In SerialDear Spellbook (Link to rewrite in blurb) Fantasy Action Adventure Psychological
A rewrite of this story has been posted here:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/49881/dear-spellbook-a-fantasy-time-loop-rewrite
Live. Study. Repeat.
Tal is a sorcerer in a world where they are killed on sight, traveling with a man charged with carrying out the task. Every night Tal must pretend to study his spellbook to maintain his disguise as a Wizard’s Apprentice. If his disguise slips and his charade is uncovered, it will be his death. Seeking answers to mysteries that arose after his parent’s murder, Tal must accept any allies, no matter the risks, to uncover his family’s secret. But when he wakes up one morning to find himself trapped repeating the same day, he has to overcome his challenges all on his own.
This story is an adaptation of a D&D campaign I ran but never was able to complete. I tried to capture the feel of a table-top RPG session —tropes and humor— without relying on the mechanics. This is not a litRPG or gamelit story and no D&D mechanics or system appear in the game. It follows one member of an adventuring party as he deals with the problems with that arise from being an adventurer. Namely, getting roped into adventures. The story has a time loop element, but will eventually move past that.
This story explores the magic systems, the history, and the lore of the world through the lens of Tal's entries in his Spellbook and interludes from other written works in the world.
New entries on Mondays
Credit to JackOfHearts for the cover.
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1. Foreword
2. Entry 1: Dear Spellbook
3. Entry 2: Riloth 19th... the 2nd?
4. Entry 3: No Vacationsies
5. Entry 4: Have You Seen My Giant?
6. Entry 5: Bubbly Heaven
7. Entry 6: Dirt?
8. Sketch 1: Spellbook
9. Entry 7: The Goat and Salvation
10. Entry 8: The First
11. Entry 9: Count Your Blessings
12. Entry 10: Painful Memories
13. Entry 11: The Cure
14. Interlude 1: Mara
15. Entry 12: Minions
16. Entry 13: Benchmark
17. Interlude 2: The Sea Tree
18. Entry 14: Sorry!
19. Entry 15: Excrement?
20. Entry 16: Revenge is Okay Warm
21. Entry 17: Breadth-First
22. Interlude 3: Project Proposal
23. Entry 18: Love Struck
24. Entry 19: Second Chance
25. Entry 20: Hunted
26. Entry 21: Victory...?
27. Transcription 1: Dwarven Creation Story
28. Entry 22: Murder Most Accidental
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