Comment by bryce_jep_throwaway on 24/02/2025 at 21:33 UTC

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View submission: Do NOT Sleep on Dungeon Crawler Carl

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So, something like Planescape: Torment is cool (and it absolutely is), but somehow LitRPG is not? I mean, I'm taking a wild guess that your username is not random. I haven't read any litrpg, but my kid has liked a few of them (along with many other genres).

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Comment by RogueModron at 24/02/2025 at 21:46 UTC

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My username is a reference to Planescape, the role-playing game setting, not the computer game. :)

Comment by Stellar_Duck at 25/02/2025 at 11:03 UTC

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In planescape, the stats are an abstraction to facilitate gameplay. Ideally you’d get rid of them but you can’t really so we make do.

The idea of introducing them into a book is ludicrous beyond belief because that abstraction is not needed when the author has control.

I am firmly with the chap that is reeling.