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Hello beautiful beans!

I missed you all so much!

Work has been incredibly busy lately, so I have not been nearly as active around here as I would like to be. Still, I wanted to take a moment to say how grateful I am that my adventure was shortlisted for the Adventure April Challenge! Seeing the announcement genuinely lifted my mood.

And of course, congratulations to everyone else who made the shortlists as well! I have not had the chance to read every entry yet as I originally planned, but I am slowly getting there.

As for me, while I have not been writing much publicly these past weeks, I have been working on something new and cute in the background. If all goes according to plan, I might even manage to introduce it soon with an entry for the Hitchhiker’s Challenge. We shall see.

That is all for now. I will probably remain mostly in lurking mode for a little while longer, but please know that I love you all. <3

#AdventureApril

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Hello beautiful people!

I’m ecstatic to share that The Bittersweet Milk of Victory made it to the #AdventureApril Standard League shortlist, alongside four other wonderful entries by incredibly talented writers.

I’m very proud of this piece, and even if it doesn’t end up winning, I already count it as a big win that it made it this far.

Cheers!

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I must start by apologizing that for the foreseeable future, I am not getting to work on my manuscripts as other writing has consumed what little writing time I get.

Last month it was Adventure April; this month it is the Hitchhiker's Guide to Augmented Valor that is consuming all my writing time.

I just started writing the guide and haven't edited it yet, so expect some mistakes and misspellings. If you look over what I have written so far, I would love some suggestions and/or creative criticism.

Creating a Hitchhiker’s Guide for the Augmented Valor universe requires a specific blend of bureaucratic dry wit, cosmic cynicism, and a healthy dose of "Don't Panic" (even when faced with Screamer-Vant Neuro-Gas).

Augmented Valor

Augmented Valor is a cyberpunk-noir hard science fiction post-apocalyptic setting. My writing features strong characters that persevere through hardships, become better persons, and the redeeming qualities of love.

The break from writing my manuscripts has been helpful. I am taking the time to gather my very scattered notes from all of my paper binders, notebooks, stenographer's pads, etc. into Milanote.

My return to my manuscripts is uncertain, and I suspect few will miss them.

#anvilspace #SharetheLove #WorldBuilding #AdventureApril #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #novel #HitchhikersGuide

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Where did the Dragons go?
Plot | May 11, 2026

#adventureapril #oneshot #Eluvemar #dragons #dnd

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The Wizard of Quacks
Plot | May 2, 2026

Foul Play at Quillspire Tower.

#AdventureApril #Challenge

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Hey beautiful people.

Today I went out and bought some modelling supplies for the first time.

I’m planning to recreate the battlemap from the one-shot adventure I submitted for #AdventureApril in physical form.

I have no idea how it’s going to turn out, but I’ll keep you posted.

Cheers!

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Hello beautiful people!

Long time, no see.

Do you remember my last update about the one-shot I ran? Well, you can imagine my excitement when I came across #AdventureApril
It was exactly the push I needed to finally publish my first adventure module on World Anvil.

I sat down to write and immediately drew a blank. Which was surprising, since the idea was already there. I had my notes, I had playtested a prototype, but turning all of that into something another GM can pick up and run is a very different challenge. Explaining the setting, structuring the flow, even creating a proper battlemap... it was a lot more demanding than I expected.

But I did it. It’s finally done.

I hope you enjoy The Bittersweet Milk of Victory, and I’d really appreciate any feedback, whether it’s on style, structure, or mechanics.

Cheers!

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I’m really happy and excited to finally have my first adventure in Crux Umbra ready and published!

That Day Which Would Not End is a system-agnostic, standalone adventure built around a failed ritual, a repeating day, difficult choices and heavy consequences.

Adventure April turned out to be a huge inspiration for me. It’s a longer read, but if you get the chance to check it out, I truly appreciate it and I’d love to hear any feedback you might have :)

If time allows, I want to also add a map before the end of the month and submit it to Tillerz’s Adventure MAPril unofficial challenge. If you haven't checked this challenge out yet btw, go for it!

That's all from me, stay inspired and creative everyone!

#AdventureApril #OfficialChallenge #RPG

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Hi there. I have a lot going on right now but I have updated my supporter tiers and have added new merch to my shop. I'm trying to do my best to reach my current Ko-Fi goal before next week. All support is appreciated! Please do check #paid">my subscriptions page and let me know if you have any questions.

Content & Subscriptions
Generic article | May 6, 2026

Streaming Schedules, Project Goals, Release Plans, Membership Tiers, and More!

PS. Play May should be happening soon! If you'd like to be involved, please check out the Adventure April article and be sure to fill out the Google form.

Unofficial Adventure April 2025
Generic article | May 17, 2025

#support #donation #tip #subscription #adventureapril #playmay

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I have extended Unofficial Adventure April! Entries are now due by May 10th. Also, the Play May form is up and running! Let us know your preferences!
(and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know if you mean for the adventure to be read or run by others. thanks! <3 )

Unofficial Adventure April 2025
Generic article | May 17, 2025

  #unofficialadventureapril #adventureapril #unofficialchallenge #adventure
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Here is my Adventure April 2025 Entry

I think it's showroom, though I'm probably going to tinker it with for a few weeks or a few months and eventually turn into into a module.
 
Decadent Arch Villainy, one shot campaign
Generic article | Jan 9, 2026

My Adventure April 2025 Entry


  Here is Wordigirl's link for the Adventure April 2025 Contest. I'm very glad she set this up.
 
Unofficial Adventure April 2025
Generic article | May 17, 2025

  #AdventureApril
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Happy holidays! Here some real meaty #art from #wildzoo. "bon appétit" #mary #cow #fiction #fantasy #adventure #rage #animals

Stamped by Vela

 
by Vela

 
by Vela

 

 
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My April challenges recap!

This past month, i managed to completed 4 challenges, which i am quite happy with! One was an official challenge (Adventure April) while the three other were unofficial challenges (#Astralis #Adventures in romance #mapril) Here are my entries for all 4 of these challenges. I'm pretty proud of them (Especially the proses) Please check them out if you can, thanks!
  Adventure April entry (Prose/Short Story) Adventure and Supernatural focused
A Dream?
Prose | Nov 3, 2024

  Astralis (Look into the stars)
Starfall
Physical / Metaphysical Law | Apr 24, 2024

  Mapril 2024
Continent of Arros
Geographic Location | Mar 6, 2026

  Adventure in Romance (Prose/Short Story) Romance focused
Before you go
Prose | Nov 3, 2024

  Thank you to all those who organized these unofficial challenges, they were quite fun!
 
 
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My Adventure April Heist is done

At least mostly done... Its a big one at over 8K words, and the culmination of the first act of my Talon's Rising campaign I've been very slowly working on for a while now.  
Talon Squad 4: Mirrorshield Heist
Plot | Dec 28, 2025

The Goblins bring the fight to Lord Akron's stronghold as they undertake a daring raid to retrieve the holy symbol of their people.

  #AdventureApril
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Another Page and Ideas

Good day to everyone! Dawnmaster Smithy here, bringing another update from the wastes of Vasara. Life certainly has a way of keeping things interesting, so I haven't been able to do much with this project of mine. However, I do have a few things planned for the future! One of those plans has come to fruition tonight; I am pleased to present to you the newest entry to my world's short story repertoire, Witch Hunter!
 
Witch Hunter
Prose | Apr 28, 2024

Remember: always pack your cobalt and wits when facing a witch!


  When I first started this section of my world, I thought it would go unused for quite some time. My inspirations have proved that thought wrong, and it is one of the few sections I've been writing for recently. It is a shame I could only submit one short story to the #AdventureApril challenge, but I don't mind too much. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy this entry to Death's Compendium on Temporal Affairs!
  I do have one other thing in the works currently (something that isn't just an abstract idea), but I'll hold those cards close, for now at least ((I lied, its an article that will detail my setting's modern-day pantheon, but don't tell anybody I told you)). As always everyone, stay safe out there, and have a good one!
  May the Fadelight illuminate your travels, friends.
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Sharing my own entry for #AdventureApril 2024, and looking forward to reading the others. Welcome to Everny, all!

Dungeons and Dragons is only increasing in popularity, but the freedoms, sheer wealth of choice and the various different mechanics can be very intimidating and off putting to newcomers. Seeing a number of people in my local area ask about beginners sessions, I decided to put something together that's suitable for almost any age, and eases players into the ideas behind D&D, gently introducing game mechanics as they go.   Welcome to Everny
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Almost late?

Well, after reading quite a few of the articles for the challenge this month, I was inspired to do the same. You know, just wishing I started this a little earlier, but I really wanted to lean into a few themes I have liked over the last few days. The amount of talent I have been seeing for this challenge is amazing! #AdventureApril
  Come Join me as we walk through a ruin. Strange voices, shadows that lurk around the corners. Mysterious lost civilizations and the gods they worshipped. Are they still here, or are you imagining it?
Temple of the Fallen
Prose | Apr 27, 2024

The city buried in ash, shades bound to a song unknown

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State of the Manifold - April 2024 (Adventure April Edition)

Howdy all, and welcome to the State of the Manifold address for April. I’m primarily dropping this update early - at least, relative to my usual updates - because I want to get ahead on my New Year's Resolutions obligations, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been a busy bee regardless. Let’s take a look!
  The big thing going on this month is #AdventureApril, and, while my initial plans to post an adventure module fell through, I did still participate by submitting a prose article. The short story Derelict Over Sapfran is a snippet of a larger science fiction story that I’ve been procrastinating on for years now. Though it comes fairly late in the timeline, Derelict introduces a character, location, and plot point which will have a strong influence on the events of the third act. Check it out and let me know what you think:
 
Derelict Over Sapfran
Prose | Apr 22, 2024

  I started April with some significant updates to one of the most important articles in the Manifold Sky setting - that is to say, the article for the Manifold itself. I’ve decided that, whenever I can’t find the inspiration to generate a new article in that setting, I should go back and revisit old articles and see where they need some touch-up; as the Manifold Sky was one of my first worlds on WA, there were often issues with formatting and not using the site’s features to good effect. You can see the new version of this article here:
 
Manifold Sky
Geographic Location | Apr 1, 2024

  In other news, most of my new creative output this month has been in my worlds other than the Manifold Sky. For whatever reason, inspiration has been coming to me more from either side of the fantasy/science fiction divide rather than directly atop it as would be required for writing about the Manifold. The articles stemming from the hex mage article in my New Generica world look to be developing into a new magic system for that setting - nearly a ‘splat book’ unto itself, if you remember what those releases for D&D 3.5 were like - though it was ostensibly originally designed to work with the BCGR roleplaying system rather than D&D. Other than that, I also worked on some supporting articles for the Sealed Kingdoms setting, as that’s where my Adventure April article comes from. Here’s a few examples of what I’ve been cooking up recently:
 
Holophoto
Item | Apr 9, 2024
Clan Dowry
Tradition / Ritual | Apr 15, 2024
Flowing-Together
Tradition / Ritual | Apr 15, 2024
Hikaru Keido
Character | Apr 3, 2024
Venomous Soul
Profession | Apr 23, 2024

  Anyways, that’s all for now. I hope you're all doing well in your own Adventure April efforts, and I'm looking forward to exploring what the community cooked up going forward into May.
  Regards, BCGR_Wurth
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Delving into the Frostcrest Caverns - My Entry

Finally finished a short story for the #AdventureApril challenge! Had a few ideas for story elements, and managed to combine a few into this prose. Hope you all enjoy it!  
Archive: Delving into the Frostcrest Caverns
Prose | Apr 22, 2026

The Dragonguardians face their most daunting adventure yet. But it's interrupted when Vexx shows up to steal the amberstone.

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A short story from a yet-unexplored land!

The Lord of the Bad Road
Prose | May 4, 2024

  In this month's spirit of adventure (and short story-writing), I've released a story for subscribers to read!
  However, I can't go 100% public with the story because I'm waiting to see whether it get accepted for a magazine submission. For the time being, I've made it available to subscribers only, **but** anyone can subscribe to my world for free. You should have the option to subscribe if you click through to the story, or you can find the subscribe button on my world's homepage.
  This piece is certainly a change of pace from what I've been writing, but often, different settings warrant such a change of pace, don't they? I hope y'all enjoy it regardless! Happy building and happy writing!
  Obligatory(?) hashtag soup: #shortstory #AdventureApril #sword&sorcery #S&S #fantasy #UnofficialChallenge
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Set Sail on the Sea of Sorrows - My Entry!

Good day to everyone! Dawnmaster Smithy of the Fadelight here, rolling out another update (albeit a brief one!) from the wastes of Vasara! I hope everyone has been enjoying writing for Adventure April, because I sure have. In all honesty, this one hit me like a sack of wet bricks when it was announced; I knew what I had to do. Life has been interesting to say the least, so I'm just glad to have gotten this done in time. So, allow me to present: “Her Abyssal Melody”!
 
Her Abyssal Melody
Prose | Apr 10, 2024

My whole body thrummed with her divine resonance that day, and I knew then that she wasn't dead.


  This has been one of my favorite articles/short stories to write thus far in my world-building journey here on World Anvil, along with being my longest one to boot. I hope you all enjoy this one as much as I did! That wraps up this update, though. Till' the next one, and as always,
  May the Fadelight illuminate your travels, friends!
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For Adventure April, a story that YOU can influence!

My submission for Adventure April is a not-so-short story in 4 episodes that I call community-driven. A new episode will be published each weekend, and during the week you, readers, will be able to influence the course of the story. Vote for what seems the most alluring or suggest your own way as you follow the struggles of a young boy stranded on a hostile planet. You may help Orian or put him in danger, and your collective choice matters!
 
Orian the adventurer
Prose | Apr 15, 2024

Sole survivor of a crash, a young scion of a powerful family finds himself stranded on an unknown planet.


  #AdventureApril
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State of the Manifold - March 24 (Manifold Prompts Edition)

Howdy all,   Spring rains have finally come to bless my dusty little corner of the American west, and that means it’s time, once again, for the monthly State of the Manifold article. I’ve been busy this month, so let’s get into the updates straight away!   March saw the creation of the #UnofficialChallenge challenge, and, while I had hoped to participate in more of them, I did manage to complete two submissions as of the time of this posting. I took an unconventional approach to Stormbril’s #Marchitecture challenge and submitted an article about an orbital cycler; after all, in space, the difference between a stationary and a moving object is a matter of frame of reference, no? For Jester%’s #OccupationalMarch challenge, I broke with my usual tradition of BCGR-based or system-agnostic writing and posted an article about a custom D&D class I cooked up all the way back in the dim antediluvian epochs of 2014. This former article is definitely worth a look if you’re a tabletop roleplayer because it contains playable stats in not one, but two, different roleplaying systems. Come check them out:  
Marchitecture 2024
Generic article | Apr 2, 2024

Pick (or create!) a context article within your world, and then write a building article that accompanies/responds to/resonates with that context. Create building articles that fit your world perfectly!

Applevale Resort
Building / Landmark | Mar 13, 2024
Occupational March: A Contest All About Jobs
Generic article | Sep 14, 2024

A challenge all about the jobs and positions that are found in everyday society big and small, importance and menial.

Hex Mage
Profession | Apr 23, 2024
  Another thing I did over the course of March was make my submissions for your consideration in the World Anvil Worldbuilding Awards. I don’t have a compiled #WAWA2024 list as such, but these submissions are all up on the WA blog page for the contest. I encourage you to go and have a look at what everyone has submitted because there’s a lot of good stuff out there. And hey, if you see a few Manifold Sky or Sealed Kingdoms articles that strike your fancy, stop on by and consider dropping a like or a vote my way!  
ESCI Revelation
Vehicle | Apr 25, 2024
  In other news, the annual #AdventureApril challenge is nearly here. I always enjoy Adventure April because, aside from eliciting some of what I consider to be my best work here, it means that WA suddenly blooms with scores of high-quality articles with interactive content, from basic TTRPG adventures to chose-your-own-adventure ‘mazes’ with varying levels of custom CSS. I’m already marinating a couple of ideas for a challenge article that may or may not be inspired by a recent revisit to Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, but we’ll see how that turns out. Here’s a couple of past submissions I’m particularly proud of:  
Operation: Summer Wind
Plot | Apr 10, 2023
Operation: Sacred Steel
Plot | Apr 15, 2023
  Anyways, that’s all for now. I look forward to seeing what next month brings. Let me know what you think, and good luck on your creative endeavors as we enter the home stretch on all these writing challenges - both official and otherwise. Onwards!   Regards, BCGR_Wurth
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Craft a bright new world, in Ayun Sovos!

This weekend, I released something super shiny to the community: a brand new world! I invite you all to follow along as I develop the world of Ayun Sovos, a realm of charming creaturefolk driven by a passion for craft and creation, supported by the brave adventurers who venture out into the treacherous reaches of the world to fetch them the materials they need for their next big project!
Ayun Sovos

Crafting your way through any adventure!

A realm of charming creaturefolk driven by a passion for craft and creation, supported by the brave adventurers who venture out into the treacherous reaches of the world to fetch them the materials they need for their next big project!

This world is a project of love and delight in worldbuilding, and you can expect bright, cheery stories, places, people, and things all around. As I pull Malkora down a darker and more complex path moving forward, Ayun Sovos will be the warm home I can always retreat to whenever things start feeling a little too real.
  I can't wait to show you all of the fun things I have planned for this world! Keep your eyes peeled for a new unofficial challenge coming your way for the month of March! :)
 
#TheOwlworks #AyunSovos #OvO #Fantasy #HighFantasy #SwordandSorcery #Crafting #Adventure
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#TuesdayFiction and Game Time

"An undeniable switch set an oppressive mood over the forest. The uneasiness simple enough to brush away. But that underlying anxiety made moments harder. Something wrought in darkness hovered, a jaded lover, stoking need in everything." -Lavani   For Tuesday Fiction I wrote about Lavani's role behind the scenes in my #AdventureApril one-shot Return of Acgozluk. Check out the short story Calendula and Cats (1000 words - 5 minute read).   Join in by adding the hashtag #tuesdayfiction to a social media post. Let's share and like to boost each other! #flashfiction #anhult
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Worldbuilders and Writers get your stories out!

It's time for #TuesdayFiction on Twitter. Last week I tweeted about my #AdventureApril One-Shot. This week was about Daisy a chipmunk that thinks in Haiku (that's a thing right?). You could tweet about your River challenge entry or another story you have tackled! Use the #TuesdayFiction hashtag, any challenge hashtags, mention World Anvil, and wave to Daisy!

A photo taken of a chipmunk at Red Rock Conservation area in Nevada.
Chipmunk looking at you by iStockPhoto.com\Grant Wylie

It's #TuesdayFiction! Chipmunks think in #haiku, yes?

Over the wet rock,
up the tree, out on a branch
I Jumped! Into leaves.

Read more #flashfiction and #worldbuilding about Daisy at Separate Beginning

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April Accomplishments Part 2

The Mystery at Thorngage Manor was solved! This was my #AdventureApril One Shot. We had a great livestream game of the One Shot on Monday April 26th. Here is the VOD if you missed it https://twitch.tv/videos/1002118817
  Thanks to the players, including several World Anvilites: Pauline, Matt, Heather, Gilly (https://www.worldanvil.com/w/astaeria-gillymaya), and James (https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-rippled-sea-n4th)
  Thanks to @RageKagexRugger for producing and hosting on her twitch channel. https://www.twitch.com/Ragexkagexrugger
  Thanks to World Anvil and The Storytelling Collective for giving me some of the tools/guidance to pull this off.
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