One might wonder, as they sit by the waters of the world, for what purpose the entity that they have become now exists.
— Not what purpose we might have had as a seed, or as a child, mind you. Those things are self-evident. The purpose of a seed is to sprout. The purpose of a child is to grow.
But what purpose does this grown thing then have?
I suppose that it is quite difficult to say.
Especially for me.
I...
2022-05-17 18:09:38 +0000 UTC View PostHineni stands out by the river.
They’re outside on a walk today, before opening the guild. There’s no particular reason for this. It’s just that the weather was nice and it feels good to get outside of the house at least once a month.
The sun is shining brightly and spring birds adorn the trees, filling the world with a chorus that accompanies the babbling water. A person hums next to him, as they walk. Hineni looks at Rhine, who is walking along a log ...
2022-05-16 17:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-05-16 07:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post“The times I failed?” The woman shakes her head. “More than I can count. By the grace of the gods above, I am still here. But many others were not as fortunate as I.” She reaches down, grabbing some prayer beads from her pouch and letting them run through her fingers as she stares at the floor. “My first party, I found by myself, after I came of age and was given the class of priestess by my faith.” She shakes her head and stays silent for a time. “My second party, I found a...
2022-05-15 18:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post“Level?” asks the man, standing in the ankle-high water of floor one and writing into his ledger.
The orc, her leg outstretched, stares in boredom as the slime nibbles on it, entirely ineffective, because of her armor.
“One,” she says, kicking her leg. The slime flies off, splatting against the wall and sliding down, back into the water.
“Traps?”
“None,” replies the dwarf.
“Effects?”
I do wonder at times, who was the first man to ever enter a dungeon?
What would possess such a wild entity to delve into a place that is so dark and separate from the world?
Pursuit of food?
Perhaps. But what food could the dungeon offer that can not be found on the hunt?
Pursuit of wealth then?
Unlikely. It seems reasonable to assume that, barring some primitive bartering, the first man would have little use of su...
2022-05-13 16:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostHineni wanders out through the big-now-small forest.
It is late at night and the business is closed for the day. He’s just out here by himself, which isn’t entirely unusual. But it is at the very least, a tiny bit unusual. So it’s only marginally unusual, really.
This is a good amount of unusualness for something to have.
Old branches and freshly fallen foliage crush beneath his boots. His lantern swings out in front of himself, as he w...
2022-05-12 17:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Which ability do you think Isaiah should take this time? =)
Focuses on spreading the roots of your dungeon for as far as you can. The further a dungeon’s reach extends, the more resources you will be able to collect and the larger your dungeon will become.
[Shortcuts] : Allows your workers to create shortcuts at various points in your dungeon. These can be used by inhabitants and workers to quickly mo... 2022-05-12 15:42:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The history of the worship of the divine goes back for as long back as civilization itself does and even further before that.
From the witnessing of the first star, to the lighting of the first fire in honor of it, our ancestors have worshiped the divine, the creators of our domain, of our flesh and spirit.
The gods of the world come and go, ebbing in and out of existence, as would the tide beneath an ever-changing moon. As people worship a god, it gains powe...
2022-05-12 15:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostDear account holder,
As requested, we have summarized your total existing balance at: 12,020 Obols.
Thank you.
Avarice.
Hineni rubs his tired eyes, looking at the slip of paper that Sockel had just handed him. It’s after the restaurant’s opening hours and everyone is starting to leave for the day.
Hineni suppresses the urge to whistle and sets down the slip of paper, handing it back to S...
2022-05-11 16:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe prayer hall
A large temple, lined with altars and pews. This is an optional combat area. Monsters in this room are not aggressive unless provoked.
Capacity: {08} Monster-Points
0 TRAPS
Room Effect: Removes all negative magical STATUS effects upon entering
Monster-Point prices per monster
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2022-05-10 11:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne has to remember when dealing with dungeons, that they aren’t just simple things like a cave or a bear’s den.
A dungeon is a living, breathing place in and of itself. A dungeon has monsters inside of itself, but the dungeon itself is also to be viewed as if it were a monster too.
Never trust the walls. Never trust the floors. Never trust a door, a chest, a mechanism. Everything has been perfectly designed by the makers of those places with one intentio...
2022-05-10 08:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostIntruders: 20
Average Level: 7
Difficulty: Very Challenging
Isaiah stares through the vision of the statues on floor one, watching the latest incursion.
A group of goblins has come again. Red, having found a larger lair in the forest, between here and the human-city, has drawn in a number of them towards the tower.
These seem as ill-pre...
2022-05-09 16:41:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Dungeons? I love them. You know how often I’ve slept in a dungeon, for free? More times than I can count.
Hell, I spent my twenties sleeping in the dungeon every night. Dangerous? Yes.
Is it not a great pull for the ladies? No, it certainly is not. Unless you have a thing for the killer-eyes types.
Was it worth clearing a few floors to sleep safely on floor one every night, by the dungeon-gate?
I didn’t pay rent for ten ye...
2022-05-08 18:31:59 +0000 UTC View PostHineni stands outside on the market plaza, staring up towards the bright morning sun, shining above his head. The ground is covered in slush, as all of the melting snow begins to run off, carrying with it the mud and the dirt of many months of treading.
A warm breeze touches his face, blowing the fabric of his scarf to the side as people walk all around him.
Spring has arrived, the long, cold winter having come to an end.
He sighs in relief, ...
2022-05-07 19:36:53 +0000 UTC View PostAs a dungeon grows and becomes established, the more obvious a target it becomes for the animals of the region, who are drawn to the high-magic zones surrounding dungeon exteriors.
Following them, come monsters on the hunt, who are chasing after the animals.
In turn, the people of the civilized world, humans, elves and so on, will be drawn to the area in their pursuits of wild monsters.
This is generally how a dungeon is discovered.
...
2022-05-06 17:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Final core has been approved for release on Royalroad!
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2022-05-06 04:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostMuch has changed in the years that I was away.
The mountain, as cold and as desolate as it once might have been, has gained a trace of the love of the now-extinct settlement that my friend had made in those fruitful times with others of her ilk.
— Others who sought paradise, but gave up the search on the way.
Markers line the trodden ways, over which many feet have now walked; to and from the village. Guideposts and railings have been made ...
2022-05-05 09:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe five of them sit at the booth, eating dinner together. Hineni and Obscura sit on their bench and Rhine, Sockel ‘sit’ on the other bench. Eilig is sitting on the table.
Dinner is some of the food that was cooked in excess and had never left the kitchen this afternoon. It’s not bad, actually. It’s a sort of greasy, thick, brown stew full of meat and tubers and loafs of crispy bread from the baking family down the street.
Perfect food for the stormy, miserable weather out...
2022-05-04 19:09:16 +0000 UTC View Post“— Dungeons? I fucking hate ‘em,” says the stranger. “Giant god-damned damned cesspits full of monsters and shit,” they snarl, adjusting a wooden mask on their face. “Who needs ‘em?”
“Huh?” asks the priestess who is walking next to them, somewhat taken aback. “We need them,” she replies. “The dungeon is where we get most of our materials, remember?”
“Yeah, yeah,” sighs the stranger. “Get off my ass. The only things that dun...
2022-05-04 10:19:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hineni stands upstairs in the attic, looking around at the familiar space.
His eyes wander down towards the floors, which are as marred and old and untrodden as ever. The deep grooves, which had formed in them over many years, are now no longer there. The windows, which had been tightened and resecured, together with the strongly reinsulated walls, are now loose and thin. The attic is covered in dust and decay.
— Everything is as it ought to be.
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Which ability should Isaiah take for level 3? =)
[Tunneling] : Allows your workers to efficiently dig deep tunnels to collect basic resources, such as higher quality stones and metals in the process.
[Place of worship] : As a holy site, the tower is of great spiritual significance to all who are of the faith. Allows creation of a shrine, where monsters and people may leave their prayers and sacrificial offerings. All received...
2022-05-02 18:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostA dungeon-core is a mass of condensed magical energies, come to life. In a sense, they’re similar to fairies in this regard.
However, while fairies are birthed of the ambient magics of a location or along the leylines of the world, dungeon-cores seem to have much more specific birthing conditions; these have never been observed or documented.
Dungeon-cores, in the rare circumstances in which they have been seen or even communicated with, have done little to...
2022-05-02 18:44:06 +0000 UTC View PostSeek beauty.
It does not matter what you are; human, sunflower, beast, animal, monster or anything in between those states of being.
It does not matter where you have been and upon which plots of soil your feet have tread.
It does not matter what you have done and what strong feelings, both good and terrible, you have created in the hearts of yourself and others during the journey. The memories of the thing you might once have been are now, i...
2022-05-02 09:07:42 +0000 UTC View Post*He points at me*
"I remember the first time I went into a dungeon, wide-eyed and excited. I held my sword in my hands, together with my dreams and hopes for the man I was going to become.
- Like my sword, they were way too big for my hands back then.”
*He holds his hands out in front of himself, squeezing his fingers.*
“The dungeon sent me packing and I’ll never forget the sight of a horde of slimes chasing after me as I b...
2022-05-01 12:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Damn snow,” sighs Hineni, closing the door to the house behind himself as he steps inside. “Middle of spring,” he mutters to himself, shaking his head.
The guild is fairly empty today. Two figures sit in the back at a table. Shadowy types, they’re wearing hoods. In most cases, this would be suspicious. But adventurers regularly come inside wearing far more absurd and strange things than that.
A head pops out from behind the front-counter. The usual...
2022-04-30 19:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostDungeons might be perceived as a threat by some. But I view ‘em as something like a bee-hive. Sure, bees can be threats. But the likelihood of them being one on their own is pretty slim. They just kind of mind their own lives, you know?
Now, when you go poking around in their business, looking for honey, that’s when they get ya.
So I can’t say that I have much sympathy, honestly. I wouldn’t go poking around the den of some slime-mother and then compla...
2022-04-30 17:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostLike any living being, dungeons have one core desire and that is to spread themselves out.
There are typically two ways a dungeon will develop as it presses itself out beneath the surface of the world.
Horizontally: The dungeon will spread itself flat and very wide, just beneath the surface of the world.
Vertically: In these cases, the dungeon will burrow deeper and deeper in a small area, like a needle being pressed towards the heart of the wo...
2022-04-29 17:44:29 +0000 UTC View Post