Re: RI March 2025

On 5/2/25 12:48, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vv3608$1p6j9$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
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As you may have guessed from my mention of mana and the Interface,
the world here is litRPG, but not annoyingly so.

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"LitRPG"?
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Does this mean the author rolls dice to determine plot twists?  Or is
the world/magic system just taken from some RPG?
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William Hyde

 I'm not a gamer, so everything I know about RPG I learned from LitRPG.
I would say it seems to me that in general the authors know where they
are going and leverage the RPG magic system to get there rather than
constructing a plot via dice rolls.  (Though I have heard different
about the first LitRPG).
 I have enjoyed some of them quite a bit & I find this one entertaining.

Not directly to the point but Philip K. Dick is said to have
used the I-Ching in plotting "The Man in the High Castle" 1962 Hugo Award winner, 1963 and considering his substance use and the 1960s
he might well have done so.
bliss