Reincarnated as a Red Dragon

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(Currently on a permanent Hiatus!)

Arthur was a loner in life. He was also a big D&D nerd. He was murdered in a burglary gone wrong.

Arthur awoke to see in front of him, a woman, who explained he was going to be reincarnated into the world of D&D! And as luck would have it, also as an Ancient Red Dragon. Follow the thoughtful MC as he makes his way through the magical world as a dragon, in his own way!

(This is a D&D fiction, Set in a classic D&D world, with the MC being reincarnated into an ancient red dragon from D&D. This is also my very first written story ever, so bear with me. Thanks for reading!)

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Sharky305

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 523
Views: 141,532

Chapters(26 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

Thoroughly disgustedRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I enjoyed this story a lot, and read to the end but I wasn't logged in at the time so I had to go back and log in specifically just to give this a five star rating. Normally I don't comment and or give reviews but I just thought this was too good not to get recognized for.
DeepishRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The main character being a spell-slinging dragon is great and reminds me of Vainquerer with fewer 4th wall breaks. It may be simple but the story has been very entertaining and I'm excited to see where the story is headed. I don't know what more to say than go read the story.
Angry SpiderRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Is this story going to be the next Beware of Chicken? No, probably not.
I feel like I should expand on that.
No story is going to shoot to the top of the charts in the same way Beware of Chicken did. Few stories make it to the top twenty in any amount of time, and yet; I don't actually read most of the stories on the top twenty. Beware of Chicken, Super Minion, Prophecy Approved Companion - these are stories I enjoy. But surprisingly, on the list of the top twenty best rated stories on RoyalRoad, I only check up on maybe six.
I've also written a fair number of stories myself, some of which have been in the top hundred. One even made it to #10 (somehow - I'm still not sure just how.)
So, having said all of that, it's been a while since I simply enjoyed reading a story as much as this one. The premise is simple and well-executed. It knows exactly what it wants to be, and doesn't overstep its boundaries.
Down to the review stuff.
STYLE
This story sticks to what it does and manages to do it well. I often begin to skim over large sections of most stories, growing bored with the excessive amount of detail put into something which is barely relevant and certainly won't be in a few chapters. That didn't happen here. It flows smoothly and consistently. Five stars.
STORY
I really can't say all that much about it thus far. It's not the originality of a concept that makes a story, but rather the effort and care put into the execution that really makes the difference. This story is a prologue and two chapters at the moment; a prologue and two chapters that I have deeply enjoyed. Five stars.
GRAMMAR
While grammatical errors and typos are rare, certain phrases could be better written and a few words begin to repeat themselves. Despite that, everything important is described effectively and succinctly. Four point five stars.
CHARACTER
Arthur is, to me, a frankly hilarious name for a dragon. The name itself is reminiscent of human kings or anthropomorphic cartoon animals; certainly
OdysseusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I like the story. I find it a decently fun read, even if nothing special. The grammar is fairly good, the only thing I noticed was some awkward word choice here and there. The pacing is decent, if jerking in the beginning.
My biggest problem with this story, the thing that made it hard to keep reading in places, is size. The author doesn't describe relative sizes and distances accurately or consistently. A few measurements make no sense, and the MCs size is inconsistent at best, even when he isn't using size changing magic. This does get better as the story progresses, and I have noticed less of this in the recent chapters. Big dragon is big, and should be seen clearly from more than 100 ft away.
A few other gripes. The side characters seem to change emotions too quickly, going from scared for their lives, to calm and collected in the span of a paragraph. I dont really understand why this random small town has so many spellbooks. Maybe magic is very common in this world. My final gripe is that power levels aren't made terribly clear. He appears to struggle in places I dont think he should, though that might be personal preference.
All in all, a decent read. I'd recommend it, even if just because I really enjoy stuff like this. Try to power through the first few chapters, the author has significantly improved even in the relatively few chapters that are out.
RoiDragoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A story of a dragon in a d&d setting, so far (chapter 17) it is good.
I like a lot how we can understand what being a dragon fill like and how it can be hard some time.
I will continue to read.
You should try it.
Thank for your novel, I hope you will write a lot of chapters.
xbox432Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Not bad, but I can't get past the third person perspective. Just not for me. And that is disappointing because I have been daydreaming of finding a story like this with a Dragon MC. The premise is just something you don't come across very often. Good luck to the writer!
Gamerkitt3nzRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
A lovely little reincarnation fantasy with dnd sprinkled in. Enjoyable but simple for now, I'm very excited to see how this fantasy will grow, it has a lot of good potential.
Style score: The style isn't quite unique, but is readable. I agree with RedPine's commentary on it, writing it as it is makes it less than it could be.
Story score: As it is now, the story is quite basic and the cliché reincarnation fantasy. There is some personality and already good characters, it's not quite fleshed out yet. But this isn't a bad thing, something amazing can grow out of the simplest beginning. Even in earlier chapters I see many directions in which this fantasy's story could go. If the author is competent enough (and I think they are) this will become a fantastic story.
Grammar score: Good grammar except for issues her and there, not so much as to make it unreadable, only every few paragraphs, also the author does their due diligence to fix it. (Stop misspelling maybe, lol)
Character score: The characters are not developed yet, they have basic personalities but are relatively bland. Could definitely use some work.
All in all, a great beginning. Has enjoyable little adventures, and has great potential. Good job word-smith.
IdentityRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
This story is pretty good in some aspects.
Grammar: Only some small mistakes.
Style: It is easy to see, that the author hasn't written many stories yet. But still entertaining.
Story: In a D&D world a human gets reincarnated into a red adult dragon. Questing, minion collecting and monster slaying. While this is certainly entertaining there are quite a lot of parallels between this story and Vainqueur the dragon. But while VtD was more focused on kingdom building and more branched out, this story seems to be focusing on our MC a bit more. A thing that also seemed a bit unnatural was how fast everything is going. I don't mean the fights, I mean the people and minions. They are already adapting, which is waaay too fast. Considering how we are ten chapters in and only two days have passed, either there was an unrecorded time-skip, or the author is going too fast, with the population at least(I mean where the citizens are outside their houses even though it is only day 2 of the dragons arrival, and the MC is also acclimating himself too fast with his new identity as a dragon, sure being a dragon with a superbrain surely helped, but still day 2 and acting as if everything is natural).
Characters: Here is sadly where the authors inexperience is clearly seen. The dialogues seem blocky and unnatural, while the characters themselves look quite nice and we also get some insight into their thoughts, the dialogue is a bit of a showstopper here.
All in all a readable and even enjoyable fiction. Though hopefully the author will improve the dialogue with time.
WulfianRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I enjoyed the story, even though I was a little sceptical at first. Pushing past the first few chapters I rapidly found myself enjoying chapter after chapter of humor and action.
The author also manages to push past the bounds of D&D and find a way to add their own personal touch to the story. This more than make up for some slightly inconsistent tenses. A little editing and I'm sure it'll flow a little smoother.
I am interested to see where this might lead to and look forward to coming chapters.
NocainRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
An interesting story, but i had to stop at chapter 6 because i got annoyed by the writing style.
i had the feeling that nearly every sentence started with the name of the person that was doing something and then just a description of it. So in chapter 5 around 20 sentences started with "Arthur" and then what he did, thought or felt. It was much better during dialogues.
Maybe i'm a bit harsh, but it annoyed me. Good luck with the story and i hope you will improve, because i did like the story so far.