Vainqueur the Dragon
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/26534/vainqueur-the-dragon
Absurdist fiction at its finest that has me laughing nonstop (emphasis on absurd). If you can tolerate the occasional typos and lack of editing that accompanies webnovels, you will enjoy this topnotch humor. A hilarious satire of litrpg, RPG games, and traditional fantasy tropes. A dragon who decides to become an adventurer because he sees quest rewards from the adventurer's guild as a more efficient way to build his treasure hoard, and he forceably conscripts a hapless thief to be his minion and guide in the human world. A reluctant minion who is frantically just trying to survive and limit the damage of the natural disaster that is a Dragon. Despite the odd pairing and comedy, both POV characters experience character growth and change over the course of the story.
I think there is even an audiobook version out.
As for Terry Prachett's Discworld series, have you tried beginning at a different point in the series? The author himself recommended not starting with the first two volumes since he was still figuring things out and they weren't as good. There are multiple starting points in the series corresponding to different groups of characters and story threads.
I would suggest starting with Guards! Guards! to begin the Sam Vimes and The Watch thread, perhaps. It has a six foot tall human who considers himself a dwarf because he was raised by dwarf foster parents. It examines the trope of the long lost royal heir and the value of monarchy vs republicanism/autocracy.
Or Going Postal for the start of the Moist von Lipwig thread. Yeah, the MC is named "Moist." The book has fascinating insight into the nature of modern finance, value invested in confidence, and conmen.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/26534/vainqueur-the-dragon
Absurdist fiction at its finest that has me laughing nonstop (emphasis on absurd). If you can tolerate the occasional typos and lack of editing that accompanies webnovels, you will enjoy this topnotch humor. A hilarious satire of litrpg, RPG games, and traditional fantasy tropes. A dragon who decides to become an adventurer because he sees quest rewards from the adventurer's guild as a more efficient way to build his treasure hoard, and he forceably conscripts a hapless thief to be his minion and guide in the human world. A reluctant minion who is frantically just trying to survive and limit the damage of the natural disaster that is a Dragon. Despite the odd pairing and comedy, both POV characters experience character growth and change over the course of the story.
I think there is even an audiobook version out.
As for Terry Prachett's Discworld series, have you tried beginning at a different point in the series? The author himself recommended not starting with the first two volumes since he was still figuring things out and they weren't as good. There are multiple starting points in the series corresponding to different groups of characters and story threads.
I would suggest starting with Guards! Guards! to begin the Sam Vimes and The Watch thread, perhaps. It has a six foot tall human who considers himself a dwarf because he was raised by dwarf foster parents. It examines the trope of the long lost royal heir and the value of monarchy vs republicanism/autocracy.
Or Going Postal for the start of the Moist von Lipwig thread. Yeah, the MC is named "Moist." The book has fascinating insight into the nature of modern finance, value invested in confidence, and conmen.