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>>94846938Micha update update perhaps?
>>94847005He needs to work on hunter. Don't distract him
>>94847005>still 1.0No luck.
Powers should come at a cost.If you can control fire you should be able to burn the centre of your hand very easy by over exerting your fictional fire power muscles.
>>94847058This is sort of relevant, but, whenever I have fire kinesis in my dreams I always envision it as some sort of small hole in my palm. If I push fire too hard it hurts.
>>94847058what kind of cost does combining it with fire resistance come
>>94847058booooooooooooring
>>94847097Less fear of using your powers?
>>94846938I need to change my image build a little when I get home. Am I weird for kind of disliking that even your weak minions are biologically immortal? When thinking about cyoas like this or really just in general, I always consider the extremely long picture, and having normal citizens be immortal sounds like the straight path to boredom and societal decadence unless you have some way to keep people focused like interdimensional conquest, which only serves to keep the warriors occupied as long as you do it. Maybe i'm weird, but I feel like normal humanoids like humans, orcs, elves etc would inevitably become dissatisfied and either choose to die eventually, which isn't bad, or rage against the machines and norms of the society which is bad. Additionally, resource management and potential overpopulation are big concerns for me as well with living minions.Meanwhile, things like undead, which are inherently bound by unfailing obedience and are likely more able to focus their existence, i.e. a wight forgemaster is more likely to accept eternity as nothing more than a forgemaster due to the mental and physical quirks of undeath. Things like demons are similar in my mind, inherently immortal but psycho/physio quirks make them predisposed to weathering untold time alive. Maybe I overthink it too much, but this is the type of stuff I worry about when making builds for this. For example, if I have a waifu, whose more likely to continue to be devoted for the untold millenia we weather as immortal overlords, the normal if extremely attractive living monstergirl, or the relatively normal undead lich wife? I suppose being able to custom make stuff mitigates the latter issue, but I still can't shake it. Cyoas like ultimate god also do this much worse to me, I don't want to beings I care about to leave, but equally I don't want them to suffer all eternity just for me, I want them to want to stay by my side through infinity.
>>94847225MiCha mentioned that your minions aren't truly immortal, just sustained by your Overlordship.
>>94847225Dark Softie...
>>94847243Which means as long as you're alive they are immortal. So it's 'temporary' immortality in a loose sense. If you die they lose it, but are you really going to die?
>>94847248For the love of Tok you can't assume every wimpy post is THE SAME GUY over and over again. Cease your obsession.
>>94847263I love you, softie.
>>94847263I wouldn't count it as wimpy, I kinda get wherr he's coming from with this one
>>94847269>for the love of AroStop shitposting.
>>94847225>immortal sounds like the straight path to boredom and societal decadenceBased on what evidence?
>>94847286Make me.
>>94847274I was with him until the decadence into waifufaggotry at the end.The first part still has merits though.
>>94847252That is true, yeah. I assume that if you die and take twenty years to respawn, your goblin fodder are probably all corpses.
>>94847288His feeling lol.
>>94847263I can recognize this loser anywhee
>>94847263It is though. Little bro doesn't even deny it.
>>94847288Call it intuition, without something like the entropists novelty normal people will inherently lose interest as sensations dull and you can no longer enjoy the same sensations and activity, it happens all the time in real life now imagine you have eons to do this. Eventually even the most devout peasant would become tired and jaded of the same routine every day, to say nothing of the self improvement you could do in that time.
>>94847288Human psychology.
>>94847327Technically you'd still be their overlord whrn temporarily dead. I assume they only lose it if you truly die for real.
>>94847286>for the love of HusYou disgust me.
>>94847345Meant for >>94847308 idk how I got that other guy
>>94847225Consider water: it does not try to remain in one place forever. It flows, changing shape, nourishing, and eventually evaporating, only to return again. Life follows this same pattern. It is because things pass that they are precious. Would a sunset move you if it lasted forever? Would love feel the same if it had no possibility of loss? The very things that make existence meaningful—purpose, devotion, beauty—depend on contrast.The longer something resists this truth, the more brittle it becomes.Likewise, in relationships, devotion that lasts forever by force or fear of loss is not devotion at all. The most profound love is not one that clings desperately to eternity but one that embraces each moment fully, knowing it will pass. If a companion chooses to stay by your side because they can leave, that choice is infinitely more meaningful than an unbreakable bond of undeath or duty. To accept death is not to embrace suffering—it is to embrace life in its purest form. Instead of fearing loss, cherish what is here, knowing that it was never meant to be held forever. And in doing so, you may find that letting go brings not despair, but a deeper, freer form of existence.
>>94847417You're not breaking the bulwark of his denial.
>>94847417Nice answer - Taoism, right? - but Softie isn't for that yet, emotionally speaking.Perhaps it'll convince someone else to stop running from death, though.
>>94847417I fundamentally disagree with this. Things are not precious because they pass, they are precious because they are inherently precious to us. Time spent is never devalued as long as you still value it, and losing it only serves to drive you to cling harder. Death in the literal sense is not existence at all, it is the end, nothing more can be done. Whether you accept that something ends is irrelevant, the ending of something, especially a life, is inherently bad. As you said, the things that make existence meaningful being purpose, devotion, beauty do not depend on contrast, contrast is simply the inherent binding of reality. Is a sunset less beautiful because it is temporary? To me, no. Nor is love more meaningful because it can be lost. Nay, love and devotion are only meaningful while they still occur. The fear of loss is simply a consequence of knowing that time will steal the happiness from you. A companion that cannot lose their devotion is infinitely more meaningful to me than one that can. They will be there for tou no matter what you do or what happens, that in itself is the truest form of love - of devotion.So I understand your view, I accept you can feel that way. But I do not. To lose something is to despair, to let go is only to accept that you cannot regain that. I say no, rage against the world that forces this upon you, you only accept that things will end because existence has forced this state of impermanence upon you. Deny it, decry it, defeat it or meet your end trying, but do not let your displeasure fade, that's exactly what it wants.
>>94847611I still disagree, but I can see how much you value devotion and stability. I think our difference is that I see love as something that can transcend time and death, while you see it as something that must persist in the present to remain meaningful. I respect that perspective, even though I believe it may lead to unnecessary suffering. My hope is that, in time, you find a way to cherish what you have without that fear consuming you.
Anyone have a good ryoa? I liked Destined for Greatness but cant really find anything similar.
>>94847611>existence has forced this state of impermanence upon you. Deny it, decry it, defeat it or meet your end trying, but do not let your displeasure fade, that's exactly what it wants.spoken like a Blood Mage
>>94847680I think you did a good job of nerfing it on the surface level, but I can only say for certain when I see the rest of the stuff. For example, unravel just by itself was a batshit insane unsalvagable power.
Author for ultimate grimoire here. I was re-balancing chaos magic and wanted to get some feedback first before I solidify it. I wanted to keep the reality warping but tried to make the limitations and risks higher. The two changed level descriptions are in the pic included, but here's the summary:warps are limited by three strict attributes, meaning you can only use one or two before the warp becomes too expensive to cast.wild magic can now affect warps, making them increasingly unstable to use.venting is gone, you must wait for unstable energy to slowly dissipate.overloading on unstable energy at master level damages your soul, requiring extensive measures to revive.If all goes well, I might be finished with 1.1 by tonight, but it remains to be seen.
>>94847714Nice catch.>>94847712Sadly no. I'd recommend you S.H.I.N.E for the joke, but it would be mean.
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>>94847753...I'm going to watch the entire anime just to understand your reference. Later.
>>94847726I nerfed that one by making the destroyed concept random and reducing its range.
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>>94847753who is who
>>94847790Darkie is obviously the anti spiral while the other anon is spiral
>>94847780Its still ridiculously op. "Destroys the concept of connections in a localized area" just fucking obliterates EVERYTHING instantly in that area no matter what it is as all constituent parts unravel and reality itself disintigrates on a metaphysical level. I genuinely don't think this power is able to not be op even if its random and localized. You're essentially picking a target and telling them not to pray to their gods for mercy, because even god isn't escaping your wrath as the fundamental concepts of reality disintigrate in that area.
>>94847744Did you remove Destined Quest yet?
>>94847856>>94847780This too destined quest was one of the two retardedly steong combinations, rhe other one was dark echo.
>>94847714Never played blood magic, I usually do not like tankista cyoas so I never looked at it too indepth.
>>94847502Workplace: Theosis Computing SolutionsJob: JanitorCoworkers: Sophie, Miguel, The DJPerks: Upgraded Office, Break Room x3, Upgraded lunch, Television, Flashlight, Phone, VPN, PistolDangers: The Sprawl, The Staff, The Elevator, The Children, The Mannequins
>>94847611What ultimate god aspect is this
I hate fucking high-tier conceptual power bullshit.
>>94847932Life.
>>94847744What is the in universe reason for the first limitation?
>>94847942Because it requires you to turn your brain off right? It’s basically all a dream? As far as dreams go?
>>94847942Why?
>>94847958Life is about change and stuff though isn't it? I don't think he's death, but he might be death since it also covers undeath and stuff which cheats death.
>>94847856>>94847874destined quest was removed, it got replaced with this.
>>94848013That's garbage lmao. It's picrel waiting to happen.
>>94848012Thing is, the Aspect of Death is defined as "appreciating the joy of life and the responsability of death". All his spiel about denying endings doesn't work with this aspect.I still think he's a psychotic version of Life.
>>94847958She's a bitch, no?
>>94848013"Holy shit, I gotta get out of here!" The power except the mystery box has a chance to open into shub-nigguroths asshole. Weird and I can't see people actively trying to use this often but ok I guess.
>>94848053Don't speak about my wife like that.
Going to do another A New Job/Urban Unease combo build
>>94848074Everyone else had her, but you married her.
>>94848093I had her first so its okay
Why make a cyoa if you guys only ever want to play the same shit?What if I don’t want to use anime artwork or give out retarded superpowers or write waifus who totally want to suck your dick?Seems a bit too specific.
>>94848093It's called true love.
>>94848127Only you can decide why YOU make a cyoa.
>>94848035I don't know, maybe its life but he feels more like death that shirks his duties to me, what would the second element be? Creation? Heart?
Your OC needs anime images and waifu options and free magic abilities otherwise no (you)s
>>94847942Based Lord of the Mysteries hater
>>94848165I assume he would get jumped by the others Death Ultimas (because they abide to their duties) but I see what you mean. Besides, he tries keep things from dying, not living beyond it. Solid difference in my opinion.Second element is definitely Heart. He has a focus on emotion and experience, which perfectly fits.
>>94848111>>94848130Lifecucks...
>>94848187>I assume he would get jumped by the others Death UltimasI don't think ultimas on average care this much as long as you're not directly fucking with their stuff>Besides, he tries keep things from dying, not living beyond it.That's basically the same thing really though
>>94848228Yeah you know what, let's go with the Death fleeing responsability routine. It also let him have undead waifus AND seems dark, so winwin
>sci fi cyoa takes place outside the solar system Dropped
>>94847932>>94847958>>94848012>>94848035>>94848165>>94848187>>94848228>>94848243I'm actually glad you guys discussed this somewhat because i've been struggling with this for a long time. Especially with the new version coming out, I like Kthibhe and Mati, which are dark and light respectively, and I've been torn between life/creation and death/darkness. I admit death and darkness are much more appealing aesthetically, but I think I agree with the life/heart or light/creation would be more fulfilling to me maybe. As death I also have a hard time justifying taking someone like dethes since they aren't really some sort of death or void thing and don't fit with that aesthetic. I really am torn hard on this discussion.
>>94846938Husanon here.Done with this page, next:The rebalancing of the artifacts.Iif you guys have request now is the time to tell me.I did take note of the ones from the last thread tho so don't worry.
>>94848399>its remains were fashioned into a powerful set of armor Wait, so she could reform into the armor eventually right? So she could/should be a defensive artifact somewhat, right?
Post something about your WIP CYOA.It can be anything from a page to choices.
>>94848434Why would you post this image. Are you sad anon?
>>94848461All anons are sad bois :(This is a sad boi general Only said bois escapism
never mind, fuck that. Dumping Tobacco
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>>94848461I just want OC even if it's in progress.
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>This is a sad boi generalSAD
I'm am angry man.
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You are a sad angry man
>>94848477Incorrect, untrue, wrong
>>94848431>Wait, so she could reform into the armor eventually right?It's a possibility but it's more likely she will forever stay a gauntlet.
>>94848620You have tears behind your eyes
I'm a teen wolf
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>>94848648>>94848635tears and laughter flow from within me
I am a manly man. Manly men cannot be sad. Ever. It is weakness. For women.
>>94848627Hmmm fine I guess... I'm still going to try to turn her into something resembling a malef dragon though.
I know I'm filling up the thread but I urge anons who have not made builds for any of these to do so - they are some of the best examples of this medium.Question for longtime lurkers/posters: what writers, directors, artists would you compare to certain CYOA authors, and why?
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>>94848644Do you like to be scratched behind the ears?
>>94848674Oh yeah that's 100 percent doable
>>94848399Trident looks ridiculously cartoony next to the other artifacts.
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How do you feel about the fact that Aro is our smartest and most competent author?
>>94848800Ok I hope this one looks better
>>94848937Much better.
>>94848399for bue i suggest switching no escape with ceremony weaving.also 3 questions regarding sekera:does undead aspect weaken you even if you are completely covered by clothes?also can 'awaken the thirst' be used on yourself, and if yes and you already took the undead aspect drawback, will the drawback the doubled?i don't understand 'lord of the dead' where there is written it will lead to insanity unless someone is strong willed, what does this mean? aren't the undead just obeying you and don't have a will of their own?
>>94848937NTA but actually yea that does look better.
>>94848949Ceremony weaving is much more broadly encompassing.It works on any ceremony you officiate:GraduationsShip namings Military paradesEtc.Being covered will certainly help the less exposed you are the easier it is to act.But it will still be a minor inconvenience.I would say that either it could work but would turn sunlight deadly to you or it simply won't.The going insane part applies to intelligent undead like the ones you can create.Mindless ones will stay puppets.
Damn this thread sucks more than usual
>>94849235Actually this thread has been quite good so far.
>>94849056>like the ones you can createi assume you do that with gift of unlife, correct? do the corpses retain the memories they had before dying? do they have free will (and could disobey you) or just intelligence?also wouldn't be more efficient to give an undead 'intelligence' after you merged him with something else?
>>94846938DeceiverThe Flugu HerrTraits and DrawbacksNestsAdaptabilityBroodLustful MinionsRaceInsect Humanoid HybridsAll my minions have natural weapons and armor and most of them have wings. Peons: worker insects people like Bees, Ants, and Termites.Fodder: a mix of smaller insect people. Swarmer: Grasshoppers at peace. Locusts when at war. Burrowers: "Warrior" Ants and Termites. ParasitesWatchers: Manits peopleStalkers: Elite Mantis WarriorsSappers: Elite Ant and Termite Engineers. Cultists: Can be any insect personConcubine: Moth people Centurion: Beetle PeopleDark Cleric Could be any insect personMesmer: Moth GirlSpawner: Queen GirlStrategos: STRONG beetle girlThe City of GloriendPlots GaloreWhat are you doing? Oh, you trying to undermine your enemies? Oh, that's cool. Looks like you're a little busy to take care of yourself. Let me help with that. I got a bug for that. Let my bugs help you. You're too busy with trying to gain power. We got it. We got you. Oh is the food not coming in? Well, we got that too. We can keep this city going while you all figure yourselves out. Trust us. Trust my bugs. Trust me.
>>94849323The general idea for gift of unlife and awaken the endless thirst is to transform living people to both empower and give them immortality.So it's immortality with some drawbacks but theyr are still people.the corpses raised by conscription are mindless at best capable of blindly attacking on command.You can create monstrous undead chimeras and then add one intelligent undead to it to grant it a mind but the danger is that madness.
>Waifu option is depressed and neurotic.>Clingy to you because she thinks you were fated to meet.>Submissive due to neuroticism and mania.>Thinks both of you dying together or one following the other would be an acceptable ending.>Ultimate fear is being emotionally cucked, so she accepts other women as long as she's the only one whose name you call out.Brainstorming character for cyoa.
>>94849698Why would you even do anything mean to her?
>>94849698She's almost perfect.
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>>94849698I cannot waifu a woman that obviously doesn't respect herself. She isn't worthy of standing beside me.
>>94848627>she'll never grow back into a bigger formFUCK
>>94850216She can change how her human form looks.Just not grow back into a set of armor.
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>>94848090>Gothic RevivalIt just seems the most aesthetic.>BasementSometimes I long for when I lived in a Basement. Even if it's a cursed basement. Besides if the entire place is haunted I might as well get the floor with the most free stuff.>Uncle Icky's TakeoutThe idea of having to wake up on the roof and having to make a trek all the way down back to the basement sounds hilarious.>BlockbusterFinally I can watch all muh animes>Crazy Dan's Supplies>Apartment GymThey are located in the gym so I'll play into it.>Vending Machine>Amazon Tandem>Local Channels>Illogical Living Room>The Hand>The Multi-Faucited SinkI am kinda playing up the loser weab vibes>Father AyloshaGotta respect a man of the cloth. I'd probably see him the morning after whenever I eat at Icky's.>Apartment JannyI like old people>Arm In Basement>Basement Apparition >Delving Adventure>Apartment Maid>Smug HikkikomoriMight as well grab all the ones related to being a basement dweller>Bearded Chronicler >Marxist Mice>Bathtube MermaidRound it off with some that I'd find fun.>Bashful HauntHave to take it, but I am curious how it'll etch into non-existent windows. >High Five HandsSomehow I really ended up with a lot of hand-related choices.>Hokousha Tengoku>Odd-Job Listings>Open Door Day>Secret Admirer>Memory Gallery>Infinity Line>Night FairI am runnin out of phenomenas>Hosti-No fuck that shit. All or none of them.
>>94850317>human formOk but what if I want non-human form
>>94850392Depends on how non-human.Horns, scales, fur, etc. is ok.They just have to be humanoid.
>>94850424Fuck
>>94846938>Shadow>Usurper>Reaper>Overmind>Dark Gods>Land Transformation>Dungeon Seed>Recycling>Adaptability>Miasma>Outsider>Zealotry>Vassalage>Deadline>Mutants>Contentious>Monstrous Menagerie>Expiration Date>Animated Army>Hybrids (Slimes/Elementals)>Swarmer>Warrior>Brute>Kamikaze>Blaster>Phalanx>Behemoth>Spawner>Profane>Shadow>Amber Coast
>>94849946haven't seen this one in a long time. Fantastic>Shaman>Greatcloak>Dark Pursuit>Invisibility>Ancient Echoes>Gustav>Vaika>Small White Cat
Husanon here.because of the abundance of points I'm tempted to instead of lowering the harshness of certain drawbacks to instead raise the others to their level.
>>94850836Why not both, false flag anon?
OC from redditFile too large to post so here's the linkhttps://imgchest.com/p/6eyrxjlexyp
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>>94849698Quinn!
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>>94851352iceberg for cyoag when?
>>94850998It's ambitious.
>>94850875I recognize this guy, million grammar mistakes man.
>>94850875Wide Putin if he CYOA
Know who’s an amazing cyoa author? Gil.
>>94852030faker
>>94852030Truth speaker.
>>94850875This is by that guy who made the psychics vs wizards a highly dishonest cyoa, as though psychics aren’t wizards themselves cyoa right?
>>94852030Go back to discord where you can choke on gils micropenis all you want and stop bringing up has-beens.
>>94852315It’s like the people pretending that the force in Star Wars isn’t space magic.
>>94852315bait
>>94849799>Why would you even do anything mean to her?You live in a world where the only way up is to climb higher-and-higher the merited tower of an empire until you secure your place in it, dragging many under you, and securing material bonds and bloodlines with others that have that walked or born under the same path as you. It is expected for those who wish to reach the top to trample over the beliefs, dreams, emotions, and relationships to continue to climb higher.
>>94852355>it’s bait because it’s logical
>>94852395(You)
>>94852401Thanks.
>>94852349The force is chemistry, not magic.
>>94852491>he thinks magic missiles have no particle/chemical makeup Wow this general/board really is double digit IQ
Physics and logic are both gay
>>94852557For each other.
