Doyle starts with his change on the first floor. More so because there isn’t much to change. The actual floor still does its job just fine. Instead, he implements his plan to allow Ally to travel through his dungeon, even if people are diving. This isn’t all that hard.
Because of the extra space on top and below the rooms, Doyle can create a large area with fairy sized holes leading to each of the rooms. The only problem he can see coming from this is that if anyone found the tunnel...
2020-12-25 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Doyle rolls his core, ‘We can talk about it afterwards then. [System, resume the message].’
{12 points applied to Cows for Milk path...
2/12 - Cows within 10 kilometers of your dungeon territory start producing milk sooner and continue making milk longer, Cows born or created in territory gain +1 Constitution
4/12 - Cows within 10 kilometers of your dungeon territory produce more milk on average, Cows born or created in territory gain +1 Constitution
6/12 - Cows wi...
2020-12-25 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Jason stretches back and yawns, “Well, so how are we going to do this? I assume you need to go and talk the change over with someone. What now?”
Gregor shrugs, “You get to walk around the city and sightsee? Rosha and Courtney will train, and Peter gets to do some of that training. I will also set Courtney to do some practices while I talk to people about our deal. By dinner I should be able to give you an answer.”
At this point, Rosha walks out of her room and looks around...
2020-12-23 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Courtney looks a bit stunned at this revelation, but Gregor doesn’t let her dwell on it. Instead, he claps his hands and continues. “Now for the potion.”
Turning towards Jason, he gestures towards an empty chair, “Take a seat. We will have to talk this over. As I am sure you’ve figured out, they are important to the kingdom. In the normal swing of things, the chances of you getting one is near zero. The fact you helped with the situation around those unfortunate adventurers is...
2020-12-23 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Ally shrugs, ‘miscellaneous potions wouldn’t help all that much, anyway. They tend to be quite situational and you have the best of a bad lot picked from whatever trash the other gods handed off to Moota. Though even then they are less than useful right now. About the only good one for the settlement would be that oil of magic weapon. Eventually some monster will show up that requires magic weapons to damage and it will save their butts. Just add it in as a drop somewhere on the third flo...
2020-12-18 11:00:05 +0000 UTC
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As Jason falls, Peter pulls out his bow and releases six arrows that glow green with magic formed vines. Even if the group had been watching, they would not have been able to see the arrow paths. They do however notice where the arrows land.
In a hexagon around the group, the vine arrows pierce into the ground. From the smoking holes much more material vines burst out and form a dome, protecting them and also killing any yubs that are inside the dome with them.
Seeing the group sa...
2020-12-16 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Lily, with her unreserved aggression, is the first to tire out. This was planned for though and she hops into the harness which closes behind her. While they had planned for this, that didn’t change what had to happen. Without Lily at his feet, Jason had to use war stomp. Not too much of a change, but it adds yet another drain on him.
This change does however allow for him to spread the damage around even more. He drives the yubs further back as petals rain down upon them. Still, Jaso...
2020-12-16 11:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Doyle takes a moment to recover before shaking his core and sighing. ‘Welp, that always knocks me for a ringer. Still, I’m uncertain if that is a lot of cow patterns or a few. On one hand, that was probably enough patterns that I won’t get a random one for my next floor. On the other hand, I’m certain what you gave me isn’t even scratching the surface.’
Moota shrugs, “I put in as much as I could. I’m actually surprised that you got the aquatic one even. You don’t have ...
2020-12-11 11:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Doyle sighs, ‘Well anyway, the people here will not think of it in that way. Just keep the note short and sweet. The cows are a gift. Explain about the difference between the farmer worshiping a god to bless the animal and the animals just worshiping a beast god. Other beast gods have similar things, right?’
Moota nods, “Those basic increases to mutation and chance at sapience are key features of any beast god.”
Doyle laughs, ‘That’s good, they will need to figure out ...
2020-12-11 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Peter laughs, “But those are small things. Overall, the three of you did fine in your fight. Especially with how fluid you guys were in switching between herds. And Courtney, don’t feel bad about only getting one herd with your illusion and how it woke up so quickly. Even though it didn’t stay under long, it ended up behind the other herd. This let them separate. If they had stayed together, things would have been much more difficult.”
“Now let’s repeat this a couple more ti...
2020-12-09 11:01:59 +0000 UTC
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The group comes in on the next group of yubjubs and right away they can tell it was two. With the swarms, even if there were multiple swarms, they would flow together. With the yubs, despite there being over a hundred of them, the two separate groups were obvious even when mixed. They had gotten used to swarms flowing and while the yubs flowed it was two separate flows.
Of course, this interesting observation doesn’t stop the yubs from charging, so the group gets into position. Courtn...
2020-12-09 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Doyle shrugs, “I’m sure someone has figured out the secret and let someone else try it first. Though that doesn’t matter to either of us all that much. Now is there anything special we need to do for this oath or does it go into effect once we all agree to it?”
Ally laughs, “It would be a little unfair if just agreeing put into place a binding agreement like this.”
Moota nods, “Yeah, we need to all agree those terms are fair and then with some intent agree to the oat...
2020-12-04 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Rosha asks, “So if the System can’t replicate peak existences, how does it get the essence if the being is still alive? A dead being would be easy enough for the System to snaffle up some blood. But I would think anything called peak could keep track of their blood. Also, how does being a peak existence work in the first place? I doubt they get born at the top.”
Peter shrugs, “I can answer that first one. The System makes deals with them for essence occasionally. What d...
2020-12-02 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Courtney interrupts the two of them to ask, “So do these things have any drops? We didn’t ask with swarm cats and look how that turned out.”
Peter shrugs, “Yubjub’s drop some great loot and their body has natural spacial magic in it. The yubs on the other hand are worthless. All the valuable stuff is on the other side of a dimensional wall from us and I can’t get to it.”
Rosha shakes her head and laughs, “Of course it would be. Though we weren’t going this way fo...
2020-12-02 11:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Doyle laughs, “So many rich people pre-system would have melted away under that last potion. Though I have to ask, you say it isn’t cheap to make, so how would it end up in the hands of the poor?”
Moota shrugs, “The actual ingredients are stupid cheap to grow. What makes it costly is the fact some of the herbs are highly illegal. As you said, rich people have the money to perfect their physical appearance. Now if what happened is a true polymorph situation, my potion won’t do ...
2020-11-27 11:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Moota sighs, “Even if you are a dungeon, what can you provide me I couldn’t get elsewhere? And more cow worshippers is nice but that settlement won’t move the needle.”
Doyle smiles, “I can give you the world! By which I mean I will eventually have floors large enough to count as at least small worlds. At the moment, I am locked down as a goat dungeon. They are my bread and butter. Don’t think that will change either. Had a run in with the concept of goats that locked that in...
2020-11-27 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Peter nods, “Protection against teleportation is very high on the list of things to have. No king would stay over in a place without it. The only reason teleporting assassinations isn’t more frequent is that anyone worth being targeted knows better. Now form up, the first yubjub is right ahead. Only one to start, but after that you get thrown into the deep end.”
Courtney raises an eyebrow at him, “Yeah, we can sort of see that. It isn’t like earlier with the rolling hills. The...
2020-11-25 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Peter signs, “So can we move out now that we’ve figured it all out?”
Jason tilts his head to the side with an eyebrow raised, “That would be nice but we haven’t figured out what to do with the pearls. That and I’m sure there are more of them than you let on. While we did a good job of gibbing them, we focused on the head. What can you offer?”
Peter closes his hand and covers his mouth with it. “Sigh, of course you wouldn’t forget that. Since you want a potion, we...
2020-11-25 11:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Ally flies over and lands on Moota’s shoulder, then pats her head. “That must have been tough. To be singled out as some chosen one might seem nice from the outside but in reality it is only a lonely mess.”
Moota starts to tear up, “I was so lonely! Even before they figured out what was special about me they took me away from my mom and the rest of the herd to study me. Do you know how traumatic that is? All my instincts scream at me to be in a herd! Me being a part of this godl...
2020-11-20 11:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Jason holds up the mind pearl, “This little pearl solves that problem and why your kingdom is so keen on keeping the ecosystem balanced. From what I can see, someone skilled in alchemy should be able to create a potion from them and some other stuff to fix the problem. These mind pearls can control the swarm cat’s body. A tail or two wouldn’t phase it.”
Peter takes a deep drink from his mug. “Well, you found me out. How did you figure it out? You said you examined it, but I di...
2020-11-18 11:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Jason frowns, “Let me see that.” And he picks up the mind pearl Peter had put on the table.
While he inspects it, Courtney steeples her fingers. “So you’ve been picking these up the entire time?”
Peter rubs the back of his neck and laughs. “Yep, not too many were salvageable. You guys were efficient at pulping the swarm cats.”
Courtney raises an eyebrow, “And you planned to tell us about this loot now?”
Peter shrugs, “Well, I had to at some point so...
2020-11-18 11:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Combining the contents of the six vials takes a moment as his territory control scoops up every last drop from five of them into the last. Gathered together, the bottom of the vial has enough liquid to form a layer instead of a drop. Not much, but Ally nods when she sees it. ‘That should be enough to get something. Probably not the pattern or even the recipe for it, but you might have the chance to improve the myconid’s poison. Oh, and deconstruct the vials before they can unsummon themse...
2020-11-13 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Next morning Doyle watches as the newly healed up team starts another dive. Having the previous day’s dive under their belts, the first floor doesn’t represent any challenge. They take even the last fight with the kobolds apart with ease.
The second floor does a better job of holding them back. This time through isn’t without rewards. Now that Doyle has put coin drops on all the kobolds of the second floor, the chance some will drop has skyrocketed. While not much, the group has g...
2020-11-13 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Peter leaves the inn and is standing on the wall. With a glare out over the plains around the waypoint, he takes a step onto the nearby hill and shakes his head. “Who’s trying to mess with my kingdom? Yubjubs don’t just show up. Meh, the sages and scryers can look into it.”
With a sigh, Peter walks off into the distance. As he moves through the hills and forests, he counts the various monsters in the area. Though this only confirms the fact that their presence is unnatural. Even...
2020-11-11 11:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Peter fixes Courtney with a stern look, “Courtney, your defense is stealth based. Yes, I know, you’ve been forced into a more upfront style of combat as of late. Still, you would be better off hidden in the shadows and using a more roguish style of combat. At the very least go for a more agility based dodging defense as your first line of defense. A chance at shadow phasing is only that, a chance. Of course you knew this already, so now onto Rosha.”
He turns and fixes his gaze on ...
2020-11-11 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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With everyone up on their feet, Doctor looks over at the ore vein. “So, are we going to finish mining out the copper?”
Jeremy laughs, “If we had Kellinger with us to cheat on the extraction. But no, we won’t play at being miners. Though even with Kellinger, that might not be the best way to do it. While slower I bet someone mining the ore will give better results just like how someone with a skill crafting an item has better results.”
Susan nods, “Plus, who knows what ...
2020-11-06 11:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Peter claps his hands and sits down at the table. “Sooooo, tomorrow will be interesting. If you’ve gotten sick of swarm cats, I have some good news for you! There aren’t any between here and the city.”
Jason raises an eyebrow, “So what is between here and the city?”
Peter grimaces, “Well, whenever there is an excess of one type of monster, a predator tends to show up. For the most part, that isn’t a problem around here because we keep the various swarms balanced ag...
2020-11-04 11:01:59 +0000 UTC
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Once inside, Peter points to the inn. “You guys go ahead. I want to go find out what is up and the local head is the best place to start. After my meet and greet with them, I will come back to critique your defense.”
Jason shrugs at this, he doesn’t need to worry. Rosha and Courtney on the other hand are a little tense, but before they can respond Peter has already left.
Off across the waystation, we catch back up to Peter as he is knocking on an office door. Just a small tw...
2020-11-04 11:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy looks around the room and sighs. “Well, this has been the hardest floor yet. Doctor, I’m not stupid enough to think you can heal you three enough for another fight, but will everyone at least be able to walk out of here?”
Doctor looks up from Kelly’s left leg, which has a decent chunk of flesh ripped off. “Unassisted? No. However, everyone should be able to hobble out with some help. Since only half of us have been done in, we should be able to leave just fine.”
2020-10-30 10:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy and Kelly stand right below the edge of the next room with the others lined up behind them. Jeremy raises his hand with all the fingers out. One by one he lowers his fingers and on zero everyone covers their eyes as Kelly releases a spell up into the air.
The monsters can hear a slight whistle as a dull grey ball rises over the edge and into view. All the kobolds and goats look over at the strange sight, just in time for the spell to go off. There is a bright double flash of ligh...
2020-10-30 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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