"Baked Earth" EditionArchives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97108517>Thread Question: Is location important to you, or are you mostly concerned with other elements of a setting?
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>>97115917To explain my "drop in an ocean" analogy a little more, I'm saying that you need to fill a bucket or ocean to advance to the next stage. A stage 4 stealing the qi and refinement from a stage 2 would be like taking a drop and trying to fill a tank or even ocean with it depending on the level of cultivation (peak vs early stage). It's barely anything, and a stage 4 taking from stage 1 might even be like a drop trying to fill up an entire ocean. Stage 3 might be like trying to fill a bucket and you might get a drop, cup, or bowl's worth (depending on cultivation level). The biggest gains would be stealing from an equivalent opponent.The Level of your cultivation within the stage itself is also extremely important. For example, you can just barely be at the Early-Stages of Stage 4 but if your opponent is Peak Stage 3, you're actually not too far apart (although the Entry-level Stage 4 still has a massive advantage, the Peak Stage 3 still has a chance). Is the early Stage 4 steals their energy in one they would probably bump to one step away from the Middle-Stage tier (if not Middle Stage altogether, depending on the refinement of their Qi, which again makes this all very relative). Let's assume he bumps to Middle Stage in one go because he steals the refinement of a favored son of heaven with a high refinement for his stage. He still needs to move from Middle to hit the Late Stage and then get to the Peak Stage of cultivation within Stage 4 (RE-04 in this CYOA). I'm assuming that Rake is fine with this sort of scaling because this is literally the genre in a nutshell.Just to restate my position in simple terms, Vermillion is underpowered compared to other methods assuming you choose equal options. It lags behind when you look more closely at how everything works. Also, I apologize for my wording and phrasing because I'm actually pretty tired from work. This is why I said earlier I didn't want to make a big post, but here we are anyway, apparently.
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>>97116040I'm not reading that ok thx bye
>>97116040This is why they were said to explicitly all be equal. Just assume the unexplained parts play out in such a way that it's equivalent to the rest, you can avoid the autistic powerscaling and just focus on the fun parts of it.
>>97116072I guess if it says they are all equal is fine then. I wonder why all authors waste time balancing choices when they can just put at the start of the cyoa>All choices are equalAnd it solves all balancing problems
Posting this again so I can shit up the thread with another undifferentiated mass of build
>>97116090I would treasure any similar contributions
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I WANT SPACE CYOAS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SPACE?
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>>97116121>>97116118I've posted at least a few in the last five or six threads. Have you looked in the archive?
Here's one I haven't seen in some time. Hyenanon's best in my opinion. This and Wiser Men Than Us are some of the better true (linear) CYOAs in my eyes. Too bad most writers don't go for that - I guess it has the potential to get a lot more complicated
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Good Korean cyoas: https://arca.live/b/cyoa/152648933Unrealistic Reality: https://bluestarfern.neocities.org/unrealistic/Submerged World: https://saviapple.neocities.org/SubmergedSekai/Great Reincarnation: https://witchwitch.neocities.org/great/Black Ocean: https://vovarchive02.neocities.org/blackocean1.27v/
>>97116199Repeating the lies doesn't make them truths.
>>97116159The RYOA aspects I don't like but yeah
>>97116218I actually love some RYOA in my CYOA. It makes the choices punchier when you have problems you wouldn't choose or you're not sure what will happen next. You can always Sartre it and forget about the rolling
Huspedo, where OC?Arothot, where OC?
>>97116090>>97116159>>97116231you have such a boring/shit taste
>>97116231>You can always Sartre it and forget about the rollingof course you're a disgusting metafag
>>97116237I knew that would bring some of you out of the woodwork. I think CYOAs are kind of analogous to dreams - they reflect something about yourself and (sometimes in nonsensical ways) teach or prepare you for something. The best ones lean into that, in my view. If you want your dreams to be a pure power fantasy, utterly under your controi, I would suggest that implies something about your waking life>>97116238Oh, please. These are imagination games. It's fine to give someone grief over posting a build that ignores clearly stated rules but to be mad at somebody for imagining wrong is retarded
>>97116283"How am I supposed to win if we're not playing the same game?!" or something like that.
>>97116283I think being a tripfag that spams a powerpoint presentation subforum implies something about your waking life.
Gil is alive bros
>>97116301Very true! I'm the first to admit I'm poorly adjusted in many ways. At least I have positive aims and love for this unique "hobby"
>>97116325sure thing anon
>>97116283I'm not criticizing because you don't like power fantasy cyoas I'm criticizing you because you have shit taste. dumbass
>>97116325GIL LIVES!
>>97116335https://imgchest.com/p/m9yxng3gk7q
>powerfags are powerless>waifufags are bitchless>tripfags are friendlessevilfags are too pure for this worldwe are truly the most oppressed race
>>97116072>>97116080>Just assume the unexplained parts play out in such a way that it's equivalent to the rest>All choices are equalThis WOG approach is what Rake tried to do and it doesn't work. "They're equal because I said so" isn't how reality works. Methods have requirements and conditions for cultivating. Saying they're equal doesn't make it true. You aren't accounting the actual mechanics of how Vermillion itself functions. You require technology to integrate with Machine just like how Vermillion requires SUITABLE victims. Either Vermillion is the worst or strongest method as currently written. You only have two choices here.>A: Vermillion scales strictly with the opponent's actual cultivation (which is what Rake said in the CYOA thread), which makes it balanced but lag behind other methods in practical use due to not being able to consistently find appropriate targets to steal cultivation from. Yes, I am factoring in Hunting Grounds which cannot be used for long, and I'm also taking into account occasional mutants of a higher RE level. It's still the worst, slowest, riskiest, and most inconsistent method.>B: "It just works/they're equal because I said so" route = Vermillion gives arbitrary gains regardless of refinement or practical level of the target (not accounting for actual refinement differentials which goes against the lore of cultivation like in pic related), which immediately makes it the strongest method because it allows effortless power leveling due to overlooking the actual mechanics. The RE-04 can safely farm RE-02 and RE-03's without being challenged and effortlessly bump up to RE-05. It now becomes the strongest and most unbalanced method and it would be incredibly retarded to do this.My arguments are assuming the more logical scenario of A because A is what most cultivation series will go off of and even Rake said this. The WOG handwaving doesn't work. If you say it does in practice it's busted, or it's bad if you play it straight.
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>>97116335My mistake. What's your gripe with what I posted? I would be interested to see what you enjoy, other than (presumably) Icescape>>97116342I think it's more like namefags are nameless
>>97116342>evilfagschuuni or pushovers
>>97116342Fang Yuan my beloved
>>97116338Someone shop that gilgamesh plushie over the dudes head
>>97116354Best cyoa to larp as Fang Yuan?
>>97116346the previous version was more visually appealing/compact than the update.
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>>97116359>muh jade beautyCC or Spirit Conscript
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>>97116373rapebit for Cassian
>>97116342>sartrefags are following their workplace rules with anal precision>immortalityfags are about to die>furryfags are bald>fags are closeted heterosexuals
>>97116392A wise assessment
>>97116159End up making a build for it that minimize the chance of failing while only not trying 2 missions, only fail one of the "destroy faction" ending mission because of a nat 1 (only result that would have fail), it did not change the build and I'm not even sure which factions to destroy but I'm still annoyed by it.
CYOA for this feel?
>>97116342>>97116392Extremely based
>>97116392>>97116342>everyone is falseflaging as the oppositionWew
>>97116435>me before going out to harvest millions of souls with my entropic powers
>>97116449>skubwar happens>moralfag pretending to be lolifags vs lolifags pretending to be moralfagsImagine how stupid the resolution must've felt.
>>97116182Nah, its you. Pretending something is balanced because "it just said its balanced!"
>>97116435Korean cyoas where 1.8 meters/5.9 ft is considered tall.
>>97116498I've been pretty harsh on Rake so I'll give him a chance in good faith. For all I know it could all just be miscommunication since it was another guy relaying info back and forth. I'm willing to apologize if I'm wrong. I've even been withholding the naughty words and mass insults. That's pretty difficult for me, you know? I love you guys. We're all friends here!
>>97116557>Rake just says "no">instant woman moment from anon
>>97116563I'll fucking kill him I swear
>>97116471>not selectively punishing the wickedWhat a pleb. Orphan behavior
>>97116570I like to think upstanding individuals like Dido shared your mentality.
>>97116574>allowing innocent souls to continue the torment of conscious thoughtYou are weak, anon, too weak to do what must be done. Like a man who watches a horse with a shattered leg and tries, feebly, to patch it into a makeshift splint when he has a .30-06 rifle close at hand.
>>97116577>Didothe first queen of Carthage?
>>97116584Suffering is important
Dido did nothing wrong.
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>>97116634Dido will try to kill you unless you accept being pegged by the Eclipse.
>>97116557>I've even been withholding the naughty words and mass insultsyou kept telling anons to kill themselves>That's pretty difficult for me, you know?what are you, a child?
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>>97116671You know where you are.>>97116634I actually haven't seen this one before. Thanks for posting!
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>>97116701>Everyone is being an asshole so I'm justified being one!
>>97116701>he's never seen Magocratic ConventionYou are clearly too new to be criticizing any CYOA or author. Lurk another couple years before you take up valuable thread space. Points for politeness in this post however - keep that up
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>>97116701>I actually haven't seen this one before. Thanks for posting!Stop baiting. Go back even if you're not.
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>>97116719>>97116722I said it a few threads ago but I've been on and off again since 2018. I've missed a lot of arcs and been present for plenty of others.>>97116715I hope I didn't hurt your feelings, Anon. Nothing personal.
>>97116723>'Anonymous'Imagine being the guy that understands the link between First Sinner, Nameless, Avalon's dreamer, the Sixth Omniarch, and the Blood Mage who keep popping up in Sheol's Loops.Realistically speaking, how are you supposed to contain a threat like that?
>>97116750Can't be me.>First SinnerI didn't pick this quest.>NamelessOkay, that's "me", so by definition...>Avalon's Dreamer...isn't me.>Sixth OmniarchYeah, that's me.>Blood MageI've only got a few of them, not enough for all endgame quests yet.I am also the 27th Tsar of Svetlania.
>>97116409This one intimidates me. How do I best survive it?
Well aromage and gentlemen, congratulation. We might have a new shitposter added to the roster.How are we going to call him?
>>97116785Rakeschizo?
>>97116785gil, in honor of the late gil
>>97116785>might
What are some fun magic item ideas? Ideally fairly powerful.
>>97116808I already had the perfect tab open for this.https://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-world-of-100-wonders.html
>>97116818cheers
>>97116808Cornucopia that always makes enough food for everyone nearby to have a comfortable meal, once per day.A pair of boots that make it impossible for you to lose your balance by mundane means (nearly by magic) and improves your footwork.A journal that, when a name is written inside of it, gives the writer a sense of where that person (or monster) is, specifics on their bodily health, and the broad strokes of how they're feeling.
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>>97116785>Asafagkill yourself
>>97116823These all feel fairly tame. This has to go up against things like "little toy castle that becomes a full fortress when you throw it onto the ground" or a circlet of starlight that boosts your wisdom and magical abilities. The journal does seem interesting, though.
>>97116808a mighty sword that glows whenever Orcs or Trolls are near, Orcs deeply fear the sword>>97116790i like the sound of that
What CYOAs are you guys looking forward to?
>>97116785Roulette because he's a schizophrenic loaded gun. No telling if he'll land on yantsun, tsuntsun, or deredere. What if he has forms we haven't even seen yet?
Now that the dust has settled. Is Mushoku Tensei a good cyoa?
>>97116840Objectively speaking? Sure. Why not. Orsted still ruins it for me.
>>97116837Tank's Naraka CYOANxtub's untitled Arabic modern fantasy kingdom builderMine (details unavailable)
>>97116840It loses to Danmachi in the comfy factor. The only factor that matters.
>>97116808>>97116833how about a notebook ability to kill any human whose name is written in it, provided the writer knows the person's true name and has their face in mind while writing.
>>97116857Comfy shit is so gay anon
>>97116857Define comfy
>>97116852>Nxtub'snever ever
>>97116040>>97116080>>97116343Matterjeeta....
>>97116785>>97116790We already know who it is though, because shes been seething about Vermillion Verses for months now.
>>97116828oc doko?
>>97116723>Most of the surviving operatives are w*men
>>97117171More women = more anon engagement = better cyoa
>>97117082Meds.
>>97116750You don't, this is his future and you're just living in it.
Which sounds cooler? Esper or Psychic if you had to pick one to reference people that can enforce their will on reality. Literal, Mind > Matter and making things happen. Making a desk actual edible food someone can safely eat even though it was made out of wood for example.
>>97115629Thank you for the answer.>>97116343Nta, simply accept there are enough low-level victims that farming them enough gives you still a good amount of RE, enough to be competitive.
>>97116750>Nameless>Avalon's dreamerThose ones are you?
>>97116857Danmachi is only comfy if you choose god
>>97117507Nah it’s comfy period. The hub city is comfy. MT is just fantasy slop world with no comfy hub.
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>>97116852>Nxtub's untitled Arabic modern fantasy kingdom builderWhen did Nxtub announce that? The last WIP I have of his is Monstergirl Rancher (NSFW). And that's been . . .what? Three years?
>>97117537Make your own comfy hub
>>97117542Ah, didn't notice it was from Tankista, then I could probably use planar split there, even if I forbid exmanaification, as it's not a world with much importance.By the way this is something I don't really love from Tankista, making every result canon makes me feel less weight from each choice.As a last question have we any idea about what's going on with the archdevil? Is she giving Diabolism?
>>97117397Neither.I prefer using different terms for different types of powers. Esper is the perception-focused, as the name would imply.Telepath revolves around mind-influencing powers, be it actual telepathy, mind control, mind-breaking, or pain projection.Kinetic is all about %whatever%-kinesis, making or manipulating specific type of matter, with bio-kinetics standing in for healer types.Something more esoteric would have it's own name too.>Literal, Mind > Matter and making things happen.Reality warper? Mage? Anomaly? Aberrant?
>>97117397>Which sounds cooler? Esper or PsychicI'm not sure about either. Psychic comes.with a lot of charlatan baggage, while esper (ESPer) is somewhat obscure. What's the flavor/premise of the cyoa?
>>97117552It's an alternate version of Dido after completing her version of the 'become the first sinner' mission to become the archdevil. >Is she giving Diabolism?I think so?
>>97116617This is why rape is important. You're giving character development to your victims.
>>97116675Was it ever clarified how many reformist points realignment gives or takes?
>>97117552>As a last question have we any idea about what's going on with the archdevil? Is she giving Diabolism?Based on Tankista's posts, the Archdevil is a version of Dido. The original Dido duplicated herself, with one of them becoming the Archdevil and the other infiltrating the Convention as a Sheol refugee.The plan was that Archdevil-Dido was going to go back in time, become the demon Prometheus, and start seeding knowledge of Diabolism long before Sargon figures out how to use ether. So that Diabolism, not Conventional sorcery, becomes the go-to solution.In other words, Dido didn't just want to beat the Convention. She wants to totally rewrite history.However, for unknown reasons, Archdevil-Dido isn't following the plan. She's hanging around the ruins of China and Southeast Asia, granting wishes instead. And with Infiltrator-Dido in deep cover with the Convention, there's no one who can explain what Archdevil-Dido thinks she's doing. Hence the mission in Blood Magic to investigate.
>>97117565You might have made too many Rapture builds.
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>>97117601Thank you for the answer, basically she planned to use the same plan you as destructor would use in the event, but to commit the fourth sin rather than the first.
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>>97116849orsted isn't even in the cyoa lmao
>>97117821He can be assumed to exist within the setting. Idiot.
>>97117612Can you take noblebright and be a boy? Or are you locked to one gender for that option.
>>97117829oh so you can assume things about orsted but not about anything else, i get it, it wouldn't work as a stupid shitpost otherwise
>>97116849Nta but why? From the little I know he's on the good side.
Making a sci-fi cyoa, need various unique homeworlds like a distant planet that devolved back to ancient history.
>>97117901don't do the idiotic star wars thing where every planet is a single village with a single biome
>>97117881There's always noblebright
>>97117901Steal from classic sci-fi. Like vernor vinge had a planet around the on/off star. A star that acts normally for 40 years, then spends a hundred years with drastically decreased output. All life goes deep into the earth in hibernation, the entire world freezes up to and including snowing CO2. Then everything waits to wake up again to produce the next generation. All life is designed to hibernate as a result.
>>97117901* Screaming planet: a planet where gasses escaping natural vents in the rocks sound like constant screaming of a choir of agonized souls. It's a bit like hell, but not a fiery kind of hell* Short planet: a planet where the shortest people have highest status. Actual midgets rule it* Gold planet: a planet where gold is very common and everything is made of it* Bright planet: a planet that's extremely bright 24/7, the light comes from the surface of the planet rather than from the suns. If you go outside without a heavily dimmed visor, you are blinded. But it's breathable and highly habitable otherwise, people don't need suits, they only need visors when outside.* Wizard tower planet: a planet where everyone is like a wizard and lives in tall wizard towers
>>97117901a planet where every day is twenty years long so the entire population of animals and people just nomadically travel around it all the time to stay in the dawn and dusk areas
>>97117929This except it should all be happening on one planet
>>97117929>Wizard tower planet: a planet where everyone is like a wizard and lives in tall wizard towersI like this idea, a planet populated by a cadre of 100 wizards and warlocks who divide the planet between all of them and control thousands of magically enslaved thralls to populate their cities. Like Solaria https://asimov.fandom.com/wiki/Solaria
>>97117901The porch planet. It looks like a monotonous suberbian planet where there are houses where people live and absolutely nothing else, but there aren't even houses. If you go through any door, you just find another porch on the other side.
>>97117904There's a nice symbolic unity in describing a planet like you'd describe a small island, like in Odysseia or the Tempest, it's a classic take for a reason. This can be made more believable by literally making the only landmass on the planet a small island, I wonder why that isn't done more often.
>>97118047>it's a classic take for a reasonyeah, and that reason is the full scope of even a single plaent is too large for the typical story's size, the only way to use even a small fraction of a planet without making the additions of more planets seem ridiculous is to spend at least the equivalent of several movies or novels making stories about different locations on it>I wonder why that isn't done more often.because they want to preserve the idea that it's a whole planet, not shatter it, the problem is that completely unexplored regions aren't really suitable for that either, especially if there's multiple authors
>>97116237>he calls new observer kino shit taste/cyoag/ is atrocious these days
>>97116283you're ruining it with this woo woo shit, the best cyoas anren't life lessons, those are in fact the worst cyoas that seem like they want to railroad you to a conclusion
>>97118085You don't have to pretend the island cyoas were goodIt's okay to admit that old stuff was bad too
>>97118121there's one that was good
>>97118124The island cyoas that work like trapped in a cellar cyoas but on an island, were great.There are other island cyoas that try to be more like normal cyoas, and those are much less fun imo.
>>97115984>Thread Question: Is location important to youYes. I usually care about factions first and locations second, and everything else after.
>>97117901>need various unique homeworlds*Prison colony world*A world of all women*A world of just men*Ecumenical holy world, where every faith in the universe has at least one major temple/holy site*World ruled by super AI, and residents are known by number, not name*gas giant inhabited by intelligent bubbles*deliberate back-to-the-land/retro/Amish world *Failed theme park world, where all the major landmasses are covered with deactivated rides
>>97118144>*A world of just mendont add this faggotry
*A world of just (cyoa) authorsImagine the smell
>>97117901A world of just women :)
>>97118161So a world with only like 3 people on it?
>>97118246I imagine most posters who've been around for a while have authored at least one cyoa. There's a lot more authors than there are author entries on allsync.
>>97118252So a world with loads of dead people and 3 living authors who still make oc?
>>97117497>there are enough low-level victims that farming them enough gives you still a good amount of RE, enough to be competitive>LOW-LEVEL VICTIMSAHAHAHAHAHA I can't keep being nice when you're so fucking retarded! Clearly you have zero fucking familiarity with the cultivation genre. Even amongst ability stealing novels the protagonist cannot just steal power from fodder to remain competitive yet here you are. You think LOW-LEVEL anything is sufficient to breakthrough the world between worlds that exists between the cultivation stages? You think a cup of water compares to an ocean? WOGfags are anti-reality and zero intelligence. Blind assertions in the face of reason is still the argument. You clearly aren't paying attention to a single fucking word. I guess every other method can use LOW-LEVEL cultivation to ascend to higher stages as well, that totally fits with wuxia >because I said so.Let's actually be consistent with your retardation and apply this same LOW-LEVEL argument to every other method. Machinefags can just take calculators and grind to higher stages since you say LOW-LEVEL refinement is acceptable. Starting to see the problem, you fucking idiot? Mass slaughtering skeletons as a Vermillion is sufficient since they are LOW-LEVEL VICTIMS. IT'LL ALL WORK OUT SOMEHOW, YOU'LL DEFINITELY STILL BE VIABLE AND COMPETITIVE BECAUSE YOU JUST WILL OK? Got Thousand Venom Texts? Just keep inoculating yourself with common snake and spider venom. Skin-Shedding Scripture? I've got a really bad scab so I can just keep picking at it until I hit immortality. Imagine the thick-headed asinine low-brow pissfaced black-out-drunk state you'd have to be in to type something so dumb. Genuinely kill yourself because you clearly don't know the setting or how to read because I explained this shit very thoroughly already and there's no excuse for your idiocy.
yknow since machine makes integrating technology simple could you literally just jam ram sticks and CPUs into your head and have them miraculously work?
>>97118150Actually, the all-male planet comes from the anime Vandread. A planet of all men is at war with a planet of all women, until they stumble onto proof that both worlds are just organ farms and the harvest ships are en route. But luckily their tech is actually supercompatible, so their mecha can form giant super mecha. Go Vandread! Smash those murderous invaders.(Hey, I got a very, very good price on the dvds.)
What is it about cultivation that brings out the most maladjusted spergs?
>>97118393They seem perfectly rational and reasonable to me
>>97118359Vandread is pretty good, but it wasn't exactly that their tech is super compatible, though it is due to not changing that much after separating, it's that nigh magical crystal core of the ship that did that. It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm pretty sure that core was part of the colony ship that was meant to go the farthest from earth, and was thus one of the most advanced pieces of tech humanity had created.
>>97118338You have issues, I would answer to you but honestly I feel like you made this your entire personality to a level where you don't really want to discuss it.
>>97118393Probably they have a super esoteric method.
>>97118453He took Heart-Severing Mantra as his cultivation method IRL
>>97118357Yes, please try it.
>>97118357Comrade, I suspect that this >>97118486 saboteur is attempting to fool you into sabotaging yourselfI possess no real evidence but urge you to trust me
>>97117547>Monstergirl Rancher (NSFW)Nta. Officially abbandoned by the way, not a forever WIP.
>>97117881Technically Reverse Rapture just says to play the cyoa in reverse, assuming girls are the evil ones, so you still need to choose a different start option. It literally says "modify one of the above options" so it on top of another setting. You can pick noblebright.
>>97116862Thats certainly a very unique and original magic item, but I dont think it really suits the vibe im going for.
>>97116574The real benevolence play is to raze worlds ASAP and let the good souls hang out in your paradise sanctum forever. Any second you spend NOT genociding is a second where a Demiurge or Demon Lord can invade a world and start tormenting souls.
>>97118338Nobody needs to follow cultivation meta-tropes in a fiction to a tee. Vermillion here works with low level enemies. Cry about it faggot
>>97118685>The ONLY real way to prevent headaches is beheading
>Me after reaching grade ten after slaughtering 1000 stage 1 enemiesVermillion really is the best method
>>97118794All I see from you retards is anti-reality and anti-logic. Your post has no value outside of a shitpost.>>97118814Correct. It's either the best if you follow this WOGfag logic of "it just works shut up and turn your brain off," or if you believe what Rake said and that this cultivation CYOA follows standard cultivation rules then Vermillion is the worst. There is no in between despite how much these idiots want to keep asserting that it's balanced "because it just is OK." That's their argument.See >>97116343 where I explain this very clearly.
>This much dramaNice. I wish I one day made a cyoa that produces as much shitflinging as this.I was away during Rake's Luminary's release, did that one produce any drama?
>>97116343Keep fighting the good fight anon>>97118845Just more techfag shitposting, nothing on the level of this though
>>97118814Nah, it's equal to the others.More seriously wich methods did you choose?
>>97118814I have a weird tangent. I don't think you could actually find that many stage 1 'enemies'. The description of the stages suggests that anything notably supernatural, like zombies which seem to be the most common potential enemy, would have to be fundamentally stage 2. Though there could be a bunch of 'feral' humans, or enraged animals at stage 1, I think zombies at a minimum should be stage 2 but potentially weaker than similar stage humans due to having flawed bodies. Zombies that are nearing the peak of stage 2 probably have most of those flaws corrected and should be closer to a human relying on instinctual cultivation. As far as aggressive stage 1 animals, increased aggression in wild animals has a pretty poor effect on their survival as they take stupid risks, limiting their numbers. There would likely be a large number of stage 1 human survivors, but you would be going out of your way to make them into enemies.
>>97118850>Keep fighting the good fight anonHoly fuck someone actually agrees with me? You might be the first person that has a brain on this subject. Jiminy crickets, there's hope?! I'm not even claiming to be particularly intelligent it's just that this subject is so fucking basic when you think about it for longer than 2 minutes. Thanks for making my day, Anon.
>>97118908Machine, Bone scrivening and living forgebtw no I'm not the guy you've been arguing with for days now, you and your boyfriend aren't the only people in this general and random anons can and do jump in whenever we feel like it
>he's a craftchud...
For a hammer that can have its weight shifted, should it keep its velocity when changing weight or would this be a bit too overpowered? (since you could make the thing super light, throw it, and then have it become 100x heavier than normal)
>>97118809>Hey, welcome to basically heaven! This might be a bit shocking, but I'm sure the eternal paradise will be a nice change of pace over things like pain and death. And if you ever get bored, feel free to be put to sleep or have your soul burnt painlessly - no judgement.>FUCK YOU!!!! I WANT TO DIE AT 30 AS A MEDIEVAL PEASANT FROM A TREATABLE ILLNESS AND HAVE MY SOUL TORTURED BY DEMONS!!! Shitposting aside, going the Entropy Herald/Pope conversion route is probably more ethical since you can get consent instead of just ending a bunch of lives and hoping they appreciate it later If you choose to just go after evil beings exclusively, you're still letting countless people suffer things they wouldn't need to if they were in your Sanctum.
>>97118945craftGOD general
>>97118946I think it should go SWOOSH and then BAM
>>97118984>I think it should go SWOOSH and then BAMDoesent every thrown object do that?
>>97118946I would argue that if it doesn't maintain velocity, it wouldn't be a very interesting. I mean at best it would be a hammer that would be slightly easier to carry around, or a novel paperweight.
>>97119004Well, you could still throw it above someone and then make it as heavy as a mountain or whatever. Have it fall on them.But I suppose youre right, I should probably tone down the weight control and let it be more abusable, more interesting that way.
>>97118934Anon, I'm a random anon who was joking, I'm the one who this very thread asked what was going on and what was the WOG he was posting about.
>>97119042>Failed at anon identification while trying to make fun of someone else doing soI will never recover from this
>>97119061Anyway neat build, I took the machine trascendance too.
>>97119028>female>beard lord>robust>drinking, grumbling, hoarding>battle hammer>beardhammer, ale-axe (most synergy with my build)Easy CYOA, thanks for the laughs.
How many minion/soldier types would you like to see in a cyoa? Would you prefer more general archetypes (large number low quality dudes, elite dudes, flying dudes, healers, etc) or more specific creatures?
>>97119251If I'm kingdom/nation building then full armies, if I'm leading a guild or smaller organization or something I'd rather have fewer but elite units.
>>97119270I meant in terms of cyoa options.
>>97119273Specific creature and unit types are better if you're doing monsters or multiple races. If you're just having a massive army or something then generic can work for a shorter cyoa and saves you a lot of time. Depends on length and tone too. In general I'd say going specific is better but if your cyoa is two or three pages go with generic broad strokes I guess
>>97119183>femalefaggot
>>97119372>pick the be a girl option>still a manChecks out
>>97119355>but if your cyoa is two or three pagesThe current count is 90-ish power options (not counting some that have "tiers", in which case its possibly over 100) and 22 items. Guess ill go with more specific units.
>>97118914Go look at CDDA and just assume whatever zombies are in there is in the cyoa
>>97115747>win>dieI see no bad outcome to B
>>97118393They're chinese.
Gil …*sniffle*
What kind of spaceships would you guys want to have?
>>97119797The one with catgirls.
>>97119797
>>97119809Sorry, this image doesn't look good in my CYOA's aesthetic
>>97119697A is clearly the better option spending a few eons in a hedonistic paradise until you grow bored of it sounds better than committing pointless multiversal omnicide. Putting everything behind you and striving for death doesn't sound appealing at all, quite suicidal really.
>>97119797Ornate balusters and table legs have a nice spaceship look imo.
>>97119868I only want to pursue waifus, I have no clue what to actually do with a woman.>anon I want to spend time with you!>I want to get to know you!Sorry fed, I won't pay taxes.
How many tomboy gf's did you add to your cyoa, anon?
>>97119885Paradise is subjective if you want a never ending chase of pursuing it should provide
>>97119907Haven't added them yet
>>97119907Tr00ns ruined tomboys for me. It's just not happening.
>>97117557>What's the flavor/premise of the cyoa?Action-Adventure Science Fiction.The CYOA world diverges from our real world starting in the 1960s. The main gist is that Psychics / Espers have emerged with the ability to assert their wills on reality thanks to an assortment of unique / generic powers. Your brain has a unique power tailored for you subconciously based on your environmental upbringing, mental development, perception of reality, and your innate desire. The CYOA picks up a century (or two) after the emergence of Psychics / Espers in a rebuilt world where they have claimed immense influence as organized criminals, government officials, public celeberities, duelists, etc. Beside them other strange phenomenon influence the worlds thanks to them messing with reality.Currently, I have the beginning of the adventure as you aiming to become the Rank No. 1 among Psychics / Esper. Getting active in the streets, beating every Psychic / Esper you see, and allying with other Espers / Psychics from the underworld to public sphere as you make a long dash to the top.Alternatively: I could go with everything takes place in the same school or city. But I don't think anyone would want that.
2026 is going to be the dawn of the platinum age bros, I can feel it.
>>97119974>Currently, I have the beginning of the adventure as you aiming to become the Rank No. 1 among Psychics / EsperNot interested, I just want to live a comfy life, I'm not interested in attacking other people, leave me alone.>Alternatively: I could go with everything takes place in the same school or cityDemon Eyes continuation?
>>97119935They can only ruin it if you let them.Take them back, Anon.
>>97120011No. Demon Eyes is chuuni. My stuff is more its own things.>I want to live a comfy lifeSo you don't play a lot of CYOAs?
>>97120039>So you don't play a lot of CYOAs?I haven't played a cyoa in years, still waiting for someone to make a good one
>>97120047Based
POST DISPATCH
I hope MiCha returns to us one day.
>>97120070y
>>97120104The rat doesn't get the same reaction out of demanding D*nm*chi anymore.
>>97120070You do it.
Any new (recent 2 years) lesbian cyoas? I can't keep repeating the same ones.
>>97120199Lavender was the last big tranny cyoa we had, I'm not sure there have been any since then.
>>97120227Please do share.
>>97120199Well a year ago there was "I Was Destined to Become a Magical Girl and Save the World but I Just Wanna Lewd All These Cuties Instead". Most cyoas have lesbian options but the ones with guaranteed lesbian focus are rarer
>>97120078If he does he had better fix darkflop
>>97120270>guaranteed lesbian focusMore like forced. Which is shit.
>>97120262Sadly I can't as we're unable to upload PDFs anymore, but I might manage to find it in the archives. Gimme a minute...
>>97119691WHERE IS THE MY HORSE CYOA?
>>97120287>do not the horseDo the trainers.
>>97120274>got a shitton of builds and even a derivative spinoff CYOA>fixL M A O
>>97120287>>97120293Do the horse. She is asking for goo goo babies. Also, in that universe uma-humans relationships are canon and accepted. Some umas come from an uma and their ex trainer
>>97120297Yea, it was the worst received cyoa after the update of the year. It single handedly broke him. Sorry you had to learn this way anon.
>>97120311It was just one retard bitching about minion nerfs or somesuch, probably you
>>97120318Whatever you say newfag. Micha is probably not coming back after how many people assblasted him over completely flopping and failing to meet even bare minimum expectations in the update.
Pegasus, griffon, or dragon? Or a unicorn I guess, for the lady paladins out there. Or maybe just a normal horse?
>>97120078never heard of him, never even seen his cyoas, who cares about this 0 influence ""author"""
>>97120308>I am retiring to breed lots of babies with trainer"Do not the horse" is not for the horses sake. It is for your sake.
>>97120333>many people>with IP counter removedSure, kid, it was 100 anons
I wish there was more cyoas centered around impregnating your lover
>>97120352Newfag, the IP counter did nothing anyways and you can go back in the archives and look at how many anons clearly shit on him. You know what, I don't know why i'm arguing with someone whose either micha coping or just being retarded on purpose lol
>>97120356Direct focus on a specific sex thing tends to be very cringe.But a cyoa where your waifu gives birth to cool monsters that grow up very quickly and that you command in battle, could be cool.
>>97120369>cool monstersCan they be attractive? I also want to impregnate my daughterwives
>>97120342This but not shitposting
>>97120287he is edging us and i hate it
>>97120363>look at how many anons clearly shit on himHow many?
>>97120262I wasn't able to link the PDFs because 4chan thinks it's spam, but if you google search 'Teiatat-in-Lavender cyoa' and 'Teiatat-in-Lavender Coronation cyoa' they should be in the first few links. Those are the 'be the cosmic horror' and the magical realm builder, respectively. Premium trooncore. It's all text but that might be for the better. If EDG found images for them it would be too obscene to even really have a censored version to discuss. It is not my thing but dominated the /cyoag/ back in the tail end of the 2019-2020 era and did the cosmic demigod thing before Entropist made it cool.
>>97120395Don't even try, it's that jeet who was sad that his build was nerfed, he shat all over the threads where that CYOA was posted, same writing style
>>97120274Fuck you anon, the update was excellent. Some anons are just defeatist fags who assume they'll lose if they have any opposition. Others like opposition, and that is what MiCha did best, setup a strong set of obstacles to oppose the player.>>97120342>(You)
>>97120375I wasn't shitposting either, this if the first time I've ever heard of him
Unironically like 3, thats how many distinct whiners I saw.>>97120418he's not a jeet, I can tell you that much
>>97120442>>97120395oops
You guys never learn. He'll just samefag again and then tell other people in the future to look up the archives.
>>97120433Post your cyoa. I'll judge you, I got time.
>>97120465I made it on january the fifth of the year 2015 (at least that's what the file creation date says).
>>97120433I actually thought the cyoa was pretty easy, I may be the only one who thinks that though.
>>97120070One. Awful game. Two. It’s a character roster not a cyoa. Three. Take it to >>>/v/
>>97120479>2015DoubtI don't believe oldfags actually visit cyoag anymore, this place has changed too much, it's rotten to the core
>>97120481He's too scared to post it so I wouldn't know.
>>97120495Why are you still here then?
>micha on damage control stillLol, lmao. That shit was worse than tok cyoas.
>>97120523Uhh, well, you see... When I, ahem... excuse me for a moment.
>>97120533Incorrect. Even this >>97120479 is better than his CYOAs
>>97120465I can't post it, another anon already did. >>97116335, using my trip so you don't think I'm bullshitting. I like a challenge more than anything, and all of the CYOAs I've made so far, I've tried to give a decent amount of challenge to them. I'll admit I have a lot of room to improve, especially with image formatting.Besides that Isekai Dark Overlord had many flaws but it was the best generic be the dark lord CYOA we've seen, and it's not even close. What competition does it even have? I don't think it will be surpassed in its niche for a long while.>>97120375>>97120441You're in luck. Isekai Bounty Hunt is a lot of fun.
>>97120541Dawn of a demon lord mogs isekai shitlord
>>97120541>Ni-UHHHH BASED?
>>97120541Oh this guy, I guess his cyoa looks like it would be fun to other cyoaggers. But I didn't enjoy it
>>97120351How long do you think they stay running? Their careers last like 3 years.They won't be running as a career in their 20s. So they could just get engaged naturally after their career ends.
Somehow fumbled my trip, but I digress.>>97120541I honestly think Isekai Bounty Hunt is in the top-20 CYOAs of all time. It's a genuine triumph of the medium.
>namefag attentionwhores is the one defending michaslopPottery.
>>97120545You'd find a way to lose in both, shitter.
>>97120556My ability to say Nah I'd Win is beyond you, you can stop defending shitty design any day now.
>>97120199OC OC OC OC OC OC OC**** Lesbian World Cyoa ****Suddenly, all men die, and all women become lesbians.Where do babies (female only) come from now? CHOOSE ONE!* From the ground* From trees* From the sky* From the vaginas* From the mouths* From complex machinery* Other (specify)
>>97120541>tripfagNever mind, you're not worth my time.
>>97120552>Night RiderAre random namefags who've never even made a single cyoa actually more active than real authors? cyoag is dead
>>97120582why are you pretending to be retarded
>>97120566You retardation is truly unsurpassed, you can stop shitting up the thread any day now.>>97120582hes literally made 3 cyoas
>>97120552>>97120545I agree Dawn of a Demon Lord is superior but it's much less generic.>>97120548It depends on your tolerance for RPG contrivances, I figure. This one had a funny subversion of it.>>97120553>>97120580You would've told me it wasn't mine if I didn't use the trip. I only use it when I'm posting as an author, so anons can search the archives if they want to see if I have any answers for their questions or what have you. That's how it should be. MiCha's work stands on a level of its own.
I enjoyed Dark Isekai Overlord and made a build.But I would've liked it more if instead of the whole mana-from-territory system and buying unit types, you bought specific amounts of troops like in the African/Chinese/fanKsian Warlord cyoas.Am I dumb and wrong and evil?
>>97120596>anon you'd lose>no i'd win>NO ANON YOU'D LOSEAnon contrarian confirmed. Shills really are just that, shills.
lmao they're really seething today
>>97120552>I honestly think Isekai Bounty Hunt is in the top-20 CYOAs of all timeBe honest. Are you mentally deficient, or related to Tok?
>>97120596>hes literally made 3 cyoas3 forgettable cyoas...I'm too old, I only remember the ancient master authors back when they only had 3 letter names., SDA, ZBG, DSA
>>97120582I've made three CYOAs, but all of them are really recent. My first release was on August 7th of this year. I'm making more in the future, but I wouldn't call myself an author yet. I still haven't released the armybuilder I've got on the backburner because I think EA's next release is imminent and don't want to get buried under Exalted Conquest.
>>97120541>Isekai Dark Overlord had many flawsWhat were some of them? I thought it executed it's premise pretty well
>>97120602it's just a matter of taste
>>97120602>>97120619I'll add that imo selecting exact forces works better in smaller scale like in pic related
>>97120567Um
>>97120602Dark Overlord and necromancy-themed CYOAs IMO are better when you can scale your niggas up and not just have a limited number of niggas.
>>97120635Hi anon. Thank you for playing my cyoa!
>>97120610>I wouldn't call myself an author yet.Good. You can call yourself an author when you've released not-slop.
>>97120630I always liked this one
>>97120647>>97120610Back in the day you'd only become a real author when the people gave you a name, now shitty authors pop up everywhere and shout out their name before they've even made a single thing
>>97120647Daaaaamn, there's a shitton of non-authors then. Sloprinical, Tokjeet, [your favorite author]...
>>97120607I am legitimately retarded, but I'm not swedish or asian.>>97120609I won't argue that. We're all in the shadows of giants. They're all short and have a relatively simple formula, which I want to change for my next release. Much of my work is driven by a general craving for OC, which I've largely subverted by making my own OC. I haven't ever made a build for my own work, though. It feels strange to do.>>97120613My only serious complaints are that there are too few Basic units, the funny pic of the bomber goblin for Sapper was replaced by a generic shieldwall of dwarves rather than a mining dwarf, the Fallen Angels can't use basic units and its mechanics are somewhat bland, the Giants don't cost more to make than weaker races, and the Dark Fae aren't included under the Bureaucracy trait.
>>97120662Yes. You're finally understanding.>>97120656Simply filter out self-proclaimed authors.
>>97120603I'm saying your retarded it's not deeper than that, get it together.>>97120609>pretending to be an oldfag an attempt to save facelmao
Never forgive micha for releasing such a dogshit update. No matter how much he tries to damage control.
>>97120688It wouldn't have been so bad if motherfucker hyped it up so much for months just to make the cyoa worse at the last second. What a shitshow.
How many of these posts shitting on micha are tok?
>>97120702None, tok likes micha cyoas, that's all you need to know.
>>97120702Definitely several. Also, he's called Tokjeet or Mongoloid now, get with the times
>>97120702It's a Discord person. The one in this thread is obviously singular.
>softie drove off micha >matterjeeta is trying to drive off rake Grim. Just grim
>>97120716>Discord person*Sigh*ever since Discord was created /cyoag/ has fallen in its entirety, not even reddit caused such harm
>>97120730Gil's birth was a mistake.
>>97120723>matterjeetaI still don't believe that person even fucking exists because I saw ZERO posts of him/her/it.
I miss when I used to play cyoas and they were fun
>>97120647One day you'll eat your words and enjoy one of my CYOAs. I will entertain you anon, I WILL!>>97120656That is fair. I thought of not using a name but ended up with this, in reference to my favourite CYOA. The name is mostly for ease of finding my CYOAs in the archives and I like having a name for my own subfolder of my CYOA doc, but I don't need to justify it. It is what it is.
>>97120757You'll be able to enjoy your favorite cyoas like new again and again after you get dementia
>>97120771If I get dementia I'll kill myself, unironically
>>97120656>you'd only become a real author when the people gave you a nameI'm a real author by this criteria by the way
>>97120752hehe ye
>>97120752>celebrityYou're unknown.
>>97120664>Giants don't cost more to make than weaker races I always felt like this complaint was a little unwarranted. It doesn't explicitly say they are more costly but the strain on resources would be immense. After all equipping a Giant marksmen with giant sized equipment, who needs to reload giant ammo and who easts giant meals would be expensive to say the least. They are obviously good, but I don't think they are cyoa breaking like some suggest.
>>97120781All you've authored are shitposts and hysterical arguments on the semantics of jew worship
>>97120781you are insignificant
>>97120781So is Rakeschizo
>>97120738....
>>97120567Other: From men.
>>97120723grim indeed
>>97120287I did make an umamusume cyoa, but it turned out not that great, so I didn't post it.
>>97120838Post it anyway.
>>97120838So long as I can marry Oguri Cap (and go bankrupt), I'm satisfied.
>>97120723softie and matterjeet are both gil
>>97120850Lies and slander.
>>97120850Is softie an author, why is he called that? There was noone called that before the hack I think.
>>97120862He is a soft widdle guy, very sensitive
>>97120552it is good but the setting is meh>>97120647>when you've released not-slophow dare you, i really liked icescape.>>97120610>I wouldn't call myself an author yetdon't act like a spineless jellyfish
>>97120862No, hes just another very whiny and retarded thread personality.
>>97116389Wrong, rapebait for Vuseba. Which is a prize itself.
>>97120806That's fair. The cost of Giants is barely a problem, a throwaway on logistics would've negated it entirely.>>97120881It has nothing to do with that anon or my quality of work, though I do think it's been decent so far. It's that about a year and a half ago I promised to release the armybuilder WIP I've got, but haven't yet. I still haven't fulfilled my promise to the thread. Until then I won't be an author by my own reckoning. It wouldn't take too much to finish, a month's work I would reason, but is already larger than African Warlord and follows a similar framework, albeit fantasy, so it would probably explode for some specific anons. I want to time that explosion so it doesn't get overlap with EA's release of Exalted Conquest and get less than half the builds and discussion it could have. Regardless I'll be finishing it during 2026 so I've got it off of my back.
>>97120941Why are you replying to yourself?
>>97120862iirc it's a mutation of his entropist build's name
>>97120941>release of Exalted Conquesti hope i am wrong but its not going to happen until march, more importantly are you going to add waifus?>>97120895mah man, she is not going to let you train if she is constantly draining your aura.
>>97121056>mah man, she is not going to let you train if she is constantly draining your aura.Thats why I chose the aura regeneration boost options. I can fill my wife and have enough to train and fight. She will also want to let me some time for those things, I would be her best asset after all and also husband of the blue oni twins.
I wonder why I've yet to see anyone using AI to create cyoas that had previously impossible to find images for. No surinical doesn't count, his shit is made with midjourney slop, ComfuUI is incredibly easy to learn and use, shouldn't everyone had a good graphics card by now?
>>97121056Conquest is never coming out anon. Let it go.
>>97121080>he thinks she is not going to constantly drain him>>97121082>shouldn't everyone had a good graphics card by nowlol, no
>>97121127>he thinks she is not going to constantly drain himEveryone has a limit, I will reach hers. Her aura hole will be filled up
>Anons would rather get dominated by their monster wife instead of dominating themYour weakness disgusts me
>>97121185Why can't you just have normal sex
>>97121185Who the fuck are you responding to? Can you take some schizo meds?
>>97121185>Anonsthat's just one guy
>>97121185You do know that is just going to turn them on even harder
>>97121082>wonder why I've yet to see anyone using AI to create cyoas Cruxador went all AI on his version of Conduit.https://imgchest.com/p/n87w66b6byx
>>97121229Just looks like midjourney slop
>>97121226>weak anons cannot satisfy their wives as much as strong anonsChecks out.
>>97121212Probably me accepting being the cum/aura dispenser of Vuseba. Anyway, I have the harem mode so its not like Vuseba will make me slave. Its more a consensual draining.
>>97121229garbage
>>97121212stop taking your schizo meds anonthey're poisoning your mind and limiting your power
>>97121082SDA redid Battlemage and Magic Mentor with all AI art.
>>97120862>softie an author, why is he called that? There was noone called that before the hack I think.It's derived from his Entropist build, Dark Sovereign. Someone started calling him "Dark Softie", then just "Softie".
>>97121282Yeah, I remember that, the dumb retard ruined some perfectly fine cyoas, no wonder he turned into w talentless hack after his last shitty CYOA, he should have just stopped coming here completely, jumping on the AI bandwagon with 0 thought.
>>97121185>TFW in my OC you get to choose how strongly you control your monster waifus
>>97121263Take your meds anon. No one asked.
>>97121305Husanon where are the cyoas already
>>97121305hurry up and release it then husanon, stop trying to hype it up
>>97121311He literally asked.
>>97121311i asked, you idiot
>>97121321We're not allowing him to wip post anymore, so he's got no way but hype to get his fix
Who is Vuseba, it feels like im taking crazy pills.
>>97121255very true, a stronger anon can last longer being pegged and dominated by their monster wife
>>97121369>who is Softie>who is Vusebaare you the rakeschizo?
>>97121384That's Sumoning Your Domme. And t's way, way too NSFW for a blue board.
>>97121398
>>97121395Yes. Now can you please answer the question, it feels like standing in the corner of a party drinking while everyone else has fun and I have done enough of that in my life.
>>97121410
>>97121411https://imgchest.com/p/na7konjjwy8from this cyoa by PCA
>>97121425Oh its cultivationslop. Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification anon.
>>97121320>>97121321I'm working on it I'm doing some setting rewrites because I want it to be cool this time everything takes plae in one setting instead of having multiversal travel adventures in many settings.
>>97121297Holy fuck finally someone with a brain.
If you could volunteer to do a cyoa for real, which one would it be?
>>97121369One of the top 5 spirits in Spirit Conscript. The mother of the Blue Onis, the strongest yokai faction. Her two strongest soldiers are the twin leaders of the Blue Oni clan and its Yakuza sub group, both leaders are explained to kidnap men to force into marriage with members of their factions and are waiting to find someone worthy enough to marry the leaders themselves.Anon wants to be drained by mommy spirit basically
>>97121395You're the one making up names.
>>97121481
>>97121483Look its makeupshitanon!
>>97121488
>>97121491haha, love that guy!
>>97121506
>>97121518
>>97121481Obviously one of the super high power ones like Living God.
>>97121510Wasn't he the one that got voted to be the president of Tg? He is really popular. I even heard he has an harem of... women
>>97121411>YesLying is impolite.
>>97121532
>>97121543
>>97121552
>>97121481Remember when this CYOA made half of /cyoag/ shit its pants and die?
>>97121560
>>97121482>mommywhy are you so cringe?
>>97121569Because they werent allowed to rape babies or whatever, if memory serves, yea. It was kinda funny ngl.
>>97121569All because some people couldn't live and let live, you know who I'm talking about.
>>97121584>triggered by a wordCouldn't be me
>>97121569Anons just can't help but bitch and whine. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
>>97121573Remember that if you have ever read this page, you can only take Adventurer path. Otherwise you can't take Secrets, which is a prerequisite for having read that page.Truly the trappiest of options.
>>97121486>>97121533Some of the really high powered ones seem like they'd be awfully lonely. Few/no peers, no one else with an equivalent lifespan . . .https://youtu.be/_Jtpf8N5IDE?si=j2Q0BB51prm0tEfqAnd I say that as a proud introvert who lives like a borderline hermit. Still, to each their own. Good luck ruling the universe!
>>97121481>>97121569i remember it was also criticized because the scholars did not let some random guy (the reader) enter the organization without doing the requirements.
>>97121398>WitchI will mold my apprentice into a worthy waifu.>solo>StrangerI saw potential, and I will mold her as thus.>but anon what if she doesn't want to?Your will matters not.>Witch firstEvery step, every decision was made by me. The beauty of free will is how easily it is manipulated. "Oh, I was the one who found the Witch, I was the one who asked to be her apprentice".>OwnerPut on the collar. Life is easier when you submit. I'll make all the decisions for you.>MasterI don't do this out of pleasure (lies), I do it to teach her. She will learn, she will become a witch worthy of a name.>affectionateIt's so easy. Does she not have parents?>optimisticShe will love magic.>airheadedI will fill her mind.>childishIt is nice to see childlike wonder.>ConstructDeath is cringe; limits don't exist. I will take from other races whatever benefits me. A true amalgam. Pride is a weakness.>young adult>tall>average>athletic>round>gigantic>thick>hair: White>eyes: emerald>skin: white>marked: Womb tattoo>sharp>horns: Ram>Castle; roamingI will allow some to find me. It'll be fun to grant their whims.>river; taigaThe water flows despite the frost>rustic; opulentI possess the Umberto Eco anti-library.>playroomShe has to remain pure, uncorrupted, until I desire otherwise>gardenI need herbs for potions>gymEat big, lift big, 8 hour arm workour>summoned serviceI will have my fun>cauldronDon't drink tap water.>charmLook into my eyes anon. You won't blink.>journal>monocleHelps with detecting those who try to hide their magic.>goth dress>lingerie; tights>sporty; goth>suit; elegant dress>virgin killer; night gown>fetish gear; costume; armour
>>97121440you have no taste
>>97121645I do not see the appeal of "runescape number grinding" as a genre. It's like all the worst parts of DBZ distilled out and made the focus of a work.
>>97121617That did seem like an odd option to restrict. I can argue that "Secrets" would be important to Prodigals and Wanderers, too. Maybe even Academics.
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>>97121481> OriginLiterally no idea> RequirementAcademic> PlaneswalkingAcceptable TasteAdvancement Level x2MagicalAptitude x2Early BacktrackingCompanions> DeathStandard Limit (5 lives)> PersonalMemoryMathemagicOntological InertiaDestinyproofKarmic ImmunityNMP Field> Planar MagicsPlanar RunesBlood (Gain strength)> Literally No Idea OriginMore Power> Academic OptionsSocietal TraitsFocusUniversity LifeBurnout Prevention> ConnectionsFather TromeAlleni BrievenaRiley Jane Frith> MentorAlec NicholsonBuild reposti. According to the lore document you can specify not just words, but entire (single) concepts with Societal Traits. So, my plan is to first go for a world which contain magic capable of instantly giving the caster entire degrees worth of knowledge, bypassing the need for studying. Then I'll learn that magic, form a bond with the world and just use that to complete the requirements. If it doesn't my build is geared towards living in the most comfortable world possible while I study. I'll also take my two immediate family members with me, and see if I can't get Alec to induct them into the organisation proper. Also also, I'll try to convince Riley to instead of gunning for immortality, focus on magic that'll make her life easier in the 'shithole'.
>>97121481>be me, Jylx>coolest mofo in da verse>ciri won't respond to my texts but fuck it, I know she's into me>anyway>mentoring this rando kid>says he likes technology but everything he's talking about is literally impossible with normal tech>retard_alert.jpg>kid bawls his eyes out when I tell him he can't have an iron man suit>fuck if I know what iron man is but sounds retarded>kid comes up with another plan>pays premium for planesskipping and early backtracking>only magic he has is soulbind item, pocket space, and summon weapon>he picks all death options and loads up on extra lives>goes adventurer>ok I know he's fucked now>he also grabs both levels of advancement level>ok whatever>kid spends years browsing some gun image board, getting fit, shooting shit, and practicing soulbinding>doesn't planeswalk ever>what a loser lmao>eventually sets the tech to bronze age and planeswalks with a gun>low magic but he keeps summoning ammo>planeswalks back for repairs>gets killed and respawns instantly for a day of free deaths and killing everything in sight>singlehandedly destroys the entire sea people army saving not!egypt>the fuck>goes to the next verse>iron age>does it again>does it again like eight more times>ask if he needs any mentoring, he just shouts 1911 WON NINE WORLD WARS NOW TECHCHADS RISE UP BAYBEEE>fuck this>I've had enough>he needs to git gud>next time I make sure he gets a verse where gunpowder doesn't work>spy on him to watch his reaction>bandits try to rob him, he pulls out his gun, *click*>savor the look of horror on his face>lol try being smug now bitch>he gets stabbed like eighty times>lol gottim>next time I see him he's carrying a spear>lesson obviously learnedI'm objectively the best mentor.
>>97121663Secret boxes never really work for long cyoas, do they?Unless the secretboxness of it is treated very lightly, as a mere artistic flourish (like YMRD's box in OR).
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>>97121709Secret boxes are shit regardless of the lenght of the cyoa. There is no choice there, it's just like rollshit.
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>>97121642>allowanceI want to see what she wastes/spends her money on. What objects are important to her. It will help with discipline, and gifts.>protectionI will mindbreak any who consider hurting her. You will be made an empty shell, recreating in whatever form I wish>extra curricularsI decide how she ends up, but this helps with giving ideas.>hospitalityI have to keep a close eye on those she interacts with. I may have to alter them to push my apprentice along the correct path.>permit: OutingDon't worry, I'll follow her.>vicesIt's so easy>sweetsI'm not a monster>affectionKids want love.>maintenanceShe represents me.>conditioningCan't have her stray from the path.I don't need sealing, she'll learn to be a good girl.I don't need censoring, I encourage her to learn things she shouldn't learn.>choresShe will work.>detainmentI do this out of love>spankingIf she were a good girl, I wouldn't have to do this>reprimandWhy do you hurt me so?>up to 4 elements>Void: Advanced (affinity)She'll learn that reality will bend to her will. I will consider her fully trained when she attempts to mindbreak me. I'll play along with her attempt, it'll be fun. I can spare some decades fulfilling her desires, if it means she'll be fully trained.>Time: Advanced (affinity)It makes growing crops and developing friendships so much easier.>Blood: AdvancedCombat is so easy, just cast [Brain aneurism] or [Explode heart]. Also helps with making pets live longer.>Animal: IntermediateI will create catgirls, and she will carry on my will.>Light: IntermediateIllusions are fun.>Heart: IntermediateIt's fun.>Wind: BeginnerI'm lazy and want to move fast.
>>97121709>>97121729i always ignore the fact that they are secret
>>97121481Or Eldritch waifu, but that's too easy.I just want to make potions (and maybe add side effects that the customer didn't ask for).
>>97120834/thread
>>97120834>>97121771Where do the men come from? Are the men created in labs?
>>97121481My own, once again. There are more powerful ones but I like mine.
>>97121760Hmm, or Genie, but that's also cheating.It's all my fetishes in one
>>97121780tHE BOWELS OF HELL
>>97121780God
>>97121788Which one is yours?
What do your guys think of event like choices that give points or exclusive things as a reward with then multiple possible conclusions?For example these:>Go dragon huntingThen it has 2 outcomes you choose from in this case:>You are successfulYou gain lots of points>You failed but befriended a dragonYou gain less points but also get an exclusive dragon follower.or>Find the legendary hermit living in the mountainsAnd then the conclussions>You asked him to train you.Gain points.>You asked him for his support.Gain resourcess.
>>97121632>Some of the really high powered ones seem like they'd be awfully lonely. Few/no peers, no one else with an equivalent lifespan . . .That's the fun part. No peers means no one can tell you no.
>>97121815Dislike because I dislike events in general.Also with that formulation, you're really pushing the player to ignore everything except what currency etc he gets out of it.
>>97121056I might, if I can find the space for them. The OC I'm working on will have a lot of companions though, and a few with waifu potential are guaranteed. If you can protect them and survive your journey, that is.>>97121104My honest bet has been February for a while. I used to have my doubts, but then we saw that WIP snipped. It reignited my hope. EA will deliver. Maybe not this year, but he will deliver.
>>97121815Could you tell us what the "a" in "cyoa" stands for?
>>97121837animegirl?
>>97121815I like it personally. For a long time I've considered making a hero-style CYOA where you have separate rewards for quests, but I haven't taken any steps towards that. Maybe one day.
>>97121841Hmm. The words are accepted.
>>97121696>I make sure he gets a verse where gunpowder doesn't workYou could also give him a conflict where firearms aren't the answer. Like curing a disease, achieving world peace, or fixing the economy after a Great Depression.
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>>97121803Cursed Irony. Nobody remembers it probably, but I'm fine with that, I had fun while making it and with the builds it got back then. My only regret is that the last revision made it really hard to read so maybe one day I will at least fix that part.
>>97121881Yep, never heard of it.
>>97121815i generally like events but Not handled this way, they feel too railroaded this way
>>97121881>Cursed Irony. Nobody remembers it probablyI remember it. Don't have it handy to repost, but it made an impression.Interesting pick, by the way.
>>97121829That's kind of the objective to let you decide how many points you get of each kind in a fun way instead of just giving you an amount and letting you distribute them at will.>>97121837Adventure?This is all basically for the intro the true adventure starts afterwards.>>97121895Is there another option?It's either a predefined reward or variable rewards for the most likely conclusions.
>>97121881Do you have a name?
>>97121894Here, have an imagechest of it that I lireally just dscovered exists. I was not expecting that, I just searched for it out of habit like I do with other cyoas. Thanks Rake I guess.https://imgchest.com/p/9p4nlapnm7n>>97121900>Interesting pick, by the way.There is a reason why I made it, I find it an appealing situation. Not all of it, I did put some actually fucked up stuff in there I wouldn't want to deal with, but most of it is cool.
>>97121915They called me with the title of my only cyoa so not really? I don't have an actual author name and I am unlikely to get one unless I make something else. I also don't plan on naming myself.
>>97121815Did you ever hear the tragedy of After the Merge by NinjaGinja? I thought not. It’s not a story the anon would tell you, because nobody posts the cyoa these days, and I'm not sure anyone ever posted a complete build for it.It's an amazing cyoa in many respects, but its almost unplayable due to its event design, which sounds a lot like what you're going for. Pretty sure "You gain less points but also get an exclusive dragon follower" was literally one optional outcome in an event in it. You should really take a look if you haven't, to see what not to do.
>>97121903>Is there another option?Explain the situation and mention rewards that could be gained or/and suggested approach instead of giving either option A or B. maybe the reader will have a completely different approach.i think the mission section in Wasteland Scion handles this appropriately, but that is not the only cyoa that does that
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>>97121917I remember this. Fay masterrace.
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>>97121917>Dark gray text on black backgroundanon, what where you thinking?
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>>97121951I had fun coming up with that one. Not my choice, but I really like how it came out.>>97121957Not much. Honestly I was working on it for a while and I just ended up going for what hurt my eyes the least. Of course I didn't notice it made it hard to read, my eyes are more sensitive I guess. As I said it's one of the few things I would want to fix, other that the innumerable typos.
>>97121991fin.
>Marid>Phenomenal Cosmic Power>Pure of heart; Three wish limitYeah don't worry, pretending to be subservient hasn't placed any limits on my true power. I do this because it's funny, and it turns me on.>taking orders from someone weak enough that my sneeze would remove their entire lineage from existenceIt's cute and hot.>VoluntaryThe Powers That Be can't shackle me.>Easily flusteredThis is a fun game. I'll enjoy serving and humoring a human.>excitedIt's fun to roleplay. My second-biggest fetish is "incredibly powerful being willingly submits to a weakling. This game is one long session of foreplay.>dominantSometimes I have to remind my "master" that I can accidentally delete all life on earth, except for my Darling of course. I know best of course, and my master will realize.>Mediumis premium.>collar + leashYou just know.jpg>tan lines>womb tattoo>maid>sporty>professorI have knowledge dating millenia back.>rulerIt's cute that you think you have free will>businesswomanYou don't need magic to manipulate stocks>gem stoneIt can be added to jewelry!>cramped but cozy (15)It's for sleeping, and being in a coma until humanity has developed more.>PCPWhat do you mean "second only to the Powers That Be"?. Is that what your script says? Cute.>Loving heartCute. Not even PCP is strong enough to deny this.>Magical realm (14)C'mon, I need someone to match my freak.>Friend Upstairs (12)Can't waste my power on menial tasks. I'd rather not remind my "Master" of my powers too often.>Your wish, my command (11)Reality isn't supposed to cost anything? Oh well.>Pure of heartThis seems fine. We can always break limits if I think it'll be fun.>Three wish limitI'll play along for now.>A wish your heart makes (12)Conquest.>Broken facade (?????)Play along for now, it'll be more fun.>Turbulent mood (?????)>friendly childhood friend>Power & Companionship>Control>Smiling Supervisor
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>>97121938>maybe the reader will have a completely different approach.there is a hundred different variables to consider>What if I kill the hermit?
Remember. Gil is alive. Do not forget.
>>97122104Do you think its going to sound less unhinged and cultish if you repeat it enough?
>>97121933The problem is the complexity?I will only have 3 point resources.
I will kill... all remaining authors
>>97122119I don’t care. I speak the truth and only the truth.
>>97122259A bluff. You are a hog too fat to move, and the nearest author is more than 2 meters away.
>>97122259a weakling like you? dream on
>>97122285Jesus look at that thing
>>97122285>>97122294the pig is training to become the most delicious sausage
>>97122285I have grown fat and heavy after killing and devouring many authors, that is true. Perhaps my last authorcattle victim was my final one... for I have become too weak to devour the remaining authors.
>>97122023My wife.
>>97122340 (me)Sorry, I meant to reply to this >>97122285 post. My bad
>>97122358It's a male thoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMNWKpfFp-c
>>97121881> Nobody remembers it probablyI remember it. It was the one about getting cursed by the curse went wrong and now its a permanent buff that makes you stronger by draining people instead of getting drained.I remember also how I wanted to be a thing with two kitsunes and one elf
>>97122381And checking the cyoa, also a necromancer and a fay. The left side is grim and the right side is the waifu route. I remember you commenting me it was meant to be picking only from right or left depending on the world choice.
>>97122363>its changing people eating patternswell i would like some cured meat
>>97122381>>97122392>The left side is grim and the right side is the waifu route.I didn't mean it like that but I guess I did make the Open Wonder events all girls, the other side has a couple waifus too, arguably more if you count each member of the Society as a potential waifu. I don't write waifus, but I did expect people to treat them as such so I left it vague.>I remember you commenting me it was meant to be picking only from right or left depending on the world choiceYea, I changed it by this version. Now they are not limited, but they do still make more sense in the respective world compared to the other.Man, with people still remembering I am getting some motivation back to at least fix the colors. I don't think I would add anything, but I could make it look a bit better.
Post good cyoa.
>>97122468Ok, I changed the colors a bit. It probably still isn't good, but it's at least readable. Last time I just forgot to change it back.
>>97122749No changelog, just color changes. If there ever is a 3.0 it will not be that big. This thing is a pain to cut down to size.
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>>97122766I didn't check the image limit.
>>97122773ahahah
>>97122798I didn't even think it was possible to reach it for this place, but I have been away for a bit.
>>97122773F in chat for anon
>>97121938rake does events/missions pretty well. very open ended.
Fuck you, Rake. I gave you a chance and you upturned your nose at my good faith and good will.You deserve what comes next.
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>>97118098You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. Almost anything can be a life lesson. I'm not saying CYOAs should stick to some kind of therapeutic realism at all, but I do think that those that unthinkingly indulge fantasies with hardly any limits or complex choices are typically less interesting and less good for their audience. They still have a right to exist, obviously
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>They still have a right to exist, obviouslyAnonYes you Anon, you reading this right nowAll potential CYOAs have a right to exist.And by not making/completing them, you are denying them their God-given rights.Each WIP on your hard drive is crying invisible tears.Become a better person. Finish your CYOAs.
>>97122960Well put. I'm pro-life when it comes to OC
>>97121881I saw it yesterday when I was reading old CYOAs, and it was a blast from the past.
