Oh yay!!! I love these books so much, and they are so hard to sell people on, which is a shame, because they are fantastic at teamwork and friendship and plans that go sideways and total gonzo commitment to the premise. I am reading and listening and backing in Patreon, and yeah, Dinniman has really risen heroically to the challenge of some of the vote outcomes (like the Iron Tangle!).

I intermittently trawl through other LitRPG titles but honestly I bail after the first chapter in >95% because of either a) terrible writing b) bucketloads of male gaze c) boring, so while I live in hope I think you’ve probably made the right decision.

In addition to the other themes you’ve mentioned, the thing I find really interesting that Dinniman is doing is considering the ethics of NPC characters, and I’m really enjoying what he’s doing with this.