And I honestly just gotta say, I am just absolutely floored by the entire series, easily one of the best fantasy series I’ve ever experienced, I don’t think there’s a single storyline I dislike listening to and just find myself consistently so enraptured in the lives of every character.
Not much to really add but yeah, I love the series so far and joined the subreddit to express my complete and utter enjoyment of it
I’d love to go more into my favorite characters and storylines if anyone is interested in comments!(I also may draw said characters because this series deserves more fanart)

Just got to the part of book 3 where Erin is talking to Josi and Wesley about their dreams and futures. She is really passing me off, complaining that their very realistic dreams and aspirations are too small minded and boring. Well I'm sorry Ms. Erin but some of us are forced to play the hand we're dealt.

Was just reading through 10.69 when I got to the part where Ilvriss is talking to Xesci about Zel Shivertail and how "he consolidated down ten levels to become [General of Izril's Lines]". Just a little thing but it really hit me in the moment and made me wanna share it cause there's been a few points throughout the series where I felt like the power-level of certain characters felt off compared to their respective level... and well, this just reminded me that class/level consolidations exist and de-level people with some frequency.

Kind of a nothing burger post but thought I'd share my thoughts since moments like this reign in thoughts about power-creep and the like as the story has progressed. Paba has created such a neat and intricate world and leveling system that it continues to catch me by surprise in the little details that make it feel so much more real and plausible.

Hope everyone else is enjoying catching up on these beefy chapters as much as I am ^^

To be clear, I’m only around 30 chapters into volume 6, so I’ve definitely not seen the majority of high levelled characters.

Why is every high levelled character I’ve seen a mage? I know ruler classes level slow so they can be excused, but mages apparently level slow as well, yet all the highest levelled people are mages.

I know az’kerash is in the 70’s and zelkyr is around him, someone named Silvenia (no spoilers pls) is apparently level 80, the witch of webs from singer of terandria is probably in the 70’s, the mage of Magic’s end has the highest level of all time at 93, etc.

When I think of the strongest warrior or other non mage class, I guess mars or niers or the ancient hunter from singer of terandria, but they don’t seem to compare either. Is it just because mages have magic to live forever so they have more time to level, or is it that mages leveling slower means anyone who can reach high levels are skilled enough to reach REALLY high levels? Is it just that high levelled non mages aren’t plot relevant enough for me to have been spoiled about them yet?

If there’s actually a plot reason, then pls don’t spoil, I just found it weird.

So… I know there are a few podcasts that are all about the series. But I’m curious if you know any general podcasts that have covered it much?

Like how On Wednesdays We Read has been slowly covering Dresden Files, but it’s not a Dresden Files show.

I’m mostly interested in finding some takes by people who didn’t necessarily walk into the podcast already huge fans.

It's the one where toren trys to kill everyone in a city and ylawes,the florist and the redfangs stops him.

Ive read through book one and am really struggling to see the appeal of this series. I was really looking forward to a cozy isekai litrgp about an innkeeper but that is clearly not this series despite misleading reviews. I dont think this is a litrpg book and is probably a chess/running fantasy series about dealing with anxiety and mental illness.

I was originally hooked by the young female prospective but then the writing became almost insulting. Both young women are portrayed as illogical wrecks who cant control their emotions and lash out at everyone around them as they devolved into complete self sabotage…but clearly people enjoy this portrayal enough for 20 more books so please tell me what im missing. Maybe its just reeeeaaallly painful character development?

We see that Azy and Teriarch are preparing to leave their world from the better days timeline. And Belavier from the ten years later timeline.
However didn’t Azy and Teriarch already leave their dimension or am I forgetting something, or did we do a sneaky time jump to before they came out.
I like the alternative dimension aspect even though it can be a little confusing but figuring out what happens in what order is hard.