The Teru Effect

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Description

The god of gambling has decided to play a game with the world. Untilsomeonesurvives his Quest to the end, every day will be subject to a roll of the cosmic Dice, and it's on the mortals to survive however they fall.

The Kingdom of Man has sent the usual heroes, and the usual heroes cannot make it past the first dungeon. With the pressure mounting to solve the bizzare problem, and a single hint from above, they are forced to look for their saviors in the places where Heroesdon'tcome from.

Dungeons. Prisons. The Tower of Punishment.

[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge.]

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Xovinx

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Rating: 3.2/ 5.0
Followers: 17
Views: 9,163

Chapters(27 total)

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AsvilokaRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Teru, the god of gambling, has turned the entire world into his gameboard. Every day, the dice are rolled and a new meta effect is imposed upon the mortals. Whether as benign as turning his attention on a particular individual to observe them closely, to as chaotic as changing the very makeup of reality, it's all up to the whims of Teru's cosmic dice.
His challenge: beat my dungeon, and this will all stop.
The Teru Effect is a DnD-styled world in which the characters have in-universe gods and stats and abilities, while not being intrusively crunchy. I'd call it gamelit-lite. The rolls are generally done behind the curtain, the outcomes played out without the numbers intruding. I'm unsure if there is experience or leveling - there has not been any so far, but it's not extremely far in either.
As a fantasy novel, it follows the misadventures of a terribly mis-matched crew of criminals, outcasts, and hapless unfortunates who have been forced into Teru's quest in a desperate attempt by the higher-ups to save the world from his madness.
The characters are incredibly interesting individuals, to the point where I'd gladly read a whole novel about any one of them. Unfortunately, with them all forced together in a group, their individuality hasn't had much chance to shine as yet. The necessity of skipping between them dilutes each individual somewhat, leading to my only minor complaint.
Sometimes the transition between characters isn't smooth, I tend to lose track of who's who and the style acts like close-third most of the time except when it's omniscient. It's a very minor quibble and probably has more to do with my own inattention than anything.
Grammar is nigh-flawless. I've only found a single misspelling to date, and considering it's a writeathon book that's incredibly clean.
It's a rare story which I can follow on a week to week basis, as I tend to be distractible and prefer binging, but I keep coming back to Teru Effect. The characters and chaos of the world are just