Ashenmaw - Dragons of Marrowoods (WIP) (Dragon Fantasy) (Minor Bugfix 01/08/26 77k total, 32k per read)

:: snickers :: i haven’t played since before the gods were mentioned lol and the statement stands if they exist then they can jump off that cliff for there failures that allowed such a creature to come about and all the sacrifices that have come about lol as well as the dragon leaders who made such a thing be. :grinning:

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Still, I hope having faith in any of the gods or having a patron god isn’t mandatory. My MC is agnostic and borderline atheist. And even if those deities are real, my MC isn’t interested in any of them because so many unhatched whelps died, and my MC almost died too.

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why the gods seemingly don’t do anything will be addressed by vaelias and/or rhidi in the library

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Regardless of the reason, my MC isn’t interested in becoming devoted to any of the gods who can’t or won’t do anything about Ashenmaw and the unhatched whelps who had to die.

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Whoever said you have to become devoted O_o???

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Sorry for making that assumption, but every tribe seems to have a patron deity that is associated with them. At least that’s what I get from the demo so far.

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Well, they did get a blessing from the Gods. There’s other creatures around Sildrys with similar blessings.

You don’t have to believe/worship, just don’t be an asshole with those powers, that’s basically the whole deal.

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So basically they are chill as long as you don’t do something stupid with the blessing. Good to know. We could use any help we get to actually end the monster instead of leaving the world in a limbo where the slightest screw up will bring about it’s second coming. It’s optional to what the MC does knowing them instead of forced or being a outcast which is refreshing for games that have them.

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  • Update to the museum part, bringing the section from 2723 to 16393 words with code.
  • Several typo and bug fixes. (Gaining stats in Alerhon’s room at the Court should now work as intended)
  • Added option to view/hide stat-affects on choices.

Total wordcount (with code, excluding stats and startup) is now at 76k, 32k per playthrough.

Ch2 is still incomplete, but it’s not much more after the current cutoff point, so I’ll add that with the next update with ch3.

Enjoy, and as said before, get those spreadsheets ready, cause there are about ~140 possible combinations of looking at the gods.

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Also, very incorrect Ashenmaw quote (might actually use it in a later chapter though, we’ll see)

Phyron: Guess what I got.
Rhidi: Dilapidating self-doubt locked in eternal battle with your unbridled god complex.
Phyron: Besides the obvious.

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You know it’s a good day when the game gets updated even if it’s a short one for all flights. I’m still wondering if the dream we had as a blue whelp at the flights domain if it was even a dream in the first place will be relevant later and who that person is. No clues at all other than a dark feeling and getting noticed suddenly when we did nothing.

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(rubs hand in gleeful preparation) This is gonna fun 'cause i can’t wait to decide which god(s) will each of my whelps want to have the blessing of.

and as far as i can remember, a whelp could have the blessings of two gods…oh all the crazy combinations i could go for

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If you got any feedback, please send it my way. I’ll focus on wrapping up ch2 and fully writing ch3 now.

Thank you

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Quick question:

Should I replace the stat-hints with ‘Strong Increase/Decrease’ or ‘++/–’ etc instead of the number value? Can’t do both because multireplace doesn’t stack

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i’m alright with the “slight increase/decrease” instead of the numerical value.

For some reason, showing numbers for a stat/relationship change can be intimidating to me

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Yeah seems alright to me.

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Alright, tested the on another playthrough. Worked fine for me.^^

Also, need an Option to hug Alerhon when we meet back up with him.^^

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thanks and awww…
And, well, the hug will have to come later, after Vaelias showed you the library. But I’ll make a note to add the option :3

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A bit more on the sibling characters. Spoilers for those who want to discover this themself ingame.

Siblings

Red:

Aldithia (f) and Anveras(m) : Twins, drakes. Every since their mother the Queen has grown more erratic and unwell, so have the twins. Aldithia has become an outright menace, seemingly seeking to make everyone around her (especially Anveras) miserable. She’s grown overly rebellious and doesn’t shy away from breaking rules on the regular. Usually with the intention of getting others (Anveras and Vaelias) into trouble. Anveras, meanwhile seemed to have gone into the opposite extreme, his health taking a massive nose dive, forcing him to spent a lot of his time in his mortal guise and in bed. He still tries his best to keep his sister out of trouble (or stop her from getting others into trouble at least). With his deteriorating health he has grown more paranoid about the things going on in the Court, much to his father’s and Vaelias’s concern.

Green:

Verdamiru (m): A quiet, stoic drake and experienced adventurer. Great archer who puts all his energy into keeping peace. Strong as anything, self-appointed bodyguard of Teailumi.

Black:

Lyttekenhoi (f): Drake, similarly time-displaced as Acazabri. Where Ace fell through time, Lyttie was frozen in time for several thousand years. She can be short-fused when faced with nonsense, but has the heart in the right place.

Blue:

Acazabri (m): Drake, time-displaced due to some unknown mishap in Salbri’s laboratory millennia ago. Kind-hearted, scatter-brained, and trying to figure out just what happened to him.

Gray:

Krytharimonos (m): Whelp, bright-eyed, bit scatterbrained, with a tendency to act long before thinking. Determined to find out what happened to his sister Aramyne, another winter whelp who went missing decades ago.

Personalities and goals are bound to change, though.

All these characters are potential ROs if you do NOT share a flight with them.

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Actually, someone should give Vaelias a hug too. He looked like he needed one.^^’

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