Built to Hold

Owen can hold a failing structure together for fifteen seconds. He needs a home that will last the winter. When their shelter collapses, Owen Hale uses timber braces to help free a trapped man and earns a class called Fieldwright. He leaves with three companions, one badly injured, and only a few days of food. Their best chance is an abandoned county maintenance yard two miles uphill. Ridgeway needs a gate that shuts, a dry roof, and equipment that does more than gather dust. Owen’s growing skills can help, but every repair still needs a sound plan and suitable materials. Bracing and magical repairs draw on limited Charge. Leveling up won’t heal his arm or refill the food stores. To keep the yard alive, Owen and his crew must bring supplies out of ruins where armored creatures hunt. Their work also draws the attention of a local hauler who wants control of the workshop and the people keeping his trucks running. With winter approaching, Owen has to decide how much to risk for the people who helped him turn an empty yard into a home. Built to Hold opens the Fieldwright series, a post-apocalyptic LitRPG adventure where practical repairs shape a growing settlement and the crew has to live with the cost of every fight. Crafting and construction that change how the settlement works.Ammunition, fuel and food tracked to the round, the gallon and the day.Companions whose own skills matter to the group’s survival.