Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>98254500
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Well that was quick.>Time LoopAccidental Looper +92>ModifierMultiplayer>OriginSenior (50)>BoonsCriminalMansion>Magnitude18>PerksSoul EyesMana Frame>Magical DisciplinesMind Magic 3Divination 3Dimensionalism 3Blood Magic 3Soul Magic 3>BloodlinesTulpaMathemagicGhost Eyes>SpellsClone>Themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQnAhjEShxwHere we go again. Dropping all my skills to instead master Divination and Mind Magic for even smarter smartiness. Plan is the same, figure out how to escape with Dimensionalism and spend the rest of the loop practising Blood and Soul magic while I don't have to worry about consequences.
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>>98261626Make a build using all four of the above CYOA.
PostDan Macheeeee
>>98261619Haven't thought about this CYOA in ages. Surprisingly good. I made a mimic witch and then a mimic tree or something I think.
>>98261660>time travel gayness EWWWW
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>>98261660Updated my rated 3/10 build for this right at the end of the last thread >>98261268 , I demand a 4/10!
>>98261155Fear not, brother. I'm sure the upcoming contest will bring us all plenty of singleplayer CYOAs.
>>98261700Hopefully every one only gets one build, so that we don't accidentally make things multiplayer.
>>98261619I have something to confess.When this was first posted, and when the build list was made. A good chunk of those builds were me. I just really liked it.
>>98261717Hahaha. Good one anon.
https://imgchest.com/p/ne7bjb5lg45> the "alnarians" are the chosen people> their gods are called Elohim> extremely racist> control over the world was promised to them thousands of years agoFinally a CYOA where I can fight the jews
>>98261842For all of its flaws, Entropist did call out the penis mutilation for what it is
>>98261660Reminder that the bloodlines are trap options you can get in universe with Blood Magic Encancement rituals. You just have to sacrifice a dragon or royalty to get the really good shit.
>>98261889It would be fine if they didn’t cost 10 fucking points each.
>>98261761No harm in that, anon! I only made one or two builds but that was the most fun I've ever had with something multiplayer-ish in this general. To me it was a lot more interesting to construct a monster ecosystem (I feel like most LN builds were kinds of monster rather than an individual) than to stick only to "characters" and their attendant power-wank>>98261657It's a modern classic in my opinion. Not a lot of CYOAs in this vein (of which there are many) have taken off like that in recent memory
>>98261761Vile bug tranny.
>>98261842>rid the region of the not!jews>it immediately becomes worse overnight>that one city that’s actually livable? gone foreverrrrr This is what happens when low iq resistance types think they’re doing a big good, not realizing or caring about what it actually takes to make a society run prosperously, and that maybe the other shitty cities have only themselves to blame for their state
>>98261660What’s stopping me from going timeless, taking the sovereign gate, and starting a loop anyway? Asking both for the present and the first ikosian emperor scenario.
>>98261918S-surely not...
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>>98261909The real problems are the disciplines being underpriced and the insistence on pricing all the bloodlines the same.
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>>98261889not really trap options when it requires high level blood magic and the sacrifice of someone holding the bloodline to get outside of the cyoa, oh and youd have to do the ritual again and again for each loop, and theres no guarantee theyd only tie off the 2 magnitude per bloodline that the cyoa options do
>>98261915>No harm in that, anon!fag
>>98261941They don’t reset because they are part of the soul, readlet.
>>98261941It takes 1 boon to get access to a Blood Magic 3 Master that can handle the process and is experienced in it and who would probably love the interesting stuff you can drag in every loop.
>>98261761Why did you want to post multiple builds to begin with?Worse, why didn't you say so at the time?>>98261915>No harm in that, anon!Gay and retarded.
>>98261948Inborn bloodlines are part of your soul. Ritual bloodlines aren't.
>>98261948Nope, it gets reset, even in the books. They are akin to 'clothes' on the soul instead of any deeper bonding so they are scrubbed away by the loop protocols. You could probably make the connection permanent if you did some studies with both soul and blood magic though, there is a precedent with Quatach accidentally doing permanent alterations to Zach.
>>98261842I hate ai slop art so much it’s unreal.
>>98261962>>98261944Why would it ever be a problem? It's a game with no stakes at all
>>98261964>They are akin to 'clothes' on the soulLike transformation magic? Its stocks are going up.
>>98261978Transformation and Enhancement Rituals are actually pretty similar. Just that Enhancement Rituals are basically top secret noble and ancient family things that they protect zealously due to the unique advantages and they perfect over generations while transformation magic is quick and dirty and much more dangerous and mostly limited to just the caster.
>>98261962>Why did you want to post multiple builds to begin with?Because I really liked the cyoa and wanted to make more builds for it. And I really enjoyed how it it became more of a monster ecosystem than a individual oc maker as >>98261915 face points out. There was an anon who was going to make an ecosystem builder but nothing came of it sadly (at least I think so?).And I also wanted to test my samefagging capabilities. No one commented on it as far as I was aware so I think I did pretty well.>Worse, why didn't you say so at the time?I didn't want to. As I believed it would spoil it.
Why are all the best and most interesting, or dare is say it, UNIQUE, cyoas always unfinished ones?Liminal makes more interesting cyoas than anyone and 80% of them aren’t even finished.
>>98262008What makes something interesting in your eyes?
>RakeOh god I’m not even going to respond to it.
Also. It’s the Alienness. Liminal phrenic makes truly Alien shit. Visually as well as narratively.
Oh he did respond how goofy of me
If there is no (You) it’s not a true response. It’s a shout into the aether.
>>98261967> hates ai "art"> calls it art
>>98262044I interpret it as putting your hand to the rest of the thread's ear and whispering while staring critically at the would-be respondee.
>>98261660>Original Loopers:Puppeteer (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236025World Emperor https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98254500/#98257143Eugenicist (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236324Wodan https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236876Rapeman https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236944Mindstealer https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98241449/#98242060>Accidental Loopers:Warlock (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98261602/#98261624Dragon Loli (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98247451/#98248302Voidsoul, Devourer of Time https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236279Cozy Mage (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98237234Disinterested Cultist https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98237910Controller https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98241449/#98243312Evan & Eva Williams (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98241449/#98247368Epigone (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98254500/#98257178Chad Pirate https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98254500/#98257395>Non-Loopers:Chill Dragon (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98235642Million Mind Mirror Magician https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98235702Silent Menace https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98235716Potential Man (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236104Falkrinean Alchemist (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98236985Dragon Immortal https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98233149/#98237013Accountant (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98241449/#98243273Potential Man #2 https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98254500/#98261268The Young Artificer https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98247451/#98250396Kräkus Von Der De La Bögtroll (MP) https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98254500/#98258287
>>98262008black magic isnt unfinished though
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>>98262367builds?
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>>98261967>>98262054I like AI art because I seen so many terrible anime/nsfw images in countless CYOAs. Western AI art can look cool as fuck, and is damn refreshing to see in a sea of goofy ass anime pics.
>>98262394based. ai haters are reddit-adjacent, if not actual reddit infiltrators
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>>98262008Two obvious answers are:A. being unfinished leaves more blanks to fill in with what you wantB. a more unique work is harder to complete on average because there's less similar material to draw on
>>98261964So you can try out different combinations of bloodlines consequence free and even tailor them for specific loops and pick the overall best version to replicate once you exit or when you discover a way to make them endure across loops and decide to stop changing them.
>>98262504Well the problem is that outside of the timeloop getting the high end shit is going to be as dangerous as it is for everyone else as you can't just keep respawning until you finally get it done.And you definitely won't be able to make it persistent across timeloops because at that level you would be able to transfer physical matter across loops. Full on copying people and items.
Could someone post the HunterxHunter CYOA?
>>98262598>says "the" like as if there's 1
>>98262582>getting the high end shit is going to be as dangerousNot when I've already done it before.>physical matterWhat? This is about the soul.
>>98262635Well, the good one, I suppose?The problem is that I don't remember the name of the author.
>>98262659Peil
>>98262641>Not when I've already done it before.In perfect deterministic conditions where you can try again after every failure and don't need to consider long term consequences. This is fine if it doesn't require some risky to get ingredient, but if it does you have a chance of dying or pissing of some powerful organization.>What? This is about the soul.bloodlines are tied to the physical body not the soul. Its tied to blood magic not soul magic, it deals with the lifeforce of the body. Its even heritable by your kids so of course its physical.The only things that persist would be soul and min magic modifications but those are not bloodlines and will be far more limited in other ways.
>>98262684>you have a chance of dyingNo, done it before.>pissing off some powerful organizationOnly matters if it can even find me.>bloodlines are tied to the physical body not the soulI was replying to >>98261964>You could probably make the connection permanent if you did some studies with both soul and blood magic though, there is a precedent with Quatach accidentally doing permanent alterations to Zach.
>>98262684(me)Oh, yeah on top of that soul and mind modifications only work for accidental loopers because the original loopers have their markers protect them from being modified too much as the marker auto resets as a protective measure.
>>98262706What is "too much"? Clearly, it is extremely lenient as it allows sufficient modification to create accidental loopers.
>>98262703>No, done it before.depends on if you were able to achieve a 100% chance of success or not. Because if you only succeeded in 1/10 loops well then you have a 9/10 chance to die outside of it and this is well considering that you do it all inside the tight constraints of the 1 month time period so it would closely resemble the loop because latter on it will start adding other factors that will start fucking up your chances.>Only matters if it can even find me.becoming an national pariah really hurts your long term research prospects>>98262715Its actually pretty damn strict because it pretty much reset the timeline the instant the attack hit. Zach didn't seem to be permanently effected at all, while Zorian was but he counts as an accidental looper. Its mostly just plot bullshit that such an infinitesimally small chance of things working correctly even occurred because if the marker was malformed then well Zorian would have been perm dead in the loop.
>>98262733You're writing like as if a good build upon exiting the time loop wouldn't be a nigh-divine being capable of magic hardly imaginable to even the greatest of current mages.
>>98262715Zach got his memory erased, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It works however the plot needs it to, which is to say that it's inconsistent.
>>98262754they wouldn't really be that powerful, like they don't have more mana than everyone else and you can only improve shaping skill so far. So a good battlemage group could actually kill them. Like the timeloop is good for stealing existing magic, but for developing new shit its less good as well you only have one month to gather all the material you won't be able to get any super custom parts, equipment or extremely niche regents.
>>98262770unstructured mind magic seems to be able to go trough it, this is why he always has mind blank on. But not soul magic so soul fuckery probably won't work.
>>98262778Does no one think of using temporary loopers?>>98262784>unstructured mind magic seems to be able to go trough itSounds like readers generously patching a plot hole for the author. If we take that to be true, we can extrapolate that "unstructured soul magic might to be able to go trough it".
>>98262778I think you're really underestimating someone who is better than everyone else at everything.
>>98262807>Does no one think of using temporary loopers?its not a manpower problem its an equipment problem, you can only use existing tools to develop new magics, you won't have the time to produce custom equipment. Sure you can easily develop personal magics, but it won't really compete with industrial scale magics.>Sounds like readers generously patching a plot hole for the author. If we take that to be true, we can extrapolate that "unstructured soul magic might to be able to go trough it".Self soul modification, risky business, if your lucky and fail your gonna burn trough some of your loops, if your not so lucky you might ruin the marker or no longer be recognized as the same individual causing perma death.
>>98262148I might sit out on Mother of Learning. Facebook's Reels has been giving me some really dark, disturbing Reels summaries of time loop plots, and its kind of killing the vibe for me.(Spousal abuse, family vendettas, "Saw"/"Hostel" levels of cruelty . . .)Oh well. You all seem to be having fun, so good luck! I'll catch you on the next big OC.
>>98262826that is the same arrogance that gets dragons killed, time loop is easy mode the enemies can't learn and adapt, there are no long term consequences, everything always pretty much happens exactly the same so you can just learn the pattern, you can just respawn. But if you keep the same reckless attitude outside of the loop you will be dead in a few months.
>>98262847>Facebook's ReelsAnon the machine is trying to eat your soul
>>98262847>(Spousal abuse, family vendettas, "Saw"/"Hostel" levels of cruelty . . .)the fuck? the heck did facebook feed you? don't remember any of this shit being major plot points
>>98262807Anon there's no plot hole. The soul marker is known to have protections for the original looper (Zach), but the exact limits aren't confirmed for how difficult it is to test (triggering them resets the loop, obviously). The marker is more like a really complicated peace of machinery in some ways than, well, magic.It's not unstructured mind magic that gets through though. Zach gets big chunks of his memory fucked with by a normal mind mage, probably because just futzing someone's memory but keeping them the same person wasn't sufficient to set off any protections. Zach was also leery of mind mages getting in there further , so it wasn't clear how reversible any 'damage' was or whether he just had compulsions to forget stuff.Some Soul Magic can absolutely be done on Zach - if it couldn't be the entire plot couldn't have happened - since magic is too intertwined with the soul for it to be too sensitive. But you're more likely to just trigger a reset doing anything too sensitive.
>>98262847weak bait
>>98262864Not Mother of Learning. Other time looping stories.Particularly in the last couple of days, I've been getting do-over ones. Two-three people loop back to a decision that changed their lives, and make it differently.Only the venom in the stories I've been getting recently . . .For example, one involved two brothers who saved a billionaire's life. As a reward, they can each pick a reward. Brother A wants to date the billionaire's daughter, while Brother B asks for money. Brother A goes on to marry the heiress, and together they establish a huge multinational conglomerate. Wealth beyond imagining. While Brother B squanders the money and lives a mediocre life.When the time loop happens, it's the day of the reward choice again. Brother B immediately jumps in, and asks permission to date the daughter - despite the fact that he believes his brother loved her, and also looped back. Brother A calmly accepts the money instead.Brother B makes a big deal of gloating and rubbing his new relationship in Brother A's face, and just generally being a major a-hole.What Brother B didn't know, however, is that Brother A's first life was utterly miserable, thanks to the heiress. Yeah, he had money, but the heiress wife was a sadistic psychopath who routinely tortured him, and used the family money to ensure he could never get away from her. So Brother A had never intended to ask to date her, the second time around. And when the heiress puts Brother B in the hospital, Brother A goes to see him . . .just to tell him that these injuries were only the tip of the iceberg, and the heiress was only going to get worse from then on out. And then pretty much abandons Brother B to his doom.Never explained why the two brothers hated each other so much. Just that they had no problem trying to ruin each other.(And that was hardly the darkest one that I've gotten recently. Had to block one Reels producer for going psycho-dark.)
>>98261602>>98261603Way too big images and way too big text font
>>98261842>AI slop>Walls of text
>>98262936Thanks for telling us your story sis.+1 Updoot!
>>98262936doesn't sound like a timeloop issue, more of an issue of getting a super powerful sadistic yandere gf
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>>98262733The spell actually stripped portions of Zach and Zorian's souls and left them inside each other to be slowly dissolved over the loops. That is a pretty big allowance.
>>98262977Greatest Planes Awakened build right here!
>>98262982its also the pretty much the damn riskiest thing you can do in a timeloop as you can potentially permanantly fuck your soul over or even full on accidentally delete yourself from the loop. If your lucky your just going to burn trough a few loops as the marker forces a reset to protect you. If your not you might get interrupted mid ritual and get some malformed cancerous soul modificaiton.Modifying yourself is a bad idea, modify other people instead its much safer as they won't trigger a reset and will respawn the next loop anyways. You can then use that knowledge to modify yourself outside the loop.
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>>98263008Okay? Soul magic in the loop is literally safer due to the protection protocols and with soul perception you should be able to identify what you shouldn't touch. Experimenting with others is par for the course, you would have to be a retard to experiment while starting from yourself first.
>>98263030its a blanket protection, its safe because you can barely do anything to your soul, like Zach couldn't do some forms of soul training that Zorian could because of the limitation. Trying to modify yourself is pretty much trying to go around all of those protection protocals so you will either just burn trough a few loops from all of the failures, or fuck yourself up at some point.While you can experiment on other people, you don't have other loopers to experiment on. So if you somehow find a way to modify your soul without triggering the safeguard, but fuck it up mid ritual by reaching for something too big you might just get stuck with some malformed enchantment. The dangers don't come from soul magic itself, but from trying to go around the safeguards.
>>98261660How good is the Divine Stash?
>>98263122Pretty good. The most useful being the one that finds other Divine Artifacts since you can basically treasure hunt with that. The memory storage is useful if it goes across loops or dogshit otherwise.
>>98263125Someone else here said that you can study divine magic for your own use, is that true and if so how practical is it?
>>98263127Quatach-Ichl made a spell based off what he learned from researching his own Divine Blessing, that and with Ghost Eyes description it is theoretically possible. You would probably be limited to manipulating Divine artifacts slightly or making a very trashy Divine enhancement after wasting tons of artifacts for their divine energies. No chance at making Divine Artifacts or energies by yourself with manipulating existing stuff, particularly since the realms of the divine and infernal are both not in the loop to call upon.
>>98263140I'm wondering if it's worth giving up 3 of my >>98261624 8 years left in the loop for.
>>98263154I wouldn't try that on anything but Ikosian loops or Original Looper. Quatach ONLY got a spell out of it and he is a 1000 year old lich who was around when Gods were active and was a preeminent archmage for most of that time.
>>98263154NTA but might actually be worth it as well you can use them as bribes for people or a great source of funds. Giving you a lot more leverage to use in the loop which might give a decent multiplier for any projects your doing that it might just overcome the 3 year loss.
>>98263160>>98263169I think I'll leave it, I can probably make up for the money with my magic. ty ty.
>>98263185most highly powerful mages probably don't really care much about money, but divine artifact bribes on the other hand could work as well these are very limited and rare commodities and some of them are pretty strong so I am sure it will be quite in high demand.
>>98263216You can literally just learn the location of some, learn the ward scheme for them, teleport in and rob them, teleport out.
>>98263225yeah but that is probably going to cost you more than 3 years in the timeloop
>>98261660>Time LoopOriginal Looper>OriginAdultMage Fashion - Crimson Red HairFamous Noble - 7th Royal HeirCriminalPriest Outsider - HsanWealthyMansionMentor - Blood Magic, Soul Magic, Warding, Dimensionalism, Negation, DivinationMaster - Dimensionalism, Blood Magic>Magnitude 10>SkillsConnected x3Polyglot>Magical PerksSoul SightMana Frame>Magical DisciplinesMind Magic 3>SpellsManifold ResonanceRansackWhat better way to stop an invasion and release of a primordial than by invading Ulquaan Ibasa first. My loop will be about launching a perfect invasion of the Necromancer Isle and taking it over and securing my succession as the Emperor of Hsan. Quatach Ichl will naturally be my biggest threat, so I will learn where his Phylactery is and neutralize him. Liches are susceptible to mind magic in this setting so I have an in there. Plenty of mentors to learn from and Mind Blank proof Ransack will let me easily abuse the time loop and extract all I need from mages to learn more. My royal rank will help me easily have pull in Hsan and Hsan in general has more focus on unstructured magic than Altazia so that will be fun to mess with.Went with Mana Frame as that seems to be the hardest thing to acquire naturally even with the entire loop. I could only likely strip it from Quatach's soul and I have no idea if they could transfer.
>>98263411You wish to have sexual intercourse with a frog.
>>98263431Isn't that Blantyrre? Hsan is where Xvim's ancestry is.
>>98263437Idk what that is.
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>>98263443they like frogs there?
I'm so tired of Mother of Learning...
>>98263457They ARE frogs. And lizardfolk.
>>98263463Oh well then >>98263411 would love it there, since they want to fuck frogs.
>>98263443>>98263463>entire continent of frogpostersWe are so fucking backDo they have any special magic like the spiders do?
>>98262148okay so i tried making a new build that was hyper focused on growth and potential and whatnot by buying like most of the skills and 4 bloodlines (ignoring how batshit having 4 of those in a single person would be but oh well)Time-loop: non-looper 100 pointsAu scenario: timelessAge: teen +3 boonsBoons: noble, library, mansion, connected: wealthy, mentorx8 and either battle mage or a 9th mentorMagnitude: 11-18Skills: 36connected x2, fitness -2, combatant -4 memory -5, sleuth -3, polyglot -1, intuition -5, professionalx4 (doctor, scientist, architect, engineer) -4, dexterity -2, ecologist -3, passion -5Perks: 24 60drake familiar -3, elemental ally -4, bakora gates -4, black room -6, immortal -7Magic ranks: 0Bloodlines: 40 100tulpa -10, biomancer -10, mathemagic -10, crystalized -10name it potential man 3 electric swing or whatever, i tried, and i frickin hate it i prefer my artificer build even if that could use some adjustments here and there for better golem making, itd probably be better if instead of magic ranks we could buy talent in certain types of magic so i could make a potential man build i maybe actually liked but as it stands, i hate this one but its probably as optimal as im getting or smth who knowstear into it as much as you want i dont really have any respect for this build i just made it cause frick it
>>98263551>non-looperokay well that just defeats the point. If you're going non-looper you might as well just buy the magical skill upfront since you can't use the loop to turbo level them.
>>98263551>mndbroken by his build review
>>98263579youre not really turbo levelling them in the loop any faster than you could training outside of the loop as the loop is a month long and it takes only hours to regen mana fully, also original looper only gets 30 points and accidental loopers have to contend with escaping the loop and likely not having a body when they do so so mehalthough if it is possible for me to just make a golem body to inhabit then maybe id consider accidental looper but eh id probably need help constructing it
>>98263607more like mind broken by making a build and finding i absolutely hate it the build review can suck it but the fact i made that build is actually disturbing me now
>>98263626Like the whole point of the loop is that you can abuse foreknowledge and the lack of consequences to grow much faster there.
>>98263647that only really helps cause it extends the time you have to make use of through looping and also for things that involve like human sacrifice or whatever, if youre outside of the loop and dont give a shit about illegal magics like soul or blood magic you can grow about as well especially when youre also immortal
>>98261660How strong would a powerhouse dragon shifter with 90 base Magnitude if they spent all 358 of their developed Mana on boosting themselves up?
>>98263661grok is this true?
>>98263462You're free to take a quick vacation while we're having fun.
>>98263551This is the most retarded potential man build yet.
>>98263744How about you fuck off to mcyoag you scum
>>98262148Epigone and Chad Pirate are Original Loopers.
>>98264240Fixed for next time.
>>98264222Make me.
>>98264283He has Famous.
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>>98264652this is not the latest version.
>>98261660>>98262148How many of these builds die to a gun?
>>98264734Are there any differences beyond some grammar fixes?
>>98264750If you aren't a magical being Shifter (don't recommend), or have Membrane (the lamest Bloodline), you are more or less a normal human and need to rely on spells for protection.
>>98264750Basic conjuration magic has forcefields which can easily tank multiple gunshots (generally a forcefield should be about as strong as a brick wall) and any combat trained mage will know them. Guns are a danger to mages when caught by surprise and not having time to use their shields, or through massed fire (like a dozen or more riflemen all firing at the same time). One gun is not a threat to a mage, because every mage should know how to make a basic shield and how to make a magic missile (which is like a bullet which can home in on people).>>98265038Shifter's aren't especially immune to bullets or anything, since they cannot cast while fully transformed. That sort of shit is part of why modern shifters aren't doing as well as they used to. Being able to transform into a bear was a bigger deal when magic was rarer and not everyone had guns. If you take damage while transformed you *generally* keep the damage, but it can be weird. If you lose a leg shifted you might come back to a lost leg, or just a mangled one, or missing pieces of flesh elsewhere in your body. Lose a tail and transform back and you might have random injuries or get off scot free. Incidentally being a shifter might sound a bit crap, but you *can* partially transform and retain magic, to gain super-human senses which is very useful. Bird shifters meanwhile get easy access to flight in a setting where that isn't normally a thing.
>>98262148>Rapemanbruh what
>>98264820>A few more functions to the Soul Manip of Necromancy, a new power for Battle Magic (Aura), and one more function for Teaching in Metamagic.
>>98265897Okay, post it then. I'll save it.
>>98265806This is a retarded joke build.
>>98264652 >Planeswalking>-Portal*>=Scanner>=Ease>Abjuration>-Shield>=Intensity>=Reshaping>=Auto-activation>Transmutation>-Matter Generation>=Distance>=Complexity>Divination>-Danger Sense>=Postcognition>=Scry>=Astral Projection>Telepathy>-Basic Telepathy>Telekinesis>-Basic Telekinesis>=Power>=Finesse>=Multitask>Charmweaving>-Trinkets>=Mastery>=Balance>=-Artifact>Spatial Warping>-Jump>=Long Range>Metamagic>-Teaching>=Spell Creation>=Insight>Miscellaneous>-All>Uncorporeal Look (Basket Man)>-Noble Look>Mental Link>Retrieve>Powers Allocation>-Basic Telepathy*, Insight*>-Matter Generation, Basic Telekinesis, Finesse, Trinkets>Inventory>Batterylotta points
>>98266066https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/94455299/#94455537https://imgchest.com/p/6eyrx8goeyp
>>98266095well it caught my attention i guess
Posting the cyoa so i can post my build.
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>>98266707I´m so bad at names...
>>98267281Watch out for melkor coming back and cashing in your allegiance.
>>98267379He's gone, he's not coming back from the door of night.
>>98261882Has Conquest come out yet?
>>98267586>Expecting WIPorware to come out
>>98267586lol, lmaoif you want your multiplayer fix Mother of Learning stocks are high rn
>>98267586yes she did, and she is happier than before :)
I've barely worked on my CYOA all week. Time to stay up till 3 AM tunnel visioning it.Wish me luck.
Invincible is so gay
>>98268001I know, his hot mom was there and lonely and he didn't dick her down. What a fag.
>>98268001Yea
Reminder that the death and immortality cyoa contest is set to end July 14th. I liked the one Anon's suggestion that we all hold off on submitting ours until at earliest the 11th. I (Voidsoul) have already completed mine and will hold this compact, as I think if everything releases at the same time it will be more exciting for the thread. Everyone else who finishes theirs may join the Compact and I will list them when I make this post every thread, if you reply to this saying yours is done.Thank you for your attention.
There are times I regret getting bullied out of radical verisimilitudinal anarchy. I haven't found a elden-ring style character that matches her hateful, defeated energy.
>>98267601I'm expecting SOMETHING to come out. Deltarune is occupying my attention right now, but it's only a matter of time until I crawl back here as a regular.
>>98268535Would that Watamote girl be able to fit? Or does it have to be a girl with big tiddies?
>>98268797If she was in elden ring's style, I'd take her, but the group voted that I have to at least try to adhere to the game's aesthetic.
>>98268874Does that mean it must abide by fantasy aesthetic or something more? As I think I've located potentially two you could use.This onehttps://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4286873?q=kuroki_tomoko+witch_hat+And this onehttps://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/9945440?q=kuroki_tomoko+armorWould one of these potentially work?
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>>98267969GOOD LUCK ANON!!!
>>98268950Role: AgentExosuitSmart TechFederationAssets:Assault rifleMarksman rifleSwordSafehouseArtifacts:PhaseContacts:V-9 (partner)Meryl (partner x2)Colt (associate)Anya (friend)T-8 (rival)Home ground: Green zoneExploration zone: City, metroMinor threats:Weaken contamination, intensify anomaliesMajor threats:Thanatos (sprawl)Zombies (city)Mutants (metro)Hive (outposts)Ambition:Connect
>>98268535Hey that's me!Surely it's mostly the text that conveys the attitude? imo for cyoa art in general, that the art is good and evocative (in some way) is more important than that the art matches the character exactly as intended, because it's usually fine if the player reinterprets the character slightly based on the art (and different players may do so differently).
Why do CYOA makers insist on making twenty pages of drawbacks and perks, all with almost entirely forgettable effects that do nothing but pad the file in lieu of making actually substantive and interesting choices which make you think about how they synergize with the rest of the build?
>>98268947Man you saved me a lot of work. I really like the girl on the left. Yep she's the one yep yep.>>98268988Thank you, I made it till 2:00 until I passed out. It is now 5:30 and I can hear the birds sing.>>98269135Tok (and other other anons who care) will hate me but it's mixed media at this point. Because it's settled in the world, I have a lot of sweeping wide angles from the game itself, where I feel it's appropriate. Concept art, official media for it. Fan art, art from other Soulsbourne games. My god I even have a snake in a hat.
>>98269390where did the snake got a hat?
>>98269414Suppose the Lore nerds will have to argue about that as well as its implications. Just felt right.
>>98269418must be a bloodborne industrialist
>>98269426Between that and the way he speaks you seem to be onto something.
>>98269390Feels a tad too comedic in tone (to the background of the otherwise serious world)?About mixing art styles, imo:* Overall: very detailed art doesn't work together with very simplistic cartoony art, but what style is used to achieve that level of detail doesn't matter as much.* More specifically: within character art, pictures with backgrounds and pictures without backgrounds (like in concept art) look bad next to each other, and this is a bigger problem than most differences in style.
OC OC OC OC OC from another /tg/ thread.>>98265236>>98266629>/tg/ chose your player and six characters among those to start some adventure. chose wisely.
Rolled 12, 9, 10 = 31 (3d18)>>982694501+6 characters is too much. I'll roll dice+3d18 instead.die 1 = me, die 2 & 3 = companions.
>>98269446What did you expect from a frenzied flame dunceHe genuinely thought destroying the world was a good idea
Rolled 7, 12, 16 = 35 (3d18)>>98269450rollan
>>98268958Can I sex any of these people?
>>98269459>me: The Goofy OgreThis would've been ok as a companion, but the intelligence downgrade makes it horrible for me to be.>companion 1: Hobbit GentlemanMostly useless.>companion 2: Stern WitchThe only normal competent party member.So: (melee) Fighter, (semi-useless) Rogue, Wizard.Since I am the party leader, and I'm specified as always very hungry, we will be questing to find me more monsters to eat. We'll start off clearing woods of Dire animals. The hobbit can cook them, the witch can provide the fire.
>>98269446>Feels a tad too comedic in tone (to the background of the otherwise serious world)?Listen man. I'm 8 pages deep in 'ohh noooo all things are coming undone' one moment of levity won't kill the CYOA. There's something like this in every fromsouls game - like the Turtle Pope.>About mixing art styles, imo:>* Overall: very detailed art doesn't work together with very simplistic cartoony art, but what style is used to achieve that level of detail doesn't matter as much. Cool cool cool>* More specifically: within character art, pictures with backgrounds and pictures without backgrounds (like in concept art) look bad next to each other, and this is a bigger problem than most differences in style. What if they aren't next to each other, separated by reading time and where they are used? I'm too deeply engrossed in the melee to disengage from the pattern I've set for myself. It may damn me, but I'm finishing this in the same mode that I have been doing. If by the end of that I look back and realize the truth of your words, then I will kneel.
>>98269482The turtle pope has deep lore however? Did you not pay attention to the description of the turtle meat items or the spectral turtles around the sorcery rises? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM0DsxVLvts
>>98269494Niggas will see a single frame from your cyoa and say he's too broke to afford lore.Thank you for the constructive criticism though.
>>98269506>niggas>Thank you for the constructive criticism though.I presume you're the author?I don't really expect much quality from someone using negroid vocabulary. No wonder you chose the worst possible ending and never cared about the lore. You need a high IQ to understand the lore of souls games.
>>98269510>I don't really expect much qualityGood. I never claimed to be good at this. Keep your expectations low to middling, I might not trip over them.
>>98269278Rake mindset. Half of the perks he puts in his cyoas are just flat out worse and don't get chosen than the same 5-6 every build.
>>98269523that's what having a kid does to guys it makes them lose all motivation and self-respectno wonder you chose frenzied flame it must be a reflection of your hate for the world, i'll wait for the other ER cyoa to come out
>>98269510>need a high IQ to understand the lore of souls games.Go back to your corner and stay there.
>>98269470I see you rolled Warrior Woman? In retrospect, a better rolling rule would've been: roll 3d18, pick any 1 as (You).
>>98269446>otherwise serious worldCould this be a Dog? Try Ruin but Hole.
>>98269566What a lowbrow rebuttal
>>98269559It's my night to care for the bean. The baby's back asleep and soon so will I be. Thank you for caring enough to post with me while I dealt with vomit and screaming. Love you anon.
>>98269579"Thank you father for forcing me into existence for your selfish animalistic desires into this world of strife and eternal pain where I will be deceived by the people around me, my government and the universe itself and suffer uncountable pains both physical and mental and the ultimate pain of dying in fear of not knowing what comes after my torturous life"
>>98269614Do you want anon to drown their kid in the bathtub or something?
>>98269614Anon you need help
>>98269621Just revealing the harsh truth to him so I doesn't get surprised when his kid hates him for forcing them from the peaceful void of non-existence into this cruel imperfect world ruled by the demiurge>>98269633It is breeders who need help, they are ruled by their biological programming and cannot free themselves from it. They are animals who failed to transcend.
>>98269643the non breeders are inherently self-destructive leaving no legacy in their wake, thus only the line of the breeder persists leading to them dominating the material
>>98269643The void of nonexistance is gay
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>>98269783>the Dragon Empress>more beautiful than any work of art, wiser than the eldest monks, and more terrifying upon the field of battle than even the greatest Divine Beasts>she vanished without a trace>the Elemental Nations>civil warAyy, I see what you did there.
I just noticed the thread title is in the url now? When did this happen?
>>98269813The Dragon Empress sounds like a great waifu, not as good as Nakai, Lady Orochi or Lady Lian but good enough to be great
>>98269783WatI mean- Nani??
>>98269825huh??
>>98269813So she’s a Mary Sue? Typical virgin male writers.
>>98269906I mean, she disappeared and now the empire is fragmented and infighting. For a Mary Sue she failed at the end
>>98269914“She is like SO awesome that without her the empire COLLAPSED haha”
>>98269783The text under the bunny girls' pic is missing its background.
>summoning shitIt’s shit. Unless you like that sort of crap.
I will eat that shit
Fuck boars they poo and have sex in my grandpa’s field and it pisses him off which pisses me off when I visit.
>>98269783Warlord: Strength of SelfLand of SteelThe TigerAdvisors: Tetsu Okamiyama, Yonyon Akumayami, Gobbla Weylandottir, Yoku Those Few Strong And True: Shugoku, Samurai, Heavy Cavalry, Shinobi, Grand Cannons, Dragonfire Rocket Batteries, Engineers, Yumi Archers>Schemes shatter when no amount of silk is worth facing a wall of steel. Coin and brick rule after a war is won, not before. And where others struggle to forge ties between mortals, I will win the Tiger Lord's boons through my own prowess at arms. The Land of Thunder is rife with weakness. I will make of it's gifts a treasure to my blacksmith, and she will forge wonders for my army. Once consolidated, it takes no great schemer to speak truth in the Land of Wind: That the laws of hospitality have fallen elsewhere, and only steel can reforge them. What we have expended thence, we recoup from the Land of Earth after it's desperate neighbours whittle down it's defences. Let those clinging to the Land of Stars bear the brunt of it's curses. As I build my army on the backs of the conquered, I will tighten a fist of fire and hot stones around it's neck.Nemesis: Sum Yung Gai, Jin HuangjinAlly: Mao Guai>oh shit a cultivator is awakening, kill it, kill it before it can ascend to the Heavenly Realm
>>98269929More like "she was so dumb she used the powers of a being that would make her pay a price that would render all her wins useless"She is the cautionary tale of thinking if summoning the beast lords are worth it or not. In her case, it was not.And of course the empire would collapse if the empress disappeared, not because she was the only one able to rule, but because a lot of people able to rule wanted to rule and fought each other to fill the power vacuum
>>98269783Jap Jap Jap Jap Jap JapJapaneseJap CYOAJap CYOA......Jap Jap JapJap Jap JapJapaneseJap CYOAJap CYOA
>>98269967The fuck is your problem you retarded frog
>>98269961Nope. Mary Sue. “She is teh hottest and teh wisest and teh strongest.”.
>>98269906Eh if she's based on who I think, only in the sense that the 40K Emprah is. Tremendously talented, charismatic and resolute leader. Undone by a deepseated need for control and other flaws, leaving behind a crumbling empire as her legacy.
>>98269985>comparing that gaped whore to the emperor of mankind Fuck off and die you prick
>>98269783>Lianwould
>>98269972Mary sue is all about you winning because yes.A typical mary sue is a normal girl (because its easy to self insert) of average qualities that end up winning the battles and heart of the people (hot men) due to being "special" (a normal girl) This case is a woman of incredible qualities that was too naive on the price to pay for winning. No mary sue would get offscreened by a dragon rendering her wins useless.
>>98269998>um ackchyually She’s a Mary Sue.
>>98269995She is y-your cousin Anon!!Thats incest and thats so... icky!Dont you dare
>>98269992Your golden sky daddy almost turned into the 5th Chaos God.
>>98270002>I am wrong and I have no argument so please, please, just shut up and let me win this argument. I will repeat she is a mary sue and you will comply okay?Okay anon, if you just said that from the start...
>>98269783Can I self insert into this? Isekai? I can’t play the cyoa if I can’t self insert. Sorry that’s how this escapist shithole works.
>>98269998>No mary sue would get offscreened by a dragon rendering her wins useless“She was, like, SO awesome that only a fucking DRAGON could take her out”
>>98269969I-It was just a 'tism moment. I-I meant no offense :(
>>98269914>>98269961>>98269998>>98270012I think you’re tossing biscuits to a trollolol
>>98270016I dont see why not. As an isekai-reincarnation like mushoku tensei.Lian mentions your childhood. Its not "you got transported to the body of a shogun" but more like you reincarnated and lived that life
>>98270042Yep, thats why I ignored his bait above.
>>98270038KYS for your dishonouraburr dispray
>>98269783I like how the other Beast Lords have their capabilities and specialities listed out in a couple paragraphs. And then there's Great Sage Wukong, who barely has any description before the rules for summoning him. Because it's fucking Wukong.
>>98270043>being a child again Sorry can’t play it. Children are gay. Shame too because it looked like a really cool setting. Oh well.
>>98270051So he’s a Gary Stu?
Why is anon such a nuisance sometimes
>>98270069Some faggots never grow out of that stage of development where you kick the chair of a girl sitting in front of you because you have a crush on her but don't know how to express it
>>98269390>Tok (and other other anons who care) will hate me but it's mixed media at this pointTheir opinions never mattered.
>>98270054>Children are gayLoli yuri uoh
>>98270074Trouble with expressing yourself? That’s just the autistic condition, and it accounts for 4/5 of this website.
>>98270082Can’t unsee
>>98270074I don't think that's a universal stage of development. Some kids just never do that shit.
>>98269783I feel bad for the Dragon Empress.How is this based on Shogun Showdown, though? I played the game a little, and this is unrecognizable.
>>98270063yes
>>98270074I used to bully the girl I liked in primary school, then one day I started being nice to her, letting her go infront of me in the dinner line and shit.Eventually I started wanting to do better in classes because the top boy and girl got to sit on a chair together instead of the floor in class and we got to work at a single desk together.One time we were sitting on chairs at the back of the class, I had my hands behind the chair just chilling when I felt her hold my hand, I was an autistic kid and didn't really understand intimacy at all so I shook her hand off embarrassed.Ever since that day I often have repeating dreams revolving around holding a girl's hand and never letting her go, I'm deeply regretful and often think about her years after, I hope she didn't feel sad at what I did. I wish I could tell her that I was just a stupid autistic retard and I truly did love her.She eventually left school and I stopped caring about my grades so now I'm a worthless loser who makes cyoas.
>>98270305It's never too late to improve yourself. If CYOAs are your passion, keep making them. Get a routine, aim to be healthier if you're not in shape (if you are healthy -good for you), go outside and interact with people regularly. It's a skill you can develope (believe me, this has been a decades long prohect for me). Figure out what the retards on reddit like, and pander to them. Make a patreon or other personal subscriber platform. Print CYOAs weekly and let your patrons access them early. If you can build an audience, you can get some money. Once you feel the thrill of income earned from doing what you enjoy, there's no coming back. Chase that high. With money, comes power, with power comes women. Ignore the gold digging whores and find your golden girl whonwants to hold your hand to the end. I believe in you.
>>98270388>If CYOAs are your passion,They're not>go outside and interact with people regularlyNot interested>Figure out what the retards on reddit likeLiterally kill yourself you absolute faggotYou say the same shit I imagine in my head that Wodan would
>>98270405Then you are both Jailer and Prisoner. I would wish you luck but I'm sure you would squander it.
>>98270388>Make a patreonand then anon paywalled his cyoas forever
>>98270412Eww, redditors say the cringest stuff huh?
>>98270162>Shogun ShowdownI think the author just saw the concept, like it and made his own version. Instead of making a game cyoa he made a cyoa based on the concept of shoguns fighting>I feel bad for the Dragon Empress.Thats what happens when you pick the wrong Beast lord. When the Beast Lord that needs you to sacrifice 1k people is one of the least extreme Beast lords you know they are fucked up>>98270051Its motherfucking Wukong. Probably the strongest beast lord apart from the dragon... but 5 fucking years below a stone? >>98270405Damn, I hope this is another anon trolling and not the "held hand of crush" anon. Because the other guy tried to give advice (even if he gave "make cyoas for a living" advice which is... I dont think a good advice given how niche this is. But the social advice and the cheering was nice) and someone answering like this to genuine advice and cheering sounds like someone too deep into depression
>>98270162>>98270469>Dragon EmpressI'm not convinced she wasn't the divine dragon herself larping as a mortal.
>>98270431My recommendation was explicitly patreon for early releases, as being in a niche subculture you need your product to go as far as it can reach. The people who don't want to pay but still want the product will get it anyway, it's primarily an incentive for the people who would be happy to fund the life of someone producing a product they want more of. Eventually I could envision someone bundling an entire Year's worth of work into a collection and then selling that digitally on like Steam, more for exposure than anything else. The point is to be cheap and cheerful, and growing an audience. I am assuming everyone on Reddit are retarded goy consumers, happy to part with their money for little to no reason.
>>98270469>Because the other guy tried to give advice (This highhorse mentality of I know how you should live your life better than you do is pathetic and condescending and not worth anyone's time. It's advice you find in every corner of the internet and he's replying as if it's some sage's advice. Cringe.
>>98270469>even if he gave "make cyoas for a living" advice which is... I dont think a good advice given how niche this is.I will admit it has a low chance of success. But low is not zero, and it was actually more that having a schedule and sticking to it and seeing that you can produce something really helps people get out of a rut. I had hoped that passion could push him through.
>>98270469You're Wodan right? or a female?
>>98270482>do a build to kill the dragon in hopes to free the empress>read this postdamn it
>>98270507Uhhh? Did you read someone else's post? What did I say that made it seem like I was "in a rut" I was just blogposting an experience of mine it's not that deep bro
>>98270482Well, the Beast lords live in the Divine Realm and in theory can only get out by the family clan they made pact with. The only exception being the Fox Lord.If these two statements are true then the Dragon Lord couldn't just appear on his own and yet it was summoned while the Empress was alive.
>>98270511No and no. I am too old to care about this Wodan guy I have read a few times his name without any context beyond he being related in some way to Tok and whatever you thought was "female" is probably you projecting into whatever you think a man should do and say, which is an exhausting and useless way of living.
>>98270540I'm pretty sure old and actually wise people dont type like you do, you're putting on a smartass act and it's readily apparent. You're not that guy who reddit posted that he was smarter than his GF are you?
>>98270523Yeah, but look at the divine dragon section. Every time the dragon was summoned, the empress went into a room alone and refused all contact until the dragon left. In spite of summoning the dragon constantly for every nearby battle, the two were never once seen at the same time. Then consider the other two sections, which are just dragon traits that the empress has, being able to partially shapeshift parts of her body into dragon form and the classic dragonic intimidation aura turned towards making people tell the truth. Every section points to it just being herself.Even the fox thing could hint at why she left. She's not supposed to come and go as she pleases, so when the divine realm found out she had to flee. Also, the fox lord is the only one with the power to descend under her own power, so the dragon empress could have been summoned by someone, and then just... never left. That would also make the fox lord's description true while still leaving the door open for the empress to be the dragon larping as a mortal. Like maybe the cost of summoning the dragon is that they replace you and rule in your stead, and that happened before the empress had any particular fame.
>>98269783Method of Rulership:Warlord:Strategic Supremacy>Strategic Brilliance will be needed if I want to conquer the entire worldSeat of Power:Grass King's Castle:Land of Earth>Large starting territory, fertile land and full of resources. Downside is that I am constantly raided by my enemies.Beast Clan:The Boar>A very straightforward and easy to utilize beast clan, they can be said to be the most loyal as long as you have enough food. Their utility summons would be good for maintaining supply lines, plowing fields and transporting troops. The War Boars would serve as cavalry, which I intend to use to create the best cavalry army in the world. Lastly the Beast King can be used to break even the most fortified positions, acting as a natural siege breaker. Unlike other Beast Kings, the Boar King can be utilize much more frequent with enough food, which is much easier to use if the territory is thriving enough.Advisors:Yonyon Akumayami - Red Horned HeroineTetsu Okamiyama - The Iron Wolf, Fallen LegendTsuki, Yue & Changong - Three As OneYoku - Golden Beast of Greed>They fill up my weaknesses and complement my strengths. Yonyon is a great tactician and commander, which pairs well with my strategic acumen. She makes the morale of the army unbreakable and is a capable warrior herself. Tetsu is necessary to create a surveillance network to prevent assassinations against me. My personal combat strength is only somewhat good as a warlord, but it is not enough to match the greatest warriors of this world. For Yoku,I need a top tier combatant that can act as a powerhouse bodyguard in a pinch. This will dramatically improve my safety in case of assassinations when combined with my strategic acumen. Last is the Lunar Princesses, which dramatically reduces the cost of summoning spirit beasts. I intent to use the beast clan in my armies extensively, and this effectively allows me to be more prolific in their usage with enough food and resources on hand.
>>98270572Army:A Horde of Locusts(25 Units)Force Composition:Heavy Cavalry(x5)Nobushi Outriders(x5)Ashigaru(x5)Samurai(x2)ShugokiYumi ArchersShinobiEngineersDragonfire Rocket BatteriesGrand CannonsWar VesselsSlayer Saint(Lance)>Naturally a bigger army allows me to flex my strategic acumen better. The army has a diverse composition of troops, but it has a particularly large cavalry and infantry force. The idea is to use the regular infantry to tie down the enemies' main force while the elite cavalry force can pull devastating charges on their flanks or rear.Rival Shoguns:Ming GuiJin HuangjinAlly:Sum Yung Gai(Hates Ming Gui)>The main rivals are the Land of Fire and Land of Stars early on. Mostly, I'd avoid offensive attacks against the well defended Land of Stars early on, and focus on defending against their incursions on the plains of Land of Earth where my cavalry can be used best. Since Ming Gui have a lot of rivals, her attention will likely be divided against other rivals too.My first target instead would be the wealthier Land of Fire, which has a vast but inexperienced army. Conquering them first will grant us better smiths and weaponry to fuel our wars further.If I'm lucky by the time I'm done with the Land of Fire Sum Yung Gai might've assassinated Ming Gui already, which allows my armies to easily steamroll over. If not I will cooperate with him to storm the city, maybe using the Beast King to bring down their city walls. Anything else after that would probably depend on the situation, but I expect the general strategy to be the same, beat my enemies strategically and tactically until I conquer the entire world.
>>98269807finally an accurate usage of this image
>>98270519Generally people don't call themselves worthless for no reason. Life is truly the greatest Choose Your Own Adventure.
>>98270519>I was just a stupid autistic retard>now I'm a worthless loser
>>98270482apparently you are correct
>>98270619Could she be more of a Mary Sue!?!?!
>>98270577>A Horde of LocustsYou've already lost.
>>98270604>>98270607But, they're true? Haha, do you think that me disparaging myself is equivalent to me being down in the dumps and a finger twitch away from suicide?I am autistic and I am worthless. These are facets of my identity that I have accepted and not blinded myself to. Not everything needs to be sunshine and rainbows.Where there are winners there are losers and I am content with my lot in life, you don't need to give me self-help advice. I'm actually quite knowledgeable about the subject already. Your belief that you can "Fix" me with your advice shows the shallowness of your understanding of "self-help"
>>98270469>someone answering like this to genuine advice and cheering sounds like someone too deep into depressionYou know how it is. Changing for the better is hard, convincing yourself that changing is pointless is easy.
>>98270641Life is truly the greatest Choose Your Own Adventure.
>>98270469>but 5 fucking years below a stone?To be fair he is more lenient if you really had no other choice
>>98270630That dubious honor goes to Sum Yung Gai.
>>98270636I need a big army if I want to conquer the world anon. If a superhuman enemy comes, I have enough superhuman allies and the literal xianxia MC as my friend to deal with them.
>>98269783>StyleAdministrator>SpecializationMaster of CoinPersonal power is fine but there is something more important, money. If you are the strongest but your people are hungry you lost. Instead a rich country can hire people to defend itself or pour money into armies. Having a thriving economy during a war means in the long run you can outlast.>Land of EarthThe ""canon"" land is good. Its only problem is its so big and with so much resources its raided. Which means its suffering from success and something you would have anyway if you keep conquering.>Beast ClanFoxThe Utility use is... well, social. Nothing incredible.The War use is extremely useful. And their payment is easy and passive. Unlike other summons these stay in the world and are "employes" as long as you fill your part of the deal. Unlike boars that you have to pay each time. So having shrines attended by beautiful women with some guards and a festival each month? I don't see the problemThe Fox Lord with her Fog of Madness can basically win any battle without fighting. Her price being money based but my land is the land of resources and I have the best talent for money so I hope it would be enough to not just die of poverty because of the party>Advisors1. Madame Orochi - The Pale Alchemist.She gives extended lifespan, which will be a plus if I win. She gives scientific advancement and she gives super humans in exchange of 2/5 of the experimented army dying. Her drawback is something expected that can be supplied with enemiesWith a territory so vast what I have is space for a lot of people to sacrifice.2. Miko Kyonyu I need someone social enough to make the poblation so faithful they would be subjected to the experiments of Orochi to get stronger and medicine good enough to keep those super soldiers alive after battle. She gives both and herself as a strong fighter. Then she improves part of the poblation into monks. The only problem is she trying to make this a theocracy
>>98270664Your units lose to better units at a roughly 3:1 ratio. A better army will steamroll your occupying force and leave you with subpar trump cards, nevermind the fact that you severely lack the logistical skill to keep an army like that fed and tied into a chain of command. The horde options are almost always a trap because you can't cover their weaknesses and rely on your enemies being incompetent and you bring extremely lucky
>>98270711I have the literal utility boars to pull supplies towards the Frontline, so I have the physical capability to transport them. As the warlord with Strategic Supremacy, I can be considered as the logistics expert, which will allow me to reduce my burden of supply lines the most. Said Strategic Supremacy also pairs well with a larger army because I have more resources to outmaneuver my enemies, rather than just beating them in a pure show of force.
>>982706823. Nakai Silk-SpinnerThey literally did nothing wrong. They are literally superhuman. They literally are perfect for a forest region. They are literally perfect in their faceAre they... perfect?Making them into Orochi's subjects could create the best warriors but I would be risking too much with them. As they are the perfect allies, they dont ask much at all, just to live in my region and that already gives their eternal loyalty.Getting fully conquered with these guys is almost impossible. 4. Lady Lian. Not because of incest. She is easy to manage as long as its not discovered, which shouldnt be. And her powers to detect enemy troops lets you predict battles and detect invasors.My way of fighting is through money, I need to be alive so I must invest in defense and information is key for that. She and the Fox clan make a great pair. Also, stopping assassination attemps against me is nice given I can't fight.With this I have a way to improve low level fighters, a way to make my poblation be willing to sacrifice themselves, a tribe of super warriors and the location of enemies.
>>98270641Inhuman levels of copium
>>98269783>StyleAdministrator>SpecializationMaster Of Coin>Seat Of PowerLand Of Thunder>Beast ClanThe Fox>AdvisorsKugutsu AyatsuriZhu GuanGobbla WeylandottirTakara>Force CompositionThose Few Strong And True>UnitsBlack Mass x3Engineers x2Cogwork Colossi x3Dragonfire Rocket Batteries x2>AllyLady Inazuma>NemesisMao GuiSum Yung GaiNGL I suck at these kinds of cyoas but whatever. Idea is to invest heavily in advanced technology/magic with my nigh endless money until we are a utopia truly lightyears ahead of the competition, while using mindless undead and constructs to make up for my otherwise cowardly fighters.
>>98270764>Force compositionA horde of LocustsTwo reasons why I should be able to manage them. 1. I am the Adminstrator with Master of Coin specialization. So the best possible build to gain money to keep their needs satisfied.2. The Land of Earth is the one that has the most resources, so food is guaranteed. Maybe it would be a problem if I also picked the boars but I didn't.The Land of Earth needs big amounts of people, so this option is the best and I can pay for it. The numbers will be lower anyway due to Orochi's experiments to improve them.>ArmyFree ones1100x Death Weave Stalkers1000x Monks of the heavenly bodyPeasant Militia (X5) 50k. Roughtly 20k will die to Orochi and the rest will turn into stone-crushing superhumans. Ashigaru (X2) 13k. The same with the militia.Samurai X2. 2k. They will command the lower troops.Death Weave Stalkers x4. Total of 5.5K. They defend the territory from the land of Wind and WaterShinobi. 100Engineers X3. 240. I need walls.Sword Saints 3x. One archer one Swordsman and one spearmanNobushi Outriders X2. 5kYumi archers. 3.5KWar vessels 2X. 50 war vessels 1k sailors.NemesisKhulutunKyojoAllyMing GuiI picked the strongest and more rational possible ally. She needs help and I have the money and resources. She has a strong army I could use. In the second best case scenario I will be her vassal. In the best case scenario we get married ( I doubt Lian would reject it given incest is banned and how much the cyoa push you to have an harem, in fact 4 advisors will probably be part of the harem)Khulutun is an information based enemy and so I am. Kyojo will be my enemy anyway as her land raids people, I am the land of the raided. We could never be allies and she is crazy anyway. My plan will be probably to make her sink into the depths of the ocean in a way she can't do her summon of sharks.
>>98270732>As the warlord with Strategic Supremacy, I can be considered as the logistics expert,Wrong, since a different warlord type mentions logistics specifically. You're good at battle strategy.
>>98270889What do you mean anon? Tactical Brilliance is the one that is good at battles. And mind you Tactical Brilliance did not mention logistics in any way(though I can imagine it have a certain amount of skill in logistics). In the view that there is no explicit texts, I make a reasonable assumption that Logistics is more attached/involved to Strategy. Because strategy is the ability to sustain a vision/campaign long term whereas tactics is more involved in winning battles. Thats why Logistics are more the domain of the Supreme Strategist rather than the Brilliant Tactician.
>Asian themed cyoa>all the characters are youthful babes or handsome twinksSigh
>>98270636hmm... it works pretty well as long as he has Yonyon Akumayami as she just counters all the drawbacks of A Horde of Locusts
>>98271058If you’re over the age of forty you should probably just kill yourself honestly
>>98254548Nice
>>98271167that is what big governmant wants so they could keep all the pension money
>>98270051Exactly. Just point Wukong at a problem, and it will stop being a problem>>98270063He's Goku before Goku existed
>>98271224Empress>Goku confirmed
>>98270834>Gets conscripted as a peasant militia by the local warlord>Get herded into the concentration camp>Gets brutally experimented on, shit so painful it gives you nightmares at night>2/5ths of the entire peasant militia died. You heard that your brother succumbed due to the experiments.>But hey you become superhuman! Now the lord want you to throw yourself into the meat grinder of the next war>Instead of doing that, you rebel and become a bandit because your lord is a cruel bastard. Along with the thousands of other peasants who are now as superhuman as you are.
>>98271419would have worked if only he was a silver tongued devil instead
>>98271419The idea is to have Miko Kyonyu make them willing to go through 40% of death.The ones forcefully forced will be the ones needed for her drawback of experimenting people, the majority of them should be captured enemies and if she needs more and I dont have them, criminals from our country.Miko Kyonyu was picked mainly for that synergy. She resolves that problem.And then you get 60% of peasants that were shit fighter transformed into loyal superhumans
>>98271444NTA, but unless your planning on becoming Miko Kyonyus servant that doesn't sound like a good idea... You just gave an extremely ambitious women an army of superhumans zealously loyal to her. Is there a reason why she shouldn't just take the throne from you?
>>98271444Even in the best scenario that most are extremely fanatical cultist willing to undergo that experiment for their faith, you realize that they are loyal to Miko's cult not you right?
No isekai no play
>>98271465There is a middle point you can take advantage ofThis is something said by the author>Sounds like you ought to grab Miko from the Advisors to instill that zealotry in your population! Just take care you have a firm hand on the reigns of this faith.So the author had in mind you could make them zealots willing to die while putting a hard stop to the faifth.Like making the shinobi and fox maidens watch over them.Her drawback is that since the start, you have to navigate her cult. Could it end bad? Yes, like almost all advisors, but knowing from the start her nature and putting resources into it, which is my specialty, it should not be a big problem to use her without abusing it
>>98271470Refer to >>98271494
>>98271483I'd like to see more in cyoas this kind of option:>You have memories of a prior life in another world. Whether it's true or imagined, perhaps it'll be helpful?>Cost: -5 pointsOf note:* The cyoa wouldn't need to confirm whether an actual isekai happened, or it's just a character waking up with inspirational memories; the player can decide that themselves. IMO it's classier this way.* Independently of whether it's an actual isekai, the PC's decisions will be informed by your IRL memories which can lead to much more advanced decisionmaking (esp for franchiseslop where you know what event is going to happen when, and how you could affect some crucial events).* Because they inform the PC's decisionmaking, the memories are valuable, and therefore this should cost a bit but not too much.
>>98271494NGMI sounds like it will blow up in your face
>>98271574>This is bad>Its confirmed by the author to not be>Idc, ngmiIdk my guy, at this point you must have thought upon reading Miko "Nah, this one is dangerous, she will kill me, I can't fight her" and think everyone will die if they pick her.
>>98271494yeah... there is a middle ground, but having the majority of your army be zeaous cultists loyal to Miko isn't it. You would need a powerful enough counterbalance because at the current point like 70% of your army would be Mika cultists. Which doesn't sound like a problem that can be solved by just throwing money at it.
>>98271597The solution to that is easy. Just become a Miko cultist and found the heavenly temple cult theocracy.
>>98271605well yeah, I agree with that. That's why I specified if your not planning to become Mikas servant. If you become Mikas concubine and worship her as god queen there aren't really any drawbacks to this strategy.
>>98271596The author confirms that you need to be careful to her cult, you have very few resources to counterbalance her. The entire army is being given into her cult, you have money at most that she can just inherit if she outs you anyway.
>>98271597The powerful counterbalance are the other 3 advisors, the power of coins, Ming Gui's alliance and mercenaries hired.Money is in itself a religion. People tend to worship whoever they think its giving them prosperity. If even enemies can aknowledge you are so good with economy the normal people will start to worship the shogun that changed the economy.Also their rank is the lowest, they are the foot soldiers. Their job is to be on the walls defending a big territory, they are spreaded.My point with middle ground is also that there is a point between "okay, I am loyal enough to go through this experiment in exchange of super abilities, the experiment is more likely to leave me alone than not. I was probably going to die if I didn't do this" and "I will eat my own arm if Miko says it jokingly, in fact I will become a monk"A lot of people in the two WW would go through something like this without necesarily being total zealots of something else. Spies would be on her checking on this. If she tries to spend too much time on a happy militia already willing to die for the country they get sent away into another part of the land, for example.Its a "make them happy, but not too happy" kind of deal
>>98271667>make them zealous fanatics eager to die for the cause, without making them too zealously fanatically eager to die for the causeI'm not sure how workable this will be in the long-run.
>>98271665Maybe I explained myself badly. Its not "Miko, make them into total zealots, idc".There is a middle ground where they willingly would go to 40% chance experiment without betraying their shogun. Thats the seeked point.I think even with this misunderstading you overestimate her. She doesnt have the entire army even in this misunderstanding, she would roughtly have 60-70% of it. The rest being better trained fighters.Then we include the advisors, mercenaries and the Fox clan.>you have money at most that she can just inherit if she outs you anyway.Money, by itself, its nothing. Economy needs the money to move in a way that benefits you. At most if we assume the perfect conditions for her to inherit (no civil war), she would be like the rich stupid kid that starts losing the inheritance and now has to fight the other shoguns with a weakened Land.In this context, even within the misunderstanding, I would not lose, but in the worst case scenario of Lian killing me becuase I said "sorry cousin, I will die a virgin" and she takes over, she would lose and die. Its stupidIts something manageable. I control and know when she enters the Land, when she starts her activies. I can put spies on her, take advanatge of her without making her gain too much power. Just because the majority of people in the WW were christians it doesnt mean if the Pope ordered something they would all betray their countries, because there is a middle ground.
>>98271696Taking an enhancent drug (example) with 40% of killing but 60% of making you captain America is something a lot of soldiers would take anyway.The rest would need to be a little more trusting and happier with their country. Miko does that.You dont need total zealots to be subjected to that. Its not a 99.99%.Its a context of War and Conquest where you are the lowest mob that will probably die anyway. Maybe you need a little convincing but not to the point of becoming a total zealot
>>98269797>Nakai's brother betrayed them and started culling his people>He did this to do the forbidden and lay with his own bloodSo... he killed his clan to have a chance to rape his sister?He should have just be a cool onii chan. He should learn from us and Lian
>>98271703That 70% of the army is going to be superhumans, doesn't matter that the other are more trained. But you also picked a horde of Locusts as your army they are not going to go into a suicidal fight against superhumans no matter how much you pay them, especially when they can you the oposition and just loot the payment by their own without risking it. It might work if they only made up 10% of your army, but having the majority of your army made up of zealots loyal to another and the rest being opportunistic bandits isn't the best idea. She doesn't even need to coup you fully, since she is a major part of your administration she can simply sideline you. She already has control of 70% of the military it won't take long for her to take control of the rest. Then its just convincing everyone else that she should also be responsbile for other political decisions and since she has a ton of leverage and charisma she can probably quite easily convince others to accept that. She can slowly whittle away at your power until your only a puppet king and any direct actions done against her can probably spinned to paint you as a Tyrant. Really its a simple idea, don't give a very intelligent, charismatic and ambitious women too much power and especially in a warlord period military power is pretty much equal to legitimacy so of course giving the majority of your power to another is not a good idea.
>>98269783>Style: Warlord>Specialization: Strength of Steel>Seat of Power: Land of Water>Beast Clan: The Tiger>Advisors:Madame OrochiCarmilla BarthoryZhu GuanYoku>Force Composition: Those Few Strong & True>Units:Black Mass [Free]AshigaruSamuraiNobushi OutridersYumi ArchersHeavy CavalryEngineersSlayer Saint (Spear)Grand Cannons>Nemesis: Jin HuangjinThe Army is made up of a core of elites surrounded by masses of undead, so no need to waste picks on cannon fodder. Literally everything is geared towards killing, so no shortage of bodies, and Advisors shouldn’t care what I do, actually pretty easy. The only real snag is if Zhu Guan goes off the deep end. The plan is to turn the entire continent into an undead wasteland, using the tried and true strategy of raising fallen enemy soldiers once a battle is over. There will be plenty of corpses to use even without that, such as casualties from barbarian raids and Orochi’s ability. Obviously will be slaughtering civilians en masse as well. Chose Land of Fire as my rival as they have a lot of unskilled troops, which my strategy is a perfect counter to, and I don’t really even have an economy for them to manipulate.
>>98271914I already explained to you you were misunderstanding what I said, and then I played the scenario that you misunderstood to show even then she wouldn't try a coup.What I learnt from this is never make a build that has a "okay, this can get ugly if I do nothing but its manageable if I do this right from the start like its meant to be"Next time I will pick the goat and become a muslim or something. Because explaining anything here is worse than getting experimented on by Orochimaru
>>98271916The only thing stopping me from using Zhu Guan is the whole thing about killing the assassin of his wife before stabalizing.Stabalizing how for how long?
>>98261681stop giving the troll attention, he doesn't have a better sense for how good builds are than you do
>>98271939>Pick the goatSybil Sagitarri is unironically peak. Loyal fighter wife. She will add strong genes into the bloodline
>>98269446>>98269510>>98269559>Feels a tad too comedic in tone (to the background of the otherwise serious world)?No worries anons, I've been watching hours upon hours of lore videos to ensure my CYOA is as true to Elden Ring as it can be and honors Lady Ranni to the highest degree.My CYOA will have as little anime styled art as possible so I can maintain a more serious tone though in some cases it's not possible since it reduces the amount of quality art I can access.
>>98272018>lore videosso its going to be filled with vaatislop...grim.
>>98272029I actually haven't touched a single vaati video yet, surprisingly other creators have some really fascinating discoveries
>>98271916*Land of Steel
>>98271939well if you reduce the amount of people you convert with orochi it might work, but it will dramatically shrink your converted population.Its mostly your plan to convert all of the peasant militias that is the unrealistic part, but if you don't commit to that and only take in vetted volunteers it might work but at that point expect that probably less then 10% of soldiers would both willing and pass your loyalty requirments. Might actually be even less considering this is A horde of Locusts,
>>98272018What will the story be? Are we simply a knight waiting to be cucked by the tarnished?
>>98272106You can chose from 6 Origins. Inhabitant of the lands (Includes tarnished) Soulborne of a Dark Age (Ashen one or Chosen Undead) Sekiro of the Shadows Good Hunter of Beasts A Common Man of Earth Beyonder of the Stars (Sci-fi Human from advanced civilization)It'll follow pic related closely with some added stuff like choosing your spells and incants, fighting style and combat specialities, missions and Ranni flavoured choices. I'm debating if I should switch from my intended you can choose entire sorcery and incant catagories to learn or individual sorcery and incantation spells and you have points to buy each tier. It would pad out the CYOA alot which is already at 7 pages.
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>>98272135post the third page, anon
>>98272142T-there's a third?
>>98272131Are you just following the same path I am, but better? Damn I'm really gonna have the worst 2nd cake.
>>98272144The cuck page. Where its revealed your Lady is seeing the vampire that turned her into one and has been having non stop sex for a while
>>98272131 How much time do you get to put into it per day?
>>98272146Sorry pal, should have chosen the correct ending. I hope you don't regret ruining the world and enjoy your burnt tree ash sandcastles while I impregnate my doll wife for 1000 years.Haha, seriously though if not for you I wouldn't have made this CYOA out of spite, I'm still interested too see what you come up with that I can steal since I'm actually not a very creative person.>>98272156Some days I can work on from the moment I wake up to 5pm when I go to work since I have no wife nor anything at all to distract me. I won't be working on it at all this week though cuz I'm on holiday and have some reading for leisure planned
>>98272131>7 pagesWe be eating good, if its you dollanon then it cant be bad can it?
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>>98272175>I have no wife nor anything at all to distract meAll authors should be truecels
>>98272189
>>98272175Thanks, we feed off each other in a way. Looking forward to what you make, and I fully expect it to be more polished than mine.Jealous for that amount of time, I'm lucky if I can get an hour per day after work and home duties. I hope you have a good holiday!
>>98272154grim... Thankfully Ranni's not that kind of woman so I won't be adding anything like that.>>98272184I was hoping not to show myself until I had a few other CYOAs prepared to announce my temporary return unfortunately fate is not so predictable.I've altered my CYOA development method greatly and realised the mistake of creating the graphics first instead of planning out all the choices since it made altering the CYOA difficult when I had new ideas, lets hope it makes a difference.
>>98272196>>98272175At least it will be fun to figure out how to unfuck the world and save ranni.
>>98272205>I've altered my CYOA development method greatly and realised the mistake of creating the graphics first instead of planning out all the choices since it made altering the CYOA difficult when I had new ideas, lets hope it makes a differenceBest decision. How long is your planning file at this point?
>>98272144It's NSFW and it's unofficial DLC made by a third party. Can't be posted here. and add nothing of value anyway. In fact it taxes you for stuff you could assume was free before.>>98272154Even if the page is filled with general sluttery options you are not forced to take any of them, you are only as much of a cuck as you want to be.>>98272205It's just shitposting, it's not a bait and switch cyoa, unlike some others.
>>98272225I've had the layout and all choices planned out for a few weeks and already started on creating the graphics and writing the few remaining descriptions, the filesize of all 7 pages comes out at a total of 7.76GB and photoshop runs like absolute glacial shit when I open one of them
>>98272237i didnt know it existed. I said it was cuck as a joke
Any CYOA involving sex with Tok?
>>98272648I hate that there is actually one. It shows this general is so sick for it to be only one
>>98272648>>98272684Wodan, Tok, we know its you two. Stop the roleplay
>>98272249>photoshop runs like absolute glacial shit when I open one of themDamn I know that feel. To help mitigate it, I make each piece in its own file, then copy/paste the result onto the main page. So instead of a billion layers/images/words on the main page, it's just the individual parts (for the most part, I forgot the mimic on the area segment and built it in the main page). Doing it fragmentedly like this really allows the main page to not choke an die. Not sure if you do something similar, but it can really help!
>>98272692>Made in GIMPgrim...
>>98272708I'm a little retarded but I have the spirit
>>98272800I am saying this for your sake anon, please just pirate a proper photoshop program next time.
You'll never see it coming>>98272966>>98272966>>98272966
>>98272959Yea, I will.Too late for this project though.
>>98272692I make everything smart objects but it doesn't really help me still PS runs at 5 fps. Maybe I just don't have enough ram. I'll have to try your method to make every element its own file
>>98273881Let me know how it works out for you!
