Edge Cases (Book 1 Complete!) Fantasy Mystery Action Adventure
Rare classes and powerful skills are helpful. Too bad the system doesn't seem built to handle them. What even are all these errors?
Our team of outcasts and adventurers will have to rely on their trust - and the bane of all stories, healthy communication - just to survive, let alone understand what the system is doing. Because they're quickly realizing that it's doing something; to people, to monsters, and maybe even to the gods themselves.
And their goal isn't just to survive; it's to make things better. It's a good thing they're not doing it alone.
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Edge Cases is an attempt to take the LitRPG genre and the overpowered MCs trope and write a story where numbers aren't everything. Sometimes it takes trust, support, and just a touch of being very, very clever.
Expect a mix of action, slice-of-life, friendship, and ominous worldbuilding.
Updates M-W-F at 6pm EST.
Cover art by Alovck of Artstation, and typesetting by jessessey right here on RoyalRoad.
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Chapter Selections
1. Chapter 1 - Setting Off
2. Chapter 2 - Tower Defense, Kind Of
3. Chapter 3 - Skills
4. Chapter 4 - A Lack of Oversight
5. Chapter 5 - Skill Abuse
6. Chapter 6 - Chains
7. Chapter 7 - A Complete Disregard for Fate
8. Chapter 8 - Answers. Also, More Questions.
9. Chapter 9 - Who Even Invented These Stats?
10. Chapter 10 - Magic and Understanding
11. Chapter 11 - Bonding
12. Chapter 12 - Of Dungeons and Priests
13. Chapter 13 - Tales of a Different God
14. Chapter 14 - Break
15. Chapter 15 - Ecosystem
16. Chapter 16 - Dammit, Jerome
17. Chapter 17 - Trust
18. Chapter 18 - Truths
19. Chapter 19 - Negotiations
20. Chapter 20 - Conclusions
21. Chapter 21 - Confrontation
22. Chapter 22 - A Path Forward
23. Chapter 23 - Planning with Max, Clerk Extraordinaire
24. Chapter 24 - Jerome
25. Chapter 25 - Plans, Plans
26. Chapter 26 - Fear
27. Chapter 27 - Dungeons
28. Chapter 28 - Researchers
My Pixie Familiar
Pixies are real. Not only are they real, but are considered pests due to their mischievous nature and love of pranks. Some people think they are magical and making a potion or powder from their wings will transfer that magic to a person. Any good alchemist will tell you that is not true. Most will gladly take your money and make you a "magic potion" though. My name is Jase Fisher and I thought I would follow in the steps of my mother and become an alchemist since I didn't enjoy fishing, hunting, or any of the other trades offered in Beau Ferry, my village. Not only have I been looking forward to being an alchemist, I was looking forward to bonding with a familiar. My biggest fear is not bonding with one of the exciting familiars such as a dragonet. If I can just make it through the bonding process, my life is set. Oh, and not run afoul of any pixie pranks.
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8 91Club Novus
Six people go missing many months apart in the small town of Wilton, Indiana. The FBI gets involved once it is discovered the bodies have all been drained of blood. Edward Wright, an agent specializing in missing persons, is assigned to the case. Everything in Wilton seems normal at first, but as Edward spends more time investigating he uncovers dark secrets no one would ever believe.
8 66Etudie Perpetuity
Cas is a gifted college senior who knows over a dozen languages, studies all sorts of subjects, and has an amazing memory. His only problem? He has no idea what to do with his life. One night, he falls into a river and finds himself reincarnated as an elf in a prehistoric fantasy world. Now, Cas must use his experience and wits to overpower the elements and conquer the supernatural mysteries that plague the world! New chapter every day! Get extra chapters and perks on my patreon: patreon.com/peacefulcatastrophe Join my public discord server to hang out and chat: https://discord.gg/rjRczcpAcu
8 236Crocodilian
An aspiring cartographer with the ability to teleport is sent on his first assignment by the guild to the swamp town of Yonledo in order to verify the mayor’s claims that giant, man-eating crocodiles are terrorizing the townsfolk. This steampunk-ish, fantasy, horror novella is set within the world of Havek where dragons and vampyrs are commonplace and people with magical abilities are known as either Blessed or Cursed. Crocodilian will be posted serially first on the Storyletter Substack, then subsequently on RR, Wattpad, and Medium. Hope you enjoy! ~ WM
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