Ace makes sure the various corrupt guards and merchants get their day in court. Sure, this isn’t a pre-system court with a judge unrelated to the case. Though at least they pretended to be neutral.
In fact, more than a few of the patsy’s ended up with a slap on the wrist. The central figures, though? Well, if they were lucky, they were...
2026-01-23 21:26:28 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney closed her eyes and brought the wisp of charming illusion before her and held it secure. With the back of a nail on her other claw, she gently along the unrestrained part that almost seems to vanish. Courtney could feel that wasn’t true.
Rather, the magic dipped into that other-space the beast had used the day before. This wasn...
2026-01-22 06:04:44 +0000 UTC View PostNight draws closer, and there is a tenseness permeating the town. Though Liam and the party had kept things to themselves, the guy wasn’t as close-mouthed about it. Never mind the fact that for such a small town, it was impossible for someone not to have heard their conversation. They hadn’t exactly tried to prevent others from listening in....
2026-01-22 06:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Ace a few weeks to finally narrow down who it was that was scamming the town. They had been clever about it. Which, in the end was actually the final piece of the puzzle.
As while the group had made it quite hard on Ace and his people to find out exactly who was costing the town multiple gold pieces a week. The sophistication also ...
2026-01-16 20:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostIrritated after days of working on the database skill without progress, Doyle spreads screens across the core room. All of them showed the same thing, but with a different focus. It was like having the same webpage open on multiple screens, but scrolled to different positions.
The more Doyle looked into the Database skill, the more frustra...
2026-01-16 20:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter breakfast the next morning, the group heads over to Old Liam’s place and find the guy being hunted is already there.
Liam’s ears stand up on their approach, “Ah! The adventurers are here so we can get their opinions on the matter. Though to think you’re free of that thing simply because they drove it off once is surely a fool...
2026-01-15 03:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostLater, after the sun has fully set, the trio are back in their room, around the campfire. Courtney finishes the rough meal they threw together and sighs. “This isn’t over.”
Jason nods, “But we know more now.”
Rosha, “It almost feels like we know less! What even is it? The dang thing bled, but barely and it could do that i...
2026-01-15 03:16:56 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle settles in and pulls up his pattern database, giving it a once-over to get a feel for things.
{
Dungeon Patterns: creature patterns lv100, mystic energy storage patterns lv99, bricks lv99, vines lv99, material patterns lv78, food patterns lv70, shrubbery lv62, grass lv54, weapon patterns lv52, gem patterns lv50, vial lv34, quar...
2026-01-09 20:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Dungeon awakening and how they adapt to this change.
A common mudcrab finds a washed-up legendary knife. When the curious critter curi...
2026-01-07 20:33:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe three continue to hide as the sun sinks, shadows lengthen and people return to their homes. This includes the guy who had spent his day helping out in the fields of others having felt a bit paranoid about the beast. Though he did need to work on his own fields, and so felt nervous for the coming days.
He would probably feel at least tw...
2026-01-07 20:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, everyone gathers around the fire pit for breakfast.
Courtney looks satisfied at something, and so Jason and Rosha purposefully don’t ask.
Their breakfast is soon devoured and still, they’re sitting there until Courtney sighs. “Do you want to hear what I learned?”
The other two smile at each other. Rosh...
2026-01-07 20:32:32 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle sighs, ‘Lets get off the subject of soul memories. At this point, it almost sounds bunk. Could we get down to how other people’s database skills work?’
Ally nods, ‘Fair enough. Souls are already annoying to begin with, what with not being restricted by time and space.
‘So I guess at the base level, most people with a ...
2026-01-02 12:55:27 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle spends a few hours relaxing after his level up before turning to his new goal. To work on the Dungeon Pattern Database skill. Though not in the normal fashion. He didn’t plan to add new patterns or level up existing ones to advance the skill itself.
First though, he had to ask Ally a bit about the skill. Or rather, similar skills. ...
2026-01-02 12:54:55 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment...
2026-01-01 10:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post{
Increasing World Energy Stagnation Detected
Triangulating Source...
New Sapient Civilization with active [Fertility] Deity detected
Analyzing Tech Level...
TL2 (S-Factor: 8)
Analyzing Arcane Level...
AL3 (S-Factor: 14)
Analyzing Faith Level...
FL3 (S-Factor: 5)
...
Anomaly detec...
2026-01-01 09:53:08 +0000 UTC View PostRosha nods, “Well. That is quite the story. Though I do have to ask, why hasn’t anyone heard it? Why hasn’t anyone been attacked by it? We literally just saw the thing in town.”
Old Liam shrugs, “Well, we’re a town. Oh sure, not the biggest place, but not like we’re ever alone out here. All those tales? They have one thing in...
2026-01-01 09:52:59 +0000 UTC View PostOld Liam turns back to the party, “So, I’d say things are a wee bit different than I first said.”
Courtney raises an eyebrow, “It sounds like you got more out of that story than we did? Or him for that matter.”
Old Liam nods, “Bit O’ folklore we’ve heard from those who made a living here before people officially lived...
2026-01-01 09:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe idea that not everything had stats was interesting and Doyle spent some time considering what it actually meant. Especially after he confirmed that high-level materials or a high-level creator isn’t enough. Otherwise, it would be a simple matter of quality. Even if the quality was based on something like concepts, intent, or weight of impo...
2025-12-26 10:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney, “Well if my removing the shadow Mana means we can’t tell, why didn’t you stop me?”
Jason laughs, “What good would it do? Whatever it was, is gone and used. Otherwise, there would likely be other shadowed spots. The material might not even be used up. It would simply need to be out in the sun for a while to clear up the ...
2025-12-24 11:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe night passes quietly enough. In fact, it passes too quietly. For the first time in a while, the creature didn’t show up. The town doesn’t see this as too odd. It seems to be a bit shy of showing itself around strangers. And the no-show continues over the rest of that day, which finds the party doing mostly what they figured. Not entirely...
2025-12-24 11:58:48 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle was back in the bear room, but not for the bear. The trap ceiling was in the middle of resetting, but what he was more interested in was the trigger. As while it was physically connected and all of the traps set up by his kobolds were as well. But why?
There was literal magic. Doyle was a crystal in a fancy hole. He finally had someo...
2025-12-19 21:10:15 +0000 UTC View PostAlly sighs, ‘Dungeon breaks are honestly some of the stupidest things. Well, I guess if no one is strong enough to delve a dungeon, I can’t blame the locals. Besides that, though? You need people to keep a dungeon occupied.
‘What my job is normally compared to is babysitting and I can’t say that’s wrong. Whenever a dungeon Fae ca...
2025-12-19 21:09:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith the main reason they’re here settled, the group changes to another equally important topic.
Rosha, “So uh, does this place have somewhere for us to stay?”
Old Liam laughs, “Don’t worry! While we don’t have an inn, you aren’t the first coming through this way. We’re the last stop before what most consider ‘the w...
2025-12-18 05:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun tea is half finished and small talk wraps up, so Jason sets his mug down and focuses on Old Liam. “So, what does the town need? The Guild wouldn’t have directed us out here if something wasn’t brewing.”
Marry gathered up the few remaining snacks and bustled back into the house, leaving Old Liam to talk to the group. “Well...
2025-12-18 05:17:26 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle, ‘So, do you think it will be hard to get more mineshaft traps?’
Ally shrugs, ‘Hard? No. Useful? Probably not. What good would a pattern for a trap you never use? I would be willing to bet that you can really crank out trap patterns since, unlike monsters, you can make new traps easily.
‘The limit will be more about you...
2025-12-12 21:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
System Borks a spawn and a dungeon appears inside an established settlement. They open the entrance inside the fountain of the main ...
2025-12-11 06:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostWilliam, the greymuzzle rabbitkin who goes by Old Liam, grumbles at the lady. “You saw that last group just as clearly as I. The less we knew about them the better and this town as a whole was happy to see them skedaddle.”
The rabbitkin in the house laughs, “Just a bunch of broody teens. If we had said there was some fell beast acros...
2025-12-11 04:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe group is once again back in line, though for a different desk. After an hour and change of research, the three finally admitted they couldn’t figure out which of the nearby farming villages would need them, even if you ignore the whole money issue.
Good thing the guild is ready for such questions as they’re not the first looking fo...
2025-12-11 04:04:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer was automation! Doyle even has something to work from.
Admittedly, the “kobold rock fall” pattern wasn’t enough. That was designed to, at most, drop five or six human head-sized rocks on something. What Doyle needed had to work on the entire ceiling.
Besides, the trap needed a less manufactured trigger. Or rather, he...
2025-12-06 20:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostWith Doyle having seen the general terrain around his second portal, Ally moves on to showing interesting features. Though there wasn’t too much that was exceptional. Even if admittedly, anything exceptional is in fact, the exception.
After all; Doyle, Ally, and the entirety of the town had failed to find anything yet.
Now, the fir...
2025-12-06 20:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post