Gosh, just about two weeks of being bed ridden was terrible enough on its own, but I'm glad to be getting back into the swing of things again. The next chapter should come up by this afternoon. It will be three posts in total. 1 combined 7.5k chapter as per the usual, and 2 2.5k pieces for the originally intended comparison.
I probably could have pushed to have it out on Sat, but my energy levels have just been insanely low since Covid, and excercising is only doing so muc...
2023-03-19 22:36:29 +0000 UTC
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I tested positive yesterday but had mildren symptoms a few days ago,
The pain in my eyes has made it difficult to get any writing done.
In more positive news...
Writing the smaller segments was working out really well before my symptoms intensified. I had almost finished the second 2.5k segment the day after I posted the first segment.
My symptoms appear to have plateud. I'm hoping to be able to get back to writing again within seven to ten days.
2023-03-08 15:43:16 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 61 - Death and misery - 1 of 6
Thunder boomed ominously in the distance and a sudden rush of wind howled through the broken doorway and windows.
Ushu’s bellowing roar drowned out the distant thunder and set the Werrians on edge.
<We need to leave!> Gric and Sebet’s thoughts crashed into my own with reckless intensity, leaving me momentarily stunned.
Numbly retreating outside, I ignored the swords of the Werrian soldiers a...
2023-03-06 18:29:03 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 60 - Marked for death - Part Two
With the afterimage of the black void still burned into my retinas, I hung back while Wisp and my champions disposed of the remaining Vampyrs. Except for Marco, of course.
Using Shady’s Synergy to Shadowstep out of the chamber and return to the surface, we fought our way clear to the wall and used Shadowstep again to return to the relative safety of the fortified pass.
Shady was in rough shape. The blow...
2023-03-04 18:09:44 +0000 UTC
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Rather straightforward. I'm curious to know how many people, if any, are dowloading and reading the PDF and which they prefer.
Multiple choices for nuance.
2023-03-04 16:52:58 +0000 UTC
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Next chapter, 60 Part two, should be out within the next couple of hours after I do some proofreading the catch the most obvious mistakes. I'm gonna try doing a listen through this time as well, see if that catches any more.
As an aside, I am planning on doing another poll besides this one. Specifically, to see how many people use the attached PDF's vs the embedded text. i'm pretty curious.
Okay, on to the poll. I raised the possibility of doing further divisions to t...
2023-03-04 16:16:42 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 60 - Marked for death - Part One
The effects of the Ward and Dirge of Undeath actively competed against one another. However, it was obvious that the Dirge of Undeath was the stronger Spell overall. The Empowered version of the Spell appeared to provide or otherwise enforce a much higher level of mobility from the undead under its influence. The effects of the Empowered ward dampened the mobility bonus, functionally returning the undead to their ori...
2023-02-27 09:08:20 +0000 UTC
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Short version: It's 2k longer than I originally intended <,<
Longer version: I didn't quite get to all the things I planned on doing within the original wordcount range and couldn't just delay them without causing more issues. Even going through it with more telling thans howing than I would like, it still wasn't the riht general length and pacing. So, here we are : /
Just doing the proofreading now, so it might be another hour, probably less.
As aan aside, I meant ...
2023-02-27 07:47:41 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 59 - Tides of undeath - Part Two
The Zombified bats fell in such obscene numbers that some of them were able to survive their otherwise deadly descent toward the ground by landing on the haphazardly heaped remains of their unfortunate fellows. However, the effects of the Empowered Ward combined with their injuries left the survivors unable to relocate before those that came after crashed into them in turn.
The hail of unwitting undead projecti...
2023-02-19 13:33:33 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 59 - Tides of undeath - Part One
Honouring the request made by the Dwergi, I terraformed the space for the arena just enough to allow the tournament to function. It would be up to the Dwergi to improve and develop it further over time.
The tournament would be different to those that had come before.
After exhaustive debate and testing, Sebet’s Sculpt Flesh Spell was proven to serve as a near-perfect means of stabilising most convention...
2023-02-12 22:53:36 +0000 UTC
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Apologies, I got distracted by my favourite RR story coming out of HIATUS and binge reading through it all again. Super Minion is great by the way, you should really check it out if you ahven't already.
Just doing the proofreading on Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 59 - Tides of undeath - Part One now. So the release should be out in the next half an hour, probably less.
2023-02-12 22:29:57 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 58 - Blood and sweat - Part Two
We spent three days near-constantly testing the Empowered Pathfinder’s Beacon. Becoming attuned to the Empowered Beacon required exposing the beacon to your blood. A single drop or a gallon made no discernible difference. Just like the Gateways, the cost could be paid by the person teleporting or the Empowered Beacon itself.
Furthermore, the Empowered Beacon could be linked to harvested mana stones through clo...
2023-02-04 21:51:15 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 58 - Blood and sweat - Part One
Seeking answers from Sebet revealed that she was already aware of the nature and limitations of the Sculpt Flesh Spell. When pressed for what she knew, Sebet insisted that it was more closely aligned to an art that required experience to master than a science that could be understood with enough study.
With even my limited experience, I was inclined to agree.
Sebet’s best guess at why Sculpt Flesh could ...
2023-01-28 16:01:27 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 57 - Testing the limits - Part Two
I was still in a somewhat paranoid state of mind after learning of the Perpetuals. So I decided to task Gric with touring Sebet’s fortress to make sure everything complied with the guidelines I had laid out for Sebet’s activities.
Gric’s projections positively vibrated with eagerness for the assignment and wasted no time in getting to business interrogating Sebet and her clones.
If I understood th...
2023-01-22 10:21:50 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 57 - Testing the limits - Part One
As Tanner began to collapse, I managed to catch him by the scruff of the padded armour beneath the leather straps of his breastplate. The Abilities he had used had taken more out of him than I had anticipated. However, all things considered, it was hard to deny the results.
Ignoring the mild fatigue in my back and arm, I half-carried and half-dragged Tanner back to the group while Tanner made an admirable but...
2023-01-15 07:42:20 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 56 - Among the people - Part Two
Panting heavily to avoid using my nose, I felt a fresh shiver of fear and excitement as the events of the past few moments replayed in my mind.
“Holy shit...” I croaked and stared at the bloody devastation left in the Ironhide’s wake.
The Thundering Strike against the Boar’s side ruptured its internal organs and sent its bodily contents erupting out of every available orifice.
Skirting the s...
2023-01-06 22:27:34 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 56 - Among the people - Part One
Observing and assisting my champions served as a wake-up call. I was wasting their potential by limiting them to the initial Abilities I chose for them. The smart play was to give them the Grimoire of Flesh.
I had been limiting my selections based on my own personal and perceived immediate needs. However, if I planned on sharing Grimoire of Flesh, my choices would need to reflect a more utilitarian selection to...
2023-01-01 20:04:43 +0000 UTC
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Met my personal deadline, Woo!
Just need to my read through to get the majority of the errors.
Once this next one goes live, I will officially change the Tier dscription to represent the total wordcount. 30k baby.
Hooray for social anxiety and dodging social obligations! xD I'm mostly kidding, I had a fair bit of fun with my family after sorting out that whole Hack bs.
Anywho, better get back to it. Thanks for reading guys and gals.
2023-01-01 19:22:03 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 55 - Grimoire of Flesh - Part Two
The more I learned of the Dominion, the more I recognised the possibility that I would be invading the territory of another Awakened. Or worse, the territory of an Awkened’s veritable army of descendants.
There were no Labyrinths within the territory of the Dominion, only the ancient pillars scattered across the landscape. While it was not fully understood how it was common knowledge that the pillars blocked...
2022-12-30 00:30:53 +0000 UTC
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Like I said in the title, another chapter will be coming out today. I will be trying to put out another chapter over the weekend as well, but we will see how that goes.
It's amazing how much I get done when my anti-social energy compels me to write xD
Like I said in previous posts, the plan is for the Adventurer (Current) tier to have 30k words of content (Roughly four chapter parts). If I can get another chapter writen by monday, I will have met my goal! :P
The...
2022-12-29 19:39:08 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 55 - Grimoire of Flesh - Part One
I read through the contents of the golden notification pane for what felt like the hundredth time.
[Congratulations {Tim}! You have qualified for a {Divergent Evolution} that will be made available during your next {Evolution} selection!]
Redirecting my focus toward the reference to Divergent Evolution, I leveraged my authority as Tyrant to explain what it meant.
More or less as I should have expec...
2022-12-25 06:35:02 +0000 UTC
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Merry Christmas!
Just a quick update. I will be finishing the next chapter VERY soon and uploading it shortly afterward. It will no doubt have some errors sine the proofreaders won't have had a go through it, but there is some real itneresting stuff in it all the same.
Here's to hoping I can get two chapters done this week!
Merry Christmas! And Happy Holidays!
2022-12-24 21:41:54 +0000 UTC
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So...I got hacked...
Specifically, my phone got ported and someone attempted to drain my bankaccount and Paypal, freezing my out of them in the process.
As bad as this sounds, I'm actually doing alright. The safeguards in my accounts locked everything down, so the hacker got nothing. I have just been running around like a headless chicken trying to reactivate everything and change passwords/authentications etc.
I have done as much as I can in that regard, so my attention i...
2022-12-21 06:24:56 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 54 - Champions of Tyranny - Part Two
Even with access to teleportation items, it took the Asrusian strike force the better part of a week to arrive at their intended destination. This was partly due to Faine requiring additional members to be recruited to the strike force as his Bodyguards.
So long as I was taking advantage of my mana replenishment exploit and sitting in the mana-rich lake, the remote perception through the Tyrant’s Champion...
2022-12-12 14:06:09 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 54 - Champions of Tyranny - Part One
True to my expectations, it didn’t take Gregory long to return with the candidates for the Asrusians' covert annexation initiative. Many of the candidates would likely be part of the overall team or teams involved and would share a certain degree of responsibility for safeguarding Blackthorn. However, somebody would ultimately have to claim responsibility for carrying Blackthorn itself. Which meant I needed to ...
2022-12-05 12:34:36 +0000 UTC
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Got a little behind writing the current chapter due to changing my mind on the order of events. It should be available by the end of today, although the proofreaders probably wont have had a look at it until tomorrow. This would be Adelaide SA time, so a 12 hour ish window for the chapter going up.
Since I am making an anouncement anyway. I plan on pausing the updates to Royal Road and Scribblehub after the next chapter upload, Chapter 54 Part Two, until the new year. I will ...
2022-12-04 21:44:09 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 53 - The darkest dungeon - Part Six
Things were not going quite as I had hoped they would. My plan to enrage the Angel and compromise its ability to think rationally had backfired spectacularly. Having Ophelia drain the Divinity from Sebet’s cage and free the little Devil had been a step too far.
“DIE FOR YOUR SINS!” The Angel howled, his eyes flashing and bathing the chamber in golden light.
Blinded, my breath caught in my throat ...
2022-11-27 16:29:35 +0000 UTC
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Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 53 - The darkest dungeon - Part Five
I endured Wraithe’s well-intentioned lecture as best as I was able to manage while removing small shards and splinters of stone from my knees. Enduring the lecture was made that much easier by knowing Wraithe was taking her position seriously. If she was willing to stand up to me with such vigour, then I could only imagine how she would tear anyone else a new one.
Which was exactly what I wanted from her....
2022-11-19 19:36:08 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick heads up. The proofreaders haven't gotten to the chapter just yet, so there might be a couple of errors. I figured I would post it now for the more eager beavers and upload the proofread copy later once the proofreaders havea go at it.
Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 53 - The darkest dungeon - Part Four
Gritting my teeth, I pulled the javelin out of my right thigh and dropped it to the floor.
Another hidden trap had been triggered during our hurr...
2022-11-12 20:16:09 +0000 UTC
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For those who didn't read the rewrites, I change Tim's original means of death. This chater references it, so you don't need to go back and read it, but this is just a heads up in case you get confused.
Ogre Tyrant: Chapter 53 - The darkest dungeon - Part Three
I continued to stare at the small female creature with mounting impatience. Since her attempts at testing my will had failed, she had rapidly become unresponsive. However, I was uncomfortably familiar with...
2022-11-06 10:41:25 +0000 UTC
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