I had been thinking about floor designs and the overall layout of the Dungeon.
I was watching the essence flow through the Dungeon. The stairwell was becoming a vortex of both air and essence. The essence was spinning down the stairwell, helping to hide my location. Anyone looking for me below a certain ability level would not see me becau...
2025-03-19 10:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostI returned to the church after helping Roberson back to his lair. The Challenger's sword had done a real number on his legs. Rigger returned to his lair, unhappy at missing out on the chance for violence and blood. The spirit retreated from the light of the sun.
I knew what I would find but not what it would say.
Wong Da....
2025-03-15 14:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, that went better than I thought.”
After the battering they had received on my newest floor, the minotaur team was pulling themselves from my dungeon. Some things had gone according to plan, while others had proven to be less effective than I hoped. It was time to review.
Let's start with the rats.
Name G...
2025-03-15 14:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostAs expected, the boars came right at them as soon as they were seen. Both triggered their charge ability and glowed slightly as they came hurtling towards Brutun and Strix. Both warriors countered with their own skills to reinforce their defences as they knew they had to meet this attack head-on, or the boars would charge right past into their s...
2025-03-12 12:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs McGregor approached, the Challenger swung around to meet him. He was holding his sword in a pose that showed he knew how to use it. He had his sword arm pulled back and the other arm straight out in front of him parallel to the blade. His footing had also changed, and I felt he was ready to spring forward at any moment.
McGregor was abl...
2025-03-08 08:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post“I hate levelling.”
No, that wasn't right. I hated the feeling of levelling. Another young group of cocky, adventurous charged down to the eighth floor to claim the moonlight rose as their prize and promptly got annihilated by Krag. This took me over the essence threshold to my next floor and level.
I looked around my core room t...
2025-03-08 07:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostOverall, the Dungeon became quiet during the following winter. I continued my experimentation and tested strange ideas. There were many failures with explosive results, but a few successes were welcome and sometimes surprising.
The goats attacked the dungeon with the last corrupted monsters I saw that year. I found that my design for mount...
2025-03-05 07:41:09 +0000 UTC View PostJuly was summertime, and the land around was alive and active. Wildlife was plentiful, and the plants were thriving.
The land was green, and flowers were everywhere. My flower beds were blooming, and I was happy with what I had created around the church. Each flower bed was a riot of colour, and the bees happily buzzed around. A few rainy ...
2025-03-01 15:32:40 +0000 UTC View PostRanus Goldwind came through for me the next night in a big way. I spotted him entering the dungeon’s surface building carrying a cage at arm's length. I got in close, looking at the creature within the cage; I became very excited. It was a black scorpion. This had been one of the primary reasons I had made the deal with him and pressed for him...
2025-03-01 10:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe woman who had just come down my dungeon stairwell, slain Krag, and revealed my core terrified me. I had observed her with my Mana Sight, Identifying her gear as enchanted but not overly so. Watching a fight, however, deeply unsettled me. She danced around Krag with a speed that was unnatural for a human. I still believe that she was human, j...
2025-02-26 10:03:43 +0000 UTC View PostJanuary 1886 was a quiet time.
New Midian was cut off due to the heavy snow; even the Driver family hunkered down to wait it out this year. The start of the year was a series of days and nights with no cloud cover, but it was bitterly cold. Ice and snow were inside the church, and I spent most of the short days cleaning it out.
I was...
2025-02-22 10:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostElian and Albrot were sitting in her office, looking over reports from the local area, when the door suddenly opened. A woman with far western features and violet eyes walked into the room without a single shred of fear or concern. Behind her came a flustered receptionist trying to stop her.
“Gods send me to the seven hells!” Albrot ex...
2025-02-22 10:32:21 +0000 UTC View PostRanus had a city map spread across the table in his main meeting room. Vulus had just left after spending several hours reviewing the new construction and the phase planned for the sewer system installation. As for fresh water for the city, several aqueducts were planned and started to be built to bring water from the mountains down into the val...
2025-02-19 08:09:49 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note - As a side project this story will appear as I have gotten around to writting it. I plan to get one chapter out a week but that might change. He is the first and I will arrange a set release date in the future. As a side note on Royal Road I have attached a side poll to chapter 24 on weather the Keeper is a villian or anti-hero. Ha...
2025-02-14 21:29:29 +0000 UTC View PostAuthors note - Chapters early as I am helping someone move tomorrow and do not know how long it will take.
My view of reality shifted and twisted as I emerged from my core. I had been using this ability extensively over the last few weeks but it never failed to disorient me when I emerged.
It took a few moments but I quickly f...
2025-02-14 21:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was pale beige or creamy white in places. Large windows let a lot of light in, and the whole room felt calm and peaceful. For some reason, he could not explain; Comus hated it.
He was sitting up in the bed he had been in for the last two weeks, leaning against the bedrest, propped up with many pillows. He felt exhausted, and even ...
2025-02-12 10:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostRanus made it to the docks with time to spare. He was known to many and his appearance on the docks always heralded something interesting or unusual happenings. A small group of lollygaggers were doing their best to appear to be doing other things but watching him. Danrum had been sent for along with an additional request for four more Watchmen....
2025-02-08 09:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostI had mapped the routes through which corruption flowed through me and I would deal with that soon, but I had my notifications to deal with.
“Right, let's get this done.”
Opening the notifications triggered an avalanche of messages and levelling of skills alerts. It was too much and I dismissed them and brought up my character sh...
2025-02-05 10:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostAs the adventurers finished for the day, I was thinking over several possible rat designs. The miners were long gone, and I might do a few…
Raid Alert!
Your Dungeon is being raided!
A Void Corrupted creature is attacking your Dungeon. Kill it before it destroys you!
Rally your minions!
Defend your Core and ...
2025-02-01 09:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostHi All
Pateron has rolled out several changes ove rthe last few months and I have decided to say something about two of them.
First the Apple store was charging more for those using Pateron through them. This meant a increase in cost to those using it. Creators were giving the option to either have the patrons take the cost increase ...
2025-01-31 10:19:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes, I am,” Ranus said to the Arbiter. Lying to the man was nearly impossible and would not gain him anything. He had a good relationship with the churches in most cases and did not want to ruin it.
He nodded, seeing it was the truth. “How are you doing this?”
“Through a special speaking crystal.”
“May I see it?...
2025-01-29 12:25:31 +0000 UTC View PostRanus was reading several documents supplied by Amya in his bedroom. He was sprawled out across his bed, surrounded by sheets of vellum. Several candles and the fireplace illuminated his room as it was nearly midnight. The shadows from the flames danced across the walls.
“It is worse than I thought.” He muttered to himself.
Accor...
2025-01-25 09:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe realm of the Divine was tense—the events since the Folly had shaken things up and his recent decisions had only added to this. The messengers flying between the domains seemed more than typical.
Oda looked out over the realm from his office window. From this position, he saw nearly all. Nearly. That was his problem.
He was frus...
2025-01-22 12:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Following shortly will be the first part of the reworked and re-edited New Midian. It will be for Patrons first and then free to all in a short time. It will be going on to Royal Road soon.
2025-01-20 19:05:58 +0000 UTC View PostRanus was sitting in his office reading a vellum sheet in his hand.
He was getting angrier as he read the word on the sheet. By the end, he crushed the vellum in his hand as his face was tight with rage, and his fist was gripping it so tight his fist went white.
He throws the vellum across the room.
“Damn them!” He snarls. ...
2025-01-18 10:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Why is that guy standing there?”
It had been good seeing Gran and his team again in action. Starting on the first floor was strange and I went closer to find out what was happening. This “Searider” character was a bit perplexing. He was an Assessor, as he was addressed as one. Had the Guild replaced Elian as the assessor for my Du...
2025-01-15 11:14:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt is getting time to introduce a new team and you get to chose the race....
2025-01-12 12:58:38 +0000 UTC View Post