“I said,” Maddox drawled slowly, “fancy taking a dip with me?”
“That’s what I thought I heard,” Bruce replied, trying not to look at the portal humming angrily on the ground a couple of feet to his left. “I just assumed that it was a mistake because it’s an absolutel...
2023-03-28 14:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no doubt about it. The pyramid wasn’t natural. Its walls were made of a shiny black substance that was honed to a razor’s edge. It towered over the three rovers, silent and foreboding.
The interference had gotten worse to the point that Bruce could only talk ...
2023-03-28 14:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostOverhead, the dropship rumbled away, the light and flame of chemical thrusters sending shadows skittering across the barren landscape as it sought to clear enough room from the small group of humans and equipment to activate its much more powerful fusion drive en route back to orbit.
“Sie...
2023-03-28 14:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostKat took a deep breath, eyes locked on the banshee glider as it sailed in between the trees. As soon as their team came up with a plan, Stekat had produced a set of herbs that would mask her scent. Apparently, they were fairly standard and easy to produce for players with the Tamer cl...
2023-02-25 20:23:38 +0000 UTC View PostIt was surprisingly easy to leave Vereton. The defenders were beginning to push the bandit forces out, but chaos still reigned. Buildings burned and humans mourned their fallen. If the previous attack had been a disaster, this one was a cataclysm. Even with the City’s pr...
2023-02-17 18:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 4, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Race: Draconian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 5, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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2023-02-01 07:29:38 +0000 UTC View Post“I would say this is a surprise,” Mursa said cheerfully, “but I am the Goddess of truth after all.”
Micah blinked. He was everywhere and everywhen simultaneously. It should have been disorienting, but it wasn’t. L...
2023-01-26 07:05:03 +0000 UTC View Post“I would say this is a surprise,” Mursa said cheerfully, “but I am the Goddess of truth after all.”
Micah blinked. He was everywhere and everywhen simultaneously. It should have been disorienting, but it wasn’t. Like putting on an old and comfortable shoe for the...
2023-01-11 15:08:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt charged a second time, swinging its sword wildly but with such force and speed that Micah had no choice but to dodge. As heavily enchanted as his spear was, it had no chance against the bolt of frozen soul power that the Prince was somehow using as a weapon.
His body was battered a...
2023-01-11 15:07:53 +0000 UTC View PostWind whipped past Micah’s face as he raced through the air. The rest of the team was flying behind him, near enough that he could help them if necessary, but far enough away for Micah to fight freely. Already a half dozen of the bird monsters and a single brensen had tried to attack...
2023-01-11 15:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostMicah gripped his spear with his right hand, grasping hold of the scepter with his left in order to take mental control over two of the crystal spears that sat in the bandoleer on his back.
“So Princess,” he said tightly, eyes locked on the battle fortress. “Do we have a conting...
2023-01-11 15:06:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle unfolded in slow motion as Micah watched. Squares of soldiers, each a thousand strong, marched from both sides toward the river, forming battle lines on its banks to prevent the other side from finding a shallow stretch and chancing a crossing. Periodically the flash of spe...
2023-01-11 15:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostMicah’s horse fidgeted underneath him, spooked by the giant war lizard to his right. He wasn’t sure whether or not the monster was a mutation of something natural or dungeon-born, but now that he knew what to look for, it was clear that it had a faint taste of Elsewhere on its ponderous...
2023-01-11 15:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostOne shout calling for a runner to alert the rest of the army later, and Micah was off. He abandoned his horse, casting Flight on himself, Leeka, Drekt, Trevor, Esther and Eris and taking to the air. The spell cost some mana, but it was faster than a horse. Maybe not on ...
2023-01-11 15:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post“I appreciate the horses,” Trevor prattled, “but given that you’re somehow best friend with Sandrovok’s royal family, would carriages have been too much to ask for?”
Micah pursed his lips. The entire Silver Wolves guild was mounted, a not insignificant expense in time of p...
2023-01-11 15:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostThey opened their eyes. The world swirled around them, the metallic tang of mana attacking their senses. They were on their back, cold stones digging into their shoulder-blades and spine.
“Micah!” A voice was calling a name. Both were familiar.
Click. ...
2023-01-01 00:16:25 +0000 UTC View PostKarin flinched as one of the wards on her anti scrying bracelet flared to life. Temporal and soul magic. Rare magics on their own, but unheard of together.
She set down her pen, leaving the notebook where she had been performing calculations. Her ritual could wait. R...
2023-01-01 00:15:44 +0000 UTC View PostKylie opened her eyes. The room was warm, the large fireplace crackling with flames despite the summer heat assured that.
She sat up slowly, bones creaking in protest against the movement. Her blanket fell away revealing wrinkled skin and thin night clothes that almost seemed a full s...
2023-01-01 00:15:00 +0000 UTC View PostSnow. It fell gently from the sky, drifting in the garden outside while Victoria stoked the fire. Andres lifted his morning tea to his mouth, taking a sip and smiling at the peaceful scene outside.
Grene’s Corner wasn’t a large village. 500 or so citizens lived in the ...
2023-01-01 00:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostMicah twisted his hands together impatiently. Servants were bringing in another stack of reagents, piling crystal rods and candles rendered from the tallow of powerful monsters onto a nearby table. At his feet, 20 chunks of glass, all pulled from the desert sand after his fight with t...
2023-01-01 00:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostMicah’s spear flashed upward, blowing a hole in the luoca’s torso. It blinked at him once in surprise before collapsing to the sand beside him.
He rolled to his feet, fighting through the wave of vertigo that washed over him. Daemons raged across the abandoned village. ...
2023-01-01 00:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post“No,” Dakkora replied, barely suppressing an eye roll. “I am not an evil spirit haunting our crown that is trying to possess your body.”
“I apologize,” she continued, slipping to a seat in one of the couches, “I said that we were smart enough to know what was going on, b...
2023-01-01 00:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe madame, a sixty year old woman with gray hair and crafty eyes, ushered the two of them into a sitting room.
Micah frowned, he couldn’t remember having ever been in a better furnished room than he was right now, but at the same time, everything seemed… tawdry? The couches were ...
2023-01-01 00:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post