For those who missed the reference, the beastkin progenitor mentioned in the weekend’s side story is Keri from A Friendly Voidling
After the initial failures, I'd lost hope in the experiment working, thinking a full perso...
2021-11-16 06:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostFor eliciting the sympathy of an angelica tutela, single element abilities are enhanced to span all elements.
Sympathy. Hah. I took a few steps down the staircase to the fifth floor before stopping and sitting down, waving my legs i...
2021-11-15 07:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostTo think I laughed at Peter when he was going through his human puberty. Apparently he found the standard Dawnhold armour design sexually attractive for some reason, so he was always staring at the floor around any female delvers. Thankfully, he's...
2021-11-13 08:59:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter edited to tone down Peter’s recklessness.
Since I suddenly found myself with no plans for the day, I went to visit Adele, who confirmed that yes, she was responsible, but did at least promise not to tell anyone. N...
2021-11-12 06:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostI mentally poked at my status, but it refused to let me pick a third class, or even display the list. There was no clue as to what the problem was, either. Was there some other condition? I don't remember doing anything special last time. Was it a...
2021-11-11 06:25:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe ground crunched beneath my feet, no longer plain stone, but covered in coral. Earth coral grew underwater, but I couldn't think of these things as anything else. Intricate branching shells were glued to the rock, and taking out my torch reveal...
2021-11-10 06:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up back in the village, but didn't move from my bed. I had some important questions to answer first. Starting with: Did yesterday actually happen, or did I drink a particularly potent batch of Remous' brew?
I pulled a hand out from un...
2021-11-09 06:24:22 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe if I left it alone, the fire would go out? Fire had to burn something, right? It couldn't be going like that with no fuel. Not even if it was a magical black fire left behind by a bloody dragon.
I turned my back on it and fled a short ...
2021-11-08 06:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post"When are you going to let me run it on my own?" complained Cluma, for the fourth day in a row. Not coincidentally, it was also the fourth day since our first run of the tenth floor with Vyre's team.
"Not yet," I replied.
"You can't ma...
2021-11-05 06:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostBend mana advanced to level 6
Despite how awesome the description had sounded for that skill, I'd never really got much use from it. My ability to control mana was far too weak to be of use against actual mages and their creations, ...
2021-11-04 05:43:57 +0000 UTC View PostSuffocation tolerance advanced to level 4
Suffocation turned out to be the winner, the queen having glued my internal wounds shut, and the petrification having only reached halfway up my limbs before my air ran out.
The mage w...
2021-11-03 05:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostZalkri grit his teeth, gasping for breath. Tears formed at the edges of his eyes as I forced mana into him. "Stop!" he yelled, after only fifty seconds, collapsing to the ground the moment I cut off the flows of mana. He managed to roll onto his b...
2021-11-02 06:31:50 +0000 UTC View PostWe've just ended BST here in the UK, so release times will shift by an hour. I'm still aiming for 6AM releases, give or take an hour.
Sense danger advanced to level 6
I ducked an attack from behind, a volley ...
2021-11-01 05:47:58 +0000 UTC View PostNovember's release schedule will be unchanged from this month, with 2x unbound soul and 3x fetch quest.
I tightened my grip on my sword-staff as the goblin assassin silently approached Cluma from behind. She hadn't given an...
2021-10-29 05:36:16 +0000 UTC View PostI poked at a dinner-plate sized fragment of chitin with my spear in an attempt to dislodge it from where it had become embedded in the ceiling. Unlike the walls, it turned out not to be completely indestructible, and while the shrine's autocleanin...
2021-10-28 05:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostA bright white flash surrounded me, and it took a moment to remember I was wearing my necklace of shielding. I really needed to keep better track of my magical items. Had it been a full day since I'd looted it? I suppose that I'd left it on for en...
2021-10-27 05:24:02 +0000 UTC View Post"Umm..." I started, but my words utterly failed me. The heck? The cute and hyperactive hugger was using death magic? To be fair, it wasn't as if death magic had a bad reputation. It didn't have any reputation; I'd never seen anyone using ...
2021-10-26 04:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post"Fuck!" I yelled, back in the safety of the catacombs. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!"
A couple of patrolling zombies peered at me strangely, but I really couldn't be arsed right now. Even if my zombie twin was watching through their eyes, I ne...
2021-10-25 05:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostAfter spending an entire night in which I wasn't surprise-hugged by Cluma once, I teleported back to Dawnhold. Given the delay to the day's delving activities, I would have preferred to take the time to walk, but there was a white-out blizzard goi...
2021-10-22 04:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostDisease immunity advanced to level 40
Another two doses of liquid blight, and my disease immunity capped. It seemed that despite the skill names, there was no quantity of levels that would actually render me completely immune to any...
2021-10-21 05:16:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I woke back up at the shrine, I found myself surrounded by zombies. In perfect synchronisation, they pointed at me, then emitted a single, "Ha ha."
I bet dupliKatie had been practising her control over them for precisely that moment. Wi...
2021-10-20 04:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe third floor boss was a bit of a crowd, with the lieutenant and his fifteen lackeys. Taking a deep breath, Cluma closed her eyes and then ran for the lieutenant. I'd already explained that the commander-type monsters buffed their subordinates s...
2021-10-19 04:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostDisease immunity advanced to level 31
I woke up at the catacombs' shrine, shuddering at the memories. Okay, I take back my previous comment about my zombie twin being better, but interfacing directly with my nerves and brain was dow...
2021-10-18 05:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Why?" she asked, eventually.
"When I came in just now, you immediately noticed, even though you weren't looking at me. Could you explain how?"
"I heard you. I didn't know it was you though, just that someone had walked in, so I had to...
2021-10-15 05:13:29 +0000 UTC View PostContent warning: Rapey tree is rapey. If that's not what you want to read, skip the final two paragraphs.
Sense danger advanced to level 5
I followed the advice of my skill and took a step to the side, just a...
2021-10-14 05:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostI wasn't panicking, but only because friend of fear wouldn't let me. I should have been. My own armour had turned against me, threaded through with vines under something else's control. Something that could perceive me, and react to my attempts to...
2021-10-13 05:03:11 +0000 UTC View PostI watched from around a corner while Cluma demolished another group of goblin champions. Two went down at once, each clutching at their throats, then she stepped towards the other two, who were looking around in confusion. At that point, things di...
2021-10-12 05:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you... well?" asked my guide, with obvious concern. Or maybe fear? I think he was more worried that I was infectious than he was I was going to keel over and die.
Wait... I'd just used 'he' instead of 'it'. It was suddenly so obvious th...
2021-10-11 05:16:33 +0000 UTC View PostDarren had switched his class to [Artist] at some point during Cluma's party without even telling anyone, although I did manage to confirm from him that [Apprentice Mage] hadn't appeared as an option. He had a skill that let him subtly shift the c...
2021-10-08 05:08:37 +0000 UTC View PostEarth magic tolerance advanced to level 2
Blunt damage tolerance advanced to level 2
At least I was getting skill levels for being knocked out all the time. Where was I now? All my limbs were still attached, so I was being treate...
2021-10-07 05:09:14 +0000 UTC View Post