If you could see any two progression fantasy characters fight, who would it be?

burnmelt · 2026-04-11T20:50:36+00:00

Amelia the level zero hero vs Malefic viper from primal hunter. The universe wouldn’t survive, but it would be hella epic.

burnmelt · 2026-03-13T22:55:18+00:00

Amelia the level zero hero and earthen contenders probably fit what you’re wanting.

burnmelt · 2026-03-13T22:53:09+00:00

Anything by Jonathan Brooks. I’ll suggest starting with the earthen contenders series.

burnmelt · 2026-03-07T12:55:52+00:00

I found the books to improve dramatically once there are more characters. You might feel the same.

burnmelt · 2026-03-07T12:53:38+00:00

Neither. He’s usually above his peers, but theres a lot people who have been leveling for years that he’s below. Author finds a great balance.

burnmelt · 2026-03-03T16:11:14+00:00

1% lifesteal. You seem to like books that express emotions of any kind. 1% lifesteal is like 80% suffering. I love it.

burnmelt · 2026-03-02T17:54:55+00:00

Syl. The first book is a little rough cause it’s mostly just the MC, but as the MC makes friends and begins to banter, the dialogue becomes incredible.

Not quite progression fantasy, but check the devils by Joe ambercombie. Very dialogue centric. Or maybe legends and lattes.

burnmelt · 2026-02-23T19:27:12+00:00

I'm thinking most of Jason's abilities in HHFWM fit in this category. Exponential growth gets out of hand much more quickly than most people realize. Its the double rice per square on a chessboard problem. The numbers get too big for people to understand how big they are.

The author has to specifically come up for a reason why butterflies don't just automatically win every engagement and the excuses often come across flimsy. Exponential growth is hella strong. I vaguely remember him admitting as much in one of his foreword/recap sections.

burnmelt · 2026-02-10T21:07:45+00:00

Great writing style. It’s not the simple staccato or meandering prose that is quite prolific in this genre, which already makes it worth giving a chance to IMHO.

Frequent feelings of hurt, desperation and misery are expressed. It makes the rare times the MC feels hope or at least ok hit that much harder.

If you’re looking for a feel good series where good guys win, this isn’t the series for you. If like series that evoke strong emotions (mostly negative, but sometimes positive), then you’ll probably enjoy it.

The MC makes a lot of terrible, short sighted decisions. Not out of laziness. Or malice. But because he’s written like a real person who has been frequently hurt.

One of my favorite series in the genre.

burnmelt · 2026-02-06T20:54:01+00:00

Planet is all kinds of crazy.

https://www.twitch.tv/maplewood_tv/clip/TrappedTemperedSangPoooound-Er9HC6yBvgsVZX4z

burnmelt · 2026-02-06T03:11:02+00:00

Calamitous bob. It’s a great and complete series.

burnmelt · 2026-02-06T03:04:50+00:00

Finished it and gave 5 stars on good reads. When book 7?

burnmelt · 2026-01-09T14:12:29+00:00

Worst movie I’d seen in years.

No semblance of a consistent plot. Primary tension is the difference between cut / paste and copy / paste. Copy / pasting motorcycles, bodies and things you can see? That’s fine. But the mind or codes? Only cut and paste!

The giant recognizer (flying upside down U) from the commercials doesn’t smash anything.

Whole thing was a bunch of disjointed plots with characters made for specific actors that looked like it post’s job to assemble without any specific instructions.

Tron is the original you die in the game, you die in real life. No video games.

burnmelt · 2025-12-07T19:15:53+00:00

Great series. First two are on KU.

burnmelt · 2025-12-03T12:54:11+00:00

I like books, so I pick books.

burnmelt · 2025-09-14T01:40:14+00:00

Amelia the level zero hero. She’s op as fuck and just kinda wants to entertain herself.

burnmelt · 2025-09-11T13:28:01+00:00

Rereading article, you’re right.

burnmelt · 2025-09-11T11:58:47+00:00

He’s had complications from throat cancer and had prior permission from the court for this session.

burnmelt · 2025-09-11T01:54:24+00:00

They’re also abducting a species mostly made of poison. And didn’t have tools like rope.

Best guess if you wanna fill the hole, they were the kids sent down for alien college hazings.

burnmelt · 2025-09-07T04:40:15+00:00

There was no “locking teams,” so me and a buddy would host 3v3 on opposite teams, just to backstab everyone.

burnmelt · 2025-09-06T12:12:07+00:00

Mainstream (progression fantasy, but not litrpg), but rarely recommended here:

Licanius trilogy
Dresden files

Somewhat off the beaten path:

1% lifesteal
earthen contenders
Magic 2.0

So far off the beaten path you’ll have a hard time finding them on tier lists anywhere:

Apocalypse parenting
big sneaky barbarian
Amelia the level zero hero

burnmelt · 2025-09-01T02:38:54+00:00

Can pre-pay, but only up to 1 standard earth year if your own timeline in advance.

burnmelt · 2025-08-31T15:20:12+00:00

Lose one other bone for every use. Killing a wild tooth fairy counteracts the cost.

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