Nobody believes that Rusty Walters is from Earth, let alone that he's supposed to defeat a Dark Lord. Heck, he's not sure himself at this point. It's been a year, and he hasn't had a whiff of Dark Anything outside of a privy.
What working adult has time for an epic quest, anyway? Keeping his party out of trouble is hard enough.
Angie never takes off her armor. Ever. Don't ask, unless your belly button is dying to meet her greatsword. Gregor really wants you to know he graduated fifth in his mage class and is legally an elf by adoption. Then there's Jork, beardless dwarf healer and Instigator-in-Chief. The less said about, by, and to him, the better.
Rusty's the bard and party leader, which means when all else fails, he won't.
His sword Rosie can kill anything in a single hit. Oh, he has to stab himself afterwards to keep her happy, but with great power comes great regret. On less violent days, he has his lute for casting buffs and smacking troublemakers. But perhaps his greatest strength is his never-ending desire to do what's right, even as his party rolls their eyes.
And someday, somewhere, Rusty will find an amulet with a different message. For now, though, they'll be robbing hermits, ruining academic reputations, and wincing at the lamentations of dwarven womenfolk.
Buffed! is cozy fantasy's grubby cousin, a sitcom-inspired story mixing light LitRPG progression, banter-heavy slice-of-life shenanigans, and a Dark Lord adventure taking its sweet time. Contains innuendo but no explicit scenes, meaning Buffed! is only as dirty as you are.
