Staiven happily moves around his alchemy lab, glad to finally be able to put it through its paces after what feels like decades. Sure, he was able to shake the dust off when he tried to examine the so-called go-juice, but that didn't get him...
2022-11-21 01:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostIs it Christmas morning? Because it feels like Christmas morning. I don’t see any presents, but I can still feel that kind of tension in the air. I even make sure things are going smoothly for the two big potential problems, in...
2022-11-18 01:29:52 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s something in the air today, but I can’t place what it is. The bakery across the street isn’t making anything too special, as far as I can tell, though the delvers are of the opinion that everything there is special. &n...
2022-11-15 01:53:10 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I get started, I just want to take a quick moment to thank you all for reading and helping support me. When I first started writing Dungeon Life, I wasn't even sure I'd post it anywhere. Seeing the response has been almost overw...
2022-11-13 21:39:56 +0000 UTC View PostI watch through Leo’s eyes as he explores the woods, looking for a good spot to set up his FOB. It’s a bit of a grandiose name for what’s probably going to be a glorified hole in the ground. There’s quite a few divots in the si...
2022-11-11 01:21:57 +0000 UTC View Post____________
Leo
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Leo thinks as he prepares to go on his expedition. This is the most important thing the Alpha has asked him to do, and is possibly the most important thing he’s asked ...
2022-11-08 00:13:09 +0000 UTC View PostFor next sunday, I think I'll try answering various smaller questions people have. I've seen a lot of nudge suggestions that would be interesting to answer, but I don't know if I'd be able to write a full peek for. I'll keep looking at...
2022-11-07 00:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe young dungeon wonders if life is usually this eventful. She didn't get to experience very much time before her mentor showed up, and showed her how complicated existence can be.
At first, her mentor terrified her. Even that r...
2022-11-07 00:26:48 +0000 UTC View Post________________
Hullbreak Harbor, First Mate
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The great white prowls the waters, efficient movements seeming to be lazy with how easy they are for her. She watches the Invader as it defile...
2022-11-04 00:01:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter they recover and get some people down to deal with the scythemaw body, it starts to feel like scythemaw mania is about finished. Those three are considered pretty dang stronk and cautious, and if even they had to be bailed out...
2022-11-01 00:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostFreddie does his best to keep his nerves in check as the wolfkin leads him through the church. It's made a bit easier by the curious and friendly looks of the various people going about their business. Some are praying, some cleaning, ...
2022-10-31 00:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone stands around the dead scythemaw, trying to figure out the answer to Ragnar’s question: How will they get this thing out of here? It’s too big and heavy for them to lift, and even if they manage to cut it into pieces, t...
2022-10-27 23:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostI let the Trio enjoy their loot and look back at Aranya and the others. They’re still waiting, with Yvonne giving a bit of a play-by-play of the shifting hierarchy among the scythemaws.
Most seem to be more or less settled into their...
2022-10-25 00:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostOn a quiet night, a basket is left on the doorstep of the orphanage. The larger orc considers if this is the right thing to do... and has to conclude it is. The wrecked and raided caravan he found the baby in can't care for it, and he ...
2022-10-24 00:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostAranya, Yvonne, Ragnar, Aelara, and even Teemo are all for luring a scythemaw into Violet (who is also onboard, tentatively), but as they all sit down to plan, they realize something: how will they actually lure the scythe maw in?
“They di...
2022-10-21 02:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe a day after the dweller ceremony for the spiderkin, the scythemaws start leaving the water. It looks like the ones in the underswamps are a bit ahead of the schedule of the ones in the aquifer, or the aquifer ones are a bit slow. ...
2022-10-18 00:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostIn the hours before dawn, the tabby catkin enjoys a bit of quiet with a pipe and a book. Berdol feels he has a pretty good gig, especially now that Fourdock has a proper dungeon for people to gather in, rather than having to make long trips ...
2022-10-16 23:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post“Your minds are all made up, then?” asks Teemo of the aranea triumvirate, and the three spiderladies all nod. Folarn speaks first.
“Not just ours, but all of us in this Enclave. My fellow tarantulas are no stranger to diffi...
2022-10-14 00:53:56 +0000 UTC View PostWith the route to Hullbreak being scouted, you’d think the home front would be nice and quiet. Or at least I’d hope it’d be nice and quiet, but there are two things looking to ramp up. Firstly: we’re starting to see mo...
2022-10-11 00:28:31 +0000 UTC View PostGather, and hear the tale of how Rest came to be, and how a strange dungeon helped that. For you see, while many of the cities of the other races develop sewer dungeons after their founding, only Rest had a sewer dungeon before there was a c...
2022-10-09 23:15:19 +0000 UTC View PostTarl eventually calms down and heads home to recover. A good cry, er… rain shower can take a lot out of someone, but it’s good to let it all out sometimes. I can’t blame him for having complicated feelings about Hullbreak. ...
2022-10-06 23:02:28 +0000 UTC View PostLeo’s been working with the tundra wolves to get them into shape to actually go and help the Southwood, and I’ve been slowly absorbing the information Tarl gave me on it, as well as everything else. It takes time to properly process all ...
2022-10-04 00:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostCoda thinks about his title as he flies around in the tunnels, constantly checking and rechecking as progress on the scythemaw bypass continues. He probably spends more time considering his title than any of the other scions, with the possib...
2022-10-02 21:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostTeemo goes and gets Staiven so he and Queen can talk some shop. I’ll leave them to it, too. Queen knows what she should and shouldn’t relay, as does Teemo. She’s tried to talk some with me about alchemy, but it’s a bit ou...
2022-09-29 23:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe new day brings a new delver, and thankfully not of the scythemaw variety. It feels weird to have the old ratkin delving, but it sure looks like that’s what Old Staiven is planning to do. Looks like he’s warming up by checking t...
2022-09-27 00:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post
People have been asking for a map of Thedeim's territory for a while now, so I figured I should deliver something on that front. The scale and perspective are quite a bit off, but it should give a good idea of where everything is. Even...
2022-09-25 22:15:45 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been trying to get Tiny to help narrow down the window for the scythemaws to do their thing, but the big guy can’t get much of a read on them. He agrees that it’ll be soon, but he also says it seems like it won’t just start inst...
2022-09-23 00:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostAranya and Yvonne exchange a look when Teemo leads Tarl out, and it’s not difficult to tell what they’re thinking. Something spooked him, and spooked him good. I just can’t imagine what. He was unhappy about the affinity br...
2022-09-20 00:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostTitle.
Ok, more detail than that, heh. I jsut wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their support, and to put up a fresh nudge for more peek suggestions. It's been a while since the old one, so it's ...
2022-09-18 22:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a long time since any outsiders came. Only the adults remember what they look like in person. The children, and the teens, only have tales to go on, and even those tales are whispered. The Captain doesn't like talk of t...
2022-09-18 20:29:05 +0000 UTC View Post