William Oh seduced Holdna, the thousand-eyed goddess, and when when Granesh tried to kill him, he lured Granesh into the sky, where he should’ve been at a disadvantage.
In a surprise upset, he rallied Holdna’s family against Granesh in a battle that raged across the skies for eons. The stars themselves supported William Oh’s steps, clouding his enemy’s vision, overwhelming the God of Order with sheer numbers.
That is why the stars in the sky wink when...
2024-09-13 18:03:57 +0000 UTC
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On the fourth floor, disease and disadvantageous terrain is the name of the game, but we need some 4th Floor monsters.
So far we have:
relic worm - relic-eating worm swarm
swamp witch -swamp witch
Manekan burrowers-insects that burrow into flesh
Bloodsucker - giant mosquito
Adder - snek
Diseased Lumberer - Shambling Mound+disease
Dreamcatcher Vine- puts Climbers to sleep, they get killed and it feeds on the carrion
Any more?
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2024-09-12 14:39:33 +0000 UTC
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William Oh’s entire party caught their baptismal rotlung on the fourth floor and I swear to you, I saw him carrying all six of them on his back, plus their gear when he arrived at the Waystation. No joke, directly on his back.
Kid must have five Strength growth or something.
- Level 18 hunter
After Will discovered ‘leeches’, he decided to learn how to walk on wate...
2024-09-11 16:09:15 +0000 UTC
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Leeches once stole a few drops of William Oh’s rarified blood. They couldn’t handle its raw power and were transformed into miniature flaming versions of him, which went on to swarm the insects themselves, shooting them out of the sky in droves and giving them a taste of their own medicine.
- Jason Salazar
“This would probably work better with a rapier,” Will mused to himself as he buried ...
2024-09-09 17:46:04 +0000 UTC
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William oh once had a staring contest with Holdna. His gaze was so smoldering that the Thousand Eye Goddess was forced to blink.
The air was quiet in Bishop Gilder’s temple. The acolytes and priests tiptoed around him as he sat in the main hall, contemplating the nature of the war they were waging.
Order against chaos. Progress against collapse.
“It seems as though we were visited by Deceivers last night.” Bron Gilder mused to whoever was...
2024-09-06 15:19:35 +0000 UTC
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And lo, William Oh was delivered unto the hands of sinners, who crucified him, and on the third day, he rose again, crawling through a river of shit and coming out clean on the other side.
- Jason Salazar
“Hey, check this out,” Will said, pushing his foot against the surface of the water, which seemed to bend under his foot like he’d stepped on a gelatinous sweet.
“It seems like your...
2024-09-04 17:11:35 +0000 UTC
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William Oh is a master of the reverse-ambush. He once slept on a giant spring-trap and it made him breakfast in bed.
- Jason Salazar
Will’s eyes snapped open to the sound of an explosion.
In the dim starlight that filtered through the ornate windows, Will saw a steel blade sink through the mattress above directly in front of his face.
“Traps!”
“He’s not here!”
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2024-09-02 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once fought a giant atop a mountain on its sickly brother’s behalf, to regain his honor.
He buzzed like a gnat in the giant’s ear, effortlessly evading the Giant’s clutches. The giant’s wrath made his hair catch flame, and his wild swings shattered the mountainside, pelting William Oh with shards of stone that threatened to tear him to pieces, but William Oh tugged himself back together and turned into a lightning bolt, descending from on high to pierce t...
2024-08-30 17:35:08 +0000 UTC
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William Oh is gonna smash in here like a bolt of lightning on a clear day. He’s gonna cut through your ranks like a ballista bolt through softened butter!
You’ve poked the bear. You’re swimming with the hippos. You’re out of your league, out of your depth, and you’re gonna drown in a pool of your own blood!
He’s not gonna stand for this!
You don’t just kidnap a legend’s hype man and live to tell about it! I am critical to the adva...
2024-08-29 16:34:15 +0000 UTC
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Bring him in. It seems as though it has begun again in our lifetimes. May the gods help us.
Case file 8934: Ashwood
They discussed Will’s Build, where he was going with it, and what the possibilities might be.
In the end, Will admitted that, while less exciting now, Sourdough could be upgraded to provide really interesting interactions with Relics, which was a cornerstone of his Build that he wanted to l...
2024-08-27 18:25:25 +0000 UTC
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(spoiler) I'm going to give Will the Sourdough ability because some of the upgrades I have in mind for it are going to be absolutely unfair.
That being said, what kind of consumeables can Will purchase when starting out?
All i can think of at the moment is a bone totem that you smash and it summons a bunch of ravens to peck out your enemy's eyes.
PED's, of course, like combat potions that raise stats, prevent damage, or reduce pain, healing potions, etc.
And th...
2024-08-27 15:00:52 +0000 UTC
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“What’s that on your face?” Brianna asked, cocking her head.
“Lipstick,” Will replied. “The ladies of The Floatilla sensed weakness and swarmed me. Like Genshur fish smelling blood.”
“That is true,” Loth said, nodding.
“Black lipstick?” Bri asked, bemused. “I thought you dove into a pile of coal or something.”
“It’s a Floor specialty, actually.” Carrie said. “They sell a bunch in town for cheap if you wanna check it out later.”
2024-08-26 16:16:02 +0000 UTC
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Granesh found an idyllic pond in his divine realm, where a beautiful crimson fish of massive size swam back and forth from bank to bank. When none of his hooks were big enough, he cut the head off a magnificent ox with horns as sharp as blades. The god attached the head to a rope, carved barbs into the horns and threw it into the pond, eager to catch this enormous crimson fish.
But it was no pond, that divine pool led to the sky of the third floor, where the crimson sun cir...
2024-08-23 21:18:34 +0000 UTC
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That boy fought like a coked-up Badger made love to an ornery mule and a Klar snake in an unholy threesome to produce the most vicious offspring you could possibly imagine. Yep, it was just William Oh. All by himself.
- Thug McBandit – level 25 Climber in a 4th floor Stilt-bar. Name redacted.
“Let me give my Party member this health potion and I’ll tell you,” Will said, gesturing to the he...
2024-08-22 17:45:29 +0000 UTC
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Mark Wyrd leaned forward on his mount and studied the city in the distance.
Oilton. What a creative name for a place that produces oil from the inexhaustible landscape of the tower.
He’d always expected his first Lordship to be something…grander, in one sense or another. He’d always pictured staking a claim on hostile wilderness on the eleventh Floor, fighting tooth and nail to advance civilization…or a golden city that gleamed in the morning sun, with very little in betwe...
2024-08-21 20:04:50 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once faced down an endless horde of monsters that had annihilated an entire city. Facing this threat, he yawned. Sixty-nine hydra heads emerged from his mouth and the sky darkened, raining down fire and destruction on his enemies.
By the time the yawn was over, the world had been cleansed of their filth.
- Cole Hunter, Level 20 Climber
The five of them sat in a circle around the L...
2024-08-20 17:08:48 +0000 UTC
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Unnamed Tower Climber doesn't grip me.
I'll put out some ideas and you guys can tell me what you'd click on.
Multiple choices are allowed/encouraged. Looking to get a good average.
However unlikely, if there is a suggestion that magically gets more hearts than anything else got votes, and I don't hate it: I'll pick that.
2024-08-17 14:20:33 +0000 UTC
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William Oh took control of the Tower’s first multi-species coalition by defeating the dragon prince in single combat. Once that magnificent creature was subordinated, the other species aligned themselves with the banner of the Hand, uniting them under one goal:
Conquer the world.
- Jason Salazar
“Absolutely not.” Loth said, making a chopping motion with his hand. “K...
2024-08-15 16:17:14 +0000 UTC
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Carrie watched the black kobold as he meticulously organized his belongings, finally pulling out a stubby spade and slowly digging through the ash, pouring each spoonful through some kind of metal grate.
Everything about the creature ran counter to what she’d been taught about Kobolds. That they were barbaric and bloodthirsty, blessed with cunning when it came to creating traps, but little else.
Loth was the picture of deliberation in every action and every word.
“What a...
2024-08-13 19:02:35 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once came across a city of ghosts, and exorcised them all, freeing them to move on to the Great Beyond by doing the ancient traditional dance of their people, a solemn ritual known as…twerking.
- Jason Salazar.
Clomp, clomp, clomp, Will trudged along, acclimating to the platforms.
“People wear these? Willingly?” Will asked, resolving to buy a sweet pair of boots at the next possible opportunity.
“Mostly young women and ma...
2024-08-12 15:17:37 +0000 UTC
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William Oh is the most unparalleled survivalist in the tower. With his one hand, he squeezes water from stones, dirt into food, courage from the spineless, and love from the heartless.
He once crossed a pit full of Gorbash Fire-spewers by hopping on one’s back, hooking its mouth with his hair and surfing through the lava all the way to the other side. Some say you can still smell his singed arm-hairs on the third floor.
- &nbs...
2024-08-09 16:16:35 +0000 UTC
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Will's going to get his first Secondary Ability at level 10.
Here are the options he got when he was originally offered them, minus the ones he has now.
Stone charge
Mighty Leap
Prey’s Senses
Sourdough
Can you guys think of any other secondary abilities we could offer Will when he hits lvl 10? I might grab one or two ...
2024-08-08 15:23:11 +0000 UTC
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Will zeroed in on the noise, eyes widening.
The veterans running the bus, people who were vastly overleveled for the Floor, were under attack by…other Climbers?
Will’s blood ran cold as he saw one of the men get bisected in a flash of light, only for his killer to be destroyed by a torrent of raging green fire.
And on and on it went as the bandits and veterans tore each other apart.
Will could see where the palanquin carried by the group that was supposed to meet t...
2024-08-07 17:02:09 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once faced down an entire army of Climbers: Tens of thousands of young, ambitious Climbers eager to test their Abilities against the paragon of their generation. As one, they charged him from every direction, riding a wave of fancy Abilities with the intent of subduing him through sheer numbers.
William Oh merely sneezed, and a quarter of them were flung into the far reaches of the Floor.
The rest did not fare well, either.
2024-08-05 18:44:36 +0000 UTC
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**Written in a shaky hand with poor spelling**
Dear Lord Zodiak. In this cofin rests the bodi of your dotter, Alishia, along with her effekts. I can’t I am truli sorry for
Her deth was kwick, which is the most we can hope for in The Tower. I chooze to believe she dyed risking her life for somethin important to her, and I hope she is at rest.
My condolenses.
- William O...
2024-08-02 15:55:06 +0000 UTC
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The third floor is coming up soon!
It is a lava/fire biome. the smoke is thick, the heat is suffocating, and the air is noxious.
What kind of creatures or special environmental hazards might it contain?
2024-08-01 15:35:08 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once took over an expedition doomed to failure and through his masterful foreknowledge, experience and leadership skills, guided them to the biggest haul of Loot the Floor had ever seen.
He may look young, but that’s simply his masterful discipline over his body. In reality, he has wound his way through The Tower for thousands of years, constantly reinventing himself, crossing over paths he’s covered a thousand times before, chasing his own tail as he searche...
2024-07-31 15:52:31 +0000 UTC
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The choices made here are non-binding. more like...testing the waters.
2024-07-30 15:10:55 +0000 UTC
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William Oh once discovered a princess trapped in ice. The ice was enchanted by a demon to ward off any external heat or force, keeping her trapped there forever as punishment for her father’s misdeeds.
Upon discovering that his efforts were futile, William Oh removed his shirt and plucked a single chest hair out, placing it upon the ice to seal the promise that he would return and find a way to free her.
In a matter of minutes, the princess had melted her w...
2024-07-29 18:25:15 +0000 UTC
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The Oh situation has resolved itself.
- Message attached to a Windrider’s leg.
William Oh died once. Spent seven days dead before his errant hand found him and dug him back up.
For three nights, The groundskeeper saw the disembodied hand scratching at the earth above the boy’s coffin, like a dog desperately trying to unearth its master. He realized that the hand was sinking deeper and deeper, until on the th...
2024-07-27 02:09:53 +0000 UTC
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