Some recommended fics on Royal Road, although as I prepare to post this I'm realizing that a few have removed early chapters because you now have to get the ebook from Amazon or somewhere.
#1 - Super Supportive
Character-focused, with slowly progressing story stuff. Things do happen, plot moves along, but this should be thought of as a slice of life thing. It looks, on the surface, like this is about super heroes - but really, there's basically zero traditional super hero stuff.
Instead, it's someone who has been chosen to gain super powers (which is really a thing granted by alien wizards, because ACTUALLY super powers are just locked-down highly specific magic) and how they deal with some disasters and growth and navigating having some secrets and stuff.
This story is about: The daily life of a teenager named Alden. He's growing up, slowly growing his powers, and figuring out who he really wa
#2 - Bog Standard Isekai - It's technically an Isekai, but really the fact that the main character is from Earth has very little impact for the most part. It's a very well done LitRPG fantasy story, while still feeling unique in a good way. Not overly heavy on the LitRPG elements, and the world feels very realistic (meaning the fantasy stuff is consistent) without being gritty and grimdark.
>>> Book 1 available on Amazon here >>> Book 2 available on Amazon here >>> Book 3 available on Amazon here Somet
#3 - Tyrants of Earth - The premise involves people from Earth gaining access to a sort of LitRPG world, but it takes place after this has had time to become somewhat normalized (and after the full-on wars that it caused have settled). Only a relative handful of people get to go there and gain powers and stuff, but can (mostly) go back and forth from there to Earth which means the story partly takes place on Earth.
The main character manages to have the best parts of the "better than everyone else at this and (almost) always wins" type of protagonist, while still coming across as a real and fallible person who isn't just a smug asshole. I mean, he's smug sometimes, but it's called out and he's probably doing it on purpose to mess with someone.
All Ryan ever wanted to do was become an adventurer. Quests, skills, quirky teammates and posting exploits on Realmnet. What’s not to love?
#4 - Die Trying - A fascinating take on a LitRPG. First of all, a big part of the plot is them calling out that the video game elements are strange and seem to warp reality: what does it mean to hit zero hit points? That's not how things work, you're injured to varying degrees but... oh, no, that guy hit zero and is just dead. Hmm. Okay, what about this dodge roll ability, I don't even know how to roll like that and... no, there I go.
But also, it's billed as a roguelike which made me assume the story would involve rapidly going through a scenario and resetting (via death) frequently. Instead, the story is taking it slow. Not what I would have guessed, but I'm really digging it.
Every night, the people who have been chosen as part of this bizarre game are teleported to a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. At the end of each "round" (or when they die) they wake up back on Earth. The story just keeps getting more interesting, and the main character is fascinating: on the surface he's a capitalism-poisoned guy who is obsessed with getting money, but there's a lot more underlying that.
Jump into a fantasy deathworld. Smuggle magical loot and refugees back to Earth. Try not to die. Michael Wade's only goal in life was to get
#5 - Mage Tank - It's an Isekai, but with a very strange fantasy world. It's hard for me to articulate the vibe. I enjoyed it right away, but the story grows and matures over time and starts building some very interesting lore.
It's a little silly, and very over the top.
Book 4 is releasing on Amazon on January 28th and will be stubbing here on January 20th-ish. (Chapters 217 to 287 plus the Epilogues) After
Honorable Mention - Leftover Apocalypse - this one is mine. It's not bad.
Calliope Smith's eighteenth birthday wasn't going great, but at least getting yanked into a world of magic and monsters is a good way to dit
Dammit, Baron, I've been NOT looking for other stuff because when am I going to find time to read all these?! *can't stop myself from clicking link to Mage Tank*....
