Recommendations LitRPG where stats matter.

So it seems like pretty much every novel that uses a status system, you know the whole RPG level system, with skills and stats, just uses it as a tool to skip over plot. The protagonist will usually end up with some absurdly high status, like 9999 in every stat.

• The thing is though stats are supposed to represent attributes, if the average human intelligence is between 60 and 80, wouldn't 9999 make you a god. With intelligence like that you should be able to literally calculate every possible eventuality, seeing into the future and the multiverse beyond.

• What about 9999 perception, with senses that sharp you should be able to hear the heartbeat of a mouse on the other side of the world. If you stare out to sea you should be able to see the curvature of the planet, if you look up you should be able to see the god or goddess who summoned you.

• A 9999 strength is even more absurd, one step should crack the continent in to pieces, one swing of your sword cleave the planet in half. A single mighty breath should remove all the breathable air from the atmosphere when you inhale, and create a storms worldwide when you exhale.

Okay I could go on forever, and while it is kind of fun to think up what ridiculous things an overpowered protagonist could do that is not the point of this thread. What I was wondering is are there any LitRPG novels where the effects of stats actually matters, and the protagonist has to work hard to raise them. Like if the protagonist raises his agility by +3 he can actually feel the difference. Also bonus points if the protagonist is a specialist with strengths and weaknesses, instead of that master of everything bullshit.

 

Basically agod walking among us

 

King of the Battlefield
Stats matter. A lot. Skills too. And it's quite good too.

 

The ones where they matter are mostly the DnD-style ones where they only gain like 1 stat every 2 levels.

 

Yeah DnD is actually the inspirational source behind this thread. It is what made me want to read a novel with an actual well balanced stat system.

 

If it's about a game instead of a real world with game elements, 9999 intelligence will only boost your magic stats, strength physical stats, and perception... will help you find thieves and hidden areas. It's like having GM sword that gives you 999999 to everything you have and invincibility.

 

I found Zhan Long's stats to make sense. Yes, the MC grows stronger than everyone else, but each stat boost has a matching change to damage done, hp etc. it feels like the author actually crafted the math for that. I really enjoyed it, but it WAS my first LN so I often wonder if my opinion was purely because of rose colored glasses.

 

Epoch of Twilight stats matter but not sure its what youre searching for

and also after chapter 400 something the story becomes really weird

 

My first LN was Re:Monster, that did not use a stat system as much, though it is mentioned in passing. One good thing I remember about it though is that stat distribution mattered. Like the protagonist who was more balanced stat wise would lose in a strength competition against his friend who heavily favored raw strength and endurance. Of course Re:Monster had a skill assimilation cheat so the protagonist became overpowered in a different way, ah well you win some you lose some.

 

The power of a stat really depends on stat mechanics. If the strength stat was directly proportional to actual strength, then if an average person had 60-80 in strength, the strength of a person with 9999 strength would only be enough to lift a large car with relative ease. If it was logarithmic, then someone with 9999 strength would only be slightly more than 3 times stronger, while if it was exponential, they would be strong enough to destroy galaxies.

 

More like every 4 levels, also stat enhancements go upto +5 and don't stack with each other, so that you can't wear 2 items that boost strength.

 

Soft cap and hard cap makes each stat point less valuable when you have a lot. Even if they were equal then with just over a hundred times the average 60-80 strength wouldn't be enough to destroy large landmasses as you can't hurt even a thousandth of one now.

 

The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich maybe..
Remember adam with 9 int and roland with 28 int..
Roland and his scheme
:'3

 

Emerilia on rrl, now its prob on amazon or the guys own site iirc.
It was neat because aquisition of stats wasn't just dump points and instantly get used to true power.
The stats and everything was eventually explained in depth too and that was interesting.

 

I feel someone with earth shattering stats can control their power and aren't always at 100%. If not someone with a high reaction speed would be living life at a snails pace. Anyone who read Bleach should recall that one fight where we see what's it like if you can't control it.

 

Abyss Domination

 

Yea, I get where you are coming from. RRL has Ghosthound with a crazy complicated stat system that other authors on the site are starting to emulate. Now if stats were more logical like a point of strength would add another pound that you could pickup easily or a point of agility a fraction faster to reflexes.

 

Seems more like you want a story with low stat numbers where each point has significant value rather than stats not meaning anything in most stories. Obviously some stories go overboard with it but one of the major points to a game system is slowly stacking up stats.