They're mentioned off-handedly upthread, yes. I think they might, if scions are directly their servants. Unless you manage to find a god of evil...
Indeed, this sounds like a highly effective plot. However, in fairness to my own proposals: Problems: The gods surely cannot notice such an...
As a lone villian, the routes I'd consider: 1) Destroy the dungeons, and/or conquer them, or any other weak points the challenge might have...
The reason people tend to come to LitRPG is because they like games and game mechanics in storytelling. I don't see a distinguishing line between...
I think that if the VR is fully immersive and there's nothing distinguishing it from reality, you'd definitely either have people getting PTSD, or...
Which is why you make it mechanically punishing, but non-traumatic. Oh, and to try to encourage non-suicidal tendencies in the game, since people...
A slice-of-life, the-game-doesn't-matter-that-much-in-real-life game is interesting. It might be hard to do right, though? The other one sounds...
Personally, I'm not sure it's that so much as that Facebook is a public "permanent record". I mean, I wouldn't let my children read what I write,...
So you could also say that addiction is a function of the society, not the game, instead or in addition to "a function of the person, not the...
I doubt it would be much more addictive than video games currently are. Whether that's "not addictive" or "incredibly addictive" is entirely up...
Well, there's a third option: The game is war by other means, or has real world stakes. In "the gam3", the death penalty is pretty small-...
I'd like to see this done right- where the person is permanently traumatized, in a setting where that's plausible. If it permanently makes a...
Because there's a different feeling to their types of protagonists. More than any other setting, seeking power for its own sake fits best, and can...
The former- actually pretty often, I'd think? I wouldn't expect Leerooooy Jenkins to be namedropped a lot, but I say stuff like "early to bed,...
Well, some are set five minutes forwards, in which case the difference barely matters. Also, if they're set far enough, referencing today's best...
