William Jones
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With a great feeling of satisfaction, Suzette brought her adze down on the oak log and peeled away the last of the bark. She was tired from yet another day of hacking away at oak trees. This had better do it! Huzzah!! You have raised your skill with an adze to Rank 5! 50% faster speed in killing weeds or creating a furrow. 50% faster speed when peeling bark and shaping wood. Base chance to hit with the adze as a weapon:10+10% x level+5%x STR. At Level 10 and STR 4 you have a base chance to hit of 130%…-
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While it might seem exciting to be part of a heroic last stand, there is also something to be said for running as fast as you can from the enemy when they have the advantage. You preserve your troops, and can use them better in the next battle. It also really cuts down on bee stings and squirrel bites. The workers had decided to move back to a spot just outside the town. People from the town were rushing out of the barracks. From one of the towers a bell was ringing. Suzette was running beside Ozzy as he…
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It was an odd war. Trees don't fight and charge around a battlefield. When they go to war, they slowly put pressure on another tree, stealing its water and sun, entangling limbs, pushing until a trunk breaks and then uprooting the loser and pushing past them. A normal human might walk through a forest and not notice they were in the middle of a battle. To a lumberjack, the trees seem angry and 'accidents' happen when you try to fell a tree bent on murdering its neighbor. Deadwood falls to crush your…
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Along the road to Gadobhra, a simple shepherd ran. He passed by the herds of sedge beasts in the fields. A few of the bulls raised their voices in greeting, and the cows bowed their heads in respect. The shepherd cared for their young, and brought the tasty salt blocks. He was an important part of their lives On a small pond, a flock of ducks paused in their feeding as the shepherd ran by. They quickly held a meeting, deciding that two of their number would stay to keep watch, while the others would take…
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Makken was scratching lines in the muddy ground, adding small stones and sticks to form a square. "So, what do you think?" "Never mind, this is what I think: Put the house on that little rocky outcropping, dig down a few levels for some nice living space, a little human style house up top to legally claim the surrounding land. Then nothing but pepper fields and maybe a little corn and 'taters for distilling. Hmm...let’s add a store house and a separate distillery, just to save on rebuilding the house…
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"Bogs are caused by water. Springs, underground streams, or the spread of a river across a big area. Iron bogs are always from water coming up from deeper down, carrying iron particles with it, dissolved into the water. As the water lays in the bog a few things happen. You get the formation of peat, for one. It would be nice to find a peat bog. Good soil, and makes a nice slow-burning fire. Look for spongy moss and a lot of decayed vegetable matter." "But for the iron, the telltale signs are an oiliness…
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The early morning drinking session had produced different results depending on how you measured things. Certainly, in the short term the event was a complete success, and brushed aside the effects of the three long eared adventurers' and two lumberjacks' recent resurrections. The women enjoyed seeing the inside of the workers' home, and were astounded that it had all been built since the start of the game. From the outside it looked like a fortress, but the living areas and workshops on the inside were…
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Despite an invasion of victorious bunny girls, witch-duels, and Thunderpunks, Ozzy still had work to do. Serious work that he needed help with. "Just sit yourself there and perk up your ears son. This is your introduction to some ancient and highly sought after magics." Joe was walking back and forth, pausing as he talked. "Some of the scholars in the Imperial College of the Arcane will tell you that the first recipes we have records of came from the early days of the first Emperor. That's just bullshit.…
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Tier 2 Town Monthly Upkeep Costs Gold on Hand: 737 Build Points: 0 Upkeep Task Hours Normal Man Hours Labour Quest Punishment Time Owed Cost: Gold Cost: Build Points City Streets 20 Fill potholes, haul cobblestones, cleaning Yes Yes 30 Hours -20 -2 City Sewers 20 Empty Cisterns with buckets, haul to compost. No Yes 80 Hours -80 -8 Vermin Control 10 Kill rats in basements. Yes No 0 Wolf Killing 20 Protect local farms Yes No 0 Roof Repair 20 Cut slate shingles, repair lost shingles No Yes 10 Hours -20 -2…
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Rolly was doing all he could to protect Squirmie from the maddened pig, desperately trying to keep his pet safe, even as he himself was gored and pummeled by the Black Sow. He would die, but was worth it. Squirmie was afraid of dying and going somewhere bad. Rolly wasn't. So as things went dark, he just accepted it. As he awoke there was a feeling of being pulled in two directions. In one he caught a glimpse of a comfortable bedroom. In the other, a stone platform surrounded by several caged monsters. He…
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