Critical Failures. Very explicit and raunchy humor but pretty funny if you're into a south park meets stuck in a dungeons and dragons world theme. The author has a shit ton of stories in the universe, when I clicked on his books I think there were over like 40...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088XPHOK?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks
Caverns and Creature’s by Robert Beven.
This is obviously Second addition D & D.
For example the world conforms to how the players would do handle it at the table. Funnest example of this is when they speak a second language like Elven it is just an English accent because non of the players speak a second language. Draconic is Scottish.
Has a much more tabletop feel. You have a 1 in 20 chance to succeed or fail at anything rolling a 1 or 20. The books get listed in comedy so not everyone has herd of them.
Definitely the Caverns and Creatures - Critical Failures series by Robert Bevan.
HILARIOUS.
And the first book is free. (NOTE: I am not Robert Bevan. Or Robert Paulson.)
Thanks again, Cary, She sighed as she pulled on the gloves. So, after Hogwarts, do you want a career in 'transmutation'? Or are you like the rest of Gryffindor and want a big bravado job like auror or quidditch star? She teased.
OOC: JEALOUS. I have always wanted to get into D&D but was always too shy to ask the guys I know who play it. I've been reading Critical Failures rn (if you haven't you should) and it is making the want to play so much stronger.
Stop playing games until your grades imporve. Uninstall steam and every game from your computer. Only allow yourself to play when you are dont with ALL of your homework/school work. If gaming is the only thing that lets you escape depression then find some hobbys, /r/Throwers is a great way to spend time. Read some books, since you are into gaming I would recommend critical failures. Above all else though, get good grades.
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I jumped on the Kindle Unlimited wagon right after it went live (unfortunately I started school and have little time for recreational reading) and now I'm a huge fan of small/self published authors so kudos to you! On that note, a book I read that had me laughing was Critical Failures! by Robert Bevan
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Critical Failures (Caverns and Creatures Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088XPHOK/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_6BN3C2PYESK2Y8Z2P9RM
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I am *not* into fantasy or Dungeons and Dragons but I've discovered the Critical Failures series by Robert Bevan. It's not a kid's book but it's funny and very inappropriate (if you don't mind that kind of thing. I don't.) It's about a group of friends who get sent into their fantasy game by a neckbeardish cavern master. The game they play is basically Dungeons and Dragons but named Caverns and Creatures. There are at least 6 books (I think) plus at least 7 compilations of short stories that happen to the side of the main story if that makes sense. If you have kindle unlimited they're free. Here's the amazon link: Critical Failures Book 1
The same author has other stories but I just found them and want to finish these before I start something new. They're easy to read and have several character stories going at once but they all eventually converge.
There's also the series called Space Team that's great, too. The author is Barry Hutchison. He also has several other series that he writes, one of which takes place in the same world as Space Team and another that doesn't. They're both really funny but can be serious, too.
I discovered Critical Failures through the Space Team Facebook group and other books from Amazon's "other books like this" toward the bottom of the page.
I hope you can find something you really like that will take your mind off being sick!
"sometimes you just need a big blue dick to the face"
Under the sea. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088XPHOK
What would you do if you lived in a world making leaps and bounds (in the last few years) in developing virtual reality? You see the potential for this in media and science fiction and imagine what it must be like to play video games in VR. You think of games that already exist like MMORPGs, horror, FPS and etc. You really want to experience this for yourself. But how? The technology just isn’t up to it yet. So you write a book. I like to think that litrpg is a form of speculative fiction imagining what VR would actually be like.
How would you write a book like this? Well you know that the world would have to be really realistic but it’s still a game. The closest analogy to this is actually tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons. These are basically MADE to try and simulate a fantasy adventure so what you end up with is a forgotten realms book but with game mechanics, the stats, skill list and health points all known to the characters.
Imagine world building for a DnD campaign but instead you are world building a video game. What is your perfect video game? You obviously can’t play this game now, who would make it? But you can write about it.
Referencing MMORPGS If you have played a MMORPG or RPG game then you’d have enough comprehension or knowledge to read a litrpg book. Even then most authors like to explain what is happening quite clearly.
What is considered good or bad is what you’d normally consider good or bad in a book. Did you like it? Was the writing good? As an emerging genre with most works being available online as web novels and amazon, the standard is actually quite low in terms of writing.
Creatinng Characters and GMs Characters in the stories often do create their characters much like in games, choosing their avatar and class. This depends on the story and its internal fiction but there usually isn’t a GM monitoring the players. You’ll have to think of this in terms of games. Think of the Baldur’s gate or Neverwinter games, there isn’t a GM but the rules are forced by the game. There simply wouldn’t be these situations unless the author wanted them to happen as they are writing the story. They make the rules of the game.
In-lore and MMOPRPG statistics The simple answer is that it’s a story where there are game mechanics (like MMORPG statistics). I think VR is a big part of it because we are living through the phase now and early in litrpg’s inception in Japan and Russia VR was used heavily and became a trope.
Free form play Litrpg is in no way free form play, it is a structured story that people write to combine their love of fantasy/sci-fi etc. and video games. I’m sorry but I don’t actually understand the second bit.
The easiest way to ease yourself into litrpg is by reading it. I’m going to recommend two books that I think you might enjoy.
The first is Worth the Candle which follows a GM that finds himself in a fantasy world full of his past campaigns and ideas. Worth the Candle is a web novel with some of the highest standards of writing I have seen in the genre. It is recommended here a lot.
The second is the Critical Failures series which follows a groups of players sucked into their game with a malicious DM. I haven’t read it but have heard good things for its comedy.
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