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Dungeon Devotee

Dungeon Devotee

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological LitRPG Male Lead Strong Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Dungeon Progression
6,871 Followers
277 Pages
323,343 Views
13 Chapters
Monday, August 1, 2022 8:28:40 PM

Through all of Linaria, no dungeon holds such a grip on the dreams of men as the Eternal Depths.  Hundreds throw themselves against its trials each day.  Dozens survive, walking away with power and wealth beyond their wildest dreams… until they go back for more.  One way or another, they all eventually feed the Depths.

Edmund Montgomery Ahab has sworn to destroy it.

Underleveled, undertrained, and underprepared, Edmund steps into the maw of the world’s greatest predator, a sword in his hand and vengeance on his mind.  At first his task seems impossible, but with every level he earns, every piece of loot that drops, every secret he uncovers, and especially every bit of power he can squeeze from his mysterious connection to the Aspect of Madness, Edmund crawls closer to accomplishing that insurmountable feat.

With nothing else to lose, Edmund has already given the Depths his life.  All that remains to be seen is whether he takes the dungeon’s right back.


Dungeon Devotee is an episodic serial.  It will never be taken down for KU.  Each chapter details a single floor of Edmund’s journey through the vast Eternal Depths, with all the levels and loot and lack of cliffhangers that entails.  New chapters come out on the first of each month.

Industrial Strength Magic

Industrial Strength Magic

Original Action Comedy LitRPG Super Heroes
5,913 Followers
405 Pages
473,128 Views
40 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 2:57:09 PM

Perry Z has a Magical Destiny.

Born to a Magical Fantasy Princess and a nine-to-five Supervillain, Perry's never felt...adequate. He's completely magically dull, and without a scrap of superpowers.

When The System boots, he's forced to follow in his father's footsteps, but he'd rather take after his mother.

Maybe there's a way he can do both...



This is Macronomicon's take on a lighthearted slice-of-life superhero story. It is one of mine, though. So...you should know what you're getting into =P

The Worldbuilding is primarily inspired by Superminion, which was in turn inspired by Worm.

The explicit content tags are so if I decide to dip a little dark later down the line, you can't say I didn't warn ya. Except the cussing. That's there from the beginning. I tried to tone it down but a little just slipped in there.

Vainqueur the Dragon

Vainqueur the Dragon

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead Anti-Hero Lead
12,204 Followers
1,659 Pages
8,588,149 Views
158 Chapters
Monday, March 28, 2022 6:23:20 PM

Vainqueur now has a Webtoon adaptation!

It is now available on Amazon! Book 1 (Audiobook 1), Book 2 (Audiobook 2), Book 3 (Audiobook 3), Book 4.

Vainqueur Knightsbane is your average dragon: a giant, fire-breathing lizard who loves to take naps on his golden hoard, kidnap princesses for fun, and make the life of adventurers miserable. Vainqueur's only pleasure in life is to watch his treasure get bigger, one coin at a time.

So when a would-be thief turned unwilling minion tells him about "classes," "levels," and "quests," Vainqueur wonders if maybe, just maybe, he should consider a career change. 

After all, why bother hunting monsters for free when you can get paid for it?

The Calamitous Bob

The Calamitous Bob

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Female Lead Magic
10,839 Followers
1,131 Pages
2,453,071 Views
84 Chapters
Friday, August 12, 2022 12:29:25 PM

The world of Nyil, with its monsters, its knights and its mildly sociopathic gods. Come and see! A soul flees and a soul arrives, blessed by luck. Will she survive? Will she thrive? Will she become a calamity?

After all, luck is such a fickle thing.




Temporary note: I am trying to publish this web serial on Amazon under the pen name Alex Gilbert. 

Edge Cases

Edge Cases

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery LitRPG Male Lead Female Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead High Fantasy
4,648 Followers
636 Pages
796,242 Views
78 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 10:02:45 PM

Rare classes and powerful skills are helpful. Too bad the system doesn't seem built to handle them. What even are all these errors? 

Our team of outcasts and adventurers will have to rely on their trust - and the bane of all stories, healthy communication - just to survive, let alone understand what the system is doing. Because they're quickly realizing that not all is as it seems, and it's doing something to people, to monsters, and maybe even to the gods themselves.

And their goal isn't just to survive; it's to make things better. It's a good thing they're not doing it alone.

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Edge Cases is an attempt to take the LitRPG genre and the overpowered MCs trope and write a story where numbers aren't everything. Sometimes it takes trust, support, and just a touch of being very, very clever.

Expect a mix of action, slice-of-life, friendship, and ominous worldbuilding.

Updates M-W-F at 6pm EST. 

Cover art by Alovck of Artstation, and typesetting by jessessey right here on RoyalRoad.

Prophecy Approved Companion

Prophecy Approved Companion

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Virtual Reality Female Lead Non-Human Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Soft Sci-fi Artificial Intelligence
4,449 Followers
1,316 Pages
2,478,610 Views
174 Chapters
Friday, August 12, 2022 3:00:00 AM
Qube was designed to die.

As the cheerful childhood NPC companion who helps the [Player] learn the world during the start of the game, it was only natural that the big bad would kill her at the end of the tutorial, kick-starting the Player on a quest for vengeance.
The only thing is, no one told her that...
And this particular Player doesn’t like to play by the rules. Being a chaos-loving gremlin, he glitches her out of her programming and drags her on various adventures. They'll grapple with friendly sharktopuses, Evil Emperors, and what it means to be a person.
On the way they pick up equally unlikely party members, with Qube breaking the world in increasingly strange ways as she seeks to be the very best Companion ever. All the while, Qube herself slowly realizes that her reality is not quite what it seems.
A loving parody of old school games, dungeon's and dragons, and every player who has ever thought “what happens if I do this...”

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https://www.patreon.com/Tevagah - many chapters ahead!

https://ko-fi.com/tevagah - also many chapters ahead!
Discord: https://discord.gg/XGr5DTN - many friendships made!

This is essentially a first draft, so I welcome grammatical corrections etc.

Sunflower : [A sunflower based litRPG]

Sunflower : [A sunflower based litRPG]

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Harem Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Secret Identity Magic Strategy High Fantasy Dungeon Progression Attractive Lead
2,559 Followers
152 Pages
197,363 Views
24 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 3:47:44 PM

Hello. I am a sunflower.

Are you a sunflower too?

Well, it doesn't really matter. Today is a calm day. The wind is warm. I do not know why I am alive, but do you want to look at the sun together with me?

- I am a sunflower.

[Updates Sundays]

There is no Epic Loot here, Only Puns.

There is no Epic Loot here, Only Puns.

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Female Lead Magic
13,766 Followers
2,145 Pages
11,603,916 Views
179 Chapters
Thursday, July 28, 2022 8:43:01 PM

She became a dungeon core.

Everything pointed Delta to murdering her way to success. People were just mana farms, right?

No, that was wrong. Delta refused. Then everything became odd.

All The Skills - A Deckbuilding LitRPG

All The Skills - A Deckbuilding LitRPG

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi LitRPG Male Lead Strong Lead Magic GameLit Progression
7,978 Followers
223 Pages
510,192 Views
28 Chapters
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 6:01:42 AM

In a world where all magical spells have been captured into cards, those who can build a deck have the most power.

The most Arthur could ever hope for was to someday earn a trash-tier spell card. When fate grants him a legendary Master of Skills card, he's thrust into a world of opportunity and danger.

To survive and grow strong, Arthur must learn skills. All the skills. 

Battle Trucker

Battle Trucker

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi LitRPG Female Lead Strong Lead Magic Post Apocalyptic Ruling Class Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Soft Sci-fi Dystopia Progression
1,472 Followers
110 Pages
109,362 Views
16 Chapters
Saturday, February 12, 2022 12:45:23 AM

Jill MacLeod might be just a long haul trucker with a dirty mouth and back pain, but with Bertha the big rig under her she always makes her deliveries. When Mana, monsters, and an RPG style levelling system comes to Earth it's the end of the world as anyone knows it: the apocalypse is here. On her journey it's just Jill, her Soulbound truck, and any survivor she can find against the universe. Mutated animals, aliens, dragons, droid armies… it doesn’t matter. Nothing’s going to stop Jill from making her way home.

Blare the Horns of Valhalla and let slip the Rigs of War!

[A story in the apocalyptic LitRPG genre]

[Warning tags: Profanity, Gore]

The Power of Ten, Book Three : The Human Race

The Power of Ten, Book Three : The Human Race

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Gender Bender Female Lead Strong Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Urban Fantasy Mythos Progression
811 Followers
3,960 Pages
1,984,239 Views
502 Chapters
Thursday, February 17, 2022 2:12:10 AM

This story TWICE Completed the Royal Road Writathon challenge! 

Successor Book to Power of Ten Book One: Sama Rantha, and Book Two: The Far Future. Chapters began 9/5/2020. Chapters are around 2000 words (4 Word Pages), the author updating daily since Dec. 26, 2018.

This story is basically completed as it stands, at 500 chapters of daily updates.

Book Four: The Power of Ten: Dynamo, is continuing with the daily updates!

Ebook: The original Power of Ten: The First Day, Part One! The First Day

And Part Two! Part Two of The First Day!

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A shard severed from a soul, full of Karma, but needing a body and life of its own.

The first true Rantha Hagbloods.

A Shrouded Earth invaded by magic, struggling to once again see the sky.

Three souls with the full knowledge of Power of Ten are on a world in need of something to break the stalemate and suppression of the Shroud of Undeath.

It's going to take gold, and Gear, and Levels, but the undead aren't the only enemies that they'll be facing as they strive to liberate a world, and guide it towards the Light of Heaven.

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Power of Ten has a Patreon for anyone who wants to read advance chapters (up to 35 ahead, and you can even pay annually!). We use a Google Docs system, sending out access emails to our Patrons once Patreon confirms things to our Patrons' gmail accounts. Help support PoT today! :)

For those who would like to support me, my Patreon Link is at: Contribute Goldweight to Save the World!

The Original Power of Ten/Sama, the Tip of the Spear, is being posted at: 

Tremble, She Comes!

Books One and Two for Sama Rantha are at: Rantha Hags Forever!

The permanent Discord Link is: Your Friendly Allegiance LInk is active!

I always have Discord up if I'm online, although I may be busy writing and not see it right away...

Thera: The Mystic Turtle

Thera: The Mystic Turtle

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Mythos Progression
4,029 Followers
186 Pages
200,632 Views
21 Chapters
Sunday, August 14, 2022 12:58:05 PM

The Mystic Turtle. 

They stand with the Elder Dragons and the Spirit Dryads as creatures of legend. Timeless. Immortal. They live solitary lives, drawing power from their own soul. They are the hermits of the sea, their power unmatched in the ocean. Yet, this power is not attained easily, for as Thera will learn, the life of a baby Mystic Turtle is full of trials and tribulations...

She will scour ancient sunken ruins, face the dangers lurking in the depths of the sea, and, perhaps one day, grow to become a Mystic Turtle that surpasses even legend.


Dungeon Life

Dungeon Life

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Slice of Life Magic Dungeon Progression
7,552 Followers
412 Pages
1,433,163 Views
73 Chapters
Thursday, August 11, 2022 7:52:27 PM

A normal guy gets hit by a truck and isekai'd.  Why?  Because trucks are apparently some cosmic loophole.  He decides to be a dungeon, because it sounds weird and interesting to be one.  Is it?  Let's find out.

Updates Monday and Thursday.

Cover by the talented and very cool Vitaly S Alexus

The Many Lives of Cadence Lee

The Many Lives of Cadence Lee

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Romance LitRPG Reincarnation Slice of Life Female Lead Magic Strategy High Fantasy Progression
8,235 Followers
584 Pages
1,715,092 Views
51 Chapters
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 8:25:14 AM

Cadence Lee thought she was a normal girl, perhaps a little well to do, but not exceptionally so.  She had her college classes, she had her job that her uncle gave her, and she had a nice boyfriend who was sweet if a little awkward.

Except, when a mugger accosts Cadence and her boyfriend attempts to wrestle a gun away from the criminal, Cadence ends up shot.  A normal girl, with the kind of wound Cadence had, would die.  Cadence managed to do that part.  But a normal girl wouldn't then open her eyes again and learn that death is not as permanant for her as it is for other people.  She can be reborn again, and again.  Each time stronger and with new abilities.

The catch?  Any world she is born into, she can never return to.  She has infinite lives, but only one life for each.

So begins The Many Lives of Cadence Lee.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Book Of The Dead

Book Of The Dead

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Horror LitRPG Male Lead Magic Progression
7,324 Followers
667 Pages
1,431,523 Views
61 Chapters
Monday, August 15, 2022 4:35:42 AM

With one touch of the stone, Tyron receives his Class and his life changes forever.

In an instant his bright and promising future as the scion of two powerful Slayers is torn apart and he must make a decision.

Will he allow his Class to be purged from his soul, or will he cling to it, abandon all that he knows, and rise to power?

Azarinth Healer

Azarinth Healer

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Female Lead Magic
22,750 Followers
9,710 Pages
55,116,409 Views
868 Chapters
Saturday, August 6, 2022 6:00:04 PM

A new world with nearly unlimited possibilities. A status, classes, magic and monsters. Sounds good? Well, for Ilea it didn't come quite as expected as for some other protagonists, nor was there a king or god to welcome her.

The grand quest? Well, she might figure that out someday but for now, a new world with new food is prize enough. Her fists at the ready, she's prepared to punch and get punched, however long it takes and however many limbs she might have to regrow.

A story I've started writing now quite a while ago. Transported to another world, somewhat standard fantasy setting with my beginner attempts to make it dark but funny. There are Litrpg elements here but I do hope it's not too heavy and annoying. The fights should be interesting and aren't just numbers vs numbers. Contrary to the title the protagonist will be quite an offensive fighter.

Ilea Spears is your average sarcastic kick-boxing fast food worker and soon to be student. She will be transported to another world rather conventionally and will be confronted with survival in the wild.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think. My experience is incredibly lacking. If you find yourself hating it early on, do convey your anger in a detailed comment or review :) I want to get better but without any feedback it's simply quite difficult.

Quick heads up: Around chapter 120 there are a bunch of longer PoV changes that I discontinued again shortly after. The Arc around chapters 150-200 is darker than the rest and the themes shift quite a bit. Just know that it goes back to what you've come to know after that section.

Thank you for reading.

Quick update June 2019: Many complaints regarding the formatting, specifically spacing in conversations and of course the usage of the present tense in the first 36 chapters have been addressed. I'm of course learning by the day but compared to how it was before it should be an improvement at least.

Chapters usually around 3k words

Cover art by Kevin Catalan

Tunnel Rat

Tunnel Rat

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Virtual Reality Male Lead Non-Human Lead Grimdark Low Fantasy
1,541 Followers
692 Pages
443,600 Views
99 Chapters
Friday, August 12, 2022 12:13:39 AM

Milo lives in a steel cave within a man-made mountain of steel and concrete. He spends his days repairing the machinery that keeps the habitat livable and tinkering with the prosthetics that help his twisted body move about through the small tunnels and air shafts that are his world. He's as much a piece of discarded machinery as the equipment he keeps running. 

Given a chance at being someone different will he become a hero and live in the sunlight? The light beckons, but there are secrets buried in the ground. Ancient mysteries left by races that delved deep and stayed below. Maybe only a tunnel rat culd find them?

And thanks to the artist of that handsome rat for inspiration. Find more of her work here: https://www.deviantart.com/watch/memymine/deviations

Infrasound Berserker

Infrasound Berserker

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Slice of Life Female Lead Magic GameLit Progression
3,408 Followers
238 Pages
239,782 Views
21 Chapters
Friday, June 17, 2022 9:01:20 PM

Kate is a firefighter near Falstadt, living her life in the Alps between her demanding work, wandering, and enjoying the sanctity that is coffee. She's dealt with flooding, fires, and cats, but nobody is really prepared for the sudden appearance of bow wielding goblins, strange magical powers, and a game like system. Thankfully she won't be alone to face this new and strange challenge. Trying to survive in the forests and towns she thought were theirs was certainly not the plan, but she won't go down without a fight.

Genre: Fantasy Litrpg Apocalypse on Earth. Focus on action and slice of life.

Cover art by bacon: https://baconstrap.carbonmade.com/

FINAL CORE : [A holy dungeon-core litRPG]

FINAL CORE : [A holy dungeon-core litRPG]

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Gender Bender Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Strategy High Fantasy Dungeon Progression Attractive Lead
4,961 Followers
398 Pages
571,309 Views
47 Chapters
Friday, August 12, 2022 6:35:11 PM

[I died and was accidentally reborn as an angelic monstrosity, so now I’m building a holy dungeon-tower that is tall enough to reach the gods; so that I can complain about it! But the humans think that I am trying to destroy the world.]

[Dungeon-Core] [litRPG] [Base-building]

King of Fools : Silver Tongue

King of Fools : Silver Tongue

Original Action Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Male Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Xianxia High Fantasy Progression
4,076 Followers
210 Pages
322,145 Views
27 Chapters
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:47:46 AM

A certain trickster spirit was fond of saying, 'me and my big fat mouth'. That could be Jasper Stone's motto. There's never been a situation in his life he didn't make worse by opening his mouth, because when he does, ridiculous amounts of trash-talk and overconfidence just spills out. He's never managed to do anything with his wits -- but when the God of Fools tosses him into another world for amusement's sake, he'll need to put them to use. Because there are bandits, dragons, and cultists out there -- none of whom appreciate Jasper's particular gift for insults.

--Cover by the inimitable Vitaly S Alexius.

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