Macronomicon

WotR Chapter 32: Stocking Up.

Calvin stooped as he stepped into the AlchemistÂ’s shop, wrinkling his nose at the acrid fumes swirling through the tiny room. The shopÂ’s ceiling was oppressively low, and he felt like he was going to bump his head at any moment.

Other than the size and the malodorous content, the shop looked like any other well-kept establishment, with racks of nonvaluable alchemical products near the door, and the more interesting or dangerous stuff within cupboards behind a locked iron grate ...

WotR Bad Skills

I also need suggestions for Bad Skills and bad skill synergies. these will serve as cautionary tales and help flesh out the world and system. a side character might eventually have a particulary amusing combo.

off the cuff example, a cooking skill mixes with a fire starting skill and now you can't not burn your food.

Bad skills would generally be highly situational or impractical, not actively bad.

WotR The Onslaught of lore continues.

I need a small race that likes making tech or alchemy, basically a gnome or dwarf knock off, but they need to be rebranded, since everything in the story has had a pallete swap to allow us to pursue our own mythos.

So, if you comment, give me a name, physical description, and cultural quirk. I'll mix and match out of the suggestions to create new races and characters from those races.

Chapter 195: Miss Trial

Garth walked into the alien courtroom, wearing a prisoner badge that made it impossible to conceive of ---------Â…whatever it made it impossible to conceive of. His head was on a swivel, gawking at the many, many ways it was different from a human courtroom.

The entire thing seemed like it was built to house giants, for starters. There was an inordinate amount of room down the hall and between each and every seat, along with a ceiling that stretched fifty feet in the air, far eno...

WotR Chapter 31: God Sent

Karen watched as Elaine stood in front of the raised dais, trying to fix everything. Reggie stood in the corner, holding his daughter, barely a month old. The girl was already starting to regrow her tufts of black hair, while sheÂ’d been bald, sheÂ’d reminded Karen of a chubby Andrew.

Andrew was gone.

Karen blinked her tears away as she studied the marble platform inscribed with intricate spellwork, scrawled by the gods themselves.

The Kingdom of Malkenrovia was at th...

Chapter 194: Jailhouse rock (Explicit AF)

“My god,” Garth said with a groan as he collapsed into the downy alien bed. “Can you believe we’ve been having nonstop sex for the last two weeks?”

Alicia raised an eyebrow.

“You woke up yesterday.”

“Eh, it was worth a shot.”

Â….

Day 1:

She chuckled, her hand unconsciously traveling to the necklace Garth could just barely make out under her state-issued jumper, reassuring herself it was still there.

“What’s the necklace?”...

Butt stuff?

So I took a day off yesterday to refresh and think about what I wanna do with 2 weeks locked in a penthouse, and I woke up today still wanting to do an explicit chapter, then resume regular shenanigans afterward.

I mean, 2 people locked in a penthouse for 2 weeks? it's gonna happen.

Anyway, I just wanted to test the waters on how you guys feel about messing with her butt. So the choices are:

1. Garth introduces Alicia to the back door. (Regular stuff included)

2. Regul...

WotR war arc

1. Typical Japanese academy arc.

2. AndraÂ’s apprentice/eventual officer. (More field work)

Discord brainstorm.

Feels like I need to brainstorm the broad strokes for both stories. I'll be on discord or have my phone on me for the next...8-10 hours.

https://discord.gg/4RwUy6

Gonna do another dump

Gonna start dumping chapters publicly in the next day or so, so be prepared.

probably something like 15 Outer Sphere and 10 WotR, staggered so that WotR picks up a couple days after Outer Sphere starts.

WotR Chapter 30: Princess Sandwich

Cal was riding one of the carriageÂ’s guars as a Very Important Prisoner. Since his identity was still a secret, he was in the form of a handsome young Gadveran male who felt familiar to everyone, but no one could place.

Strangely enough, when he averaged peopleÂ’s features, he got a very attractive face. ItÂ’s said that ugly people are ugly in their own way, which meant those unique uglinesses were wiped out by other peopleÂ’s normal features. One person has a weird nose, but mo...

Chapter 193: Subpoena is hard to spell

The boob-cowboy glanced over and spotted Jim with a knife through his chest and half of his floating ribs torn away.

“Well, Shee-it, looks like I missed the party.” He said as he dismounted, spitting some dark brown chew off to the side. He turned back toward Alicia, his hands on his hips, wedding tackle flopping in the dusty wind. This all would have been fine with Garth had the man not been wearing the same idealized body as Garth’s. Obviously Dr. Daniels and he shared the s...

Chapter 29: Horseplay

Calvin recoiled backward.

“Shi-“

Splitting

0/11 Bent remaining

Calvin used the single Bent heÂ’d acquired over the last twelve hours of meditating to duplicate the door to the carriage, placing it between himself andÂ…whatever the hell that thing was.

The monster struck like a snake, lunging forward on a black, chitinous neck that hung out of the carriage, cinching the cage of teeth down around his makeshift shield.

Chapter 192: Gimmie a minute

Garth glanced up and saw some four hundred or so Dan Ui clan members floating in the sky, looking imperiously down on the chaos below. At the head of them was someone he actually recognized: Mareen, the Corio woman whoÂ’d almost killed him in order to avenge her apprentice.

I wonder how sheÂ’s doing nowadays.

Immortals were popping out of the woodwork.

“Cease this at once!” Her magically enhanced words blasted across the battlefield and for...

WotR Chapter 28: Catfight Averted

“Alright, listen up,” General Andra Kolein said, pacing in front of the hundred or so new recruits. “Your captain didn’t make it. He did however put his team in a position to win the highest honor in Gadvera. You are going to escort the royal family back to Mujenan and receive high accolades for the work you’ve done here.”

Her eyes snapped over to Farren, who had raised his hand.

“What?”

“Did we really do anything?” He said. “Last thing I remember we were c...

WotR Meditation lvl 5 vote

Abilities:

Shadow boxing: Allows the user to raise any Skill up to the level of Meditation, at 1/4 speed.

Useful for practicing Bent dependent skills or being imprisoned with time on your hands.

Disconnect: Allows the user to disconnect from their senses and the flow of time.

Useful for demon summoning, battles of Will, or retaining your sanity after a thousand years in prison.

Editor's choice!

2019-07-29 19:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Meditation hits level 5 today.

I have only come up with two ideas for Meditation.

Shadow Boxing: Allows a person to practice a skill in the mind.

Bent recharge: A simple, boring, flat boost to Bent regenration rate. (not too high) Max 20% or so.

Please suggest others!

Once we've got 4 or 5, we'll vote em.

Chapter 191: Marker

One by one, portals of every shape and size began to open as creatures began to step out into the dusty wasteland, their attention focused on two tiny men brawling in the center.

Alicia blinked the gum out of her eyes, her head feeling much better after a full nightÂ’s sleep. In front of her Mrs. Banyan was watching the TV with rapt attention.

“That’s umm…” Alicia said, her jaw dropping as she watched the chaos unfold on the screen in front of her. That was more non-hum...

WotR Chapter 27: Leroy Jenkins!

He turned and headed back to camp, mulling over the SystemÂ’s name. Elliot was a personÂ’s name, not a number or some kind of inhuman call-sign or anything. It was distinctly Malkenrovian in origin as well.

Like Calvin.

Cal set the pondering aside and headed back to the camp, behaving as similarly to the captain as he possibly could, given his limited experience with the man. It started to be a little fun, hooking his thumbs in his belt and acting like he knew what the hell...

Chapter 190: ItÂ’s all coming together

Garth sat down on his couch, put his feet up, and turned on the magical TV, cracking open an imported beer.

This particular kind was made by a dwarven worshipper of Beladia, and widely considered among the best in the Spheres.

“Oh, god damn,” Garth muttered in ecstasy, putting on an episode of Adventure Time. Work was done for the day, now it was time to relax. The Core was back in Grass’s keeping, providing Garth’s Command center with a sizeable upgrade, neither Tad no...

WotR Chapter 26: Captain Gadsint

Okay, how do we handle this cold-blooded murder in the most reliable way? Calvin thought glancing up. He had three Bent available, since he hadnÂ’t spent the one heÂ’d gotten from Ella last night. HeÂ’d gotten his second before bed, and one more late this morning. His next bent was only an hour or so away, but in a fight that wouldnÂ’t mean shit.

First, to use a Bent to escape the cage. Do or not do? If he used a bent he could duplicate the key that was hanging on the si...

Chapter 189: Instant communication

Garth didnÂ’t really mind Half-nose having the core, or even using it to boost his spells. As long as the thing wasnÂ’t scrapped for parts by the end of this he could always get it back. Two factors kept Garth calm.

1. He was pseudo-immortal, and a little energy beam shenanigans wasnÂ’t gonna do anything,

2. Half-nose couldnÂ’t keep this up forever.

“Maybe we could have a civil conversation, ‘cuz I mean, the property damage is getting – ack!” Garth ducked hard eno...

WotR Chapter 25: Now I Gotta kill this Guy.

Cal sprinted up behind her as she lunged forward and jumped on her, dragging her to the ground, a crossbow bolt whizzing above his head.

“Wait!” he shouted in Gadveran, standing and raising his arms, feeling the strange prickling of a hundred different gazes with a hundred different emotions, swirling with confusion and suspicion, anger, readiness to hurt.

“Wait! I’m not Genosian, see?” He said, baring his teeth and pointing to them, keeping his foot firmly on Ella’s ...

Chapter 188: Motivation

LetÂ’s see, weÂ’ve got beardo, half-nose andÂ… the third Inquisitor didnÂ’t really have any obvious flaws, like a certain younger brother. WeÂ’ll call him Jim Junior.

Jim Junior leapt at GarthÂ’s back, and was blown away by a tiny purple and yellow potato flower that cast Force Shield.

Garth took the fraction of a second that rebound bought him to summon something flashy. If he wanted attention, this would probably do it.

Summon Nature Sp...