crownfall

DTK 45

I finished the Houndsmaster set without the emergence of another memory. I felt conflicted. In a way, I was happy that I had managed to finish it. But I also craved more; I wanted to see inside of the strange world of those Seamstresses. I wondered just how far into the distant past those memories really were. I felt them like hundreds of threads pulling away from me.

Were there others out there like me?

There must have been. More than just one or two, too; t...

DTK 44

Sandy had bags under her eyes as she led me around to her workshop. It was still morning, before lunch, when she pushed the door open and it swung inside.

The monster was mostly disassembled and already loaded onto two carts in the door. At least, the parts that could be salvaged were loaded. There was a giant mud spot in front of Sandy’s bed where Cinnamon had dragged in the dirt. He was currently creating a new giant dirt spot on the other side of the room, chewing apart ...

All out of ADHD meds

Hey yall, going to be a delay on chapters. I got a psych appoint a day before I wouldve ran out after searching through the month, got my prescription, just to find out the shortage is still ongoing, so if I cant find a pharmacy with stock tonight im probably going to be out of service for a couple days while i go through withdrawal crash.

o7

DTK 43

Valjean left with Sandy to take apart the monster they brought with them. I hadn’t seen it when we circled around the wagons.

Without mending, I couldn’t help my mom repair Valjean’s spare outfit. I wasn’t emotionally ready to continue working on the Houndsmaster set yet… and thinking about it was still giving me a headache. I was starting to worry that I broke the pattern somehow and that the pain would be permanent.

So instead, I just watched my m...

3 day break

Hey yall, i've written up to chapter 49... they'll be uploaded soon. I am taking a three to five day break since I've officially submitted book 1. ill be shit bucketing tears of the kingdom. Expect chapters at the end of this week or start of next one

DTK 42

AN: Ok patch notes I changed up the quest that they got at the end of last chapter to what is as follows:

[Confirmed! Title Contest Quest generated. Conditions:]

►Clear all open tertiary dungeons to floor two

►Clear central dungeon fourth floor

►Timer: 72 hours from next reset

[Conditions: Dungeon Reset disabled from start of next reset until quest cleared or failed]

[Rewards: Ownership of t...

DTK 41

this book might finish me

***

“We’re diving it.” Sandy said, before I could even ask.

I was quiet. I didn’t say anything.

The waves lapped up the beach with a crash of seafoam before receding. Sandy was walking forward. I wasn’t sure if she was conscious of it. The expression on her face was a mix of manic aggression and fear, like she was staring down a monster.

But there were no monsters. Just us and the beach. Just ...

DTK 40

I successfully resisted pov switching for 39 chapters. I can no longer resist
***
I came back to myself breathing hard, fighting for air as if I had been drowning a second earlier. Sweat beaded on my back.

“What the hell was that?” I said aloud, despite the fact that I was alone. I looked over to the door to my house. For a second, I thought about asking my mom. Then the memory of a conversation floated to the surface.

“…the story ends with him ...

DTK 39

The break into act 3 is fast approaching........

***

Terry labored over the table, carefully measuring the hot-blood one of the lizards. She was wearing goggles and gloves.

I was working in her room as a change of scenery. Her window was open, and the whole room smelled like rain and wet earth. I was stitching together a Houndsmaster outfit out of what remained of the boss. I knew I was going to run out of material before the job was done; I was going to finish ...

DTK 38.2

we're about to break into act 3

***

We stood outside the entrance to the last dungeon. The wind was still strong at night. Now it was sprinkling rain down on us. I rubbed my arms as I stood outside.

My mana was full, but I felt like my stomach would explode.

“Ready?” I asked.

Sandy was pensive this time, seemingly unwilling to enter the dungeon.

“No.” She replied.

“What’s up?” I a...

Chapter 38.1

Narrow walk ways of packed earth and loose stone defined the trails around the mountainous dungeon. We moved slowly to keep our footing, climbing higher to try to find a direction that would lead us to the dungeon’s monsters.

The icy dungeon was mostly flat and the enemies within it glowed, making them practically beacons at night. Here, the dungeons environment was obscured by the uneven terrain.

“I hope we’re not going to have to climb a different mou...

DTK 37.2

“It’s a [Windblade!]” Gerald said unhelpfully. “You just… swing it.”

He made a wooshing noise and gestured with his hands at the remains of the table.

“And it takes a mana point?” 

“Huh? Oh yeah. You have plenty, right?” Gerald turned towards Sandy. The wind picked up and blew hair out of his face. He had to push it out of the way; the water from the steam earlier made it cling to him.

“I have NINE ...

Enchantment for giant scissors ideas

Not gonna lie guys I still can't decide what's the coolest to put on Gwen's giant scissors. Do we have thoughts?

DTK 37.1

I met Sandy in the morning after breakfast. Then we headed to meet Gerald.

His forge was running. We hadn’t seen him in a couple days — I know he mentioned off hand that his skill made him obsessive until he finished working on something. I think he had under sold what exactly that meant.

The forge that his family owned had no walls, letting the heat of the forge out. It had a roof to prevent rain, but today was windy, and it was blowing through the area ...

Pattern Ideas

Hello my loving army, would you like to suggest ideas for patterns for clothing sets?

I love obscure ones that end up being useful. Like a soapmaker that gets the ability to rend fat as if acidified would be cool. Or a coal mining outfit who can see in the dark. It should give 2 types of stats or if it gives 4 different stats it should reduce the two it doesnt give. So like if it gives +5 to four things it should give -5 to two things.

Gwen is also like 4 levels behind where I w...

chapter 36.2

[Warddrobe is level X]

[X] Seamstress Inventory Skill. Grants users access to a multiple outfit storage inventory. One set per level. Users gain 10% of stats from all stored sets and any active skills.

“What?” I asked aloud.

“Hm?” Sandy asked, turning over her shoulder.

But I was too busy to reply. My heart was racing with excitement as I pulled open my System, mentally pulling at my [Warddrobe] skill.

DTK 36

AN: Readers, I present you this offering today. Let me know if I fucked up what time it is anywhere. Also does anyone know the exact number of days its been since Valjean left? For... no reason in particular.

***

Sandy walked up to the monster, her footsteps full of a confidence I didn’t feel. We had never fought these things before.

Above us, the sky was red-orange. Gigantic black roots crisscrossed the landscape, some kind of strange, alien plant that I had ...

DTK 35

Sandy cursed, fumbling to remove the gaunlets covering her arms. She was steaming — literally. Steam wafted off her under the armor. Her skin was red as if it had been burned.

“You alright?” I asked, grabbing her arms and turning them over.

“Yeah. Damn. Not a good match up for a butcher.” Sandy said.

The damage to her was only skin deep, probably entirely thanks to Health points acting as a shield between us and the monsters.

...

DTK 34

“Gwen!” Terry said.

I stepped from the hallway into the room reserved from her workshop. I hadn’t visited in a few days.

And things here were different.

The tables that had been scattered around the room before and decorated with bottles were gathered in the center on a workstation. Terry had indeed dried spider blood as pigment. But there was also a bottle of concentrated green sitting in the center of the desk; there couldn’t have b...

DTK 33

There was an explosion as Sandy’s skill met the bear’s attack. At first it was a noise like thunder as the skill magically gathered all of the bear’s attacking force. Then her [Parry] redirected it and the sound turned to tearing flesh and creaking bone.

Blood splattered her as the monster’s chest caved in, muscle parting as easily as anything else. The bear staggered backwards.

And stayed standing.

“Oh shi— ” Sandy didn’t get...

DTK 32.2

AN: mislabeled chapter title

I stood next to Sandy above the boss arena on the third floor of the dungeon. She only had six mana left; she used four earlier. One to turn invisible and drag the Stormcaller set out of town; three to test her parry skill.

We left Gerald behind. He was still trying to convince his parents he wasn’t lying and that he was a noble; that didn’t mean he had to come with us to clear the dungeon every night. As strong as he was, he was still more of a l...

DTK 32.1

I felt like I was talking to imaginary friends as I walked through the woods with Gerald and Sandy both invisible. I could hear their footsteps breaking branches and crunching through foliage as we walked.

“You guys really don’t have to be invisible for this.” I said.

“You could’ve joined us!” Sandy said.

I groaned.

“Gerald would’ve gotten lost.”

“No I wouldn’t.” He replied, voice sull...

DTK 31.2

Thread reinforcement would allow me to create stronger threads from what I had availability… which was currently super reinforced monster web thread. I mentally filed it away though, betting that evolving it to level X would give at least a point of Thread Mastery.

Mending would let me repair patterns other people made. But now that my mom was in on the game — or at least part of it — she could repair her own outfits. She would probably love to do so, judging by her ent...

Been crazy sick

Sorry yall I was down and OUT fr for like a whole week but im cookin rn anyway how come no one pointed out I rerolled pattern mirroring in the skill selection for chapter 31 ;_; thats gotta be fixed in edits im hoping to hustle a chapter today so see u guys soon <3

DTK 31.1

AN: Just some line edits at the very bottom about available skills

We ate breakfast in the morning without mom. I didn’t find her in her room either.

Mari and Terry gossiped about the news in the town, about who knew Sandy was clearing the dungeon and who they thought didn’t. They had restrained themselves before.

I found mom in the workshop after.

“Gwen!” She said, excited, turning to face me.

Behind her, one ...

DTK 30.2

“I thought you were staying on the cliff!” I shouted as I threw myself out of the water and scrambled towards Gerald.

“Oh — oh shit!” He said, uncharacteristically stepping forward and summoning his shield. “I said no baiting giant monsters at me!”

He was shouting, but the monster was stuck on the other side of the river. I recalled the needles again, stuffing them into my belt.

“Run, idiot!” Sandy yelled as she appeared on ...

DTK 30.1

Sandy and Gerald stepped into the dungeon in front of me. With one last look around the darkened town, I followed behind. Gerald froze, holding his shield only a few feet out of the gate. I nearly crashed into him as reality twisted around me and I reached the other side.

“Alright.” Gerald said. “I’ll stay here. You guys go in.”

“What if someone takes one stop through the gate and crashes into you?” Sandy gestured.

“It’s saf...

DTK 29.2

AN: malform chapter fix

We walked with mom to the town meeting room — a luxurious use of the limited space in our buildings. Maritha stayed behind at the house after helping clean the workshop.

Mom hummed to herself as she walked.

Sandy and I exchanged terrified glances with each other behind her back, her gesturing at me with increasing urgency at my mom. I didn’t know what she meant to signal, but I knew her concern: Henri knew both me and Sandy ...

DTK 29.1

AN: I got ritz back. Also, I'm trying out a new chapter structure for RR/Patreon. Individual chapters might be a little bit shorter while I play with it.

***

Since my mom agreed to help, Sandy was moving most of our finished supplies to her workshop. The location was more convenient for me, and I wouldn’t have to avoid working around her. Not to mention the workshop was much, much bigger. We were going to have to repair more of the furniture to a usable state.

DTK 28

We rushed to the vine choked wall at the edge of the dungeon. The alternating day-night cycle of the dungeon meant it was dark on the next floor, but it was still bright enough to see by.

Moon light shimmered over the rivers, its reflecting dancing under a canopy of rainbow colored trees, leaves whipped about in a storm below.

There was a great, terrible cracking noise, and the glass-like wall that had separated us from the next floor split. Violent wind shov...