Calvin stepped out of the Unqua on the other side of The Crack, stretching his back as he was able to stand up. Riding triple was cramped.
So the first thing we need to address is weapons and armor. Calvin said, rolling his neck. Cant have quality of life without preserving i...
2020-02-16 00:22:20 +0000 UTC View PostSurprise! Rufe said, waggling his fingers in front of their tent, along with Sal, Loren, and a handful of others. There were very few women there, and those that were, well, tough was a pretty good start toward describing them, but didnt quite cover it.
Calvin dropped into ...
2020-02-14 22:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostIn the beginning, the Ravagers were volunteers, patriots who understood the value of adversity. Over time though, the Treatment was considered more of a punishment than a necessary evil, and the core attitude of the Ravagers began to shift. Criminals and political prisoners ...
2020-02-13 22:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostWent to new apartment to do the final check before we move in. turned into a mad scramble around town to get our utilities turned on. very Little writing got done. Ill add Saturday to the rotation to make up for it.
2020-02-13 00:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostIm going to enjoy their clumsy fumbling. Nadia said, rubbing her hands together eagerly, sincerely hoping for some kind of awful, horrific accident. It was unlikely, given how simple humping was. It would take a couple of total morons to mess it up, but Nadia knew a pair, and she was...
2020-02-11 23:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostMost of its life had been spent without a body.
A shifting amorphous mass drifting through the ocean of its brethren.
It made itself Predator to avoid becoming Prey. It made itself Prey to fool other Prey. So much of its own thought processes were consumed with what it was, a...
2020-02-11 02:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostI hate this. Maya muttered beside Baroke, poking the meager fire with a stick. They had to keep it small on account of the entire nation searching for them.
I know, but its not gonna be much longer. Baroke said, patting her back. Either well get away soon or well be d...
2020-02-08 01:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostAbyssal Alchemy is going to need some spells, and I've only got eh...2 or 3 in mind. let me give you an example to establish a theme:
The refraction spinner creates spatial blades using its hands.
So a force blade spell uses a shrunken, perfectly preserved (I.E. Still Living...
This time let's get ahead of the curve by taking ideas before i desperately need them
Abyssal Alchemy is a form of alchemy that's geared specifically toward extracting magical juices out of monsters and combining them into spell-like effects. I thought about adding a bonus to ...
Then you got the refraction spinner, Rufe said, ticking off another one of his fingers.
Looks like a floating ball of arms weaving glass between them. Clear glass that diffracts the light. course, the glass isnt actually there, its just the squirrely bastard fucking with ...
2020-02-07 02:11:00 +0000 UTC View PostIm going to spend a couple chapters with the focus shifted and when I come back next week, I need some more unique, bone-chilling, nightmare fuel monsters for The Filter.
Calvins gonna go Hunting.
Im looking for monsters with impossible physics, weird biology, Or just spo...
Alright, heres what Ive got.
Show me the list.
Roll that beautiful bean footage.
What?
Meditation has reached level 25! Please choose two from the list of Abilities and mutations
Ive been meaning to ask something, weve just been so busy trying to stay alive, or save our country, or fix your mistakes Kala said as they approached the fishing spot the filter-dwellers had marked out, just outside their long narrow tunnel, chosen specifically to prevent danger...
2020-02-04 23:50:33 +0000 UTC View PostLook, another Ilethan scum attacking your family, the Wise Man said, pointing at the soldier stalking toward his mother and sister, a lecherous gleam in their eyes. Protect them.
Baroke didnt hesitate.
With a single breath he drew and fired, launching a thick arrow ou...
2020-02-04 00:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt snuck up on me that Calvin's Meditation is going to go up, and pretty quickly at that, and we have very few actual choices for him to take.
We NEED MOAR...
Although the Bent regeneration is getting pretty appealing at lvl 20+
Abilities:
Disconnect: Allows...
2020-02-03 22:42:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Calvin?”
Calvin’s insects flinched away from the creature as it started calling his name. it must have heard Kala say it.
Taking that as a sign that invoking his name could ward him off, it started saying it repeatedly, all the three-inch Kala’s voices alon...
2020-02-01 01:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post
***Matthias, Master Illusionist/Healer***
“How’s your temperature?” Matthias asked, putting the back of his hand on Suppan’s head. She felt normal, thank the gods.
“Stop worrying, I’ve got twelve endurance, and I’m not some frail old woman.” Suppan s...
2020-01-31 02:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post
System update completed.
An inhuman voice startled Calvin out of a dreamless sleep. Calvin’s eyes opened to a vast ocean of nothingness. His lungs sucked in air like he’d been drowning, pulling cold, harsh air across a throat sore from scream...
2020-01-30 02:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostSo I mentioned that Elliot made some modifications to Calvin's System, I want to do maybe 1-3 of these, and I want them to have a kind of cost-benefit. He loses and gains something.
for example:Changes the System to allow him to pay 5 Warp during a break to add a Sub-Skill (beyon...
2020-01-29 04:33:05 +0000 UTC View Post
***Elliot***
“Thank you, dear lord baby Jesus,” Elliot muttered as the shaking stopped, his knuckles white around the thumb drive. As he watched the ceiling for any sign of renewed shaking. Earthquakes were uncommon in space, unheard of on soscath, and rare on the sur...
2020-01-29 03:37:32 +0000 UTC View Post
All right, Calvin thought as he stripped out of his ridiculous outfit, taking a moment to light the damnable puff on fire before tossing it aside.
One of the Guys.
Calvin calmly assessed the situation while his bones shifted, and s...
2020-01-28 23:12:44 +0000 UTC View PostI'm finally sitting down to write after a series of long days spent loading boxing into and out of a 20ft u-haul in below 0 weather, and it's fairly obvious there's not enough time/energy to be able to write a whole chapter today.
Tomorrow, however, my schedule is clear, I've got ene...
“Raise your chin.” Kala said, adjusting Calvin’s collar and the weird puff thingy underneath it. Calvin hadn’t bothered to learn the name. He’d been having too much fun – Been too dedicated to training his new spell – to pay much attention to the goings on recentl...
2020-01-25 01:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post
+1 Endurance, Strength, Kinesthetics.
Shifting has reached level 8!
Shifting has reached level 9!
….
This party’s gonna suck.
Calvi...
2020-01-24 00:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Elliot sat in front of a large oblong table of dark wood, interlacing his fingers in front of him as he glanced between the microphones on his left, with little placards that said ‘VP of Human Relations,’ and ‘Head of Engineering’, and the one on his right, with a placa...
2020-01-23 02:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post
***Jinnei***
“What are we gonna do with all these ships, Ma – sir?” Kip asked as Jinnei was posing dramatically at the stern. She preferred he call her sir. Felt more captain-y.
She looked out at the dozens of ships sailing in front of them in a tight cluster,...
2020-01-22 01:08:37 +0000 UTC View PostI've already got a few I plan on taking, I need some to fill up the numbers. Utility abilities that expand the use of Shifting are welcome. If you can think of a mutation, go for it. Here's a list of what I've got already:
abilities:
“And that’s the deal.” Calvin said to the assembled people he had any respect for. And Nadia.
Baroke, Kala, Nadia, Ella, Grant, and Ghulad the engineer all sat around the fire in a semi-circle.
“I’ve got one point of Warp left, and I’d like to learn a sk...
2020-01-20 23:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostI'm waffling between a support skill like Drafting or Chemisty, or a new skill to unlock another kind of magic.
So, as usual, suggestions welcome. Inherently powerful win-buttons like time control magic generally won't make it into the story.
This time, if you can come up ...
“Calvin?” Ussein said, frowning. He glanced at Calvin’s wasps. “The Wasp?”
“Seems kind of self-evident.”
He looked Calvin up and down.
“They said you were Malkenrovian. And sixteen.”
“Seventeen.”
“Some kind of disguise Skill...
2020-01-17 23:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post