Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97862275>Thread Question: Meta CYOAs: what say you?
I hope anon wasn't serious about leaking an author's work ahead of time. They pour a lot of their soul into making something special for us, and it would be a disgrace to twist and pervert that implicit trust for the cheap thrill of breaking taboo.
>>97873405>Meta CYOAs: what say you?They're fun to use since they introduce new problems, powers and sometimes companions.For example, it's funny to imagine oneself in Outer Reincarnation while being fresh out of Otherwise, or to go to Hogwarts with the psionic powers of Mind Overwrite.At the end of the day, like CYOAs, they're just springboards for your imagination.
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The One Meta
>>97873439>The One MetaShould it be cast into the fires of Existentialism where it was wrought?
>>97873455Why shouldn't I keep it?
>>97873421It would be quite patheticDiscordfags may be retarded, but cruelty to the mentally incapacitated isn't automatically justified, and betraying others is always something to be avoided
>>97873405So if I pick Goldfish as a base, I can add the Anglerfish to it, and the Viperfish to the second, and end my adventure with SleepyFisherman? Am I encompassing all Metafishes?
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>>97873484>>97873482post Goldfish, I don't have it
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>>97873461>Why shouldn't I keep it?Because through you it would wield a terrible power to terrible to imagine. You would use the mets from a desire to do good, ASCII Face. But you would use it, and thus a new dark lord would rise . . .
lemme know what you fags want in a cagefighting cyberpunk cyoai will likely disregard all opinions and suggestions (:
>>97873481You missed this one.
Its gonna turn out be Softie self hyping his OC release.
>>97873492>metsStupid typo- ruining my ominous paraphrasing of the Lord of the Rings. :)
>>97873494cage-related abilities, PLEASE>>97873496I count on good hale & hearty red-blooded anons like yourself to supplement what I have collected. thank you>>97873499I thought it added to the charm, actually!
>>97873489https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97776649/#97781156Can't post it ITT, my upload speed is shit these days.>>97873494>cagefighting cyberpunkSome HUD where you see the opponent's weak spots like in Fallout. Kevlar skin to be more durable.Drugs, to be more durable and stronger.Some legs implant which make you win because your speed is superior.Rotating hand to make DRILLSPiston hand to PUMMEL Heating hand to lightly scorch the adversary, punhes and grabs will add upHighly dangerous supercharged jailbroken heart that can give up at any moment
>>97873509thanks! I appreciate all of you who troll the archives. It is not something I'm drawn to, although I know one can unearth some interesting stuff
bonus from same thread
>>97873494Corrupt crime syndicates we can borrow money from to get extra upgrades. At "reasonable" interest rates, of course.Groupies and designer drugs to "relax" with.Merchandising options: t-shirts, action figures, greatest kill compilations. . .that sort of thing.A spoiled trust fund brat "slumming it" in the MMA tournament, whose rich parents try to bribe us to take a dive.An option to hire goons to beat up a rival before a big matchShady talent scouts who claim to be able to help us make it big - for a "small" percentage
>>97873509>>97873519Okay, fuck, new timeline:>Goldfish, which thanks to the Promise ending leads to->Anglerfish, in which you struggle long enough until the arrival of->Viperfish, in which you escape but with little of yourself remains which makes you->Sleepy as you fished out by the Fisherwoman at the end of the world.Then we have two timelines.>Option A - "Here. Now." Instead of the increasingly aggresive fishes, you encounter the Glowfish and have a wonderful life.>Option B - "The Dream" will eventually leads to the Jellyfish. If you touch it, the cycle begin anew. If you refuse, you're free from the cycle with a newfound aversion for fishes.There. They should all be included.I will hunt down the fucker who decides to make another metafish cyoa and force me to redo it.
>>97873508>thought it added to the charm, actually!Not a fan of the Mets? :)
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>>97873539>inb4 the stolen cyoa is named tigerfish
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>>97873546I'll assemble Tok, Matterfag, Softie, Aromage and start the equivalent of "No Russians".
>>97873551I still think the Retainers are a wonderfully frustrating part of this cyoa. There are just so many good possibilities, and so few slots!
>>97873494A cagefight where you have to fight dozens of normal people, death row prisoners for extra dystopia thematics.
>>97873555Personally, I have a hard time not picking Sheila (the Spy). Not only to get better info and have eyes in the shadows, but . . .well, we did kind of accidentally out her.Beyond that, I generally want a tech/magic person. But do I want orthodox or experimental? Tech, alchemy, wizardry, or death magic? (Let's hear it for a plethora of good, tempting candidates!)
>>97873405:D I was the thread starter! I have never been so honored! I'm working on one about insurance-adjuster-chan right now.>>97873482Go through the ringer just to end comfy.
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>>97873539It's a cyoa thread. Play the CYOAs.
>>97873584I'm still all about recruiting/rescuing additional characters for the team, as well as going after the Crystal Overlord (I want that magitech!), but I find myself increasingly intrigued by the tunneling monster and the dark spirit quests. With the random outbreaks of isekai tech in this world, is the tunneling monster even a monster? Or some kind of digging machine?
>>97873585Its a meta^2 cyoa, where you assemble your cyoa out of meta cyoas, with which ones you pick being the choices.
Make your picks, then go to either Bittersweet Victory or Fusion!
>>97873613Bittersweet Victory
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>>97872185lowkey makes you feel like a schizo when you read it because like you know these things exist vaguely but not well enough that you can go "oh that's X obviously"
>>97873494Wacky bullshit martial arts that revolve around the tech installed and can only exist because of the setting, like grappling with grinder arms, rocket-assisted kong-fu, electromagnetic karate, pile driver boxing ect. ect.
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>>97873624That actually sounds radI second this guys request
>>97873613Fusion!
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>>97873627>>97873637Aftermath
>>97873585Yeah, might as well use the format.>>97873517>Stargazing, Floor is Lava,Find the Difference>Promise >>97873410>Madness>Undigestible>Take Back the Story>>97873430>Enemy, Imposition, Hiding Place>POWER>Sword>Happy Ending>>97873405>Climb Aboard>Dream>Here. Now.>>97873496>Simulated World>Never Decay, Main Character, Always Fun, Superpowers>Reddit, Franchise, Isekai, Horror, Lewd, RealLife>Glowfish Doll, Purified Zynthia, Old Barman, The Cube, Loyal Dog>Doll's Diary, Special Spirit Food, Barman's Bottle, Holy Pendant, Multiversal Map>>97873519>RefuseAnd there you have it.In terms of story, I assume that the Anglerfish is reusing the set of Goldfish but with more horror because it's the same entity and you promised.You're undigestable because you can't accept in your heart that your childhood friend is trying to devour you. Cue the "I know you're in there!" speeches.Then, when the Viperfish comes and you get back "every companion", this includes the Goldfish itself. You got your friend back!Then she dies because the Viperfish and the Anglerfish kill each other.Happy end. The monster is defeated.Since you didn't have fancy powers, you're left to drift in the abyss until the ferrywoman of Sleepy finds you."Here. Now." is a retcon - instead of coming back as the hungry Anglerfish, the Goldfish returns as the gentle Glowfish and it's an happily ever after, Softie style.Eventually, you encounter the Jellyfish. A last ditch effort at keeping you in this reality. But then you'd eventually refuse and wake up in a world without them, with the only remnant of this ordeal your newfound determination to Choose Your Own Adventure.I should go to sleep.
>>97873623Since almost all characters work with incomplete knowledge, that strengthen the immersion, no?
>>97873508Hand of the Evoker is kind of powerful... and you should be capable of killing the puma as well as the butcher... just going by its description...
>>97873738Ash minion is better. Command it to choke a person to death by forcing its way into their lungs.
>>97873508How in the actual fuck does Taboo work? Does it only work once a month? I can only (conditionally) locate eight people a year? Seems kind of weak. Do I sense literally ANYONE who speaks the Taboo? What if it's a really simplistic taboo? Wouldn't that drive you crazy? Constantly getting surveillance?It's either too weak or dangerously annoying.
Anyone has that big cyoa about building an interdimensional empire? Grey background, options about frontier worlds, core world, governement and all.I saw it in the thread this month, but forgot to save it and my archive fu is lacking.
>>97873508Ticket Roll makes No Homeland a cakewalk.
cyoa for this feel?
>>97873776https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97790328/#97795529
>>97873841Thanks Anon.
>>97873540Superior Princess CYOA coming through! https://guca-game.neocities.org/cyoa/ppc/
I compressed pages 8 and 9 to make it actually postable for the thread while the rest are untouched. Also, I am NOT the author, so if you have questions, either write a comment on the imgchest or ask on QQ. https://imgchest.com/p/vj4j58lee78
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>>97873874Is this the leak??????????!?!?!?!
>>97873405>Meta CYOAs: what say you?Don't like 'em. That's all.
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>>97873899Doubt it considering it was already mentioned last thread.
>>97873874Reposting my build from last thread.>IncarnationHuman>Starting EraJujitsu Kaisen>Heavenly RestrictionPhysically Gifted>Cursed TechniqueNone> BoonsLoose ScrewUnbridled SoulTough as NailsGut InstinctTrue FormBorn to BrawlBattle IQWeapon MasterHelping HandCrash CourseSoul ContourBattle TemperedHigh FeverAbnormal Body (Enhanced Physical Abilities)>DrawbacksBlank SlateWinner MentalityI don't need fancy magic, I'll pummel anything that gets in my way.
We have too many JJK cyoas, don't we?
>>97873405Not actually very fun most of the timeUsually they are just a concept that expects to get it's meat from something elseI don't think I've ever actually played a meta cyoa with a real cyoa
>>97873950Based and Terry pilled
>>97873952We don't have enough.
>>97873494Serious badass martial arts that revolve around the biotech installed and can only exist because of the setting, like grappling with bio-electric EMP arms, reflex-assisted Muay Thai, Ki-enhanced Taekwondo, flashy pyrokinesis Boxing ect.
>>97873952We have too many anime franchise CYOAs in general. Weebs must be put aside their childish cartoons and reclaim the west form the infiltrators that seek to destroy it.
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>>97874052>Ki-enhanced Cyberpunk>Putting components that heat up directly into your armsThis guy's suggestion is ass
>>97874052Also, emp's are for computers, they don't do anything to normal wiring, and as of such would be useless against most of the implants you would be thinking of bringing to a boxing ring(And a hard counter can't work because the fights would be boring and this is spectacle fighting)
>>97874090>>97874095shut it nerd.rule of cool > not being able to do cool things
>>97873874>IncarnationHybrid>Starting EraGolden Era>Cursed TechniqueUnite> BoonsLoose ScrewTough as NailsBig BrainBattle TemperedCrash CourseAbnormal BodyCursed ForgeJujutsu AnomalyCursed Energy EfficencyCursed Tool>Cursed ToolOrb of Avarice>DrawbacksWritten On Your FaceFront Row SeatWorst BracketOverkillI intend to protect Riko and make sure she doesn't fuse with Tengen, interfering after Gojo "dies" so he can awaken, and then stalling against Toji until he can arrive and kill him.Offer Tengen a deal to, when necessary, fuse to empower the both of us.Hunt down curses to eat with my technique. Seek talents like Yuta earlier and train them (also try to train less powerful people, like Miwa)The objective is finding Mahito, wich combined with my cursed energy efficency and Tengen's barrier could be used for CE optimization if needed, and generally has a great technique, so I can help Mechamaru.Generally spoil parts of the plot I want to Gojo so he can preemptively solve tons of problems.
>>97873494I want magical powers so I can destroy gunfags and remake the world into a beautiful, verdant world devoid of techshittery.
>>97874052Bad take, martial arts are cooler when they are tied to natural mystical powers like lifeforce manipulation.
>>97873874Alternative build:>IncarnationHuman>Starting EraHidden Inventory>Cursed EnergyCapacity 3Output 3Manipulation 1>Cursed TechniqueInherited (Construction)> BoonsLoose ScrewBig BrainBattle IQBattle TemperedEccentric (Perfect Memory)Cursed PuppetryCursed ForgeCursed Energy QuantityJujutsu Anomaly>DrawbacksWritten On Your FaceOverkillThin FleshIdea is to become the best craftsman to ever live. We know Construction is capable of making cursed tools, and with my overwhelming CE quantity, output and talent in crafting I should hopefully reach the point where I can do it without giving up my life. Another cool thing I can do is make puppets, which can push you to Special Grade on it's own if you know the trick to making Abrupt Mutation Cursed Corpses (and we're told this straight up by the manga). As for my weaknesses, CE manipulation can just be trained, Thin Flesh can be circumvented with Insect Armor or just letting my Puppets do all the melee fighting for me, and Written On Your Face and Overkill are just inconviences that shouldn't matter once I'm strong enough.Also there's the standard "Warn Gojo and the rest about Kenjaku and Toji, thus killing the entire plot in the cradle" thing.
>>97873874What is the best JJK CYOA?
>>97874428The one you are replying to, because it has multiple ways to get eternal youth
>>97873517>>97873410>>97873430>>97873496>>97873519I choose gatto that eats your stupid fish
>>97874455>Gattofaggoto was a metafag all alongBros...
>>97873710He's done It. He's chosen his adventure. Now we can end the simulation.
>>97873874Jujustu Anomaly seems to be mandatory
>>97874738Nah, you'd still be in the top 1% even without it. Just the innate techniques themselves are outright bullshit (Constellation Klepto, Unite, Fooler, Zafkiel, etc.), not to mention the CYOA giving you enough CE points to be on the same level as a Special Grade.
>>97871675maybe it was when he copied it
>>97874502I choose gatto that eats stupid anon
>>97875035infinitely that breed of Gato is endangered, the chinaman refuses to stop hunting them illegally to use their powdered bones as aphrodisiac.Rip big Gatto.
>>97874738Cursed Energy Capacity 2 and Cursed Energy Output 2 are mandatory as well, since they cannot be trained while Cursed Energy Manipulation can be.
>>97873952Entropist was a mistake
>>97873461Do you think the Ring of Life good health effect do something to us, or the peak physical fitness is enough ?
>>97875653>Do you thinkno
>Want to work on my OC>Open it up, get excited daydreaming about how cool it will be when finished>Look at how much work still needs to be done and get disheartened>Real life troubles sapping all my attention, focus, and inspiration>Why write if it's all just going to be garbage that I'll need to redo anyways when my mental stats recover>Close OC, go waste time on a video game I don't even especially want to play>Repeat ad infinitum
Does anybody remember that one cyoa where you gotta pick between the psychic neco-arc looking ass princess and the history nerd who mimics ghetto speak? There's also a murderous monkey.
Working on something. Which looks better for a little anime girl doll talking to you? Upside of figurine, verisimilitude. Upside of poorly photoshoped anime - more stylized, and can use pictures of the character in a bikini later on.
>>97875799First make it exist, then worry about making it good.
>>97875799You'll get it one day, anon.
>>97875799I am following the more cakes idea. If I just keep making them, even if they aren't great, there will be feedback and I can improve. Plus I am happy to eat any handmade cyoa slop.
I've got to be real with you anons. I've straight-up abandoned /tg/ outside of this general. It has fallen so far it beggars belief.
>>97875275CE manipulation is so much more important than those 2 that it isn't funny.
>>97875799focus on the doing parts that you like the most first and don't feel too obliged to keep choices / sections that don't seem to work
>>97875982i've poste outside cyoag probably like less than once per year on average
>>97876076I already did most of the fun parts T_T What I need to do now is pages upon pages worth of character writing and dialogue, and I already did a lot of the fun stuff/writing for my favorite characters too. I need to work on characters I like slightly less and the willpower is just not there
can i post now daddy
>>97876171Do you have your posting licence?
>>97876180No. They tried to make me get one. Wait out the rangeban, or identify yourself by email, like a redditor. But I didn't. I waited out my month-long inexplicable rangeban. I never surrendered my principles. I'm free.
Explanatory Pastebin>https://pastebin.com/WAnfZ9i9
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>>97876171This is how girls talk to me btw
>>97876270You're a father? Congratulations!
>>97875275You can compensate for both with a Binding Vow. Manipulation can be trained, but you could never reach the same level as Sukuna, and much less a Six Eyes user.
It's time. Post the stolen goods, anon.
>>97876364Leakanon is a NEET that sleeps in until 4 PM every day. Give him time. He hasn't even finished masturbating yet.
>>97873874>Human>eraHidden inventory>cursed energyCapacity 2, Output 2, Manipulation 3>techniquestonenge>boonsloose screw, battle IQ, born to brawl, tough as nails, battle tempered, eccentric, reverse cursed technique, anti-domain techniques, binding vows.I was considering the technique were by killing someone you steal their power, but for some reason today I didn't feel like killing in this way, so instead I'm using giant stones to smash people and bombard them with ultra lasers.
>>97876288Yeah of course. Not what I meant though
>>97875896>Does anybody remember that one cyoa where you gotta pick between the psychic neco-arc looking ass princess and the history nerd who mimics ghetto speak? There's also a murderous monkey.Yes. I don't have it handy, but the premise was that (you) were in cryo, and have just been reanimated. As something of a novelty, various important ladies are interested in having (you) as a trophy husband. The final option, though, was a monkey who'd murdered.an heiress, and offered (you) hush money.Art was relatively simplistic - possibly hand drawn or done with MS Paint.
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>>97873866You should kill yourself for liking this garbage.>>97873874Why is this JJK CYOA posted so much here? It's the worst among all the JJK CYOAs.
>>97876550Yees, this one. It's pretty nice, honestly. I like the art and the general idea. Though, I can't help but get the feeling that there isn't much stopping Sibylette from sending crazy ass psychic assassins after Elisophanna.Also, uberpsycher children...that sounds pretty cool.
>>97875899It depends on whether you primarily use anime art or pictures elsewhere in the cyoa, though I personally find the right image to be better.
>>97875982>>97876109Same, I can't keep up with multiple threads/generals.>>97875899I love chifuyu so much.....
>>97875982Me ages ago
>>97875982>It has fallen so far it beggars belief.I'd apply that statement to /pol/ and /x/, but not /tg/
>>97875982You guys have or previously had interest in traditional games other than CYOAs...?
Imagine if there was a mandatory weekly nationwide lottery where winning meant the government transferred billions of dollars of their debt to you, confiscated all of your property, and forced you to work towards repaying your debts in a prison work camp for the rest of your life. What would your reaction be to seeing on the news that you received the winning ticket and SWAT was inbound to your home? Apple turnovers for additional context.
So that guy with OC was a big fat liar.
>>97876728I've had a very deep interest in ttrpgs yet I've never played one. I'm convinced I wouldn't enjoy the experience. I've read manuals though, for Runequest, Shadowrun, 13th age etc.Neverwinter Nights (1) was the gateway drug for me. I know Baldur's Gate (1) was for many others of similar disposition.
>>97876759Or the post was to blackmail the author
>>97876719Sinara = best girl.>>97876728I really like the worldbuilding aspect, like when once in a while someone creates a worldbuilding thread. i just can't keep up.
>>97876771Well it didn't work so he should have the decency to own up to his words. What kind of half hassed blackmailer doesn't follow of with his threats?
>>97876809The author likely complied and sent him either money or nudes. Possibly both.
>>97876769I vaguely considered jumping on the Baldur's Gate hype train, but luckily I'm not very susceptible to hype and people saying "it's like D&D" was a slight anti-advertisement for me and turned me away from buying it. I've never interacted with any of the tabletop stuff
>>97876749Suicide...?But honestly, the idea of a government arbitrarily being able to transfer debt to someone else on a whim like this, to someone who could never even come close to paying it off, is kind of silly. If the world worked like that, let's just transfer the U.S national debt to a death row inmate on the date of their execution. After someone dies and their assets are liquidated, debt becomes null. Poof, no more national debt!Things just...don't work like that.
>>97876749We don't have the SWAT here.There aren't even numbers in the street corners - only reason we get letters is because postman know "X lives on this road, past the three palmtree, after the house with the blue house".I'd like to see the state find me before I escape.
>>97873481The Beast of Disney>innocence>short>cartoonish>shadow>animalistic (mouse ears)>animalistic? (Mouse)>hollow>Infrared>oversized I guess>meat eater (hidden behind lips)>body heatCryogenically frozen? Nah, what happened to ol Walt was much worse>not of this world>daggers (hidden beneath gloves)>human (hidden in shoes)>enhanced durability, enhanced flexibility>tail>inconvenient>regeneration, outer limits, ritual>religious symbols>cult of me>Alice, long finger
>>97876749Just sending the SWAT team alone would cost them more money they'd ever get from me lol
>>97876749Break all the rules of 4chan, since the SWAT will silence me afterwards.>this one's for you, cyoag
>>97876749>Imagine ifno
>>97876749Sounds like some nsfw BTG or Tim CYOA that fetishizes you being punished.
>>97877161Tim>>>>>>BTG
>>97876622I've never heard of her or her anime, she just perfectly fit the visual asthetic I had in my head for the character.
>>97876955what part of the world are you in. anon?
>>97877468It doesn't take much to be better than BTG. Tim's fetish isn't suffering, it's body swapping/possession. It just so happen that the situation itself is seen as a bad one in most of his cyoas but he doesn't aim to make the player suffer, in fact you usually get a pretty good deal out of it once you get past the main problem. Also unlike BTG who stopped making good cyoas, Tim sometimes makes cyoas without his main fetish and those are pretty good too, like Vidya Valhallala and the one where you are given 7 girls to reject or not.
>>97877556Also, unlike BTG who never allows you to dodge the fetish or makes it as painful and complicated as possible out of spite, Tim often puts in some kind of option that minimizes the exposure to the fetish and allows you to treat the cyoa like a mostly normal one. Like the unused protagonist body in the body for a goddess cyoa which you can make essentially a copy of yours, and doll option in the one where you are an object possessing magical girls that promises you will get your body back in time.
>>97877556Tim is surprisingly good when he makes normal cyoas
>>97876749For some reason this reminds me of that skyrim mod, Public Whore. Non sexual obviously, but the premise is equally comical.
>>97876749You dumbass
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>>97877685>For some reason this reminds me of that skyrim mod, Public Whore.Interesting response anon
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>>97877975My only problem with JRPG traitor is that its way too easy to get tokens, but I think that's something most people call it out on.
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>>97878067The premise is basically the same (to fix the holds expenses the Jarl picks people to earn the state money). The difference is that rather than penal labour, it's prostitution.
>>97878077>my only problem is that I want to be a weak jobber and the cyoa won't let me
>>97876264Reminder that flickering point counts for torrential abyss.
>>97878209The only thing more appealing than infinite free points is exponential infinite free points. Astral Matter, the upgrade material you get from the beacon, also counts for the Abyss.
>>97877544In the Caribbean Islands.
Who do you guys like more Reze or Nayuta?
>>97878421Neither won and I'm not interested in losers.
>>97878427Nayuta is still in the race
>>97878438doesn't have the family bond OR Makima's memories, might as well be a new character.
>>97878427Shouldn't that be a bonus? You're talking about another man's potential woman, after all.
>>97878453I'm not into used goods either.
>>97878421Power>>>>Nayuta>>Reze>>>Makima
>>97878421Probably Reze?
Rake status?
>>97878458There is nothing more based than taking another man's woman.
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>>97878524You faggot
>>97878524>the appeal is how it interacts with another maleSuspiciously gay.
>>97873555The retainer part is kinda dumb. Why would teacher or animal breeder be part of your daily life or need a fancy title? Why you can't just pay Zoey to educate you in your spare time like SHE DID ONCE ALREADY? Dela makes dresses, why I need to give her a title? Can't I just order them like a normal royal?Then you have Reginald who wants title so pays you - except you can only take 2 retainers because you can't pay for more, but Reginald pays for himself and doesn't stick around so why not toss title his way and still hire 2 more retainers? Or even 3 using funds he gave you?
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>>97878900thanks, I was away. Would you like to post a build?
>>97878963Nah I need to replay it and I'm busy doing stuff right now
>>97873540>Princess>Rose-Tinted Room>My Room>Teresa>Vinian Toast>Crystal Ring>Entropic Gel>Figure Cake>Forbidden Love: Chieftess Sunburst>Dela [Seamstress]>Peri [Peacock Harpy]>Combat>Defense>Crystal Mastery (Bonus from Shadow)>Enchanting>Spatial Magic (emphasis on resizing)>Shadow>Help Test New Magic>Hunt a Giant Monster>Free a FriendSo with Rose-Tinted Room and Figure Cake, combined with all of Teresa's combat training, I plan to go for the sexy warrior archetype. Taking the Crystal Ring and Crystal Mastery to really boost my crystal interactions. I don't have any baseline crystal weapons... but I'm sure I can requisition something basic and enchant it myself. I only have Spatial Magic at my disposal, so that'll be my enchanting focus - make things like my own crystal dagger. Crystals that spread out in fields of spikes or rise up as defensive walls.On the social end, between the Entropic Gel, courting Chieftess Sunburst, and my arachne and harpy retainers, we're an entourage of monster-folk. I'd like to enchant an accessory for Sunburst to keep her from involuntarily growing in the sunlight. That way she won't be so restricted to either indoors or hanging out in her dreary swamp homeland. And I'm sure she'd love to hear tales of Earth-technology.I picked Shadow as my job to hang out with Teresa more. Getting more combat training is also a plus. To help out Teresa, I also want to rescue her friend from Hadew. And with the imposing figure of Sunburst by my side, I'm sure we can get Milennia home free. I'm choosing to Help Test New Magic mostly because I'm curious if I'll get any sexy transformations. I've already got the Figure Cake and Rose-tinted room, but a chaos element that might do the same stuff sounds fun. And hunting the giant monster is so I can try to go all-out with my combat and enchantments and size magic. See if I can look the giant monster eye-to-eye and go toe-to-toe.
>>97878139Don't act like it doesn't dilute the identity of a build if it can essentially do everything.
>>97878616>The retainer part is kinda dumb. Why would teacher or animal breeder be part of your daily life or need a fancy title? Why you can't just pay Zoey to educate you in your spare time like SHE DID ONCE ALREADY? Dela makes dresses, why I need to give her a title? Can't I just order them like a normal royal?>Then you have Reginald who wants title so pays you - except you can only take 2 retainers because you can't pay for more, but Reginald pays for himself and doesn't stick around so why not toss title his way and still hire 2 more retainers? Or even 3 using funds he gave you?If it helps, think of the Retainers as your personal entourage, and a form of patronage. The two people you pick will never want for funds. No grant applications, no loans, no going hungry (or skipping medical treatment) just to have the funds for their next project . . . And they will work on the long term projects you want them to focus on, whether that's building an alchemy school, making you the best dressed person in the capital, or assassinating people you don't like.Plus, this is a quasi-feudal society, and thus title matters (a lot). Being an "official" retainer to the royal family will open all kinds of doors that money or talent won't budge. Better connections, first dibs on rare samples and ingredients, independence from their guild, fan clubs . . . So while you can hire the ones you don't pick - like Teresa did to isekai you - it won't be the same. Not the same loyalty, not the same government support, not the same social rank. Being hired by a royal looks good on the resume, but there's a reason Reginald is willing to bribe you for a Retainer position.(And do you really want to trust a freelance assassin to do your dirty work?)
>>97879119>we're an entourage of monster-folk.Nice monstergirl build. Which of the two endings did you go for?
>>97878413>the Caribbean Islands.That makes sense. The last time I was there, the shuttle driver was making small talk, and mentioned that one guy owned all the gas stations on the island, and rather than bother with price signs, he'd just post what he was charging for gas in the newspaper.And I was impressed by how close some of the islands were to each other. In many places, a person wouldn't even need navigational equipment to leave the island - you could see the neighboring ones with the naked eye.
If the author of Cosmos Companions is still around, I'd like to say that you did a good job. Many of the servants/vassals are quite interesting and likable.I would like to see it expanded on, though. The tidbits of setting info are enough to get me interested, but not enough to make a non-fetish build. A caste based civilization that's apparently in the middle of a very bloody war with a magic using civilization . . .That's intriguing, but not really enough to set up a military unit, staff out an R&D team, recruit a flight team . . .might be enough for a mining group, but only on Earth.Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I think it's a very promising one pager, and I'd be all for you fleshing it out into a two or three pager.Good luck with your next project!
>>97879119>Let Me Instead>Crystal Queen>Gemburst>Exponentiate>Purify>Entropic Bloom>Crystalarium>Papa>Monstrous Body>Crystalvore>Support the Slimefolk>Help Yourself>Welcome a WitchI'll take the power for myself, because I want in on the fun stuff, and I also don't want Teresa to have to deal with any of the downsides. Similarly, I chose Monstrous Body and Crystalvore since those wouldn't get in her way too much when she's near. So now I can control other crystals, conjure mass amounts of them, purify things - particularly useful against a possessed enemy king - and I'm a gigantic slimegirl. Given my propensity for size-magic, I can probably reduce in size now and then, or hang out with Chieftess Sunburst while she's in sunlight to have a same-size companion. Teresa seems excited for big-size hugs, so I'm happy to oblige there, too. I also want to find a massive empty place to use all my growth-magic and enchantments I can on myself just to see what heights I can reach, even if only temporarily. If I need a place that can easily hold me, there's the Crystalarium. And I'm sure I can use size-magic on food to deal with eating... if I still need to eat regular food. Monstrous Body shouldn't be too big of a deal since I'm already slime. Just a little more decorated and eldritch is all.
>>97879376I'm fetching the king's gauntlets since I'd love to see him go all-out at max power. As for end-quests, Support the Slimefolk means I'll have a friend of similar physiology, and Sunburst will have a buddy that also wants to learn about Eclean culture and technology. There's many quests I'd like to help with, since I'm specially geared for them. The Purity skill should help anyone possessed by a shade or crystal. I'd love to go full-on kaiju battle against the dragon. Heck, if my growth-magic works well on me stacking with Exponentiate, I could outgrow and bully the puny castle-sized thing. Maybe I can squeeze that one in if I happen to be in the right place at the right time. But I settle on Welcome a Witch since my skill in size-magic enchanting should help her out getting items reduced to her size or perhaps temporarily growing her. That said, given that I'm gigantic and she's smol, interacting with her might be a bit hard... And I'm of course picking Help Yourself to help the possessed-Teresa timeline by trying to unpossess Teresa.>>97879239Thank you! I opted for the becoming-a-crystal-conduit ending. 2c.
>>97878562I love rake cyoas.
Anyone has a CYOA where you obtain or become a Soft Toy and you customise it?
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>>97879778Vermillion Verses is the best method by the way
Rolled 6, 10, 10, 10 = 36 (4d16)Don't mind me, jabronis.
Rolled 13, 1 = 14 (2d16)>>97879938Huh
>>97879938>>97879940>Lesser Demiurge>Grim>World of Horror>Draconic ConquistadorOnly a moderate clusterfuck.
>>97874328Too bad we have tech and thats how anyone hears your takes online is cause of sed technology so stop bitching or if you want go out and live in the woods and see if the squirrels care about your takesAlso yaknow, plumbing, medicine, games, certain cuisines especially the fusion ones made through world trade, etc etc, theres all kinds of things you probably enjoy or benefit from that involves technology, dont like it, go live in the woods and see how long you lastthink magic would allow for these things as well, maybe, but that magic would practically be a technology of its own if it could for alot of them, plumbing is always tech, medicine is only not tech and science when its like shitty game logic stuff ignoring rare spiritual stuff, games maybe you could pull off but video games especially no you cant, etc
>>97874335it can be cooler with mystic powers and whatnot but i think tech based martial arts can also be cool, what would be best is a fusion of the two me thinks, tech powered by mystic arts and viceverse and all used in amazing martial arts techniques
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>>97876749>>97876917yeah, that wouldn't work so extremely that debt wouldn't be a thing anymore
>>97879811it's mid at best, you don't need to put advancement speed on your methods, you can instead take a stronger method and get advancement speed from blessings and inheritances
>>97880295Or you can just take Vermillion and not have to spend your blessing and inheritances on advancement speed? Or better yet, take Vermillion AND the other powers that make you grow super fast?
>>97880330or just take a better method so you're stronger and grow fast with the help of your blessings and shit? the method is your most fundamental choice, it's the part that you should compromise on the least
>>97880334This may be a surprise to you, but growing faster does in fact make you stronger.
>>97880336this may surprise you, but quantiy and quality are two different thingsif you race ahead to the same tier you need to compete for resources against someone who took twice as long as you to get there but is twice as strong at the same tier you're just going to fold like a retarded paper wall
>>97880343Okay, and if you don't speed ahead you are now competing for resources against someone who has all the same power you do but a massive head start. Time is money. Also why are we even assuming Vermillion is lacking in power in the first place? Nothing in the option states or implies that. It's the 'extreme power at extreme risk' option, not the 'extreme speed just to be weaker overall' option.
>>97880371no, if you focus on power you have more power compared to your stage peers than if you focused on something elsetime is irrelevant as long as you're on track for immortality>Also why are we even assuming Vermillion is lacking in power in the first place? Nothing in the option states or implies that. It's the 'extreme power at extreme risk' option, not the 'extreme speed just to be weaker overall' option.because speed and ease of advancement is its core focus, while other methods have utility in different areas, which fits the form of the discussionthe only way this doesn't make sense is if you bring in the assumption that methods aren't supposed to be balanced and your favorite method is just objectively better than the others in all possible contexts, which is a pointless argument to make imoi think your rough point of view is similar to a guy who was arguing more directly that power compared to your stage peers and power gained by advancing faster are the same, but that's just ignoring that you generally don't compete against people above you in tier for resources, you compete against your stage peers because those are the people who need the same stuff you do to advance, while people above you in stage are competing for different and scarcer resourcestherefore racing through stages faster is worse than being slower but stronger in the same stage
