Progression fantasy comics and novels
Progression fantasy is fantasy in which a character's growing power is the main story. Comicwell's progression fantasy includes an unranked miner whose outlawed power takes a memory with every big draw, and a man who wakes years before his own death to save his late father's living dungeon. The Hollow Crown's first 20 comic chapters and first 10 novel chapters are free, and so are The Last Dungeon Architect's first 20 chapters.
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The Hollow Crown
An unranked miner can draw power from broken things, and every big draw takes a memory for good.
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The Last Dungeon Architect
Ilan Mercer wakes years before his death and bonds the broken keystone of his late father's dungeon, feeling every load it carries in his own body.
Guides: What is progression fantasy?, What is LitRPG?, What is cultivation?
Questions
- What is progression fantasy?
- Progression fantasy is fantasy in which a character's growing power drives the plot. The hero starts weak and gets stronger one visible step at a time, and the power follows rules, has limits and usually costs something.
- Is progression fantasy the same as LitRPG?
- No. LitRPG shows a character's growth as game numbers, such as levels and stat screens. Progression fantasy can show growth in any form, and many progression fantasy stories have no game system at all. Neither Comicwell story uses game screens or levels. In The Hollow Crown, Kael's power grows by its own rules and costs, and in The Last Dungeon Architect, Ilan starts as a Claimant and works toward Mason, one rank up.
- How does power work in these stories?
- In The Hollow Crown, Kael Veyran draws the charge out of broken wards, an outlawed art called Hollowing. Small draws fog a morning that comes back; big ones take a memory for good. In The Last Dungeon Architect, Ilan Mercer bonds a dungeon's broken keystone, feels every load it carries in his own body, and climbs the architects' ranks from Claimant toward Mason.
- How much of each story is free?
- The Hollow Crown is both a comic and a novel. The comic's first 20 chapters are free, and so are the novel's first 10. The Last Dungeon Architect is a comic, and its first 20 chapters are free.
- Who are these stories for?
- Readers 16 and over. Both stories show violence and deaths.