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Startup 24: Do Your Prep!

In which we lose one of the original crew members,

Emrys picks up a new perk,

And Curtis puts a very important letter off to the side.

How to handle the Drow?

You may want to read Startup 23 before voting here so you know a little more, but I’m not a cop

Run- Kick the can down the road. Put on Sosima’s earrings and a d...

Startup 23: Lunch Meeting

In which Syl is not a merchant,

Emrys proceeds to choke a bitch,

And we review our macro level missions

Startup 22: Diversification

In which a girl raised in Goatshead has some illusions shattered,

An exhausted dwarf prostitute is hired in the name of friendship,

And a son reunites with his Chad father.

Startup 21: New Market

In which Curtis gives a beetle a pocketwatch,

Emrys is Old AF,

And a hairy middle aged man tells Curtis his ship will cheat on him.

Startup 20: Choppy Waters

In which Emrys is assaulted by a powerful nonbinary individual,

Varossa doesn’t have a drinking problem,

And Cave Mother sees the truth.

Achievement on the horizon

We will be getting to Port Peril and bringing Owlbear home over the next few chapters. Once that is done, Emrys will get a perk from Architect of a Thousand Dreams. What will it be, boiz?

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Startup 19: Arbitrage

In which Sosima proves to not be Yoda,

Emrys adds another halberd to the pile,

And the Chelish legal code is not fair

Notice of delay

Sorry to say that my real job picks up a lot around the holiday season, so there might be spotty updates until January. I’ll still try to get one chapter out a week, but I can make no promises. <...

Startup 18: Standard Operating Procedure

In which staring intensely at Varossa fails to yield results,

Sosima performs dinner theatre by candlelight,

And Sandara experiences the horrors of a lover with cold hands.

Sor...

Startup 17b: Aulamaxa

Ye gods I am an idiot. Here’s the actual link.

Startup 17: Branding

In which Emrys asks an old lady if she would like a position strapped to his bow,

We leave Goatshead behind,

And Curtis reveals that he is something of a nerd.

Startup 16: Kickoff

In which Emrys agrees to show an orc milf his if she shows him hers,

An artificer doesn’t put up much of a fight,

And an important letter is sent.

Note: we have a poll up for ho...

Varossa

We have a somewhat sketchy girl working with us. What do we do with her?

Ply Varossa with drink, food, and conversation. Try to get her on our side the old fashioned way, or ...

Startup 15a: Waiting Room

On the one hand I wanted to go over what everyone did on level up. On the other hand, I didn’t want that to be a full chapter on its own. This isn’t pure spreadsheets, but anyone like my editor...

Startup 15: Performance Review

In which Emrys realizes the value of the Bear necessities,

Deirdre was struck down, only to become more powerful than you can possibly imagine,

And Syl notes the many sterling qualitie...

You Should Probably Read Chapter 14 first

Done? Good. Dierdre is dead, long live Dierdre.

Dierdre has been killed, but as a fey her soul will pass into the first world and become a different fey very, very quickly. Through a quirk o...

Startup 14: Employee Retention

In which we find out what’s up with that amulet,

Curtis briefly plays a piano,

And Dave is a normal and unobtrusive halfling

Chapter 3: To take what is mine

I was mildly surprised that this polled as well as it did. I do hope you continue to enjoy these diversions into Emrys’s own little isekai.

To Port Peril!

The journey north will not get a day by day playback, but nor will it be skipped entirely. Emrys is planning on going to Port Peril, the Capital, and Varossa agrees that they should head in that ge...

Startup 13: Escalation and Resolution

In which the crew beat on an old man,

Pepper offers her services as a bodyguard very forcefully,

And Syl is accused of breaking a window.

Startup 12: Aggressive Negotiations

In which Emrys leaps a tall building with a single bound,

Curtis appreciates beautiful artwork,

And Syl practices medicine (tm)

Startup 11a: Rowe

Rowe is being difficult.😥

Level 5 spells

He will definitely be getting the spell Invisibility from his Rakshasa Bloodline, and the spell Night Blindness (which removes a target’s darkvision and makes everything seem darker) from his dro...

Startup 11: Because We Care

In which Emrys ogles Jerry’s girl,

Sandara doesn’t think he can stack up to the ultimate short king,

And fighting a dragon is obviously a better idea than talking to Nendra

Leveling Up to 5: Feats

So Emrys is almost certainly going to level up before he leaves Goatshead. That means I need a little bit of input on what he is getting upon level up. Up First: Feats.

Scribe Scroll - scrol...

Startup 10: Negotiations

In which Curtis analyzes Varossa’s hands,

Ethyl does not understand kinks,

and cuddling is a great time to read menus

Mild delay

I don’t actually know how many of you have noted the schedule, but I’d normally be posting a bonus chapter this week. My real job’s schedule is a bit crazy for the next 2 weeks, so I don’t ...

Chapter 9: Merger

In which Curtis agonizes over what to wear,

Yael shows up in her new digs,

And the party has a charming first encounter.

Captain Varossa Lanteri

An old school friend of Plugg’s, Varossa came to The Shackles a few years ago. Due to some very recent unpleasantness, she finds herself between ships. Of course, she’s not entirely bereft of a...