Qidian
Twenty-Sided Dice
by Soth
A slower D&D-flavored fantasy pick that earns inclusion for tone and structure, but it is better for patient readers than dopamine-seeking progression fans.
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A boy raised at sea follows a dream of becoming a knight, then a mage, in a tabletop-flavored fantasy world shaped by a mysterious die.
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