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<p> An arcane rite erases the protagonist's memory and transports him into the body of a teenaged slum-dweller. Oh, and forces him to obey the whims of a possible fickle god. Or gods: the ten thousand tiny idols, otherwise known as Royal Road commenters. </p> <p> This is an experiment. I will take this in whatever direction one of the most-upvoted comments suggests. I'll try to leave some obvious options in the chapters, but feel free to suggest anything. Maybe instead of fighting the baddies, he sound focus on raising goats for a while and see what happens! The character (recently named Veluk by a reader!) may hear the intent, though not the specific language, of any comment. And if hears, he obeys. </p> <p> My basic idea is that (approved) comments function as a wordless whisper from Veluk's gods. Readers can't make actual changes in the world (yet), just in his <em> response </em> to the world ... with one exception. </p> <p> Every ten-ish chapters, readers can <strong> Bless </strong> Veluk with a power or skill, an intuition or ... or whatever we think of. That's his equivalent of leveling up--and of getting 'clerical magic,' which is the vast majority of the magic in this world. I can make world-appropriate recommendations or, even better, readers can simply suggest whatever and then I'll try to make one work. </p> <p> </p>
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