Braindead - A Zombie LitRPG

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Description

In a world where zombies are trash mobs that children kill for easy exp, what hope does one little zed have?

Zed was minding his own business when his master's domain was invaded by a plucky young heroine looking to make a name for herself. An unlikely turn of events allowed Zed to come out on top, and gave him enough experience to rise above the life of a mindless minion. Unfortunately, it also left him with no body to share it with... literally, not figuratively!

This story contains:

Some 'jokes' containing questionable humour.

An inhuman MC who has no interest in pesky things like romance or growing a conscience.

Blue boxes, and a DnD style system messily mashed together with several other systems.

Gore, but nothing too gratuitous. The main character is a severed head so what do you expect?

Kingdom/base building, because what good is a zombie without a good horde behind them.

Releases planned for each Sunday until I build up a decent backlog.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Dark Jester

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 1,171
Views: 159,056

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Community Reviews(10)

U9vVxjUqp7XKGMpWRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Very well written, with an interesting main character- I mean: He's not simply a zombie, but a zombie head!
I would put this into the same catagory as 'Deadman' by Seersucker: An action/adventure story with a litRPG framework. And I am just as interested as reading the next chapter of Braindead as I am Deadman.
This story is definitely worth reading and following.
Pirat6662001Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
THis story has me really excited. Hopefully it will continue to have the strategic element and not take too many shortcuts with it. So far it has been great even if the event in the middle was a bit frustrating from a story perspective. Looking forward to individual Zombies getting even more personality traits.
PotassiumRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A common zombie becomes something more. This is how this story starts and it is an interesting premise. The transition form minion grinding skills to undead king building a tribe is a little sudden, but, in all, this is a well-written fiction, with few grammar or spelling mistakes, with a promising plot and characters you can get invested into.
The Random CatRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Dead but not,
Braindead but not,
Sits a head heavy and high,
On a journey down the Rising High,
But fear not good reader,
This book just gets better,
With each chapter off the fleshy batter.
Its a Story most fine,
Woven with the author’s time,
For it be well thought out,
With a world to be seen and sought out,
So join me on this journey,
Of a head and its royal sheen.
The Style be of an older age,
Reminiscent of the Traditional mage,
But fear not its bite,
For the webnovel blight,
Hath devoured the author and made them write,
A story most satisfying to our wordful appetite.
The Grammar has me dead,
For it almost seems like it has been edited,
But I be the living typo,
So trust me not to spot a typo,
Or you shall find yourself misled.
The Characters be my greatest like,
For they are oh so unlifelike,
I can see how the zombies came to be,
With such personalities with which they do reap,
The lives of many without a second’s slip,
And then learn to live as one,
Not as the mindless machines that come,
In hordes together over and over.
So then my good friends,
Click that button and read the chapters,
Find for yourself what lies in this book and its dead characters!
Aaron Sofaer (aka Pastafarian)Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Eyy, see what I did there with the title? Yeah? Yeah. Okay. Anyway, this story is legit fun. Author's got good writing chops, the characters are entertaining and well-differentiated, the stakes seem to be climbing in good order, the System is different enough to be novel while still similar enough to be approachable, and I'm looking forward to finding out what happens next.
Koolaid Packet EditsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Will be editing review in the future, once more chapters have rolled out and grammar has been fixed. Love the story so far though, definitely recommend picking it up if you're reading this looking for your next fic.
Oh, and here's some extra words just to fill in the fifty for my placeholder: repetetive redundancy rapidly reduces readership.
NarriRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
We are at the beginning of Zeds journey to become true King of zombies. And I have loved this story so far. Zed is intresting character and he really seem's to be monster mc (and that is a good thing, most monter mc's act like humans).
System also seems intresting so far and im waiting to see where it goes.
So if you want to try new monter mc without a body try this story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Phaedrus05Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Based on 1st chapter, so far. The Voulos / Rufus characters are rather fun, looking forward to where the story of Zed goes. No typos noticed, although there are a few items I expect will be polished and refined as the story progresses. Nice mix of DnD themes, system architecture, and LitRPG without divepods or similar conventions.
Andrew616Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
So I'd call this a slice of life of the smartest zombie in the world. Zed really doesn't know what's going on, and he wants to be a good boy, he just doesn't know how.
The writing is fun and light, with a sprinkling of fi. RPG action thwon it.
Bluelightning42Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I'm here for the management and while it seems to only just be starting I'm excited to see where it takes us.
The system is constantly tweaked and while the amount of work that goes into it is defenitly appreciated and a bonus I can't say I'm fond of frequent retcons.
Finally the tone grammer and all that jazz is above passing and doesn't distract from the main draw. Eventual zombie kingdom built from the ground up with some potential plot thrown in on the side :3