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Peek: Tales From the Guild

Karn looks out over his guild as he cleans a tall mug, smiling at the boisterous noise of the adventurers.  Last year, the hall was pretty quiet around this time, with no dungeons really worth...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Seven

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**Lechula**

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The pale dwarf warily peeks out from the cave she and Merrik have been staying in.  The surface is… nothing li...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Six

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**Honey**

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Some small part of the bee scion was worried the Emperor might reject her verdict, but he seems to accept it easier tha...

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Peek: The Certainties in Life

It's not often that Joole is at a loss.  The changeling sits at his desk in his natural form, his pale skin mostly hidden by his well-tailored robes.  His large eyes take in the paperwork...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Five

Information is starting to flow like… hmm, what is it flowing like?  Water flows nicely, but my information isn’t nearly that swift nor clear.  Honey and Leo are receiving and organiz...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-four

The rockslides are slowly getting into position and actually sending back reports now, so Honey and Leo are turning their attention more towards that than trying to wring more from Merric and Lechu...

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Peek: Size Doesn't Matter

Ah, it's so rare when we shelter in caves anymore, but the Seer says a nasty winter storm is headed this way.  While we could probably weather it in our tents, why bother when there's a perfec...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Three

Teemo gives me a mental poke to get my attention, pulling my focus out and away from toying with some composite ideas.  I’ve seen Queen working on what looks like a composite using spidersil...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Two

I let my attention wander as Lechula and Merrik are questioned.  The two have really loosened up, though it’s a bit more difficult to tell with the elf than the dwarf.  Lechula happily ...

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Peek: Queen Multitasking

The ant queen hardly has time to gather her thoughts with all the work she has right now, and she couldn't be happier for it.  While it was nice to have the latitude to experiment with her own...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-One

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**The Harbinger**

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The amorphous mass of eyes, teeth, and tentacles glowers as it stalks the tunnels, making itself lo...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty

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**The Redcap**

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The unsettling fey scion oversees the excavation, his placid blue eyes at odds with the gruesome thing ato...

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Peek: Denizen Types

Denizens are  a vital part of any dungeon.  They are second only to scions for carrying out the will of their dungeon, and scions are really just a subset of powerful denizens.  As D...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Nine

As the party closes the distance to the surface, Teemo explains the general tone for good cop/bad cop.  The Stag still looks confused about the whole idea, but he’s willing to try.  Tee...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Eight

It takes Teemo about a day to get to Leo, which gives him about a day to prep him for the two refugees.  Sure, prisoners, but I don’t see much point in pretending they’re anything else at ...

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Peek: The Grand Horlon Labyrinth

Nobody is quite sure how old the Grand Horlon Labyrinth is, not even the dungeon itself.  It knows it's existed for quite some time, but when it decides to count time, it doesn't use the same ...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Seven

Down in the tunnels somewhere around that Maw’s territory, Nova watches as the party sleeps.  The prisoners are sleeping, too, but I think their status as prisoner will pretty quickly change...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Six

Watching, or rather: listening through Nova is an odd experience.  I’ve checked in on her a few times while she and the others have been scouting, but her spike in anxiety drew my a...

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Peek: Castleview Deliveries

Horlon City, capital of the Kingdom of Horlon, is a very busy city.  Not only does the royal family live there, but so do to much of the nobility, no less than three major adventurer guilds, o...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-five

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**Nova**

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The wyrm scion does her best to stay calm as the two dwellers head deeper into the cave, unknowingly getting closer and clos...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Four

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**Nova**

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As the wyrm scion quietly glides through the earth, she reflects on just how strange scouting duty is.  While she...

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Peek: Delver's Digest Awards

With winter here, it's time for the annual Delver's Digest awards!  While our editors and writers are sorting out the categories and nominees, it's still not too late to nominate your guild or...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Three

It’s time for the next wave to move out, which includes the dwellers.  While I’d rather they stay back and maybe go with the medics, I’d just have another excuse to try to keep them back...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-Two

I’m feeling a lot better about things after chatting with Teemo.  He’s good at cutting to the heart of what’s bothering me and reminding me what’s important.  It also helps that h...

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Peek Q&A Four!

It's been a while since we had a Q&A, so let's get right too it, shall we?


The Guy Who Asks has a very fitting name and several questions.  Are there ghost spawners?  ...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty-One

Though I’m feeling a bit better and more motivated to go kick this dungeon’s butt, reality forces me to cool my heels.  I pretty much spend the entire rest of the day going over the vague ...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Twenty

I spend a bit more time trying to think through the impossibility of being in charge of the afterlife for my dwellers, but I make exactly zero progress.  There’s just too much I don’t know...

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New Year, New Nudge!

Yes, it's time for a new nudge!  The last year has been incredible, thanks to all of your support.  I never imagined my weird story about a living location could draw so much interest. &n...

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Peek: Life in a Dungeon

Through the dungeon of Thedeim, most delvers notice the efforts of the scions or the dungeon himself, but there is so much more going on than those dozen-and-change beings.  The will of the sc...

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Chapter Two-Hundred Nineteen

“And that’s the basics for my Butterfly Effect, Fluffles.  Just subtle things lining up and leading to the next, like dominoes,” explains Teemo.  While he’s specifically explainin...

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