Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97004626>thread questionHow often do you imagine a name for your build (proper name or nickname)? Any particular method to it?
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I still can't stand that piece of shit Rake.
>>97011327>Body Type:Bipedal>Racial Strengths:StrongEnduringAttunedMystical>Racial Weaknesses:ShortPhobia (Agoraphobia)>Starting Gear:PaddleCoin Pouch>Class:Arsenal>Specializations:Mountain Might (Basic)Armoring (Master)Battleforging (Master)Beguilement (Basic)>Abilities:Weighted StrikesPower GloveArcane ArmorExoskeletonWalker SuitStrengthenWeightlessBreakerAssimilateCharming Appearance>Background:School>Skills:LogisticsCartographyRunemaking>Traits:SpecializedRuneforging (I always have an apprentice with me)EncasedFate-Touched (Runeforging)Battlemage>Item:Spellcaster’s Ring>Faction:Association of Adventurers>Dungeon:The Mountain Keep>Companions:SirenaThorikGrimirBeyhan(or none for Multiplayer)Full mecha enhancement build, with agoraphobia leading into me just never leaving my mechsuit unless absolutely needed. Charming appearance helps to make it less weird for others to just see a suit of armor “acting” like an adventurer. I always have an apprentice adventuring with me as per my fate-touched deal with the runeforging spirits, which if anything is a bonus, as they can be an extra, more nimble set of hands as well as a more friendly face in cities and towns.
realism mech OC creator back, I have returned to inform you anons that I have created a basic outline that took a few months. I needed to source all the features and mechanics based on VOTOMS and battletech but I can proudly say that by next month it'll be extensive as soul contract/oni slop.
>>97011327>>97011328The Crippled Prophet >Bipedal >Strong, Enduring, Attuned, Mystical, Sharp Senses (sight) Cantrip (Divine Steed) >Frail, Short, Delicate Back, Obsession (Religion) >Bell, Coin Pouch >Arsenal >Spirit Warriors (Mastery), Virtues (Advanced), Congregation (Basic), Tactical Mastery (Mastery) >School >Logistics, Cartography, Morale Boost >Prostrated, Clear Mind, Fate Touched (Prostrated), Battlemage, Blueblood, Everyman, Specialized, Spirit Medium >Spyglass >Association of Adventures >The Prison >Professor Sirena Conda, Korgalda, Tlaco the Tall, Beyhan Going for a minionmancer type build here. Decided to go arsenal as I wanted to be immune to mind control since it is so devastating against a leader. Also, Congregation may be the core, but you only really need it at basic level. Tried to pick companions who can support my horde and keep me safe and am going for the Prison to get access to the fleshweavers.
>>97011327>Body Type:Bipedal>Racial Strengths:StrongAttunedMystical>Racial Weaknesses:Restricted Diet (Herbivore)>Starting Gear:PaddleBell>Class:Arsenal>Specializations:Virtues (Intermediate)Congregation (Master)Fighting Spirit (Advanced)Necromancy (Basic)>Abilities:ConvictionFanaticismEnlightenmentEmpowerMartyrdomPhalanxEnduring SpiritRallying SpiritTireless SpiritSkeletons>Background:City>Skills:NegotiationMorale BoostCurse Breaking>Traits:SpecializedAngry Mob (All Companions and/or allies have Heavy Sleeper, and those that already have it are enhanced in severity)Inspiring PresenceSlayer ClanBluebloodFate-Touched (Angry Mob)BattlemageNightwatcher>Item:Warden’s Badge>Faction:Brotherhood of Benevolence>Dungeon:The Prison>Companions:AlcheonThorikKorgaldaTlaco(Or none for Multiplayer)One man army, skeleton fodder enhanced through 9 separate methods to overwhelm the opposition, while any that die heal those that remain.
>>97011327First build idea reaching a satisfying enough conclusion, don't think I would choose that but it's coherent and powerful enough for my taste.>RaceBipedal, Strong, Agile, Enduring, Surge(physical) Cantrip(Dark Blows), Disrupted, Mundane, Restricted Diet(carnivory)>Starting GearBroken Cutlass, Coin Pouch>ClassArsenal>SpecializationsMaster : SteelfleshAdvanced : Fighting SpiritBasic : Mountain Might & Night Beast>BackgroundCity or Dungeon Tribe>SkillsMonster Knowledge, Negotiation, Dungeon Lore, Curse Breaking>TraitsSkilled, Fast Metabolism, Thorough Digestion, Vegetarian, Secondary Brain, Blueblood, Fate-Touched(Vegetarian)>ItemRabbit's Foot>FactionThe Fellowship of the Fearless>DungeonThe Spire>CompanionsMyserix, Sirena, Grimir, Beyhan
>>97011362Mid-TierHumanFreak AccidentThe Psycho Feel No Pain -1Peak-Form -1Practical Skills -1Doctorate -2Secret Identity -1Sexy -1Ancient Evil -1Transformation +1Superpowered HenchmanThe Mercenary x4Perfect Aim -4Peak-Form -4I am a Villain of time. Planning long schemes with a line of highly replaceable bodyguards that I raise and train.
I finally decided on the pick-3 combination of Shed Life, Wandering Merchant, and Wandering Warrior.
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>>97011472>If you roll, you can choose a 4th (1d40, or 2d20- first 20, 2nd 20)I don't get it? Isn't the 2d20 option strictly superior?
Rolled 17, 3, 20, 15, 19, 20 = 94 (6d20)>>97011472Rollan the 2nd version to see what monstrosity comes outSurely I won't roll WA. What are the odds?
Rolled 19, 6, 30, 37 = 92 (4d40)>>97011472>>97011476Wish me luck!
>>97011482Well your rolling for an option so a higher number on average doesn't necessarily mean better options and you will be far more likely to get middle options and less likely to get edge options it's a bell curve with a 2d20 while with a 1d40 all the chances are equal.
>>97011482yeah, i have no idea what they meant by that... they were thinking of people who wanted to use actual dice, maybe? i just do d40 digitally when i feel like rolling.>>97011486double 20s is unfortunate, but the others aren't bad.>>97011491not going to manual-pick your fourth?30 and 37 are pretty contradictory, better replace one of those
>>97011476>wholesome>force feminizes youKill redditors.
>>97011491>>97011509>not going to manual-pick your fourth?Reading it again, it seems i can trade my 4th for 3 extra rolls. So i will do a writeup sometime today and add my extra rolls to that one.>30 and 37 are pretty contradictory, better replace one of thoseDont see how? Doesnt matter anyway, will remove 30 cause it sucks. 37 can be fun once i´m bored sometime in a thousand years or so.
>>97011532What? Isn't it choose 3 or roll 3 if you roll 3 you can choose a 4th?
>>97011500It's not the sum of 2d20, it's "first 20, 2nd 20" and you get both, there's no bell curve.
>>97011537If you roll you get 1 free choice. Do a writeup and you get another one BUT if you roll, you can trade the 4th choice AND the extra writeup choice for 3 extra rolls. According to the last page.
>>97011346Opinion on the sensor field abjurer trait ?
lol how is it possible to fuck up instructions so badly for such a simple thing. Is it that authors who would end up in this corner of the internets are just naturally bad at communicating?
>>97011549Ohh... that, well you are trading in 2 choose options for 3 rolls so it makes sense don't know if it's worth it but if you want to roll why not.
>>97011544Getting both seems illogical as why would something like this double the gains? And 2d20 is literally the sum of 2 d20 when you put it into goggle it gives you exactly that. First 20, 2nd 20nis so fucking vague I have no clue what it means? Do you sum them up, pick one of them, pick both, subtract, multiply? There is not context. If you gave someone a just sentence "first 20, 2nd 20" what can you even extrapolate from this? That two 20 exist what do you do with them, no clue
>>97011605There are 40 options. I think it's clear "first 20" means options 1..20, and "2nd 20" means options 21..40.
>>97011615But do you choose one of them do you get them both? As you can only roll 3 so you should only get 3 otherwise it turns into roll 6. And the usage of 2d20 makes it further unclear as traditionaly its the sum of those 2 rolls.
>>97011482it's like... if you're doing 4 rolls, you choose either 4d40 or 2d20+2(d20+20)
>>97011624you choose 3 options or roll 4 options
>>97011327Okay so from what I gathered >Non Arsenal classes are kind of stuck with some dud abilities that people don't want or need >Non Arsenal classes don't have a lot of choices>A lot of traits still suck ass and some other traits are incredibly strong I'll have to ponder some changes.
>>97011472anyway my combo for this cyoa is immortal chain + secret magic, all you need to do is grant wishes until someone frees you, after that your genie power lets you fuel your own magic so you aren't dependent on the demons for that
>>97011642but what do you do if your roll 3 options do you choose the 3rd option from the first half or the second half or is it any half you want? Because it says you can choose a 4th so its a choice not a roll. There is just a lot of nebulous things added which are not cleared up at all.
>>97011472>Fae Grace>Live Life>Dream Again>Wandering MerchantI'm not posting the wall of text, the short version is, Fae Grace and Live Life for QoL, the first one stopping only the detrimental mutations will be exploited, and Live Life's mind boost too (memorize lot of stuff, science, language, chemistry, food recipe, entertainment etc). Dream Again to not stay die and planeswalking, Wandering Merchant for some control over the planeswalking (I died but wasn't done with whatever, just go back, or a new reality is trash, then leave somewhere nicer).
>>97011650My man, Arsenal in general is a bad idea. The point of CYOA is theorycrafting the build that suits you best, who is going to skip arsenal when it has the most? And naturally that means the CYOA is awkward, because you can't meaningfully build around a bunch of singular classes and one omniclass well. At this point in my view you have one of two options:1) Remove Arsenal completely, but then make it so you can pick two classes. Builds become about interesting synergies between classes, but the limitations mean it's still actually about the classes.2) Go all in on Arsenal. Make the CYOA entirely around the PC being an arsenal with the different classes being flavour of where the skills come from.
>>97011732>2) Go all in on Arsenal. Make the CYOA entirely around the PC being an arsenal with the different classes being flavour of where the skills come from.It's already that to be quite honest with you, senpai...
>>97011650I also recommend buffing the power level of the Basic abilities (or whatever will take their place) a little bit. Besides being very narrow in most cases they often feel incredibly weak and not worth taking as they're written.
>>97011702Oh yeah that is something I noticed too. Good point.>>97011732Hm well the multi classing and mix matching would mean a bunch of more interesting build diversity I could also just migrate a lot of the Arsenal traits as just general traitsAnd I could make a trait that boosts putting all points into one class. I had an idea of 3 passive free skills for each class, you pick 1 from your primary class, but if you go all in on one you get all 3.
>>97011327>RaceBipedal, Strong, Enduring, Attuned, Mystical, Sharp Senses(hearing), Surge(magical), Resistant, Cantrip(druidism)Frail, Short, Dulled Senses(smell), Slow Healer, Restricted Diet(herbivorous), Limited(cold)>Staring GearBell & Coin Pouch>ClassAbjurer>SpecializationsMaster : WardingAdvanced : Barrier WeaponIntermediate : Shielding & Imprisonment>BackgroundSchool>SkillsLogistics, Ancient Languages, Cartography, Negotiation>TraitsSkilled, Thorough Digestion, Demolisher, Heavy Sleeper, Specialized, Magic Guard, Mana Battery>ItemRabbit's Foot>FactionThe Fellowship of the Fearless>DungeonThe Spire>CompanionsHiyori, Throik Hammerbeard, Agrippa, Grimir BroadhoofStrong and Enduring are for learning abilities that use them later, removing them wouldn't change how the build fight much if at all, no reason to got in melee myself just throw barrier needles if I want to deal damage myself.Wondering if I should drop Skilled for Sensor Field and maybe take Reactive Magic too.
>>97011823When it comes to the racial strengths, I think it's mostly a matter of not having many ways to shift around stats.
>>97011650>A lot of traits still suck ass and some other traits are incredibly strongThis. Part of Arsenals popularity is a failure of each normal class to offer a fully competitive set of traits. There is usually a decent one or two but cherry picking the two best from all classes as an Arsenal (plus the arsenal traits) is better than the whole dedicated suites in most cases. Hell I have even tacked on the "skilled" traits to some of my Single class builds without any hesitation.
>>97011369did rake killed your dog
>>97011472I can never make a build for that CYOA - my need to hoard all golden artifacts and dispatch them around is too strong.
>>97011888Yeah I think I'll make a general trait that allows you to shift some stats around Also probably limit the racial weaknesses to prevent too much minmaxing >>97011892Yeah I've noticed that when designing the companions, a lot of the traits are hard to build aroundI think I'd need to lessen the drawbacks even more
>>97011650If I take Arsenal and take some abilities from the Vampire class, does that grant me the eternal youth that Vampires enjoy?
>>97011988The secondhand embarrassment I get from reading this is unreal.
>>97011327>Another cyoa where people only post shopping lists
>>97012041No immortality, no image builds
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>>97012045Do you think I like image builds? They're worse than shopping lists.
>>97012041But there are various who posted their plans, are those too considered shopping lists?
>>97012053>Lying
I know you guys love interactives, so here's some dark fantasy kinohttps://normalsensei-ops.github.io/A-Dark-Fantasy-Adventure/
>>97012076>I know you guys love interactivesRefer to the post above yours.
>>97012049immortalityfags are in shambles as they have to earn their immortality
>>97011944He used a rake to do it; that's why he's called rake.
>>97012065The first answered build has a plan.
>>97011327>The Mountain Keep:Mecha Enhancement https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97011327/#97011386>The Catacombs:Sadistic Centaur Cleric https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/96999514/#97004194Dwarf Monk https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97006217>The Prison:Eranthis the Twiceborn https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97009036The Crippled Prophet https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97011327/#97011390One Man Army https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97011327/#97011407>The Caves:Arcane Warrior https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97009646Classic Elf Mage https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97006008Sunbro https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97007598>The Spire:Pocket Healslut https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97004675Remnant Tribesman https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97004808Jolly Monk https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97005224Backline Commander https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97008743Iron Chef https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97008452Cataclysm Fairy https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97008471Indominable Spellblade https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97008641Armored Juggernaut https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97010111Fresco https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97004626/#97011108https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97011327/#97011431https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97011327/#97011857
>>97011472Live Free, Secret Magic, Elemental Bond (Earth)Use Live Free to undo any negative consequences of my rituals (potentially allowing me to regain my virginity and thus sell it over and over again). Earth being a solid object means I can just wear a stone ring all the time to become basically invincible, plus I have powerful geokinesis and a useful (if somewhat slow) teleport.
>>97012190The Spire guys are NGMI
>>97012049So the CYOA is unplayable good to know
>>97012227TroyX chad...
>>97012190Now assemble your party.
>>97012190Damn, some people don't even post images along with their builds anymore. It's so Reddit...
>>97012226I don't even understand what's so lethal about the spire from its description it doesn't seem that dangerous
>>97012226nuh uhOur spire HEROES run a train on the healslut and the mad sorceress after conquering the spire in a single day
>>97012041>muh hecking deep builds!Shut the fuck up bitch, its a cyoa not a homework.
>>97012190>everyone switched from mountain keep to spiregrimmy
>>97012248It's the most dangerous one.
>>97012248If you don't think liches or fuckhuge demons are dangerous, along with reality warper boss that can just make your party stuck in a 1x1 meter room with no exits, you might be retarded
>>97012076The fact you must pick the same side thrice in the eclipse section to see the endings is annoying.
>>97011532Is that Sellen? Why did the greatest sorceress become a ball?
Alright I have some ideas in mind for changes.Each class will have 6 skills, 3 levels of potential for each ability. You get 6 points for a primary class and 3 for a secondary. Each class has 3 passives you can pick from. But you only get 1 of them and you can only take passives from your primary class.There's a special beneficial trait for if you forgo the secondary class and use all 9 points on the primary to give you all the passives.I'm probably going to drop Arsenal as a class since now you can mix classes as you wish.As for traits I think I'll have to overhaul almost all of them. I think I might reduce the number. I might need some ideas for traits. The drawbacks probably have to be completely avoidable through character design.
>>97012441>greatest Thats Rennala
Dispatch cyoa?
>>97011327Engideer>Body: Taur>Strengths: Agile, Attuned, Mystical>Weaknesses: Weak>Gear: Shortbow, Bell>Class: Engineer>>Balistics – Advanced>>Alchemy – Master>>Golemancy – Intermediate>>Armoring – Intermediate>Background: City>Skills: Locksmithing, Maintenance, First Aid, Runemaking>Traits: Skilled, Potion Connoisseur, Thorough Digestion, Savant, Runeforging>Item: Spellcaster's Ring>Faction: he Brotherhood of Benevolence>First Dungeon: The Caves>Companions: Lady Myseryx Honeyglow the Fourth, Hiyori, Alcheon, BeyhanMost might expect the lithe magically inclined cervitaurs to stick to being Wardens prancing through the woods. I personally don't care for such stereotypes. I am quite happy to use the power of SCIENCE!
Elden ring cyoa?
>>97012481>make elden ring cyoa>everyone hates it because "nooo thats not how the lore is"
>>97012441Too much elite ball knowledge
>>97012481There is a NSFW one
>>97012452Rennala is so bad she made a useless spell outdone by one that costs half the amount of intelligence lmaooo
>>97012479>Engideerlol…
>>97012625I am quite proud of that one.
>>97012076>"It did not X. It did not Y. It only Z."I hate the AI antichrist. The true grimdark is forcing people to read it 9999 times.
>>97012452If Rennala is the best wizard ever why does she need to use a staff while the others don’t?
>>97012659Women need to grip phallic objects to cast magic. Men just need to stare into orbs (symbolic of both balls and boobs) and ponder magic into existence.
>>97012677This is perfect wizard logic. I like you.
>>97012683When did you realize that a good chunk of science is just pondering orbs, both big and small? This includes rotations.
>>97012653>All bad writing is AI now
Wizards will openly state their pondering orbs(balls) in their towers(phallic) then try to deny being gay
>>97012696Read through the CYOA and you'll see that at least 80% of it is AI-assisted. It does that thing I'm talking about a thousand of times.
>>97012695https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8OAD4B925PA
>>97012711It's hard to discern when those wizards are constantly shifting from looking like bearded old men to turning themselves into little girls back and forth
https://witch-awakening.taglialegne.it/https://imgchest.com/p/xny8vrwd7bl?grid=
>>97012076AIsloppa
>>97012763>posting the kitchen sink slop abomination instead of kino
Is it too late to post a Halloween CYOA?
>>97012869No. It's not yet December, after all.
>>97011820This is something that occurred to me. Certain abilities and traits are just like “holy shit why would I ever.” Or does a great job of selling just how dangerous this dungeon and world are, so I’m not gonna take too many risks. This applies to companions as well, since there is one per class I feel very incentivized to narrow my focus and create a balanced party. When the cyoa wants you to play smart you really notice the weaknesses in your build that you might otherwise handwave in a more light-hearted cyoa
>>97012885I remember the previous version having a trait that gave more spell power but mind-affecting ability weakness. I picked it that time but in this version I immediately decided it's one of the NGMI abilities because every dungeon now has some mind-affecting danger (at least in theory)
>>97012763Shame bears only makes small CYOAs otherwise, love this one.
>>97012916Traitor.
>>97012735In all great wizard’s beards, there is a loli to be found. Similar to how all Jews have bags of gold around their necks.
>>97011327I desperately want a blue mage class but I think it would be too strong
Opinions on fairy companions?
>>97012947Warrior can steal monster powers, IIRC.
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>>97012448class change sounds really good>As for traits I think I'll have to overhaul almost all of themI don't think the current traits were that bad
>>97012958Always good.
>>97012987Some of them are simply flavor with a drawback and no real benefit. Usually fine in others, but not so much this one
>>97012448Don't drop Arsenal, some people would still want to do something like 3/2/2/2 points to abilities from 4 different classes.
>>97012958>Opinions on fairy companions?Tiny pixies a la Tinkerbell? Or the statuesque sidhe/Tuatha de Danaan-type that inspired Tolkien's elves?
>>97012922I'm loyal to CYOAs, not whatever autisitc skubwar you're obsessed with.
>>97013102>whatever autisitc skubwar you're obsessed with.The old Reddit v. 4chan one, I think.
>>97013072>Or the statuesque sidhe/Tuatha de Danaan-type that inspired Tolkien's elves?Tolkien wasn't inspired primarily by Celtic fairies (though he did take some influence,) he was mostly inspired by Germanic elves. There's a distinction.
>>97013102Anon that's not how the game is played. You're supposed to despise /cyoar/ and the subreddits on instinct, else you're not one of the boys.
>>97013072Fairies/pixies. The kind that can fly around and sit on your shoulder.
>>97013142I don't want to be one of the boys so I think I'm good senpai.
>>97013150And that's the part where we call you a sissy/tranny, you see.
>>97013163And that's fine, because I don't care.
>>97012958I always liked them, because their whimsy natures overlap thematically with the concept of escapism and CYOAs itself.Also they're usually more optimistic than the rest of the companions, which is a breath of fresh air for some CYOAs with high stakes.
>>97013140Really? I see a lot more Tam Lin than Erlking in them.
>>97013182Sauron is pure dokkalfar/Niflheim/svartalfar, though
>>97013190(And anyone who is fluent in Scandinavian tongues, please forgive my rushed attempt to get the spellings right.)
>>97013182That's because you're looking at too late of an influence. Don't look at the Erlking, who is much later and warped by Christian influence, look at alfr in the Norse Sagas, closer to the pagan source. The Noldor are outright svartalfr in everything except skin color, it's why he was cheeky and had them be friends with the dwarves (who are partially made up of the much later 'dwarf' corruption of the svartalfr.)
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>>97013149Depends a lot on the personality. I'm not sure I'd get along with the classic J.M. Barrie/Disney version of Tinkerbell, but I have nothing against the basic idea. Could even be fun, with the right fairy.
Lowest iq author?Highest iq author?
>>97013289gilTok
>>97013321damn, they're all that dumb?
>>97013289>Lowest iq author?Anonymous authors. Not only do they not monetize anything in the present, they are also failing to build up a brand which could be monetized at a later point.>Highest iq author?DragonJak.
>>97013350Tok has a very high IQ, not sure if I would say hes an outright genius but hes defiantly close to it.
>>97013289Hard to tell. It can take a lot of brains to make a fun "dumb" cyoa.
What cyoa concepts haven't been done yet? Or done well?
>>97013419a dragon cyoa
>>97013355Quick rundown?
>>97013419A cyoa where you're a dragon. At least one of these applies to them:1. too short2. not exclusively about being a dragon3. really badFor example: in protector of the new world or lusus naturae you can make a decent dragon but they're not CYOAs about being a dragon. Hatchling is about being a dragon and is decent but us way too short.
>>97013444Anon is measuring their IQ by their ability to make money. DragonJak is (in)famous for his Patreon.
>>97013289aro for both.
>>97013490Isn't that just what ledditors do in general? I remember at least one or two other jabronis who were "accepting CYOA commissions" or somesuch, always cracks me up
>>97013419There's no big and serious zombie cyoa, I think? There's plenty of zombie cyoas, but they're short and/or shitposty. But picture a zombie cyoa with a big map, and you make decisions according to the adjacency of things on a map (the mall is adjacent to the church, the church is adjacent to the highway, etc).
>>97013520Cool idea, reminds me of Last Stand series of flash games.
>>97013490It's kinda weird how I only know of two cyoa creators having patrons and both of them have dragon in their name and do NSFW cyoas
>>97013419Outer God/Great Old One cult leader CYOA
>>97013520I think the whole post-apocalyptic genre is lacking? Off the top of my head I remember Atomic Odyssey, Patrollers and Dark Zone... That's it.
>>97013552Eigenweapon.
>>97013558I hate that one. It felt like a lot of isolated good ideas mixed into a slop (in a regular non-AI sense). I take personal offense in the fact that it's called Eigenweapon and those Eigenweapon monsters just get a short description, there's no mechanics of confronting them or surviving them, it's just fluff and nothing else.
>>97013558Oh right. I don't usually play Aro cyoas, so I forgot it.
>>97013036And it would still be bullshit.
>>97013558Trash
>>97013593And it's fine if those 2 or 1 class-builds get some unique buffs.
>>97013520CC
>>97013575>a lot of isolated good ideas mixed into a slopYeah, because all those good ideas were directly lifted from other people.
>>97011327>Body Type:Bipedal>Racial Strengths:StrongEnduringToughResistant>Racial Weaknesses:DisruptedMundane>Starting Gear:Broken CutlassCoin Pouch>Class:Arsenal>Specializations:Masochism (Basic)Mountain Might (Basic)Healing Hands (Advanced)Fighting Spirit (Master)>Abilities:Strength From AgonyWeighted StrikesHealing FistInvigorating FistDraining FistEnduring SpiritRallying SpiritTireless SpiritResurrection>Background:Rural>Skills:First AidSurvivalCurse Breaking>Traits:Fast MetabolismSpecializedSpartan UpbringingSimpleFate-Touched (Simple)>Item:Rabbit’s Foot>Faction:Brotherhood of Benevolence>Dungeon:The Catacombs>Companions:HiyoriTessaKorgaldaJorvan(Or none for Multiplayer)Spite build against the trap class anon, near-immortality with no mana and no vampire abilities; Strength From Agony, Healing Fist, Fast Metabolism, and Specialized First Aid help me recover faster after a resurrection, while Specialized Curse Breaking can remove any lasting, non-fatal debilitating effects. Weighted Strikes and the other Fist abilities give me more offensive power and utility than just survivability.
>>97012597That one was grotesque. I sat through it and reasoned that the author and Tok were of one tainted soul.
>>97013611Does this really count
>>97013419Would be interesting to have a cyoa where instead of being the overpowered main character your the middling power companion and you need to use your limited resources and clues from the cyoa events, quests, enemies and companion description to develop a proper build to exploit your situation. But it would require way too much skill to execute this concept well that your more likely to get a overpowered waifu builder or masochistic try your best to survive in your shit situation cyoa or just generic isekai shit.
>>97013648No that sounds terrible and boring to be some loser who dies. Your only hope in such a CYOA would b to find the hero and join his harem.
>>97013596>t. tok cyoa enjoyer
>>97013658I'm going to genderbend the hero and make HER join mine actually>but plot ar-Nah I'd win, I'm going to change the tags of this story to include mtf, mind break, corruptionI'm still going to be the good guy btw
>>97013648I and probably many other anons hate events sections, it's a polarizing and brave decision to focus the cyoa on events.
>>97013688>choose your own adventure>he just wants character creators with no adventure choicesplease leave.
>>97013648Would be interesting to have a cyoa where you fantasize about making a cyoa but can't do it because you have no imagination or skill.
>>97013695Nah that Surincal slip was absolute shit because of events for example.
>>97013721All surincal cyoas are bad, what are you on about?
>>97013721Slop*
>>97013729The great stage would have been passable without the railroading of the events.
>>97013695Without events/quests, I use the cyoa to configure the setup. When I'm done configuring, the cyoa finishes and the adventure starts. There's a clear START point. The future transpires in an indeterminate but partly predictable way, and that's freeform future is what I daydream of, it's a single contiguous thing.While events mean that you run from cutscene to cutscene. There's no clear START point, some kind of cutscenes keep interfering with where you'd end up. Artificial and disruptive of the fantasizing.
>>97013741>The Great Stage95% of its text was generated by an LLM
>>97013755Yes and? The LLM railroaded a shit story on us.
>>97013658Well essentially you would start in the hero harem or the demon lord harem depends on the flavor. Essentially your writing the prophecy for all of it. Your just going to be some by the world standards a powerful individual but compared to the overpowered hero or the main villain. You would essentially be building the whole prophecy and heroes journey and trying to choose the most beneficial choices for yourself be it by customizing yourself, the hero character, the rest of the companions or the events. Maybe you manipulate the hero, betray them, somehow kill them, seduce them, usurp them or whatever else. But as I said you would need really good writing skills to execute it well so it would most likely end up shit. But I just like it conceptualy.
>>97013768I’m responding to you saying it was passable without the events. The rest of it was generated too, it was all bad.
>>97013803It had other flaws but the railroading was #1.
>>97013803I liked the idea behind getting MMO-like powers and weapon upgrades from gamer ayy lmaos and trying to game the system and get the most of your shit package. The implementation wasn't great though.
>>97012052Image builds are the best kind of build, get with the times old man
>>97012448Add immortality to traits so I can make a true elf
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>>97013828The concept was definitely there and by no means were the quests the only issue but it would have been a step in the right direction. Compare that to CC's quests and you immediately see the issue. Events if they are good, truly optional and make sense for us to have foreknowledge of don't break the open endedness for me.
>>97013520How about a Fulcrum-tier long list of companions, and you roll about 5 of them to be stuck with in a zombie apocalypse?Maybe you'll roll capable survivors, maybe you'll roll obese otakus, maybe you'll roll violent drug addicts, maybe you'll roll people who would work fine separately but can't work together, or the other way round.I'd play that.
>>97013721Can't you ignore the unsanctioned mission and write your own adventure? They're just a glorified tour around the world if you think about it.
>>97013963>Fulcrum-tierSpess Refugee-tier*
>>97013845And tok authors are the best kind of authors, get with the times old man
>>97013988Could Neo defeat the Matrix without ever confronting the Architect? The problem is the whole world and it's inherent conflict is fully elaborated on and given explicit outcomes. You can ignore the main quest like a Skyrim playthrough but it's always there.
>>97014036I mean, it's only valid if my goal is to fight against the Matrix, which is one possibility amongst many. You can also derail the main quest at any point, so I don't feel obligated to follow it either.
>>97014003>And tok authors are the best kind of authors, get with the times old manI wholeheartedly agree
>>97014074There are only two possibilities anon, the status quo of the Curators fucking with people for their games, or the main quest.
>>97014074You can control the entire world, or you can hunt 10 rats to present their tails to a villager for a 10 potatoes reward. You can say>I'm just the kind of guy who values 10 potatoes higher than ruling the world and righting wrongs;)but it will always feel like a very fake route, like playacting, at that point the entire adventure is deeply unserious.
Toks latest OC hasn't been reposted or received a response since it dropped lol.
>>97014160He is gonna have so many cool masks though.
>>97014160>it will always feel like a very fake routeFrom my perspective following the scripted events laid out by the CYOA are the fake scripted route, which includes the main quest, so I care less about it.At least inventing your own way to overthrow the Curators is more interesting than mandated babysitting.
>>97014199What part of "Find the Projector Crystal" don't you understand anon?
>>97014219I don't care about that, simple as.
>>97014145No matter how hard you try you cannot get me to not like hex maniac.>>97014185He made something? Lol I had no idea.
>>97014233>refusing the call to adventurePrepare to have your wife raped, your children devoured, your money stolen, your face broken, etc.Nobody can't escape fate.>>97014185...He made something? Not a shitty uninspired one pager I trust?
Post a great CYOA
>>97014279>>97012763
>>97014300Sell me on it.
>>97014319it's good
>>97014353People told me the same thing about Dragonfall once.
>>97012987Traits are that bad.
>>97014319Some anon wrote a 40(?) page document listing all the flaws
>>97014362they lied
Rolled 7, 27, 28 = 62 (3d40)>>97011472>>97011491>>97011532Keeping these rolls: >(6)Dream Again>(19)Secret Source>(37)Wholesome HeartAs i misinterpreted the conditions for rolling.Reading the news, you see her on the first page once again, Beanie. She took the world by storm over a decade ago, after some of her ”clients” got together on social media and preached of their saviour for all the world to see. The first transvestites to truly have transitioned. Later examinations removed all doubts of foul play. You scoff at the memory before taking a bite of your chicken sandwitch. An LGBTQ spokesperson who has sat down with countless celebrities and whose relatively small brand is recognized in every household from here all the way to Japan. Oh those people treat her like more of an idol than we do. The news once again bring up Beanie´s disappearing act, some three months ago. She just up and vanished without a trace. Ever since then, questions about the whole thing just keep piling up in your head. How can a person possibly get away with not labeling their products? Over the most basic ingredients like maple leaves for example? Why have nobody tried to figure out the process? What if human blood has been on the menu since the beginning? Just thinking about it makes your stomach turn. Did people overlook all that bullshit just cause she looked like some qt 3.14?”A flame that burns so brightly is doomed to flicker away eventually, dont you think?”You look up and see some dude that has no business being on the subway. Dressed in a sharp suit, shades and golden earrings. You would think he was headed to some VIP event or something. You also can´t help but notice a slight grin forming on his mouth before he turns away from you, moving further down the carriage. The sound of your stop is the only thing that brings you back to reality.NOW MY REWARD ROLLS
>>97014279OC OC OC OC OCYou turn back into a 18yo and travel X years back in time.Details, blah blah: You lose all your items. You will appear slightly outside your nearest urban settlement, in decent period-appropriate clothes. You will automatically learn the most common language+dialect of the region at the time.What X do you pick? What will you try to do?
>>97014362i do not lie
>>97014407Two years back in time. I cuck myself.
>>97014398Pastebin or archive link?
>>970144070. Just give me a young body again.
>>97014449https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/94224787/#94228766
>>97014407X=20, to 2005. Bitcoin started in 2010, I should have a bit of money made in those 5 years. Although, an early buy could cause some random noise due to which it never takes off? No idea how likely that risk is.
>>97014476Damn, I wish I was that autistic
>>97012987>>97014373A good 50% have such horrible consequences that imagining living with them is adventure killing. I get that Ordion doesn't want to just give us flat bonuses with no downsides but the traits are build defining not little extras and I have written off entire classes because their traits suck.
>>97014490Why would you wish to be closer to Tok?
>>97014476Man I forgot how dumb that was.
>>97014476>Bionicle rant out of nowhere in the middlelmao, love that based retard
>>97014622It's proof he's too mentally crippled and autistic to be taken seriously.
