Definition: Pick up group (abbrev. PUG).
An opportunistic raiding group formed from relative strangers who have no experience fighting together. Over time, this term has become a derogatory label for any moderately inexperienced group that has not fully mastered their teamwork or even...
“Thanks for the warning, Aliandra,” Vivian said.
“Yes, I thought it was better to be safe,” Ali said, taking her leave from Vivian’s office and returning to the guild hall. At least she took me seriously. She had no idea what s...
2024-09-12 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostDue to the enormous potential for economic disruption, every Silver Cog Trading Co. Appraiser must be familiar with the major classifications for dungeons. Whenever a new dungeon emerges in a region, ascertaining its value before the competition is of paramount importance to reevaluating and ...
2024-09-10 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere is more treasure, power, and knowledge to be found hiding in the darkness where lesser minds fear to look.
- Nevyn Eld [Guardian of the Realm], Professor of Domain Magic, University of Dal’mohra.
Ali sat at the des...
2024-09-08 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Ok, everybody ready?” Teagan asked, getting nods and monosyllabic grunts of affirmation as she surveyed her team. Vivian always stressed the importance of explicitly confirming engagement before entering the sewers, and she was determined to follow the proper pr...
2024-09-05 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I released the regular Myrin's Keep map to Royal Road already (And it's also available on @rustymaps )
However, I also commissioned this alternate version which is going to be a ...
2024-09-05 13:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The map I commissioned for Myrin's Keep is done and I'm delighted with how it turned out! Zoom in to see the details and the legend for many of the locations used in the story is at the bottom left.
The artist has been amazing to work with. If you have a few moments, I'd love it if you co...
Finding himself with a little time on his hands while Lyeneru and Nathaniel Sunstrider conferred privately on guild business, Calen surveyed the guild hall. There was a quiet bustle within the halls of the Pathfinder Guild headquarters, with a constant stream of peopl...
2024-09-03 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what do you think?” Ali asked. She floated along beside Mato through the sewer tunnel pointing out her new Poison Cloud traps and explaining – probably in far more detail than he cared to hear – how her new runic magic worked.
“It...
2024-09-01 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Happy Friday - A quick bonus chapter today. Next chapter will be on Sunday as usual.
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It was day three of our delve and we still had no idea how devious the poison dungeon really was. We had fought our way through several densely populated caverns filled w...
2024-08-30 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAli glanced up from her book as Mato stirred and finally got up. “Good morning,” she said.
“Bleh,” he managed, rubbing his eyes.
“The bear emerges from his hibernation,” she chirped.
“Too early,...
2024-08-29 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn the lore of the Elves, custodianship of the three Great Wells was granted to the three Elven kingdoms by divine providence: the hand of Lunaré herself.
To the Night Elves, she bequeathed the Well of Eternity, representing the eternal dream and the final repose of death. To the Sun...
Apologies for the spam.
If you don't use discord, you can ignore this.
I was working on discord integration and didn't realize everyone would be automatically invited to the channel as soon as it was complete.
So yes: the discord invite from Patreon is legit and your account did...
The Dungeon Survival Guide.
This is by no means a complete checklist, but it is the bare minimum to be considered if you wish to survive. This checklist represents the distilled wisdom of the most experienced dungeon delvers in the Pathfinders Guild. The order is ...
A/N: Bonus chapter today, I hope you enjoy it!
Royal Road got a couple of bonus chapters this week - they just received the arc where Ali learns about the nature of her class. That means Patreon has fallen back to exactly 20 chapters ahead - which is what I promised. However, I like ove...
2024-08-24 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAli flew down the ventilation shaft, growing ivy and creepers along the way before heading out through the ruined city toward the library. It wasn’t necessary to reconnect her domain through the shaft given that it flowed up through the library and out through th...
2024-08-22 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late afternoon by the time she and Mato reached the Adventurers Guild. Ali paused and stared at the heavy oak doors with their distinctive heavy brass handles gleaming from the reflected rays of the mid-morning sun. It had been quite some time since she had ...
2024-08-20 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostDo not mistake its true nature – stealth is an attack against the perception attribute, skills, and focus of the defender. This is why it is so much harder to regain it once lost.
- Excerpt from The Adventurer’s Guide, Third Edition
2024-08-18 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N: Bonus chapter today. Royal Road is about to get the big dungeon reveal and I plan on releasing a few bonus chapters for them, so I want to preemptively advance Patreon so we stay properly ahead. This chapter is a good opportunity for that because of the cliff in the last chapter.
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2024-08-16 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Where do we go?” Ali asked, turning to look at Ryn as they stood waiting in line at the Novaspark Academy of Magic. She was a little out of breath, having had to rush across town to get Ryn, and then to the bank to get money. But they had still arrived ahead o...
2024-08-15 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA/N (Apple Users): Patreon informed me that starting in November, they will be adding a 30% surcharge to any purchases made through the iOS store. If you use Patreon's Apple app, I highly recommend handling payments through a web client to save this cost.
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To master the path of the sword, the staff, or the fist, one must first master oneself.
- Kamari Ren, Ahn Khen Elder, legendary master and inheritor of the Ninefold Way: Fists of Coherent Integrity.
Mato caught himself stari...
2024-08-11 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Bye, tree lady!”
“Thank you for playing with us.”
“Bye, Miss Dryad.”
Lira waved goodbye to the kids and retreated into the twisted and warped trunk of the unfamiliar playground eucalyptus tree, me...
2024-08-08 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostLooking up, Ali met the necromancer’s gaze, and felt a chill run the length of her spine. He’s smiling?
“You whelp! Did you think it would be that easy?” he shouted.
He raised a fist and a dark, seething magic ...
2024-08-06 14:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I always love a good showdown - super fun to imagine.
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Ali rotated her mages through the softly glowing Inspiration runic circle she had inscribed directly onto the stone of the battlement behind one of the merlons to regenerate th...
2024-08-04 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I'm celebrating reaching 100 subscribers a couple of days ago. It's a milestone I never imagined reaching, so here's a bonus chapter! The regular Sunday chapter will still release at the usual time.
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Calen hovered high over the nor...
2024-08-02 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAli closed her book and let her Sage skill drop. She closed her eyes and reviewed the story in her mind, perfectly memorized by her skill. It was a delightful story about a clumsy adventurer who wandered the lands solving problems by accident, often not even realiz...
2024-08-01 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: New chapter wherein our little Fae learns to farm! Only, her technique is anything but conventional :)
Hope you enjoy it.
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Ali watched Mato shuffling past like a sleepwalker in a dream with not a single ounce of his usual e...
2024-07-30 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostVivian sat back in her seat, surveying the chaotic hubbub of the milling crowd. Aliandra appeared to be in something of a daze, sitting quietly in an eye of calm at the center, nobody yet having the courage to brave her Forest Guardians and approach – but ther...
2024-07-28 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostEconomics – to oversimplify drastically – is nothing more than the balance of supply and demand made liquid by the application of currency.
Dungeons, by their very nature, break this.
I am well aware of how the Silver Cog Trading Company has wrought its substantial success...