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[D'sP] Variable Sprouts - Chapter 77

Doyle takes another look at how many points he has to spend. 4200 is quite a sizable amount to work with. A little too big with how much most of his monsters cost. Easy enough to take care of with his decision to add assassin vines in the center.

Doyle cuts the amount in half and the result conveniently divides by 300 cleanly. That means seven assassin vines get thrown in the middle region. Though depending on how the kobolds work out he decides that cutting one or two wouldn’t be out...

[NR] Exit Stage Nevermind - Chapter 211

Jason sighs, “So suffice to say I have a lot of work to do.”

Peter laughs, “Don’t worry too much. Since you’re on the same break as the others but still at a lower level you will get a boosted amount of experience for your work.”

Jason just shakes his head at this. “I’ll still probably have to wander off on my own whenever we reach a bottleneck.”

Peter shrugs, “The next one you reach isn’t all that hard to get through. You just have to beat...

[NR] With a ★ - Chapter 210

Jason thinks over what Peter had just told him when something stuck out to him. “How does that xp overflowing into stats work exactly? You mentioned it started at level ten, but Lily is already level 12. Did she miss out on a lot of stats because I didn’t know about this? Also, how many more stats can she get? Delaying my levels isn’t hard, what with how I’m not really going all that fast to begin with. On the other hand, how would I know she has gained as much as possibl...

[D'sP] More Mushrooms - Chapter 76

Eventually Doyle gives up on trying to automate the room reshuffling and asks Ally about it. She thinks about it for a moment. ‘Huh, I don’t think you can do that? But on the other hand, I know it can be done, or at least what you want to do is possible. Wait, I might have it. What you want to do isn’t automate the maze building. You want to be able to shuffle the maze randomly and have that shuffling happen automatically.’

‘That’s actually two separate things. To build the ...

[D'sP] New Floor, New Monster - Chapter 75

Doyle watches them leave and sighs. ‘Well, that’s taken care of. I have a few things I would like to tweak on my current floors, but first, making my third floor. Unless you think I should do something else first?’ And he nods to Ally.

Ally shrugs, ‘A third floor isn’t exactly the single most important thing at the moment. However, it shares that spot with a few other things so why not? Do you have a plan for it now?”

Doyle rolls his core back, ‘Well yes, but actuall...

[NR] How the Monster Tamers Do - Chapter 209

With the latest of swarms defeat, Peter goes back into lecture mode. There wasn’t much to go over for Courtney except a few mentions of when she could have distracted the swarm better. Rosha also did her job for the most part. When it comes to Jason though, Peter has a good bit to say.

“You keep pulling out new tricks. You’re like a small pond which actually keeps going deeper and deeper. That isn’t necessarily bad, but it isn’t good either. Presumably your skills...

[NR] Lily Joins In - Chapter 208

Peter grabs his shell and stretches while yawning. “So after that quick break we can head out. There should be some more swarms just out of range that you guys can play with. I want you to try and not get surrounded this time though. Be more proactive and keep mobile. You guys apparently have some ridiculous stuff going for you, so give it a shot.”

Jason rubs his eyes, “Will we even be able to reach the next waystation today? I know we suspected that we would have to ...

[D'sP] All the Wolves and Stats - Chapter 74

{Wind Wolf (lv4) pattern goes from lv4 to lv6

Stone Wolf (lv4) pattern acquired at lv4

Lesser Shadow Wolf (lv9) pattern acquired at lv2

Wolf patterns consolidated into Wolf Patterns at lv8

Dungeon Wolf pattern derived from Wolf Patterns at lv5

Level Gained!

Level goes from 1 to 2, Strength goes from 20 to 21, Agility goes from 21 to 23, Constitution goes from 22 to 24, Intelligence goes from 18 to 20, Wisdom goes from 20 to 27, Perception goes from 14 to 15...

[NR] Courtney's Research Backlog Increases - Chapter 207

Peter closes his eyes and rubs the bridge of his nose. “Thank all the gods and goddesses! I don’t think I could have taken anymore of this. And yes, don’t tell anyone else. Now I need to rest for a bit. I don’t think my heart can take much more of this.”

Peter walks over to a nearby tree and leans up against it. Once he has gotten comfortable, he yells at the group, “I’m going to put up a sound barrier and take a nap. There shouldn’t be any monsters worth no...

[NR] Breaking Peter - Chapter 206

Jason pauses for a second. “Huh, you’re right. I guess I’ve just gotten so used to her not being a part of the fight I just jump right in without thinking about it. Going to have to work on that. I don’t want to reduce her to just a shoulder accessory or something. Anyway, I’m going to check my gains from the fight.”

Peter laughs, “Unless you were right at the edge of gaining a level I don’t see how it could have given you anything.”

Jason shrugs, �...

Author's Note - Someone Plagiarized the Dungeon's Path

EDIT: The plagiarized book has been taken down.

So you've probably heard of books on places like here and RR being Plagurized and sold on Amazon? Well guess who just got hit. There is someone selling Dungeon's Path on Amazon under the title Dungeon Tutorial and the only change they have made is to the Main Characters name. I put in my dispute so thats a thing. I have to wonder if they've managed to sell any. I do what editing I can but it is not publishing quality. Really s...

[D'sP] The Wolves' Breakthrough - Chapter 73

Doyle turns the screens toward Ally and asks, ‘So what’s with the whole level four thing being repeated so much? I can appreciate the wind wolves, but it looks different from usual.’

Ally takes a look and nods, ‘Oh good. It started to show that. I was a little annoyed when you got the axebeak and it didn’t have the information there. Maybe it was just waiting for you to try putting one on the wrong floor or getting a monster you couldn’t spawn?’

She shakes her head, ...

[D'sP] Ten Wolves Enter - Chapter 72

Morning dawns bright and early, not a cloud in the sky. Ever since Jan and the others had left Ace and the others had been putting the finishing touches on their defense. The walls went higher and the moats lower. The only way into the dungeon now was through a straight corridor about the size of a two-lane road that faced the forest. They didn’t want to take the chance that the wolves would choose to flank them.

Besides that, everyone had been spending as much time as possible within...

[NR] You Forgot Something - Chapter 205

The leading edge of the swarm slams into Rosha’s staff. To start it goes just like the first attack. Her swing throws them back with small masses trying to flank. Jason keeps those flanking attacks under control, his movement ability being shown in full as each step brings him in and out of combat at a whim.

There are just too many cats in the swarm though and even with Jason making use of both his attack skills they surround the two. Being attacked from all sides, the sw...

[NR] Orange, White, and Tortoise Shell - Chapter 204

Then Peter turns to Jason. “Don’t think that means you did everything perfectly. Your little burst there was nice and all, but you kept it hidden too long. Going by how the other two reacted, you’ve done nothing like it before. Trump cards are nice and all, but stop being an idiot about it. I don’t know how Energy works, but you don’t seem tired or worn out so you could have been doing that sort of thing more.”

“It is so much harder to help you when you’re c...

[D'sP] Time and More Runes - Chapter 71

Ally nods, ‘your stats are coming along quite well, especially your agility with those runes. Though now that I think about it we haven’t checked the description for it yet.’

‘Hmm’, Doyle thinks about it and nods, ‘I think you’re right. [System, can you show me the description for Agility please?]’

{Agility: The finesse of one’s dungeon. Your basic ability to have things like moving bits and pieces. Whereas normal creatures’ agility will represent their ability...

[NR] That Doesn't Stack - Chapter 203

The swarm cats that approach the group can be seen from a distance away. Over a hundred cats form a roving carpet of fuzz and claws. At first they are moving slowly, but that changes as soon as the monsters spot the group. The cats change direction and charge toward the group.

Seeing this Rosha feels the urge to facepalm. After Peter’s talk, she had left her weapon in staff mode. Of course, the first fight they find starts at an extended range. By the time she could have ...

[NR] Hide and Seek - Chapter 202

Courtney doesn’t have anything for them to do either, so the two of them just stand there awkwardly for about ten minutes before they set out. As they travel things seem normal at first. Then things get weird.

Courtney had been passively paying attention, looking for signs of when Peter and Rosha had come through here. Seeing as they both were rangers she spotted nothing directly, but what she did see was astounding. Peter must have been setting up examples because packed...

[D'sP] Collecting Runes - Chapter 70

While the group had been waiting for others to climb up Ace had been quietly asking each new arrival to describe their experience. Everyone of them mentioned a feeling of having exceeded themselves or going beyond their abilities. After hearing Susan’s descriptions, Ace nods.

“Okay, now I want to invoke the clause of our oath related to dungeon based secrets. After talking to Jeremy last night and all of what I heard here, we have uncovered another horrible secret to take to our gra...

[D'sP] Following the Other Wall - Chapter 69

With the ramp room finished the group all gathers on the wooden platform in the next room. Across the way Susan can see the plateau that her husband had told her about with all the plants, but that would have to wait. With how he explained it, any attempt to climb it before they cleared the kobolds was pure folly.

Ace lets the people who haven’t been to this room yet take it in. All the trees and the cliff across from them looks quite impressive to see inside a cave. He claps his hand...

[NR] Fraying String - Chapter 201

After Courtney grilled Peter a little more the group splits up for the night. Jason goes to his bed and with a yawn, lays back and logs off. Out in his pod, he rubs his eyes and stretches out. In the back of his head the question of if he should have just gone to sleep tries to take hold, but he doesn’t let it.

Up and out of his pod, Jason heads into the restroom and takes a shower. That wakes him up right quick and he goes through a proper stretching routine instead of l...

[NR] I Was Straight Laced - Chapter 200

“Huh”, Rosha puts her hands behind her head and leans back. “That is a question. None of them stick out and I didn’t really have plans of specializing like that. Though I guess that just means I am sticking with the ranger option. So yeah, if I had to choose, I would go with a plain ranger.”

Peter smiles, “I see you are making the mistake most do. The ranger isn’t the middle road without a specialization. They don’t have a favored enemy as you travellers lik...

[D'sP] Sammy's Redemption - Chapter 68

Enraged at the sudden death, the three remaining birds charge down the hall. Well, the right-most one tries to but it took one head-shot too many and only goes a third of the way before it falls over.

The remaining two make it to the front-line. Sammy meets her target first and it looks like she learned more of how to use a shield over the night. Instead of meeting it head on she shifts slightly to the side and has her shield at an angle to the beak. As she feels the impact Sammy puts h...

[NR] What Kind of Ranger are You - Chapter 199

Peter smirks at the group. “Do you like my privacy screen shell? My husband made it for me on my 400th birthday! He personally collected the shell from the shore of the Silent Sea. As long as I channel my magic into it not only won’t others be able to hear us but it removes the very concept of us talking. Very effective!”

“Anyway, let’s start with you Jason. Keep doing what you’re doing!” He shrugs, “from what I saw you’ve got an enormous amount of combat ...

[NR] Peter Might Actually Have to Work - Chapter 198

The swarm must have been one of the first to branch off as the group doesn’t meet anymore before they reach the next waystation. Once there Peter goes off to report the encounter while the group settles down at the free inn. They look back and forth. All of them want to talk about Peter, but none of them want to start.

Rosha in the end shrugs, “so he looks to be upholding his end of the deal? Then again, it is System enforced, so it wasn’t likely he would break his wo...

[D'sP] Sammy's Back - Chapter 67

Doyle floats his view through the dungeon as he ponders. ‘What can I do to improve the kobold’s teamwork? They already fight together decently enough but there needs to be more. The leaders don’t lead enough. Especially on the first floor. Despite her being the first leader and me even having a couple paths devoted to it, I could have designated any of the others to lead and nothing would change. She just charges in if things are too tough for the others.’

‘Then again, there i...

[D'sP] Why Pre-System Stuff Sucks - Chapter 66

Back in the dungeon Doyle is exuberantly happy. ‘My axebeaks actually did a good job! Obviously they wouldn’t be too weak or they wouldn’t qualify as a level two monster, but still. Their first showing wasn’t exactly stellar and just a couple minor changes turned them from sham to wow!’

Ally nods, ‘that went a lot better than I expected. Sure, we can expect other groups to get defeated, but those were the settlement’s top players. Though Jim had a point. His group only had...

[NR] System Suppression - Chapter 197

While Peter was providing tips Jason had continued to lay the beat down on the cats. While the monsters climbed on him, the buff on him continued to do its job. Ignoring them, Jason stomps around, bursts of Energy going off as he kills the ones not on him yet. Off to the side Rosha has stopped firing, now knowing that her arrows are less than useful.

Jason continues to take a steady stream of damage over this time but Courtney lays down an overtime heal on him. Better used ...

[NR] Bringing a Bow to a Swarm Fight - Chapter 196

With Peter along for the ride, their days go by quickly. While he isn’t directly helping because of Peters constant travels, he had upped his stamina stat enough that traveling on a road was like a dream. The miles flew by as they passed a waystation and made it to the next just as night was coming. An impressive distance to cover when you take into account the waystations are placed two to three days of normal travel apart. Over just one day the group had covered half a week's...

[D'sP] Axebeak Redemption - Chapter 65

Jim peeks into the next room and shakes his head. “More nonsense ahead. I can’t spot the bird that is supposed to be just inside the next room. With how badly they did against Ace’s group, the dungeon must have switched things up right away. Though the room looks to be about the same from what I can see without entering it.”

Kelly shrugs, “likely the birds are a wandering mob instead of any actual action from the dungeon. It should have just placed a flock in the room and Ace ...