Mass Produced Magic [LitRPG, Action, Crafter, Tech Builder]

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2024

Author

Samantha Nelson

• Chapter 9 – Where’s the tutorial? – Pt7
  Nov 17, 2024
• Chapter 8 – Where’s the tutorial? – Pt6
  Nov 17, 2024
• Chapter 7 – Where’s the tutorial? – Pt5
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 6 – Where’s the tutorial? – Pt4
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 5 – Where’s the tutorial? – Pt3
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 4 – Where’s the tutorial? - Pt2
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 3 – Where’s the tutorial?
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 2 – Purgatory
  Nov 16, 2024
• Chapter 1 - First Encounter
  Nov 16, 2024

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• A.TanabeRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is a review after reading Chapter 46 of this story, and it is great if you are a slow reader, capable of reorienting yourself after slipping into another dimension, and enjoy guts and blood… if you’re the opposite, then please select not interested. You might faint after getting nausea.
  This story took me about 3 weeks to catch up with the current posting because it is fast paced, with a lot of information since I have a tendency to read quickly and miss nuances. There are some intentionally trippy moments when the story is told from Kindra’s POV, such as when she is in a dream to eventually find out that she was unconscious/asleep from another character’s intervention. I’m assuming this since Kindra’s memories are intentionally sectioned off by lines.
  The action scenes and the descriptions of the guts, muscles, tendons, and smells are well done since it is Samantha Nelson has a talent in poetry. I’m a little grossed out by reading them because it feels so real from the character’s POV. I come back to read this story because the plot and subplots are compelling as they are masterfully woven together. At first, I didn’t notice these details and mysteries as they are subtle, as subtle as the His Dark Materials series but with more blood and a LitRPG addition.
  The characters and their backgrounds are believable, and buffed up through what is shown to the readers within the story.
  This story passes the Bechdel test, is great for the YA to adult fantasy/sci-fi audience, and the author seems to update edits from a reliable crowd of loyal readers who help out.
  Personally, I wish this book was there in my book store or library when I was teen because I have a feeling that it will continue to grow into a powerful and emotional series. This could be super popular, like this could have been as popular as the Hunger Games back when I was in school.
• MizarCaphRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I think the main draw of this story is definitely the system. Personally, I find it quite enjoyable, especially when the MC is usually given a options on how they want to use the system to their advantage (allocating skill points for example).
  Mana is the key feature of the system, as it is used to power almost everything the MC does. Without going into too much spoilers, she gets a transmutation skill which heavily plays on the amount of mana the MC has at any given time. But, the system does also gives the MC other miscellaneous abilities from time to time too to keep things from becoming stale.
  There's a lot of set up and wordbuilding too once you get through more and more chapters. But if I had to mention a small gripe, I think that the side characters could be more well-defined or be given more 'screen time". But I understand it's not always easy to do in early chapters.
  The MC herself is also a bit plain at the moment, but I can definitely see her growing more in the future.
  In terms of grammar, I didn't spot anything too noticeable or that would take me out of the story. Solid writing quality overall.
• TrishRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Had to take a minute to drop a review. The Royal Road bard does it again. This is another brilliant adventure shrouded in mystery, crammed full of bizarre and unique world building, layers of intrigue, magic, powers that be, and powers that almost certainly will become. I'm looking forward to discovering what else Sam has in store for this book. Now back to reading!! Kudos, Sam!
• salty369Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This was a great story to benge on because it is very well written. I encourage the author to continue when she can. No complaints. MC's  growing discernment to develop magical skill when it is foreign to her against many challenges was realistic and not OP 👌👍.  The Fairy familiar kept the story from growing too grim dark💜
• GatesOfDawnRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  The space combat scene was really well done. I really enjoyed it, with just the right balance of confusion, resolution, and pacing, leaving me happily looked forward to the next chapters.
  This may be a personal quirk, because non-stop combat is definitely not my thing.  I found subsequent chapters somewhat confusing and nowhere near as satisfying as that great opening sequence.
  I could see flashes of real promise through the subsequent chapters. Here and there, I could feel the magic that is waiting to be born. The broad brush strokes are intriguing, and I can see a pattern of growth as the author continues to fill in the details.
  Here's hoping that this budding author perseveres. They say that every author has 100,000 average words within, so I'm looking forward to what comes next as the story develops.
  Thanks for putting in all this work, and for sharing with us on RoyalRoad!
• SherpADerpRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  A slow start that's heavy on exploring the setting, which isn't everyone's cup of tea but I always appreciate the practice of "Show, don't tell" which is well followed here. The beginning definitely lacks somewhat from the absence of other sapient characters to interact with but is action heavy and gives a grounding in the feel of how the mechanics of leveling and power works.
  An interesting twist on XP/mana being a resource used more genetically for powering everything from temporary buffs to permanent levelling which creates IMO a nicely internally consistent conceptualization of "Magic" instead of the more common "Random bullshit go, it works this way because it just does."
  This internal consistency really helps with maintaining immersion in the setting as it's the norm in Samantha's writing for this novel.
  The story itself like I said earlier is somewhat of a slow burn. It squarely falls in the YA fantasy style category but so far it's well done and feels appropriate for the themes and characters. Presumably it's going to start popping off soon as the characters, factions, goals and challenges feel more or less fully established at the point this review was written.
  Grammar Englishes good in novel writing. I didn't spot any memorable mess ups and I'm honestly rather picky about that. Characters mostly talk like real people.
  Characters are, well, about what you would expect from YA novels. Shonen style protagonist, peppy sidekick, some older/wiser mentor figures. There's not a lot of heavy trauma or philosophical exploration but situational emotional intensity is appropriate and honestly not every novel needs the MC to agonize about trolley problems or orc baby murder constantly.
  Overall a fun fairly well put together read with an interesting and relatively unique setting that honestly I would be pretty happy to find in the school library as a 15yo and I'm pretty satisfied to have found it here on RR. I'm old, I dunno where kids find their novels today but in my
• deus vultRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Honestly, the beginning of the book and the rest are really different. It's not as well written, and Ithink it's actually continued by an ai. I'm jealous so many people know to make ais that do stuff like this, but regardless it's still isn't to my taste. The writing turns to be repetitive, lacking in detail, and the plot and environment are disorienting. All that from a really nice premise and a well written and promising story.
• SublimestoneRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  This story follows a girl who is stranded in a fantasy world with a system after her warp drive is destroyed. The gimmick it seems to be going for is a magic/technology crafting type story. While it's OK, there are several problems that drag it down for me.
  STYLE:
  The first problem is in the writing style. The writing doesn't make where the characters are located or what their surroundings are like very clear. Sometimes it seems that the MC is a long ways away from a monster, only for the next sentence to reveal that she's right next to it, or vice versa. Similarly, sometimes it seems like she's inside a fortress of a structure, and sometimes it seems that she's in a flimsy hut, without any apparent mention of moving locations. Perhaps I missed the part where she moved, but it happened so consistently that I think it's a problem in the writing.
  STORY:
  While not as bad as the style, the story also has problems. The MC has an artificer class - great! I love crafting stories. However, the very first skill she gets is [Transmutation], which allows her to just tell her mana to make anything as long as she has the materials for it. The whole point of a crafting story is seeing how the characters figure out how to build stuff - if she can just say: "here's some steel, make me a gun", that takes the fun out of the story.
  To be fair, it seems that the mana costs are greatly decreased by partially doing things manually, and she still needs to do chemical processes herself, but it still seems like a missed opportunity.
  GRAMMAR:
  The grammar & spelling are both fine. There may be a mistake here or there, but there aren't many, and they weren't noticeable.
  CHARACTERS:
  So far, there are only two characters in this story. The MC is rather generic so far, but serviceable. I'm sure she'll develop as the story continues.
• dzweigRoyal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  This book has promise, but it hasn't found its stride yet.  (I've been waiting to see if it would, but it's going on hiatus, so I can only review its current state.)  It feels as if the author is telling several stories at once - the magic-tech-advancement story, the undead-menace story, the dwarven-resistance story, whatever's going on with Death - and each story has a different feel.  They don't mesh well.  The promise is real.
• CursdlyfeRoyal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  The story is all over the place. Most of the time I don't know which perspective we're following, and for the remainder of the time I don't know what's going on in the scene. It's very disorienting. I like the premise, but the execution needs work.
  Keep up the good work.