After spending so long in the baths that the slowly-eaten mangos were but a distant memory, and I was in serious risk of transforming into a raisin - the next stage in bath-wrinklyness after prune - I decided to get out. I had shopping to do! Hair, tunic, sandals, a knife, and whatever other odds and ends I could think of while out and about. 2022-01-03 12:21:38 +0000 UTC View Post
My eyes cracked open as I heard a soft clink next to me. I saw a hand retreating, leaving my badge with me.
From how terrible I felt, and how dark it was, it was obviously still night.
I closed my eyes and went back to sleep.
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“Good morning Rangers! Up and at ‘em! Let’s go go GO! Last one out does one extra lap!...
2021-12-29 13:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostCordamo snaked through the air, the usually pristine white skin marred into a dark grey by the ash, Ash, and smoke permeating the air.
He landed heavily next to me, without his usual grace. With a thought, I healed the couatl up. I wasn’t sure if my mana flickered or not, my regeneration was that high.
Over 250 points of mana a sec...
2021-12-27 11:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A lovely present from Ms. Tsuu! A nice sketch of Elaine and Iona celebrating Christmas!
Merry Christmas all!
No Katastrofi sorry!
A reminder that next month my days off are the 26th and 28th!
2021-12-24 20:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Iona! Our fierce Valkyrie, in a raging snowstorm.
I want to wish all of you a happy holiday, merry Christmas, and I hope the new year treats you well!
I also want to thank all of you who stuck around through the mediocre chapters I wrote while burning out. Your support and kind words helped me get through the ro...
2021-12-24 16:31:49 +0000 UTC View Post
First in the Sentinel Series! Toxic!
I've commissioned artwork for all the Sentinels, and they're trickling in. One more this month, and a super cool picture!
2021-12-22 18:40:59 +0000 UTC View Post
The first piece of artwork to tide you over - Elaine!
2021-12-22 12:03:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
I've just finished writing book 6!
Onto book 7! Here's the cover!
A reminder that I take two days of break each month, and this month I'm taking the 22nd and the 24th off. Next chapter is in a week from now, the 27th.
More artwork on the 22nd and 24th! I have a nice back catalogue for yo...
First, do no harm.
It was the first line of my [Oath]. The central, guiding principle with which I’d led my life.
The [Oath] in question had a baseline, the letter of the law. It also had the spirit of the law, and with how restriction skills worked, I needed to follow both letter and spir...
2021-12-20 16:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostI glanced up at the sky, quickly throwing together a simple plan as the devil flew towards me.
I flew away from the devil, but slowly. Roughly a quarter of the speed I could manage.
I’d like to have shot up into the sky, but that might’ve given away the game.
I checked over my shoulder. Good, he was chasing, and getting clo...
2021-12-17 13:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment my feet touched the ground, I was pivoting, exploding forward in a sprint.
“Into the house! Move move move!” I yelled, not checking what the elves were doing behind me. Kinda hard, with the rolling clouds of dust that got kicked up, stone getting pulverized into concealment.
Only a weak concealment. Currents and eddies...
2021-12-15 15:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe symbol of the Sentinels blazed in the air above us, just barely clearing the buildings. It wasn’t particularly large, but it was bright. Easy to see for a moderate distance.
Awarthril was fancy with it. Twisting it, turning it, making it so that no matter what angle the symbol was seen from, a watcher would get a good view.
At ...
2021-12-13 13:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostMagic was funny. Directly impacting another person was difficult. Bodies resisted the attempts of magic to directly influence them, when it wasn’t something strictly beneficial like healing. It was part of why my healing couldn’t harm people, not without an extraordinary amount of creativity.
Blowing out the dwarven implants w...
2021-12-10 13:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post[Bullet Time] didn’t even activate.
Ironically, weak blows that didn’t trigger the skill were almost as dangerous as skills that did, simply due to the dramatically reduced time to react. If I was gunning for me, I’d fire a bunch of weak skills that could slow, blind, or bind me, before going for the finishing blow.<...
2021-12-08 14:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
Three quick minor announcements:
1) Reminder that I'm taking the 22nd and 24th off. No posts then.
2) BTDEM Book 4 Audiobook is releasing 12/14! https://www.audible.com/pd/Beneath-the-Dragoneye-Moons-4-Audiobook/B...
Hey all!
December's $10+ tier bonus reward content!
I wouldn't read this while at work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HS60ZgOHTINDOYQdqa3hHH2leAb4dM_-GKa8QzAgJ6s/edit
2021-12-06 17:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostAN: To those who usually skip interludes - this isn't one to skip.
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Life was pain.
Life was misery.
Life sucked.
That was Yigruk’s take.
It started when he was young.
Everyone pitched in on the family farm, from his older siblings all the wa...
2021-12-06 13:47:38 +0000 UTC View PostWe walked down the road together, just about fully geared up. We weren’t looking for trouble, but we were ready for it.
The elves were in their armor, crystal swords at their hips, shields on their back. Helmets that somehow fit over their horns. Cordamo was flying high, while Kiyaya was close by my side.
Which made me nea...
2021-12-03 12:01:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The book 5 rework is in-progress.
Book 7's cover is also done!
My heart was racing at the voice, the words fading out of my ears, yet echoing in my mind, impossibly colored. How words in my mind had color, I’d never know.
“Serondes. Did you hear that?” I asked, shaking him.
He just grunted and rolled over.
Bah.
I debated waking him up, but apart from the weird words, nothing wa...
2021-12-01 13:33:35 +0000 UTC View PostI was woken up in the middle of the night to the sounds of shattering rocks and screaming. Serondes and I bolted awake, and I summoned a strong Radiance glow as he got some Lava ready for lighting.
A sword crashed through one of the walls, the crystal blade sinking into the other side of the room, shaving a few hairs off my nose as I went ...
2021-11-29 12:26:04 +0000 UTC View Post
First in the "Sentinel Series"!
Sentinel Night!
The artist I'm working with has agreed to do all of them! We'll be seeing more in the future :)
2021-11-26 15:58:37 +0000 UTC View Post
One artist's imagination of what Lun'Kat's lair looks like! Please note this image is larger than it first seems
Announcement: A reminder that I take two days off each month now. Next month, December, I'm going to take off the 22nd and 24th, for Christmas!
For January, I anticipate taking off the 26th and...
It’s been ages since I did a worldbuilding thing! This one has to do with “Natural Affinities”, as I’m calling it.
In short, species as a whole can have one or more affinities, with varying degrees of strength. If a species has that affinity, they’re pulled as a whole to have that element as their first class. The stronger the af...
2021-11-26 15:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The egg, by the wonderful Tsuu!
Now you know what it looks like :D
2/5 on bonus content. Parts 3-5 on Friday.
Or maybe one today, depends when I write it
Hey all!
Part 1 of 5 of the bonus content while I'm on break! Elaine and her new wings, as imagined by one artist!
They were nice enough to give a few different variations on the image.
2021-11-24 23:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Yeah, GGG. Good, Giving, Game.” I explained the acronym. “It’s a way of approaching relationships and sex, and unless you’ve got a better idea, it’s how I think we should approach this.”
“I’ve got my own ideas, but go on, I’m listening.” Serondes’s eyes and hands suggested that he wasn’t listening all that closel...
2021-11-22 16:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post