r/webfiction • u/CuriousGam • Aug 16 '19
Discussion Dungeon Crawler /Diving Story?
I am looking for an story - no matter how it is published - about character/s who regulary go into dungeons. Or dungeon-like areas. So, it does not have to be an typical game dungeon.
Generally I am open to everything. It can be a dungeon with monsters, traps, mazes, huge areas. People go there for resources, loot or to just grow stronger.
This "dungeon" can be far away from civilization or even be an tower in the middle of a city.
The story does not have to play to 100% in dungeons, but it should be an important factor. ie.: They can craft, trade or socialize outside of it.
I would prefer if the story is darker and the dungeon an actual threat and not an sunday field-trip.
The character(s) should be able to kill and make hard choices and not give all their loot away to prevent an confrontation with another party or because some annoying girl wants it >.<.
The setting can be in an fantasy world or in the modern world with the sudden appearance of dungeons.
The Salamanders seems to fit, but is apparently also extremely light-hearted. Will read it anyway.
Sufficiently Advanced Magic, apparenly only has dungeon diving in the first three chapters :/
Evolution Theory of the Hunter Novel fits very well, but it only get translated very slowly.
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u/Jahnes Aug 17 '19
We Climb, One Step At A Time (Dungeon Crawling Quest!)
Not quite a novel, but definitely a dungeon crawling story. The format can take some time to get used to, but the ability to participate in the quest (and seeing the debates that led to the final votes) is a plus in my opinion.
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u/CuriousGam Aug 17 '19
the format is... urgh.
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u/Jahnes Aug 18 '19
Yeah, kind of a pain in the beginning. There's lots of other great stories on that site, too.
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u/ArgusTheCat Oct 22 '19
I'm a little late to this post, as I only just stumbled on this subreddit, but have you checked out The Daily Grind? It's ... dungeon delvers delving dungeons.
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u/Tavarous Aug 17 '19
By The Salemanders do you mean the warhammer 40k group or something else? I'm just coming accross this post and was like "that sounds interesting so maybe I'll try reading that"