Hello there!

Of late I've been reading a few LitRPGs, and I'm finding the idea of participating in a solo adventure in the style of the genre rather enticing. The main differences between this and a standard (for instance Pathfinder or 5e) campaign would be that my character is aware of the system and can grind based on that knowledge, that the system usually allows growth through training, and that the main character is usually overpowered with a higher than normal growth curve.

For the sake of your sanity, if it's helpful, we could use a pre-existing system with some tweaks to make it fit the behaviors of the genre.

Any of the various popular LitRPG novels out there is fine for the setting or we can be original, and if I haven't read it, I'd be glad to pick up a new one.

Thanks!

I just want to make an observation, and someone confirm if it's correct or not:

A LitRPG is a novel that acts like an RPG. To be more specific, it's the story of someone who is in an RPG, and knows it.

So... Basically, what you're proposing would really be the opposite: An RPGLit: An RPG but you tell the players "Because of virtual reality or something, your character knows they're in a game, and they have access to all the numbers and crunch-- they'll know not only that they've taken damage, but that they've actually taken 3 points of damage, and so on."

So... ANY kind of RPG becomes an RPGLit if you say a sentence like that one right there in quotes, right?


EDIT: Ah, with one more caveat-- extra-speedy leveling up.

But that's about it, right?
This message was last edited by the user at 19:35, Sat 29 Aug 2020.

Well, yes, and no.

Yes, in that Pathfinder (or any other system) could be an "RPGLit" by simply allowing people to metagame, in character. "I'm going to increase my strength this level because it'll let me hit harder," he said in character. As at its core one of the main tenets of LitRPGs is meta awareness of being in a game (or in a world that has been beset by alien influences that confer access to cosmic energies that let people get stronger artificially, or whatever, there are a ton of explanations for various pieces in the genre.)

No, in that LitRPGs have certain tropes that are rather common but which wouldn't necessarily fit in a standard Fantasy RPG found elsewhere on the site:

- It's almost always the tale of a single character with a cast that revolves around them.

- The character often figures out some neat trick to get a leg up on the system/magic of the world that otherwise might not exist in a pre-established RPG like Pathfinder or 5e, or whatever, OR would be frowned upon by most standard DMs because it's a stupid flaw/trick of the system.

- Unlike almost any other RPG system, they almost always reward the player for training.

- The character retains past "real world" experiences to draw from. Whether it be basics of how to make gunpowder or maybe the character was a CEO and understands business.

But to get back to your question, yes, you are essentially right.
This message was last edited by the user at 01:12, Sun 30 Aug 2020.

Ah ha! But yes, those are important considerations.

So I suppose the first LitRPG was possssssibly Joel Rosenberg's THE SLEEPING DRAGON, back in 1983.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Flame

Bumping this.

I had an idea a few years ago that "might" fit...

If my idea is interesting send me a private message, and I will build a game around the idea.

If it is too crazy feel free to ignore this post.

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Deadpool and all the 4th wall breaking stuff he does in the comics and movies ... gets pulled into and trapped in a dnd 3.5 world.

Obviously playing as Deadpool would require an adult rated game.