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Board & Conquest 64: Alexandrite

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As it turned out, Fire Sultana Alexandrite was literally mercurial. 

Victoire and the rest of Verglane’s delegation were guided into the depths of the royal palace and its inner chambers dug into the very heart of Mount Sunfire. It was there, on a sculpted platform of black basalt polished with an obsidian floor ris...

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Anonymous Story Vote Experiment

Hello again everyone,

So from a cursory read of the current story poll it's looking like it's going to be another extremely close one. Considering it's been three near deadlocks in a row, I'm starting to wonder if leaving the results public and keeping only two options doesn't encourage evening things out or near ties.

Unfortunately, Patreon doesn't allow me to hide results in real time... but other ap...

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Story Poll: Class Action or Paypocalypse

Alright everyone, so you've seen two potential new story that I might write after completing Blood & Fur. As said in multiple previous messages, the new series (that I'll update alongside Board & Conquest) will have a more commercial focus (so LitRPG, weak to strong, one viewpoint) since I'll have less time on my end with TPR game related stuff; I was considering offering a third, more dark fantasy magical academy option (themed after The Lost Deaths) but I fear it's simply t...

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Board & Conquest 63: Sugar Goddy

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All true Dungeons had a core, a heart of pure mana around which walls and rooms slowly grew over the eons; and Neigebleue Castle was no exception. 

Wepwawet found the core in the castle’s depth, buried in a room hidden behind countless layers of traps and mimic monsters. Entire adventurer parties would have been wiped out maki...

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Potential New Story Pilot: The Paypocalypse (1 & 2)

Heya, as said a while back, here's one of the potential pilots for the novel that will take over after Blood & Fur concludes somewhen in July; The Paypocalypse. That one was proposed a bit earlier against Board & Conquest and only lost by one vote, so I'm putting it up here again with a few edits. Hope you'll enjoy it.

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"How do you circle a square?"

"By cutting enough corners!"

  • Famous DungeonCorp inside-joke.

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Potential New Story Pilot: Class Action (1 & 2)

Heya, as said for a while, here's one of the potential pilots for the novel that will take over after Blood & Fur concludes somewhen in July; Class Action. I'm posting it here for your eyes only a bit early and I'll be happy to read your reactions ;)

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Vincent was hiking when the Cult of Mastemo nearly destroyed the city. 

The day had started like almost any other Saturday, with him visiting the f...

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Board & Conquest 62: The Blitz

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Twenty.

There were twenty giant wendigos running around Neigebleue Castle, and all of them were converging onto the courtyard. Wepwawet had no idea how tough normal wendigos were, but these ones were big enough to trouble the likes of Insupportable. Heck, a few of the ones converging towards the dragons retained enough me...

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Blood & Fur Chapter 110: Snake Shedding Skin

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It had been a long time since I took a bath with all four of my consorts at the same time. 

The water heated up the instant I slipped inside it, so we didn’t even need to light a fire to keep it warm. I could have boiled it into steam, but settled on a more comfortable temperature that my wives and sister could enjoy. <...

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Board & Conquest 61: Deer Hunt

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A great sigh echoed across all of Verglane’s Altars. 

Wepwawet had been checking up on his Champions’ Dungeon expedition through their senses in case they needed his guidance; a suspicion which proved correct once shifting walls split the party apart across the castle. That kind of mess happened all the time with mortals and especially ...

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B&F 4 and Dungeon Wreckers Preorders (+ news)

Hello everyone,

I have a few news to report: first of all, the fourth volume of Blood & Fur (covering the Flower War and fight with Sugey) is finally available for pre-order on Amazon alongside one I've setup myself for Dungeon Wreckers. Blood & Fur 4 will be released on ...

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Board & Conquest 60: Castle Mysteries

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The princess was close. Soumis could feel it in his bones and his nose. 

At his core, Soumis was a misunderstood artist, a genius centuries ahead of his time. Whereas other dragons considered princesses little more than trophies to parade around and put on display on their hoards before they released them back into the wild—so they could e...

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Board & Conquest 59: Dungeon Nights

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One of Wepwawet’s major quests involved turning Narc into a worthy capital capable of housing eight thousand inhabitants. 

The Titan Incursion had considerably delayed that objective, but days upon days of raising Wolf Houses, casting Ice Barrier Miracles, and summoning Flying Elephants to use as be...

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Blood & Fur Chapter 109: The Essence of Life

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I heard the cry of the earth when nightfall came.

It was an inviolable law of the world that all suns must set, and though I had blessed this world with a dawn, the fangs of night still gnashed without pause or pity. The great light in the sky completed its exhausting course behind the mountains, announcing the onset of twilight and ...

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Board & Conquest 58: Blessed Days

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At long last, it was time for his Champions to rank up. 

The Titan Incursion had been such a harrowing experience that all of Wepwawet’s chosen defenders had earned a power boost from it. He had given them time to think about the paths they wished to take and then summoned them to Narc to receive the appropriate blessings once Victoire’s t...

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Patreon Bonus: Elphion's Map (B&C)

Hello,

Some patrons have demanded a map of Elphion, and since we've advanced into Volume 2 where most of the world's geography is known to the main cast, I'm now releasing my official map of the area ;) some light spoilers for those who haven't finished volume 1.

Nations:

1) Verglane, Wepwawet's civilization; red spots are current or potential Altar locations (A1 Promesse; B1 Narc; C1 Roynimalia; D1 Fort Jarlack; F1 Ic...

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Board & Conquest 57: New Projects

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They found the Black Lighthouse empty. 

While Victoire had often participated in fishing trips from Cape Narc, most locals knew better than to travel too far north into the Winter Sea’s stormy waters. Most of their ships weren’t equipped to make long trips, to the point that the longship her crew used to reach the current...

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Update: PDF for ebooks, author meet-up in June, Blood & Fur 4 stubbing on June 1st

Hello everyone, a quick general update,

First of all, I'm happy to announce I've compiled a few of my more recently completed ebooks in PDF format for patrons to download based on your tiers. In order:

Board & Conquest 56: Interlude - Schemes of the Titans

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Somewhere in the space in-between worlds, a fly was begging for mercy. 

“I…” Beelzebub buzzed as an invisible force choked his essence. “Forgive… me…” 

“You have disappointed us, Beelzebub,” a female, reptilian voice echoed in the void between worlds. Five great inhuman shadows loomed in the crimso...

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Blood & Fur Chapter 108: Setting the Stage

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I spent the morning fulfilling prayers.

The only building in Hananpacha larger than the imperial palace was its Temple of the Sun; a massive circular monument built with ashlar stones paved with gold and excised of any imperfection. The Sapa oracles used the parabolic-shaped wall for astronomy purposes by measuring the movements of t...

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Dungeon Wreckers 73: The End (Epilogue)

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It was December 24th, 2024 in Evermarsh. Time was half-stable, monsters were scarce, and Swiss chocolate was still the best.

Matthew still hated malls with a passion though, even Mr. Chang’s own. All the weeks of therapy he went through couldn’t stop him from looking over his shoulder whenever he spotted his friends walking into a shop or taki...

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Board & Conquest 55: Test Results (Vol 1 Epilogue)

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The first exam results were in. 

Wepwawet could almost taste the tension in the air as he and his classmates shifted in their seats and Miss Athena forwarded them their score sheets through the System. 

“These are the results given to you by the Board of Education based on the period preceding the First Titan Incu...

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Board & Conquest 54: Aftermath

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Pele looked terribly dispirited. 

Wepwawet had expected as much when he teleported back to the classroom and to most of his classmates’ acclaim. Ganesha and Artemis drew him into a group hug the moment he materialized back, with most of the rest clapping and congratulating him. Only Pele’s posse of Axomamma, Ishtar, and Epon...

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Dungeon Wreckers 72: The Closure

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They fell through an ocean of dead histories. 

Matthew couldn’t quite describe what he saw any other way. He and Tarantulas descended into an otherworldly space of floating particles holding more Flux than he had ever seen. Most of it was violet and yellow, but all strains of colors were represented here. The pocket dimension around them was...

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Board & Conquest 53: Incursion Ends

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Wepwawet had almost forgotten what it felt like to have a mortal body

Gods lived in realms of raw mana and Influence far away from the material existence of mortals. Incarnating as a physical being was a novel experience for most, and Wepwawet was no exception. The last time he had walked on a mortal world’s surfac...

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Blood & Fur 107: The Emperor Protects

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My soul burned its way out of my flesh. 

My blazing heartfire spilled out of my ribcage in an arson of the spirit, my bones no longer capable of containing it. I sensed a balance break within me, between the man and the god, the light and the shadow, the totem and the body, the immaterial and the physical. My flames became a b...

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Dungeon Wreckers 71: The Gate Opens

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Perse stared at him. 

Her face looked exactly like it did in her last moments, her expression frozen in a haunted cry of terror and betrayal. Her echo floated at the forefront of a mass of twisted souls screaming without lungs to hold their breaths. How long had these poor souls been trapped in their last moments? Years? Centuries? 

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Board & Conquest 52: Last Prophecy

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Goreville’s sword shone with holy light as it carved its way through another monstrous slime. 

His fur was marred with blisters from the corrosive acid and steel shrapnel pervading this hellhole of a land. His wounds healed quicker since Lord Wepwawet blessed him with greater power, but barely enough to keep up with the pass...

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Board & Conquest 51: Management Review

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From the way Whiro hesitated, Wepwawet could guess what cards the Titan had in his hand. 

The most sensible play would be to cast a Miracle and recover those he had in the discard pile, yet Whiro didn’t do that. This meant he lacked any of such options, having either discarded them during his initial Tsunami barrages or m...

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Dungeon Wreckers 70: Heart of Darkness

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Of course Durge would be here at the end of all things. 

Matthew would have been afraid once, terrified even; but he was too dead inside for fear. Only anger remained, alongside the determination to see the bastard die before him. 

“Don’t be sorry,” Matthew replied coldly, Flux gathering in his hands. “I ho...

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Board & Conquest 50: Disaster Cycle

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It was a disaster. 

Wepwawet couldn’t find any other word to describe the current board state. A miniature sea occupied most of the southeast side of it, having drowned nearly the entire magmorian army and heavily damaged Citadel Sapphire. The tidal wave would have likely destroyed it utterly without the lava moat evaporating most of the wat...

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