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Amazon Apocalypse updates
🕑 Added 2023-04-18 15:24:07 +0000 UTCHey guys!
So, now that Paladin 4 is done, I want to move into finishing Amazon Apocalypse.
Here's a brief summary of Amazon Apocalypse:
Carter is an ordinary guy who had a childhood best friend named Myrina. She ended up being an alien from another world, and she warned Carter of the incoming apocalypse.
He prepared for the apocalypse and was soon joined by Sakura, his former boss. They battled another employee named Craig, who tried to take over the office.
Carter died in the fight, but rose again with the new class Scholar of Forbidden Knowledge. He's now an agility magic caster. Sakura is an oni berserker.
After the final battle, Carter realizes he is cursed by the System and will draw monsters to him. So for the safety of everyone in Crownhill, he leaves for his farmhouse in the wilderness with Sakura.
If you want a more detailed summary, you can read the old chapters, or the new pdf I've attached to this document.
The PDF contains the current chapters I am working from as of now, but I'll try and summarize them all for you here for those of you who don't have time to reread.
- Caleb's name has been changed to Frank.
- I've added a bunch of new abilities to Scholar of Forbidden Knowledge.
- Carter also gets the unique resource Mania, which empowers his abilities but threatens to turn him mad with forbidden knowledge.
- Free skills come from skill books gifted by the system for the first 3 days. No free skills upon reaching stat thresholds (this was just way too tough to manage, and its the story mechanic that has made me delay working on this novel for two years.)
- Added several more unique monsters.
- Extended several fight scenes.
- Addressed several plot holes, including a new chapter about what happened to Margaret and Sakura and Carter preparing to leave Crownhill.
- Updates to Carter's stat stealing ability. It now steals levels for his class instead of stat points.
- More that I'm not thinking of at the moment.
If you don't want to go through the PDF, I will try to keep you all updated in the author notes at the end of the chapter and clear up any confusion. You're also free to ask questions in the comments. Here is a brief summary of his current stats where we left off:
Carter Smith (Human, Level 20, Rank E)
Human racial stats (Level 20)
- Strength: 28
- Agility: 26
- Perception: 30
- Vitality: 38
- Intelligence: 38
- Charisma: 30
- Luck: 13
Racial Skills:
- Mind over Flesh (Uncommon) - Convert mana into health points.
- Mana Bolt (Common) - Basic bolt of magic.
- Power Jump (Common) - Jump super high.
- Iron Will (Common) - Exert all stats to maximum.
- Power of Nature (Common) - Harvest nearby mana to offset the cost of acting spells.
- Fabulous Phallus (Rare) - Addictive phallus.
- Soul Vampirism (Legendary) - Steal stats
- Sure Step (Rare) - Positions the user where they need to be to dodge attacks.
- Surging Strength (Common) - Boosts strength by 20% for your next action.
- Share Curse (Rare) - Distribute the effects of any curse afflicting the user onto enemies.
- Examine (Uncommon) - View enemy levels.
Scholar of Forbidden Knowledge Class Stats (Level 15)
- Insight: 15
- Aberration: 15
- Arcana: 15
Class Abilities:
- Study (Rare) - Discover an object or creature’s uses and functions. Upgraded form of Analyze.
- Disassemble (Rare) - Smother an item with mana and break it into its component pieces.
- Enlightenment (Rare) - Increases instances of Mania.
- Blood Sacrifice (Rare) - Sacrifice health points to deal unblockable damage.
- Corrupting Mark (Rare) - All physical damage leaves a mark of corrupting energy that stacks, and can later be detonated.
- Exploit Weakness (Rare) - View weaknesses of a target.
- Warp Step (Rare) - Warp space to travel increased distances.
- Eldrich Blast (Rare) - Emit a blast of dark energy that disrupts other abilities and deals Eldrich damage.
Proficiencies:
- Caster 10
- Neutral Mana 8
- Improvised Weapons 4
- Rifle 3
- Pistol 1
- Regeneration 7
- Heat Resistance 4
Titles:
- Blessed of the System (Unique, Temporary)
- Forerunner of Earth (Legendary)
- Integration Survivor (Legendary)
- Gallant Guardian (Rare)
- Hero of Sakura Miyamoto (Rare, Temporary)
- Mechanical Master (Common)
- Death Defier (Legendary)
- Soul Vampire (Legendary)
- Great Ancestor (Mythic)
- Giantslayer (Rare)
- First Lord (Epic)
Job:
Artificer (Epic) - Level 1
Comments
Marvin
Probably. It was my planned ending for the series. I guess I could bring it back if I end Spellheart earlier than expected and I get massive writers block on new projects, but right now it seems like people are most anxious for new series'.
George
Was Paladin 4 the final book in the series?
Marvin
Quit your job so you can read my Patreon posts full time instead! 😉 JK. Do what's best for you. I do hope you will have free time to enjoy yourself again sometime soon though!
DiabolicalGenius
I'm looking forward to seeing the changes and the rest of AA. Though my recent time issues remain, so I'm afraid at this point I'll just have to wait until Paladin 4 is released to read it properly. It's not a big loss since I buy all your books on kindle anyway, so I'll just be reading the actual copy rather than having read it before release here and buying it for the sake of it. On the downside, you'll have to do without regular commentry from me on each chapter. Try to endure the loss?
Marvin
I will probably hit the same page count, but not the same word count. Paladin is really dense with a lot of words per page, and it's kinda hard on me to produce so much.
Person
Thanks for the update. I've been looking forward to you getting back to AA for a while now.
Don Deverald
How long do you think this book will be? Same length as Paladin (600~700 pages)?
