Enjoy!
--------------
This is a terrible idea. But even after what I’ve managed to get out of the book, it’s the best one I have.
Serenity finished painting the second portal circle onto the dirt. Serenity wasn’t p...
2022-03-15 23:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Serenity woke up from his dreamwalk and nap to the sound of his phone alarm. It was midnight and the camp was quiet, though he could easily tell he was not the only person awake.
Dr. Mattingly’s “office...
2022-03-14 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the first draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Status
I’m sure that, by now, you’ve seen the comparisons of the Voi...
2022-03-13 23:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------------
Getting through the gate to reach the portal was significantly more difficult than Serenity expected.
It was guarded, and the guard wanted to see their ID. Serenity actually still had his driver’s licens...
2022-03-13 00:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
The world shivered around Serenity again and he felt himself being pulled backwards. When the movement stopped, he found himself back in his treehouse, floating next to a wall that no longer had a Lord’s Door. App...
2022-03-13 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Excerpt from the twenty-third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Other Systems: Freeform Casting (Wilders) 2022-03-11 23:49:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the twenty-third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Other Systems: Messenger’s Guild
The M...
2022-03-11 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
--------------
Excerpt from the fifteenth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Other Systems: Healers (Continued)
Alt...
2022-03-10 00:05:04 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Excerpt from the fifteenth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Most of the local affinity classification systems that I have been able to locate are for speciali...
2022-03-09 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
Excerpt from the third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Advanced Affinities
The common definition of Adv...
2022-03-08 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
Excerpt from the third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Specialized Affinities
Specialized affinities ar...
2022-03-06 23:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------
Excerpt from the third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinity Classification: Basic Affinities
“Basic” affinities are the on...
2022-03-06 00:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------------
Excerpt from the third draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Affinities
There are several models used for Affinities. None of them...
2022-03-06 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for the late release; my computer decided to freeze and I had to reboot it when I went to upload this. Twice.
Enjoy!
-----------
As he stepped out of the pavilion tent, Serenity blinked in disbelief. The area had transf...
2022-03-05 00:19:45 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
It was strange to watch a screen that didn’t exist. No matter where Serenity looked, he could see it, yet it didn’t block anything else he could see. It wasn’t the same as looking at the Voice’s words in te...
2022-03-03 23:13:42 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
“There’s a hole in the ceiling of the cave; I can see light. I’m sure there’s also a route through the caves, but I can’t tell where it is. I’ll send you the GPS coordinates when I get up above, but I’...
2022-03-03 00:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Serenity stared at the rockfin that had suddenly appeared in front of him. It didn’t look like any fish Serenity had ever seen, but the resemblance was far too close to call it anything else. It had a set of ribb...
2022-03-01 23:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------------
Modify the spell’s chant using the location coordinates, the table below, and the calculations in the last chapter, then …
Not helpful.
A ring must surround both locations when the p...
2022-02-28 23:55:45 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Rockfin shed scales when they were distressed. Material to track the rockfin was not hard to get; all Serenity had to do was visit the treehouse they’d locked him in and there was plenty. The scales ranged in siz...
2022-02-28 00:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
--------------
Portals are not mystical. If you approach a portal as if it is unknowable, you set yourself up for failure. Portals are also never a matter of ‘feel’. They require rigorous calculation to determine the exa...
2022-02-27 00:02:15 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the eighth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Invasion Portals (Continued)
For now, let’s ignore the case where the...
2022-02-27 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
--------------
Excerpt from the eighth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Settlements, Towns, and Cities
The Voice generally groups permanent ha...
2022-02-25 23:55:48 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the eighth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
General Notes
There are many in the universe that are more powerful tha...
2022-02-25 00:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
---------------
Rissa hurried towards the purple dragon. Serenity was growling in the back of her mind, not making any sense. She was much farther from the dragon than the knights, so she watched their attacks as she closed in. ...
2022-02-23 23:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostNo, the raven's name isn't Quoth.
It should be, though.
Enjoy!
------------
Politics.
Rissa hated dealing with it, but as the uncrowned High King, she had to. They weren’t even real politics! At least, they weren’...
2022-02-22 23:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
------------
The morning after they got to London was the day before Kay’s birthday. They spent the morning at the house, with Ector and Kay practicing in the yard while Rissa explored the house. Ector told Kay he was allowed ...
2022-02-21 23:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
--------------
The birds didn’t distract the old woman for long, but it was long enough for Rissa to grab the chair. Now all she needed to do was get under the window.
Her first step towards the window was fine, but she ...
2022-02-21 00:10:03 +0000 UTC View PostYes, the fifth edition of the Guide exists now.
Enjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the fifth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
A story dungeon sounds similar to a scenario dunge...
2022-02-20 00:16:27 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
----------
Excerpt from the fifth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Dungeon Types
The classic - and most common - dungeon is simple in concept:...
2022-02-20 00:05:25 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
-------------
Excerpt from the fifth draft of An Earthling’s Guide to the Larger Universe
Subsequently revised in the following edition (revisions not shown)
...
2022-02-18 23:52:43 +0000 UTC View Post