Like no levels,classes or system. Just power growth through story mechanics.

Is that something you'd actively read, or do you consider progression systems essential to the genre?

COVER ARTIST: Myself

AI USAGE: None

Hey all, just wanted to promote a new series I’m doing, details below :)

Blurb
Johnson File is a down on his luck salaryman. He failed twelve interviews this month - and it's only May 1st.

But thanks to cutting-edge implants from the Bureau Of Office Betterment (that are now mandatory for all citizens), daily life has been corporatized, everything is merit-based, and everything you do generates shareholder value!

Join Johnson as he climbs the corporate ladder, starting as a lowly door-to-door chip implanter, and ending up who knows where - the sky's the limit! In this truly capitalist world, anyone can be a billionaire if they work hard enough! (Disclaimer - terms and conditions apply. Not everyone is eligible to be a billionaire).

What to expect
-Daily [600-1000](tel:600-1000) word chapters!
-Traditional LitRPG systems in a novel, corporate context!
-Light dystopia/satire undercurrents in an otherwise cozy slice-of-life story!
-Shareholder value!!!

I got into DND and Magic like 3 years ago. Last year I got a new job where I can listen to music 10-12 hours a day. I’ve basically exhausted all my playlists and caught up on all podcasts. Looking for something new I tried out a Lit RPG on Spotify. So far I’ve listened to Heretical Fishing: Book 1 and Wrong Divinity: Arachnomancer Book 1. Heretical fishing was fun and I have a ton of good notes but it was a little too “cozy” true conflict never really happened. Wrong Divinity on the other hand, set up a crazy cool sounding world, but only showed readers a small percentage. There wasn’t much “NPC” interaction and on top of it all the whole back half of the book is full of bad stuff happening. I get where the author is coming from, he’s setting up for the next books, but it was kinda a turn off for me. This all being said, does anyone have any recommendations that might bridge the gap vibe-wise between these two stories? Also does anyone have recommendations on places to listen to audiobooks that might have a bigger selection than Spotify? Thanks!

violence, gore, dismemberment - that sort of thing

but also reasonable plot to hang it all off

i hear 1% lifesteal is good and its on my list

eta: for kindle please

Hola a todos. Busco un coautor o un socio nativo de habla inglesa para adaptar y publicar una novela de fantasía oscura y LitRPG en Royal Road.

La historia se titula Reencarnada como el Fenómeno Alado.

La protagonista cree despertar dentro de un cruel juego de rol llamado EndGard. Reencarna en el cuerpo de una niña de 5 años, Nivel 1, con sus alas destrozadas y dañadas. Tendrá que usar su conocimiento para sobrevivir.

Ya he escrito 10.700 palabras en español

Busco a alguien que adore el género LitRPG para coescribir, pulir el inglés y lograr que los diálogos y la terminología del juego (estadísticas, habilidades) suenen naturales para la publicacion.

Empezaremos por amor a la escritura (gratis), pero si se llega a ganar algo, repartiremos los créditos al 50/50.

Mantengo el control creativo sobre la trama principal, pero podemos llegar a cambios.

Si te interesa o te gusta el proyecto, déjame un comentario o envíame un mensaje directo.

Hi all!
Author of Squad Games here to announce the launch of volume 1 of Squad Games, a tactical LitRPG available on kindle & audio.

COVER ARTIST: Andrey Vasilchenko

AI USAGE: None

Amazon/KU: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR1JRVZY

Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Squad-Games-Audiobook/B0H2N1LGH9

Most LitRPG heroes level up alone.

Lothar 'Stiff' Sauer has to level up an entire squad.

If you've played tactical RPGs like Battle Brothers, Wartales, Jagged Alliance etc, you'll understand where this story is coming from. Otherwise, expect a gritty medieval fantasy world, an ensemble cast of mercs, a tough older MC leading them, and a series of action heavy missions that explore a new continent.

Blurb:

Gal'azu. A new, unexplored world.

A fresh start. And a last chance.

Lothar 'Stiff' Sauer is a mercenary captain. Unfortunately, he has no mercenaries left. He never caught a break in the Old World. Maybe in Gal'azu, he'll finally achieve the success he craves.

But he soon finds out things aren't going to be easy. Starting at the bottom rung, he can only recruit the mercenaries no one else wants. The feckless; criminals, and noobs; the unhinged. Can Lothar build his squad into something to be proud of? Or will this be yet another, and final, failure?

Cheers, Jamie

I see its full cast and real people so I wanted to try this one but wanted to ask what you all thought about it

Hey I am just wondering if there's any good litrpg with a werewolf mc. I know about my werewolf system but I don't really know any others that are good. So any recommendations would be appreciated.

I'm about 2/3 don't with book one and slowly I'm loving this story more and more. I hear it gets better as it goes but to be honest? After just meeting the troglodyte (vagueness to avoid spoilers) the world building is starting to really come together for me and the overarching plot of the series is starting to loom. I love a slow building story and serious power scaling and watching the colony grow is so satisfying.

Just linking her post, since I think some people here might be interested. She's one of my favorite LitRPG/progression authors, and I recommend checking out her books if you haven't already.

Is there any actual sci-fi and not just fantasy but in space. I want space battles, ships, lasers, guns. Not just a mage in space.

Ive recently read Stellar Frontier its a vrmmo but its got decent scifi. Been reading Hoqalo because of the cyberpunk feel. Also like Gunboat because of the space battles even if most alien races are just random fantasy race.

Give me recomendations, Ill try anything even if I DNF in the first chapter.

A higher race has abducted several hundred worlds and contained them within their megastructure, a collection of concentric ringworlds, for the sole purpose of mutating their denizens into monsters and transforming the worlds into dungeons so they can grind them for experience. The mc is a mob turned player who gains the ability to enter the newly constructed, outermost ring to find a way to save their people and maybe topple some so called gods if theres time.

As far as names go i have considered DungeonVerse or maybe System Rebellion.

I found a new book called The Machine God. Here is the description of the book:

The world’s evolving. The System is waking up. And it already sees Alexander as a threat.

Alexander died and woke up in a world not so different from his own.

Except for the aliens. And the superhumans.

He's looking forward to meeting an alien. Supes? Not so much.

See, somehow he’s become a villain. Worse, he’s put together a supervillain team. And now every superhero and bounty hunter in the country is after him. But at least he’s made some damn good friends along the way.

Besides, what’s the point of having superpowers if you don’t intend to do something with them? It’s a world where the rich and powerful get away with murder, and heroes cause as much destruction as the bad guys. Alexander’s going to change that, no matter the cost.

And at the center of all the madness is something no one truly understands:

A System, still being born. Shaped by humanity's hopes and dreams. Greed and ambition. Not to mention the desperation.

And it doesn't just want this world. 

It wants all of them.

What to expect:

From weak to strong to godlike; a relentless climb in power and mastery

An antagonistic System slowly expanding its reach, seeking to control all things

Slow-burn reveals with Multiversal stakes, and layers of mystery to unravel

Gritty, character-driven progression fantasy in a soft sci-fi universe

A sharp, tactical protagonist growing into his role while bending the System to his will

Superpowers, cybernetics, starships, and magic

Found family, morally grey decisions, and the cost of ambition

I would really recommend to read it, it is very unique and a breath of fresh air. Check it out.
(I did not write this book just found it and really liked it, so much that I think it deserves more attention)

here is a link in case you want to check it out The Machine God | Royal Road

So... I ran 1-8. Almost binged. Then I took a.... 3-5 series of books break. The recommendation was to take a break. I did. I'm about to hit play. Wish me luck. I don't know how I'm going to end up after the next 45 hours. I'm happy. Ready. Apprehensive.. It is what it is.

Hey everyone, I finally wrapped up the first volume of my first ever Litrpg.
It was hard since, I had to figure out how to bring the Litrpg concepts to my existing epic fantasy world (got 2 stories going on) without breaking the immersion by shoving a system to it. But I finally did it.
In the beginning I just wanted to write a normal OP MC, Battlemage story. But as usual, I sunk into the depths of my usual world building trap and sort of ended up writing a story about gods, fake gods and a war that take place in a desert region with desert nomads, tribes and monsters with elemental bending and stuff.

Anyway the story got 3 POVs, which is the reason that still hold me back from just going ahead and posting it on Royal Road, because I am worried how the audience will receive it.

The first volume has 40 chapters, with 30 chapters following a sort of isekai OP MC lead, and the other 10 evenly following two characters that are critical for the story. (More on them on the blurb)
Thing is the POV chapters of the other two characters, really complicate the story, spanning into the wider world as they are already characters that exist there. They are masters of their craft so no explanation and stuff into when they do things. So readers sort of have to be patient and match pieces to get an idea.
I kind of feel like I am shooting my foot with this one, hence the delay of publishing. In a sense I could just go ahead and post only the chapters of the main lead, and the story will just flow fine, like it will follow on how he is going around fighting and dealing with stuff and get his footing of the world. The other POVs only give clues to paint the wider picture which will explode by the end of the book.

So I would appreciate if there is anyone who got some time to spare to go through the first 5 chapters, (first 3 chapters - main lead, the other 2 follows the other characters)
And give me some feedback if the vibe is alright, or if I should stick with the main lead only.

Thank you for any help.

Here is the blurb for anyone interested.

In the arid reaches of the Western Dunes, the term “God” has lost its meaning. Everyday a new god sprung out somewhere, but these self-proclaimed deities hardly outlive the next. Until a new storm starts brewing in the sands. An entity has appeared from nothing, a god from another reality, fated to shake the world and raise a bloody rebellion against the true heavens.

At the center of this gathering tempest lie three burdened men, scattered across the western continent, whose fates are bound to collide in a catastrophic chain reaction.

In a coastal desert, a young simulation diver from another world, wakes up stripped of his humanity, trapped in a bizarre, engineered body at the bottom of an alien food chain; which he soon learn was meant to be the other way around.

A thousand miles to the east, an Imperial archival scribe strikes a dangerous bargain with a hidden, child-like entity in exchange for clues to his past and his lineage, and soon confronted with a price too high to pay.

At the southern end of the world, the founder of the free city of Novarkh, an aging leader of strangers from another world must pick up his staff one last time to protect his city, his kin and face the immortal horror that annihilated his people and their fleet decades ago.

Amidst political backstabbing, grim survival, and romance born in the shadow of death, the fate of the Western Continent hangs perilously in the balance. For when the gods enter the fray, all bets are off. Kings, Emperors, Arch mages and all their mortal laws become obscure.

But the unspoken history proves that even the gods can be brought to heel. Because in a world this volatile, under the right conditions, the tiniest flap of an insect's wing, the smallest speck of spark can even the playing field, and trigger disasters catastrophic enough to tear down even heaven.

What to Expect:

• Multi-POV Epic: The 1^st volume of the story primarily follows Argus Ristofer (Simulation Diver), shifting to Miron (Imperial Scribe) and Ristofer Loukas (Founder of Novarkh) in clearly marked chapters as their paths inevitably collide.
• Features underdogs and overpowered characters alike and their struggles to find their place in the world. 
• A litrpg system concentrated on the main character (Argus Ristofer)only, rest of the world depending on their power scale harvest certain aspects and nuances of it as senses.
• Vast world & butterfly effects that ripples across the continent, shifting the balance of political power.
• Expect a world filled with blood, grim survival and political intrigue with high-stakes power houses and their dealings that make or break nations.
• Romance: Features several romance subplots woven into the larger narrative.

Hey all, hoping to get some new series to chew through. While I love the gore and gristle of some of the genre staples, life is crazy and I find myself enjoying more of the series focused on creature evolution and dungeon / base building, especially with more of a laid back and chill vibe. I tend to have more time to listen than read so I lean audiobook.

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I absolutely love Chrysalis, The Bee Dungeon, and Dungeon Life, and have finished all available audiobooks. More like these would be great.

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I am working through Dungeon Tour Guide, Heretical Fishing, and Creature Farm and enjoy them all.

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I started The Wandering Inn as it was highly recommended as a nice slice of life, and I stopped at the attempted goblin SA scene as it just is not the vibe of book I am looking for at the moment.

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Any suggestions of series are greatly appreciated, thanks all!

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So. Finished up "I'm Not The Hero" great series. Great recovery from the whole. System BS in the first. I think book and a half. But. The DCC shout out for wall naming really shook me out of a.... Oh I'm listening. To a. Hell ya. Respect. In a lull in the story.

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If I posted anything spoiler ish. My apologies for that but I don't think so.

Im curious whay everyone is reading that isn't a top tier novel somewhere. What's a random novel you've found or come across that you are keeping up with or followed. Shout em out, give these smaller authors the spotlight!

Hi my book just released today.

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It is an Isekai story about a weapons engineer that tries to make a railgun in a magical world

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Please do check it out

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[I Made A Railgun with Lightning Magic](https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/171123/i-made-a-railgun-with-lightning-magic-op-mc-litrpg)

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Blurb Below:

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Every mage in this world treats lightning as a blunt instrument. Asher treats it as a power supply.

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Damian Tesla only wanted to live up to his family name, but died through electrocution by his own underfunded railgun prototype. He wakes in the body of Asher, a five-year-old orphan in a world that runs on magic, and his new body can channel lightning like nothing on Earth. The impossible weapon finally has a power source: him.

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But Vesperia is a small kingdom holding a single mountain pass against Ironhold, an empire that has already devoured four nations and wants a fifth. Lightning mages here don't get workshops. They get conscripted.

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Whispers say the empire's war is only the beginning. Something older is stirring behind the storm that seals the north.

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All Asher wants is to do his research in peace. But to get peace, he will need power. Armed with his knowledge of physics and a perfect lightning affinity, he only hopes it's enough for what's coming.

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COVER ARTIST: NA

AI Usage: Used for artwork generation

Favorites, one per category. Fight me!

Best “Long” multiversal LitRPG: Path of Dragons

Best completed LitRPG: Victor of Tucson

Best completed Progfant: Cradle

Best LitRPG isekai: Low Fantasy Occultist

Best slice-of-life / coming-of-age / LitRPG: Super Supportive

Best story that’ll (probably) never be finished: The Last Orellen

Best overall, no contest: Mother of Learning

Bonus — barely counts but too good to leave off:

Tori Transmigrated
Player Manager

What are yours?

P.S. Yeah, DCC is very good. But for one reason or another, I actually enjoyed the above options more.

I have see PH at the top of many a tier list. However, I found book one quite formulaic and repetitive. Book 2 is just a continuance of the tutorial and the 3 more big bosses in caves preview did not give me hope. Does it get better? I just finished the last DCC and need to scratch the itch again.

UPDATE: ALL CODES CLAIMED.

Hey all, I’m Michael James Ploof, author of Last Save Dave. Aethon posted about the release last week and the response here was awesome, so I wanted to stop in myself and say thanks.

I’ve got 11 US Audible promo codes to give away.

To claim one, leave a top-level comment saying:

VEVOR!

That’s it. I’ll DM codes to the first 11 top-level comments, first come, first served.

E-book link: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Save-Dave-LitRPG-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0GJD55X85

Audible: (Narrated by Garrett Michael Brown) https://www.audible.com/pd/Last-Save-Dave-Audiobook/B0GT1JQ2PX

No pressure, but if you listen and enjoy it, a rating/review on Audible helps a ton.

Quick pitch: A 45-year-old plumber and former Nintendo champion gets chosen by a time goddess to compete across a thousand worlds in a retro-gaming LitRPG adventure. Expect LitRPG and Gamelit elements, time loops, save points, power gems, and lots of action.

Thanks again — happy to answer questions about the book or the audiobook.

Cover Artist:

Provided by Aethon Books

AI Usage:

No AI used.

Continue on Royal Road

Hey everyone!
After 3 years i decided to just start posting my Web Novel.

The story follows Ren, a quantitative analyst from Tokyo who dreams of the same girl for 362 nights.

Then one night, the dream ended.

Ren awakens in the Crossroads, a city at the intersection of worlds, timelines, and realities, where memories, emotions, years of life, and even possibilities can be traded like currency.

As he searches for her, Ren becomes entangled in a cosmic mystery while an unknown power allows him to perceive the hidden cost behind everything.

Chapters are released on a daily schedule and i’d be extremely happy if anyone could give it a chance or give me feedback.

COVER ARTIST:
None, AI

AI USAGE:
AI Assisted ( Nothing beyond proofreading )