I believe dungeon spawning is a little different depending on the world, but from what I've been told by some dungeon monsters (they prefer the term "monster", or sometimes APCs-Adventurer Pest Control) most dungeon cores use an series of mana reactors, mana jars, and anima converters to power the summoning, conjuration, banishment, and various dimensional arrays. I'm not a rune master or know much about multi-dimensional manipulation theory, but depending on the dungeon monsters are spawned/conjured, summoned using existing contracts with interdimensional beings, reproduced using biological reproduction, or even souls of previous delvers re-purposed for dungeon purposes. Lot of different ways to do the same thing.

I will say most dungeon monsters are either dumb as garble-gurbles, or snooty intellectuals who think dungeons are end-all, be-all.

To be honest Core security are dungeons biggest concern, and most Dungeon Cores are glorified rocks...and therefore dumb as a rock would be. There's a fine line between killing adventurers for mana/soul collection, and being such a danger that an Avatar is sent to crack you in half. Since rocks are stationary targets, it's difficult to make it so secure you don't have to worry about that. Most <furble-murp> Cores show off and get whacked. But if they get old and smart enough, they start outsourcing a lot of staffing and treasure collecting.

<jiggle> I even heard of a D'Core that transitioned to an Adventurer Training Facility and Interdimensional Transportation Hub. Talk about raking in the Power! It basically outsourced its security to the adventurers, gets a free pass when it kills any during training, and pulls in power and money just for maintaining gates. And it's almost completely passive income! I tried get on its payroll once, but it had a contract with a Denubian to provide slimes, gelatins, and puddings...and dungeon monsters.

And I think a D'Core might have an outlandish new board .... error post... with an anxiously awaited countdown to important events... say like a release of a d'eta version of new reports... cough book 4.... cough and sticky the updated countdown so monthly visitors can just quickly review the information from our lord and master..... no smirk included

Hey folks, checking in again, how's book 4 coming?

So the ten monkeys on typewriters are out on a smoke break? I guess that is good news. We don't need a new version of Saiyuki or 'Planet of the Apes' after all. Good luck TAG. Oh, and Tizzy, remember to lower a privacy screen between the two of you, otherwise the fumes will get to TAG again...

Any chance Tom is going to meet Zeus in book 4? I'm imagining a Hugh Hefner type guy judging from the stories that are told of Zeus. Or is that more elven propaganda?

Oh. Oh, you beautiful tease, you.

How about a chapter 1 excerpt to make it up to us?

Just checking in and looking how its gooing.
Hopefully we will see something soon(ish)

Oh, I won't let that stop him. In fact getting sent to The Abyss may be just the incentive he needs to finish.

I'll give him one 8 oz glass of 98.1 F. water for each book he completes!



Tizzy