It’s just a fact of life that the main character gets certain perks in life that other (more deserving people) don’t get. The MC can often speak directly with people many tiers above their station (diamond rankers, kings, gods –…
He Who Fights with Monsters Book 11 just came out. But before reading it, I feel like I need a reminder of why I like this series so much. So I decided to re-read it. I was able to read…
Last month, I got onto such a The Primal Hunter kick. I listened to books 5-8 on Audible. Then I read book 9 on Amazon Kindle. I couldn’t get enough. I wanted to know what happened to certain characters. So…
I try to look at these stories from the author’s point of view sometimes. Imagine you have a character, let’s call him Jake. And Jake is overpowered. You could write a story covering Jake’s ascension from Level 1 to Level…
I guess I alluded to these things earlier. I hate when the adults in a book are the incompetent ones and the kids are left to solve the problems. That’s illogical to me. I hate when the main character has…
One interesting element of progression fantasy books is when dangerous actions have actual consequences for the main character. For instance, when the main character’s party is fighting a powerful enemy, and an important member of the team dies. And not…
Do you remember the Lord of the Rings movies? Little Frodo has been told to take this evil ring across the continent, and drop it in the fires of Mordor to destroy it. He goes on a grand adventure, lasting…
So what IS Progression Fantasy or LitRPG? Some books everyone seems to like (and I do to): Other books that are my favorites. Things in the Fantasy book genre that I like: Things in the Fantasy book genre that I…
Not everyone will agree. In the various LitRPG groups, some people don’t want the MC to have ANY close romantic personal relationships at all. Just monsters and fighting, thank you very much. Not me, though. Having an MC that finds…
Sometimes, in book 1 of a series, the author will take time to explain how the economics of a world works in great detail. 1 Iron coin is 10 Bronze coins, 10 Bronze coins is 1 Silver coin, etc. And…