How to avoid heartbreak, dismemberment, or becoming someone’s magical catalyst Once upon a time, it was simple. You met someone you fancied. The wedding was set for June. And theyâd make it too. You knew they would. Call it a hunch. Call it intuition. Call it what it was: a positive test and her fatherâs…
Have you ever done something you truly regret? I donât mean the casual, âAh, I couldâve handled that better,â kind of regret. I mean the real kind. The kind that wakes you up in a seedy motel room at two in the afternoon on a workday. You scan the room; empty Bud Light cans litter…
If youâre reading this, youâre probably at least a bit familiar with status ailments in video games. From poison and bleed that drain your hit points, to slow, stun, and sleep that leave you open to combo attacks. We like to think status effects are just game mechanics. But what if theyâre not? What if…
âIt doesnât reinvent the wheelâbut it drives it straight through a dungeon wall.â Core Premise & Initial Impression. Slave Origins wears its LitRPG badge proudly. Itâs got all the classics: levelling, monsters, dungeon crawling, magic weapons, loot, and a familiar cast of non-human racesâelves, orcs, beastkin, lizardmen⌠and humans. (Yeah, I knowâhumans are technically human….
Letâs not pretend otherwiseâSky Pride is a cultivation novel. You know the type. Through the chrysalis of pills, potions, and martial training, the meagre caterpillar transforms itself into a mighty butterfly⌠who can casually toss mountains into the sea. Progression is the aim of the gameâbody, mind, spirit. Progression in clearly defined stages. Some cultivation…
Web novels go back to the earliest times of humanity. Before the wheel, there was the web. And before the web, there was the Web Novel. Okayânot exactly, but the point stands. Despite a thriving, global community of writers and readers, web novels still donât get the respect they deserve. Tens of thousands of people…
An open letter from Bardic Planet on the crimes of Webnovel against writer and reader alike. Dear Webnovel.com, I hope this finds you well. Ideally wrapped around a brick and thrown straight through your window. Long have been the nights spent scrolling through some of your finer worksâShadow Slave, Lord of the Mysteries, Reverend Insanity….
It knows when you are sleeping. It knows when youâre awake. It knows when youâve been bad or good, and if youâve been just the right amount of pathetic, congratulationsâyouâre the new chosen one. I speak not of Santaâthat red-suited pervert who watches children sleep and breaks into homes for milk-based offerings. I speak, of…