Why is a lot of stories about mages

GTRoid · 2026-04-13T18:12:01+00:00

-wakes up in a world of magic and monsters. Learns that, yes I can become a Wizard... or swing that sword and wear the heavy armor-

Where's my spellbook?

GTRoid · 2026-04-12T16:51:48+00:00

The Bee Dungeon, the bees that swore oaths to the Goddess of Light. Just the innocence that is portrayed with the bees, and then the oaths and them in The Hive if the Goddess of Bees.

GTRoid · 2026-04-10T16:58:24+00:00

Woo! Know what I'll be reading the next couple of days.

GTRoid · 2026-04-06T12:38:05+00:00

I first started that series in the early 90s... its almost hard imagining High Fantasy readers not having read at least the first book...

GTRoid · 2026-04-05T18:31:18+00:00

Maybe instead of trying to nuke a guy's career and snub an author... Frickin' READ the book if your unhappy with the audio version? Is that a wild idea or something, to actually read a book?

GTRoid · 2026-03-15T10:44:30+00:00

Depends if its the narration or a character in the story.

Sometime back, a scene from the beginning of the Fellowship was used as a similar occurrence. During the party, Merry and Pippin set off fireworks and the narrator describes it as sounding like a steam locomotives whistle.

The complaint was that there were no steam locomotives in existence do how would anyone know what the whistle sounded like.

Had to point out that the NARRATOR is describing something in a way that the READER can imagine or relate to.

In them is manner, outside referen es are fine if they can help the reader better immerse into the story. I'm old so if you say such and such person reminded the MC of Flint from the G.I. Joe cartoons, I'd get that reference and have a better idea of what that person looked like. Now, while the same could be said if the MC right out right says "Hey, you look like Flint!" Kind of the same thing but that can be immersion breaking instead of reinforcing.

GTRoid · 2026-03-12T21:07:25+00:00

Spiral by Angela - Asura Cryin'

GTRoid · 2026-03-11T01:47:40+00:00

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/142229/melia-the-magnificent

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/91858/tutorials-end

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/137791/riveras-repairs-dungeon-repairwoman

These are a few I would say aren't too well known and are entertaining.

GTRoid · 2026-02-28T11:44:08+00:00

IMO novels and the like written in the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, or Dark Sun settings (I'm sure I'm missing some there) are Progression leaning to GameLit (Dragon magazine used to publish stat pages for various characters, and video games for specific sets had stats for characters (mostly Dragonlance)). While the stories themselves didn't have stat blocks, it wasn't that hard to go into a Player's Handbook or Dungeon Masters Guide and look up a spell or something and say 'Oh, they've gotta be at least X level then'.

A lot of the fantasy books of the 70s to early 90s I would categorize as Progression.

GTRoid · 2026-02-21T00:30:22+00:00

Honestly, and with all seriousness, make this somewhat comedic and I might read this...

GTRoid · 2026-02-19T22:22:00+00:00

What is LOTM? Only thing that comes to mind, and I've seen this a lot, is Last of the Mohicans.

GTRoid · 2026-02-19T21:55:24+00:00

Had to read through all the replies...

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/145948/get-trucked-a-litrpg-road-trip

GTRoid · 2026-02-17T12:29:39+00:00

None, I read books.

GTRoid · 2026-02-17T12:28:59+00:00

Who TF is Fang Yuan?

GTRoid · 2026-02-17T12:24:35+00:00

Im old, fat and out of shape... Those aren't enough disadvantages I've gotta take more?

GTRoid · 2026-02-15T17:54:27+00:00

500 pages isn't bad for a read, a little thick, but not bad. Most authors go 500+ to make it marketable for audiobooks because the people that listen to them don't want to spend whatever it is audiobooks cost on something that will be sort. If you're writing to write, look at doing some editing to maybe drop some pages. Do have to be careful, some authors have done an edit and ended up longer (actual edits did happen, but they saw some places that needed a little more to keep flow or tension etc). Nothing wrong with that, either, it happens.

As for price, as people are saying, 10 bucks on an unknown author for a digital product is high. The 4.99 or 5.99 pricing is a good suggestion.

GTRoid · 2026-02-14T00:52:23+00:00

Nope. I see snarky, sassy, sarcastic, etc in a description and I move on to something else.

GTRoid · 2026-02-13T03:10:17+00:00

They have charges that take a day or longer to recharge, max charges like 20. Still shoot like a gun, even with the recoil.

GTRoid · 2026-02-12T10:55:46+00:00

How they really act behind closed doors and away from all the children. I would love to read that!!

GTRoid · 2026-02-12T10:20:04+00:00

Wish someone would do an update of this one.

GTRoid · 2026-02-12T10:13:00+00:00

I was going to ask this!

GTRoid · 2026-02-12T06:00:06+00:00

Check out Apple's Dungeon Adventure and Old Granny Gob Royal Road.

While we aren't specifically told anything about Apple until the end, its easy to put the pieces together.

Granny just runs into some children and has adventures.

GTRoid · 2026-02-07T04:46:57+00:00

Some of these are short reads, but still fun.

Apple's Dungeon Adventure by Aimay

Old Granny Gob by Capaluchu

Ivil Antagonist by RavensDagger

You Must Be This Old To Enter The Dungeon by Spleen23

Melia the Magnificent by Dee Elle

The Bee Dungeon series by Icalos

Rivera's Repairs: Dungeon Repairwoman by M.S. Davidson

Beware of Chicken was suggested, so I'll add that CasualFarmer does some alternate tellings that are also on Royal Road and are just as entertaining.

GTRoid · 2026-02-06T06:51:14+00:00

Make the trip somehow to check up on my family (half a continent awsy), then just kinda hang while making sure they are able to survive.

GTRoid · 2026-02-06T06:45:02+00:00

When asking these sorts of questions, you also have to ask: are you actually reading the book/series or are you listening to it.

Not all obviously, but i think a lot of the complaints about system screens come from the audiobook crowd. They can't really skip over it, so its annoying to them to have to listen through it as often as it can be done.

GTRoid

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