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I'm marking this thread as gatto territory
One interesting thing I've noticed is that the number of available images for a CYOA character has little or no effect on how long I spend searching for that character's images. I spend as long on a character with 10 usable images as I do with 5000.In the former case, it's time spent agonizing over how few resources I have to work with and trying to pick the closest to what I need out of my limited choices. In the latter, it's combing through each and every image, even when I found a good image on the first page, because I feel like I owe it to my characters to make sure I'm using the best possible image for the situation.Choice paralysis ends up slowing me down just as much as a lack of choices. In this way, perhaps authoring CYOAs and playing CYOAs are more alike than they are different.
Imagine if this CYOA was over 10 pages.That would be so kino.
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OC from PlebbitHigh Res Version: https://imgchest.com/p/ej7mvv5lb7d
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>>97507119Is this just a shitty be a normal ass soldier cyoa?
>>97507086Did this have a map or am I imagining?
>>97507165It didn't have a map. >>97507086Oh HEY! Bug Tide Time! Deceiver: ManipulatorHybirds Fae-InsectoidsNests, Brood, Corruptor, and AdaptabilityLustful Minions and Monstrous MegnagerieBasicPeons, Fodders, SwarmerBurrowers, Watchers, PursuersMedWerecreatures, Stalker, SpySapper, Artisan, Alchemist, Standard-BearerCenturion, Cultist, ConcubineEliteSlayerStrategosUnholy ClericMesmerSpawnerThe City of Gloriend!All three of the missions.
>>97507165There was a map of PNGs overlaid on a white background, posted by MiCha, but the map did exist. Not a very good map but it was, to some degree, a map.
>>97507194Bugjeet...
>>97507211ChatGPT says he's Eastern European.
>>97507211>>97507229You can't trust ChatGPT. It's always wrong.
>>97506960/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/To my knowledge, the following CYOA's released this january:Radiant [Unknown]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97276593/#97276855Thu 01 Jan 2026 12:23:15The Platinum age [Sylen]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97330784/#97330940Fri 09 Jan 2026 18:59:30Paladin fort [Unnamed 24 hour man](Sparse)https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97362260/#97366236Thu 15 Jan 2026 02:52:35Necromancy CYOA [Friendlydrop] {Update}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97367040/#97367213Thu 15 Jan 2026 06:04:57Runaway [Unknown]{loli}(It's also really bad)https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97367040/#97368713Thu 15 Jan 2026 14:25:40Starwars Smuggler cyoa [Unknown]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97357523/#97361614Wed 14 Jan 2026 12:48:28{Update} Starwars the edge of the empirehttps://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97424727/#97426252Fri 23 Jan 2026 07:38:38The Trail [Scottish Anon]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97475036/#97477770Sat 31 Jan 2026 20:12:12An anon previously spoke of a cyoa of the year, however I think it would be difficult to recall dates of more then 6 months past, as of such I intend to run 12 smaller polls and one bigger one at the end of the yearIf there are any categories you would like added, let me know, and if there are any suggestions you have toward the running of polls like these, do tellI am only counting cyoa's posted by their original author on 4chan.org as OC. If authorhood is unclear, I will guessIf I missed any, then that's terribly embarrassingBut also you should tell meI think I'll repost this for the next 2ish threadsI would actually really like a third category, because then we could call it a "Triple crown" and "Triple crown" is a Rad title for any type of competitionPlease suggest a good third category, Ideally one with less hassle then buildcount or similarCategories:Favourite: https://strawpoll.com/NoZrzB0OeZ3Preference ranking: https://strawpoll.com/PbZqbr09WyN
>>97507229Grok says you're autistic and trans.
>>97507293How did grok know that about me?
>>97507383>How did grok figure out that I belong to the largest demographic of CYOA players?
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Gil… where r u… bweh…
>>97507415Me again! Everyone WILL get a bug wife or husband! Or ELSE!
>>97507119better than most reddit oc, at least it has a setting
>>97507433Based, but only if i can call you mom.
>>97507206my I see it?
Does this count as oc>>>/tv/217794390
>>97507475No, because I am Dad.
>>97507478I would need to go digging for it in the archives but it would take me a few hours of fishing and I have a ton of coursework I need to do before sunday. I'm sorry, anon. I'll see if I can find it once I don't have a deadline lighting a roman candle under my ass.
>>97507479>No transWhy include a sex choice then?Unless he's implying that some people would purposefully choose to be a transgender, which is even more retardedThe family choices are clearly unbalancedThe whole thing could be solved by a wandering child, hardly a worthy cyoa
>>97507515Fuck off fag.
>>97507518What?
>>97507119>Unit NameEldion Republic Vanguard or EFA-1 (Elite Forward Assault)>Nation of OriginEldion Republic>BranchArmy>SizeMassive>Time of OriginRecent (Preparation in the case of the cold war becoming a hot war)>SpecializationShock Troops >TrainingCQB, Urban Warfare, Explosives, Hostage Rescue>ReputationNiche>Cutting Edge GearHUDs>UniformTactical>Heavy EquipmentLight Vehicles, IFVs, Transport Helicopters, Attack Helicopters>Support SquadsSignal Support, Mission Control, Joint Comms (Air Force), Engineers, Logistics Support>AssetsSatellites, Animals (Dogs only), Drill Studios
>>97507518Are you actually not from here?Are you the /tv/ poster talking about your own post?I knew pickings were slim over there but I would never have expected it to be this bad
>>97507504But buggirls need a mum.
>>97507553I will make the bug girls into mums. Don't you worry about it.
>>97507086>>97507194someone has probably done this already by now>Titan>-Nemesis>Avians>Beasts (Birds)>Hybrids>-Dragons/Beasts>Interdisciplinary>Horde Mode>Nests>Gluttony>Death-Powered>No Mercy>Contentious>Peon*>Fodder*>Berserker>Raider>Swarmer>Brute>Standard-Bearer>Sharpshooter>Stalker>Rampager>Sapper>Slayer>Vanguard>Wraith>Spawner>BehemothI considered doing one for that weird worm that parasitizes manti but ultimately this CYOA just bores me. It's way too hard to stick to a theme; it gives you this glut of choices that often involve something that might be advantageous but breaks with my idea. I never really enjoy these ones where you summon guys to your specifications - they become basically nonentities. I want to lead an army of goons with actual selfhood. Anyway, this is based on those shrikes that impale bugs on thorns
>>97507515It says reborn so you can just be a natural woman senpai.
>>97507479Is magic worth learning in the world of asoiaf
>>97507600It's still cool. You should have Plantoids so you can get your Spiky Trees of Death.
>>97507629But why would anyone choose that?Unless he meant: You may choose your sex, so you don't need to crossdressBut that would be an extremely weird thing to specifyAre there that many crossdressers on /tv/?
>>97507638Yes. Skinchanging is good, it can extend your lifespan as you skinchange from an old human body to a young wolf (or whatever else) body.
>>97507638Yes. asoiaf is actually a high magic setting, its just that the story takes place during a time where magic has been in a lull.
>>97507639Thanks, buganon. That would have been a better idea. Maybe the issue is that I can't keep more than one theme in mind. Never stop doing what brings you joy
>>97507743What one has the best and most loyal waifus?
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>>97507767Best Sequence for non-readers?
>>97507777The best for readers and non-readers are the same.
>>97507777Abyss. Just trust me on this lil bro.
>>97507663The most powerful warg in the north could barely hop into a woman’s body. He got thrown out. Life extension isn’t easy.
>>97507765Purely based on my own preconceptions, I'm going to say Slavlords or Cartels. Bonus option: The Urchin
>>97507663>>97507795You also forget yourself eventually if you opt for a second life in a wolf’s body.
>>97507765Redneck clan has the best waifus. If you know, you know.
>>97507479Year 285 AC, Major House in King's Landing, Polymath Level Intellect, Luck, Alchemy
>>97507479>Strength (Mountain tierErm, what? I thought asoiaf was like at best building tier.
>>97507479Sex: MaleYear: Idk, 10 years before the show? What was it like then?Family/Kingdom: Minor Noble (The Three Sisters)Special Attribute: Fighting (section is a bit lacklustre)Other Skills: Luck & RomanceLove: Gorgeious Noble of the Reach (Male)>>97507841How much Wildfire are you going to make?
>>97507956Not much. I seek immortality, not war.
>>97507942"the mountain" is a dude. The humans are "peak human" to "maybe a bit beyond peak human (the aforementioned mountain)" at best.
>>97507086From what I gather, Exalted Conquest is basically going to be Isekai Dark Overlord but with a ridiculous amount of granularity on the minutia, instead of leaving it to the imagination. I am not sure how possible that is to translate to a CYOA format but there's supposedly going to be a PvP winner-take-all multiplayer so I'm sure it will explode, if it ever releases. I doubt it will ever release.
>>97507638No. Magic is objectively evil. It hates you.
>>97508051Its by EA, its going to be isekai dark overlord but with random shonen references and weird fetish crap. "set your minions menstrual cycle!"
>>97508051>PvP winner-take-all multiplayerThat actually sounds greatWhy did no one mention this?
>>97507638In what sense? Magic is a powerful and rare thing that allows people to do that which is otherwise impossible.Magic also always carries some form of price. There are no free lunches there, you dont get to just "cast fireball" or whatever without doing a proper blood sacrifice or trading some years of your life or some other vague equivalent as dfctated by the supernatural forces at play.
>>97508077So you're saying that I can use all living beings as fuel to become a god...
>>97508051Cityscape Skirmish had PVP winner-take-all multiplayer and nobody ever actually played that mode
>>97507991No one has achieved immortality
>>97508096Yes, possibly. Magic in ASOIAF is vague and poorly understood, even by the few people who are more or less actual wizards. But theres a character who is trying to do a giant blood ritual to either become or awaken an eldrich god of the deeps. Its also worth noting that whether literally or as an element of the narrative lens, magic exists the most the further you get from westeros. Theres a city of dark mages on the other side of the world where you can go learn dark magic. However whether its actually some high fantasy or even just conanesque necropolis/magocracy or just "weird foreign place, stories get embellished by sailors" is unknown.
>>97508067None of the options will work as written and we'll need another rentry to keep with up his constant contradictary wog esl rants. 10/10 flawless cyoa.
>>97508099Cityscape Skirmish was more a of emotional narrative-driven CYOA though. Also IIRC a few people made MP builds
>>97508147"actually The Cousin (god of genocide) means that soldiers are only allowed to rape women, raping men results in whatever monster is doing it instantly dying because The Cousin doesent like it and will punish them with the full weight of karmic retribution"
>>97507479>What sex? Male>What year?240AC, Summerhall Castle>What family/kingdom?Major house (Targaryen)>What special attribute?Political+social savvy (Jaehaerys the Conciliator would have been better, but i will take what i can get)>What other skills? Luck Romance (Gorgeous female noble of the Reach)Aerys is now my baby brother, my father may yet force a marriage between him and our sister should fate deem it so.Else me and my beloved will be forced to persuade him to let such incestrous idiocy be, without robbing me of my birthright.As such, the future will remain secure for a time. The Lannister's made allies and the tragedy of summerhall swiftly averted. I can focus on locating those dragon eggs, as well as research the mythology of the long night, as i will remain prince for quite some time.Wanted to be an adventurer originally, but sadly you cannot pick romance, adventure and luck at the same time. Saving the realm from tragedy will have to do.
>>97508101Then it must be sought with even greater effort.
>>97508151Hearts Adrift was the real narrative driven one. Cityscape Skirmish cut out most of the plot and just focused on gameplay and battles.
>>97508067>random shonen referencesThe lifeblood of nu-/cyoag/>weird fetish crapThe assassin vampire's thing for shapeshifting into your woman enemies was kind of off-kilter, but I don't think there was much besides that.>"set your minions menstrual cycle!"I don't remember anything like this. The focus on waifus and breeding with them to start a family did clash with the death theme, but that's just normal sexuality. Now that I think of it, the inclusion of sexuality, the creation of new life, in a CYOA about being an embodiment of death was a bit jarring. My headcanon for the Gifts is that the Father uses them to bait Sons into going all-in on the soul destruction agenda. Most men won't take the leap to annihilate whole planets, but if their waifu harem insists on it, they are exponentially likelier to do it. From a cost-benefit analysis, having their general minions be women that can more easily manipulate their designated demigod makes sense but is nonetheless strange from a thematic perspective.>>97508075A few anons have talked about it. The gist is that every multiplayer anon gets thrown into the same war-torn dimension, and can only gain strength by killing strong targets and conquering lands. Other conquerors give extra benefits. In the end, only one anon can conquer the world and move onto the next. Every other anon must either be subjugated and forfeit their growth potential, or slain. It will be a shitshow because nobody will agree that they would lose, but the arguments will be entertaining to see.>>97508099It did but doesn't have EA's cult of personality or the inherently competitive aspect. I doubt it will be a /cyoag/ redefining thing but it'll probably reach Outer Reincarnation update levels.
>>97508156Naisu builderu>Wanted to be an adventurer originally, but sadly you cannot pick romance, adventure and luck at the same time.I think you can still go on 'adventures' without taking that but they're just not as constant or fulfilling.
>>97508187A death game doesn't have an inherently competitive aspect.........?
>>97507264>The Platinum Age
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>>97508200I phrased that poorly, what I meant is that it doesn't appeal to the same caliber of belligerently obsessive anon. It was a more contemplative work.
>>97508187It's also about vore. A Sanctum is just a soul's stomach that digests other souls. Vorefags want to be conscious inside of a "safe room" that's slowly killing them.
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>>97508187>The lifeblood of nu-/cyoag/HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE THIS SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE
>>97508198Thanks man.>not as constant or fulfilling.Yeah luck could help out a bit, but it's just like you said. You don't get the good stuff that a major boon would grant.
>>97507086>Imagine if this CYOA was over 10 pages.It would be worse. Massive CYOAs are a headache, 3-6 pages is the sweet spot.
>>97508077And if you DO get to cast fireball it takes the form of spontaneous combustion not a projectile. Magic is brutal. It will cause your head to explode. How do you fight a shadow that slices through your steel like butter?
>>97508339>How do you fight a shadow that slices through your steel like butter?A torch.
>>97508219Kek
>>97508343"Shadows cannot live in the dark, Ser Davos. They are servants of light, the children of fire. And the brighter the flame, the darker they are".
>>97508339Void Body
>>97508364The darker the - ACK!
>>97508364Then by extinguishing all the lights around you. Either way, its not the "I have enchanted armor of +3 so I tank it" kind of setting, its the "I drew a circle of salt so the thing cant get me" kind (provided you actually know how to do a circle, which you probably dont)
>>97508376You’re just giving the shadow more fuel either way anon.
>>97508364What about uv rays?What about neutrinos? They pass through people, but have a detectable effect on water. Do the shadows have any water in them?Also, if you made the light bright enough the light would go through
>>97508383>"shadows cannot live in the dark"Sounds like im killing it.
>>97508364>>97508376>>97508399The actual answer is Ice magic, since white walkers are shadows created by ice magic, and we know metaphysicaly fire aligned objects one shot them.
>>97508263I appreciate massive CYOAs in the same sense that I do +2,000 piece puzzles. They're fun to commit to for a few weeks, but don't lend themselves as well to a casual investment.
>>97508116> Magic in ASOIAF is vague and poorly understood, even by the few people who are more or less actual wizardsWe haven’t seen an actual capital-w wizard like Saruman from Lord of the Rings (he said Saruman would crush Melisandre and that she’s “just not” a true wizard in comparison; which is funny since she’s possibly the most learned magician in the series so far despite her overall zeal), or Ulrich of Cragganmore from Dragonslayer (the movie that partially inspired A Song of Ice & Fire—the world’s last wizard even reads the future in the flames). Perhaps there was some ancient green seer, or some old ass dragon lord, or an entirely inhuman creature that fit the bill at some point in the past. Maybe there’s a legitimate wizard in Asshai. We haven’t seen them.
>>97508412>since white walkers are shadows created by ice magicWe LITERALLY do not know this.The others being ice zombies was more of a show thing, and in the show theyre weak to dragonglass because they were created using dragonglass as a weapon by the children of the forest.In the books theres reason to believe theyre closer to ice elves (and vulnerable to dragonglass because its fire), but theyre also described by martin (outside the text) as a sort of strange and alien life. Theyre not shadows/ice zombies.
>>97508403The night is one big shadow. It’s meant to be poetic since the light is what shapes a shadow. >>97508412They’re not literally shadows. It’s just this phrase to describe them. They’re ghostly white shadows. Laughter like cracking ice.
>>97508430They are shadow projections and im not referencing the television show in any way.
>>97507767Isn't everyone just gonna buy characteristics instead of advancement In Modern Day? What's the point of restricting immediate advancement?
>>97508429>We haven’t seen an actual capital-w wizard like Saruman from Lord of the RingsNo, but weve seen about as close as the world seems to have. The warlocks of qart and mellisandre are both ancient and knowledgeable mages skilled in their respective crafts and powerful in all manner of occult things. And yet theyre not exactly shown to be "commanding" magic. I hate to make the comparison because its entirely antithetical to how magic works in ASOIAF both narratively and possibly mechanically. But mages in that setting are functionally "people who know how to use machinery"Knowing how to turn on the TV or flip a swirch does not make you the master of electricity, capable of making it do something else. It means you know a specific thing and can do it.
>>97508430George says their culture is practically non existent. George has always implied that the Others (White Walkers) are a sort of mockery of human life/culture. In this way they’re perhaps a mockery of human life. If beautiful. Magic is meant to be this beautiful and colorful thing, if sinister and darkly malicious underneath. It’s possible they are still creations of the children of the forest.
>>97508438So that you can't speedrun the highest positions and then spend 1,000 years sealclubbing with your cult
>>97508429Bloodstone Emperor
>>97508441>The warlocks of qarth and mellisandre are both ancient and knowledgeable mages skilled in their respective crafts and powerful in all manner of occult things. The warlocks are explicitly in a state of utter ruin, by the time of the books. Their leaders (the Undying) are husks. Barely alive. Whether this is because they’re slowly reviving themselves with the return of magic, or because this is naturally the end result of the warlocks (they appear to mirror the hive mind of the weirwoods), is unknown. We don’t know how old they are. Melisandre is fucking ancient, though. We know that. Four-hundred years old. That’s suspiciously around the time the Doom happened. Perhaps she was born in the time calamity struck. The century of blood that followed the Doom.
>>97508448>George says their culture is practically non existentHe literally talked about them as making wonders out of ice. They have shimmering rainbow armor and weld weird weapons that are clearly crafted. >>97508454Mythological figure who might not be real or might have been real but been something else entirely (a boring old corrupt emperor who got overthrown).Same way the Nights King (not Night King) may have just been a commander of the nights watch who essentially became a bandit lord, rather than a weird warlock who married an other.
I've got a quarter-finished Platinum Age build, but I keep getting stuck/frustrated at especially the world part, it seems like a number of odd choices went into that design. Practically all superhero stories take place in what is in most respects just baseline earth, but baseline earth for some reason consumes a net three positive choices. And there are a lot of specifics there that don't make a lot of sense to me, too, it seems to jump around a lot between whether 'positive' means good for the PLAYER or good for the average man. 'Fractured' is bad for the average man because I guess it means more little wars out there (unless, I suppose, you also have 'the long peace'...), even though you either 1) could not get involved in them, or 2) COULD get involved and gain status and power from that influence, which would be, presumably, good for you. But then New World Order is presumably bad because one-world government means you can't easily hop over the border.'Climate catastrophe' versus 'calm biosphere' should NOT be a mandated either-or choice, because 'calm biosphere' is just the absence of a looming climate crisis; it makes sense as taking a negatve or not taking a negative, the absence of a crisis is not itself a separate boon.'Alien invasion' - this is apparently something that happened in the past. Why is it a negative at all? It certainly doesn't make things worse for you, is the mere fact that it made things worse for people while it was happening enough?The 'resources' chain, there's THREE of these! What could the upshot possibly be other than the promise of better technology somewhere in the future, when future technology is already NOT treated any differently, in terms of positive/negative, than the 'stable' current timeline?Other than finding it personally distasteful, is there any actual downside to the 'corporate rule,' since it isn't actually that, it's just "corporations hire supers?"There's more, but I'm out of space. Just bugs me.
>>97508450But you still speedrun, just slightly slower.
>>97508458But thats the thing anon, the warlocks being in their current state doesent change that theyre clearly accomplished magic users (by setting standards) who know their shit (by setting standards).Theyre not two bit charlatans who learned to make a fancy explosion and swindle lords out of their money with phoney entrail readings. Theyre the real deal, as real as it gets in the series. Theyre just also still not super impressive compared to wizards from more powerful settings.
>>97508454He likely never existed. The entire great empire of the dawn thing is meant to be misinterpreted throughout the ages. Just like the irl five emperors and three sovereigns myths. Glorious pre histories that never happened. Or they DID happen, but were a lot different, or a lot worse. The world book points to whatever predated the Valyrians being inhuman and quite monstrous. Fishy. Dragons likely came from the sea originally.
>>97508466Yes, you need to work for your total world dominationThis is a common theme in well written cyoa's
>>97508460I’m just going by his words. He said they don’t have a culture, which was pointed out to conflict with their explicit constructs of ice, which is a form of art, and thus it’s a form of culture. This implies they’re copying humans. It’s a hollow culture. Soulless.
>>97508468The Undying for all we know are just mummified losers who joined in on some collective, anon. Warlocks have delusions of grandeur. We don’t even know whose heart that was. The floating blue heart in the centre of the room. That appears to be what connected the Undying. I wouldn’t say we’ve seen real wizards yet. Perhaps Leyton Hightower is the one we’ve been waiting for. Perhaps not.
>>97508156cummed on this build
Magic is a rickety ladder of ignorance. People are higher or lower. Melisandre fools her onlookers the same way she’s fooling herself about her god — which could be someone abusing a glass candle from afar for all we know.
>>97508463>'Fractured' is bad for the average man because I guess it means more little wars out there (unless, I suppose, you also have 'the long peace'...), even though you either 1) could not get involved in them, or 2) COULD get involved and gain status and power from that influence, which would be, presumably, good for you. But then New World Order is presumably bad because one-world government means you can't easily hop over the border.Yes, true, although it would be quite bad for responding to external threats and stopping many sorts of villains>'Climate catastrophe' versus 'calm biosphere' should NOT be a mandated either-or choice, because 'calm biosphere' is just the absence of a looming climate crisis; it makes sense as taking a negatve or not taking a negative, the absence of a crisis is not itself a separate boon.True>'Alien invasion' - this is apparently something that happened in the past. Why is it a negative at all? It certainly doesn't make things worse for you, is the mere fact that it made things worse for people while it was happening enough?If you didn't take "You Won" or "You lost" then the war is ongoing>The 'resources' chain, there's THREE of these! What could the upshot possibly be other than the promise of better technology somewhere in the future, when future technology is already NOT treated any differently, in terms of positive/negative, than the 'stable' current timeline?There was alot of bloat there>Other than finding it personally distasteful, is there any actual downside to the 'corporate rule,' since it isn't actually that, it's just "corporations hire supers?"Having capitalism be the dominant world Ideology might not have been impliedDid you remember to add the free positive choices from your Bright-Bleak setting?The Cyoa has alot of crunch
>>97508469It doesn't really matter if he was a real person or not, the story is their to drop hints that very powerful sorcerery did exist at one point, and we see clues to this everywhere. The fishman stuff is there as window dressing for the iron isles and other far off locations but gets erroneously conflated with the magical cataclysmic that happened to create the shadowlands and gave birth the AA myth.
>>97508441Magic is a living thing in asoiaf, practically. It favoured the Valyrians for thousands of years.
>>97508500You’re repeating Lightbringer nonsense. The black stone was built by something other than human life. There was no glorious pre-history human civilization that rivaled or surpassed Valyria. In fact the world book points to Valyrians doing what the grey king did except on societal or infrastructural scale.
>>97508500The shadowlands are incredibly fishy anon. The “people” (“deep ones”) that went around the world raping coasts likely came from the shadowlands. Yeen and Asshai are alike.
>>97507638Sure! it only requires you to be retarded! >be hedge wizard, calling your phony tricks and snake oil “magic” like an an asshole>be woods witch, calling your herbal tea and midwifery “magic” just to be burned at the stake >be maester, studying rare arcane lore that will amount to fucking nothing in the end>be typical alchemist, drinking mercury like an idiot, claiming it does wonders>be pyromancer, making green shit that can barely be handled >be poisoner, drugging and poisoning people like a cowardly fucking woman>be warlock, shaving heads bald and sipping blue lsd, claiming it’s real mystical insight>be red priest, staring into flames all night like a paranoid idiot, for maybe a lousy vision>be a dreamer, get dreams that want to hurt you or even kill you, or harm those you love>be skinchanger, hoping your snow bear or mountain lion won’t eat your fucking face off>be greenseer, attaching yourself to a creepy tree and having your personality raped >be crannogman, “breathing” mud like a frog and looking malnourished and worm ridden>be maegi, pray to the great shepherd you won’t be raped by horse men and burned alive>be Qohorik, sacrificing babies at an altar for maaaybe the ability to reforge magic steel >be shadowbinder, eating mutated fish from the toxic river like a huge fucking idiot Fucking idiots
>itt: anons take sailors tales as literal and attempt to construct a working mythology based on random folklore and "well I heard theres peple in africa with heads in their chest!"Like 5% of everything we know about essos is accurate, the rest is blemmyes tier
>>97508499>If you didn't take "You Won" or "You lost" then the war is ongoingHm, it's not exactly clear about that, it definitely uses the past tense in describing the war for the choice. I inferred that they more or less just gave up and left, vietnam-style, if you didn't take anything further.>>97508499>Did you remember to add the free positive choices from your Bright-Bleak setting?I'm aware of those, yeah, but it feels like a waste to spend them on making Basically Just Earth, since it really seems like that should be the default setting, not something you have to spend points to get. On the other hand, there also aren't that many appealing positive choices to spend it on otherwise, so it's not exactly that I'm missing out, the world system just feels a bit frustrating to interact with.
If I have to be retarded to find a cool new power then so be it
Rolled 4, 5 = 9 (2d12)https://imgchest.com/p/xny86ajm24bHonestly could be worse
>>97508468Warlocks couldnt do shit before the red comet came
>>97508523>shadowbinder, eating mutated fish from the toxic river like a huge fucking idiot
“And so it was, then. But now? I am less certain. It is said that the glass candles are burning in the house of Urrathon Night-Walker, that have not burned in a hundred years. Ghost grass grows in the Garden of Gehane, phantom tortoises have been seen carrying messages between the windowless houses on Warlock's Way, and all the rats in the city are chewing off their tails. The wife of Mathos Mallarawan, who once mocked a warlock's drab moth-eaten robe, has gone mad and will wear no clothes at all. Even fresh-washed silks make her feel as though a thousand insects were crawling on her skin. And Blind Sybassion the Eater of Eyes can see again, or so his slaves do swear. A man must wonder."
>>97506960Are cyoas like stat cancer? The global arena scenario is quite exciting.
(cont)Dany had not noticed Quaithe in the crowd, yet there she stood, eyes wet and shiny behind the implacable red lacquer mask. "What mean you, my lady?""Half a year gone, that man could scarcely wake fire from dragonglass. He had some small skill with powders and wildfire, sufficient to entrance a crowd while his cutpurses did their work. He could walk across hot coals and make burning roses bloom in the air, but he could no more aspire to climb the fiery ladder than a common fisherman could hope to catch a kraken in his nets."Dany looked uneasily at where the ladder had stood. Even the smoke was gone now, and the crowd was breaking up, each man going about his business. In a moment more than a few would find their purses flat and empty. "And now?""And now his powers grow, Khaleesi. And you are the cause of it."
>>97508204>>97508210>>97508216Nice build. Extensive, and seems awfully sturdy, if not exactly tasteful.
>>97508563> Blind Sybassion the Eater of EyesI can see why Miyazaki loves George so much
What's your opinion on cuckqueans?
>>97508611Weak women produce weak sons
>>97508611BASED and necessary for good harem dynamics
>>97508611In theory, could be done in an interesting way. But if someone says a companion is going to be one, I'm going to assume off the bat it will be inane cringe.
>>97508611I don't like themThreesomes should be fun. There shouldn't be self hate or masochism involved
>>97508450There are others in the same position, so there would inevitably be an reshuffling of nations and world war. "Leisure" In Modern Day wouldn't exist either way. I find the reshuffling and war happening immediately more interesting than chugging along until then.
makes my dick hard
WIP WIP WIP Please excuse the spelling, grammar, the lack of text, and any other errors I overlooked. I had writer's block, but I hammered this out today. I want to see some feedback on this so far. I am, for now, making this a three-pager, with plans to add a Background page that will give you and Homeland perks and a bit more lore, and an Enemy page to fight against. But that's for WAY later.
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>>97508643I like the art & layout
>>97508643I'll read it when it's more than the waifus. My first, second and third reading was>Hm. Who can I fight against? Which one will die in the best blaze of glory? Can I eat them afterwards?I need enemies to distract myself.
>>97508669Spooky Aliens. So, just think you're getting ready to fight Cosmic Horrors from the great Nothingness, which is why I don't want to make an Alien Waifu. I want ALL Aliens to be evil. There might be a humanoid, spooky alien waifu, but she's also evil. Can I ask you two pick one girl as your queen?>>97508664Thank you. Who would you pick for your queen?
>>97508681>Can I ask you two pick one girl as your queen?Karoline. She'd die standing, I know it in my heart.
>>97508690Don't let her die! Maybe let a few of her rivals in the Confederacy die. But she'll stand to live!
>>97508696Compromise - we kill spooky aliens THEN I betray everyone in the Confederacy and kill Karoline.
>>97508700For your future Evil alien waifu?
>>97508458But even Melisandre with all her experience and knowledge has a focus chapter where she basically tells the reader that almost 90% of her magic feats are simply smoke and mirrors to increase the mystique of her craft and that sometimes even she's unsure if her rituals will have the desired effect. And we know for a fact that she's misinterpreting her visions.I would say Asoiaf magic is more akin to limited alchemy that requires a sacrifice to even consider using and there are no easy answers to it's use and no grand feats one could pull off in an instant.
>>97508702>evil alien waifuNo. Aliens were evil so we killed them. No going back on my word to win this interdimensional war.I just want to taste her flesh with a pinch of salt. This requires her to die.
>>97508719No eating Princesses. This isn't the Aztec Empire.
>>97508719>t. real and human man-thing
>>97508704nta>I would say Asoiaf magic is more akin to limited alchemy that requires a sacrifice to even consider using and there are no easy answers to it's use and no grand feats one could pull off in an instant.Not a deep ASOIAF nerd, but imo in ASOIAF we can distinguish "magic proper" (certain poetic symbolic patterns in the world produce certain effects, in a way that's too subtle for humans to understand deeply, but a few experts can make some use of it regardless although at risk) which is what you describe, from more mechanical and straightforward kinds of supernatural features, like skinchanging. Skinchanging is risky in a mundane way, it's not like "magic proper".
>>97508727The old empire did it for ritualistic reasons, or sometimes during harsh periods of famine. I'm different because it's motivated by curiosity. Aren't you curious? No one tried it yet. Perhaps her meat is the holiest thing you'll ever taste. Perhaps the training paid off and her skin is just the right level of tense, with the right amount of muscle fiber underneath. I need answers. I have a fork.
>>97508750is this your normal approach with waifus?
>>97508643>that sexy classic sci-fi look for their homelands and troopsI guess the women are cool too, but I'm here for the heavy machinery and machine guns.
>>97508757No. Usually I skip them, or imagine wholesome adventures with the rares ones catching my eyes. I don't understand why this WIP makes me yearn for the stove but here we are.
>>97508740Skinchanging and greenseers is just the blood of the Children of the forest, the closest thing to fae in the setting, awakening randomly in their human descendants. And while skinchanging is a skill some people are simply born with, being a seer is continuously shown to be a curse that drives almost everyone who has it into insanity.
>>97508643Malanie 5 (-4)>I like being worshipped. I wish there was more about itZata ara 5 (-5)>CuteSayana 5 (-5)>Best stats and fairly hotTroops:Corps 3Enforcers 3Paratroopers 5Needing to spend the same resources on wives and militaries is bad. Also, currently wives are far more cost effective, giving the equivalent of 10 points spent conventionallyWriting is ok, but not good
>>97508750Evil.
>>97508793I killed the spooky aliens. That makes me good and heroic.
>>97508681Has to be Annaline, I like her auroomy habitat and her space marines.
>>97508797>Somehow, Adelina returned
>>97508786>Also, currently wives are far more cost effective, giving the equivalent of 10 points spent conventionallyI was going for that. The point is to build them up with the wives. I want people to make unions. Nice build. >>97508810Is Annaline going to be a favorite?
>>97508681>Who would you pick for your queen?None.I'm a space pirate warlord.Instead, I'm choosing which colony to raid, and possibly take over.
>>97508563>phantom tortoises have been seen carrying messages between the windowless houses on Warlock's WayI like turtles
>>97508643>haremsloppazoppa
>>97508845fucking metafag
>>97508865>There was a Mission a long time ago, to create a powerful Human nation at the most western point of the Galaxy>Your Ancestors landed there, but the mission was forgotten about and the people of this mission fragmentedIf me and my people were sent out into space and then forgotten about only to re-emerge as a force to be reckoned with, then I indeed would be a pirate warlord.I ain't just gonna forget that these fuckers just up and forgot about us as soon as they shot my grandpa's ass into no-mans land and didn't even send a gift basket.I'M GONNA RAID THE SHIT OUT OF THEIR ASSES!
>>97508643Love the art direction. Adds a lot of character.As far as c&c goes you should make each level of Love and Loyalty it's own separate line.As for girls?>Annaline>Odette>Malanie>KarolineIn no specific order.
>>97508051The problem is there's absolutely going to be an instawin build that everyone is going to take ruining the PvP.
>>97508988And a counter to that buildAnd a counter to that counterIt's only really a problem when there's no counterAlso, anyone who picks it will be a designated jobber by fate. An expendable mook in a pile of other mooks
>>97508928But who would you make your queen?
>>97509010Probably Karoline
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>>97508704What is smoke and mirrors is relative retard. She’s fooling her onlookers the same way she’s fooling herself about her own god. Her powders are also described as something clearly bizarre. They don’t sound like normal powders. They’re stuff straight from Asshai.
>>97508704> And we know for a fact that she's misinterpreting her visions.Melisandre self proclaimed herself the best “in her order” at reading the fires. Whether this means her specific temple, or the red religion as a whole, is unknown. Considering she’s the *only* red priest at the Wall, where shit actually matters, she might be accurate in her claim. It’s also clear her visions are more so esoteric than most. Her simple readings are phenomenally accurate. She can see threats to her person easily. Right down to the faces and times. Moqorro can also casually determine his immediate safety.
>>97508740> certain poetic symbolic patterns in the world produce certain effects, in a way that's too subtle for humans to understand deeply, but a few experts can make some use of it regardless although at riskThis implies magic won’t sometimes just say “no”, and that’s that. It isn’t some unseen mechanism. It’s very much like a living thing.
Fantasy needs magic in it, but I try to control the magic very strictly. You can have too much magic in fantasy very easily, and then it overwhelms everything and you lose all sense of realism. And I try to keep the magic magical — something mysterious and dark and dangerous, and something never completely understood. I don’t want to go down the route of having magic schools and classes where, if you say these six words, something will reliably happen. Magic doesn’t work that way. Magic is playing with forces you don’t completely understand. And perhaps with beings or deities you don’t completely understand. It should have a sense of peril about it.—George R. R. Martin
>>97509407People who think magic is just some static background to figure out rather than it being something with its own agenda piss me off
matterthread?
>>97508611Only monocucks hate it.
George r r Martin is right. THIS is a real wizard. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbCOE5cF3HA&pp=ygUVdWxyaWNoIG9mIGNyYWdnYW5tb3Jl
>>9750950980s dark fantasy movies were peak.
>>97509428Yes, my jeeta wife is OBSESSED with Gayme of Thrones, please understand.
>>97509509Is that the guy from Ghostbusters 2
Why are wizards always old men?
>>97509533The wizard stereotype is strongly associated and even synonymous with the sage stereotype, which is associated and even synonymous with the wise old man stereotype.
>>97509533Magic is about knowledge and wisdom and this translates into being old.
>>97508643>>97508681Nice, it reminds me of Bonded Among The Stars CYOA a bit. My advice is to take a page from that cyoa and give each Kingdoms a unique tangible benefit that can only be accessed if you have their daughter as your queen. A kingdom with technical know-how to make gundam-tier mechs, or a rare mineral resource found only on their homeland, or a psychic breed of warriors for example. This way you'll make the choice even harder and more varied instead of just relying on which pretty picture appeals to anons the most.
>>97509533>>97509537>>97509554 Gooooood mooooorning saaaaar!
I will just turn myself into a loli when I get old
>>97508600>Nice build. Thank you, it took a lot of time and effort to put together.>Extensive and seems awfully sturdy,You might not have noticed this, but if you look at all my builds, you will see that I have a strong preference for defensive powers. Defense is more important than offense, a lesson I learned in martial arts since my core martial art is Taekwondo, which is notorious for its weak defense.
>>97509587Why wait?
Cyoas with big tittied bimbos? But not tok "big bimbos with big lips and bigger tits than their head" realistic big but you still notice the nutrition to her brain went somewhere else. Like Chika from Kaguya sama
>>97509878Spirit Conscript
If this isn't how your adventure ends, then you've failed both as a build and as a man.
>>97508643I hope there are personal powers and immortality later because it sounds too boring otherwise.
>>97510185Where is this from? It looks so familiar but I can't remember the name.
>>97507479>YEAR: 48 acsome dragons still exist so magic is probably stronger, no major wars that I know of>SEX: female>FAMILY: major house>SPECIAL: polymath intellect>SKILLS: magic + luck>MAGIC: alchemymagic section is trash, a sword is not magic, a favor from a magic man is not magic, glass candle is super vague about what it actually does and it doesn't even work that way. I'm just going for alchemy which is on the "cheaper" side of magic and still has a lot of potential, with a lot of luck I probably make an immortality/lifespan extending potion with my high intellect and resources from my house but magical molotovs and transmuting metals is still pretty valuable and useful.
>>97510210"Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari" or "Tales of Wedding Rings"that image is specifically from the last chapter (86)
>>97510358>femaleimminent rape victim
>>97509533Because learning magic takes a long time? Thats why wizards are old men and witches are wrinkled old hags.
>>97507479> SexYes please> Year IDK, end of canon?> FamilyMajor House (Stark)> Special AttributePolymath> SkillsLuck, Magic (Glass Candle)Never watched/read game of thrones so I don't know what I'm doing, but being a wizard is always a good choice.
>>97510185>you must coom or you've failed!I'm in it for the adventure, not the waifus.
>>97510611>Having a loving family with lots of children is cooming.Its the opposite in fact.
>>97510598Magic in ASOIF is ass, don't bother. You're much better off as one of the best warriors in the setting.>inb4 matterjeeta muh effort meltdowndidn't ask, don't care.
>>97507808As opposed to dying anyway due to aging to death in my human body, as one does? It's a solid deal.
>>97510185I don't like having those in CYOAs as I have my own already. I'm either importing them or forgoing family life.
>>97510185>multiple wivesMeh. I don't believe in polyamory. A woman who accepts her man to love and impregnate someone else is scum in my eyes.
>>97510689Anon we just agreed that cuckquean was based.
>>97510698>wenever happened
>>97510698>weNo.
>>97510701>>97510703>t. failed as builds and failed as men
>>97510713How boring.>not immortal?>not THE STRONGEST?>not the harem king?>not consequential to the lore?Go back to playing Entropist.
>>97507479>sexyes please>yearA good one (somewhere near the conquest might be fun)>houseMajor>special attributefighting and killing>skillsstrengthmagic (valyrian steel, ill take the slab, because knowing how to reforge the thing is a valuable skill in its own right and you could probably manage a couple of weapons if you do it right)Being a targaryen for the shits and giggles sounds fun. Although who even needs a dragon when youre probably the single most dangerous human alive?
>>97510662But I don't want to fight people, I want to cast spells.
>>97510204That's for later. I want to make Waifus and armies. >>97509579I wanted to make a smaller Damsels and Devastation, with a small army-building element. I'll keep that in mind, but right now I'm trying not to let Mission Creep take over because I'm struggling with just these three pages. I do want to make a Personal/Your homeland page and an enemy page. If anything, that's where you'll unlock Psychics or Spartan super soldiers or something. Or I might save all the Psychic/Stuff like that for only the enemies, and you have to make do with "Normal" tech. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of power fantasy, yeah, you're the king of a nation, and you're about to marry some hot women, but you're not going to be all-powerful.
>>97510872Well too fucking bad the most you'll be able to achieve after training your whole life is lighting a campfire and having random prophetic dreams.
>>97510752>no luckdies in season 1
>>97510713>cuck
>>97510752If ser dragonknight care so little for dragons, may he be interested in the Blackfyre rebellion?
>>97510938It's not cucking if you're the one impregnating everyone, retard.
>>97510955You're cucking your wife by fucking another woman, that makes you indirectly a cuck yourself. You'll live your whole life paranoid that one of your wives is doing the same to you, and they would have full right in doing so. Why should they faithful while you're not?
>>97510933Dont need luck when youre just that good.>>97510940I dont follow politics. Anyone interesting there?
>>97510966A woman typed this post.
>>97510966It's making him the chad actually.>You'll live your whole life paranoid that one of your wives is doing the same to you, and they would have full right in doing so.The setup is a bunch of women orbiting around Anon. They won't cheat on him.
>>97510971>Dont need luck when youre just that good.>His build is literally just a lamer mountain.lol, you die to a lucky arrow like an npc or you'll get burned to crisp by one of your siblings dragons because they are smart enough not to look down on living nukes.
>>97510966Anons are manwhores. This is known.
>>97510986>The setup is a bunch of women orbiting around Anon. They won't cheat on him.Suuuuuuure... hey why does your baby look kinda black?
>>97510966Are you asking Anonymous to uphold his oath of fidelity?
>>97510999>anon talks about harem>he thinks of being cucked by a darkieObsessed. Mindbroken even.
>>97510978>Its only ok when I do it!Your wives will leave your hypocritical cheating ass for someone who's devoted to them and doesn't treat them like cattle.
>>97511012Most waifus aren't sentient enough to want something like that.
>>97511005Fine what's the fantasy equivalent? a minotaur? a centaur? do you really want your wives to get railed by horsecock?
>>97511026>again with the cuck fetishEmbarassing.
>>97510994Motherless ones, yes.
>>97511020>Most waifus aren't sentient enoughWait were those "waifus are just soulless sex dolls" posters right? I thought it was a shitpost.
>>97510971Known figures like Bloodraven(Important dude) and Daemon Blackfyre if i got it right. Both are bastard born. Basically a civil war and you can choose between two or three periods i think. I would choose the first one myself. Was thinking with you not liking actual dragons, you could get a chance to kill at least some of them. There was another bastard girl you could sex, their half-sister. If you roll like that. Bloodraven won´t like you tho.
>>97511012Fun fact. Women will gladly stay with a powerful man if it means status and benefits. There's a reason why powerful men get harems, while everyone else gets one girl. No, you're not cheating at that point. Let's be fucking real here. Women would gladly keep a cheating husband if he had the status and power. The only time cheating is bad is when a woman does it. No man wants a cheating whore.
>>97511033>>97511012
Rake status?
>>97511042Shitposts are usually exaggerations of a real opinion. People considered Gifts to be the apex in terms of waifus. It's easy to see how the current situation came to be. Also you have to remember they're women - backstabbing, conniving, scheming, opportunistic, power-hungry, two-faced, hedonistic whores who rationalize everything by "it's okay when I do it" and hate everything that ressemble them (aka others women). Obviously this being should be treated as the cattle they are.
>>97511045>He thinks real life concubines didn't just fuck the first hung servant they could out of sheer boredom and jealousy.lmao. It was so bad that kings had to isolate their harems in their own prison-mansions staffed exclusively with female guards and eunuchs. And even then they still descended into lesbian orgies.
>>97511061Are you saying that they're fighting women that exists in their minds or that we're the women?
>>97511064Lesbian orgies are hot. Also, those were weak Kings. A strong king would keep his hens on a short leash.
>>97511072Yes.
>>97511078>Lesbian orgies are hot.Cuck.
>>97511082As if. Women spend their time bickering about irrelevant bullshit. At least our discussions are less braindead.
The cuckwraiths have risen from their graves...
>>97511128It's been years since I've seen that term...
>>97511111>Women spend their time bickering about irrelevant bullshit.anon...
>>97511128who's who? the haremfags or the monogamypuritans?
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>>97511139>>97511147a-are we the baddies?
>>97511153Always has been.
>>97511111>At least our discussions are less braindead.anon...But I can't deny the quints. From here foreward, starting from this day, no exceptions, anon's will be good and have only smart discussions.
>>97511133Its been some time since weve had a haunting of this magnitude
>>97511111My life was a bit brighter until I've read your post. Fuck you.
>>97511156What kind? evil baddies? or sexy baddies?
>>97511111>At least our discussions are less braindeadH-haha, yeah totally...
>>97511182>sexy baddies?Don't exist here>evil baddies? According to Radiant fans, everyone who didn't like Radiant is evil, and most anons didn't like it so...
>>97511182The kind that gets corrected by Dawn, funnily enough.
>>97511195>Don't exist hereYou lie! matterMILF is TOTALLY sexy!
Can we go back to cyoas? This conversation is making me feel uncomfortable.
>>97511214Evil cyoas or sexy cyoas?
Rolled 7, 7 = 14 (2d10)>>97511214sure.
>>97511232>all men turn into talking animals>all women turn into talking animalscute
Rolled 10, 1 = 11 (2d10)>>97511232
Rolled 8, 4 = 12 (2d10)>>97511232>ZootopiaI'm not ten years old. Let's redo it.
>>97511232>Keep all women as Women>Turn all men into Talking animal that still take control of their bitchesI have unlocked a fetish.
>>97511242>all men turn into women>all women turn into Elvesoh no...
>>97511246Its zoophilia bro. You are a furry.
>>97511244>animals only interested in sex>you just know accurate
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>>97511259So 99% of women seeing how they want to get fucked by a beast.
>>97511278>99% of women Your mom and sisters do not constitute 99% of women anon, its simple math
>>97511287Excuse him, they are the only women he has interacted with. To him they make up 99% of women he knows.
>>97511299Who's the 1%?
>>97511058>Rake status?Raked
>>97511299I wonder if his mother & sister are soulless sex dolls for him too.
>>97511320His future dog-wife.
>>97511299>>97511339>>97511338These women are going to get the Knot.
>>97511338for him? no. for animals? yes.
>>97510987>>His build is literally just a lamer mountain.Literally superior in every way to a guy who was in running for #1 fighter in his time? How terrible. >>97511044Oh yea, the fag who got the sword and decided it worked by king arthur rules. Sure, sounds fun.
>>97511347No need to tell us about what your mom and sisters we're doing last night anon. Believe me, we don't wanna know.
>>97511195>and most anons didn't like it so...Its just a couple of fairly obvious shitposters throwing a tantrum over it.
>>97511383The ones that liked Radiant? Yes it was just a couple of fairly obvious shitposters.
>>97511391>The ones that liked Radiant?The ones repeatedly throwing tantrums about it.
>>97511365Oh, I sense the smugness in you. You're going to love it.
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>>97511456>t. Anon's mom when she sees a stray dog.
>Aunt - Wine Lady. Try to reinvent beverages if nonexistent, usually a wandering witch/alchemist to get the local flavors. >Mother - Control Freak. Wants everything to be as easy as possible; will take over the world to ensure your journey is easy and without too much danger. >Father - Schemer. Believes everything is made of money and points; will take over the world to ensure the hegemony of his family and his benefits. >Grandpa - Antagonist. Thinks this new world is making you weak. Believes you can "take it" as he ramps up the misery of the world. >Older Brother - Dropout. Always a bit better than you, but unmotivated. While he tends to steal your achievements and fame, he's always encouraging you to go higher next time. >Older Sister - Wicca. Theorically good at psychology, but her obsession for witchery led her to prefer summoning and spirit talking. >Younger Brother - Squire. Wants to emulate you to his fullest, so he can be molded into whatever you want, harping on your own uniqueness. >Little Sister - Magical Girl. Doesn't understand (doesn't care) about the power system of the setting; if she believes it's real, then it is.>Cousin - Rival. Thinks she should've been the protagonist of the world and will work overtime to prove her superiority over you. >Grandma - Gardener. Most of her focus is on her plants - which is problematic when she creates cursed forest or world trees.Which one of these would you want in your isekai?
>>97511246you the author who made that slavery RYOA?
>>97508051>PvP winner-take-all multiplayerThat actually sounds horrible Why did no one mention this?
>>97511510All of them to steamroll the world.
>>97511510Gramps will make me STRONGER.
>>97511526It's been known since the start? Why do you think we were shitposting so much about 'delicious houndlets' being jobbers and everyone pretending to be THE protagonist?
>>97508681>I want ALL Aliens to be evil>he doesn't know that humans are aliensngmi
>>97511568>humans are ontonlogically evilYes.
>>97511510For the last seventy-one years, since he was four, my grandpa has woken up an hour before daylight and worked without pause until an hour after sunset. He only has 2/3s of his spine left, has a plate in his head, and is deaf in one ear and almost deaf in the other. If there's no work to do, he finds some and is insulted when everyone else tells him to slow down. The man is supposed to be retired but hasn't slowed down or taken a sick day or holiday in decades. If the local power system needs training to get stronger and he has gotten it into his head that he wants the world to be a worse place, a singularity of despair is only a matter of time.
>>97511562>pretendingIs it really pretending when I am the one who's going to win?
>>97511612>t. delicious houndlet
>>97511510Harem
>>97511510I feel like taking all of them would be more interesting
>>97511510Seconding the ones choosing everyone. We move as a family unit.
>>97511510>tfw the gods messed up and summoned everyone sporting your family name
Good and evil don't exist, only pleasure and pain exist.
>>97511510EVERYONE
>>97511246>Turn all men into Talking animal that still take control of their bitchesSo the animals that are small and ugly become the incels.And the animals that are big and sexy become the chads.
>>97511510Little sister easily, her reality warping innocence is my power system. >She thinks I'm awesome > I become awesome and do awesome things > she thinks I'm even more awesome > repeat ad infinitum.
>>97511685Its the opposite, real life incels will become small and weak animals and the reverse. So you, a cyoagger, will turn into a seething rodent while the guy who fucked your crush in highschool will become a majestic buck.
>>97511689>She thinks I'm awesomelol, lmao
>>97511510Why not uncle option?Why are so lazy?
>>97511749in jail for touching your penor
>>97511689Anon, that just makes you the overpowered gimmick boss whose weakness is the fragile spectator.
>>97511768kek
Rolled 3 (1d10)>>97511232Classic.
Rolled 3, 8 = 11 (2d10)>>97511232well ok
Rolled 6 (1d10)>>97511811I'm mentally retarded
>>97511826>men turn into hobbits (midgetmaxxing)>women turn into animals (nothing changes)rise of the manlets...>>97511831>hobbits banging farieskinda hot
>>97511749>>97511768The uncle is the inner demon trope but more literal. In order for anon to access his full power he must defeat the bad man inside of him.
>>97511811>>97511831>men are now hobbits>women are now faeriesWhimsical
>>97511510>CousinCharlotte? Charlotte from Outer Reincarnation? Is that you?Charlie, I can't and won't make this any simpler for you.You failed at life. You failed. When one thinks of what man is capable of, pushing himself to the limits physically, mentally and emotionally to achieve heights of success never before mentioned, your name will not be whispered in the same, reverent fashion that others have.Nobody will remember Charlotte. You aren't even a header or a footer in the career of someone else. You are nobody. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.In short, you are an enormous failure.Charlotte, being that you're about 199 years old and your brain has probably hard-wired itself to accept such failures by now and write off such criticism by being "flippant", really suggests that you've passed beyond the proverbial breaking-point. There's no turning back. This is your Ecumene, this is what defines you and this is what you'll defend to the end.The abhorrent failure that is the Ecumene, Charlie, that is your legacy.Maybe I'm over-reaching, however. Who knows? People CAN change. Maybe you'll read this, Charlie, and think long and hard about what a wasteful life you've led. Maybe you'll think, "wow. It's incredible just how abysmal and pathetic I really AM!" Maybe you'll lift some weights in the morning. Maybe you'll take a self-help class.Maybe in a couple of years, Charlie, you'll have learned from this failure. I doubt it, though.I genuinely doubt it.Now excuse me, I have to go on my next adventure. I estimate over sixty million waifus waiting for me.
>>97511834>>97511839Lets be real picrel is what a Gnomemaxxing would be like.
>>97511858Meds. Now.
>>97511870You cannot medicate The Truth away desu fampai.
>>97511870Is he wrong though?
>>97511878I didn't read so I wouldn't know.
>>97511888Radiant seether?
>>97511858Nice speech and all bro.... but while you were fucking your waifus and writing your diss track the Ecumene has already occupied the Everrising city
>>97511510Dawn
>>97512202Aspect?
>>97511510>GrandfatherThere's too many of us to fit in all the slots, instead, I'll ask to see my grandpa again even if he's now an Elder God.
>>97512210Wife
>>97510966>Love is impossible, there is only war. Every marriage is a business partnership and those who do not properly deliver value are to be cut out
>>97511510ALLExcept maybe the mother. That sounds like a bit too much. Maybe if her attention were diluted by my siblings
>>97512299I assume she would play mother hen to the little siblings too, perhaps the cousin.
>>97512333>Dueling my cousin-Rival over a rickety ropebridge only to realise nets have been preemptively placed below the bridgeIt does kind of ruin the magic of most fights to the death, Doesn't it?
>>97512364>he's not dueling his cousin in places where the Empress can't see
>>97512364Just team up and cut the nets then get back to dueling
>>97512364In the "Everyone is Here!" scenario the Mother has to deal with the father (doing his merchant run), the grandfather (doing his overlord run) and potentially the grandma (making apocalypses with her hoe). She can't focus entirely on you.
>>97510185Not enough kids
>>97511064Do we have uhh, confirmation on those lesbian orgies, just professional curiosity cause idk if ive heard of anything like that.Wouldnt surprise me though but i do want like a source on that and maybe some examples, historical prefferably but i guess media based will work.
>>97512466Are you a visual learner by any chance?
>>97511045its less that they would keep a cheating husband and more often that they just dont have an alternative option cause yaknow, no womens rights and divorces basically never happen unless its divorcing ones head from their shoulders
>>97512466Cuck.
>>97512485We should return to tradition.
>>97511103I dont know if a woman fucking another woman would be cucking especially if theyre both your women but eh
CYOA for this feel?
>>97512495NTA but technically that's still "your" love interest having sexual intercourse with someone else. It counts, methinks.Then again I think the whole concept of harem is retarded in fiction and in reality.>>97512509Radiant.
>>97511026Depends on the setting but if were going by hentai standards then probably human although my own racism is saying elfAlso maybe i do want my wives railed by horse cockMY horse cock, or dragon cock or whatever else im sportingIts fantasy bruv i can be or do whatever i WANT kek
>>97512477If i say yes are you going to give me some images?
>>97512492Convert to islam.
>>97512579Pffft, no. I'm not sullying my search history with something so crass.
>>97512509radiant paladin
>>97511619I started this btw.
>>97512676I'm convinced there are like three memers in /cyoag/ ruling us from the shadows.
>>97512687I'm one of them. I always get a little smile on my face when I see anons repeating something I started or reposting one of my memes.
>demons are ackshually le hecking misunderstood!why are japs so obsessed with this
>>97512687Heh.
LOTM will be conquest before conquest.
>>97512720I mean theyre also obsessed with killing gods and fucking tentacles but eh
>>97512734so they're literally me?
>>97512733conquest is coming out tomorrowits still 6 months before lotm
>>97512720Because most 'demons' are just pre-Christian deities and spirits from European and Middle Eastern polytheism that got demonized by Christians, and Japan is a polytheistic country?
>>97511510>Aunt>Grandpa>Older Brother>Younger Brother
>>97512687I'll admit. I'm guiltily responsible for the matterwife crisis and jobber pandemic.
>>97512720They want to fuck demons but don't want to feel bad about it.
>>97512720Personally, when I was watching Frieren, the extremely Christian-flavored "demons are le absolute evil; the world is black and white, good and evil, and nothing in-between" put me off quite a bit. Not enough to totally wreck the show, but it felt very in-your-face the whole way throughChristian mythology just weirds me out and leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth
>>97512890japbrained
>>97512890>leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouththat's just the pope
>>97512890>the world is black and white, good and evil, and nothing in-between"There's plenty of things in-between. It's just not demons.
>>97512890>extremely Christian-flavoredI must've missed the part where the bible describes Lucifer as a pink-haired loli in skimpy clothing.
>>97513063It's in there somewhere.
>>97513063You have a very interesting conception of the words "loli", "pink", and "skimpy". And I guess "Lucifer" too while we're at it
>>97511182according to this thread cucked baddies.
>>97513084You have a porn addiction.
>>97513121You're the one with the instinctual habit of describing adult women as "lolis" lol
>>97513063i mean to be perfectly fair that one probably wouldnt be lucifer and also christian demons technically can come in basically any form they damn well please if it helps them to tempt or torture you or whatever
>>97513141The woman in question doesn't even look petite. I don't understand where he gets the "loli" part.
>>97513197I can at least understand "skimpy", though by anime standards it's a pretty tame outfit, and even in real life it'd be a bit of an eyebrow raiser at bestAnd I can at least grudgingly forgive colorblindness, (though I will never forget)But the "loli" is right out of left field
>>97513235Nta, I think she's supposed to be really short in the source materials. Not that she counts as a loli just because of that, but maybe she can be mistaken for one at a distance if you squint?
>>97512649>I'm not sullying my search history by looking at the most common fetish of straight males.So you admit you aren't straight and/or male and this entire dialog was just a foid seething over straight males having sexual fantasies?
>>97513263>it's straight and male to look up girls kissing each othersSure thing, bucko.
Listen, as much as I support feminizing every guy who looks up lesbian porn,
>>97513292Nta but it is really popular, just like yaoi is much more popular with girls than it is with gay guys.
>>97513307A-Anon...?
>>97513345He was feminized mid post, that's why it's only half of it.
>>97513345Sorry, allow me to correct myself.As much as I support feminizing every guy...
>>97513376Why are you more extreme this time around?!
>>97513381They got him, now he wants to spread the plague further.
>>97513381Listen, as much as I support the radicalizing every...
Another little annoyance in Platinum Age - 'genetics' as a power source offers, by default, three minor powers in the 'physical powers' section, plus one more in the same section per level of power of the character, so that at the highest normal level you would get SEVEN minor physical powers. The problem is of course that 'minor' powers are aptly named, they kind of suck, and there are only 13 physical powers that even have a minor variant available; if you are also putting your unrestricted, level based picks in the physical category (which has some very important things, like durability and regeneration), then you would almost have to end up picking random, non-thematic junk that happened to be stuck in there, like elasticity or cloning, just to use up the seven. Weirdly, it works better if your most dramatic powerset as a 'genetic' hero is stuff that has nothing to do with that at all, since you then have a reasonable use for all those minor choices.Strongly considering just ignoring that limitation and taking minor powers regardless of category.
>>97513402There are alot of rules and limits that aren't very fun, it has been said
>>97513402don't metafag, your better than that
>>97513402Don't cheat, just take the option that turns 2 of your minor powers into a major power.
Why did Sylen drink the creative cool-aid? I had high hopes for him ever since Viz Volaire but his cyoas have been steadily declining ever since. The visual quality is still top tier but the creative side is practically gone, its all franchiseslop and sandbox make-your-shit-because-I-can't came-up-with-anything slop.
>>97513492>don't metafag, your better than thatI agree that I'm better than that, but I wouldn't tend to consider this to be a 'meta' criticism or solution. Though I suppose it depends on how you mean the term. I very much prefer to interpret the rules in the sense that seems to be both intended and thematic, the problem is the (admittedly straightfoward) literal interpretation tends to lead to counter-thematic results. Hence the problem.>>97513495>Don't cheat, just take the option that turns 2 of your minor powers into a major power.I am, but this hardly helps, since, reasonably, merging two section-limited minor powers should result in a major power that is likewise section-limited.
>>97513519I assume he just likes franchises.
>>97513519What associating with tok does to a mf.
>>97513539Tok NTR'd us...?
>>97513553Looks like we were the horse all along...
>>97513553Yes, he's cucking us out of talented authors. Tok is the demon lord of cyoag.
I think it's possible that major-level Biomancy is the absolute worst power available. High entropy and requires a drawback to be taken, in exchange for the ability to remember the genetics of a touched being, so that you could "hypothetically replicate it, with the right resources."Any reasonable competitors? 'Miracles' is also amazingly bad for a super-level power, but at least it doesn't come with a drawback cost.
>>97513575LMAO. Even for the joke I can't take Tok being important in any way seriously.
>>97513598I think that there was an implication of growth for many powersLike the reason the genius powers were so expensive was that it was literally supposed to be able to recreate other powers when given time and resources
>>97513600That's how he gets you. He plays the role of a lolcow clown so well you'll never suspect a thing until its over. He once fucked with the archives so bad that 50% of cyoas almost became lost media because of him.
>>97513601Well, the genius powers are fuzzily described, you can at least interpret them as doing something significant. Biomancy says quite explicitly what it does, and it's simply bad.
>>97513607Oh, I remember. Dark days.He's still too retarded to take seriously. Of course the lonely, degenerate incel is stirring up shit. He's too dumb to behave otherwise.
>>97513608Yes but many of the powers are genetic, including the companions, so you only need to touch certain poeple to be able to spread their bullshit powers to your power cattle and you can then breed said power cattle to refine and combine the powersI don't actually think it's that good, because ruling the world is a scaling in and of itself, but I can see why he was worried about genetic control in a world where genetics can do so much
>>97513629>to be able to spread their bullshit powers to your power cattleMajor-level biomancy doesn't give you the ability to manipulate anyone's biology, it's strictly touch-to-memorize.
>>97513607Is that why none of Tok's slop is on the Allsync?
>>97513643Ah, yeah, that's a pretty big oversight
>>97513650YesDo recall that the reason he did all of this was a hissy fit about how his cyoa's were being labeled "Wrong" (In the same way as the entire rest of the archive)
>>97513654And super-level is also explicitly pretty limited in that regard, all you can do is give up to 3 minor-level powers. You could make a nasty local gang like that, but your goons won't be a meaningful threat to other supers. (Well, unless they're supers who spent their sole superpower on 'miracles.')
>>97513650A blessing in disguise. Newfags aren't attacked by his mediocrity during a stroll through the archives.
>>97513661Or unless you are the only one with actual Super powers or even the only one with Major powers. All this is assuming you are the same level as the world when you can just pick Higher Level 3 times to be the only Armageddon in a world of minor supers. Nta, just wanted to point out that your logic fails when 3 minor powers is above average for the world.
>>97513658What did he even do? Try to DD0S the archive? Stage a false copyright claim? Every time I hear this get mentioned, anons are always vague.>>97513667If this is a blessing, Tok is a curse.
>>97507767>god of knowledge and wisdom>doesnt have the knowledge symbolism>doesnt have the education symbolism>doesnt have the learning symbolismare we serious right now
>>97513691>you can just pick Higher Level 3 times"Level down" explicitly says you can be chosen multiple times, as does "super world;" since "One Level Above" doesn't say that - and is in fact called "ONE level above" - the only reasonable inference is that it is selectable only once.It would be really nasty to have to take nine drawbacks, too, unless you got really stupid with the fact that 'always on' can theoretically be chosen for powers that make no sense with it.
>>97513715It has the omniscience symbol, which encompasses all of that.
>>97513784>>97513784>>97513784>>97513784>>97513784>>97513784Fresh bread
>>97513739>the only reasonable inference is that it is selectable only once.It really feels the opposite. Since the others can be chosen multiple times then that one should be also pickable moltiple times. It's not worth it with those 9 drawbacks but it should be possible.>unless you got really stupid with the fact that 'always on' can theoretically be chosen for powers that make no sense with it.I think that doing that is completely fair and balanced considering the bullshit that sylen put in the rest of the cyoa. When the cyoa is retarded already then playing it like this feels only right.
>>97513798>Since the others can be chosen multiple times then that one should be also pickable moltiple times."The exception proves the rule" is an idiom meaning thata special case (the exception) highlights or confirms the existence of a general principle (the rule). Originating from a Latin legal principle (exceptio probat regulam), it suggests that if an exception to a rule exists, a rule must exist to be broken, reinforcing its general application.
>>97513328You'll find that a reasonable portion of the yaoi-liking girls(?) do fantasize about being one of the guys in the relationship. Like with yuri, this isn't universal, but it is a decent portion of the demographic.
