity to put it into play. Its battery was placed, and he’d tested it lightly by running a few strands of mana along it. Not enough to actually activate the ritual or begin i...
2023-11-01 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“How far away do you think that thing has to be in order to be hidden behind the curvature of the planet?” The words fell out of Joe's mouth before he thought all the way through them. It seemed the Dwarf next to him was in an equal amount of shock, because the answer that came back was pract...
2023-10-31 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSeventeen attempts. Seventeen failures. On the eighteenth, the failure that would have taken the last bit of his hope was mitigated by the special effect of his ingot hammer activating and forcing a success. As the energy crackled out of his tool and the anvil took form, Joe was forced t...
2023-10-30 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWalking away from the new addition to the ritual tower staging yard without looking back was a test of his willpower, but Joe tried to keep his body language calm and his breathing even. “If I don't make a big deal out of it, why would anyone else? There's only one of them right now anyway, not...
2023-10-27 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry it took so long to get back to you; we were so close to finishing the project that I had to force these layabouts to push past what they thought were their limits.” Havoc cheerfully called out around a freshly lit cigar as Joe entered the workshop. “But, enough about that! Look at th...
2023-10-26 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe knock on his door came even faster than he was expecting, but Joe was still ready. He threw open the entrance, a wide smile on his face as he took in the visage of his old party member, Major Cleave. He lifted his hand in greeting, opening his mouth to exchange pleasantries, but she cut him o...
2023-10-25 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Gather round, gather round!” Joe started pacing in a circle as the crew of Ritualist aspirants shambled into position. He didn't miss the fact that they appeared jittery and somewhat nervous, eyes flicking to the ritual circle etched on the tile that he was casually carrying around. The prin...
2023-10-24 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLiterally bouncing off the walls, Joe flung himself through the open area in an attempt to catch up to the leopard and join his friend in taking it down. As the flicking tail of the Boss Monster came into view, the Ritualist sent out his orbs and struck from behind. To his surprise, the creature ...
2023-10-23 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJoe was having so much fun with his lessons that he found himself staying far past when he’d planned to leave. In fact, the only thing that broke him out of lecture mode was the dozens of horns and alarms going off outside of the observatory. Thankfully, he didn't have to give an explanation to...
2023-10-20 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTwo hops across the planet later, the Ritualist appeared on the ground next to the shrine in the center of Novusheim, panting for breath and pushing against his chest to physically tamp down the nausea of mana deprivation. Even with the maelstrom of sensations flooding him at the moment, he could...
2023-10-19 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHis work was beginning to suffer. Joe knew it. He didn't know what he could do about it. Rituals that took him an hour to perform were dragging on for two, even three sometimes. The blueprint Daniella had given him for an elemental playground lay forgotten and untouched on his work table, a prime...
2023-10-18 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Approximately two hundred hours since the start of the first wave until the twenty-fifth hits. That gives me about eight days in total to get these projects done before we’ll be completely overwhelmed.” Joe would’ve been far more concerned over the situation, were it not for the fact tha...
2023-10-17 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a half dozen hours, Joe had finally come up with his plan for completing the first Mana Battery Recharge Station. “This goes here, this here. Good. With the complexity, if I assume every portion is at this difficulty, and I put in my best effort… it’ll kill me ninety-nine times out of...
2023-10-16 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFilled with a sense of purpose, Joe was rushing on his way to his workshop to start gathering resources, making plans, and ensure that the connections would be perfectly stable in conjunction with the Ritual of Cleansing. So laser-like was his focus that it was only when a hand reached out and gr...
2023-10-13 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe overstressed ritual towers whined ominously as they geared up for another blast, causing Joe to flinch as an incandescent, staticky ball of flames shot forth and engulfed a group of screaming Penguins. He didn't like the fact that his eyes and thoughts were on the tower, instead of the creatu...
2023-10-12 13:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostJoe had dusted himself off and retreated back to the innermost part of the Town with all the dignity he could recover. Part of him kept saying not to worry about it, that no one would have seen him fall. But… in a world of superhuman Characteristics, he knew there would be at least some 2023-10-11 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
With so much help, it was a work of mere minutes to frisbee the bodies of monsters off into the distance and reverently stack their own people in close proximity to each other. As soon as it was confirmed that no one else was about to die, Joe hurried to the side of the bodies and activated his m...
2023-10-10 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJoe began placing the final lines of the ritual, splitting his attention for a bare moment to ensure that his Exquisite Shell was running at full capacity.
Just in case.
He’d managed to split the bar of alloy into six slices, each of them slightly more than four millimeters...
2023-10-09 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello, my friends!
Quick question for you. I am making a special edition of Ritualist, a totally black book with the title on it in silver leaf foil.
There's going to be a bunch of work left to do, but my question is this: do we like this as the image that will be stamped on the cove...
2023-10-08 13:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostOnly seven hours passed before Joe was able to create the third spool of wire, and he held his breath with an expectant gaze as he stared at his skill sheet, hoping to see it update. After thirty seconds, he was forced to accept the fact that he wasn't pushing into the Journeyman ranks that easil...
2023-10-06 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone involved in the creation of the new type of ritual tower let out a deep sigh of relief as the ritual reached completion and winked out of existence. The only signs that the swirling, swooping spell diagram drawing from all of them had truly existed was the tower gently swaying with the w...
2023-10-05 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“No.”
Even though he had been expecting it, Joe had to keep his face still so that he didn't show how annoyed he was at the instant rejection. “It’s always such a pleasure to get your opinion out of the way first, Master Frenzy. Truly, of all the members of this council, yo...
2023-10-04 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSparks flew off of the glowing pool of aspects as Joe brought his ingot hammer down, shaping the raw energy into yet another Ebonsteel mug. A few careful hits later, the shining material solidified into a room temperature metal coffee mug studded with jewels. The Ritualist grunted as he tossed th...
2023-10-03 14:10:59 +0000 UTC View PostA high-pitched whine filled the dimly lit chamber Joe was working in, signaling the beginning of a cascade of energies that would cause his ritual to detonate if left unchecked. The Ritualist’s Aspect Inscriber flew back over the area he’d just completed, quickly scratching out lines of mana ...
2023-10-03 14:09:21 +0000 UTC View Post<Heed my words, my Progenitor of the Ice.> The words of the Jotunn rang within the mind of the third eldest of the Frost Giants.
He had been hoping for this moment, the honor of being the first of his brethren to hunt down creatures from the summer lands. Brisingr knew that there was ...
2023-10-03 14:07:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe defenders of the Village were prepared for the attack; eager for it, going by the zeal that they put into each and every blow against the massive creatures coming for them. Arrows whistled through the air, so many that Joe wouldn't feel safe being anywhere in range while hiding. Clea...
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