All Comments on 'Succubus survival'

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GlenOfGlassGlenOfGlassalmost 2 years ago

So she chose built-in wings for 700 points over fleshcraft for 500 that could, with practice, allow for the creation of wings and more? Not what I would've chosen, but I'm biased towards healing skills.

I agree with leaving off the stat blocks. Usually in the beginning of LitRPG stories they have some impact as they go from say 8 strength to 10, but they rapidly become meaningless clutter. LitRPG as a genre often comes off as a shortcut for lazy author's not wanting to actually give gravitas to their descriptions. "How strong is that adversary? 5 whole stronks?! Impossible! I have only 3." But I know there are some numberphiles out there who get a real kick out of "+1 stronk". It's the same people enamored by games like Cookie Clicker. Mmm, number go up.

MistresseagerplaythingMistresseagerplaythingalmost 2 years agoAuthor

That's a good point. I could lie and say that Yasha isn't much of a gamer, so she didn't think about it, but the truth is that I didn't think about it either. I thought of it too much in terms of being able to disguise her, I think is the problem. There is the fact that she didn't have any affinity for flesh magic. She would have had to learn to cast spells the hard way, whereas with illusion magic, it will be more instinctual. She would have had to find a teacher, although I suppose that would have been a good goal for her to have, and maybe she still will.

Some aspects of the litRPG genre I still like, but I still haven't really decided how much, if anything, I should implement. Maybe Yasha will come back to that little office at some point to buy more upgrades, maybe quests to gain points, maybe rewards from some sort of patron like a warlock type deal. Like I said, still not decided yet. Thanks for leaving a comment, don't really know if you can respond to comments on this site. @GlenOfGlass

ThrillherbrysonThrillherbrysonalmost 2 years ago
Love your story, concept, and character.

I'm biased towards healing and shape shifting. I also find it reasonable for someone who has a run in with death and has died to want to be able to heal. I think a succubus should have the affinity to shape shift because it eliminates the gender dilemma she had. It eliminates many ultimatums she was confronted with like to wing or not. And I actually don't like the idea of her being able to dismiss the wings without the ability, although I'll admit it makes sense. Body Manipulation also helps with sex,

like that power you gave her to accommodate any size and for her to manually apply a tightness and even be creative, befitting her new nature. You can make appearing human somewhat taxing to her or make it so she has to revert to Demon form to cast all her magic (Illusions, enchantments, fire, etc.) Appearing human may also be convenient to who ever she travels with because it must not be easy to show up with a red demoness. Shape shifting can be used to escape and evade (flying or become smaller) and used to become physically strong for closer combat. This makes it so she still needs people, and she can be valuable to them as well and if she heals they can even need her. A healing succubus instead of a fire throwing one solves her good Demon problem. I love the milk added btw. Can't wait for chapter 2!

AnonymousAnonymousalmost 2 years ago

What does the plug of submission do?

SirAliasSirAliasover 1 year ago

I think Levels and classes can be well done, but should be part of a narrative and fit better in the world. Yours... Doesn't. Scrap it for something with fewer numbers and a system that makes more sense.

Try something akin to The Wandering Inn for a softer level system, or Everybody Loves Large Chests for a harder one that has more numbers but keeps a serviceable role in the story.

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