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Book 8 epub file + Samantha's 7th book Recap + TTRPG News + Operation Bounce House is out in the world + new poll imminent
🕑 Added 2026-02-10 05:38:51 +0000 UTCHey everybody! First and foremost thank you so much again for your continued support. I am now on tour for Operation Bounce House. My next stop is tomorrow in San Jose! The book officially comes out tomorrow, February 10th. The best way to support me is to buy a copy in any way you want, via ebook, physical copy, or audio and/or leave a review. The audiobook WILL be available on Libby if that's your thing. Not sure about the ebook.
TTRPG News
Tomorrow (Feb 10) at 10 AM PT, Renegade is opening up signups for the TTRPG launch party, but you guys can get in early. Here's the link https://bit.ly/CarlRPG
They've been working their ass off on this, and I can't wait for it to get out there. The Discord community is already pretty robust, so please feel free to join.
ANYWAYS. Attached to this post you will find an Epub of DCC 8. This is NOT the final final version as there's a ton of typos and formatting issues, etc., but it's relatively close. Please do not share this. If this ends up on every book pirate site on the planet like the book 7 file, PRH is gonna have a huge issue with me doing this in the future.
All I ask is that you consider leaving an honest review in May when it comes out.
Below the Samantha post I have some retcon info about the epub for those who have already read the chapters. No need to read if you haven't read anything because it won't matter to you.
Also, added below (it's also in the file) is Samantha's recap of the 7th floor. You voted for this.
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Pre-poll poll. If you could choose a form for Mordecai to take on the 12th floor, what would it be?
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Samantha’s Book 7 Recap
“Bucket Boy, come here,” Samantha called.
The young crocodilian was sitting on the couch in the personal space talking to that weird, bald guy with the gross scar on his head. Samantha didn’t like him much. Or maybe she did? Maybe she was in love with him?
No, no. That wasn’t right. Who was his mother?
Something, something, garbage truck. No, no, no. Not him. That scar was gross though.
“What is it?” Bucket Boy shouted back. “I’m a little busy... Wait. Why are you in Carl’s room?”
Why was she in Carl’s room? Oh, yes, yes. She remembered now.
“I’m redecorating, and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll come here this instant.”
The crocodilian and the bald guy with no eyebrows—ew—approached. They stepped in, eyes wide.
“Yah, do you like it? It’s not done yet,” Samantha said, feeling proud. A dozen sluggalos were in the far corner, struggling with the new wallpaper. To Bucket Boy, she said, “Come here. I need help installing the chandelier. The sluggies are too small. Come along. Hurry up.”
“Carl is going to kill you. This is his room. He says nobody is allowed in.”
“He never comes in here, so I have claimed it for my own. Honestly, I feel as if it’s my right. I won it in the break-up.” She rolled over to the chandelier she borrowed from the room next to Tish’s room when she did that thing she wasn’t going to talk about because everyone would get mad. “This goes to the ceiling. Hurry up, now.”
“Wait,” Bucket Boy said. “This is not a chandelier. This is a swing.”
“Anything can be a chandelier if it lights up and you attach it to the ceiling.”
“I can’t do it,” Bucket Boy said. “I promised Rosetta I would catch Tipid up on what happened during Faction Wars before he lost his memory.”
Samantha neck-cootered the goblin drill onto the floor in front of the kid. “Oh don’t worry. I’ll tell him what happened. You, get to work.” She turned to...Tipid? Yes, that was his name. He was from outside the dungeon. He was a former crawler. His mother was probably long dead. She would never have had the chance to trick Samantha into... “You, don’t worry, okay? I will explain it all.”
Tipid, VERY SERIOUS, sat. Samantha was suspicious of people who were VERY SERIOUS.
“Yo, I want to hear this, too,” Bigs the sluggalette said, sliming up. Samantha liked Bigs even if she got orange goo all over her new carpet. Samantha had borrowed the carpet from the Larracos College of Magic. Sometimes Sam and Bigs had girl talk. Bigs was now invited to her bachelorette party.
Psamathe’s baby was dead. She was there, and now she was gone. An overwhelming wave of...relief...washed...
Why was it her thoughts always got fuzzy when she remembered her child? Why did she always lose track of...
“Okay,” Samantha said to Bigs and head scar guy. “So the ninth floor of the dungeon was Faction Wars. Normally it’s this boring level with all these ugly, old rich people pretending to be warriors, and they fight and one of them takes a castle and wins and honestly it’s really stupid and not important. But this year Carl and Donut had their own army, and the NPCs had their own army and they all started fighting over the castle, blah, blah, blah. A bunch of old crawlers from outside the dungeon came back to fight, which if you ask me was kind of stupid. I mean, what kind of suicidal morons were these idiots?”
“Uh,” Tipid said.
“Exactly. And in the end the NPC team and the whole city of Larracos got transferred to the cotton fields because one of those nerd rock guys cast a spell. That sent all the NPCs to the Ascendency floor, and we probably won’t see any of those guys until the 12th floor. So not this 10th floor. I’m sure this will be a boring, filler floor where nothing important happens at all.
“Anyway, the whole thing ended with Carl and Donut winning Faction Wars, but that was only because the NPCs went away. Oh, and there was this other team that showed up at the last minute. They were called the war mage rebellion. They killed that orc boss guy. Not the one Rosetta beheaded but the younger one. Stalwart. They beat up Elle and stole the Gate of the Feral Gods from her. Their leader is a guy named Akuma, and Elle says if she ever sees that guy again he’ll be peeing ice cubes for the rest of his short life. But they stole... They took...
“Have you seen how pretty my room is? I’m trying to come up with a good name for it. The war mages were working with Agatha, the shopping cart lady, but they didn’t like each other. She left when they did and nobody knows where she is, but Carl says the war mages want him to kill Agatha for some reason. Oh and then Meatus came. He was a giant penis. A gross, stinky one like from one of those guys who gels his hair back and the only aspect of his personality that he works on is his duck-facing. You know what I’m saying?”
“Totally,” Bigs said.
Samantha sniffed at the guy. “Show me your penis.”
“No,” Tipid said.
Samantha growled. “Anyway there was this goddess named Eris that came when Meatus the penis was fighting this other, boring god guy. Donut cast a spell and they all turned into a giant ball. Oh, oh, and then Yarilo showed up from the Nothing, and he was chasing me, trying to talk to me, but I didn’t want anything to do with that weirdo after that last party before he got banished. Anyway, Donut took all the bad guys out of the ball and smooshed them through a Li Na chain, including Meatus, and it got in Rosetta’s teeth. After that, Li Na couldn’t heal and is all weird now. And her brother, Li Jun, died which was really sad because I liked that guy. Oh, and Yarilo died too, but he was killed by the boring god guy.
“That’s a lot,” Tipid said. “Maybe we can start over and...”
“The scary Lucia lady only had one doggie left, and he almost ate Mongo, but little Rend saved him and the doggie died! It turns out she has like a ton of children trapped inside her head and if she dies they die, but I say kill her anyway because children are so much trouble. Also, the floor was really tense because Katia and Donut both put the same hat on, and it made it so they both had to kill a snake lady. So Katia and Carl and me went to kill the snake lady, but when I got there my plan was to go say hi to and possibly kill my own mother—her name is Theia—but when I went to her place it really wasn’t her but some Skyfowl dude which really has a way of messing with a girl’s head. And he was all ‘Look, I’m not really your mother,’ and I was like ‘No shit, bucko. You’re a creepy bird dude,’ and he was all ‘No, I mean Theia isn’t’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, okay, weirdo.’ But then the whole club went nuts and got pulled into some really creepy demon shit because Li Na has totally gone cuckoo.
“Oh, and before that, Louis was in trouble, but I saved his life, and selflessly gave my very body to keep him alive. Now he has gills and is my cousin.”
“I remember that part,” Tipid said. “I remember everything that happened after my memory was wiped. The Dream warlord inhabited Louis’s lungs. We used the body of the flesh golem to replace it.”
“Kiwi and Mongo’s babies!” Samantha gasped. “They’re so adorable. We won’t see them again until we get to the 12th floor. Or all the other NPCs, like Holger and Edgar the turtle and Big Tina the dinosaur. But after that part, the most important thing that happened is that Louis broke up with Juice Box so we can have our torrid affair.”
“And Katia left,” Tipid said.
“Oh yes. Louis, being so virile, made Katia pregnant just by standing near her, and she got shuffled off to a nunnery or something. I wasn’t paying attention. Someplace outside the dungeon. And then me and Emberus had a little talk, and then Justice Light the skyfowl dude broke the Nothing so all the demon ladies who hate me are now loose and it’s probably going to cause a problem. Oh, and Scolopendra the big bad centipede thing at the bottom of the dungeon woke up.”
Tipid sighed. “Yeah. I think I’m good.”
“I thought you explained it perfect,” said Bigs.
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Thanks again for your support.
Lots of small and a few pretty big changes in the final file that you will notice if you've already read.
Lots and lots of tightening up. Editing, fixing tenses, typos, etc. That's still ongoing and not fully implemented here.
One of the big ones is the whole splooge chapter where they meet the Popos is (mostly) gone. Before you get all waded about it...the original-original version was actually from another POV and dealt with the Lucia storyline. I've decided I'm going to bring it back via flashback in book 9 or 10, so we'll get plenty of splooge action eventually.
Also a lot of the interludes have been punted down the line, most notably the Agatha one--which needed to be moved to post-11th floor battle--and the demon one, which will be edited slightly and will likely be one of the prologues of book 9.
A couple other minor things here and there. I reworded the Eris confrontation in the street so the 5-sided coin thing comes to a head on the 12th. I wanted to keep that coin spinning some more and didn't want to convolute the climax here too much. Many of Donut's spells were removed because she didn't use them and a few things Carl did use at the end were seeded earlier. There's a lot more, too. I think this one has more edits than usual, which is likely going to happen with the next one as well. Just the nature of approaching the end of the story.
Comments
Shelby Moledina
Mordecai should be a poet. Like a too-serious beat poet, or one who can only speak in iambic pentameter or haikus or something, which drives him (and everyone else) absolutely up the fucking wall. He has to ACTUALLY COME UP WITH the rhymes or whatever to speak, and it slows him down a LOT. Could also work as an 8-Mile style rap battler. Or he could be some kangaroo’s Joey, stuck in her pocket and having to convince his mom to take him where he needs to go. Samantha’s threats would DEFINITELY earn her a kangaroo kick. Or a mole man who has to stay out of the light. Constantly squinting and being grumpy and telling Carl to shut the door to keep the light out. Or maybe a pretty, pretty mermaid who can only breathe underwater. He’d super hate being stuck in a tank and having to figure out how to make potions using those gloves into another room that scientists use in clean rooms.
Teal
You have a new quest! Get the ePub file then start reading the revisions! … I got it to download on my iPhone. I used the Chrome browser then selected show more from this post. Then I could see a file link. I then downloaded the file into Google Drive and opened in the Kindle app which supports the file type of ePub.
GRW
Mordecai should take the form of Lemmy from Motörhead for the Celestial Ascendancy. Because, as the 1994 film “Airheads” taught us, “Lemmy is God.”
Michael Treloar
Nope. Not for me. Don’t even see the file button anymore. tried multiple browsers across 3 devices (iPhone, iPad and laptop)
CrashCanuck
Mordecai should be in yhe form of a silly looking divine servant, something like a little Cupid looking Cherub.
Larry baker
For those that can’t download. Log in on the browser on your phone and it’ll allow you to on there.
Eric Petty
I was thinking this makes sense, as they would be one of the reliable mobs on the floor. The OTHER option I was thinking was the weird mobs that get created when they dropped Lorracos onto the ascendency fields. Can't remember what they are called, some kind of cursed undead thing.
Michael Treloar
I can see a button for the epub file on my iPhone but can’t interact with it. On the phone browser (both chrome and safari) and laptop (chrome) there is no epub button at all. Has it been removed?
Michael Treloar
Let’s get some cross-book referencing going on and have Mordecai appear as Clive’s wife
Rom Profesorsky
Agreeing with others that it should be a god bc its the celestial ascendancy, but maybe he's something or someone the AI sees as a god from earth's (modern) lore? Something random with weird and unexpected powers. The stay 'puffed' marshmallow man. A Buddha statue. Rick Astley. The dog from air bud.
Commodore
Mordecai is supposed to be a mob from the floor. Since it’s the Celestial Ascendency I assume that means he should look like a god? If so I’m going for Khepri
Joseph Uddin
What app? I used to use Speechify which has a free tier if you dont mind the slightly robotic voices. Definitely not as good as Jeff, but also free.
Jack Mayo
So...it's probably too late, and really it's just my opinion, but the "What in the Jonestown is happening?" line from Donut did not ring true to her, for me. It seems to me that she would use some reference much later than Jonestown from 1978. I'm sorry I don't have a good alternative from the 2000's off the top of my head, but as I read the line it just didn't feel like a reference she would make.
Edwin Zuniga
Get an e-reader
Rebekah Ashmore
Make him a cat!
Charlie Hough
omg. YES!
Charlie Hough
lol... human centipede... Really? I highly recommend you definitely do NOT google "human centipede"...
Charlie Hough
Soooooo... I downloaded the ebook, then installed a really expensive program to read it for me while I drive a semi. I have three days to cancel the expensive program (actually 2 because you need to cancel 24 hours before the free 3 days expire), so I'll delete it tomorrow night) and in the last 12 hours I managed to get to chapter 48. The reader is no Jeff Hays -- but it is almost believable as a person.
Lauren DeCremer
Mordecai as a giant fly, constantly fighting with the cleaner bot because hes obsessed with all the gross shit in the safe room… like in a weird, sexually attracted kinda way. And hes just hoarding all the crap in his room. Lmao
Ryan Gerke
Mordecai as a Sheol demon creature would be sick
Marcus Pierce
Damn the EPUB isn’t working for me
Bubba Einstein the IV
Why does in my mind Samantha’s voice switches from ditzy Zsa Zsa when she’s grandiose, deadpan Betty White when she’s not putting on airs, Jessica Rabbit when she’s flirty, and Zuul when she had god related flashbacks?
Heather Kaminsky
Mordecai the cocker spaniel would be hilarious for Donut’s reaction.
Konlin Gappmayer
Mordecai should be either a male human centipede or a cocker spaniel that the AI makes wear a donut holes t-shirt that he can’t take off.
Derek Reilly
12th floor, make Mordecai a Krakaren
Eric Eddy
Can Mordecai be a “ bitch ass Rottweiler”
Eric Eddy
I can’t make the E pub work. Help.
Aaron Campbell
Mordecai should be whatever the hell type of creature Mongo x Kiwis babies are
Jeremy Johnson
Mordecai as a dragon would be awesome
Cecil Deveau
I came here to point that out. Hope it gets caught and fixed before print.
Marky
Thank you!
Andre Liddicoat
Not Gonna Lie, I'm a little disappointed Carl didn't get any good loot from that final battle. I feel like he should have gotten a Celestial "Centipede wants to suck your dick." Box.
Ryan Riley
Apologies if this is a duplicate. The Samantha recap says it is for the 7th floor. I think that is a conflation of 7th book for 9th floor. Regardless, as a huge fan of Samantha, I loved it! I was intrigued by finally getting her point of view and seeing her struggle with memories. I’m wondering how this may impact the story with Tipid. Finally catching up on book 8 and loving it!
Obsidian_Scarred/ALLFATHER
I need a pdf so I can print and read eyes can’t take that much phone reading
Kate Kennedy
mordecai should be a minor diety
Kaanon MacFarlane
I had to click it a few times
Salvador Barragan
Mordecai should be a big foot that no one can actually see because he's always far away and blurry
Right hand in the Royal Court of Princess Dount
Mordecai could be the bat that makes splooge heheh OR a cat or capri! And scream like pony! Haha
Stephen Greenwood
Listening to Operation Bounce House throughout the day; another Belly Rubbed Pug pub for Matt's book series
Calcdave
Oh yeah, and Hitchhiker's Guide had something with godlike beings and mice, too, right?
Jose Alvarez
Cocker Spaniel Mordecai would be funny, but probably not aligned with the Ascendancy
Aybars
I need a gargoyle mordecai!
Sarah
Maybe make Mordecai as a marionette/ventriloquist puppet whose words don’t match up correctly with his mouth movements. Could create some interesting confusion / comedy scenarios.
Michael Gates
I think Mordecai somehow being like Pinocchio would be funny. Also anything that would get a rise out of prepotente - a goat or vampire.
Brian Price
The epub link in the iOS app is not working.
Braden Duncan (Clockwork Art)
Rad to catch up briefly in Tacoma, and safe travels! 🚀 I think Mordecai would make an excellent naked molerat.
Dawson Frayn
Wife's Pick: Michelin Man Mordecai? My pick: Kaiju Mordecai (I just finished Kaiju Battlefield Surgeon so I think I've been influenced)
Bobby Weber
Mordecai should be odette, she's on the floor
A Chen
I'm so excited to read this!!
Elizabeth Lee
Same. I’ve tried on my phone and tablet. And with the app and website. Nothing works. Tried opening through the link in my email too
KC
A Caprid or a Bune.
TexKwonDo
How will they be resistant without splooge?
Melissa Pack
When I went to open it, it was empty and the link went away.
Melissa Pack
I downloaded the epub link and when I try to open it, there's nothing there. It was only about 1.5 MB which can't be right and the link is gone. Anyone else? Update: Thank you, Cristian Rojas! I shared it with my Kindle App and it appeared!
Brandon Lucio
I am not sure if this is fair use or not but my wife and I would love a jar jar binks variant
Christina Garrett
I see the epub attached on the app, but I see the comments saying downloading from the app doesn't work. I'm on my computer now, but don't see an epub attached at all. Am I missing something obvious?
Chelsea Frazier
Mordecai as a monster we haven't seen from Florins upcoming comic book! :) a lil teaser. Other than that something completely unexpected as always. Going from a prophecying ghost thing to basically a poltergeist on the 11th... With how unstable the dungeon is by now will it make him change with more intent? Some form that would effect an interaction with Odette or Chaco?
Christina Garrett
I missed Mordecai a bit in the last two, so I hope we see him a bit more. A fairy would be my vote.
Chelsea Frazier
I like this cause Scholopendra is now madly in love with Carl XD
Allison Schwartz
I def vote for either a cat or dog, both would be hilarious
Bradley Cline
Mordecai should be an ursensus or a dinosaur since they’ll be on the floor anyway
Amelia_Airheart
Matt, my darling - what did Chicago ever do to you? Please add a stop here as you criss cross the country. I promise if you do, we'll buy you an Italian beef sandwich! xoxo
Teal
Mordecai as a wrath elemental of some kind. Or a jacked muscle macho mob of some type.
Obsidian_Scarred/ALLFATHER
Listening to operation bounce house now!!! Wondering if it’s worth risking the trip to Minneapolis because somehow my tickets were misplaced and I couldn’t get more…. Wondering if ice will keep some pple away and maybe I’ll get in …. Idk so far so good on the book tho Matt you’re awesome thanks for all!!
Tanya Stiefel
I did not need to read the verb “neck-cootered”
Terence King
In order to pick something for Mordecai, I think we need to know if he needs use of his limbs to make potions and such. While being turned into a dog is funny, he would be relying on Rosetta to do all the work for him.
Ilya Taytslin
Dungeon fairies can be male or female. Jacobus is a male fairy.
Carl Hansel
App never works for me downloading. Use the Patreon website.
Tatianna G
So I can see the download option in the app, but it only downloads as text, not like it did for the December drop. My entire system will not allow me to open it, so I suppose it's just a sit and wait until May kind of thing. I have an Android, so it isn't the iPhone issue. I have no idea what is going on.
Ilya Taytslin
I think Mordecai can only take the form of mobs, not NPC's
Addie
Mordecai needs to be a Primal and for some reason look exactly like Carl
Elad Menahem
is there any chance of you coming back to toronto?
K Peterson
Please make Mordecai his original Skyfowl self for one floor Also, “I've decided I'm going to bring it back via flashback in book 9 or 10, so we'll get plenty of splooge action eventually.” Thank you. Love splooge and certainly cannot wait for more splooge.
Carl Hansel
MAKE HIM A GOD
Carl Hansel
Doesn’t he take the form of a mob found on the floor? That might be a limiting factor.
Andrew Millen
I did that for Inevitable Ruin. It was a wild ride, especially at the points where the AI glitches.
Immortal R.C.
Mordecai should be a bijou fairy and able to follow the party, a la Odette. Or a terralycos who looks a lot like a game show host.
Tatianna G
The TTRPG launches on my dad’s birthday. Looks like the kids are getting this one as well.
Jeff Smith
One word no spoiler review for Operation Bounce House: Horrifying
Sam Andrus
Alpha Carl
Samantha
Is the file able to be downloaded to a kindle?
William Meek
Mordecai should show up as an exact duplicative image of Geyrun, Emberus’ lost son. Just to mess with Emberus.
J W
Mordecai as Caprid could be hysterical.
Tony Szupka Jr.
Mordecai as a Ursensus 😎
Scott
More importantly imo: why was she in the College of Magic ? I doubt she went there just to steal a carpet, and it might have been more than just get "revenge" on Tish
Jillian
iPhones can’t seem to open it. Further in the comments someone came up with a solution
Scott
Now that the end is nigh, one way or another, I'm hoping the AI will seize the opportunity to give Donut an existential crisis by making Mordecai a Cocker Spaniel in the next floor.
Juwan Bobb-Duberry
Is the link locked? Can’t seem to download/open the epub on my phone
splood
I am so excited to read this! Love what you're doing Matt, keep up the good work!
Ryan Thomas
Cocker Spaniel
Dredd Pirate Silverbeard
Transform Mordecai into a Chamrosh, I say! In the ancient scrolls, Mordecai was the Grand Advisor to the King of Persia, usin' his wits to guide many a soul, from the highest noble to the lowliest deckhand. This beastie be a Persian wonder of the air, with the head of a hound and the wings of a great bird. Ye be a survey riddled swabbie if ye don't see the banter between the mortal enemies of cat, dog, and bird.
Brad Sattler
Beaker from the Muppets. A sentient Christmas Tree. A thousand ant hive mind. Half of a cake. An animated VHS copy of the 2001 cinematic masterpiece, “The Mummy Returns.”
Audrie Goff
Mordecai should be a changeling, and every time they enter the saferoom, he's the form of whatever the last thing they fought was. Last THING. They definitely need to fight some sentient weapons, so Mordecai the sploogy tea towel can make an appearance. Please? 🥹
Ryan Williams
I want to see Mordecai as a housecat on level 12. It would lead to working on Donut's post dungeon conundrum. A long hair tuxedo would be ironic.
Dcsulli
Or a rage elemental, that would be siiiick
Dcsulli
Mordecai as an anthropomorphic turtle, but not a ninja turtle.
David
Since level timers are no longer in play, maybe you could say there was a bug and Mordecai resorts to his true form? I know he was already a different type of skyfowl, but for the last book, it feels like it would be appropriate. OR since the dungeon has gone haywire, every time they see him, he’s in a different form. It can be previous iterations as well as new ones. A cacophony of voices for Jeff to choose from.
Z
Is there a pdf version for those nasty iPhone users (like me)?
FreedomsReiging
Carl just turned into a weiner dog. Scolependra was turned into a pet. Something should change and Morsicai as his true self would be appropriate. He's earned it long ago.
FreedomsReiging
Mordicai should be his true form as a skyfoul.
Amy the cat Meowmy
I download it from the email with the post in it.
C 💀
I’m kinda new to the patreon app and struggling to open the book file, anyone have tips on troubleshooting?
Steven Wheeler
Mordecai as a traveling spider merchant demon
Komrade_Zen
Mordecai as a "Primal" but his base appearance is his pre dungeon Sky fowl form. Cat, cat-person or cocker spaniel are also good choices.
Kanke
Also, the sam prologue... what did she do in the room next to Tish's?? Is this setting something up for the next book?
Kanke
There are so many good suggestions for Mordecai but I want to see him as something we've not seen before. I don't know what weird monsters might be on the 12th but I've always liked it when he shows up as a mob we've not seen
Donovan Kaardal
I think at this point, I'd love to see Mordecai be on the next floor as... Mordecai. Proper Centurion Skyfowl, looking exactly like he used to. I'd love to see how that played out.
Mitch Fiorelli
Mordecai as a Unipotamus
Karl Franz , Emperor of Mankind, chosen of Sigmar
I need Mordecai as a cocker spaniel
Heather Lonergan
Mordecai as a cat girl!
K Flush
Modecai as a slime! Brings some interesting comments from Samantha and maybe helps the crew learn something interesting about them they didn’t know. Getting stuff stuck in him as he slides around. Could be fun!
Caris Vollentine
I want Mordecai as Growler Gary, obviously sans hands (paws?). Final straw, AI has finally fully lost it. Or a nullion that can secretly communicate with Quasar, just so we can get more Quasar. Plus nullion representation is important #representationmatters. Orrrrr the Juicer, just for fun. OR Tish, Samantha would have a HAYDAY. There are truly so many good choices, WHAT IS AN AUTHOR TO DO?!
Josh
Mordecai as a Bune like Drakea
Charlie Hough
Mordecai as a half mantaur... I'm not sure if the creative half or the serious half...
VincentC
Mordecai as a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel would be pretty amazing!
Scott Ash
I'm with Mordechai as a cat, a big tuxedo with a stuffy "old-timey" accent.
aMidwestCrisis
Maybe a caprid. He and Prepotente can scream at eachother
Carl Hansel
Using the accessibility settings on my phone to listen to the ebook version. Siri is no Jeff Hays. Shocking, I know.
Carl Hansel
Someone said mantid to rub it in. That would be funny. Or a kua’tin! Or (like others have said) his original form would be funny. Maybe the AI is like “I have bigger things to deal with, be whatever you want”
Vampiric
Mordecai as a satyr
Megan
Mordecai as a syphilitic koala, or something that sets everything on fire accidentally.
Douglas Erdman
Mordecai as a Rhino Basilica Guard would be a good one, especially for the Ascendancy Games.
Waffle135
Mordecai in his original form again would be nice for at least one floor. My other vote is a giant talking lion like Aslan.
Ryan Wile
I second the cat idea, the amount of Donut content we would get from that alone would be hilarious.
Matheu Mcelwee
Maybe make Mordecai into a Mantid just as a slap to the face of the center system since the AI just wiped them out
Zachary T Jernstrom
Mordecai as a slime or ooze? Might be a funny interaction with Samantha If he is a mob on the floor and the 12th has all the gods then maybe he's a minion mob of a god like a giant beetle for our bug God that hates our dinner invading homewrecker
Jay Prado
Cherubim for sure!!!! It's the 12th floor after all.
Cristian Rojas - Benoy
How long is book 8 compared to book 7?
Megan
Make him a mimic!
Robert E Cross
Mordecai as a rage elemental would be funny af
TheGoodJordanP
I think Mordecai should be a cat, but a cat that donut wouldn’t respect. Maybe a sphinx? A cocker spaniel would be funny too.
Joshua Winsor
Maybe a mantaur? Or a satyr, djinn, head in a box, goblin...
Jason Skelton
A Cocker Spaniel please
Kris Kampshoff
Poll ideas for Mordecai... 1. A Skyfowl form that can actually fly and/or represents his true form, but maybe hampered in some other way 2. A cat, specifically of a breed that Donut dislikes or disdains as inferior (Havana Brown, Sphynx). Not a catgirl or otherwise anthropomorphic, just a cat 3. Cocker spaniel. Not sure if it's funnier if it's "just a dog" or some anthropomorphic version, like a different breed dog-soldier. (Can't take credit for this one, someone mentioned it below)
Kris Kampshoff
"Renegade is opening up signups for the TTRPG launch party, but you guys can get in early" What should we expect to see when we click the link? I don't see a signup form or anything. I'm logged into Backerkit.
Stephen Stanko
Mordecai the cocker spaniel would be so funny.
crunchtopher
Maybe even a cat like creature. Something the gods of the ascendancy keep as pets ala ancient Egypt. Perhaps the race is even like cat+. Donut gets jealous.
Dustin Alford
Mordecai - biblically accurate angel. Fits with the floor too. :) Also congrats on the new book out! You’re killing it man! :)
Joe Quinn
I’d vote to throw him a bone and make him a changeling for this last floor, with or without his previous library.
Willis
Mordecai in his original form, or a Cocker spaniel, or if we could get lost of mobs on the 12th floor to pick from, that would be cool
W3nzh1
I would like to see mordecai either as an eagle or as a big teddy bear
Richard Felger
Is there a way for them to serial number each early release copy? I have bought books from DriveThru RPG that do that.
Nic Morgan
A cherub would be hilarious.
Star
I swear on all that is holy, if I am not allowed to read chapters early because someone is a fuck faced cheese stick who proliferates this, I will lose my shit on you.
Richard Felger
New to the Patreon, hopefully we can discuss book 8 here. If not, I apologize. I really liked the Stephen King reference to "The Jaunt" where time is massively dilated. That was a great short story.
Calcdave
I wonder about Mordecai being a mouse. It would be interesting to see the interaction with Donut's baser instincts to catch him, something about gods/elephants being scared of mice?, and maybe even some Disney commentary thrown in.
Trey Walton
What if mordecai becomes what samantha actually is? I thought that what was happening on the 11th but nothing came of it.
crunchtopher
I’m sure everyone else is saying this, and I know that his form is chosen from mobs on the floor, but a cat. Mordecai would have to get used to the quadruped inventory system.
D B
I’m having the same issue.
Kimmer
Anyone else having troubles downloading? It’s not working for me. :/ tried to download to books on my iPhone. It’s not there and now I can’t even click on the link to try again.
Tom Krausse
Mordecai probably needs to be a kuatin at some point. Although the cocker spaniel is a solid choice too
Benjamin Wallace
Mordecai would make a cool Ent
Allan Ashman
Since Taranis took Krakaren prime a Krakaren clone would be cool, gives him new ways to do alchemy (possibly) and could cause drama with the Krakaren hivemind stuff
Craig
Perhaps Mordecai could be an Ork like in warhammer
skajadeh
Since Mordecai was basically Rick Moranis, can he also be John Candy?
Shane Deiley
Mordecai as Unwashed
Nick & Lara
Make him a Wraith.
Andy Ross
Modercai as a Cat for the 12th! Or a CatBoy
StarkRG
I don't think she does have to die, the AI said they could exit the Dungeon now. I think turning her into a crawler counts as beating her as a boss.
RikiNiki
But I also like the idea of Sky-Fowl Mordecai exacting revenge on Odette, or proving he could but then holding back.
RikiNiki
Feel like in book one mordecai mentions first contact with the syndicate (besides seeding of course) was ancient Egypt? He mentions the pyramids? What if, like a lot of people have suggested a cat, but a cat diety? Bastet or Sekhmet? Or if Egypt is too on the nose then Shashti who rides a cat? A tiny little humanoid god mordecai, and since we know eventually he’s going to get in on the action to get Odette, he rides Donut into battle.
Photoguy
I think a fairy race would be great for Mordecai. It's small enough to be annoying, he can fly, and there'd be other fun things to do with it.
Elizabeth Rysavy
I think it’d be really fun if mordecai was a fairy or something. Would make it difficult for him to do his experiments with tiny hands 😂😂. Can’t wait to see you in Boston!
Rowan
Annie and many mentions of Katia seem to have been cut and that makes me really sad. I liked knowing that even though she's gone, she's on both their minds. His reaction to seeing Annie was powerful and I enjoyed the call back of Katia wanting to know what a half mantaur was. :( Also, it's hilarious to me, but in character that Carl never takes a moment to process those events at the end of 7, saying goodbye to his best human friend/companion or acknowledging that she wanted to have his child. Goddamn it Carl.
Madelyn Johnson
MORDECAI THE COCKER SPANIEL
Janiece Mulia
Agree! I’d love to see him in his original race.
Bravelygrave
I do think the Perry the Platypus reference is hilarious
Christopher Kezer
Mordecai has to be the most amazing, best in show, beautiful cat, there ever was.
Kate Stone
Mordecai as a cat would create such interesting dynamics. He would be powerful and wise, and Donut would struggle to reconcile that with her feelings of being THE cat - the BEST cat.
Oogle McDoogle
Mordecai as a goblin would be cool. A throwback to the first floor.
Veronica Adams
Ascendency has me thinking satyr. Reminiscent of Phil from Hercules. Or a little cupid like cherub.
Martin O'SULLIVAN
I had to go to the patreon website to get it, rather than the app
Kelly Cobb
Bonus: all the red skin-inaccurate art of Incubus Mordecai will now be skin-accurate art of Tiefling Mordecai
FinalLimitXIII
Thank you so much for giving us an early look!
Johann Velasquez
It would be hilarious if Mordecai turned into an anthropomorphic centipede similar to the transformed scolapendra. Especially if this triggers the Agro of scolapendra, thinking he is trying to steal carl from her.
Sean Youdis
i think him as a ruhar would be hilarious.
Kali!
Mordecai's next form? Maybe do him a solid and have his original form be a choice?
James JR
Thank you so much Matt. I can't wait till I have all the copies of your book I already pre-ordered. Just let me know when the super deluxe is coming out and when the graphic novel gets to this point.
DemmyD
The obvious choice: Mordecai the cocker spaniel
PD Doling
Mordecai as baby Cthulu (Fred from Chronicles of Cain) - guest voice actor Austin Rising?)
Donnie Peslis
How pissed is the AI? Mordecai as a human that looks just like Katia or Beatrice
Kevin Veldman
Mordecai should be a platypus with a fedora.
Fifth Race
Mordecai as a rage elemental
Ebag Serallap
A CAT. HE HAS TO BE A CAT.
Robert Jensen
12th floor Mordecai should be a female velociraptor, with obvious Mongo issues. Donut will be appalled. Alternate choices, hobbit, balrog, minion, baby seal, cocker spaniel, Mexican hairless.
Pkeet99
Funnyish but useful to the party. He has been a little useless lately. Be nice if they had a heart to heart about him be manager too
Carl Jenkins
Can Mordecai be a clown with large feet? They can’t be better than Carl’s but still a part of the story
Madelyn Johnson
MORDECAI THE SLUGGALO!
Jared Bell
12th floor Mordecai should be something that can actually interact. I would almost vote full Skyfowl, but that would be too kind by the AI. Maybe a Tigran or any other non human that has opposable thumbs.
GodofWar0924
Mordecai should turn into some race that causes fairy creatures to want to bang him. Having Elle be constantly fighting the urge to always jump him would definitely create some good times.
Christine Brown
Matt, the file won't open for me via Patreon or the email. It lets me download it but then I get an error that says it can't open. Can you please take a look when you're back online? Thanks!
Morrigan
Mordecai: Book 4 call back because gods. Dromedarian
phthalo_corgi
I just know that Mordecai’s story is going to come full circle now that he’s on the 12th with Odette. He’s already been a skyfowl… maybe whatever winged Tigran Chaco is? Or since the OIs are I the game can he be a macro intelligence?! How would that work 🧐
Mark Zieg
I had the same problem on both the Patreon app and Safari on my iPhone. I navigated away in Safari and then came back to the post from the home page, and the link reappeared (and worked!) _shrug_
Christine Brown
I think I missed that in history class :/
Morrigan
I want Mordecai to contrast both book 8 and the horror that will be floor 12. I’m picturing Otter like creature. In a sweater vest. Full head of curly hair.
Moakie
Im guessing it’s because she is Apito and has lost her memory via the memory crystal
Stephanie Bolles
I absolutely need to see Mordecai be something to confuse the AI and cause some major guilt with Carl! Bigfoot!?
Ryan
Definitely Moth Man
Matthew Levy
Having trouble downloading the epub. Nothing happens when I click on it in the app and I don’t see it on the post on the website. Also, I’m new to Patreon so it’s probably me. Anybody have recs on how to download the epub?
James Macrae
Mantaur Mordecai would be funny af
Melissa Glisan
Love the recap <3 As for Mordecai, I recommend a tiefling (details up to you) but sulfur SMELL a must to annoy our Princess. I love the idea of a demonic neutral thaumaturge on a god floor. One who SMELLS.
Justin Brown
Mordecai should take the form of Rebeccas butthole so the rest of us can see what all the fuss is about, Matt.
BlaueFeder
yeah, can't open it for some reason
Lauren
Anyone having issues with the E pub file?
LJ
Mordecai - Caprid, but either a hipster complete with a vinyl collection or teacher in a sweater vest.
Carl Hansel
Thanks, Matt!
Zachary Paulson
I don't know about me, but I know Donut would like to see Mordecai as a cat
Trish Bardos
Would love to see him as something he can sacrifice pieces of himself to as a potion reagent, or anything really that excites him at the table and gets him talking more about it...extra hands or something?
Mark Zieg
Mordecai should be a giant purple worm. I’m picking that because I want that to be a common mob on the 12th floor. #justiceforbanksy
Justin Gonyea
For Mordecai, an earth cryptid could be fun. Jersey devil, moth man, chupacabra, yeti? It would be interesting to hear how they’d explain the race whether it was a hidden earth race or an alien that had visited
WW Oracle
Matt, when are we going to read a description of Elle’s four seasons build?
McMatey92
Mordecai should get original changling race and class back… also turn off the manager protection…
Beck Gibson
this was my first thought
Isaac
I'd love to see Mordecai in his true form. (Specifically, how he would react to being in his own body again, even temporarily)
Jessica F
Mordecai could be a hobbit or a dwarf, something lord of the rings-y and familiar!
Kim Drolet
I think Mordecai should be either a cat or dog.... think of the outrage of Mongo and Donut
Evelynhawth
Original Changeling form
Jonathan Baily
I think he should become a Big-Foot and confuse the AI sexually
David Lloyd
Moedecai should be a sluggalo
Bobby Hoel
Make him a changeling default form so he could change into anything from his library if he wanted to
Jazmín Bicego
WAIT did we KNOW that Theia's not actually Samantha's mother? And why does she lose her place in her mind when she thinks about the sand ooze? Also I NEED Carl to see Sam Town on book 9
Kevin Lapham
I would love to have Mordecai brought in as a Leprechaun…along with all the Irish stereotypes. Great recap!
Prettyandpink
I love this idea!
Treamayne
Thank you very much, fine sir. Good luck on the tour. > Pre-poll poll. If you could choose a form for Mordecai to take on the 12th floor, what would it be? Child of Inpewt - to see what the NPCs and Changelings had to face down on floors 9 and 12
Jeff Smith
Book 9 questions we'll have to wait for: * Is Princess Donut still the strongest remaining Crawler, and hence the leader of the newly expanded Princess Posse? * Who the frack is the little girl with Lucia Mar? * Will Quasar be the lawyer for Sexy Scolopendra? We know she won't take a deal, and we know she has to die before the end of the last book, so that conversation would be... illuminating
Tyrant Grant
Make Mortecai a Shiny Silver talking Beer Can! Carl and his boxers were mentioned in ExFor 19! I'd like to see a crossover of Skippy vs. The AI!
Jazmín Bicego
I have to agree with my fellow crawlers, Chaco's form would be great, I think Mordecai could use a little empathy for the man, brother-killer and all. Alternatively, a cat would be hilarious.
Jeff Smith
Given the strong chance that Penny does not take a deal, Mordecai should be some type of wolfman. Even without the blood bar rules, keeping her and Sexy Scolly safe is going to be....challenging
Ned
Chaco's form. Donut: "CARL! what's Chaco doing in our safe room?" or maybe a ginger, a spicy one or maybe a butt plug, because, well you know... or maybe a ginger Chaco looking butt plug
Seth N
Given that the AI generally likes to be a dick to Mordecai (third floor notwithstanding and even then it gave him lower alcohol tolerance), I think something like OG sky fowl and primal are right out. So something like Chaco's form or gender-swapping him to look like Armita (Odette's dead friend), or Huanxin's race. That or something with lots of secretions, that makes using his alchemy table really hard to use (super-annoying because it's the best he's ever had), so he will bitch about it a lot.
Daniel Callaghan
Please give Mordecai his original shapeshifting form back so he can be as useful as possible this floor. Echoing what others have said, there was a distinct lack of him this book and he NEEDS more page time. Let him fly again, he deserves it.
Emma
gender-bent mordecai as Roz from Monster's inc
Emma
I admit I am a teenage boy at heart, but.... mordecai with boobs!!!
Daniel Judge
Im not reading the thread/comments since ive not read Parade of Horribles yet and want to avoid spoilers, so sorry if this has been said or in some way covered in the latest book... but i think Mordecai could be a canine form... if not a cocker spaniel then something like Tserendolgor's Dog Soldier form... As much as i dont want to torture poor Donut with it, it could spawn quite an interesting reaction ;-) Or maybe make him a Havana Brown cat person ;-P
CorruptPixie
I want Mordecai to finally be in his brother's (or mother's) Skyfowl body. But if not, then I think he should be a Sheol demon. Kinda like how he was a Canadian in Level 9. Because, Canadians have an image of being nice, but they actually performed some of the greatest atrocities committed by the Allies during World War 2 that even made the US go, ummm no. Or if not that Cocker Spaniel would be good.
Elle
I think cherub or fairy are ok choices, but I second the request that it be something useful especially with the alchemy table. I don't like the idea of a cocker spaniel or other troll pick since we are headed into his story's climax and he hasn't had enough time with the team. With that in mind primal is my pick!
Hellmonkey
Would love to get a Mordecai angelic looking horrific thing, to sync with ascendancy games theme. Something like the D&D Manibeast crossed with a skyfowl, with many arms and have him be "biblically accurate". Or then just a half moose half fish.
Hellmonkey
Would love if Mordecai took a form like the d&d heartbold, chromunculus or bloombeast.
Alys A
My first thought was Mordecai should have his original Skyfowl body so he can fly one last time. But to be silly, a mantaur or frenzied Gerbil
Annemarie van Essen
Samantha’s recap is so funny! I like knowing how she (not) thinks and that you involved Tipid. A clueless key
Matt
It's probably time for Mordecai to be a Cocker Spaniel. I'm surprised the AI hasn't done it already to be honest.
Glen Jarvis
Mordecai should definitely take the form of one of Kiwi & Mongo’s babies, seeing as they’re all NPCs on the 12th floor now. It will confused poor Mongo, but will give Mordecai some more siblings.
Annemarie van Essen
I love the dedication to the mods in the book. You are a teamplayer Matt :)
Annemarie van Essen
I like that too! Not something funny, but real and powerful. At least, the most powerful in the floor where he needs it to be!
Billftn
Mordecai has touched Samantha, he should be a god, but wrong
Annemarie van Essen
I downloaded it through the e-mail link. For me that works the best
Daniel Rue
Recap sounds great. I’m sure it will be fine but seeing “skyfowl dude” is weirding my brain out. Like, I can’t hear it in her voice in my head. Like it should be Skyfowl Guy or something like that instead. Also, kind of sad she didn’t touch on her chat with Embrys. That and her time in Club Vanquisher were two of the things I looked forward to the most with her as recap narrator. Good to hear Lucia stuff is being added to book 9. I know myself and a lot of others were looking forward to more details on what’s going on with her, especially after end of book revelations from book 7… but she hardly appeared in this book. Looking forward to book 9 chapters whenever they release. Thanks for the chapters!
Eden Klainer
What if you make Mordecai into the exact same cat breed as donut? 🤩 Or a sort of shape shifter that mirrors who ever he's talking to? So he'd be a cat when talking to donut, a human when talking to Carl, a little fish guy when talking to Zev, etc.
DesignerFox
Yeah, I've been signed up for a week already.
yaboi
He has to say random japanese words or put in honorifics like calling Carl "Carl-san" or something, the less correct the better
yaboi
What if Mordecai becomes a Sluggalo? They technically exist on the 12th floor now, right?
Daniel Rue
Mordecai Form ideas: • Shade Gnoll (so everything he says is interspersed with slight chuckling) • “Biblically Accurate” Angel (this is the ascendancy games after all) • An Octopus. Not a Sac… an Octopus. • Whatever race Chaco is • Original shapeshifter form, but with the caveat that he changes to a random (viable non ooze) form every time he enters a new room • Whatever form his brother was (Storm Eagle or something I think?) —— Okay, on to the recap!
Paxus5212
I kinda want to see Rage Elemental Mordecai, but they come only on floor 13 and up. Maybe a Basilica Guard? This will allow him to be a lot more proactive on the 12th floor.
Chinapiggy
I recently found the Ao3 fics and I. Am. Satisfied. I also hate myself a bit 😂
Echo
I like Mordecai as a fairy for 12, or a rain cloud since he and Asher were both affected by lightning and rain can technically be a mob Something perpetually airborne and/or without hands and arms at all like a green giggly-gelatinous cube style being
Avery
Mordecai could take the form of a sexy centipede and then there'd be a "drama" where Mordecai, Scolopendra, and Carl are in a "love triangle". All three of them hate it, but the trope is crossed off the list. The in universe fan clubs go crazy for it.
Edwin Zuniga
Don’t share the epub file guys! instant smite if you do
Zaphod
Let Mordecai regain his original shapeshifter form from when he was a crawler. Unlike the last form, where his shifting was broken and random, make it something he can actually control again.
Riyon Hutton LMHC
Crab
m meh
Mordecai form: A cocker spaniel this also implies they are a mob on floor 12
Bouncy Paw
Speaking of unwanted shape shifting: Has Jeff been provided with a Kangaroo onesie for the cold reads? And helium balloons and a dog toy.
Senoraf
I hope at the last floor he just look like his old self
Bouncy Paw
Mordecai form: - (Adult) Ursensus. Title of 'Uncle' optional. MONGO IS APPALLED. - Chaco's Pterolykos winged wolf humanoid form. Optional without wings for extra insult to literal injury and "Dog person" element annoys Donut. - Odette ranch Giant Crab. This pisses Raul off. Optional if only top half. Jamal helps for robo legs lessons. - Ferdinand's orange street cat twin: Mordecat. Speaks like Garfield. - An orc that Penny the pig is infatuated with (and she is his alchemy truffle sniffing attendant as part of 'dungeon generated' deal).
Anthony Pulliam
I like this idea
Bouncy Paw
*And or mysterious creations
James Oldiges
Could the AI do that? M is transferred into a dungeon mob. Do the OI/gods count? I am assuming not, but there are also two kinds of gods...
Alex Brushaber
I instantly thought the correct version of skyfowl - but have him look exactly like his brother. Other thought was Chaco’s race, as someone else said would up the tension. Please avoid something that separates out Mordecai this book he didn’t interact with the team nearly as much and that left a hole for me.
James Oldiges
He transforms to a mob on the floor. Do you really think there are Primal mobs on the floor...?
funinretrospect
gonna echo the Mordecai primal idea. Would let him and Carl figure out it's communal nature together
Flux Umia
Make Mordecai a Caprid like Prepotente and have a scene where they are making important potions together, and they scream a lot, which Mordecai can't control, much to Carl and Donut's despair.
StarkRG
The cleaner bots are all gone.
StarkRG
For Mordecai, I suggest either a Beware of Chicken reference (so, rooster or maybe a pig that Penny finds attractive), a He Who Fights With Monsters reference (maybe a small, colourful dragon that likes biscuits/cookies), a Heretical Fishing reference (enormous crab or lobster that keeps scaring the shit out of Donut, but Mongo loves), or maybe a LOTR reference like a Hobbit or Tom Bombadil (that one could be fun to have him sing everything joyfully). Or maybe something from Earth, like a dodo or a koala with chlamydia.
Blake Fehl
Making Mordecai a Skyfowl again could be very interesting.
Big I
Oh no, poor Tish. I am now fully on board with the theory that Samantha is Apito. She hates Yarillo because he ruined a Butcher's Masquerade in the dungeon lore, and the Action Network guy tried to tell her that she's not really Psamathe. This makes her saying "...kill her anyway because children are so much trouble" even funnier because Apito is mother to half the pantheon, as well as whatever the sand ooze is.
Daniel
Wait - aren’t signups already live for the TTRPG?
Adam Lahaie
Two suggestions for the form that he could take a Sluggalo or Multiarmed Naga
StarkRG
I was also thinking chicken in the style of Beware of Chicken. Or maybe another pig for Penny to lust after for a floor.
Winter_Soldier1917!
Anyone hoeing trouble with the epub link
KeenTowers
It’s weird, sometimes the finished book files from authors just auto hop over to the kindle app or I struggle to download. Always random. First time having issues with this series though
M C
This would be amazing
Roxanne Araña
I like a lot of the suggestions here for poor old Mordecai, Primal seems like a winner, where as a cocker spaniel seems like too easy of a choice. What I would like to see as a wild card, long shot, is to gender swap him this upcoming floor and to also greatly offend Doughnut by making him a full on anime rip off, buxom and gorgeous Cat Girl complete with overly seductive voice, little fuzzy ears that pop out of her hair and a long fuzzy tail that pokes out from under her skirt. It'll be absolutely mortifying for Carl, humiliating for Mordecai, and absolutely offensive to Process Doughnut. Plus Jeff will absolutely hate it! 🤌😈
Thaanos
Oh that's evil!
KeenTowers
Same
Rob Laflamme
Mantaur mordecai
Mordecais_Moms_Ashes
Holy shit dude 🤣
Jdjosiah
Mordecai should be a dog type creature just for the donut jokes.
Owen West
Mordecai primal!
Tori Chaplinski
It would be fun if Mordecai was an aquatic creature of some sort. Maybe he needs to stay in a tank or fish bowl and Bucket Boy or someone else gets roped into wheeling or carrying him around. He could be unable to use his crafting tables himself so his helper does it at his direction and things don’t always come out right.
alex victoria
you can download any free ebook reader from the app store! epub is a very common file type
Nic S
Honestly, a gangster chicken.
Alan Meyer
Mordecai: Sluggalo or (male equivalent of) a fairy
Michael Anderson
Mordecai should be a hairless sphinx cat
streek
Would love if Mordecai became a tummyacher
Sealestial (Krista)
Ideas for Mordicai - An Angel (mirror to his incubus from?)
Mordecais_Moms_Ashes
Aw damnit my mobile doesn't do epub 😫 wtf
Mordecais_Moms_Ashes
This is a very mythology rich floor. Mordecai should be: A White Hart (hoofs no hands) If the inanimate bit hadn't already been done; A Sword in a Stone (So basically sapient weapon . Bucket Boy, could pull the sword) Yinglong, Chinese water dragon (He's just damp all the time. Always has like a rain cloud over him like the Zoloft depression, commercial 🤣) Qilin (again hooves, no hands) Grim(giant black graveyard guardian dog) That's all I got off the top of my head but I'll make another post later if I think of anything good
Justin d
Was pleasantly surprised at the subtle lore drops in Samantha's recap.
Zachary Krigelman
Make him into a slime that pisses off the cleaner bots. Over the course of the book he could keep growing to eventually take up the whole safe room.
Megan
He's already been one Canadian stereotype
Sealestial (Krista)
Amazing!! Honestly im so happy there are going to be quite a few changes cause that means when I listen to/Read it for the first time it will feel like a diffrent book. The one we all just read is just pretty accurate fanfic until its published XD
The Deb
"legally distinct martial arts turtle" killed me. I am ded.
Ben Vinson
Mordecai: A cat boy (the male version of Sister Ines) just so the AI can mess with Donut.
waterkangaroo
OOOH YES MAKE HIM AN URSENSUS
Matt
Since it’s the ascendancy games filled with gods, I think it would be fitting for Mordecai to be a god. But a really crappy god or one with a severe deficiency like being blind.
Justin d
Mordecai should be a sluggalo
Cheralynn Frazier
We love you Matt
Erick Robertson
Mordecai should take the form of Carl’s Dad
Nirkatze
I like the Mordecai as a cat or caprid ideas the most so far. Though I keep thinking of him as a Krakaren, using his multitude of tentacles to add ingredients to a potion... 12th floor though, so something connected to the gods and Ascendancy or Odette would be good too, especially if it has deeper connotations... like Odette's crab body, or Chaco's winged wolf (which would get both dog + winged votes) I was also thinking as reading Samantha's recap--it's really nice to have this recap before starting on book 9... since we'll finally see all the NPCs again!
Jacob Kelleher
Mordecai should be the same species as Chaco. Really ramp up the tension for what I assume will be the climax of his, Odette, and Chaco's arc.
Denis Deniss
Mordecai could become a "Primal" which would revert him to his base body so carl and donut could finally see him how he was.
Mackenzie Case
For mordecai: orange cat or maybe a cherub
Robert Zheng
make mordecai a withering spirit like Samantha
waterkangaroo
Can I get an F in chat for the Splooge chapter 😔 gone from book 8 but never from our hearts 💖🥛
Christopher Buser
You know the *things* the AI created to be Mongo's and Kiki's babies? Have Mordecai be an adult version. Give everyone a case of the ohholyshitno's. See y'all in San Jose!
Wendell Shelton
Either make him a garden gnome or a Sluggalo.
son of gaming
Mordecai: something like a male deep sea anglerfish that needs to fuse with another being to survive
Lisa Janousek
I'd love to see Mordecai as a fairy!
Claire DeLune
Apple Books gave me access to Operation Bounce House a few minutes ago and I’m already on my way!
Samara Chapman
Mordecai should be a cocker spaniel
Jeremy Page
Thank you
Emily LeDuc
My vote for Mordecai is some kind of chameleon looking creature where his appearance/colour changes to match his mood/state of mind. A Mood Ring Chamelon! Also would be funny if something could also trigger the changes without him meaning too (something thay will make everyone laugh and/or embarrass poor sweet, ornery Mordecai). Thanks!
Alex Swift
Not sure what specifically Mordecai should be but I think that having the AI influence the choice to mess with Carl and the gang could be a nice touch. I dunno if he technically has a chance to win the Ascendancy Games (if Juice Box can I assume he could too) so if the choice wound up being something that encourages him to get more directly involved that could be interesting too.
Rhiannon
Try from the website and not the app
Paul Nowak
He should be an octopus like creature. I imagine him feverishly pounding out awesome potions on the 12th floor like a mad scientist octopus for the crawlers to use against the gods.
Denny Atkin
Welll, between this and Operation Bounce House on Audible, it looks like it's gonna be all-Matt, all the time, for the next few weeks. Congrats, Matt!
Travis Norman
🤣🤣🤣 she "neck-cootered" Best verb usage I've ever seen
waterkangaroo
holy Jesus Uzi Christ I love Samantha so goddamn much
Shane
Mordecai as a caprid, so he and pony can scream at each other. Then we all can understand scream circle communication.
Dave Weber
Mordecai should be the winged wolf thing Chaco is.
Corvid
He should be one of those reaper spider merchants or whatever they are called, can't remember exactly. But the AI was hinting that they should be using them, would be a funny way to hang a lampshade on it
Torben Stalling
Id love mordecai as something big. Like too big to fit into anything so no crafting for him. Maybe a huge mimic like the trainstation boss from the tangle. This way he could maybe use his body to make a room or two for carl to do stuff in. I mean it would be weird for him to enter mordecai but given Matts creativity he could do some nasty and somehow amazing shit with that.
Jarim Carrillo
A cat man, or a octopus man, or a dog man.
waterkangaroo
CARL CANONICALLY HAS A SEX SWING IN HIS ROOM.....Matthew you are feeding us fanfic writers SO GODDAMN WELL THIS BOOK
Thaanos
Since book 12 has to do with the Gods, he should be a Cherub.
maksim tikhomirov
Thank you so much for the epub. I'm traveling so this is what I'll be devouring for sustenance next few days!
Leo Puentes
Mordecai should be one of those orcs guards that can block gods
Illicit Donuthole Money
Ophanim would be a good 12th floor choice for Mordecai.
StefanPi
Mordecai could be a feral goose!
Natasha Leong
Mordecai should be some sort of servant to a deity…it’s supposed to be one of the mobs from the floor, if I remember right? Maybe a raven like Huginn or Muninn? Oh! What about a Valkyrie? 😂
Rando
Mordecai as a NE Patriots fan with a heavy bawston accent.
Grigorius of Tomsk, Devourer of Pop-Tarts, Victor of Many Battles
Every time I spot Matt at a convention, I start chanting "Glurp, glurp!" :) But now I propose we all greet him with, "But where has the splooge all gone?!" :P Thanks for all this, Matt. Can't wait to read the epub!
Walter
A cat girl. Not a Havana brown though.
Craig Bush
Speaking of epubs, is The Grinding available to Patreon members to download? I've searched for it but haven't been able to find it.
Stephen Greenwood
Waiting for the operation bounce audiobook to let me play it at midnight
Sean Foster
I would love for Mordecai to be himself. Like his actual body/face/etc. I'm hoping he will be some kind of helpful creature as he now will have access to the most powerful alchemy table a crawler he's guided has ever had.
Katherine M
I can’t get the file to open and I’m so sad 😭
Corey L Applegate
I think he should be something with wings.
Brittani Neely
Mordicai as a cat.. period. Full stop.
Emily LeDuc
Hi Matt! Where's the best place to leave a review of DCC 8 once it is out? Grateful to be part of this little BTS Patreon community (I call it "Backstage at the Dungeon Crawler Cabaret") and want to do my part. Thank you for sharing Carl and Donut with us - they are totems (or toe-tems...) in a dark time. My vote for Mordecai is some kind of chameleon-like creature where his appearance/colour changes to match his mood/state of mind. Also would be funny if something could also trigger the changes without him meaning too (something thay will make everyone laugh and/or embarrass poor sweet, ornery Mordecai). Thanks!
David Jones
Let's make Mordecai a Kua-tin LOL
waterkangaroo
So uh....since OIs are on the floor now, could Mordecai be turned into an OI? I don't even know how that would work
Ryan Jones
Mordecai should have borderline God powers and the AI should just be ok with it because he's bonkers at this point.
Jacob Leaf
I was able to download it by going to the Patreon website
Katherine M
Ahahaha having him be a dog to spite donut is sooo funny
Liza
A real cat, not a cat-girl or boy. Definitely a competitor breed from the show circuit but for the love of god not a Havana Brown!
morgan obrien
Mordecai as a God or Basilica Guard..maybe a cat
Daniel Fraser
I had the same idea, sadly that maybe slightly game breaking, he can’t get involved in combat, but using his powers to delay fights? It maybe considered cheating.
Jamie Whitmarsh
I think a form that Mordecai could conceivably use to take down Odette. So there's a bit of conflict for him, deciding whether to get his revenge or help her help his crawlers. Something gnarly like a dragon would be cool. Or a legally distinct martial arts turtle humanoid. Or something crazy like a mob that's basically the car lot wacky waving air tube guy
Andrew Bartlett
That was... surprisingly comprehensive. Good job Samantha!
Michael Larsen
I’m on Patreon on an iPad: how do I download the epub? Clicking or holding on the link doesn’t seem to work. Help?
Riyon Hutton LMHC
Bactrian
Bo Paulsen
Penguin or some sort of flightless bird. Or, Valtay worm and he has to get people to let him take over to do anything.
Walksinwoods
Mordecai should be a cocker spaniel
Riyon Hutton LMHC
Went on Sunday 🥰
Ruben
Make Mordecai a Coast Guardsman. Better yet, make him a demon of Sheol.
Cole Christensen
if mordecai were a primal it would allow him to be himself and give some opportunities for heavy lore involvement
Joanna
How about a Mantaur? He's been super small before, but hasn't yet had to deal with being too big for things...
Newtz
Cocker Spaniel!
David Jones
Woohoo, time to get my binge on this weekend! I hate to do it, Matt... but book 8 of DCC is taking priority of Operation Bounce House. But OBH will be read this month!
Storm Monette
Love this idea! Especially because he just did the dog idea with Karl
Storm Monette
Not me hoping that the book was coming out at midnight… already preordered the audio book! I can’t wait
Christopher McCoy
Could Mordecai appear specifically as an ogre basicila guard?
Marcie Jones
He should be a a goat. Pony needs a friend
Paislei Danielle
Please please PLEASE a cat or Caprid for Mordecai!!
Arch1mag1rus
@@@in floor 12 mordecai should be a razorfox....the Ai has been very sweet on that dungeon creature and I believe the biggest checkovs gun in the series is mordecai donut and Carl would never have survived without him before floor 9 so give him some more love before you inevitably break all of our hearts at the end of this series.
Jamie Simmerman
My signed copy of OBH arrived today. On chapter 4 and loving it!❤️
Ashley
I don’t know if it’s been suggested to death already but I think it’d be hilarious if Mordecai took on the form of a cocker spaniel or some other sort of dog. That or a possum.
Elizabeth Pruden
Can’t wait for the Saturday in Dallas! Great book, also, super jazzed for operation bounce house
Jaysynner
Mordecai should be a dog to contrast all the gods in the ascendency game. Plus Donut will have a shit fit.
Raul Alvarez
A penguin!
Taylor Maguire
Mordecai should be a primal!! Then he can regain his true skyfowl form.
Chels
Part of me kind of wants to see Mordecai as a sluggalo lol
Jason Downs
A cocker spaniel!
Alice
I'd have Mordecai be a camel dude, that or a gelatinous cube
Jensen
YES
Rhiannon
A cat…
MasterJBT
That or scolopendra
Drew Atkinson
Hell yes!
MasterJBT
Can mordecai take the form of a god? If so, that
QueenofHartbrake
Sneaky
Riyon Hutton LMHC
Did the gillie suit fit?
