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>>92628494Please rank which art style is best for a waifu monster girl picker. Also list any rare monster girl types you'd like to see more of
>>92628494Yep, they don't make 'em like they used to.
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>>92628526Top Left and Bottom middle for me. Bunyips and Raijus please.
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>>92628526Top left, bottom right
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>>92628544Thank you for your input
>>92628494This cyoa would be better if it had 1/5 of the companions with 5x the description length for companions.
>>92628680controversial and brave opinion but ultimately correct. /cyoag/ will seethe over it but its true!
>>92628680This was one of the very first 'companion heavy' CYOAs, back in those days descriptions tended to be short for everything, the only exceptions being a few Island CYOAs that were up their ass about how scary the monster was, or pick-one one-page waifu CYOAs that might give you two or three short paragraphs.
>>92628680What more would you want to know about them? There's already a brief but informative blurb about each, as well as a quote showing off their personality. Are they the kind of people (you) would hang out with?
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>>92628702I really feel like it’s the one that changed the game. You can point to a lot of authors like Bliss, Divergent, SDA, Imaginos, but this is the one that sticks out pre-Stardust
>>92628874I remember when Stardust came out and people liked to contrast them and how they handled everything.
>>92628874>>92628888Did the author write anything else?(Also, do you remember why the cyborg/bioborg full body conversion got dropped from the final version?)
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>>92628899>cyborg/bioborg full body conversionWhat's that?
>>92628905In the older versions of Space Opera Refugee, there were options to ditch (your) real body and get either a robotic/cyborg one, or a custom bio-augmented one.(I have the older version with those options . . .but not on hand.)
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>>92628899Honestly, I feel like authors weren’t really a thing back then. It came not long after, though
>>92628526Top Left > Middle Right > Top Right > Bottom Middle > Bottom Right > Bottom LeftAtlach-Nacha, Wendigo, Doppleganger, Living Armor, Cursed Sword, and Liliraune. In case you don't notice, I do love them "Mate till you fuse together" kind of scenario, sounds fucking hot.
>>92628968Oh well. Visually, Space Opera Refugee reminds me a bit of Exposition Prison and Fulcrum . . .although the writing has a totally different feel to those two.
>>92629017I have vivid memories of Fulcrum coming out. People tore that poor motherfucker apart
>>92629020Looking for the best build possible? Or just giving the author a hard time?
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>>92629032Same kinda shit you see now. Good criticism levied in an autistic manner in addition to actual mental illness masquerading as objectivity. Back then it felt unique. When SDA got miles of shit, it felt like it was due to his own obnoxious attitude. But Fulcrum was the first time I really remember an author getting torn up up everything and anything, but it’s commonplace these days if not worse
>>92629047It's somehow oddly reassuring to know we've always been this toxic, and yet have managed to keep going.
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>>92629086Here’s the thing, the anonymous criticism here can be good. There’s a reason this harsh environment has bred the best OC, while other platforms continue to wallow in mediocre shit. It’s because people can be honest and brutal about a work of art that comes free of cost, except for the person who poured their time and creativity into it. But this thread has been here a very long time. Perhaps too long. And it’s often stagnant. Mental illness abounds in this environment and it takes a rare type to weather it while continuing to create. Look at the Entropist dude. First work of OC is damn good, but you can see his own derangement peaking through the cracks. He makes a few mistakes he shouldn’t have and boom, the thread takes something good and shits it into the ground. Whose fault is that? The author? The anons? It’s everyone. But it’s the only place that makes anything worth a damn, so I guess we just keep moving forward.
>>92584855reddit build, go back
>>92629129Are you just going down the list or something?
>>92629117I can understand that. I was here for the 2020 skubwar over Planeswalker Rising, and I've heard that even Beri got savaged at one point, back in the day. Reminds me a bit of my days as a librarian, actually. Ninety nine percent of the people were fine - even the ones that you'd expect to be troublemakers. But there was that tiny minority that seemed to revel in being as toxic as possible. . .Oh well. It is what is. We just have to keep moving forward.
>>92629163>even Beri got savaged at one point, back in the dayBro he got savaged like a month ago when his second most recent OC came out.
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>>92629171He did?!?!(I was insanely busy at the time, so I suppose it's not surprising that I missed that. Shame, though.)
>>92629184Yes, anons interpreted something as NTR (but I forget what) so you know that CYOA became dumpstered fast.
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>>92629171>>92629184>>92629191That was just shitposting.
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>>92629191The Fairy Queen one? Or the New Avatar one?
>>92629205New Avatar. Fairy Queen went through fine, outside of the usual idiot who thinks he's being made into a girl because he can't read.
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>>92629163I don’t think 99% of the people here are fine, truth be told. I think almost everyone here needs a swift punch to the face, even if the reality check will fall upon deaf ears. This pressure cooker creates better art, though. There isn’t a single fucking author of note that’s come through here that isn’t demonstrating obvious instability. Perhaps they can mask it and can operate fine in society, but here, among peers? We see you. Broken, fucking retarded, but beautifully creative. Sifting through mounds of shit to find the few specks of gold that keep your art coming and make it better. The worst of us and the best of us.
>>92629211Kinda feels like you're just admitting you're a freak tbqh.
>>92629218Hell yeah baby
>>92629211To be honest, I'm not sure ANYONE is fine. The older I get, the more I can see behind the masks, and the more it seems like everyone is either broken (but trying to keep going) or totally ruined (but deemed "healthy" for having been forced into a socially acceptable role).Most (in both categories) can function in baseline society. But there's a small percentage . . .it's like a cockroach somehow got a human body. Sigh.
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>>92628494Ngl, pretty tempted to take Gruntilda and Moma.
https://imgchest.com/p/ej7mn6lmayd
>>92629369Magi Case builds by Main Clan:>Ager:>>92622872>>92504718>>92564365>Aozdou:>>92484166>>92576894>>92588578>Atman:>>92598130>Bathory:>>92477538>>92480573>>92489335>>92484827>>92494709>Devil:>>92488488>>92493067>>92502955>Drac:>>92490648>>92601166>>92610034>Edo:>>92571024>>92496538>>92620072>Evoco:>>92557618>>92564364>>92598017>>92620647>Faber:>>92491930>>92623181>Ford:>>92614825>>92480194>>92550449>>92482959>Galileo:>>92584855>>92623296>>92549585>Howtizer:>>92559524>>92603200>Karrylicht:>>92483335>Lionheart:>Malivent:>>92611748>Meirin:>>92503933>>92551205>>92584427>Nightingale:>>92493915>Ostane:>>92596595>>92571580>>92609030>Ulster:>>92597613>Yaga:>>92604950>>92615062>>92617314>>92611810>Yggdrasil:>>92477794
>>92629361Gruntilda is the spider queen, but which one is Moma? (I seem to keep missing her as I read through)
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>>92629382Maternity robot on the last companion page right most column half way down.
>>92629372Excluding Malivent, which Clan has the best musical taste?
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>>92629625What are you trying to do with Axiocracy? Appointing people by the power they have in a power system seems like a tautology, might as well call it a kratocracy at that point.
>>92628526>>92628348What AI generator are you using? Slop bro?
>>92629638It's a generic umbrella for things like magocracies, transhumanist anarcho-tyrannies where the biggest computer calls the shots, and technically democracies.
>>92628526>bunyip>centipede>gazerHOLY SHIT ANON I HAD BETTER BE ABLE TO PICK MULTIPLE
>>92629654So it's related to Meritocracy in this picture? >>92629625 THen I think Meritocracy suits it just fine.
>>92629369updated version of picrel, also, what characters would you like to see in redux if you could choose whats added
>>92629117I'm still sad about entropist. I hope he comes back one day but I doubt it. We've lost so many authors these last few years I know it's just a cope.
>>92629716fucked up on the image here's me not being retarded
>>92629730i'm sad about the way the cyoa went and that we wont get content for it, not that the author is gone. Good riddance honestly
>>92629730You didn't deserve them.
>>92629770Entropist didn't deserve us.
>>92629792He was a faggot fun policing builds. Fuck him.
>>92629369Are Illusionists completely helpless against vampires, enigmas, liches, etc?
>>92629372tfw Big Iron pilled (still a jobber)
>>92629800>t.mpfag
>>92629885fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck i need to make my image build AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>92629885>Lionhearts finally gets a build>Hagia still remains single
>>92628494>>92628494huh, seem to have lost my build for it. No matter, just an excuse to go through it again.Training:- Engineering Degree- Drivers LicenseStarship:- Broad Frigate (-3,500) - Railgun (Free) - Laser x2 (Free) - Shields (-550) - Repair (-500)Mechs:- Armadillo (Free) - Railgun (Free) - Laser (Free)Armour/Attire:- Environmental Suit (Free)- Standard Issue Jumpsuit (Free)- Modern Local Attire (-250)Weapons:- Plasma Pistol (-200)Misc:- A.I. (-500)- Galactic Chart (-500)- Scanning Wand (-300)- Escape Pods x4 (-1,000)- Holocomm (-250)- Work and Play (-1,500- Crew Hire, Miners and Laborer's (-4,000)Companions: ThistleYafftess the GoldDebzy DisfulBleecia RainfortReiner HochEth'nquel AshuushCitizenship: Phrustoh-felCitizen Perks:- Family- Conscripts- Junky- Greaser>We'll aid the Fellians by mining precious gems and ores on their homeworld to sell abroad.>Thistle and Yafftess will get us the most out of this enterprise. >Bleecia is my connection to the Fellians.>Bleecia and Reiner will make every Christmas merry.>Thinking about dumping Eth'nquel as she's just kind of there and doesn't bring anything unique to the table like the others but I also kind of want to be present to the religious debates/catfights between her and Yafftess>May or may not homosex the Thistle in the cockpit of my mech>May drop the hired crew in exchange for other bits and pieces, 4,000 is a lot of creds
>>92629990Ok now post your Magi build
>>92630025flesh?
>>92628867I'm with you in that you get a pretty good feel for each companion. In saying that though it wouldn't hurt if they had a bit more.>>92628874>the one that changed the gameIt's be interesting to get a 'documentary' of this threads history. When the big cyoa's came out and how they may have influenced following cyoa's.Speaking of, when did thread recap anon disappear? I've only just noticed his absence.>>92630025I'm the one Howtizer anon.>>92629017One of my favorites. Easily tied for best with 'Eldritch Bloodline' for Lovecraftian inspired cyoa's.Allegiance>Sympathiser and Friend to the Rotten BannerPossessions and Trinkets>Set of Men's Attire>A Youth's Scarf>The trappings of a Student (Scholar)>Dark God's Sigil>Copy of 'Dans l'obscurité>Seemingly Broken Compass>Vial of Pale LiquidFriends and Aquaintences>Thay Webber>Phillip>Princess JunebugEndeavors & Undertakings>Sensation's SelfA young orphan from boston with a desire to explore all the Lands of Dreams and the passages to and fro>tfw Highlander will never DM a lovecraftian slice of life and adventure sandbox campaingIt hurts bros. I love that little hijab so god damn much.
Post Dragonfall the best cyoa of the 2020s.
>>92629438What types of music would each listen to?Ford>IndustrialBathory>Grand Orchestral
>>92630068>ford/bathory kids just listen to mechanicus music all dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzq05IzYds
>>92630068>AgerTechno>DevilMetal or Lo-Fi depending on alignment>LionheartClassical>EvocoVocaloid>GalileoASMR exclusively
>>92628526i like all the right column but especially middle right.bat girl(not vampire), wendigo, chimera with various trait of very different species.
>>92630169forgot pic
>>92629117>other platforms continue to wallow in mediocre shitother platforms like what? reddit?
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Why did Magi Case get so many image builds?
>>92630056ENTERhttps://imgchest.com/p/qb4z9axzd7j
>>92628526Bottom left is maybe best.Showing face (or whatever is in the place of face) is important, so the only one that's problematic is center right imo.
>NameTai Liwei Meirin>GenderMale>AgeMature Adult (38)>BackgroundContractor in Service to Alpha Magus Ordo>Investigation UnitThe Magical Anomalies and Monster Activities Unit>Investigator RankFirst Class Investigator>Family PositionLower Family>ClanMeirin>Personal SkillsBloody FighterCombat VeteranMana BurstMana GathererMana ReservistsMartial Artists (Kung-Fu)Magic Resistance>Personal EquipmentCellphoneThe Formation and Study of Alchemistical Anti-facts, Formulas, and MaterialsRevival Heart (2) Home Economics BookPortable Containment BoxHoney Trap>Spell Casting MethodProjection>CompanionsShangdi (My grandma, the one person to hold onto.)Tien (From her I learned my flawless kung-fu skills, and through them, she'll fall.)Elspeth Roloi Ager (She appears to be interested in my immunity to future vision. I don't care, beyond her ability to grant me the worthiest fights known to man, through all of Timestream.)Jaune Fidel Kerrylicht (She carries my entire career as a detective. Quite nice, I'll spare her from my quest.)Stacy Fantasia Malivent (Old coworker. I am too much of an incel to touch her.)>CasesThe Life and Works of a Mad AlchemistThe Wintersfield MurdersThe Ending Days of a Magi Investigator>ApprealSAT>CovenantTheir petty politics do not concern me.My life in exile as some petty Sherlock Holmes wannabe is coming at the end, and a chance to seize my destiny as the Honored One returns. I must lead my clan as the true warrior against Reason and its treacherous creations, proving the matchless power of my skills honed through cracked bones and shattered spirit. It doesn't matter if I'll have to go through the hands of some maniac who wants to bend all of creation through time, or my flesh and blood and her foolish VHS tapes. All will fall. All will know the strength of the Dragon Warrior.>inb4 Ford or some other OP AuctorI punch them so hard, they explode. Their faggy little tricks won't work on my mastery.
>>92630261the same reason its exceeded dragonfalls total numbers after two weeks and will still be going strong for who knows how longits good
>>92630068>EdoCircle of Life or Attenborough Documentaries>AtmanSoul, and their lives are narrated by Morgan Freeman. Alternatively, Bolywood.>DracEarth, Wind, & Fire.>HowtizerPsychedelic rock.>>92630157>>Galileo>ASMR exclusivelyHeh, *10 Hours of Soft EyObs Breathing.*
>>92630295based npc build
Ford stomps
>>92630421Ford gets stomped*fixed it for you
>>92630261If you're already going to put the effort to make a story for you character that fit with the rest of the cyoa, you might as well get a bunch of pics to go with it. It does help that the character creation part of the cyoa is anemic and all the cool stuff you could and want to do in that world aren't options, so you need to make it yourself.
>>92629885nice gunslinger girl
>>92630261Why are you surprised, Italics spent years and years shilling his cyoa, dedicating more time on it than actually working on Magi, if the amount of typos didn't make that very clear. Marketing is king even on the cyoa world, it allows for consumers to become fans even before a product is released and they're more willing to gloss its faults. With Redux and Italics penchant for attention whoring expect 10 more years of Magi, this is just the beginning.
>>92630917It really does feel like it got scrapped a couple of times and in the end, he probably did the whole thing the last year in a month. Using the remains of his death ideas that he scrapped.
>>92629885>LionheartI like that clan and it's cool that they finally get a buil->Gunslut girlI hope she puts her gun up her pussy and blow up her womb so that she cannot reproduce and spread the taint of gunfaggotry
>>92631088ok tok. Now go finish rogue mage
>>92631088Ford won btw
>>92631088Idk I thought the dubs where funny. If it's any consolation Magi Case has a lot of bad ending scenarios
>>92630261Someone reviewing/ranking builds and seeing others do it has inspired them.
>>92630917>Except 10 more years of MagiI've been following along since release and noticed a decline in discussion over time. The first half of this thread has nothing to do with Magi Case and even right now it's slowed down. It's been fun and it will get mentioned for years to come but once a couple more builds get released I have a feeling it will be over by mid-May.Italics will have other OC out by then and the attention will be on those for a few threads before everyone moves on. Shitposters might keep it going because their complaints about Magi Case ends up bringing discussion back again.
>>92631116won what
>>92631315the ugly competition
Reposting Ranking Anon's Hall of Fame>>92618732>>92618739Since all the initial 40 builds are fully reviewed, here's a hall of fame:>Point of Origin (Perfect SSSS score)>>92571024 Kiralia Ouroboros Edo-Galileo “Jabberwock/Shoggoth” (Hybridization/Cosmic)Power Level: B ->A/S over time and without her collar restraintsEffectiveness as an Investigator: C/A->S for monsters and particularly EnigmasFlavor: S>>92584427 Feng Loba Meirin (Qi/Summoning?)Power Level: B->A/SEffectiveness as an Investigator: C/B for Qi Cases->A/S over time and for Qi CasesFlavor: A->S for image build.>>92597613 Edda Myth Ulster (Runes/Sealing)Power Level: A/S for p2w strategyEffectiveness as an Investigator: A/S after getting rich to p2wFlavor: B->S for the theme>Aryans (Overall S score)>>92489335Simon Harker Bathory (Blood)Power Level: AEffectiveness as an Investigator: C/A for MonstersFlavor: S>Auctors (S Power Level)>>92504718 Edward Horatio Ager (Time/Space)Power Level: C -> A/S>>92598130 Versus Ego Atman (Soul/Alchemy)Power Level: C ->A/S? for homunculi army>>92488488Mathew Belas Devil (Necromancy/Blood)Power Level: C ->A/S over time depending on if they can create a new Magic Clan>>92564364 Belas Vipera Evoco (Summoning/Mana)Power Level: C->A/S? over time>>92598017 Takehaya Ouroboros Evoco (Summoning/Soul)Power Level: A/S>>92491930 Kimotelam Solefas Faber (Mana)Power Level: D->S unlikely but would be a straight shift from D>>92584855 Ophiuchus Messier Galileo (Cosmic/Space)Power Level: D->A/S? over time(1/2)
>>92631338>Legendary Investigators (S Effectiveness as an Investigator)Roger Telldance Ager (Time)Effectiveness as an Investigator: A ->S if not lazy>>92493067 Friedegard Stolas Devil (Necromancy/Music)Effectiveness as an Investigator: S>>92496538 Barbarossa Alberich Edo (Hybridization/Illusion)Effectiveness as an Investigator: S>>92564364 Belas Vipera Evoco (Summoning/Mana)Effectiveness as an Investigator: C/B for monsters->B/S for monsters over time>>92498548 Tristan Holway Faber (Mana/Universal)Effectiveness as an Investigator: C->S over time>>92482959Maki ___ Ford (Materialization/Alchemy)Effectiveness as an Investigator: C->S>>92503933 Professor Roshi Meirin (Qi)Effectiveness as an Investigator: F->S if the Monster is hot>>92571580 Ereshkigal Paracelsus Ostane (Alchemy/Qi)Effectiveness as an Investigator: S for anomalies/A>Honorary Aryans (S Flavor & Misc)>>92601166 Dio Ozma Drac (Elemancy/Mana)Miscfor reviewing all the builds(2/2)
>>92631338I got excited cause I though he was doing the new builds. I feel immense disappointment.
>>92631354Let him rest
>>92631367I blame you for deceiving me.
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>>92631338I hate tier listggers
>>92628494Using AI art for my image build but it's so hard to get a consistent anime style :(
>>92631338>>92631346>both my old build and current build are in itlater losers, big leagues here I come
you mean DEFEAT /tg/ right? someone load OUR cyoag
>Perfect SSSS scorehuh
The problem that hits Magi Case builds hard is the way point pools are designed, and the inherent value of skills over items. You're almost encouraged to pick First Investigator and Upper Family if you want to minmax a hypothetical gigachad character, and trying to balance it otherwise leaves you with underwhelming trinkets. Skills that boost your combat abilities, mana skills and detective ability, versus. . a couple books, barely any firearms or good melee weapons (why not add some unique magical tools that makes investing into item based character a better pay-off)?I hope Magi Redux allows for a more open-ended point distribution, like determining how much you get through your career before and after becoming an Investigator. It'll certainly help the diversity that already suffers from Spatial/Chronomancy mages raping any other option.
>>92631711I picked Upper Family because I want to be a noble and I picked First Investigator because I wanted to be a decent rank for my age, but I didn't want to be tied down as much as the Chief Investigator is (I wanted to appear in the field more often.)
>>92631711Also I said this before, but I think the item section should be a Relic section, considering the fact that some clans like Faber just use them as equipment.
>>92631711>the diversity that already suffers from Spatial/Chronomancy mages raping any other option.From all the S rank builds so far there's only 1 Spatial/Chronomancy mage, they're nowhere near as strong or meta defining as you think.
>>92631711We already know this, it's been said a million times since the CYOA was released.In Redux he already said he wanted to scrap the items completely and re-do them, and add additional sections that splits up skills that are based on what you were born with and what you studied. He dropped DLC because it would make sense just to add it all in the Redux.
>>92631846There's only like 1 at all
All those Ford builds and only one made it to Hall of fame.
DESU I don't know how you could determine strength. S is auctor level but the auctors aren't equal and if you could assume anyone is going to reach the peaks of their magic(sl given enough time.
>>92631797Based.>>92631846Materialization/Mana honestly looks like a hotter pick, but something just tells me that not enough time has passed to see more spacetime rapist builds. >>92631880Sweet stuff, hope he fixes the many typos along the way.
>>92631846I maintain that my summoning/mana is the strongest if nothing else because its near infinite diversity and by relying on my summons I have no risk of myself being the fuckup I know I would be
>>92631949Some builds are written not very ambitiously or have special conditions like "Don't know their clans magic" that makes it pretty obvvious the writer doesn't intend they reach auctor level.
Anything paired with Mana is bound to amplify your specialization.
>>92632006I think Ostane is underrated in the minion autism field, because they can also make monsters who can theoretically do anything, but have the advantage of not needing to fuel them with their own mana. The big downside being they can't summon said monster from anywhere and need to physically bring it with them, but if any clan ended up inventing pokeballs to make that easier it'd be Ostane.
The real meta is elder adults. Young and mature adults have to grind to get to S rank while elder adults are already Auctors in 2024.
>>92632061Take your crazy pills, grandpa.
>>92628494Good times with this CYOA. Easily abusable with getting expensive stuff for free with Danny James
>>92632050>Inventing pokeballsThat's kind of what I tried to do but mostly used for spell catching.
>>92629649Midjourney
>>92632091I've always been disappointed we don't get more fun space opera style CYOAs.
>>92632101I mean storing mana should be possible, the issue is not overloading the machinery.
>>92628526those are all anime
>>92632075It's true though. The two builds that actually began as auctors are both older adults. Everyone else start as C or B class shitters that'd get massacred by them.
>>92632101in a way you could probably do something with mana magic as well, if you could "crystalize" a spell. Afaik all magic including monsters is just mana + intent meaning if you can get the intent to stick with it I see no reason why you couldnt stasis it. At higher levels with that theory in mind mana magic could theoretically be used to 'steal' spells
>>92632136>anon spawns in at the end of his career, missing all of his training and life experiences>still only has like two more skills than someone starting as young and who will actually experience their career and relationshipsI will never understand why you would willingly start as anything but young adult
>>92632163Auctor pussy.
>>92632136Expect that becoming an Auctor requires inventing your own Magic, while Archmagus is the title reserved for the biggest dicked Magi out there. It's a lot more feasible for a build to become a top of their clan and then some, then try to fantasize about immortality and one-shotting Reason.
>>92632168you can get that eventually you just dont start with it. By starting as a young adult there's no reason why you couldnt slowly romance an auctor you took as a companion and potentially get them earlier than 50
>>92632183>you can get that eventually you just dont start with it.Not by RAW
>>92632168I am sure you can find a Magi to change your apperance. Olderchads win either way, they hoard the power AND the cunny!
>>92632193nowhere in the cyoa explicitly says you cannot romance a character after character generation anon.you aren't locked in a forever stasis where your only friends are the ones you take at chargen and you can never gain anymore skills or items, dont be a retard
>>92632213That's not how CYOAs work.
>>92632118Add in a strong Spatial spell that can bend the space inside to be bigger than what it is or something like that perhaps? This is assuming multiple mages of different types are working together on the project. >>92632140Yea, it can already siphon and manipulate spells so stealing them shouldn't be too far-fetched. Maybe I should have just made the spell Mana only instead of adding Universal bits to it.
>>92632136Auctors are divided into like three tiers though. Relic Fused Auctors are living hacks. Magic Anomaly Auctors have special or unique powers that transcend normal magic. Lastly there are Auctors who created a magic which is the bottom tier Auctors with few exceptions.
>>92632163Theres no such thing as an end of your career if you're immortal. And lacking skills doesn't matter when you get to start off an absolute master of your magic compared to the babies fresh out of hogwarts>>92632183Pic related tried that, it didnt work out lmao
>>92632223yes, it is
>>92631797I like hags and being nobility. You get to go to balls and stuff.My skills were all to fit the edge.
>>92632238>And lacking skills doesn't matter when you get to start off an absolute master of your magic compared to the babies fresh out of hogwartsthere is nothing that says your magic is better or worse, its all headcanon in that department. Nothings stopping anon from saying "yea well i'm basically the best ____ caster ever at 21">>92632238>npcdont care
>>92632223This guy again?>>92632241Don't bother arguing, it will go nowhere.
>>92632235Magic Anomalies seem to get the best deal, they get high power but without the autism a relic brings. Then again Hagia and her Relic seem to have been so in-sync that it didn't damage her personality to fuse with it, so maybe if you're really careful about your relic choice it's no big deal.
>>92632245I love big balls.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwJ6OVSwkM
>>92632258Who else besides Galileo Auctor is an anomaly? Because the original soul in that body is screaming for help while All-Mother hugs everyone.
>>92632223A lot of CYOAs enable options that help you develop further in your journey, Shounen Paladins are built on that shit. Why things gotta be so static?
Man, I was gonna do a fancy ass image build but I just don't have the time anymore ... but my tarot card said to put my art into the world so I'm gonna half ass it and put something out today
>>92632287Inb4 "That's not the spirit of CYOA"It doesn't have to be static, the CYOAs made here are jumping off points for your imagination adventure. That anon is just upset other people don't play by his rules.
>>92632271helios, evoco, ford, and chronos? I'm not sure if being merged with whatever the timestream is makes him an anomaly
>>92632271>>92632317Drac, Faber, Hagia, Nightingale, Ostane, and Yaga are Relics.Ager, Atman, Bathory, Howtizer, Karrylicht, and Meirin are all Anomalies.Aozdou, Edo, Evoco, Ford, Malivent, Ulster, and Yggdrasil are simply magic inventors.Devil is unique.
>>92632317I haven't read Ford or Chronos but Helios is on a thin line of existence and Evoco is insane.
>>92632331>>92632327
>>92632312I have no idea how someone can come to this conclusion if they ever tried to writefag.
>>92632327If youre counting bathory as an anomaly then edo and evoco count too
>>92632131Are you saying 'anime' is one style? The images are clearly distinct
>>92632350Bathory is an Anomaly because she created a Blood Moon, an impossible anomaly, and became part of it. Edo is simply a dude who turned himself into a monster, and Evoco is simply a dude who fused with a monster. There's something to be said about the transhumanist aspect of what they did, but it's not Anomalous.
>>92632223This is why particularly autistic anons love super long cyoas with choices that could essentially be left out like pick your gender. They literally don't think their character can take a piss if rules as written doesn't discuss it
>>92632362Blood moon vamparism is just as apart of blood magic just as heteromorphs and true polymorphs are apart of summoning/hybridization. Therefore either evoco and edo are anomalies as well or bathory is not
>>92632377>Blood moon vamparism is just as apart of blood magicLiterally no other vampire has been able to do it, anon. A blood moon is a magic anomaly, that's the entire point of what makes her special and the Auctor. You just outright don't know what Bathory's deal is, and think she just became a monster, that or you think being an Anomaly makes you 'better' or 'more special' so you're arguing your favorite clan falls into that camp.
>>92632390>Literally no other vampire has been able to do it, anon.And no other lich has achieved what greve or helios did, but greve is still a lich. She literally offers to teach you how to hit a blood moon, she's no different than evoco or edo in how far theyve changed from their humanity and thus become anomalies
>>92632390She's the auctor because she made the magic, not because she hit a blood moon. Reminder that auctor is just a designation for the first user of that magic and does not necessarily mean they are the best (but is the case so far)
>>92632409>And no other lich has achieved what greve didActually there's an entire council of liches like Greve.>She literally offers to teach youAnd? Your Auctor is offering to try and help you become an anomaly, that's cool. Did you think being an anomaly is Auctor exclusive? Elspeth's entire deal is killing her grandpa so she can become an Anomaly, anon. You also didn't address what I said, why are you so obsessed with trying to pretend Edo or Evoco are anomalies? Being an Anomaly doesn't guarantee you're special or better. Fucking Howtizer is an Anomaly and he's a fucking jobber.
>>92632435>Actually there's an entire council of liches like GreveThere is no other lich that has revived themselves in the same way as greve or become monateous like him, which is the exact same for vampires in bathory>>92632435>did you think being an anomaly is auctor exclusiveNo, thank you for admitting what you said is wrong and that therefore heteromorph and true polymorphs count as being anomalies due to being the same concept as blood moon and vamparism (which is the same as being a lich, another thing counting as an anomaly). Arbitrarily excluding them whem they meet ypur own criteria makes you look like a retarded hater
>>92632484>There is no other lich that has revived themselves in the same way as greveThe entire point of a true lich is they can revive themselves, anon. He's not unique.>Thank you for...You're a dumbass. Monsters are not anomalies. Becoming a monster does not make you an anomaly. Why are you so obsessed with trying to make your favorite Auctor into an anomaly? Ford is stronger than half the people on that list and he's just an autistic robot.
>>92632327>>92632362>>92632390>>92632435>>92632502>counts galileo as an anomaly>evoco and edo doing the same thing but slightly different arentYea anon has you beat youre kinda retarded
>>92632502>The entire point of a true lich is they can revive themselves, anon. He's not uniqueevery lich is different, none are like greve so far. so vampires are... exactly like liches. I accept your concession on this point since you dont know what liches are>Monsters are not anomalies. Becoming a monster does not make you an anomaly.As per bathory, helios, and galileo being considered anomalies, merging with whatever magical phenomena does make you an anomaly per your own critera. Why do you insist they dont when they meet the same standard as other anomaliesThe real list is:Relics: Drac, Faber, Hagia, Nightingale, Ostane, YagaAnomalies: Ager, Atman, Bathory, Edo, Evoco, Howtizer, Karrylicht, Meirin'Normal' People: Aozdou, Ford, Malivent, Ulster, YggdrasilAnything else is disingenuous
>>92632327>>92632607why do both of you retards leave out galileo and devil who are both anomalies
>>92632607>As per heliosI listed him as unique.>GalileoI didn't list Galileo at all.>Merging with whatever magical phenomenaNo, merging with something that is an ANOMALY makes you an anomaly. Monsters are not classified as Anomalies in the CYOA, there's a reason the department is Magical Anomalies AND Monster Activity.>The real listNah bro if becoming non-human makes you an Anomaly then everyone but Ulster and Yggdrasil are Anomalies.>AozdouRemoved her concept of death, not human. Anomaly.>FordBecame a robot, not human. Anomaly.>MailiventBecame a parasitic sound, not human. Anomaly.
>>92632635>Nah bro if becoming non-human makes you an Anomalyyes this is what it is, I don't know why you're all retarded about this
>>92632646Because the CYOA specifically makes a distinction between Anomalies and Monsters, showing us they're separate things.
>>92632635>>92632646>Nah bro if becoming non-human makes you an Anomaly then everyone but Ulster and Yggdrasil are Anomalies.I can 100% agree to this
>>92632654they're in the same category so they're two sides of the same coin and thus both anomalies
>>92632658>they're two sides of the same coinHeadcanon.
>>92632628I don't know how to class Galileo because she didn't fuse with an anomaly OR a monster, she fused with an Enigma, and is now puppeted by that Enigma.
Who's on the carnivore grind?
>>92632681enigma are monsters
This is so fucking boring. Magi case is so vague that every school can seemingly do everything with headcanon powers. Might as well not have any magic schools or clans since they all can do anything.
>>92632692They explicitly by the CYOA are not, they are simply classed as Monsters by the government because they're lazy, despite them acknowledging they're something else.
>AnomalyCreation based force of nature >MonstersCreation based creatureExample: Mistwalkers caseThe anomaly is the odd rain coming down and spawning life eating insectsThe Monster is the life eating insects It's like saying a hurricane is the same as a lion. Gravity the same as a cat. A location the same as a bird.
>>92632701as per italics they can be contracted like monsters, they're in the monster section of the lore document despite what it saysI regret to inform youthey're just weird monsters
>>92632731>Creation based force of natureBased so spirit monsters are the same
>>92632737>they're in the monster section of the lore documentThe same one that says 'they're not monsters but they're classed like monsters'?
>>92632746>ticks off all the boxes for what is a monster>but they're not monstersa marsupial is not the same as a placental but both are mammals. Same thing
>>92632698But which ones make the best breeding stock.
>>92632698>Magi case is so vague that every school can seemingly do everything with headcanon powers.thats a good thing
>>92632776Monsters were made by Creation in the material world to kill magi for betraying it. Enigmas are entities from a higher order reality (closer to Creation) who see humans as kin and want to help them.
>>92632698It's based because you don't need to bog CYOA down with hundreds of unnecessary options. Define limits better, but keep everything else, because it's fun to watch retards try to slap an auctor-killer build together.
>>92632779Nightingale, Edo, Ostane, Qi, or Evoco, probably. Ford could probably come up with something.
>>92632793Enigmas also latch onto an emotional concept if I remember.
>>92632793both are ultimately concept + mana made manifest by creation, resulting in them being beholden to the same things such as the contracting system. Exactly as I said, an enigma is not a true 'monster' but is for all intents and purposes a monster
>>92632810>Nightingale>The retard clan
>>92632779Aozdou, Lionheart, Yaga, Faber
>>92632826For breeding stock, please keep your weird hateboner for Nightingale at least slightly contained
>>92632831>YagaToo bad the only girl who'd be good breeding stock in that clan tore her womb out.
>>92632835Shit taste.
>>92632698They literally cannot and the ones that seemingly can have to jump through hoops and take longer to achieve it. Look at how different magic achieves immortality. Some have to use a constant resource like Rune magic while others have to keep doing it like Ager that has to rewind time over and over or Ford who has to build his bodies. Then you have Faber who doesn't have an immortality gimmick that is known or multiple ways like Nightingale who either heal their aging conditions or replace their organs through homunculi but still remain physically old.
>>92632863>He likes the girl who wants to kill him and/or the girl who thinks men should be beaten
>>92632888>He likes the girl who wants to kill himIt's rale correction>and/or the girl who thinks men should be beatenImagine not wanting a wife who think every man but you should be in chains. Couldn't be me.
>>92632879>They literally cannotSay that to all the wankers
>>92632879I was actually wondering about Ford and how his tech/magic works vs mundane things like EMPs or magic sealing like the collars. Wouldn’t he just kinda die, barring things like back-up bodies?
>>92632899>but youlol
>>92632914You can emp shield stuff, it's just expensive and not worth it. But if it's your fucking body then obviously you'd do so.
>>92632916>didn't readOk.
>>92632914Ford apparently has internal leylines (however the fuck that works, that implies leylines can be made small and moved somehow) and I'm not sure if those power his body or not. If yes, a collar or mana disruption would kill him. If its powered through other means, an emp or something may kill him
>>92632929>leylines can be made small and moved somehow)There's literally an item for transporting leylines.
>>92632914Italics said something along the lines of magic just supplementing his work to higher degrees because he is still actually building everything by hand. I imagine it's something like materializing some parts that don't exist and tools while you're building your mech.
>>92632936right but that just stores it for later dumping, it doesnt allow for use while moving or on the fly
>>92632951Just here to remind anons that Catalysts exist so those can move with you. Might I interest you in some rock batteries, courtesy of Faber Industries? Only $39.99 each.
>>92632101Pokeball for spell is already a thing Ford can do.
>>92632973just saying but italics specifically said ley-lines and not batteries, although he might have meant catalysts
>>92632914Ford has several spare bodies and can operate them simultaneously. He'll try to swarm you and 12v1 you if you fight him seriously.
>>92632929Ostane clan can also apparently fill up homunculi with leylines.
>>92633025I dont know how that works but if you can make tiny moveable leylines like that that means there's some incredibly fucky shit you could make
>>92632983It's weird. The only thing that comes to mind why he would use leylines is it implies leylines are more powerful. A battery has it's used for a certain period of time before running out but a leyline is a grounded connection. Like ethernet connection is going to be more reliable than Wi-Fi on average. So either I missed something, Italics meant catalysts, or Ford is somehow using Mana magic. It did mention it was fake/proto as well, but it still starts to breech into using multiple magic types.
>>92633072>The only thing that comes to mind why he would use leylines is it implies leylines are more powerfulwell yea, a catalyst is a battery whereas a leyline is a battery, a leyline wont run out and the only limiter is how much it can pull out at a time as far as I'm aware. If you can make mobile leylines inside a device, there's no reason you shouldn't
>>92633025>>92633091If leylines can be applied outside of being on the ground then I'm going to mix Rune magic with Mana and make leyline tattoos.
>>92633091leyline is a wire*
>>92633072It’s hard to say, since magic in this setting is really only limited when your creativity hits the far boundaries of Reason. It’s not impossible for Ford to be drawing on every power source he can think of or create, since sufficiently advanced Materialization can theoretically mimic other magics better than even Ygg. Can he condense mana into mana crystals or batteries through tech? Probably. Can he wirelessly receive mana from some sort of storage? Probably. Can he also be powered in mundane ways? Probably. The bigger question is never what is a mage capable of because the answer is everything, the question is what would a mage do given their character. Ford is a huge autist, so I assume like most auctors he’s impenetrable from every angle except one overlooked aspect where Reason holds strong and that’s the aspect you would need to one-shot him. And you’ll only get one chance. And you better get it right.
>>92633111And then Ostane does it better.
>>92633111I'm not talking about killing Ford, I'm talking about the capabilities of leylines and catalysts and using what Ford can do as another base of information to pull from.
>>92633111just kill all of his bodies, or do something that bypasses them like soul harming, a mind virus, or sealing him or something
Dudes just carry more catalysts. There is literally no drawbacks for filling your backpack full of them so long you don't draw from them all at once.
>>92627562>>92627588>How are Battlemages a psyop?Political power is a zerosum game, if a new group attains some power, power is removed from somewhere else. The traditional magi centers of power are the power structures of the individual Clans, administered by auctors and archmagi. Ordo is a newer center of power, but I think we can accept that some umbrella organization was necessary to coordinate the Clans. Equalists and Battlemages are new growing centers of power, and this power is being drained mostly from the Clan hierarchies.We are already told the Battlemages are well-organized, they have a strict military-style internal hierarchy, with officers and subordinates. This hierarchy exists outside the Clan hierarchies, commands which travel from top to down in this hierarchy are the acts of a power center seperate from the Clans. We can safely assume Battlemages don't recruit magi whose alternative would have been joining Equalists, and Equalists don't recruit magi whose alternative would have been joining Battlemages, instead they both recruit from people who would otherwise follow the party line of the Clans. Thus they are symbiotic. Equalists and Battlemages are a new axis of a new ideological spectrum, planted to draw in people: Battlemages (as an organization) benefit from the successes of Equalists (even as the individuals within it might not see it in that light), and Equalists benefit from the successes of Battlemages, the ones losing out from this mutual support of validation are the older centers of power - the Clans and the Ordo. It's a classic con that presents you with two "opposites" that leave any third option seemingly "indecisive" between them and thus impotent, when in fact they were created for that exact purpose.
>>92633224Counter: catalysts are needless attachment doomed to ruin and only burden you.
>>92633224Just make a stronger body that can handle the strain of more power.
>>92633254Just make most of your catalysts disposable and get rid of them when they are dry.
>>92633238>The traditional magi centers of power are the power structures of the individual Clans, administered by auctors and archmagi.Battlemages want to keep all this. The entire purpose of the Battlemages is going "Hey, our clans are literally dying out because we don't breed, the non-magi and Anti-Magi are getting stronger by the day, and Reason is increasingly locking down the power of magic. We should, instead of hiding, conquer them so we don't die out."This idea that nothing should ever change or reform because your enemies also want change and reform (despite what they want being diametrically opposed to what you want) is the most retarded fucking standpoint possible. The mindset that'd lead to humans never advancing from hunter-gathers because you think "we should replant these berry seeds and come by here next year" is inevitably going to lead to the victory of veganism.
>>92633277Obsessed.
>>92633298What?
>>92633277>Reason is increasingly locking down the power of magiciirc italics specifically said that unlike fate/stay, magic isn't getting weaker in magi case.(or was it some random anon instead of italics?)
>>92633406Read all the Yggdrasil clan lore again, anon.
>>92633416https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/92478779/#92480977>he mages in the Magi Case are way stronger than the ones in the Nasuverse. Magic in the Magi Case is not in decline at all (It's thriving since Creation keeps leaking into the universe)
>>92633437>(It's thriving since Creation keeps leaking into the universe)He says that but all the lore in the CYOA keeps pointing out how what magic can do is increasingly restricted by Reason, like how you can't swap clan anymore.
>>92633445right but thats not weakening magic, its constraining it. Its becoming harder to do, but not becoming weaker overall
>>92633449This is a semantics argument as far as I'm concerned. 'Constrained' and 'weakened' are the same thing in this argument. Magic is being 'restricted' if you feel autistic enough this is an argument you want to have.
>>92633466its not semantics, it would be accurate to say Magi are being weakened since magi used to be able to use multiple forms, but magic itself is no worse for wear
>>92632361
why is tok so bad at edits
>>92633445The clan-magic-only change was a one time thing. I'm not sure if that should be generalized from.
>>92633489It was the most recent thing, which is why it signifies Reason is doing more and more severe things to restrict magic.
why isn't she more popular?
>>92633474As others have said, Italics is clearly thinking in terms of raw power and not in terms of flexibility. However, I think there’s an argument that forcing Magi to stick with Clan magic forces them to further develop said magic and specialize. In that way, perhaps, they’ve grown more powerful from being forced to commit
>>92633512hag
>>92633523It doesn't seem like it, since it seems 90% of magi live magicless lives among the muggles with normal jobs.
There's a ver 12 of this? Where's the companion section though?
>>92633545Italics explained that one as most magi simply lacking the drive to commit to mastering magic (which is imo silly, but whatever)
>>92633545>>92633571 (me)Also, "90% of magi live magicless lives among the muggles with normal jobs" -- are you sure? Wasn't it said that most magi live in Chaldea now?
>>92633571I don’t think it’s silly. Most people go through their lives not developing or taking advantage of their natural talents. Sometimes just surviving is the best we can do.
>>92633581>Wasn't it said that most magi live in Chaldea now?All your companions have jobs/lives outside of Chaldea so that doesn't seem to indicate it at all.
>>92633581Most of the headquarters are in Chaldea and magi do live there as well, but clans have settlements all over the world and live all over the world among the muggles. I'm not in either of your arguments, just adding that correction. Continue.
>>92633602I admit, I did find that confusing when I got to the lore document. It completely changed how I understood the society given the information I’d retained thus far and I’m still not sure how it makes sense given many companion descriptions. But I wasn’t about to read that whole fucking thing twice
>>92633565>Still no companion sectionkek
>>92633605>but clans have settlements all over the worldWorth noting that even inside of them, muggles are the main population and you have to hide your magic and cater to them.
>>92633597This. You only hear about the success stories but for every success, there are hundreds if not thousands of failures or simply giving up. I was a pretty decent artist but because creating takes so much time and I'd rather do other things, I've stopped improving.
>>92633238Italics?
>>92633615>he doesn't read it every night to help him sleep
>>92633597>>92633630This is a bigger issue when you're the inheritor of reality warping power and only have a total population of a pathetic 9 million.
>>92633625this is not the case according to the lore doc, there are towns and such bought out and populated just by magi
>>9263359720% of Japanese kids to cram schools, 75% of Korean kids. So the kid puts immense effort and time into his studies.And his reward?He can be a doctor!And he graduates, and the doctor's job is so hectic and shitty that he has no hours in his life left to really live, and he kills himself due to overworking.So the reward for spending your best years on study are mostly just "keeping up with the other good kids".The rewards for commiting yourself to studying in real life are mediocre, but the rewards for commiting yourself to magic in magi case are absolute huge, I think the reward should make a huge difference there.
>>92633663Magi are still human, despite what they and anons might think. I’d argue that it’s a theme throughout the work. The most powerful of auctors are explicitly held back by human emotions, while certain Clans have notably improved by learning from normies who naturally had to develop differently. Some of the biggest failings and most heinous acts detailed come from a very human place. The biggest thing keeping the two populations distinct, in my opinion, is the eternal war of Creation and Reason with the anti-mages helping to maintain the rift.
>>92633749>while certain Clans have notably improved by learning from normiesFord and Nightingale haven't 'improved', they're a hot mess.
>>92633727Looking at the auctors and archmagus, I don’t really agree. Unless you’re trying to be Ford.
>>92633749>The biggest thing keeping the two populations distinct,Is the fact that magi have fantastic power while non-mages are worthless, powerless animals.
>>92633754The author says otherwise as does the text. Your autism has no bearing here.
>>92633754Leadership and quality of life aside, their magic seems to be doing even better than before thanks to modern knowledge.
>>92633764The Ford Clan is a cyberpunk dystopia and everyone in the Nightingale clan hates their Auctor except the Archmagus who is a yandere.
>>92633822And what the fuck does that have to do with the discussion about them improving their magic via working with non-magi? Are you illiterate or just trying to force your retardation into the conversation
>>92633822>yandereBased!
>>92633877The Nightingale clan actively rejects the old teachings for modern ones because they're 'easier' even though they can't make the same miracles.
Cooperation with non-magi has done nothing but good for the Ford Clan. It's just the Nightingales who are cucked
>>92633927>CooperationBro they just sell weapons.
>>92633889italics has explicitly said that modern medical knowledge has made them better at their magic, you can stop with the lying
>>92633964Italics also had no defense when it was pointed out how the sort of impossible miracles the old mystic healing can do can't be replicated by modern medicine.
>>92633975There’s a difference between having no defense or choosing not to argue with someone who’s fucking stupid
>>92633991>Has no comeback, just seething
case and point
>>92633975They can just use magic for that, no? It's not as though they're refusing to do scientifically impossible things for some reason, they're just using modern medical knowledge to make the healing process more efficient.
>>92634033they're doing exactly the same thing they've always done except knowing exactly what you're treating helps to make it easier to actually treat it. That anon is just trolling
>>92634033>They can just use magic for that, no?No, they work exclusively through modern medical practices like surgery and pills. If you can't treat something that way then they refuse to use magic to do it.
>>92634044
>>92634050Italic's post. His example of modern Nightingale 'magic' is shit like 'they're so good at surgery they don't leave scars'.
>>92634063And the post is?
>>92634044They even send their magical doctors illegally to mugglelands to make money by magicing rich muggles to health, you are way off here
>>92634073Do you keep track of all of Italic's posts like a stalker? No? Then why do you expect me to?
>>92634078>by magicingWrong. They work as backalley doctors (literal term) who do real surgeries with good results for cheap.
>>92634085Because you are making a claim based of one of italics posts.
>>92634085>source>trust me broyea thats what I expected
> ford, faber> leyline castingI'm sorry, did Meplhias say deep dives??? I am going to simulate the Magi Case universe except non-retarded in my dyson cluster and then live there. I am fucking your waifus in there btw.
>>92634063In other words, Italics said something completely different, and you are just choosing interpret in that specfic way even though it makes no logical sense whatsoever. Great.
>>92634095>>92634101>Do you keep track of all of Italic's posts like a stalker
>>92634110It's not my fault that Italics thinks modern medicine is better than it is because he has never been exposed to it.
>>92634123>>92634118Well until you provide tangible proof i am going to assume this is your headcanon.
>>92634133Not my problem.
>>92634109>fucking off to vr paradiseuh okay anon, leave reality to us. dont worry, we'll keep your body and the servers running the vr game safe
>>92634146not ours either
>>92629970I have an idea for a Ulster/lionheart monster/anomaly investigator. I'll try to get the build going. Video related was my initial inspiration.https://youtu.be/dNxn-P43Qeg?si=jPBX6wUlnXapK2wD
>>92632914>how his tech/magic works vs mundane things like EMPs or magic sealing like the collars.Sealing Collars only prevents you from casting Spells. They don't interfere with any magic that is an inherent part of you, otherwise they'd instantly kill Elementals, Vampires, Liches, etc. the moment you put the collars on.
>>92634153thanks bro
>>92634232>Put a Sealing Collar on a Meirin>He snaps your neck and smashes through the wall
>>92634245Wouldn't using your Qi to enhance yourself count as a Spell?
>>92634259No, only if you're actively doing so rather than having already refined your body.
>>92634259>>92634268Like thing about it this way>I channel my qi to do xThis is a spell.>My body can do x because it was refined previously via qiNot a spell.
>>92633602Majority of the ones with lives outside Chaldea are either Investigators or they are operating businesses and territories for the Clans while doing magical things.The Japanese Childhood Friend manages land for the Aozdou Clan. Eleanor is an investigator in Europe / France.
>>92634536>while doing magical thingsBro all our examples of that are girls who do shit like run a hotel while wanting to live a normal mundane life, or a dude who sells drugs and only uses his magic to kill people.
>>92628494I scrapped most of my imagebuild and will just do a quick loose improve of the text here and now. I tried but there's not enough time for a full image build :( First I'll give a brief outline of all three members of the team, which may seem a little barebones, but afterwards I'll write out some story that can flesh them out.Magi Case, 3 Characters in the MAMAU.>Jasmine Aase Ulster>22 Years Old>No previous employment>Senior Investigator>Branch Family Alright she's very high class, well socialized in high society, people who keep an eye on younger Magi know her name. She decided to join BISA, which her family was pleased about. It's prestigious, and they have a long history of being top notch members of the Rogue and Criminal Magi Investigation Unit. In the academy her peers hung on her every word. She would openly mock those who she disliked, have her underlings do her work for her, and ruled the class. When it counted in exercises she proved herself by casting Runic Magic both quickly and creatively. Her family came to her graduation from the Academy, ready for her to continue the family legacy in the Criminal Magi Unit. To their surprise, she was announced as moving on to the Magical Anomaly and Monsters Unit. Her family was shocked and outraged, and BISA quickly promoted Jasmine to Senior Investigator to soothe their wrath. What Jasmine has kept from her family is the fact that she was not assigned MAMAU - she requested to go there. Why? It's a mystery...>Field Leadership>Charming Appearance>Formal Connections>Intimidation Factor>Magic Cultural Studies>Martial WeaponryMost of these are self explanatory. I'll mention that she carries a rapier with her and is proficient in it, it's a family tradition to be trained in one. As for Magic Cultural Studies, while she has brushed shoulders with all sorts of elites, she hasn't seen much of the /real/ world herself.
>>92634123I'd be dead twice over if not for modern medicine, so I think it's pretty fucking good.
>>92634578Has anyone making these image builds got a template or know what background image Italics used for the companions? I wanted to make mine look authentic.
I'm so tired of Magi Case
>>92634609No I just made from scratch, sorry>>92634578I'm making up names on the fly btw they'll change later>Theodora Shinsengumi Meirin>20 Years Old>Trained all her life in da dojo>Magi Investigator>Upper FamilyShe's lived all her life in the dojo working on her Qi, she's enjoyed it very much but is pretty sheltered. She wasn't sure she wanted to leave the dojo but her father insisted that she go join BISA and bring honor to their family name. She was a perfect student, meeting the challenge and discipline with ease, to the point that most of her peers were intimidated with her. In reality, Theo is just awkward and a little confused about how to interact with the people here. She finds them strange, loud, undisciplined. Since socializing wasn't on the menu, she used her spare time to learn more about this strange world, eventually settling on MAMAO as a good unit to allow her to travel and learn.While most people in the Academy Theo only found strange or too noisy, she cultivated a strong dislike for Jasmine, paying close attention to how she was spoken down to by her, and seeing how Jasmine commands other people. Theodora does not have a short temple, but Jasmine tests her limits.>Combat Veteran>Martial Artist>Escape Artist>Exceptional Observation>Instinctual SurvivalJust basic things she has from growing up in the Dojo ya know.A few things just to note.1) This is all AI slop art, sorry if it looks awful2) You might notice that a more Asian looking girl is from the northern clan Ulster, while a blonde haired girl is from the Asian clan Meirin. This isn't a mistake, I just found the idea of an Asian martial artist to be boring, so I switched it around.
>>92634689>Monkey Dee Edo>20 Years Old>Previously a freelance courier>Magi Investigator>Lower FamilyHis family matters very little in the Edo clan and are not powerful mages. They didn't pay attention to Monkey, and he was always wandering around Africa on his own messing around. Became infatuated with monsters, especially lowly ones like giant frogs or slimes or bats. Wants to join MAMAU to see more monsters, simple as. He has a lot of experience socializing, as he used to travel over and talk to many people as a courier. Despite his experience though, he just can't help but get overexcited and freak out about monsters, causing people to feel uncomfortable around him. He met Theo in the academy and the two became friends owning to the fact that he wasn't intimidated by her, and she was willing to tolerate his eccentricities. They also bonded pretty closely over their dislike of Jasmine.I can't be assed to go through the personal traits list again, but just imagine a bunch of monster related things here yeah? And maybe criminal connections?
>>92634559>Noo you can't use your magic in respect to your powerlevelWe also have companions like Movoir looking for Fairyland, Dorotheus surviving in a city filled with exiled mages who caused an incident, Liqiu and us getting into wars with other contracted mages, etc.
>>92634801He also invented the fairy circle
>>92634801>DorotheusShe's a walking example of wasted potential.>From an extremely high placed family>Has no magical talent>Has no particular skills>Has no ambitions>Wants to live a mundane life as a librarian, a job usually reserved for the lowest of lower family servantsThere's a reason nobody married that girl.
>>92634751Whoops I forgot the picture.Anyways, everybody graduates, they report to base. They both thought they did well enough that they were allowed to work cases independently. Wrong! Turns out, due to such high fatality rates in the unit, everybody has to work in squads. Here comes your new squad leader.>"Hey bitches, nice to meet ya! I'm boss now."The administrator cringes at this, but says nothing. Theodora and Monkey exchange a look, is this some sort of joke?>"Yeah ... we kind of already know you.">"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"Jasmine tilts her head innocently.Monkey throws his hands up in outrage>"DUDE we just spent four months together in the Academy!"Jasmine looks between the two of them and breaks into a grin>"Ohhhh! Right, you two! I must not have recognized you in your cute new suits"She reaches over and fiddles with Theodora's suit. Theodora steps back, perturbed.The administrator steps out to let them get to know one another. Monkey stops holding back and freaks out, trying to wrap his head around how this could have happened. Jasmine gives a pout and asks what's wrong, but her eyes are smiling. I'm thinking the first case should go very roughly, with them stepping all over one another. Monkey and Theo are brought together further by Jasmine hatred, but they try to chase down a baddie and end up running into one another or something. Jasmine finds this funny, not caring that they let the guy get away. Jasmine assures them that he won't be able to hide for very long.The basic idea for what happens next is that they find something they shouldn't. Something the government is trying to cover up perhaps? They're both shocked when Jasmine hops the fence and continues investigating, but follow through.
>>92634818She was doing extremely well with an enigma cult before being pulled from it. Also I think getting fucked by an eye slug would demotivate anyone.
>>92634857>She was doing extremely well with an enigma culThe thing is, her job in the cult was writing poems, that's got to be the lamest fucking 'talent' ever.
>>92634842They solve the first case but get caught in the process trespassing on something they shouldn't have. They are brought back to base where Jasmine takes responsibility for trespassing in an arrogant and belittling matter, calling the two peons who are too scared to disagree with her orders. The boss takes Jasmine into his room and screams at her. He says that she only got her position because of her family but that it doesn't matter to him and if she keeps fucking around he'll make sure she's so humiliated her family will want to disown her blah blah blah. Theodora and Monkey hear the general yelling from outside, though they can't hear specifics. Jasmine takes it. She walks outside, her eye twitches, she is unhappy.I am hungry and want to go make food so I am stopping here but general gist is that she continues investigating this government coverup shit anyways, Theodora and Monkey agree that she is a bitch but they have a bit of respect for her, the team is formed, the team will bond, the team will thrive.Jasmine has connections, a lot of knowledge, but very little actual experience. Monkey has the most experience but he's a weirdo who is unable to apply it. Theodora is highly capable, intelligent, skilled, and very uncomfortable about most things. Together they will step on one another's toes or balance eachother out. I will now go eat.
>>92634874She did more than write poems.>Dorotheus found a place among them working as a custodian of their crafts, writing poems in the name of the Speaking Red Voice and safekeeping the sinister stages and performances made by the cult for their god and to help spread their worship.>and considered potential by the High Priestess to maybe replace them.She was literally ascending the cult ranks fast and was trusted with secrets of the group. This is ALL pre-slug too.
>>92628899>SouvenirsBathroom reader - Charisma is goodNovelty Purse - shapeshifting is always welcomePerverted Bumper sticker - fun>Perishables (main thing here is having enough for a month or something that is easily storable to exploit the refills)Big League Chew - chew yourself fitCookies on the go - useful, probablyGas station pizza - infinite shitty pizza is still infinite pizza>HitchhikersVorath - maybe learn magicLillian - possible waifu
>>92634578>>92634689>>92634751>3 (THREE) (TRES) builds from 1 (ONE) (UNO) persondisgusting
>Enigmas make you insane because you can't reason what you are seeing.>But if you expose yourself enough, you start to reason what you are seeing.That actually makes sense.
>>92634801I imagine monvoir sounds a lot like Excalibur from soul eater and from the description and to a much lesser extent also acts like him some. I took him cause I think he'd be really fun to be around
>>92634578This has style and soul, I like it. I'd partner with them.
>>92635038Imagine not being born with Sterilized Eyes.
>>92635093>have to buy the perk just by existingwasted slot
>>92635036What's wrong with that?
>>92635053Honestly, I'm thinking about switching my companions a little and added him. I feel like he's got some real friend potential.
>>92635036this is what you faggots get for making a build list. cry about it in /mcyoag/
>>92635053>I took him cause I think he'd be really fun to be around>>92635124>I feel like he's got some real friend potentialPretty much. The guys an obsessed dweeb but it seems like his hearts in the right place.
>>92635123Nothing, he's just bitching to be a bitch
>>92635036Inevitable outcome from the moment where anons got rewarded for creating builds.
>>9263505310 bucks he backstabs you for some Fussy.
>Want to make a cool old man and married build>Cant' decide Clan.Nyooooo
>>92635244Yggdrassil Have all the magic and always have a convenient spell to help
>>92635244Lionheart has no builds, please help them.
>>92635313Lionheart has one build >>92629885But yea they could use more
we mcyoag now
>>92635331No. We are discussing a CYOA and builds. Being productive instead of shitposting.
>>92635124Sometimes you look at your stuff and just be like "I can do better". I've been considering redoing my story a bit to instead trying to seperate and then make my own fusion with orochi (but winning this time) and taking blaise as my wife instead>>92635230>betraywe're brothers in arms, we BOTH are getting the faeussy, picrel
>>92635343what i said
>>92635358if interacting with a cyoa and its content makes me an mcyoaganon, then so be it
>>92635331
someday /cyoag/ will be free from the tyranny of magi caseIt's the darkest before the dawn
>>92635230>>92635353I remember Italics said one of his fairly familiars is legitimately thinking about kidnapping him just so he stops fucking talking about the secret fairy village (which the fairy doesn't think exists.)
>>92635402That's in his character profile.
>>92635402its in his description, what 'whisking him away' means is beyond me but yea
>>92635400Eh, only if there's something better available.Even if MC consume the thread as of now, it's better than the incessant shitposting that happens when the thread isn't obsessed.
>>92635431Don't engage with the shitposter who can't even figure out to leave the thread if he isn't interested in the current topic.
>>92635400Yes and then another cyoa will take its place and you will cry and complain again until a CYOA you like is the popular one and then you will see yourself in other anons repeating the same things you are. It's a cycle of life for this thread, get used to it.
>>92635459I liked Entropist tho
>>92628494>Medical Degree>Zoology Training>Hunting License>Leviathan Breed>Beast of Burden (Light) x2>Mix & Match>-Environmental Suit*>-Stealth Attire*>-Refugee Rags>Sniper Rifle*>Machine-Pistol>Caster (Sonic)>Power-Fists>Portable Medic Cache*>Symbiotes (Healer, Defensive)>Jets>Tuition Fee>"Xuit">Gormenartar>Miivii Ket>Roaring Feng>Chief Grigg-Gron & the Tar Tribe>"Titanground">Gut Feeling>Lucky>Climber>Good Game
>>92635465I liked both
>>92635465And that lasted 4 months.
>>92635182>rewarded for creating buildsWhat does this even mean? The only reward that it was fun.
>92628544 >>92628559 >92629010 >>92629649 >>92629694 >>92630169 >>92630279 >>92632131Thank you from the input, the gazer style is clearly the favorite. Here are some of the types request, the gazer style is baked into all of themAny more uncommon monster girl types you'd like to see?
>>92635532evil mermaid
>>92635532>style>wendigo>death knight>alraune>arachneHOLY SHIT ANON YOU CANNOT RELEASE THIS IM GOING TO FUCKING DIE medusa stuff would be good, as would a shark girl. Goblin is one thats kind of common but could be done well here
>>92635532Creepy angels, angelic horrors, take an eldrich looking monster and paint it white and gold.
>>92635532dogfish
>>92635532please tell me I can take multiple I don't think I can do this with just one
>>92635532Anglerfish.
>>92635532goatgirls
>>92635532moth girls
>>92635532I would love it if you can choose the sex of the monster girl, don't even have to include the art of a man, I just want the option of having monster husbandos.
>>92635421Fairies murder people they take away.
>>92635684Proof?
>>92635684They're too cute to be murderers!
>>92635532What the fuck. Why isn't midjourney censoring these like all the other AI generators?
What the font used in Magi Case?
>>92635532Italics.
>>92635789I am pretty sure it's, you know, italics. He got his name from that I am pretty sure, because all his cyoas are in italics.
>go to reddit to see their highest rated posts>first 12 are either one pagers or /tg/-made or not even a cyoa at all>they only have 2 native-made multi pagers in their top 20 everwhat the fuck
>>92635802 (me)I meant to say shitalics, sorry
>>92635835>caring about upvotesGo back.
Tok! Tok! Tok!Where is your next OC?!
>>92635864Shut up, tokmaballls, you are the only retard that writes it like that. Also, NO ONE cares about your NSFW closet troon OC you talked about.
I noticed Italics has been increasing the amount of dark skinned females appearing in his CYOAs lately. First in Eternal Blue, now in Magi Case.
>>92635880...what datk skinned females? You mean tanned?
>>92635880Good. /cyoag/ needs to be deradicalized.
This >>92635532 is talics. He is doing the same shit he did when he came here, asked for a bunch of opinions / images for his wuxia OC and then left without ever doing anything with it. You are all retards being baited yet again.
>>92635902I belief in monster girl OC. I hope I can choose two
>>92635835We're simply better than Reddit. Been like that since day 1.
>>92635880Surinical as well. KCE, the heist one
>>92635902>a bunch of lolis and loli-adjacent>no milk trucks or dump trucks You might be right
>>92636006>those>lolis and loli-adjacentGet your eyes checked, anon-kun. We're worried about you.
>>92635887my wife is dark skinned
>>92635902Does it matter? Someone is asking for help with their OC, anons give their opinions and it's up to the author to go through with it or not. Nothing changes and we go back to doing whatever it was before.
>>92636006>those are loliMaybe the spider girl and the Kiki look-alike but seriously? Have you been staring at hyper tits and ass so much that anything smaller is considered "loli"?
>>92636013>>92636033>If she’s got less than a C then she is a loliI don’t write the rules
>>92636020The only character I see that would be considered dark skinned is Josef. Everyone else is tan or ashy.
>>92635532i'd like to see a good cyoa with interesting and meaningful choices, if you're focusing of frivolous aesthetic details first that's clearly not going to happen
>>92636047Maybe on reddit.
>>92636047Well enjoy your loli I guess.
>>92636051I don't mean a character, I mean my wife irl is dark skinned.
>>92635887>Tannedlmao, coping much.
>>92635902No, it's not. Fuck off.
>>92636071Would you give her headpats, senpai
>>92636074How am I coping? And coping over what?>>92636073What does that have to do with italics?
>>92636078>t. copemaster64
>>92636083Nothing, I just love my wife and like to talk about her
>>92636090Mr. Boop is that you?
>>92636083>How am I coping? And coping over what?You say they are tanned when in fact those are not tans, those characters pure brown and dark skinned. Just accept you have brown fever.
What cyoa should we start the new thread with?
>>92636126
>>92636126Branching Hearts
>>92636137
>>92636144
>>92636119That's some imagination you have there. If I had a complaint, it would be that they aren't dark enough to be called dark skinned. Weak, tanned and ashy.
>>92636152
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>>92636183
>>92636158Bruh, you going full "It's not dark enough for me, therefor its not dark."
>>92636190
>>92636192Unless you're talking about different characters, you'd have to be insane to think this is dark skinned.
>>92636207Or this ashy looking girl
>>92636143Probably too long, but I like the ambition
>>92636215Or this tanned girl
>>92636217
>>92636215That girl is dark skinned.
>>92636224
>>92636223Same character. Danbooru says Dark Skinned Female. Cope.
>>92636234
>>92636227That girl is ashy. If she applied to lotion to her faded ass maybe she would be dark.
>>92636227I'm darker than that after a day at the beach, anon.
>>92636244
>>92636253>>92636254The character is dark skinned.
>>92636275You know what? Let me just establish this real quick so you're both on the same page:>That anon's definition of dark-skinnedSub-Saharan African, maybe Dravidian.>Your definition of dark-skinnedNon-white.
>>92636243>Using a hentai site tagged by people who put dark skin and tanned under the same tag>>92636286It's basically coming down to this
>>92636286So, anon is being racist.
>>92636286I’m white and I’m darker than those bitches
>>92635643Excellent choice. Writing now. Delivery of cyoa soon
>>92636233>>92636233>>92636233>>92636233MAKE YOURSELF SEEN
>>92636453>I'm white>and I'm darkerlmao.
>>92636470Is it a hypocrisy, as a meat eater, to abhor ill treatment of livestock?Ideally, all the animals I eat would live a full and rich life before being gently slaughtered for my sustenance.
>>92636659absolutely not - eating other animals is not cruel, it's a fact of life. People don't have to engage in it but they should equally consider other facets of their diet. There's a certain balancing force in actual human interaction with domesticates that is absent from industrial farms - even on a purely selfish level, surely most people would want to consume (literally form their body from) healthy, well-treated livestock. it's just the crazy order of the world
>>92636659There's nothing wrong with eating meat and there's nothing wrong with wanting animals to be treated well before they die. It's a sign of enlightened morality to accept your own nature (you are a predator) but to engage in it in the most humane way possible (animals should not suffer unduely before they die.)
>>92636793Cruelty is a fact of life as well. Even the smallest children enjoy cruelty against insects. As they grow up, they are sent to school by an inviolable decree of the government, wherein they develop their cruelty to a more elegant and sophisticated form, applied by complex social means. When I taste meat, I want to know for a fact that this animal lived an Auschwitz tier life, suffered immensely and immeasurably, and was then cut to pieces. I want the soul of the animal to watch me from animal hell as my intestines convert its former vessel to literal shit, which is then flushed down into the sewer to join the shits made of the components of its friends.
>>92640289Damn Chang, calm down.
