Calvin stooped as he stepped into the Alchemists shop, wrinkling his nose at the acrid fumes swirling through the tiny room. The shops ceiling was oppressively low, and he felt like he was going to bump his head at any moment.
Other than the size and the malodorous content, the s...
2019-08-07 23:54:07 +0000 UTC View PostI also need suggestions for Bad Skills and bad skill synergies. these will serve as cautionary tales and help flesh out the world and system. a side character might eventually have a particulary amusing combo.
off the cuff example, a cooking skill mixes with a fire starting skill and now yo...
2019-08-07 18:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostI need a small race that likes making tech or alchemy, basically a gnome or dwarf knock off, but they need to be rebranded, since everything in the story has had a pallete swap to allow us to pursue our own mythos.
So, if you comment, give me a name, physical description, and cultural quirk...
2019-08-07 18:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostGarth walked into the alien courtroom, wearing a prisoner badge that made it impossible to conceive of --------- whatever it made it impossible to conceive of. His head was on a swivel, gawking at the many, many ways it was different from a human courtroom.
The entire thing seemed l...
2019-08-06 22:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostKaren watched as Elaine stood in front of the raised dais, trying to fix everything. Reggie stood in the corner, holding his daughter, barely a month old. The girl was already starting to regrow her tufts of black hair, while shed been bald, shed reminded Karen of a chubby Andrew.
<... 2019-08-05 22:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostMy god, Garth said with a groan as he collapsed into the downy alien bed. Can you believe weve been having nonstop sex for the last two weeks?
Alicia raised an eyebrow.
You woke up yesterday.
Eh, it was worth a shot.
.
Day 1:
... 2019-08-05 02:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostSo I took a day off yesterday to refresh and think about what I wanna do with 2 weeks locked in a penthouse, and I woke up today still wanting to do an explicit chapter, then resume regular shenanigans afterward.
I mean, 2 people locked in a penthouse for 2 weeks? it's gonna happen.
A...
2019-08-04 19:23:22 +0000 UTC View Post1. Typical Japanese academy arc.
2. Andras apprentice/eventual officer. (More field work)
Feels like I need to brainstorm the broad strokes for both stories. I'll be on discord or have my phone on me for the next...8-10 hours.
Gonna start dumping chapters publicly in the next day or so, so be prepared.
probably something like 15 Outer Sphere and 10 WotR, staggered so that WotR picks up a couple days after Outer Sphere starts.
Cal was riding one of the carriages guars as a Very Important Prisoner. Since his identity was still a secret, he was in the form of a handsome young Gadveran male who felt familiar to everyone, but no one could place.
Strangely enough, when he averaged peoples features, he got a...
2019-08-02 23:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe boob-cowboy glanced over and spotted Jim with a knife through his chest and half of his floating ribs torn away.
Well, Shee-it, looks like I missed the party. He said as he dismounted, spitting some dark brown chew off to the side. He turned back toward Alicia, his hands on h...
2019-08-01 22:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostCalvin recoiled backward.
Shi-
Splitting
0/11 Bent remaining
Calvin used the single Bent hed acquired over the last twelve hours of meditating to duplicate the door to the carriage, placing it between himself and whatever the...
2019-07-31 23:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostGarth glanced up and saw some four hundred or so Dan Ui clan members floating in the sky, looking imperiously down on the chaos below. At the head of them was someone he actually recognized: Mareen, the Corio woman whod almost killed him in order to avenge her apprentice.
I won...
2019-07-30 22:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, listen up, General Andra Kolein said, pacing in front of the hundred or so new recruits. Your captain didnt make it. He did however put his team in a position to win the highest honor in Gadvera. You are going to escort the royal family back to Mujenan and receive high acc...
2019-07-29 23:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostAbilities:
Shadow boxing: Allows the user to raise any Skill up to the level of Meditation, at 1/4 speed.
Useful for practicing Bent dependent skills or being imprisoned with time on your hands.
Disconnect: Allows the user to disconnect from th...
I have only come up with two ideas for Meditation.
Shadow Boxing: Allows a person to practice a skill in the mind.
Bent recharge: A simple, boring, flat boost to Bent regenration rate. (not too high) Max 20% or so.
Please suggest others!
Once we've got 4 or 5, w...
2019-07-29 19:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostOne by one, portals of every shape and size began to open as creatures began to step out into the dusty wasteland, their attention focused on two tiny men brawling in the center.
Alicia blinked the gum out of her eyes, her head feeling much better after a full nights sleep. In fron...
2019-07-27 22:58:43 +0000 UTC View PostHe turned and headed back to camp, mulling over the Systems name. Elliot was a persons name, not a number or some kind of inhuman call-sign or anything. It was distinctly Malkenrovian in origin as well.
Like Calvin.
Cal set the pondering aside and headed back to the camp, b...
2019-07-27 01:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostGarth sat down on his couch, put his feet up, and turned on the magical TV, cracking open an imported beer.
This particular kind was made by a dwarven worshipper of Beladia, and widely considered among the best in the Spheres.
Oh, god damn, Garth muttered in ecstasy, puttin...
2019-07-25 22:34:41 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, how do we handle this cold-blooded murder in the most reliable way? Calvin thought glancing up. He had three Bent available, since he hadnt spent the one hed gotten from Ella last night. Hed gotten his second before bed, and one more late this morning. His next bent wa...
2019-07-24 22:07:07 +0000 UTC View PostGarth didnt really mind Half-nose having the core, or even using it to boost his spells. As long as the thing wasnt scrapped for parts by the end of this he could always get it back. Two factors kept Garth calm.
1. He was pseudo-immortal, and a little energy beam shenanigans wasn...
2019-07-24 03:10:56 +0000 UTC View PostCal sprinted up behind her as she lunged forward and jumped on her, dragging her to the ground, a crossbow bolt whizzing above his head.
Wait! he shouted in Gadveran, standing and raising his arms, feeling the strange prickling of a hundred different gazes with a hundred differen...
2019-07-23 02:53:52 +0000 UTC View PostLets see, weve got beardo, half-nose and the third Inquisitor didnt really have any obvious flaws, like a certain younger brother. Well call him Jim Junior.
Jim Junior leapt at Garths back, and was blown away by a tiny purple and yellow potato flower tha...
2019-07-21 21:23:30 +0000 UTC View PostCalvinian Summoning: A Hybrid of Chained Spirit & Dupdomancy. Any creature wholly consumed may be recreated, and is bound to the users will for the duration. Skill allows manipulation of size and quantity of summoned creature, up to a mass limit....
2019-07-20 20:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostI think its a pathetic midlife crisis where a grown man tries to use his underage girlfriend as a dress-up doll! Garth said. Can you believe she said that? She was so sweet and innocent eight hundred years ago
Alicia was below him, still naked, still strapped to the table...
2019-07-18 22:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostSo something I've not decided on is the behavior of the hybrid skill as it relates to the 18-skill limit. I've come up with two ideas, and had one floated to me, so I'll put them up here.
1. The hybrid skill is it's own skill, and takes up a slot, which allows it to advance and diverge ...
2019-07-18 07:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe symbol flickered off, returning to the map with the emergency exits marked.
Well, lady, and possible gentleman, youve been somewhat helpful, and extraordinarily confusing. I hope you get out of the web, or the walls, or wherever you are. Cal said, glancing around.
Those Dimensional traps theyre putting up around her, Garth asked around a mouthful of popcorn. how good would they be at stopping say, a seventh-tier master of a clan, as a random, nonspecific example?
Not at all? Emilio said.
Dang. Looks like it has to be cont...
2019-07-16 20:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post1. Planet America. During imperialistic space exploration, America colonized this planet then got fucked into the stone age
2. Earth, after apocalypse.
3. WTF did you mention America, I was enjoying my fantasy story, goddamnit!
2019-07-15 21:50:24 +0000 UTC View Post