It could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon.
After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old world style new player zone for low level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs. Even worse, the only new player around is Jim.
Jim has been given an opportunity, and he'll do his best to take advantage of it.
My Opinion: 226 pages, $2.99, Available on Kindle Unlimited
This is a very fun story that has good humor and intelligent exploiting of the game mechanics in this RPG world. There’s a very neat reincarnation/tabletop beginning gets a unique talent that opens up many leveling opportunities. But his real special skill, is that his mind wasn’t wiped like it was supposed to when he was reincarnated. Now he’s using his past earthly experiences with RPG gaming to game this world as hard as he can.
Game mechanic wise, the story has leveling, stats, HP, mana, and stamina. But also, many custom rules that add a bit of spice and challenge. Additionally, skills can be learned through use or gained from leveling but must be practiced to increase. There’s also crafting, a minor bit of town and community building. There’s more than enough information given throughout the novel to roll your own character in this world.
The story is slice of life. You follow the MC as he’s summoned to this world, goes through a unique character creation process, then tries to learn the rules of the fantasy RPG world so that he can exploit them to survive. He goes on adventuress, fights monsters, grinds out skill increases, and uses his intelligence and unique powers to win out against more powerful opponents. Good stuff.
Overall, an entertaining story that has a snarky wit, good banter, good action, and an intelligent use of gamer knowledge to exploit the systems described. Fun stuff.
Score: 7.7 out of 10