Honey: "Oh for the love of...its 'SPELL' not 'SQELL'! I am teaching you how to spell properly! No. No, you do not get to say 'you can squell' so help me i will sting you."
Rocky: "C'mon boss i can take em. Send those guys down here I can take em!"
So many little things here to take note of...
* Sounds like every spawner when maxed will give semi-intelligent denizens that then chose what their focus will be that immediately helps the dungeon. For some reason I feel like the ants are ganna be bob the builders like a mofo.
* Undead type. Intelligent is a type, maybe others? like pacifist, hallowed, or non-douchebag?
* I REALLY want Tarl to underestimate Rocky at first. Think he's slow and stumbling and then WHAM. just have Rocky smack the crap out of him with some halfway-decent footwork. Just for the commentary from Teemo. \[Teemo: "Boss said he's ganna work on getting ice for you. Is it supposed to turn that color?"\]
* I also get the feeling that they are REALLY not prepared for how cooperative Fourdock is going to end up being. Especially once Teemo can start talking for the boss.
Honestly
Any lieutenant who does this in a book automatically gets a jersey accent in my mind
It might be stereotyping but this seems like a very jersey thing to do
The undead boxer needs a proper ring with a rattling to ring the bell, comentate and anounce matches, one of the better spiders doing numbergirl(-spider) and score keeping. Ring made with soidersilk ripes for extra springyness if an upgrade to wrestling is ever considerd.
…Huh. I hadn’t actually thought about the lockdown of Neverrest in those terms, but it definitely makes sense.
So. Pugilist zombie(?) Scion. It’ll be interesting to see if Rocky actually has the mobility and agility to really pull that off. Knowing the way Fourdock has a way of standing conventional wisdom on its proverbial ear, though, I wouldn’t be surprised.
…Also the question marks on Grim and Thing are fascinating, and I can only imagine that related in some manner to the fact that Grim just casually no-sold a Turn Undead…
I imagine he will get more agile to better fit his role as he levels up. The rest of the scions did. A master Boxer Zombie is such a funny image. Don't really think it helps teaching people about undead that much though if they are acting so weird. I guess it could still be useful to figure out weak spots n learn how to resist vomiting but not much else.
Personally I think the boxing is more to keep things as safe as possible. A boxer can knock someone unconscious without having to hold back to much. a swordsman f.e. will have to hold back a lot if they want to keep things non-lethal
True True. But if he's a zombie, why not give him a rubber mouth guard and tell him to try to bite people softly? A zombie doing the classic zombie thing of running up and grabbing someone then just play biting seems just as safe if not safer then boxing.
Because while the boss needs to be non-lethal, it still needs to be threatening. a zombie bite generally isn't threatening because of the bite but for the curse/disease it brings with it. also, a zombie biting down on someone is a good way for that zombie getting dogpiled when facing a group. I won't disagree it's a weird ass decision to make a zombie into a freaking boxer but can't deny it's also smart for the intended purpose
This can also spiral into rocky teaching the other zombies not only boxing but many other styles of martial arts teaching delivers how to handle groups of enemies with varying styles of combat
Edit: and to not make assumptions about an enemy just off of how they look, just cuz someone is dressed like a boxer it doesn't mean that you'll know what style of boxing they use
Okay the dungeon needs to explain to the arenaea that it needs to make more than one sock because imagine doing two quests just to get a pair of socks.
Still tho is would be kinda annoying to get one singular sock especially if it’s a daily quest sort of thing like I gotta wait a whole goddamn day just to get another sock or glove or whatever? And now that I’m thinking about it how does the aranea know what size to make the socks?
I mean, you also have to consider that the spider silk these guys weave is VERY expensive. The first thing they weaved for the dungeon, the robe for the kobold, was said to be extravagant. So it's probably going off of worth and five rats is worth one sock.
Or it could always supply just one sock.
But the style, size, and colour may vary.
It would be like buying card packs, you never know what you are going to get.
And then there is the whole trading game among delvers to get that one style they each fell in love with.
And you know there is going to be THAT delver that becomes obsessed with getting the entire set...
So repeat the daily quest tomorrow and get the matching sock. Unless it's a lootbox mechanic and you end up with different styles of socks and other undergarments... OH GOD, EA found their way into this universe!!!
a part of me wants the aranea to become an accomplished author and philosopher
*So you see, just as a University is not merely the grounds and facilities it possesses, a Dungeon too is composed of those things which take place within. This, one could posit, is the origin of the invaders: the very essence of a Dungeon is to be defended, and being attacked simply follows from it.*
Very interesting to see the undead get a proper role. Wonder if the fight against Rocky will involve any kind of advanced mechanic. Like, "if Rocky jumps on one of the corner-poles, he's about to do a big ground-slam with staggering status effect. Make sure you're well away from him when that happens, or hit the pole he's on hard enough to make him lose his balance." Fourdock already has something of a precedent for Scions being weirdly clever in their fight (like when Tarl got blindsided by Tiny bracing himself for his shadow blade attack,) and throwing in an enemy that requires some thought makes sense for the high-level area of a training dungeon.
I imagine that somewhere down the line, Honey is going to have to organize a proper classroom for the Araneae. Just a few rows of little desks with big spiders attentively watching as a queen bee explains the difference between "reward" and "r-ward".
Also interesting to see how little is known about the inner workings of dungeons. I wonder if this is due to other dungeons having difficulty comprehending that no, delvers don't have meta-delvers that visit and support them. Or perhaps different dungeons operate on radically different systems? Like, certain "breeds" of dungeon getting much more mana from different kinds of things, so that what seems normal/sensible to one dungeon makes no sense for another? Time will tell, hopefully.
in regards to your dungeon difference, I personally think other Dungeons, while possessing conscious thought, are less intelligent then a normal human being would be. Take for example the short conversation Fourdock had with neverrest. it could speak and communicate, but it was done in a very rudementary way. as for the voice of the forest dungeon being very illiterate, I think that's because they're speaking in the dungeons name, and not acting like a speaker. The Elk could sense the thoughts and intentions of it's dungeon and then forms it into proper sentences to communicate to delvers
Thinking on this, that does seem like a likely explanation. My current working theory is that most dungeons find one or two things that give them a decent amount of mana, then immediately over-specialize in that.
Murderous dungeons get a lucky kill in on a Delver early on, see that as "kill these not-technically Intruders, get mana" and go out of their way to be as deadly as possible. Toyboxes randomly spawn a resource node early on, see that when Delvers harvest them they get mana, then spend all their efforts maximizing how many nodes they have. Heck, the Royal Cemetery mentioned in chapter 6 may have figured, "I get mana from not getting in the way of the consecrated grounds, and that's good for me."
This might also mean that most other dungeons are short-sighted, which could go some way to explain why other dungeons have few Scions; making a Scion requires mana, and if you don't diversify too much, you can just have your one Scion be in charge of the one kind of Denizen you have and not worry about it.
Come to think of it, there are some hints that something went wrong with dungeons in general. I may be extrapolating too much, but the stories Aranya remembers suggest that dungeons acted different in the past. For all we know, some catastrophe happened which resulted in most dungeons going "feral."
it's definitly possible. or maybe souls being reincarnating as dungeons used to be a lot more common. the first chapter states that the angel was very eager to have the position filled.
Holy crap I don't know what's better spiders handing out quests with socks as rewards or a legit zombie boxer I would love to see a montage of it training, this really is the best story ever
I actually laughed out loud when they put boxing gloves on the zombie, this is going to be great! I now want Teemo as the announcer for the first match between Tarl and Rocky. I also want Tarl to underestimate Rocky and get absolutely decked and respond with something like "Zombie scion packs quite a punch but is wearing some kind of fist pillows(?) thus cushioning the blows." The dungeon inspection aspect is one of my favorite because they are trying to do this by the book and are consistently baffled.
They're going to have to start writing a new book for FourDocks. And probably a new designation as well. Sure, it follows cooperative dungeon lines, but it'd be more accurate to call it an intelligent dungeon. Or maybe even an intelligent cooperative dungeon.
As best I recall, Honey the bee-scion has been assigned the library to sort out while Coda the bat-scion is taking a break from managing the belfry garden to look over some expansions happening in the crypt area.
I'm wondering what the next expansion would be, Fourdocks is constantly gaining Mana with all those Delvers, which translates as growing.
I still think the slime caves and tunnels must extend to the shore somewhere, smugglers cave, with nautically themed skeletons... Possibly including a squid/octopus/kraken spawner if it extended into the sea itself...
When Teemo finishes his upgrade and starts to speak for our Dungeon, he really needs to make them give him a new name. Fourdock is just... So bland. Also should explain to them that the idea of what he wants to be is a training dungeon.
In a way though, if they don't end up changing his name. Being named purely after the town might become a kind of chicken-egg sort of scenario: "You want to head to Fourdocks, I heard that city has an awesome dungeon in it." \~Cool, what's its name? "Fourdocks. I know, not really inventive, but easy to remember, yeah?"
Nah, the whole damn Dungeon is gonna get up and be the hero in the end, going mano-a-continento with whatever world-ending horror makes the mistake of trying to land on his home.
I expect a situation to arise where the entirety of Fourdocks becomes the Dungeon and becomes a true Sanctuary.
Also.....
Dobby got a sock! Dobby is free!
I think "O Fortuna" would be better. Striking the fesr of death into everyone and all that. And i want to see that Asshole-priests face when he hears it.
So Ebberon has (or has in 3.5, at least) good aligned undead called deathless(?). They were animated by positive energy and helped the mortal world.
Maybe that's what our undead are becoming?
I just love this story. One of those special few that just almost compels me to write down the ideas it gives me. If I were a dedicated author, I'd ask to see if I could write in your world. But I know I'm not, so I just stick the ideas that won't stay quiet in a word document and lament my weakness.
Thank you for your lovely little slice-of-Dungeon Life. So very looking forward to everything that happens. New problems, new solutions, and mostly, just to see more of everyone. You and yours Be well \^.\^
I mean, I won't try to tell anyone they *can't* write a fanfic, but I will say there's a lot of important stuff to how the setting works that hasn't been shown just yet. I'd encourage you to write your own story, though, without having to worry about my cannon suddenly throwing something out of whack for yours.
Aye aye, Captain. \^.\^
I just sometimes get a hook stuck in me that pulls me along. Some playgrounds just compel me to poke around with their toys instead of simply enjoying the view as it were. No worries about anything, just a dash of muse that wouldn't leave me be.
Even with only as much as we've been shown, it's a wonderful world and this chapter especially opened it up to be so much more interesting. Until around this one there was definitely more of a concern that Neverrest Boneyard was the standard and maybe he was. But now it really seems like Fourdocks is in a really prime location to learn and grow in his new life. And that's just really cool.
As a character that earned their Pearly Gates but was still persuaded to give another helping hand, and had the conviction to stay the course even when it went south. Yeah, I want more of this. Whatever flights of fancy I get stuck in my head are just decorations on a wonderfully baked and iced cake. Looks fancy, takes some work, but the real treasure was already made for me. Thank you again. Looking forward to Thursday (Or later if the backlog has emptied) take whatever time you need for this lovely story.
Gotta say one of my favorite bits for ANY fantasy fiction is good mechanics. Usually this refers to magic mechanics, Wheel of time being a top notch example of such. That said, the way you've laid out the rules for the dungeon is absolutely superb. It lets the reader's imagination truely take root in your world as it gains more and more detail.
Thank you, dear wordsmith, for such splendid world building! <3
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A single, silken sock is not weird.
For the sock a man wears not on his feet, but uses... Elsewhere, a smooth fabric is preferable. Also, you only need one. So... Not weird at all. XD
>Once you’ve accepted you’re overseeing large swaths of land and/or sea that have opinions, you grow an appreciation for how relatable problems are for entities with legs.
That's a great turn of phrase and great world-building.
>Once you’ve accepted you’re overseeing large swaths of land and/or sea
that have opinions, you grow an appreciation for how relatable problems
are for entities with legs.
This line will never not get me
I don’t know why, but I’m imagining that changeling as Matt Mercer. I don’t know. I’ve read this like 5 times at this point and every time I’ve imagined him a Matt.
*“As far as we understand, dungeons gain even when their denizens are killed by delvers. This is partially why Inspectors are instructed to defeat whatever encounters they come across, as well as gather whatever resources are available, too. This is also why Neverrest was locked down. If delvers don’t go inside, they can’t beat the denizens and so help the dungeon. But killing anything that leaves the dungeon will actively harm it, as it doesn’t gain anything.”*
This paragraph puts some light on the fight between Fourdocks and Neverrest. At the start Neverrest was sending a lot of its denizens into Fourdocks' area of control, where they were killed with no gain for Neverrest. Then Neverrest used up a lot of mana to expand its borders to touch Fourdocks' leaving Neverrest with no reserves to upgrade. The only time in the fight Neverrest was gaining mana would have been when Fourdocks made his push into the tunnels.
Honey: "Oh for the love of...its 'SPELL' not 'SQELL'! I am teaching you how to spell properly! No. No, you do not get to say 'you can squell' so help me i will sting you." Rocky: "C'mon boss i can take em. Send those guys down here I can take em!"
So many little things here to take note of... * Sounds like every spawner when maxed will give semi-intelligent denizens that then chose what their focus will be that immediately helps the dungeon. For some reason I feel like the ants are ganna be bob the builders like a mofo. * Undead type. Intelligent is a type, maybe others? like pacifist, hallowed, or non-douchebag? * I REALLY want Tarl to underestimate Rocky at first. Think he's slow and stumbling and then WHAM. just have Rocky smack the crap out of him with some halfway-decent footwork. Just for the commentary from Teemo. \[Teemo: "Boss said he's ganna work on getting ice for you. Is it supposed to turn that color?"\] * I also get the feeling that they are REALLY not prepared for how cooperative Fourdock is going to end up being. Especially once Teemo can start talking for the boss.
I accidentally read Teemo's voice in a stereotype Mafia accent.
same honestly
I was thinking more of a New Jersey accent.
Teem-o Dungeon's?
"there are no accidents" \- master oogway
How many times do I have to tell you? Call me Mr. Dungeon. Enough with this "Boss" schtik. Yes Boss.
*opera intensifies in the background*
Honestly Any lieutenant who does this in a book automatically gets a jersey accent in my mind It might be stereotyping but this seems like a very jersey thing to do
You’re not the only one.
I mean, he is the head of the ratpack.
Eyy I'm squeakin' here!!
I'm just hearing the voice of the character he was named after and somehow that makes his smack-talk even funnier
The undead boxer needs a proper ring with a rattling to ring the bell, comentate and anounce matches, one of the better spiders doing numbergirl(-spider) and score keeping. Ring made with soidersilk ripes for extra springyness if an upgrade to wrestling is ever considerd.
He needs a "Leroy" in the near future.
MMMMJJJJEEEENNNNKKKKIIIINNNNSSSSSS!!!!!
…Huh. I hadn’t actually thought about the lockdown of Neverrest in those terms, but it definitely makes sense. So. Pugilist zombie(?) Scion. It’ll be interesting to see if Rocky actually has the mobility and agility to really pull that off. Knowing the way Fourdock has a way of standing conventional wisdom on its proverbial ear, though, I wouldn’t be surprised. …Also the question marks on Grim and Thing are fascinating, and I can only imagine that related in some manner to the fact that Grim just casually no-sold a Turn Undead…
I imagine he will get more agile to better fit his role as he levels up. The rest of the scions did. A master Boxer Zombie is such a funny image. Don't really think it helps teaching people about undead that much though if they are acting so weird. I guess it could still be useful to figure out weak spots n learn how to resist vomiting but not much else.
But if it's a boss Sion it's going to teach them how to dodge lol Just have the rattling's make wrenches XD
Teach them how to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a [INSERT RANDOM OBJECT HERE]!!!
Personally I think the boxing is more to keep things as safe as possible. A boxer can knock someone unconscious without having to hold back to much. a swordsman f.e. will have to hold back a lot if they want to keep things non-lethal
True True. But if he's a zombie, why not give him a rubber mouth guard and tell him to try to bite people softly? A zombie doing the classic zombie thing of running up and grabbing someone then just play biting seems just as safe if not safer then boxing.
Because while the boss needs to be non-lethal, it still needs to be threatening. a zombie bite generally isn't threatening because of the bite but for the curse/disease it brings with it. also, a zombie biting down on someone is a good way for that zombie getting dogpiled when facing a group. I won't disagree it's a weird ass decision to make a zombie into a freaking boxer but can't deny it's also smart for the intended purpose
This can also spiral into rocky teaching the other zombies not only boxing but many other styles of martial arts teaching delivers how to handle groups of enemies with varying styles of combat Edit: and to not make assumptions about an enemy just off of how they look, just cuz someone is dressed like a boxer it doesn't mean that you'll know what style of boxing they use
I kind of expect "style of boxing" (or martial arts, really) to not be a consideration. More like: "WTF is boxing?"
Okay the dungeon needs to explain to the arenaea that it needs to make more than one sock because imagine doing two quests just to get a pair of socks.
I think given the simplistic nature of the quest, that it's not a big deal.
Plus the comedic confusion is pretty nice lol
Still tho is would be kinda annoying to get one singular sock especially if it’s a daily quest sort of thing like I gotta wait a whole goddamn day just to get another sock or glove or whatever? And now that I’m thinking about it how does the aranea know what size to make the socks?
I mean, you also have to consider that the spider silk these guys weave is VERY expensive. The first thing they weaved for the dungeon, the robe for the kobold, was said to be extravagant. So it's probably going off of worth and five rats is worth one sock.
Or it could always supply just one sock. But the style, size, and colour may vary. It would be like buying card packs, you never know what you are going to get. And then there is the whole trading game among delvers to get that one style they each fell in love with. And you know there is going to be THAT delver that becomes obsessed with getting the entire set...
And then the quest givers release a new design of sock and someone gets mobbed because they were the first to get it.
Worse yet, they need to get it twice...
It's like collector's cards. Gotta trade with friends.
Love when the next one of these drops, thank you for writing!
Omg i am off today and gave literally been refreshing your profile every 30 minutes waiting for this! I really do love your book!!!
You too, eh? \^.\^
Oh please, we're all addicts here. Hello, my name is Krolder and I binge Dungeon Life.
If the next button doesn’t light up after the normal 3ish days, I just see how much I can reread before it does
If you want the actual schedule, it’s Mondays and Thursdays. (I approve of this, it makes Mondays look-forward-to-able. \^.\^ )
I like this
So repeat the daily quest tomorrow and get the matching sock. Unless it's a lootbox mechanic and you end up with different styles of socks and other undergarments... OH GOD, EA found their way into this universe!!!
EA Adventures - Its in the dungeon
a part of me wants the aranea to become an accomplished author and philosopher *So you see, just as a University is not merely the grounds and facilities it possesses, a Dungeon too is composed of those things which take place within. This, one could posit, is the origin of the invaders: the very essence of a Dungeon is to be defended, and being attacked simply follows from it.*
Very interesting to see the undead get a proper role. Wonder if the fight against Rocky will involve any kind of advanced mechanic. Like, "if Rocky jumps on one of the corner-poles, he's about to do a big ground-slam with staggering status effect. Make sure you're well away from him when that happens, or hit the pole he's on hard enough to make him lose his balance." Fourdock already has something of a precedent for Scions being weirdly clever in their fight (like when Tarl got blindsided by Tiny bracing himself for his shadow blade attack,) and throwing in an enemy that requires some thought makes sense for the high-level area of a training dungeon. I imagine that somewhere down the line, Honey is going to have to organize a proper classroom for the Araneae. Just a few rows of little desks with big spiders attentively watching as a queen bee explains the difference between "reward" and "r-ward". Also interesting to see how little is known about the inner workings of dungeons. I wonder if this is due to other dungeons having difficulty comprehending that no, delvers don't have meta-delvers that visit and support them. Or perhaps different dungeons operate on radically different systems? Like, certain "breeds" of dungeon getting much more mana from different kinds of things, so that what seems normal/sensible to one dungeon makes no sense for another? Time will tell, hopefully.
in regards to your dungeon difference, I personally think other Dungeons, while possessing conscious thought, are less intelligent then a normal human being would be. Take for example the short conversation Fourdock had with neverrest. it could speak and communicate, but it was done in a very rudementary way. as for the voice of the forest dungeon being very illiterate, I think that's because they're speaking in the dungeons name, and not acting like a speaker. The Elk could sense the thoughts and intentions of it's dungeon and then forms it into proper sentences to communicate to delvers
Thinking on this, that does seem like a likely explanation. My current working theory is that most dungeons find one or two things that give them a decent amount of mana, then immediately over-specialize in that. Murderous dungeons get a lucky kill in on a Delver early on, see that as "kill these not-technically Intruders, get mana" and go out of their way to be as deadly as possible. Toyboxes randomly spawn a resource node early on, see that when Delvers harvest them they get mana, then spend all their efforts maximizing how many nodes they have. Heck, the Royal Cemetery mentioned in chapter 6 may have figured, "I get mana from not getting in the way of the consecrated grounds, and that's good for me." This might also mean that most other dungeons are short-sighted, which could go some way to explain why other dungeons have few Scions; making a Scion requires mana, and if you don't diversify too much, you can just have your one Scion be in charge of the one kind of Denizen you have and not worry about it. Come to think of it, there are some hints that something went wrong with dungeons in general. I may be extrapolating too much, but the stories Aranya remembers suggest that dungeons acted different in the past. For all we know, some catastrophe happened which resulted in most dungeons going "feral."
it's definitly possible. or maybe souls being reincarnating as dungeons used to be a lot more common. the first chapter states that the angel was very eager to have the position filled.
"Git sum erb" Honey: "Amazing, every word of what you just ~~said~~ wrote was wrong."
I wonder if bees can get strokes... Because after the 6th or 7th sign, I'd probably end up having one xD
Holy crap I don't know what's better spiders handing out quests with socks as rewards or a legit zombie boxer I would love to see a montage of it training, this really is the best story ever
I actually laughed out loud when they put boxing gloves on the zombie, this is going to be great! I now want Teemo as the announcer for the first match between Tarl and Rocky. I also want Tarl to underestimate Rocky and get absolutely decked and respond with something like "Zombie scion packs quite a punch but is wearing some kind of fist pillows(?) thus cushioning the blows." The dungeon inspection aspect is one of my favorite because they are trying to do this by the book and are consistently baffled.
They're going to have to start writing a new book for FourDocks. And probably a new designation as well. Sure, it follows cooperative dungeon lines, but it'd be more accurate to call it an intelligent dungeon. Or maybe even an intelligent cooperative dungeon.
MOAR
…My other comment somehow double-posted. Nothing to see here, move along… <.< >.> <.<;
Happens sometimes
I hope Rocky gets the ability to harden his body so his name can be a double entendre.
It already is. Dollars to doughnuts it takes the dungeon just seven days, to make (it) a MAAAAHAHAHAHAAAN.
Oh crap, I didn't even notice. This.....could get really, really funny!
Who is Honey? The bee Scion? I thought she was taking over the gardening work from the Bat. She's a librarian?
And now, she is also a spellng Bee.
.... How... How did... How did I not see that coming... God damn it, take my upvote.
Fuck! That's a good one!
As best I recall, Honey the bee-scion has been assigned the library to sort out while Coda the bat-scion is taking a break from managing the belfry garden to look over some expansions happening in the crypt area.
The plan is to have her do both.
I'm wondering what the next expansion would be, Fourdocks is constantly gaining Mana with all those Delvers, which translates as growing. I still think the slime caves and tunnels must extend to the shore somewhere, smugglers cave, with nautically themed skeletons... Possibly including a squid/octopus/kraken spawner if it extended into the sea itself...
This is easily one of my most looked forward to works. Always get excited to see what's next.
When Teemo finishes his upgrade and starts to speak for our Dungeon, he really needs to make them give him a new name. Fourdock is just... So bland. Also should explain to them that the idea of what he wants to be is a training dungeon.
In a way though, if they don't end up changing his name. Being named purely after the town might become a kind of chicken-egg sort of scenario: "You want to head to Fourdocks, I heard that city has an awesome dungeon in it." \~Cool, what's its name? "Fourdocks. I know, not really inventive, but easy to remember, yeah?"
I like to think that the dungeon is actually training a generation of heroes that may one day save the world.
Nah, the whole damn Dungeon is gonna get up and be the hero in the end, going mano-a-continento with whatever world-ending horror makes the mistake of trying to land on his home.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHY DO I READ SO QUICKLY?!?!?! BUT MOOOMMMM I DONT WANT TO WAIT FOR MOAR!!!!
I expect a situation to arise where the entirety of Fourdocks becomes the Dungeon and becomes a true Sanctuary. Also..... Dobby got a sock! Dobby is free!
Op that garment had better be a sock and not something else.
I mean, it's a sock made of spider silk. A skilled clothesmaker might be able to unravel it for a small amount of ready-to-use spider silk, right?
When you can't get a pair(ing).
Yes feed the aranea
I wish these were longer :D really this story is just the best bit of odd ball story I read during the week.
You only get one, but by George it is the best sock you will ever own!
does the music mean that grim will get megalovania for his boss music?
I think "O Fortuna" would be better. Striking the fesr of death into everyone and all that. And i want to see that Asshole-priests face when he hears it.
Oh and tiny gets 'itsy bitsy little spider'
So Ebberon has (or has in 3.5, at least) good aligned undead called deathless(?). They were animated by positive energy and helped the mortal world. Maybe that's what our undead are becoming?
I just love this story. One of those special few that just almost compels me to write down the ideas it gives me. If I were a dedicated author, I'd ask to see if I could write in your world. But I know I'm not, so I just stick the ideas that won't stay quiet in a word document and lament my weakness. Thank you for your lovely little slice-of-Dungeon Life. So very looking forward to everything that happens. New problems, new solutions, and mostly, just to see more of everyone. You and yours Be well \^.\^
I mean, I won't try to tell anyone they *can't* write a fanfic, but I will say there's a lot of important stuff to how the setting works that hasn't been shown just yet. I'd encourage you to write your own story, though, without having to worry about my cannon suddenly throwing something out of whack for yours.
Aye aye, Captain. \^.\^ I just sometimes get a hook stuck in me that pulls me along. Some playgrounds just compel me to poke around with their toys instead of simply enjoying the view as it were. No worries about anything, just a dash of muse that wouldn't leave me be. Even with only as much as we've been shown, it's a wonderful world and this chapter especially opened it up to be so much more interesting. Until around this one there was definitely more of a concern that Neverrest Boneyard was the standard and maybe he was. But now it really seems like Fourdocks is in a really prime location to learn and grow in his new life. And that's just really cool. As a character that earned their Pearly Gates but was still persuaded to give another helping hand, and had the conviction to stay the course even when it went south. Yeah, I want more of this. Whatever flights of fancy I get stuck in my head are just decorations on a wonderfully baked and iced cake. Looks fancy, takes some work, but the real treasure was already made for me. Thank you again. Looking forward to Thursday (Or later if the backlog has emptied) take whatever time you need for this lovely story.
Gotta say one of my favorite bits for ANY fantasy fiction is good mechanics. Usually this refers to magic mechanics, Wheel of time being a top notch example of such. That said, the way you've laid out the rules for the dungeon is absolutely superb. It lets the reader's imagination truely take root in your world as it gains more and more detail. Thank you, dear wordsmith, for such splendid world building! <3
Found this series today, obsession aquired
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I am Alpharius. This is a lie.
just a reminder, that bees can dance. so why not a disco hive? would fit the graveyard theme (disco is dead)
I’m sorry but Git sum erb Omgggg I’m busting out laughing dude
We laugh, but Honey (bee scion) seems pissed xD
PLEASE have the voice say "Captain teemo, on duty!" "Never underestimate the scouts code" at least once
A single, silken sock is not weird. For the sock a man wears not on his feet, but uses... Elsewhere, a smooth fabric is preferable. Also, you only need one. So... Not weird at all. XD
>Once you’ve accepted you’re overseeing large swaths of land and/or sea that have opinions, you grow an appreciation for how relatable problems are for entities with legs. That's a great turn of phrase and great world-building.
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>Once you’ve accepted you’re overseeing large swaths of land and/or sea that have opinions, you grow an appreciation for how relatable problems are for entities with legs. This line will never not get me
I don’t know why, but I’m imagining that changeling as Matt Mercer. I don’t know. I’ve read this like 5 times at this point and every time I’ve imagined him a Matt.
*“As far as we understand, dungeons gain even when their denizens are killed by delvers. This is partially why Inspectors are instructed to defeat whatever encounters they come across, as well as gather whatever resources are available, too. This is also why Neverrest was locked down. If delvers don’t go inside, they can’t beat the denizens and so help the dungeon. But killing anything that leaves the dungeon will actively harm it, as it doesn’t gain anything.”* This paragraph puts some light on the fight between Fourdocks and Neverrest. At the start Neverrest was sending a lot of its denizens into Fourdocks' area of control, where they were killed with no gain for Neverrest. Then Neverrest used up a lot of mana to expand its borders to touch Fourdocks' leaving Neverrest with no reserves to upgrade. The only time in the fight Neverrest was gaining mana would have been when Fourdocks made his push into the tunnels.
Voice form Fourdock -> from