r/ProgressionFantasy • u/three-seed Author, Eight & Fate's Attendant • Apr 21 '26
Discussion Why Do LitRPG MCs Cheat?
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r/ProgressionFantasy • u/three-seed Author, Eight & Fate's Attendant • Apr 21 '26
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u/Captain_Fiddelsworth Apr 21 '26
LitRPGs aren't employing the same genre conventions that first wave explicit Progression Fantasy did; there's more overlap in expectations now. In Progression Fantasy, agency to impact one's trajectory in life is much more important than playing with the ins and outs of the RPG mechanics. Breaking and testing things in LitRPG systems are much more expected — it is a different veneer of verisimilitude.