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Most Powerful Forgotten Realms Characters?

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I take a look at some of the most powerful characters in the Forgotten Realms universe. Do you agree with my list of D&D books? When considering the most powerful Forgotten Realms characters the first one that comes to mind is Myrkul. …

Why Forgotten Realms Books Are So Good

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Do you like fantasy novels? What about D&D books? Do you like stories about magic, dragons, elves, and lands of wonder? Do you like to read? If you answered yes to all three questions then this article is for you. I’m going …

Why Dungeons & Dragons is the Future of Gaming

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D&D 5th edition

I believe D&D is the future of gaming because it provided the basic structure for all role-playing games that came after it. Originally based on rules for miniature battles, D&D quickly morphed into a creative way to tell stories and play make-believe. …

How to Create Interesting RPG Characters with AI

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Using GPT-3 language model to create fantasy character backstories suitable for Dungeons & Dragons or other tabletop RPG systems. Imagine you could create a new world in your favorite tabletop role-playing game, the one you and your friends have spent so many …

Creating Dungeons & Dragons Content with GPT-3

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Earlier this summer, I got access to GPT-3 API from OpenAI. Since then, I’ve built a set of twelve fantasy RPG content generators. It has been an amazing and encouraging experience. In this post I’ll share my experience and outline what I …

Creating Good Character Backstories with AI

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Here’s some tips and character backstory examples for creating a great character backstory. We’ve also got a tool to create them easily with GPT-3 for Dungeons & Dragons type tabletop games! When it comes to a character backstory, there is no “right” …

Author Interview with Tim Kaiver

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Tim Kaiver is an old-school gamer who writes Sci-Fi/Fantasy LitRPG. His Cipher’s Quest novel is RealRPG inspired by Final Fantasy VI’s mix of magic and low-tech society, Stargate’s exploration of myth and galactic consequences, and grows into what he loved about the …

Author Interview with Arlo Adams

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A devout video gamer for three decades, including most of the massively multiplayer online role-playing games out there, Arlo Adams also played Dungeons and Dragons like an addict in his early days. He loved rolling the dice to determine the fates of …

Author Interview with Sean Oswald

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Sean was born on Krypton, Zenn-La, or Planet Vegeta, depending on which one of his kids is asking and what mood he is in. He served in the USMC straight out of high school before going on to obtain a highly useful …

Author Interview with TJ Reynolds

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Like many LitRPG authors, TJ turned to the genre as a way to indulge his gaming addiction while pretending to be an adult. His latest projects are: The Shattered Sword: Eternal Online Book 1 by Aethon Books, The Ruined Temple: Eternal Online …

Author Interview with Jay Boyce

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Jay Boyce is an avid reader and traveler, explorer of new things. Daughter of a librarian and wielder of words, she is primarily an editor who’s trying her hand at writing. A crazy dreamer, she creates stories in her head all the …

Author Interview with Troy Osgood

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Born and raised in the granite state of New Hampshire, Troy Osgood is a lifelong and avid reader of comic books and novels (mostly in the fantasy, sci-fi and adventure/thriller genres). The ongoing serial storytelling methods of comic books and television has …

The Land LitRPG Book Order

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The LAnd Book Order by Aleron Kong

Looking for the reading order of The Land by Aleron Kong? Here at LitRPG Reads, we have you covered. Find the answers you seek below. Chaos Seeds also known as The Land is currently an 8 book series written by Aleron Kong, …

Author Interview with Devin Auspland

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Devin lives outside Buffalo, NY with his wife, two dogs and two cats. By day he work as a Contracts Manager but he’s a writer by night. After enjoying several Fantasy and LitRPG books, he decided it was time to create his …

Author Interview with Matthew Boudreau

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When did you first start writing fiction? Young enough that I don’t remember exactly how young. Back in primary school, though, definitely. It was something my older sister did and she made me want to do it. It took quite a while …

Author Interview with Ross Buzzell

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Ross Buzzell is a world traveler, coffee enthusiast and animal lover. He was born to be a storyteller and absolutely LOVES writing. He also enjoys connecting with indie authors to see how they develop their worlds and their thoughts and processes for …

LitRPG and Me, Ed White, Author

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New guest post by Ed White, LitRPG Author! What’s it like to write in a shared universe? I know you are probably thinking, “what’s that got to do with LitRPG or GameLit?” The answer: plenty more than we guessed all those years …

Author Interview With Nathaniel Webb

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Nathaniel Webb, aka Nat20, is an author, musician, and game designer from Portland, Maine. His writing includes the novels Expedition: Summerlands with Level Up publishing and The Days of Guns and Roses, various short stories and novellas, and adventures and supplements for …

LitRPG Video Game: Early Access

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What a year it’s been, eh? Actually, the last three years have been amazing for me. While I discovered proto-litrpg back in the 80s with Guardians of the Flame, it was in late 2016 that I first heard about LITRPG. I knew …