For those of you who like fantasy worlds and exploration that is just a little different than the normal LitRPG, characters worth investing in their growth and change, and an overall easy to read and descriptive style, Dungeon of Knowledge is well worth your time! This is such a beautifully crafted, edited, and polished story you have begun, and I cannot wait to watch the rest of this journey unfold. The numerous edit passes you did have really paid off; your work has become so much more descriptive and clean. The magic and colors and fantasy is exciting, but I love how right off the bat you have put magic in the mundane. Things we would experience here and now but just a little bit more special. You’ve done a really lovely job with that, and it really has helped to make this expanding fantasy world of yours to shine. Adding to that, you have immediately given us multiple characters to begin to invest in, both positively and negatively! Their struggles and perspectives are realistic enough to relate to and fantastical enough to be excited how they will navigate their journeys in a way we couldn’t in the real here and now. I truly cannot wait to see where you go from here, and will keep my notifications on. &Nbsp;Well done on a smashing start! 

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I enjoyed burning my way through this story to catch up. This has been a fun read.

Style:

The LitRPG elements of this story are clean and easy to understand, and the numbers are generally not used much in combat outside of tracking hit points and magic points, usually after a section of combat has happened.

While the numbers are part of the narrative, they are not simple Level X+1 beats Level X-1 every time. But the larger the gap the harder the difference is to overcome, until it is impossible.

Story:

The full depth of the story has yet to be showcased, but this is early days still. We have a main antagonist, a few tiers of lesser antagonists, and a plethora of threats and dangers. A group is coming together with disparate skills and personalities, and they are slowly learning to trust each other and to expand their skills.

Grammar:

Clean and clear, full marks. I suspect his editor has helped here, but that's why we all love having editors, it makes our work better. :)

Character:

We have a nicely sized main cast with rich personalities who complement and contrast with each other. All of them are set up to have an interesting arc of personal growth and development, some of which has already been shown to us.

I can't say more than that without risking spoilers. So I ask that you trust my judgment that character growth is being earned, often the very hard way. 

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Reviewed at c168. Cleanly and skillfully written. Engaging, logically consistent and well-balanced. Character motivations make sense and their actions have meaningful consequences. Tropes are cleverly intertwined. World-building is creative and organic, with a nice blend of show and tell. I thought the presentation of different perspectives was particularly well-done, with the somewhat gruesome reality of 'tanking' being one example to watch out for.

 RPG elements drive the story (and vice versa) in a way that makes sense. Giant statblocks are provided when relevant at chapter endings, so us numbers nerds can get all the details but everyone else's reading experience flows smoothly. Much more concise reminders appear at convenient points. People often make suboptimal choices, but it's always clearly their well-established personality shining through and not author railroading for the sake of plot.

My main disappointment is there's not another few hundred chapters to binge. Frankly I can't believe there's only three reviews at this point, but at least we all seem to agree so far: this story is exceptional.

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