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Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 26
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 3Authority : 4Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)-Nobility : 3Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Claim Construction (2, Domain)Empathy : 3Shift Water (1, Shape)Imbue Mending (3, Civic)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Link Spellwork (3, Arcane)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)B...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 25
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 6Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 3Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Claim Construction (2, Domain)Empathy : 3Shift Water (1, Shape)Imbue Mending (3, Civic)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Link Spellwork (3, Arcane)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bo...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 24
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 4Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 3Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Claim Construction (2, Domain)Empathy : 3Shift Water (1, Shape)Imbue Mending (3, Civic)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Link Spellwork (3, Arcane)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bo...
The Daily Grind - Chapter 198
“In order for me to write poetry that isn't political, I must listen to the birds, and in order to hear the birds, the warplanes must be silent” -Marwan Makhoul-_____For the last six years, Connie had been a practicing talk therapist. She was aware, in an abstract way, that there were a lot of people who used that term for themselves, but skipped a lot of the important steps. Steps like actually getting an education, for example, or actually maintaining that education. Connie complained ...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 23
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 1Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 3Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Claim Construction (2, Domain)Empathy : 3Shift Water (1, Shape)Imbue Mending (3, Civic)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Link Spellwork (3, Arcane)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bo...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 22
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 2Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 3Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Claim Construction (2, Domain)Empathy : 3Shift Water (1, Shape)Imbue Mending (3, Civic)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)-Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civ...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 21
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 11Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)-Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)The humans have gotten too used to me simply provi...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 20
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 9Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)-Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)I wake up and throw myself into taking stock of the...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 19
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 5Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 3Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)-Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)It is a mistake to say that Distant Vision sends me...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 18
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 7Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)Day by day, my power grows. Only two days since I be...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 17
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 2Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)I wake up, and for the first time since I have enter...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 16
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 0Authority : 3Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Distant Vision (2, Perceive)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)When I was a boy, my father told me that I would be ...
The Daily Grind - Chapter 197
finally edited this to my satisfaction. here.also a reminder that there are pdfs now. someone asked about that today, because it can be hard to notice. so i'm reminding everyone, there are pdfs for each chapter._____“Hobbits were the peak of civilization in the Tolkien-verse. Jobs were gardening, stall at the farmer’s market, or mailman. Shoes off, capris on, six meals a day, high and fat as all shit. Names like Daddy Twofoot. Why the fuck were we ever horny for elves?” -Cryptid Coalit...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 15
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 4Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)I have learned things from my humans. Through an excessive exertion of small mag...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 14
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 3Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)Form Wall is one of those spells that doesn’t simply need to be aimed, it need...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 13
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 2Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)Form Wall (2, Shape)Tenacity : 2Nudge Material (1, Shape)Bolster Nourishment (2, Civic)As I become more comfortable with my new senses, both those I find through my ma...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 12
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 6Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)-Tenacity : 1Nudge Material (1, Shape)A morning of work and observation has left me with the majority of my spells drained down to very little left. But I find myself ...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 11
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 5Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 2Shift Water (1, Shape)-Spirituality : 3Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Make Low Blade (2, War)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)-Tenacity : 1Nudge Material (1, Shape)Wakefulness comes in with the distant sound of rain. I keep both sets of eyelids pressed shut, willing the morning to pass me by....
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 10
More of this, as I continue to roll toward having patrons ten chapters ahead before radically slowing down._____Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 5Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 1Shift Water (1, Shape)Spirituality : 2Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)-Tenacity : 1Nudge Material (1, Shape)I wake up, and something is wrong. The fe...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 9
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 1Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)Fortify Space (2, Domain)Nobility : 2Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)See Domain (1, Perceive)Empathy : 1Shift Water (1, Shape)Spirituality : 2Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)-Tenacity : 1Nudge Material (1, Shape)I wake up to the lingering memory sensation of being late for something.Thoughts and lives blend together as I snap from the unfeeling darkness of rest t...
The Daily Grind - Chapter 196
And book four start._____“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” -Red, The Shawshank Redemption-_____A few years ago, James had been having a really bad day at work, stuck working hours that mostly served to make sure he was awake when normal businesses were closed and that he missed his weekly D&D game.In a sentence that would be considered by future historians to be ‘an understatement’, he would later admit that this day had turned out okay.A year after the night that he discovered that ...
Update
As some astute patrons may have noticed, I have begun posting again. Get used to that, I've been writing a lot while on "break".After a lot of back and forth, I've settled on writing more of the not-actually-a-dungeon-core story, and it's been given it's actual name of Apparatus Of Change. You'll be seeing more of that around here in the future.Additionally, chapters of The Daily Grind resume tomorrow as well.I'll be stabilizing at ten chapters ahead on Apparatus,...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 8
Unnamed - Apparatus Of ChangeAvailable Power : 5Authority : 2Bind Insect (1, Command)-Nobility : 1Congeal Glimmer (1, Command)Empathy : 1Shift Water (1, Shape)Spirituality : 2Shift Wood (1, Shape)Small Promise (2, Domain)Ingenuity : 2Know Material (1, Perceive)-Tenacity : 1Nudge Material (1, Shape)Time, focus, and the draining and refilling of my spells, has left me with more power than I know what to do with.Strictly speaking, that is a lie. I know what to do; I narrow my attention down to the ...
Apparatus Of Change - Chapter 7
As you may have guessed by the existence of this post, I've settled on what I really want to write more of. If this isn't your top pick, then I'm sorry, but this is the one that resonated with me. I may revisit the other stories in the future, but for now, it's time for good ol' high fantasy adventure!Patrons will get to be at least ten chapters ahead on this at all times. And you're gonna start getting those chapters right now.As a reminder, .pdfs are now available on al...
Kitty Cat Kill Sat - Chapter 63 - Finale (Revised)
I didn't fully like how the very end looked, so I cleaned it up a bit, added a few more lines. It's still not perfect, but I'm much happier with it now._____Would you like to hear a joke? It’s kind of a personal bit of gallows humor, and I’m not sure I can really put it into words. A bit off the cuff, the sort of joke where my options are ‘laugh’ or ‘scream’. But here goes.I was never really alone, was I?The call propagates out across thousands of comm buoys and relays, t...
Update - Uh...Votes?
So. It took me a while to go through the number of votes, because patreon is kinda weird about how it shows them and I wanted to make sure I counted right. You see, a number of people give me money in other ways, and they also got votes on this, so it took a little while to make sure that I was actually, you know, counting your votes properly.With all the votes totaled, here is where we sit.Travels, with 15. This kinda surprised me. I didn't think it was bad or anything, but I wasn't sur...
Update - Vote!
And now that everyone's had some time to read over the options, the vote goes up! You all have until this time next week to get your opinions in, and figure out what will define a swath of my creative life for the next year. Have fun!
Travels - Chapter 6
These ones might be well suited to narration, now that I think about it more._____The old reliable mobile home made its way across the landscape in rapid retreat.Eight stories tall, the hermit geist that had taken the apartment building did it’s best to run through the Valley of Sparks.The residents of the apartments sheltered behind defensive positions, counting bullets and wondering if the raider attack would finally be too much.A step sounded, one of the geist’s metal clawed feet screamin...
Travels - Chapter 5
The old reliable mobile home made its way across the landscape with eager steps.Eight stories tall, the hermit geist that had stolen the old world apartment building walked through the Blue Dunes.The residents of the apartments, those that yet lived, were travelers. Nothing bound them, nothing defined them, except their endless trek across the reshaped landscape. The ones that lasted tended to be very dangerous. The ones that didn’t tended to be wise, or dead.A foot gently touched down, the ge...
Travels - Chapter 4
The old reliable mobile home made its way across the landscape with measured steps.Eight stories tall, the hermit geist that had filled the walls and cracks of the apartment building maneuvered across the Field Of Steel And Glass.Sometimes, the residents of the apartment would wait inside until their home passed through a particularly dangerous region. Sometimes they wouldn’t have a choice, issues would be forced by the environment, or the locals.The Officer hated those times. She was not crea...
