Ah! The wonders that can be found between the covers of a book. Fiction or not, even the most trite drivel at least reveals something about the person who wrote.
And within those insights, a spark! Some are small so as to be easily extinguished with even a single sentence from another text. Others burn with an intensity such that the book ...
2025-02-28 10:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle has gone through a few cycles of fox testing on the second floor. Not much has changed with the fox, but he feels like he is close to something. This called for more testing!
Fox instances had been released once a day, but finally this last fight didn’t provide him enough inspiration to go off and test things. Doyle spawned another...
2025-02-28 10:27:35 +0000 UTC View PostWith a new toy to play with, Doyle focuses on the razor fox while waiting for the town to get to his core. There should be more to it. After all, this wasn’t just a “fox”, it was a razor fox. And sure, it has some interesting skills, but they weren’t required.
Why was it a razor fox? So, Doyle began to experiment with them. The pat...
2025-02-28 10:26:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe advanced skeletons slow the slaughter to a halt. Try as they might, Jason and the other melee defenders are no longer capable of disabling most of the enemy’s front line before the zombie horde reaches them. Not that the skeletons don’t die, they do, but Jason isn’t even sure why until the man in charge is informed.
“Damage red...
2025-02-26 09:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostSiegfried was right. Even from the start, this night was different. Instead of some new freak pulling itself out of the ground, there were simply a bunch of advanced zombies. Green-haired, warrior, and even a few runners. Well, the runners aren’t technically advanced zombies by themselves, but rather zombie variants.
Anyway, the runners ...
2025-02-26 09:41:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe paperwork is quickly taken care of and the two pairs find themselves left with each other. Gem smiles wide, “Well ello there! Who might you two be?”
One, a human man with blond hair, steps forward. “Well, hello to you both as well. The two of us are only sort of a group. You can call me Samuel. Or rather, call me Sam, everybody d...
2025-02-24 08:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostDown in the dungeon, Doyle is satisfied that Ace and company are done talking about things pertinent to him and so turns to his own gains. While the town had done a good job of handling the monster wave, they weren’t perfect.
{Razor Fox pattern acquired at lv24}
{Razor Fox
S[3+2] A[15] C[4+2] I[7] W[5] P[5]
Max Skills: ...
2025-02-21 08:22:30 +0000 UTC View PostThat was the most success a flesh amalgamation had for the rest of the night. Each wave arrived with another charging the wall, but all fell after only minor gains. Though this wasn’t entirely a result of the defenders being better at their job.
One of Siegfried’s analysts breaks it down for him as the first bits of light arrive over t...
2025-02-19 07:35:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe group continues to go over various theories about the overall shape of this undead invasion. Though they end up circling the same things enough that Siegfried cuts them off with a clap of his hand. “This isn’t getting us anywhere.
“Let’s break up for now and get ready for the night’s festivities. There won’t be fewer undead...
2025-02-19 07:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostGem yawned, “So, we’ve been in this town for a little bit. I personally gained a level and while Body stayed the same, lost in Stamina because we weren’t running around. Mana is still awesome, though!”
June, “Because you take every chance to manipulate the air. I shouldn’t have told you how to do that. A chilly breeze on the ba...
2025-02-17 09:19:29 +0000 UTC View PostOver by the bear’s corpse, the rest of the founders ignore Kelly as she vents about magic not being predictable.
Doctor taps the various joints and runs his hands over where cuts were previously located. “Okay, the hide is as complete as we can make it with what vitality remains. Of more interest than a new rug, is the fact that this b...
2025-02-14 13:06:27 +0000 UTC View PostNear the back of the beast wave, a brown bear rises up above the other monsters to stand on two legs. The bear’s roar echoes over everything else, before it slams back down on the ground, only to rise up for a second time. Except now, the beast’s paws are covered in packed earth with stone claws extending three times what its natural claws h...
2025-02-14 13:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe trio of Jason, Rosha, and Siegfried soon arrive at Helina’s office, which is still closed right. Though Siegfried ignores this and just forces the door open. Though why is clear enough as they find the two asleep in their chairs.
Siegfried claps his hand, shocking them awake. “Okay ladies! What have you found?”
Helina stret...
2025-02-12 08:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostWith the others pushed out of the room, Helina and Courtney focus on the numbers once again. Of course, the numbers aren’t completely accurate and this wasn’t some System spawned wave event. While it seems whoever was sending undead at them was focusing on newly raised minions, that didn’t mean the levels would be the same.
Outside o...
2025-02-12 08:38:32 +0000 UTC View Post(SoulDive’s official Forum, Starter Town Drama Thread)
BertVurn, DesDose, Filegreen, FeltFelt, InkyCat, JillPill, JuneSupport, KarmaMaxer, KillTheKrill, May/Hem, No2Ways, QwertyWarrior, Vibez420, Zap2to2Zap
Zap2to2Zap: Always exciting when a new batch of players is dropped on a town.
InkyCat: As if we weren’t those same new...
2025-02-10 10:29:43 +0000 UTC View PostGem Paroxysm just joined SoulDive and made a friend, June. Well, they also rolled a random character, was chased by a monster stampede, and fought a turtle. That last one being pretty tough, all things considered. Now the two have been in town for a while and want to travel a bit. What will they find on the way? Well, let’s find out!
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2025-02-10 10:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t happen right away. Ace was kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. A worry at the back of his mind as spring arrives and planting begins.
Then, a response finally happens. Someone delved too far and too greedily into the wilds. They riled up nature and beasts, causing an event that Ace and Jim had been preparing for in the bac...
2025-02-07 05:41:44 +0000 UTC View PostBack in the new player starter town, there is a meeting of nobles and guild officials.
A man in a green suit laughs, “Why yes, I did manage to grab two of the new travellers of interest. Some people just don’t know what travellers want. Or maybe someone might not be able to actually offer such things.”
A lizardkin raises a neck...
2025-02-05 08:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostAnother worry Siegfried had about the evolved zombies was that none of his people really knew how the green-haired zombie progressed. Now, Jason recognized them in theory, except he doubted the knowledge from his last life was going to fit one to one. Good thing once Courtney awoke, she knew some of what was up with them.
Courtney, “gree...
2025-02-05 07:57:33 +0000 UTC View PostIt is unfortunate for the power behind the undead that an army of ghouls is less trouble than one of zombies. Or rather, compared to the sheer quantity of zombies that could come through, the few ghouls were easy enough to stop. And so the attempt to take out Jason, instead turned into the easiest wave of the night.
Then that night and the...
2025-02-05 07:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Huh”, Gem flicks their ear, “I guess to know more I’d have to identify the buckler. Though it seems the scroll is already known, if not known as to what it does.”
June shrugs, “The buckler is probably fine, but without a skill for it, you won’t even be able to ID an item close to your level, let alone above. Though the syste...
2025-02-03 07:24:12 +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.
Illusionist - The greatest wizard is actually just an illusionist.
Book Keeping - A dragon has decided the greatest treasure to hoard ...
2025-02-03 06:26:41 +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...
2025-01-31 11:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostA team of six walk down the main street of a dungeon town. The road is dirt, though maintained, and there are many smiths set up. An endless flow of bronze scraps come from the dungeon, feeding their forges.
Antonio smiles, “I’m so glad this dungeon focused on metal. My heavy armor skill wasn’t doing me much good before, but look at ...
2025-01-31 11:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostA bit of time has passed and Doyle figures he has it. A quick check shows that Ally isn’t busy, simply rereading what might be the first post-system newspaper in the entire planet. It didn’t actually start in Wolf’s Rest, which was a bit odd, given they had been the first to figure out paper.
Though it seems that someone two settleme...
2025-01-31 10:57:49 +0000 UTC View PostFloor 16 changes shape over the next few days as Doyle focuses almost entirely on it. Not just to optimize space usage, but the more he observes, the more changes are made to ease up on power usage. Oh, it wasn’t big savings or even anything that would be noted on his status screen.
Rather, it was simple stuff. A tiny ridge under the wat...
2025-01-31 10:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe current wave of zombies is soon dead. It takes a little bit longer than the night before, but that is mostly because even though you can kill the zombies with pure damage, it does take a while longer than using magic and skills that can hit the animating magic directly. In fact, with Jason blocking some of the wave, the zombies only got two-...
2025-01-29 23:18:14 +0000 UTC View PostJason stands on the wall as dusk arrives. “I’m going to go out and fight tonight.”
Rosha tilts her head to the side, “Why? We’re doing good up here on the wall. If anything, you should grab a bow and give it a ‘shot’, heh.”
Courtney, “What will fighting the undead provide you? This can’t be out of nowhere.”
<... 2025-01-29 23:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostTime passes and yet no more tremors happen. This left everyone a bit jumpy. Even if there wasn’t a stronger quake coming, they sort of expected a repeat of the weak first quake.
All the while, down in the dungeon, Ally was coming up blank. ‘There just aren’t any good matches! At this point? I’ve got to assume the system is pu...
2025-01-24 20:59:47 +0000 UTC View PostOn top of the town wall, Jason is running around. His current job is simple enough, keep the ranged fighters that use ammunition topped up. Whether that was arrows, sling bullets, or other strange things. Because while he didn’t have other things to do right now and the ranged fighters were taking their time to make each shot count, that would...
2025-01-22 19:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post