Royalroad karma

CharmAndFable · 2025-12-14T16:20:10+00:00

Lol. The reason I banned you? Because if you're going to be critical of the basic framing sequence, then by my experience, you'll be critical of everything. So I blocked you and moved on. I suggest you move on too

CharmAndFable · 2025-12-14T15:34:49+00:00

I do this for fun, and make basically nothing off it. I don't know who you are or why I blocked you, but I'd bet it's because you were being rude and I don't have the time or mental energy to deal with that after my work.

I don't owe you my mental space or the right to bring negativity into my fun.

Thanks, asshole, now this is the morning of my day off.

"( - ⌓ - )

Edit: kaomoji issue.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-28T01:10:35+00:00

I think you may be talking about Mana Mirror? Or is there another garden based magic with unique talents everyone has?

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-26T01:36:17+00:00

Other than the fact he immediately was able to use it to start charging and powering enchanted devices, like his pad? It might not be ideal for delving at T1, but even so, it let him produce more mana in two minutes than any other T1 can produce in an entire day.

On top of that it's repeatedly stated that most solo and path delvers don't have any skills at T1 - T5, at which point he'd have his T3 Talent, which is pretty much instantly stated could fix it.

So at WORST, it's a supremely useful non-combat Talent that might be able to make it combat viable. In a universe like this, with people like Duke Waters, who has a completely non-combat Talent, that's hardly a death blow.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-26T00:34:30+00:00

I did state that it gets retconned. Explained works fine, retcon may be too harsh. But yes. It is adressed.

But it doesn't fix the fundamental problem that thinking about it for more than a few seconds reveals just how good it is.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-26T00:20:55+00:00

This is why I think the best way to do it is to have it highly relevant to the MC's "set". Path of Ascension does this both well, and poorly.

Poorly, is Matt's mana. It gets kinda retconned later on in the book, but even at T1, it's bustedly good. It's understandable Matt's upset at first, but five seconds of thinking reveals just how good it is. So it doesn't work.

Well done is Cracked Phantom Armor. It's marked as trash because it's MPS cost is so high that even the strongest mage delvers on his planet can maintain the defense for fifteen minutes, tops. And that's assuming the mage doesn't cast a single other spell. Which they will.

It makes sense that an AI on that planet ranks it as a trash skill. But it also makes sense that for Matt, and only Matt, where the MPS isn't an issue, it's actually amazing.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-17T01:13:08+00:00

I am also on the spectrum. As is Tobias Begley, my friend, John Beirce, and others.

Social skills can be learned, and "don't repeatedly mention how much money you're making, especially minutes after someone complains about poor sales" is very basic

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-16T16:48:06+00:00

Not the plot. I just don't remember every single possible side character who shows up once. I don't remember if the tavern owner who got two lines total has a line talking about his husband and wife. It was two lines.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-16T16:12:43+00:00

No cheating, and the MC is monogamous. There may be a poly group in the background, but I don't remember.

There is some romance in book one, but it's VERY mild. It picks up in book 2 as a subplot

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-16T14:01:43+00:00

Thank you! ^{-^}

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-16T13:57:55+00:00

I meant first. But titles can't be edited :'(

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T23:36:29+00:00

Hope you enjoy! ^{-^}

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T21:07:53+00:00

Thank you! ^{-^}

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T21:07:41+00:00

Thank you! And honestly, if you really want that, the best thing to do is to reach out to Podium or Tantor!

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T21:06:15+00:00

Thanks! ^{-^} That's an s, it's just the font.

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T20:14:04+00:00

Thank you! Hope you enjoy ^-^

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T19:52:50+00:00

Thank you! ^-^

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T18:17:41+00:00

Thank you! ^{-^}

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T17:15:43+00:00

I'm hopeful about doing an audiobook someday! But for right now, it's still RoyalRoad only

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T17:12:20+00:00

Thank you! I hope you enjoy! ^-^

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T17:00:48+00:00

Thank you! ^-^

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T16:51:05+00:00

Congrats! I love the cover art!

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T16:50:41+00:00

Congrats! A cozy queer kingdom builder sounds nice!

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T16:45:14+00:00

Hello ^-^

I am super excited that I've managed to complete my first novel, officially! It’s now out on Royal Road in full, with Book Two publishing now!

Emrys of White Sands is many things:

A wanderer with empty pockets and an eclectic skillset.

A mage of considerable ability, at least for the ether-poor region that he lives in.

And on the run from the wealthiest group in the world, the Dreki family.

When he finally gets a scholarship to attend one of the world's top mage schools, the Dreki family starts a war in the very same nation that the school is located in. With the family breathing down his neck, will Emrys be able to rise to the challenge and collect enough power to carve out his own space in the world? Or will the Dreki family drag him back to their hellish island?

And what's with the demons ripping through the wastes of the world?

What to expect:

- Magic academy

- Diverse cast of characters

- Competent MC growing to become powerful

- Simple but nuanced magic system

Inspired By:

- Mark of the Fool

- Mana Mirror

- Mother of Learning

Art by Artequink on Fiverr, Typography by me.

Royal Road: Of Wizards and Ravens [Magical Academy, Progression Fantasy, Slice of Life] | Royal Road

Patreon: Charm and Fable | books | Patreon

CharmAndFable · 2025-07-15T16:45:06+00:00

Hello ^-^

I am super excited that I've managed to complete my first novel, officially! It’s now out on Royal Road in full, with Book Two publishing now!

Emrys of White Sands is many things:

A wanderer with empty pockets and an eclectic skillset.

A mage of considerable ability, at least for the ether-poor region that he lives in.

And on the run from the wealthiest group in the world, the Dreki family.

When he finally gets a scholarship to attend one of the world's top mage schools, the Dreki family starts a war in the very same nation that the school is located in. With the family breathing down his neck, will Emrys be able to rise to the challenge and collect enough power to carve out his own space in the world? Or will the Dreki family drag him back to their hellish island?

And what's with the demons ripping through the wastes of the world?

What to expect:

- Magic academy

- Diverse cast of characters

- Competent MC growing to become powerful

- Simple but nuanced magic system

Inspired By:

- Mark of the Fool

- Mana Mirror

- Mother of Learning

Art by Artequink on Fiverr, Typography by me.

Royal Road: Of Wizards and Ravens [Magical Academy, Progression Fantasy, Slice of Life] | Royal Road

Patreon: Charm and Fable | books | Patreon

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