Month: September 2017

I didn’t manage to fall asleep until Fenn snaked a lazy hand under the covers and laid it across my chest. I don’t know if she did that by instinct, accident, elf luck, or because she’d woken up enough to see me staring at the ceiling and thinking, but either way, it was a comfort. […]

Tiff had taken to driving me home after D&D. She didn’t live anywhere near me, but she’d said she lived so far out in the country that the extra few miles didn’t matter to her, and I naturally accepted the rides, because she was Tiff. “I have a question about the unicorns,” she said. “Unicorns […]

I came to in a warm bed. The last thing I remembered was planting my mouth on a unicorn wound and sucking out its blood. No, there was something after that, Fenn putting her weight on my chest and smiling, that was it. When I looked over, I saw her in bed beside me, curled […]

We teleported into the Aon Adharc Glen fully armored and with weapons drawn. If not for the fact that a murderous unicorn was there, I probably would have found it pleasant. Birch trees stuck up from knee-high grass, with little yellow flowers poking up in small clusters and blue butterflies flapping their wings as they […]

Skill increased: Blood Magic lvl 20! (Skill can no longer be increased by amateur training.) New Virtue: Hypertension! Skill increased: Athletics lvl 20! (Skill can no longer be increased by amateur training.) New Virtue: Long-distance Runner! I stopped using Sanguine Surge with every step once I was down a thousand drops of blood. I’d had […]

After a moment of blinding pain passed by, I blinked and took in my surroundings, looking for witnesses or threats. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw none, and slowly straightened up. The moment of crisis had gone by in an instant, because now if someone found us where we shouldn’t have been, […]

It took me some time to collect myself. I ended up putting two points into PHY and another one point into LUK, a balancing of short term survival against long term gains. It was a choice I had made before getting that message from above the game layer, but I was even more certain about […]

While Fenn and Grak continued magic item testing, I stared at my character sheet and tried to determine how I was going to spend my points. What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, no, that was the wrong question. The real question was the proper way to minmax, given the information […]

We had to wake Amaryllis back up for a look at the loot, because the heirlooms were keyed to her, which meant that she was the one that could activate them or, alternately, use investiture to give them over to us. “Rope first,” I said. “I want to see whether that’s Ropey.” Fenn picked up […]

PHY 7 6 POW 18 Unarmed Combat 18 One-handed Weapons 15 Two-handed Weapons 15 Improvised Weapons 6 SPD 15 Thrown Weapons 15 Dual Wield 12 Pistols 12 Bows 6 END 12 Rifles 0 Shotguns 18 Parry 18 Athletics MEN 5 4 CUN 18 Dodge 12 Engineering 0 Alchemy 0 Smithing 4 KNO 0 Woodworking 0 […]

“Nice to see you too,” said Fenn. “You’re welcome.” Grak dropped to one knee. “Princess Amaryllis, I am honored to make your acquaintance.” “We need to go,” I said. “No telling how long until he gets back.” I turned to Fenn. “I’m a fan of glove-out-the-window.” “My things are in his vault,” said Amaryllis. “It’s […]

We went into Trifles Tower through the service entrance two days later, with only minor deterioration to my condition, after Grak spent ten tense minutes with his wand against the wards, subverting or changing them somehow. We’d watched the outside for long enough to get a sense of what people wore; the bottom two thirds […]

Grakhuil Leadbraids was at the Impish Inn before us, and when we arrived he led us into a back room with a nod to the barkeep and a grimace at the caged imp that served as the tavern mascot. “I sold my profession for this room,” said Grak with a sniff as he sat down […]

Skill Unlocked: Art! Skill Increased: Art lvl 6! (Skill capped at triple the value of primary stat CHA.) Skill Increased: Skin Magic lvl 10! New Virtue: Shifting Skin! Skill Increased: Skin Magic lvl 12! (Skill capped at triple the value of primary stat KNO.) Icy Devil: Wreaths your hand in ice, imbuing it with the […]

There are many places that one might start the story of Uther Penndraig, but to understand the man he became, it is best to go through his life as he did, one year at a time. He was born Isiah of Colm, in a farming village so small that last names were not yet in […]