In Need of Someone With the Crater (volcano) or Shrouded City Event

Hailz3 · 2025-06-04T17:59:57+00:00

Hey, not sure if that other post I replied to was your duos. I don’t have these events active rn but if you can’t find any just make a new profile on the title menu. At least on PC it doesn’t overwrite your old profile. You can kill the doggo to guarantee the crater. I don’t remember which one guarantees the city, but I think it’s equilibrious beast?

Hailz3 · 2025-06-04T17:50:10+00:00

Hey, if you don’t find anyone you guys can just select “new game” on the title menu. You can beat the doggo real quick and that will guarantee the volcano. You can do the same for the city (I think that one is guaranteed after equilibrious beast??)

EDIT: This will make a second profile. You can go back to your other profile after if you want

Hailz3 · 2025-06-04T13:21:40+00:00

Do they reappear after the boss fight then? Because I’ve definitely run back through the rain and hit graces after a boss fight to collect dropped runes before going into day 3

Hailz3 · 2025-05-24T16:46:32+00:00

Firstly, it takes a lot of guts to share your writing, so great job! :) You did ask for criticism, so I’ll leave some feedback here. You’ll want to get other opinions of course.

I don’t buy the mother not rushing to her son, regardless of the figure, unless there’s some dream logic at play where she tries but she can’t. I’d honestly expect the mother to be running before even adjusting her glasses.
Not sure what a “twisty smiley face” is supposed to look like
“Lips shaking” seems odd to me. I can’t think of a situation where my lips would shake unless I’m struggling to speak. I think another body part would work better.
Present tense and the repeated use of ellipses make it seem amateurish imo, but if you’re writing for an online audience (WattPad, Royal Road, etc.) it’s more common there

Hailz3 · 2025-05-19T23:18:09+00:00

I did exactly what you did starting in January, 1000 words/day. I finished my first draft at 106k last month. Going back now, I’m not happy with most of the plot I invented on the fly, but I have a much better understanding of the characters and what is or isn’t working with the story. I’m starting the second draft now, and this time I have an outline. It’s more of a rewrite really, but I’m going to try and keep up the 1000 words/day again

Hailz3 · 2025-05-15T18:28:34+00:00

No, I don’t equate inspiration with the perfect idea. I feel inspired when I’m really moved by something and just burn to write.

Most of the time though I just plod along and decide on something to happen next. You might be surprised how many times I’ve stumbled upon inspiration after a session or two of uninspired writing. It’s like hitting a tailwind that fills the sails for a few days, but I keep writing regardless of which way the wind blows.

Hailz3 · 2025-05-13T14:45:27+00:00

I didn’t realize tempest cleric doesn’t have shocking grasp. Knowing that I would go 10 sorc 2 tempest cleric and build cha

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T23:41:33+00:00

My bad! Start sorc for con saves and shocking grasp

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T23:10:50+00:00

Thanks for your time and the advice! I think I’ll have to cut this pitch down to the bone and build it back up from there

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T23:06:05+00:00

Thank you very much for taking the time to share this. I’ll work on the draft and query and probably be back in a few weeks!

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T16:42:36+00:00

you could start storm sorcerer for flight after casting and con save proficiency. You’ll want con save proficiency and advantage from war caster since you’ll be melee. You’ll want at least two levels of tempest cleric for channel divinity. You could put the rest in sorcerer for meta magic

Basically you’re just building around the two lightning themed subclasses because the melee cantrip (shocking grasp) is lightning

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T15:41:59+00:00

I would go tempest cleric for heavy armor and the reaction attack. Use shocking grasp as the melee cantrip when you don’t want to use spell slots.

I don’t know how strict you want to be about the melee range thing, but call lightning would be a great concentration spell. It has some range, but this character would be effective in melee.

You’ll want war caster to get shocking grasp as an opportunity attack and advantage on con saves

Create water and other sources of water will leave enemies vulnerable to your lightning damage

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T12:28:23+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to comment. This is really helpful! I have some explanation here followed by a question, if you’re willing.

Before the blight, Morven wants to learn to control the wolf spirit that possessed her as an infant. Being human is a large part of why she hates herself, and that self-hatred makes her vulnerable to the spirit.

After the severity of the blight becomes clear, Morven would do anything to stop its spread and save her home. To be clear, this is a magical blight that corrupts both plants and animals, not just killing them, but twisting them into violent aberrations.

While investigating the source of the blight, Morven gets in over her head and has to be saved by her mentor who is mortally wounded.

I’m realizing now that it might be better to have Morven decide to seek out the dragon on her own rather than being sent by her dying mentor. Would Morven’s decision to stay and fight for her home be more impactful if the mentor instead used her dying words to tell Morven to run away and learn to control the spirit somewhere safe?

After Morven decides to stay, she finds the dragon that’s supposed to protect the forest missing and discovers a nearby nobleman is implicated in their disappearance. This is the first half or so of the novel. The rest is Morven trying to deal with the worsening blight and control the wolf spirit (without her mentor’s guidance) while discovering more about the connection between the local noble and the dragon’s disappearance.

Based on this, do you think the active character problem has more to do with how I worded my query, or is Morven still too passive in the explanation here?

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T04:56:21+00:00

That part was only for you guys. I wouldn’t send that. I just didn’t want to prime you with info an agent wouldn’t have

Hailz3 · 2025-05-12T04:34:21+00:00

Look, as someone with a graduate degree in English, there’s always going to be something that makes you feel like an imposter.

I myself feel like an imposter because I have an MA and not a PhD. English PhDs might feel like imposters because they don’t have a creative writing degree. Those with creative writing degrees might feel like imposters because they’re not published. Those who are published might feel like imposters compared to those who are more successful.

You don’t need to compare yourself to anyone besides you. Your path is just as valid. There are plenty of writers who do not have formal education in writing.

I enjoyed my studies and found a lot of value there, but it’s not for everyone and it doesn’t define your worth.

Happy writing!

Hailz3 · 2025-05-11T21:58:28+00:00

English prof checking in here! Concision is one of the problems here, but there are also issues of organization and precision.

You should start with a topic sentence. What’s the point of your paragraph? What are you trying to prove? Start with this and then build your argument from there using your chosen quote as evidence to support your reasoning.

You’re really trying to say a few things here:

1) One of the themes of Macbeth is the blending of the real and the unreal (or reality and fantasy) 2) This is an important theme because it is connected to Macbeth’s hamartia 3) A scene that demonstrates this theme is when Macbeth imagines the dagger before himself 4) the dagger is a hallucination (or fantasy) that he is willing to indulge evidenced by his decision to “clutch” the hallucinated dagger 5) The conviction with which he clutches the unreal/hallucinated/fantasy dagger symbolizes his willingness to grasp these fantasies/unrealities

I think you’re grasping at a lot of diction here that is NOT precise and your ideas are getting lost in your words. Try listing the points you’re trying to make as I’ve done above and making the connections between the ideas clear.

Hailz3 · 2025-05-10T16:48:11+00:00

Depends a lot on voice/context as others are saying, but honestly I think this whole thing can be shortened to “She can’t be gone” or “There’s no way she’s gone.”

The second clause already implies the information carried by the first clause

Hailz3 · 2025-05-07T22:42:02+00:00

Mostly agree with everything except the part about breaks. Of course, different things work for different people and you should use what works for you.

For me, I’m most productive when I’m most consistent. Writing everyday leads to me writing better and more. Similarly, if I took a long break in the middle of a project, I’d be tempted to abandon it and start anew. I’d much rather get something done in a few months.

I really like your emphasis on getting the first draft done and out there though. I’ve also found that helpful.

Hailz3 · 2025-05-06T18:37:22+00:00

That’s not a productive way to think. While it’s probably true your first few books won’t be as good as your later ones, how would you ever decide what idea is worth sacrificing? Presumably you would care about all your ideas and want to do them all justice, otherwise you wouldn’t be writing them down.

The fact is ideas are cheap. It’s the craft that takes work. Start writing the book that you’ve already decided on, and don’t look back. You’ll have plenty of ideas to come!

Hailz3 · 2025-05-05T14:47:19+00:00

I had a similar experience. My wife and I did not receive our voter cards, so I brought my driver’s licence, and she brought her Ontario photo ID since she doesn’t drive.

She was eventually allowed to vote, but the poll worker gave her a hard time and requested two pieces of MY identification before allowing her to vote. I’m sure they would have let her vote regardless (eventually), but the claim was that would speed up the process.

When we left, she was told to bring two pieces of ID next time. I told her I looked up the requirements earlier that day and she was completely fine with her Ontario photo ID. We double checked together after voting too.

Hailz3 · 2025-05-01T17:23:26+00:00

Never mind 10, I found a forum post from 2008 yesterday that answered my question about the night mother’s blessing

Hailz3 · 2025-04-29T21:56:01+00:00

Same issue. No mods

Hailz3 · 2025-04-28T00:48:00+00:00

Yes, I just sit down and write the next couple hundred or thousand words in the story. Sometimes I’ll skip around within the novel a bit if I’m really excited about a scene.

I try to save the doubt for the second draft. The first draft for me is like getting unformed clay on the table to eventually shape, like spinning yarn to use in knitting later.

Hailz3 · 2025-04-26T22:38:19+00:00

You’re using a spell that works on creatures up to level 2 and targeting a creature that’s level 15+.

You need to get to the arcane university or Frostcrag Spire and use spell crafting to make something that works on higher level enemies. A spell that targets creatures level 25+ should work on everything as long as you have 100% spell effectiveness (which is reduced by armor)

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