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>>97590515
https://imgchest.com/p/n87wqo5gz7x
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SY-EbsE7_e58aJQzW2Vkf91UJu6RNsM2?usp=drive_link

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I found the perfect character to be a beast companion in my CYOA, and it's from a game that's not even out yet

Now I'm in the weird position of cheering for this game to be a huge success, solely so that I can have lots of fanart of this plant wolf to use in my CYOA

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you are invited to the cooling games, where all the cool anons go.

>>97590515
Why does Hidden Text cost only 5? It's by far the most valuable option in the cyoa. Rinnegan and whatnot don't even come close.

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>>97590792

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>>97590805

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>>97587574
On the next episode of Dungeons, Dragons, and Dives!

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>>97590515
> Location
City Of Redaku
> Time
Shippuden
> Scenario
Multiplayer
> Rank
D
> Perks
Bloodline Limit
Genius
Prodigious
Unbreakable Will
Unique Power
The Heart
> Drawbacks
Distinct Look
Bad Habit (Overeating)
Nsfw
Fated Rival
Inherited Rival
Ideological Divide
Unwanted Admirer
> Elements
Yin
Yang
Water
> Basic
Unarmed Combat
Stealth
Subterfuge
Espionage
Transformation
Body Flicker
> Advanced
Summoning
Ritual Arts
Curse Arts
> Hidden
Auspicious Beasts Summoning (Upgraded x2)
Hazy Hell Gate (Upgraded)
> Secret Specials
Possession Summoning Technique
Divine Beast Summoning (Nagaraja)
> Kekkai Genkai
Blood
Rokuongan
Perfect Integration (Upgraded)
> Auspicious Beast Techniques
Dark (Spider)
Wood (Deer)
Soul Transfiguration (Snake)
Truth Seeking Orbs (Tiger)
Yomotsu Hirasaka (Dragonfly)
Mad Science (Chimpanzee)
Character Bind Technique (Octopus)
Remote Viewing (Owl)
Mind Transmission (Moth)
Illusionary Arts (Sound) (Bat)
Eight Gates (Bear)
> Items
Hidden Text (Hagoromo)
Enchanted Tool (Ring, Execution By Kiss Primary, Shadow Clone Secondary)
> Missions
Slice Of Life
Believe It
Far Far Away

Decided to make a secondary, less OP build that I think turned out cooler. I have access to a shitload of kekkai genkai, both through myself and my summons, plus the ability to gain more very easily (and both of these should be greatly enhanced by Blood). That's on top of my own prodigious skill in ninjutsu, and ability to gain more affinities and chakra through my ring. I should hopefully be able to greatly outscale my rival, and I have the Heart to further tilt things in my favour. Worst case scenario I summon Mahoraga and we both lose.

updated >>97586477 hopefully for the last time don't quote me on that, clarifying my beast species and swapping weapon arts for unarmed combat.

>>97590792
> Background
Personal Reason
> Perks
High Cursed Energy
High Energy Output
Perfect Energy Control
Tactical Conspirer
Leadership
> Cursed Technique
Corinthian Aureola

I am the True King of Curses. Goal is to find and take control of the disaster curses and other special grades.

>>97590638
I hope we can convert other resource points into coincidence points. I want a fated uniqueness and a fated sefira.

Only cause I want attention and can't read a thread before posting.

>>97580986

Hopefully this guy would hire me.

"Hey Boss, want me to pop his bones?"
D tier, Yes, 2rd gen, Human, Lucid dream, Goon
Mutations: Morbidity Limit 2
Aberant Power: "Bone Pop" Makes bones explode. 2 points.
Independent Bloodline, aberant bonus. Put that point right into Bonepop or so help me. Now it gots 3 points worth a power, magnitude 6 total.

Givin all my RP points to da boss.

Objectives: Remind everyone why Morbidity limit 2 is a tax you must pay, but only if da boss say so.

Author and thanks for playing also goes into bonepop. Magnitude 7.
Bonepop is cartoonishly gory, takes some concentration, but lets the character sense the bones around him as he developes the power.

"I once dreamed a dem world bones, theys was shakin apart. Then I woke up still shakin wif em."

"Oh, you's gots that Morbidity Limit. You's in the club, sos we can go see the boss, I spose."

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How many times must it be repeated? Post the cyoa before posting builds of it.

https://imgchest.com/p/lqyen83vkyd
https://rentry.co/h5gd6trq

>>97591116
Apologies, I am a stranger sojourning through these lands.

>>97591054
>Remind everyone why Morbidity limit 2 is a tax you must pay, but only if da boss say so.
Another reason I don't really like the CYOA.

"You're automatically protected from telekinetic nerve pinch death! :)"
...
"Well, except that any random telekinetic MIGHT in fact still be able to telekinetic nerve pinch kill you unless you devote a significant chunk of your resources to stopping it."

Take that stuff out, take out the ludicrous troyx-level 'named' top-tier powers, put in some world powerlevel choice so being a D-lister doesn't make you clearly a total mook in a world ruled by S and X...and it still isn't really great, but it could be decently satisfying.

>>97591054
Morbidity Limit 2 costs 4. It costs 3 to increase a Paragon Aberrant's mag. Morbidity Limit 2 is a total trap.

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Is Urban Phantom abandoned?

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>>97591186
Yea, most CYOAs are just min max toys, and when the there is clearly a better option it's hard to justify not taking it.

>>97591226
I was just going off of the apparent points in to magnitude out. Since 1 cost effects have magnitude 2, that's the conversion ratio I went with.

My build has 7.5 points total. 4 to Morbidity Limit and 3.5 to aberrant power. You're right, though, on the reread. So a magnitude 3.5 bonepop. Enough to kill most without ML, which is the whole point of the character.

Morbidity Limit is a system trap.

>>97590515
>>97590521
>Removed companion section instead of updating it
Lazy so fucking lazy

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>>97591116
Best Power Creator build here, take note and learn from the master

>>97591392
You switched from multiplayer to singleplayer because it was pointed out you'd be destroyed by any other build

>>97591392
This might legitimately be the weakest X-list build I've ever seen.

>>97590582
You might find some interesting stuff if you look into the game wild hearts they got some interesting designs for stuff iirc including for the creatures

>>97591416
Yeah, because mind powers are nerfed for absolutely no fucking reason in multiplayer. You can gain cosmic powers to create black holes to destroy Earth and kill everyone on Earth, but you cannot mind-control other "players" in multiplayer, no, that goes too far. So fucking stupid.

>>97591441
So why make a build that gets nerfed by the cyoa? I thought we were supposed to learn from the master lmao

>>97591441
Well yeah, that'd be boring as hell. Blowing up the earth is not a thing people are remotely likely to do. Mind control is.

>>97591441
>mind powers are nerfed [...] in multiplayer
Which line? There is nothing about mind powers in the Session Type section.

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>>97590792
reposting my build

>REASON: curse victim
traits are much harder to get than skills, so it should be a priority

>high cursed energy
>high energy output
both of these are extremely important for any sorcerer and you can't increase them in any way naturally, perfect energy control would have also been really good but its also something I can learn in due time and practice

>cursed biology
yuji was able to punch the fuck out curses before he even learnt what cursed energy is, needless to say this is a pretty good advantage

>combat prowess
no sorcerer can escape close combat, even the summoners need to step up and throw hands eventually

>reverse cursed technique T1
even if it is something one can naturally learn, this is too useful and even gojo had trouble learning it

>TECHNIQUE: poltergeist
it may not have the power ceiling of tulpa rebirther or devil arms tribunal, but just like sukuna's cleave & dismantle it is deceptively strong, extremely versatile and less likely to get fully countered by another technique due to the ability to bypass most defenses/barriers.

>>97591478
>So why make a build that gets nerfed by the cyoa?
It does not get nerfed in Single Player. It is peak in Single Player. Asking that is similar to asking why people play single-player games, multiplayer is fun, and so is singleplayer. No mode is superior to the other, it's just a matter of what you feel like playing.
>I thought we were supposed to learn from the master lmao
You are, look at the amazing image build and the beutiful images, and it's flavorful and creative powers. Truly a work of art that is full of inspiration.

>>97591492
I don't remember too long ago, but anon pointed out that my Otherworldly Beauty was worthless in multiplayer since it is kinda a type of mind control.

>>97591508
So its a good build when held to absolutely no standards and because you slapped on a bunch of ai art next to it. Got it.

>>97590798
> It's by far the most valuable option in the cyoa.
???

>>97591517
Maybe anon was just trolling you. I found no line about this.

>>97591392
"Make up your own power" is itself an indication of poor CYOA design. Just begs for schoolyard-style "my power is infinity plus one" semantic shenanigans.

>>97591492
It's 'nerfed' in the sense that Mental Blocks 3 can only be obtained by players and wouldn't normally be a thing to worry about.

>>97591382
He busted his entire creative load on Tentacle Realm please understand.

>>97591546
There are like a billion rules that prevent this though.

>>97591541
No, I remember clearly, anon was right I read the text he said was the source, and RAW clearly stated that he was right.

>>97591528
>So its a good build when held to absolutely no standards
Banning mind powers is not a standard. It's just as dumb as banning flying while not banning reality-warping powers. It's just dumb and super arbitrary.
>and because you slapped on a bunch of ai art next to it.
The vast majority is not AI art only a tiny fracion is AI art.

>>97591533
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ōtsutsuki_Clan
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Shibai_Ōtsutsuki

>>97591392
>The Raped.

>>97591572
Guess he didn't think about that.

>>97591578
Stop writing shit like this, he jerks off to it

>>97591561
>There are like a billion rules that prevent this though.
There are principles written down; they do not prevent it. See: >>97591392 "My power is that no one can hurt me and they have to do what I say."

>>97591615
That gets stopped by Mental Blocks and Principle 2.

>>97591570
>It's just dumb and super arbitrary.
You can either say your build is good or cope about how the cyoa makes your build bad, not both.

It's power creator. You could make literally any power. You picked one of like two possible powers that gets directly nerfed by the cyoa itself. You took easy mode and still only managed to be magnitude 10, then didn't even take the four point option that gives you omnipotence eventually. This is the literal worst build ever made for this cyoa, multiplayer or not.

>>97591432
Basically no fanart that I can find

>>97591638
>You can either say your build is good or cope about how the cyoa makes your build bad, not both.
It is good and really overpowered in Single Player, but it's arbitrarily nerfed in multiplayer.

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>>97591595
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>>97591595
50% chance you're responding to toks samefagging.

>>97591630
Clearly it has not been 'stopped,' because there is the build that asserts it. Instead we can just enjoy, perhaps, semantic arguments about whether the build is 'valid' or whether it violates the rule that your whatever-you-come-up-with power can't let you win too effectively. (Oh, here's a hypothetical one person in the universe who wouldn't be stopped, guess it's valid after all!)

No, a virtually open-ended 'make it up yourself' is ridiculously unsuitable for something on such a scale as superheroes. I can appreciate some of the elements in Xenon, but the balance fails in half-a-dozen ways.

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You die and get reincarnated as the character in the last CYOA build you made. How fucked are you?

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>>97591706
Not at all, I'm blessed. I almost never make builds that wouldn't be a dramatic improvement in my life circumstances.

>>97591706
>cataclysmic cultivation
I win

>>97591667
Why do you think it's overpowered in single player? The strongest supers in the setting are ranked magnitude 10-15, and even regular people are stated to have mental block 2.

It's also an X-list build in power creator. You're supposed to be way overpowered and you still somehow found a way to fuck it up.

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>>97591706
Last cyoa I made a build for was this so I'm fine.

>>97591546
unironically a skill issue, two idiots shitposting in the thread don't matter to your build and your enjoyment of the cyoa

cyoas that don't have any space for customization are always garbage

>>97591704
> Clearly it has not been 'stopped,' because there is the build that asserts it.
He's already been bullied into singleplayer where no one actually has to worry about him, so I'd say it worked pretty well. Turns out most people don't actually want to break everything and just want to make cool powers.

> No, a virtually open-ended 'make it up yourself' is ridiculously unsuitable for something on such a scale as superheroes.
The sheer breath and scale of superheroes is exactly what makes DIY powers so appropriate.

>>97591724
>Not at all, I'm blessed. I almost never make builds that aren't powerfag shopping lists.

>>97591706
This one >>97591026 so I should be just fine.

>>97591743
>unironically a skill issue, two idiots shitposting in the thread don't matter to your build and your enjoyment of the cyoa
It does directly in that it is still something of a social experience, else people would not post their builds. It does indirectly, and perhaps more severely, in that it moves the calculus from "which of these options do you prefer, given your resources available," to "what degree of capability can you mentally justify attributing to an investiture of X points." I definitely prefer to have a fairly clear line between legitimate and illegitimate choices in a CYOA, and design-it-yourself absolutely blows that out of the water.

'Customization' is one thing, throwing up your hands and telling the player to figure out yourself what you can have and what it should do is quite another.

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>>97583835 I'm a "cruel and evil" (the CYOA demands it) necromancer in an undescribed but probably generic fantasy world. Not a comfortable life, but fun? And it might last centuries, if things go well.

>>97591706
O no I'm a goon. >>97591054

>>97591788
this isn't mcyoag

>>97591752
>>Not at all, I'm blessed. I almost never make builds that aren't powerfag shopping lists.
Mm, not especially true. Generally on the upper half of the scale for power at least, rarely mere shopping lists. Really, it mostly just means that I don't bother with those "pick two items as you go into a scary forest" cyoas.

>>97591789
I mean you explicitly get a good reincarnation if you properly terrorised the populace, so you shouldn't really want to live too long
You should be purposefully sparing certain orphans so they might one day become heroes that can reasonably slay you

>>97591795
See, that's why you need to be careful when you're making builds, you never know when the isekai fairy is going to strike.

>>97591788
If you don't trust the other player to play fair, why are you playing with him?

>>97591706
it's my most returned-to build, a living god build that's pretending to be a power creator build for its initial centuries because going straight to living god would be too fast and too much

so i'm not fucked at all, in fact nobody is fucked, at the point of amaranth i'll be using master spark level anomaly to fix everything into a form that will seem perfect to everyone everywhere and everywhen simultaneously

>>97591828
Nobody's 'playing with' anyone really, it's not a board game. I prefer, for my own decisions, to have a clear sense of what is legitimate and illegitimate, and I prefer for the place where builds are shared and discussed not to be even more polluted with unresolvable discussions about same thanks to an inevitably-fuzzy set of rules for 'do-it-yourself.'

>>97591807
We are only told your next reincarnation is better relative to other possible next reincarnations you might get; the next reincarnation could still suck compared your necromancer life. You got to read the fine print. Unlike most possible lives, a necromancer's life can be dragged out with necromancy, I'd rather drag it out as long as I can.

>>97591848
>this guy's feeblemindedness is one of the main reasons authors make nerfs to choices that only 1% of the readers were abusing, and that 1% of the readers is the one that cares the least about the cyoa
Grim. Fuck you.

>>97591858
Rude.

>>97591789
I know its you, Softie.

>>97590638
Memorizing potion formulas is pretty useless In Modern Day. Few of the listed ingredients will exist.

>>97590515
Why do you even need resilient regenration for the rinnegan?

>>97591706
>Outer Reincarnation
I'll be fine.

>>97592054
if I remember correctly, even with hagomoro's chakra, madara couldn't awaken his rinnegan and had to transplant hashimara's cells into himself to awaken it.

So it is not too far off to think that the rinnegan needs someone with a strong body or vitality to awaken it.

Alright you whores. Give me the best cyoa's that came out within the last two years. Show me the best and brightest CYOA has made and don't be little bitches about it lol.

>>97592156
OR update, what else?

>>97591761
>"I should be just fine"
>Has no immortality
Dying by old age is not fine

>>97591706
Uhhh. that was for 'City of the Abyss' and I'll now be an eldritch being in a very dangerous world, so uhhhhh, half and half?

>>97592169
Updates don't count. Has to actually be new. Adding content onto ancient content isn't advancing or creating anything truly worthwhile. Unless it was released and updated within the last two years.

>>97592198
The update doubled the size of the cyoa and added over 50 pages of maps and lore

>>97592198
Rake's Luminary then, maybe? But that's just one of the first that came to mind. I can't properly visualize the options. If I saw a big list, I might pick something different.

>>97591706
You could ask me at any point in my life and I'm going to be fine. I'm not a mentally ill masochist that makes builds to suffer, all my builds would just make me live a comfy life.

>>97592261
>His consummate soul, composed of all the lives his builds have lived, is untempered and weak as the suffering type of builds are missing

>>97592273
>Anon's composite soul, forged of 10,000 lives has hands that are soft and unsuited to combat
Erotic

>>97592273
NTA but true enlightenment is accepting that strength is a hollow, foolish goal, and that a comfy build and a comfortable life of no renown are the ultimate form of existence

We should all strive for that comfy option A pocket dimension instead of throwing ourselves away at the empty glory of option B

>>97592335
>not having both

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>>97592441

There was a severe misunderstanding on what I meant, but I'm not going to correct it now.

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>>97592447
You can't corret it, because it isn't wrong, you are wrong. Correct yourself.

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>>97592457
>Correct yourself, NOW!
Why would Anon be so hateful?

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>>97592503
almost feel like metashit

>>97592536
Feels like you're retarded.

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>>97590515
My Genin. Will probably make a Chunin, and then Jonin build exploring his growth once the companion section is added back in.

Found as a child as a child in the wreckage of a strange ship. Other than the bear cub he was found with there was apparently no other survivors.

While lacking the subtlety of most Shinobi he is already an impressive warrior that seems to carry the spirit of winter in his wake.

Location:
>Otogakure, Land of Rice Fields (Arcadia, The Empire (Will of the Conqueror))
Timeframe:
>Shinobi Cold War Era
Scenario:
>Multi-Player

Rank:
>D Rank (Young Genin Start)
Perk:
>Unbreakable Will
>Tenacious
Drawback:
>Fated Rival
Chakra Alignment:
>Yang -3
Elemental Affinity:
>Wind
>Water -4

Basic Jutsu:
>Weapon Arts++ -4
>Chakra Flow
>Ninja Tools+ -2
>Scroll Art
>Utility Jutsu
>Body Flicker+ -4
>Animal Companionship+ (Bear) -4

Advanced Jutsu:
>Advanced Taijutsu -3
>Advanced Weapon Style -3
>Sound Style+ -5

Kekkei Genkai:
>Ice -10

Gear:
>Kunai -1
>Katana, -2
>Smoke Bombs -1
>Pepper Smoke Bombs -2
>Ice Kunai Bomb -3
>Ration Pills -3

World Alterations:
>Bigger Fish

Will finish my build when the companion section is remade.

Suggestions for his Chunin build?

>>97590905
Naisu builderu

>>97591706
I mean, could be worse, >>97592612

>>97592612
>Will finish my build when the companion section is remade.
So never.

>>97592612
>no name
>shit backstory
>nothing beyond "ice lol"
shit build

>>97592810
Then post your backstory, if it's so great!

But yeah there's probably more I could work on thematically speaking.

I'll probably explore the beast transformations and the roar/screaming sound attacks in his Chunin and Jonin builds.

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What do (You) call "True Love"?

>>97592810
>t. buildlet

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>>97592967

>>97592973
>>97592929
I made several builds back in the day for this and I'm creatively spent on it

>>97592988
Tok....

>>97592997
excuses

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It seems especially dead around here this week; what gives?

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>>97593027

>>97593027
Lack of OC.

>>97593027
I don't know
Seems like it would be a good time to release anything though

>>97592967
Ideal Partner.

The waifu I create is "a sentinent crate of one trillion legit dollars". She is sentient enough to qualify as a partner, but cannot communicate, and cannot be told apart from a regular crate of one trillion legit dollars. I use the money (which is a part of her body) to affect world events.

>>97593049
I find it incredible that between gaining the power to disregard money and a lot of money, some people are stupid enough to choose the latter.

>>97592967
The Perfect Match. Nobody will ever understands me like I do.

>>97593058
With small sums, disregarding money means disregarding yourself, since you need money to support yourself.
With large sums, disregarding money means disregarding the world, since big enough money can affect world history.

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>>97593033
there have been plenty longer droughts without this kind of lull in activity. In fact, they often seem to spur shitposting and make the threads go faster

>>97593058
They've been conditioned
It's the system

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>>97593070
I don't have any empirical evidence of that, strictly based on my perception

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>>97592967
A feeling that I'd like to experience while being awake at the same time, someday

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>>97593074

>>97593069
If I had 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars how do you think it would affect history?

>>97593070
Hmph, I suppose even shitposters get bored.

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>>97593077
>>97592967
>The One
is the only worthwhile choice here. True love is about chemistry and more importantly a mutual commitment to grow and change together through the seasons of life. All these other options are for people who don't (yet, at least) know how to love. It's incredibly cringe of me to say, but many people here could benefit from reading All About Love, or really any of bell hooks' books. If you feel like love can't be a presence in your life, you're wrong

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>>97592967
True love is difficult to capture in language. It can arise from a partner, a parent, a friend, a stranger, or even from within oneself. It appears in countless forms and moments. You remember it from the past, anticipate it in the future, and may be living it now if you are open enough to recognize it.
It is a hope that feels ancient, yet never grows obsolete. It is the quiet certainty at the end of uncertainty. When everything superficial is removed (status, fear, pride, desire) what remains is the most essential version of you. That is where true love resides.
It is both the last warmth that endures when all else fades and the first spark that gave meaning to existence. Its pattern is familiar, almost instinctive. Even without defining it, you recognize its presence when you encounter it.

>>97593094
I know that this will come off as harsh, but almost all of what you said there is drivel and I will never read a pop psychology book

>>97590521
this cyoa is boring because you can start out super op

>>97593124
all cyoas are like that

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>>97593114
I almost never read self-help-y books - this is not that, although obviously it comes off that way. It's a very short and easy read, too. Don't let your forced cynicism get in the way of your health and happiness - reading some book I recommend is not important, but being willing to give things a chance is, and really that is a big part of love: giving the benefit of the doubt and assuming first that your loved one has legitimate reasons for their actions

>>97593126
not all
i don't play any that are "start at shitter tier with no choices" or "start as the end game god with all the choices"
why bother
always pick the strongest one
0 fun

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>>97593130
the goal is to be the strongest you retard

>>97593134
ok so why are there options weaker than the strongest
why is it not the default
has anyone ever started at "c rank" instead of "z rank"

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>>97593128
>giving the benefit of the doubt and assuming first that your loved one has legitimate reasons for their actions
I was thinking of a low-quality joke to make, but this took me out. Why would anyone need a book for something this obvious?

>>97593078
I do not know, anon. They are your dollars, so I have no idea what you'd do with them.

But the most important actors of our time are national governments (of USA and China).
For scale, some 2025 national budgets:
>USA
$7.01 trillion
>China
$4 trillion
>France
$1.8 trillion
>South Korea
$509.7 billion
>Russia
$415 billion
>Iceland
$16 billion

Of course budget decisions are mostly on tracks, the national budget makers have limited discretion. You may have fewer levers to push, but you are also much more free.

>>97593136
miserylovers

>>97593143
ok and i havent seen any of those even once ever

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>>97593138
Some people just want to be the object of affection without giving anything back.

>>97593139
.........

You do realise that money isn't real right?
That a man with infinity money wouldn't have a particularly large effect on history?

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>>97593138
Not saying I learned that from the book, or that anyone really would. All I can say is it's worth a read. I think it's a beautiful, well-balanced paean to love. Unlike a lot of feminist literature it doesn't focus on the callousness of men, but on the twisted symbiosis of masculine and feminine norms, and how each perpetuates the worst parts of the other

>>97593128
NTA but "The One" only guarantees that whoever's chosen will be very attracted to you. It does not guarantee that you will be especially (or at all) attracted to them.

If your philosophy (or that book's?) is "I could love anyone with the right perspective", then those are certainly some decisive words, but definitely not anything I could ever agree with. There are an awful lot of people in the world who I just don't like at all, who I'd rather not be around, less form any kind of companionship, and much fall in love with. The One just feels like gambling with exceptionally poor odds.

Throwing my own psych profile on the table, my choice would be The Ideal Partner. Obviously, this suggests some "personality flaws" on my part; though the fact that I've already written my ideal partner into multiple works and defined them rather clearly certainly makes it the most practical choice for me

>>97593171
Meh.
I've been fed too many self-actualization books by my mother, so unless it's really life-changing and the subject interests me I'll skip it.

>>97593171
nta,
>forget who we are
I so hate this phrase. It suggests human beings should by default have some sort of knowledge of who they are, and this can be forgotten. In reality, it's the other way round: you observe your own behaviors, perhaps write your observations down, you correlate your observations - piece by piece you build your knowledge of yourself up. You are not restoring something which you previously forgot, the process isn't very different from the process of familiarizing yourself with some external thing.

>>97593186
>t. didn't read the book

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>>97593177
>>97593175
I don't think that any of the options are really right, and I don't mind if I'm not attracted to The One because I'm not relying on this CYOA to find a partner I care for. I just think that it is a decent choice, whereas the others (to varying degrees) are actually wrong

>>97593186
mmm yes true
Although I will note that with large swaths of data comes a great ability for recontextualisation, and many things you think you know about yourself may infact be false
Most people don't know their past self as well as they think they do, because they recontextualise their past to create a smoother identity

>>97593191
>are actually wrong
Subjective.
They're wrong for you specifically.

>>97593027
I forget how good this cyoa is. I'll need to refine and update my build for it when I'm not so tired.

Yara:
>Weep, -1
>Seance, -2

>Chills
>Haunted

Gil:
>Warm Heart, -1
>Sword Dance, -2

>Drunkard
>Lustful

Ur:
>Instill Fear, -1
>Hush, -1
>Camouflage, -1
>Faceless, -1
>Night Vision, -2
>Hallucinations, -2

>Shadows Touch

Arn:
>Summon Courage, -1
>Endure, -1
>Adrenaline Burst, -1

Skills:
Military Training, Recruit, -1
Dueling, Swordsmen, -2
Survival, Wanderer, Guerilla, -3
History, Student, Cartographer, -2
Animal Handling, Beast Master, -3
Medecine, Folk Healer, -1

Weapons:
>Longsword, Balanced, Lightened, Reinforced, -6g
>Parrying Dagger, Balanced, Decorated, -4g

Clothing & Armor:
>Traveler's Clothes, Combination, Padded Armor, -5g

Tools:
>Camping Equipment, -2g
>Regional Map, -3gp

Companions:
>Blood Mother Ursa
>Gurnus the Big
>Lightning

>>97593198
Y-You mean my volcel sigma grindset was actually a cope this whole time?!

>>97593191
Calling other perspectives and ideas on what love could be outright wrong is certainly a bold choice.

Considering that CYOAs are, in very large part, wish fulfillment, and that this CYOA is intended to fulfill a wish for love, I would think the only wrong choice is a choice that has little or no chance fulfilling that wish

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>>97592967
It's what I feel about all of you!
Thank you for still being here, /cyoag/.

>>97593215
He has gotten the idea in himself that love is a single distinct thing that follows clear, easy to understand rules
He may as well be engaging in mysticism

>>97593227
Technically, if we're talking about the love between a waifu and a player he might be right? They mostly have one distinct (bland) romantic dynamic with the player in a static arc.

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>>97593186
I think to cast this phrase as something that relies on a fundamental, static self is pretty disingenuous. The self is always changing, but I don't think it's unfair to say that many (if not most) of us cloak ourselves in false indifference, courage, whatever on top of that changing core. It's just an expedient way to talk about that and encourage people to embrace their vulnerable self. I know it's become trite to talk about our "inner child", but the fact is that it exists in everyone and ignoring it does no good
>>97593215
Call me crazy, but to me any "love" that is designed or controlled by one person in the relationship is wrong and unworthy of that name. I get the wish fulfillment but I don't think it's defensible in reality. Not trying to yuck your yum, but a lot of people here would actually go for that rather than just entertain it as a fantasy

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>>97593232
>>97593235
I always weave free will into my ideal. Where possible, I like to hand them the reins to unravel and reweave me together, instead. It definitely hasn't felt like I'm the one in control for a long time now

>>97593253
Don't you have a CYOA to work on?

>>97592967
Humans are pack animals and love is the emotion our genes use to make us group up
This does not remove one iota of meaning from who we are or what we do, but it does explain several things
Love can then basically be divided into love for mates, love for family and love for clanmates.
These can be partially predicted by their form
Although one must always remember the existence of evolutional inertia. Just because it might be optimal to be a certain thing today doesn't mean life will instantly adapt

True love is love without the need for reason. Love that overcomes other, lesser goals

When I say I love you, which I do sometimes say, I mean that I feel feelings I would call love if they were inspired in me by a woman or friend when I am spending time with you
I have, since some time ago, decided to speak my heart when on anonymous forums. In real life I would probably not be so "Clear"
Although it is unclear if I would love the fleshy you in real life, I can say: I love you anon. From time to time

___<3___

>>97593198
That is definitely a danger yes.

One very practical and fruitful side of observing yourself, is attentively observing what your body language in various situations is like. Somehow it happens that many academically smart people never seriously consider this, even if they'd benefit a lot.

>>97593257
Don't be impolite.

>>97593253
I think that's the endgoal of most daydreams, no? Being able to be swept away as the machine runs itself to new vistas.

>>97593235
>Call me crazy, but to me any "love" that is designed or controlled by one person in the relationship is wrong and unworthy of that name.
I think we may have fundamentally irreconcilable ideas of love

>>97593257
I'm too sad today. Maybe tomorrow

>>97593253
>Where possible, I like to hand them the reins to unravel and reweave me together, instead.
Like Dream of a Genie? What other cyoas did that?

>>97593257
how do you spot him systematically

>>97590515
Evolved Perfect Integration + EMS (all in Blood) + Senrigan (Celestial Heart). The STRONGEST™ foundation.

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>>97593285
...Love?

>>97593309
Gross

>>97593094
>If you feel like love can't be a presence in your life, you're wrong
I am somewhat mentally ill, and cohabiting a living space with anyone else is distressing. I could temporarily put up with it if needed, but then that would become the foremost quality of said person - someone I grudgingly put up with. I've thought this applies to a big share of 4chan?

>>97593309
Love isn't real.

>>97593333
>I've thought this applies to a big share of 4chan?
Being mentally ill?

>>97593345
All parts.

>>97593333
Nice quads. This is where the diversity of love actually comes into play, contrary to what these other fuckers were saying. You don't need to live with someone to love one another! I know several couples that have been together for years and live separately, or have separate rooms. It's easy to deride as some issue with their relationship, but if it works for you it works for you. I just don't believe that it's good to cede your responsibility to another person, or to expect that from your lover

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>>97593347
The idea of cuddling up to someone and feeling their warmth and feeling safe and wanted in their arms fills me with fuzzy nice feelings.

Actually looking at the people around me in my day-to-day life, however, not one inspires this desire. The best they inspire is complete indifference.

Cat problems.

>>97593347
nta but I don't think it's accurate unless we assume 80% is made of antisocial loners, and most of the shitposting comes off as performative.

>>97592612
>Enters the thread
>"Ice, lol"
>Refuses to explain
>Leaves
nICE

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What kind of abilities do you look for in a cyoa? I like broad abilities that would be useful both in combat and outside combat.

>>97593464
Mainly utility
I love informational abilities and mobility ones
Combat is a failstate, there is always a better solution

Rake status?

>>97593464
I like thematic ability or ones that I can combo with other choices to construct a theme or archetype.

>>97593464
Raw power and immunity to anything esoteric like mind control, soul destruction, transmog etc

Power and immunities

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>>97593235
You're making me nostalgic, ASCII Face. That was my first Island cyoa, and I still feel like its one of the most winnable.

>>97593215
>Call me crazy, but to me any "love" that is designed or controlled by one person in the relationship is wrong and unworthy of that name. I get the wish fulfillment but I don't think it's defensible in reality. Not trying to yuck your yum, but a lot of people here would actually go for that rather than just entertain it as a fantasy
I feel that way about some of the "fated rivalries", like the one in Tankista's Blood Magic. Feels a bit too much like murder.

However, if we're talking about an infinite multiverse . . .Well, infinite monkeys with infinite time, right? There's probably someone who wants exactly what (you) do, somewhere in the infinite realities.

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>>97593362
>The idea of cuddling up to someone and feeling their warmth and feeling safe and wanted in their arms fills me with fuzzy nice feelings.
>Actually looking at the people around me in my day-to-day life, however, not one inspires this desire. The best they inspire is complete indifference.
>Cat problems.
Or exotic hobbyist problems. Even my offline friends don't really share mine, and the relationship survives on limited exposure to what I consider fun.

Sigh - been that way since I was a little kid. Maybe that's why I like planeswalker cyoas so much - in such rarified company, maybe I'll actually meet enough people to justify a Games Night. :)

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>>97593464
>What kind of abilities do you look for in a cyoa? I like broad abilities that would be useful both in combat and outside combat.
To be honest, I like a good self-healing one. If it can be used to help others, so much the better.

You see, I have a close relative who really tore up their body as a weekend warrior. Seeing what that did to them, and dealing with the fallout from having to constantly accomodate them. . . Well, it made an impression.

A good movement power is always nice, as is the ability to see (and understand) magic - if it exists in the setting. And can't go wrong with decent starter funds. Don't want to try to save the world between shifts at McDonalds, right?

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>>97593464
I like abilities that can be described in few words.
I like abilities that modify terrain.
I like abilities that abstractly give you control over <a kind of thing>.
I like abilities that de-age you but inconveniently.

>River Magic
Control rivers. Permanently reverse the direction of a river or river-like thing (mountain rivers now flow rapidly upwards.) Enchant rivers so that crossing the river applies a curse. At high levels, change the substance of the river from water to something else.
>Neck Magic
You control the necks of people and animals (at sight). Not enough to twist them dead. At high levels, you can make necks longer.
>Buy Youth From the Golden Idol
There's a golden Easter Island style idol, you can put gold in its mouth. 1 kg of gold -> 1 month of youthening.
>Buy Youth From the Red Idol
There's a red Easter Island style idol, you can put human blood in its mouth, but it wants a lot. 1000l human blood -> 1 month of youthening.

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>>97593108
>True love is difficult to capture in language. It can arise from a partner, a parent, a friend, a stranger, or even from within oneself. It appears in countless forms and moments. You remember it from the past, anticipate it in the future, and may be living it now if you are open enough to recognize it.
>It is a hope that feels ancient, yet never grows obsolete. It is the quiet certainty at the end of uncertainty. When everything superficial is removed (status, fear, pride, desire) what remains is the most essential version of you. That is where true love resides.
>It is both the last warmth that endures when all else fades and the first spark that gave meaning to existence. Its pattern is familiar, almost instinctive. Even without defining it, you recognize its presence when you encounter it.
Have any of us actually found that kind of love? Where you'd remake the entire world, just to make that special someone smile?

>>97593701
I like to imagine that's why people eventually stop posting - they found the real deal oustide and Choose Their Own Adventures.

>>97593701
>Have any of us actually found that kind of love?
There were probably women in my life who loved me but I never noticed and they moved on to someone else.

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>>97593708
>I like to imagine that's why people eventually stop posting - they found the real deal oustide and Choose Their Own Adventures.
Very romantic, anon.

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>>97591706
>interactive Tinker CYOA in the Fallout world
Give me 1.001 years and I'll reignite industrial sectors for Arthur Maxon's Brotherhood to dominate the wretched remains of the world with a glorious militaristic society.

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>>97593735
>There were probably women in my life who loved me but I never noticed and they moved on to someone else.
You're describing me in high school. :)

Later on, I had so many women tell me how we'd just missed each other in our teens.

(Not sure what the point of that exactly was, as I don't have a time machine, but oh well.)

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Are you still with us, Morlock?

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>>97591267
Isn't it finished? What could even be added to it?