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All we had to do to get a juicy look at the c’thon home dimension was realign ourselves to take c’thons off the Delver black list. We don’t even know wh...
2025-06-26 11:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy!
Time to submit ideas for which side-character you'd like to see featured in an addendum.
In case you aren't familiar with what's happening here:
As part of the book 2 launch stuff, RR and Patreon will each choose an existing side-character to feature in an upcoming addendum. These will be published as bonus chapters on a Tuesday as they are creat...
2025-06-23 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post*****
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Mattias was poring through notes as fast as ink. Baras came out from behind him, a spear in one hand and a branch in the other. Mattias jumped up when he heard the branch snap, and Baras...
2025-06-23 08:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post*****
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SC2 was incapable of experiencing the sensation of being overwhelmed. She was capable of experiencing a degradation in her performance from being overtasked, not that it had anything to do w...
2025-06-19 08:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post*****
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Iun and Timo were bickering about who should get the larger melon, as usual. If it wasn’t a melon, it was something else that had to be nitpicked into dust. Iun appealed to his larger s...
2025-06-18 05:11:48 +0000 UTC View Post*****
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A cool wind blew down the road, the susurrus of shifting leaves rising until it swallowed the soft steps of its wandering travelers. Although the nearby villagers all referred to the thor...
2025-06-16 12:31:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Petulance.” The Hierophant’s voice cut across us like an icy breeze. The air shuddered as the titan tried to reassert its control over the thousands of souls, all of which ground to a halt for a brief moment. “Chicks diving for the kernel they’ve dropped when the nest is filled with seed.”
“All right,” I thought, ignoring the Hierophant’s opaque insult. “...
2025-06-15 08:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sigils eclipsed the sun, thick ropes of mana poured out from the literally sky-high staff. It was vastly more power than had been fed into any of the Hierophant’s prior spells, and it felt as though every drop of energy was being squeezed from the weapon for one final play.
Nuralie had already disappeared, Varrin’s sword was ready as he prepared to charge, and flames danced acr...
2025-06-14 12:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostTen Handyman Heroslayer chapters have gone up as part of the B2 launch incentives today. Hopefully it didn't spam you with emails. If it did, apologies for that and for this one spamming you as well, I suppose. Anyway, that fic is my "I need a break to write something else" series, so I don't plan on any particular schedule for new chapters. If people really seem to like it, maybe I'll try to s...
2025-06-12 12:06:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes, that’s understandable,” said the banker. “Our records show you’ve never accessed the account. There’s no history of anyone checking the balance, either.”
The demon pricked the tip of her finger with a pin and pressed it to a blank sheet of parchment on the table. The blood flowed out, forming a ledger with a dense, but readable script.
“This is an a...
2025-06-12 11:11:27 +0000 UTC View PostGully’s eyebrows went up as he looked at the pile of keys, greed glinting in his eyes.
“Okay, that’s interesting,” the demon said. He drummed his claws against the table. “It won’t take long for demons to remember you have those, and everyone heard your deal with Lord Bythraxomonius. I bet half of the owners are changing their locks right now.”
“That just means this ...
2025-06-12 11:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostCastor began to stumble over to his toolbox and piles of stuff, but Gully put a hand on his shoulder to stop him.
“Hey, go ahead and drink one of those healing pots you got from Lord Bythraxomonius,” he said.
“What about the potion cooldown?” Castor asked.
“Full Restore potions don’t trigger the cooldown. That’s part of why they’re so valuable.”
Castor ...
2025-06-12 11:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostYou have slain a Level 20 [Hero]!
+2,000 XP
[Handyman] has advanced to Level 2!
[Handyman] has advanced to Level 3!
[Handyman] has advanced to Level 4!
XP to Level 5: 100/1500
You gain the following attributes:
+27 Strengt...
2025-06-12 11:08:56 +0000 UTC View PostCastor hefted the wrench and began to stalk the [Hero], who’d finally gotten the idea of cutting the oilcloth away. His sword was clumsy for the task, and the inexperienced martialist had failed to bring a knife. Even after he’d managed to slice through some of the cloth, the majority of it was still plastered onto his face, glued to it with Castor’s Adhesive. His panic wasn’t helping.<...
2025-06-12 11:08:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Eternal Handyman] gains the following attributes at each Level:
+9 Strength
+9 Agility
+9 Speed
+10 Fortitude
+7 Intelligence
+6 Wisdom
+5 Charisma
+4 Luck
If Castor had been given more tim...
2025-06-12 11:07:20 +0000 UTC View PostCastor focused on the attributes under [Handyman], and a new window appeared with a list and description of each. There were eight attributes, and [Handyman] would grant Castor +1 to each every Level, for a total of eight points per level. That made it the worst of the three offered classes by far, but that was the only real problem Castor had with the class.
It wasn’t even mu...
2025-06-12 11:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s the class stone look like?” asked Castor. He pulled out his notepad and flipped through it, finding an accounting of Gully’s treasury beginning on page 23,709.
“It’s about the size of a six-week-old baby girl’s head,” said the demon. “A human baby,” he added for clarity. “Amber-colored, shaped like an egg. Smells like vanilla.”
Castor ran down the lis...
2025-06-12 11:05:35 +0000 UTC View PostCastor set his toolbox down and crossed his arms. “You’re fucking with me.”
“I’m not,” said Gul’thraxis.
“Swear it on your blood,” said Castor.
“C’mon, Cas. How long have we known each other?”
“Long enough to know you’re still a demon. Swear it on your blood or I’m writing your vault off my rotation for nine generations.”
“Hey,” ...
2025-06-12 11:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostCastor’s most immediate problem was that someone had fused an Undying Skeleton with one of the castle’s main support beams.
His day had started with a report from one of the Dungeon Fiends on the 49th basement level. Apparently, there was an annoying rattle coming from beneath the floor. Castor’s search for the source of the noise had forced him to crawl through a mile of rock...
2025-06-12 11:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Coordinate with Ishi to get the Dragon flight supporting Krimsim directly. We can handle the adds out here ourselves.”
I sent a thought to Etja to see where she was with her Finishing Move combo. The mage had already rotated through the combo once, but could quickly throw out a final pair of spells to activate it again and triple Explosion!’s power through her soul hug. Sh...
2025-06-09 01:57:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Tavio landed on the Hierophant’s skull, he struck with the hammer at the end of his poleaxe, and the glowing eyes on each of the creature’s hundreds of heads flickered. The Hierophant reared back as it slid, its gigantic hooves digging house-wide trenches through the soil and kicking up clouds of dust and debris. Tavio’s weapon shone brilliantly as he shot forward to follow, driving ...
2025-06-06 23:58:54 +0000 UTC View PostEdit: Audiobook will be out next Wednesday, June 11.
You guys killed it with the book 1 launch; the support was insane. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going with book 2. I haven't been as wild with my pr...
2025-06-04 09:39:50 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a subtle shift in the lighting of the battlefield, and I noticed the wall of birds encircling the city beginning to alter their flight paths. This occurred the moment that the Hierophant’s attention shifted to me. An instant later, too many things happened at once for me to spare any brain cells monitoring the birds.
A blue flash, almost gentle, rolled off the Hierophant to fi...
2025-06-04 03:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen our birdless birdplane struck the Hierophant, the resulting explosion was…
Well, it was okay.
Maybe I’d call it decent. A solid seven out of ten if I’m being generous, but that score’s definitely inflated by an extra point or two since the plane was an object that neither contained explosives nor any magic designed expressly for the purpose of exploding things....
2025-05-31 04:58:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Thank you for being so direct, Princess Ishi,” said Captain Pio. “While your claim invites many questions, given our situation and the tendency for our mutual acquaintance to find himself embroiled in…” She glanced over at me. “…improbable circumstances, I am inclined to take you at your word for the moment. What form would this proposed assistance take?”
“His ...
2025-05-25 02:43:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hierophant stood amidst the storm of deadly avians, not moving an inch toward the city. There was no evidence that it was doing anything at all aside from empowering the mana monsters attacking Krimsim. The only motion that it made was to turn its head up slightly in our direction, and I felt a weight pass over my mind as it did so. I shrugged off the sensation easily enough, but it was dis...
2025-05-24 09:18:07 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone’s eyes turned towards the cockpit as we all tightened our grips on the handholds. Through the windshield, beyond the translucent blue of Guar’s shields, was a dark mass in the sky. The mass expanded until it was a haze of individual dots, which grew until the shape of wings was visible on each, then they were suddenly close enough that I could just make out the colorful plumage of ...
2025-05-23 07:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post“May Sumrann sow the seeds of our victory and smile upon its harvest,” Tavio muttered as a wave of energizing light pulsed out of him.
Divine Inspiration: You gain 1 stack of Blessed! Sumrann, God of Harvest and Bounty, offers you the Sacrament of Redemption.
Sacrament of Redemption
You gain bonus Spiritual and Divine DR equ...
2025-05-22 06:25:27 +0000 UTC View Post“For you, or someone else?” Baltae asked.
“For myself,” I replied.
“Forgive me if I am mistaken, but is Fortitude not your highest attribute?”
“It is.”
“Healing skills that key off of Intelligence are typically spells. Why spend your mana to heal when you could spend stamina instead?” He gestured at the Ele...
2025-05-16 06:13:26 +0000 UTC View PostI still had Reveal transmitting to the party when I felt the hammerhead’s soul pull away from us, allowing Varrin to get an instant understanding of what I wanted to do. Without any other prelude, I used Shortcut to take the pair of us to the top of the falling craft. Varrin tucked his arms beneath the large metal loop that the hammerhead had been using to grip the vehicle, catching the sligh...
2025-05-15 05:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post