Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>98611805
Post Danmachi RIGHT fucking now
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Choose your fighter!
>>98618605>Text text text text text CYOAs without images are just the worst
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Choose your fighter! (again)
Another day, another dollar
>>98618642>one pagerToo small.
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>>98618605I like the premise. Gotta see it all tomorrow though.
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I never got this CYOA. The magic has no practical application, is invisible to anyone else, it doesnt allow you to express yourself through your art and actively risks your wellbeing. I guess id use it to make alternate versions of cyoas I could play but thats it.
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>>98618637CYOAs are a graphical medium. If you make a text document, you are doing it wrong.
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>>98618703Borderworlds is a better Homestuck CYOA than Ultimate Jobber.
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>>98618786Don't insult the works of the Queen.
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>>98618873Yes your posts are very obvious because of how obsessed you are with them. Look at what you just made and then tell me its not obvious at least most of the obsession isn't you.
>>98618873This is real for softie at least, if you stopped obsessing over him anons would stop calling you a nigger for projecting your middle-school tier crush on them.
>>98618873If we could crash this specific wagon /cyoag/ would be saved
>>98618873One could read a lot into the body language here. I don't think I've ever had some freak latch onto me like the rest of these figures have, though - just a couple people who occasionally say hello. I'm not quite as fun to fuck with, hopefully
>replying to the real lolcowWhy would you do this, now he's going to call you softie or matterfag or something for calling him out.
>>98618873>>98618895>>98618907Fucking kek
Whoops, that's a DLC; now I guess I have to post the rest
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>>98618920Show tits babe, if you're brown maybe softie will want to go out with you.
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>>98618920I don't see what's funny about the fact that all of your crying has garnered you a reputation worse than some of the anons you're complaining about.
I still don't know who softie is but I do know our new cow deserves a name. Welcome to the farm, Heffer.
>>98618873>>98618920Hefferanon...
>>98618605/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/It's been a slow month, but there were more small oc then I remembered. QuaintAs far as I know, the following is a complete list of oc released on 4chan during the month of august:Among the stars V1.2 [Charlemange]{15 pages}{Update}{Sci fi}(Already voted on)https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98579349/#98582514Fri 28 Aug 2026 16:17:18Wizard console cyoa [Parkingsky]{Five pages}{Update}{Sci-Fi-Fantasy}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98494697/#98498823Thu 13 Aug 2026 01:24:13The Vivid West [Sylen]{Two pages}{Western-Fantasy}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98463295/#98468941Fri 07 Aug 2026 13:50:27Dark lord cyoa [Ersatzanon]{One page}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98427790/#98438789Sat 01 Aug 2026 16:50:46Ark Ship Odyssey [Anon]{One page}{Sci-Fi}https://ark-ship-odyssey.pages.dev/https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98572688/#98575532Thu 27 Aug 2026 08:33:31Uplift [Anon]{One choice}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98463295/#98464524Thu 06 Aug 2026 15:13:59THE STAR WARS [Ersatzanon]{One choice}{RYOA}{Shitpost}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98479698/#98483264Mon 10 Aug 2026 11:44:41Locked in a room for 1 Year [Terranovacl]{One choice}{Confinement}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98504131/#98509673Sat 15 Aug 2026 01:37:07Wholesome Tentacle Monsters And Magical Girls CYOA [Ersatzanon]{Textpost}{RYOA}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98463295/#98469883Fri 07 Aug 2026 17:39:42PACT WITH SPIRITS [Anon]{Textpost effectively}{Audience participation}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98536088/#98537719https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98544048/#98547278Thu 20 Aug 2026 14:11:50ghosts of the past [Ersatzanon]{Textpost}{Meta}{Nostalgia}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98572688/#98573656Wed 26 Aug 2026 23:36:26Object waifu [Anon]{Textpost}{Audience participation}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/98579349/#98579914Fri 28 Aug 2026 01:32:33
>>98618963Quite some time ago now, anon asked about determining the cyoa of the yearSeeing that this was too much of a challenge to recall in one movement, I elected to split the task in twelveAlthough this is mainly a way to reflect on the cyoa of the month and a place to list and organise themAs always, you are encouraged to replay the above cyoa before voting on themFirst choice Poll: https://strawpoll.com/xVg7191AzyrRanking poll: https://strawpoll.com/40Zm434YMgaI am a little bit late. Sorry about thatThese polls will close in 46 hours, after which each will crown a winner to be inducted into the final count. If they share a winner, the runner up from the ranking poll will be added/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/
>5 anons named>every single cope post is softie butthurtYou gotta make it less obvious
>>98618914If only
>>98618973Only two of them are, and you're proving them right.
>>98618973Where tits?
>>98618966>Seeing that this was too much of a challenge to recall in one movement, I elected to split the task in twelveWill you be doing a cyoa of the year with all twelve winners then? That is actually pretty fun, someone should do that every month.
>>98618973And he wasnt even in front, Tok was. Kek
>>98618915Hi Ascii :)
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>>98619043Hey buddy!
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>>98619054Using this to make sure I get art done before going to bed
>>98619067>>98619069Hell yeah.
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>>98619064>no actual magic or magical choices???? what a shit cyoa????
>>98618999At the end of the year, shortly after the last poll is concluded25 cyoa’s, because each month adds 2 and I added one for a contestIt would be redundant to have the big poll every month, because it would kill enthusiasmI think I am going to do multiple polls consecutively at the end,Perhaps on a daily schedule and eliminate like 3 at a time, so we can have a most conclusive 1v1 at the end
>>98619151>customizing your master and by extension what he gave to his apprentice who is you>not counting as magic options.You may be a bit dumb.
>>98618642I choose Keeper of Secrets. I just want a quiet life with my books.
>>98619204>your spells are big or your spells are smallWow anon you're right this is definitely telling me what my magic is does or can be and is not a complete waste of time!
>>98619244It does explain what sorcery is but its so retarded I don't blame you for glossing over it.
>>98619244Hold a minute you're right. Same anon. This is AI generated nonsense underneath a title. I apologize for just applying my prejudices, as the author intended, instead of realizing that this is the same vague green rocks slop that AI always comes up with.
>>98619064MAN-AT-ARMS:>OttoTHIEF:>JoriCHEMIST:>LandryEXORCIST:>KatherineBOY:>TomosSTYLE:>Low WizardMEDIUMS:>Paper>TalismansIMPLEMENTS:>Chalice>Staff>DaggerSITE:>The Cubic CityI will spec into Divination later on and make tarot cards, use the four suits in the form of my mediums and implements. For now my group and personal qualities + low magic should allow us to accomplish enough to be well paid
When was the last time good OC came out
>>98619476it was this >>98618771
>>98618700>Philosophy:Plato-Gnosticism>Skills:Sacred Texts, Music, Literature, Traditional Arts>Talents:Recursive Works x3, Revised Work, Healed Gaps>Cliques:The Narrows (Kabbalah), The Copper Club>Faults:The False
>>98619483He said "good".
>>98619483NTA but honestly yea you're right. I don't remember anything else, did beri's pokemon cyoa come out after or before UG? That one was good for a one time build at least.
>>98618873Brutal
>>98618873>SoftieNo idea why he's here aside from that one anon obsessed with him that keeps mentioning him.>MatterjeetOk fair enough>TokOk fair enough>NPCFaceLiterally who?>WodanThat's just tok.
>>98619664>thats just tokt. the one person obsessed with Wodan
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>>98619664Matterheet is literally tok, Tok openly said that.
More E's, this time from EAP
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Tok being a foid jeet would be a crazy twist desu
>>98619840Unfortunately Tok’s identity is already known. There’s an ancient YouTube video of him doing lightsaber tricks.
>>98619972I wouldn't go so far as to call them "tricks". What he's doing is what you see: pure, authentic, and true
>>98619828When did you say this?
>>98619483yep.I got mine for the rest of the year. I'm not expecting anything else big to come out, unless Exalted Conquest shadowdrops unexpectedly or something.
>>98620106Oh yeah, I forgot about the update for A Sleeper's Dream. I'm looking forward to that.
>>98620136I loved that one, when did it update?
>>98619834Why does Eternal anon like Rosamia so much?
>>98620164The update didn't come out yet. The author said he's aiming to release it by the 10th of this month.
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>>98620237>>98620121>fish 4 is a Remora they suction onto sharks and live around 5 years with a span of 2-8 years>fish 8 is a Catfish, probably Channel Catfish they live for about 14 years but in safer waters they can live up to 40 years.>fish 9 is the deadly Lionfish. They are incredibly hardy and live around 15 years, in safer waters they can push 30ish years.
>>98619828>Matterheet is literally tokmetterjeet is tokIm tokIm gilgil is softiIts just gonna keep expanding until we reach a singularity and everything is tok.
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>>98620488Catterjeet is matterjeet
>>98620443Max Personality or Sagacity for a spirit user ?Charisma sounds like the best choice for such magic and useful in general but a sharp mind would be nice to have.
>>98620443How does it feel to have become what you hate?
>>98618873Only softie and wodan say this though. Also I'm pretty sure softie is actually right
We need dogposter to save us from Jilnu neet posting the same shit everyday. I really don't like hope anons chatter either but it is not yet at the level of GGHanon
>>98618632I already made a build for this, you don't have to keep posting it anymore.
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Tell me why Magic the Awakening flopped biggly
No.
>pleas please PLEASE talk about my lolcow
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>there really is one guy obsessed with meYou've said this like 20 times now.
>>98620868Tiny "multiverse" setting despite being a planeswalker + card game mechanicsSimple as.
>>98619489https://imgchest.com/p/9p4n8wvvm4nI had a dream that OR v3 came out with new characters and gifts with upgrades named TR. It took me a solid minute to accept that it wasn't real.
>>98620940>I had a dream that OR v3 came out with new characters and gifts with upgradesOne day, my friend>...named TRTentacule Realm is future OR? I guess I know what Charlie's fetishes are now.
QOTD to aspiring authors:What is your opinion on character customization, especially when there are points involved in said customization? What I’m referring to specifically with this are attributes like gender, height, ugliness or beauty and so on. Are these things worthwhile and qualitative to include, or does it all amount to bloat that doesn’t provide any more actual depth to the CYOA and associated builds?
>>98620974>genderVery important, because it's usually difficult to imagine/visualize a person clearly without specifying gender. You don't even need to add anything else like a description.>heightAlmost always irrelevant, for regular people. For monsters (goblin vs godzilla) it's important of course.>ugliness or beautyExceptional ugliness as a drawback can be fun. I dislike exceptional beauty as a separate category because it makes te default relatively uglier. I'd like to imagine the default people can be beautiful as well.also,>ageIs also good to include as a broad category; it's similar to gender, ambiguity between "I was speaking to a 10 year old person" and "I was speaking to a 80 year old person" is eerie.
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>>98621038same man will wake up for dragonfall and ultimate god by the way
>>98621044I didn't like either of those cyoas
>>98621059masaka...
>>98621018yes tok, it is critical you spend the majority of your points on making sure everybody knows you're the prettiest prettiest princess in the world
I like all of those cyoas, OR too.
>>98621082That's the exact opposite of what I said?>I dislike exceptional beauty as a separate category
>>98621090based cyoa enjoyer
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>>98620974I like them. It makes the cyoa intro feel more like a rpg character builder (even if that character is the player getting isekai'd). I never get tired of character creation in games.
>>98620974I can't think of any examples where it really improved the cyoa. Specific significant traits like being extra tiny or beautiful can work as drawbacks / perks though.
>>98621164tr is the best cyoa ever and has things like dental hygiene choices
>OR10/10It's not that it's faultless but if I had to name the one greatest CYOA it would be OR.>Dragonfall7/10Many problems but decently fun.>Ultimate God4/10I couldn't bring myself to really play it. If I was bored with nothing else to do at all, I might.
>>98621193nice ragebait. Here is your (You)
>Ultimate God10/10It makes you feel things on a deep spiritual level. Aromage was the instrument that invisible beings from another dimension subtlety influenced, just like Tolkien, Gene Roddenberry, and many others.>Dragonfall9/10Simple and straightforward. Be a dragon and have fun ;)>OR8/10A bit too weebish for my tastes, but it's still an enjoyable experience.
>>98621326>simpOpinion discarded.
>>98621326>Be a dragon and have funbut not being dragon is the optimal strategy?
>>98621326Based controversial opinion haver.
>>98620974I think those options are only important if it affects the player's story in some way or if it helps the reader envision themselves better in the setting. For me i would usually just self insert as a hotter version of me, i would sometimes insert as a woman if i think it would be more fun.For the ugliness and beauty, i think giving your reader the option to be pretty and fit helps fulfill that fantasy feel. Who would not wish to be pretty?NSFW cyoas would take it to another level by specifying how big your physical assets are like breasts, skin tone, hair color, and many others.
>>98621169>I can't think of any examples where it really improved the cyoa.What, even gender? It's a concise way to describe a certain basic part of a build.
>>98621409it's not mechanically relevant however, unless you do what most cyoa makers don't and give gender specific benefits and drawbacks, like making women characters smarter at the cost of physical prowess or whatever
>>98621326>It makes you feel things on a deep spiritual level. Aromage was the instrument that invisible beings from another dimension subtlety influenced, just like Tolkien, Gene Roddenberry, and many others.More glazing than a candied apple
>>98621409I was thinking more like having several different sections for customizing, although I don't see how a pokemonesque "Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?" choice really benefits a cyoa either. Usually it's enough to just state that player can build whatever body is within normal bounds (with possibly a species / race choice), although I suppose there are cases where more customization could be justified.>>98621422>like making women characters smarterlmao
>>98621399>specifying how big your physical assets are like breastsnta are you happy with the 3 sizes format? Or are you a simpleton who only udnerstands small medium and large?
>>98621473women generally speaking are intellectually superior however, that is why when academia become more accessible college admission, grades and PHD rates skyrocketed for women while men have only declined with timemen may be more dominant on both ends of the bell curve, but on average the female brain is above the average man
>>98621536I don't know about that... most men are smart enough to not kill their kids the moment they feel a little sad
>>98621503I am fine with 3 sizes format like small, medium, large. I tend to go for medium. C cups are my favorite.I think what people go for with the nsfw cyoas is they would go for many options in a cyoa just so they have more pictures to get horny off to.
>>98621556>I am fine with 3 sizes format like small, medium, large.I meant the japanese 3 sizes format - breasts/waist/hips measured in cm
Has there been a CYOA that let you define the balding pattern of the character?
>>98621536Women hijacking academia organizations isn't really any proof of intelligence. They can get better admission rates, grades etc. by lowering standards for each other.
What ignited the trolls? My return?
>>98621575wowan? ;_;
>>98621575Softie...
>>98621563Yes i am a simpleton. I can only understand small, medium, large.Like Tiny hips, average hips, hourglass hips, gigantic hips.Forgive me anon, for i am a simpleton and am not as cultured as you are
>>98621473>I was thinkingYou...think? ROFLAMO
>>98621574there's indeed a massive conspiracy to disenfranchise and fail male students so that only "the females" get proper education, good on you for seeing past the façade!
>>98621193>Many problems but decently fun.While I feel less extremely about them I would probably order them in the same way.
>>98621575>the raped male returns to be raped again
Choose your elf wife.
>>98621760>HIGH ELF>good upright posture>well-connected>trained in the ancient elven martial art of stabbing enemies with metal ear spikes>rich people's clothing, so presumably rich>has high elven yellow diamonds floating around her head, they're probably valuable somehow>WOOD ELF>slouched posture>as a "random tavern wench", has probably slept around a fair bit>poor people's clothing, so presumably poor>has weird red insects floating around her head, unhygienic
>>98621739Nah. I have raped the minds of the ugly apes before, and I will do so again. Until they get the memo and get out the way.
>>98621796>>slouched postureShe's clearly just presenting her tits
>>98621760Whoever can fly by flapping her ears really fast.
>>98620974being attractive is a strength and bonus to charisma builds, it isn't to be compared with something unimportant such as height
>>98621812>nah, I'd GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUG
>>98621827Isn't that kind of worse?It's proof of her slutines.
>>98621827SAGGY
>>98621875>ugly jewessOpposition to love has some genetic markers.
>>98621542That's clearly a hyperbole. A smart being would be able to see that- but a hysterical emotional being...
>>98621760I prefer my elfs to be nature lovers who wear almost nothing so as to be closer to the natural world. sometimes they wear breast curtains and pelvic curtains without underwear
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you know what this thread needs? more jujutsu kaisen.
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>>98622093probably my favourite jjk cyoa only because it has original CTs instead of just copying from the show or telling you to make it yourself
>>98622098My favorite jjk cyoa is entropist
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>>98622088Why do people make cyoas that look like this?
Cyoa with this feel?
>>98622146iirc this one was a reddit cyoa that had a million tiny pages and someone stitched it together for this board. Bad visual design isn't uncommon for new authors, it's difficult to do well.
>>98622182>it's difficult to do well.Literally, and I mean this literally. It's not difficult at all. All you have to do is look at a single other cyoa and you will realise what the layout should be like. Being new is not an excuse
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>>98620974Unless that aspect of your appearance is really relevant to the intent of the CYOA (let's say it's a waifu picker where the waifus have particular tastes you have to meet), it's better just to handwave it and either say nothing or tell the player they can look how they want. I detest those interactives that start off with a million different eye and hair color choices. I support anons who choose to detail those things in their build, but it doesn't need to be a part of the CYOA proper
>>98621760Wood Elf. She's more pretty and sexy. >>98621875>SAGGY
>>98618642Juggernaut as always.
>>98618642Architect, i will try and find the warrior and a few of the others. The slayer needs to die so i can sleep at night.
>>98620974There have definitely been a number of CYOA with way too many customization options. >GenderGender and sex are important, and are part of worldbuilding as well. Did you know that Jabba the Hutt was originally a hermaphrodite? Ugly futa slug rape has been a thing in Star Wars canon from 1983 - 2014. Sea horse males carry the fertilized eggs, hyena females have a pseudophalli they use to dominate males and other females, and numerous species can alter their sex naturally. The more you know. Since sex and gender are such substantial topics nowadays, we have an obligation to approach the topic from our vantage points. >HeightPart of the race option typically, and only exceptional differences should be noted. Very easy for a player to quantify on their own, within the racial confines even without options. >ugliness and beautyIf ugliness gives points, it implies that ugly people are more competent. This is cope- ugly people are that way because of genetic defects, curses or misfortunes and illnesses. If they seek to compensate those with effort, they may do so, but beauty is tricky thing to balance in a game. If you make it cost points, you harm people with good genetics.So if you want to balance beauty, you make it attract problems as well as the benefits, and you make ugliness repulse problems sometimes. Of course, the point systems aren't all the same; perhaps ugliness gives curse points and beauty gives blessing points in your world, and different builds might want different things.
>>98622346i'll go janitor and steal his identity then, so you'll never be able to sleep given that "he's" still alive
>>98618642Shapeshifter. Power copying, information gathering, and I don't necessarily get the drawbacks of other powers. Suicide Man is easy enough to find if they're starring in horror movies.
>>98622384you're literally making ugly bastard fetish bait, idk what right you think you have to say anything about how outward ugliness reflects inward misfortune
>>98622384>If ugliness gives points, it implies that ugly people are more competent. This is cope"Why does choosing to know one spell cause me not to know another spell? This is cope, a person who knows one spell is actually MORE likely to know another spell!"Anon, are you new to cyoas? If you spend points on one thing you have less points for other things even if there's no logical reason why a lack of one thing should come with the absence of the other thing.
>>98622428>you're literally making ugly bastard fetish baitWhere? I must have missed this. Are you AI?>idk what right you think you have to say anything about how outward ugliness reflects inward misfortuneAll the right, because it's the truth.If you were to build a Hutt character, should you gain or lose points for ugliness?
>>98622388There are just too many insta-killers on this list for a defenseless architect it seems.
>>98622456>why a lack of one thing should come with the absence of the other thing.why picking one thing should come with the absence of the other thing.*
>>98622384This post smells like tok because it's so coombrained that it misses the point of how cyoas are supposed to function.>If ugliness gives points, it implies that ugly people are more competent.This only makes sense if the points are supposed to be a representation of power distribution in the setting, rather than a series of tradeoffs that a player is making. If something like attractiveness or a mana pool is totally random within a setting it's actually perfectly fine to charge a player some points to get the better end of the spectrum.
>>98622462funny. you must think you're real fucking clever, don't you
>>98622456>Why does choosing to know one spell cause me not to know another spell? Because playing one Moba means you don't have as much time to train another? Spells require talent, which requires nurturing. >>98622471There are cases where things should be tradeoffs, and there are cases where there should be a compounding effect. In fact, many CYOA already do have options for that, typically something like 'fast learner' or 'prodigy'.
>>98622462>Are you AI?Nobody is dumb enough to waste tokens like this
>>98622484>You just stood your ground against my baseless offenses>You think you must be cleverHow did Tok survive all these years with you guys here. I gotta pray for my bro.
>>98620974I like character customization as long as it costs points or actually matters to the rest of CYOA. If they do not cost points or have a mechanical impact and the options are purely cosmetic, then the options are unnecessary bloat. Because you could have just summarized all the character customization to "you can freely choose your appearance and gender". Anons can just post an image to describe their appearance instead of spelling it out with a ton of pointless cosmetic optionsIf you take a look at Dragonfall's dragon appearance customization, everything you choose matters there. Same with the character customization in all of my CYOAs that feature it: World of Whorecraft, Super Slut, and Battle Sluts. Hentai Heroine will also feature appearance customization that matters.
>>98622384>If ugliness gives points, it implies that ugly people are more competent.Dragonfall gives points for being horny, lazy or offensively smelly, do those make you stronger dragon?
>>98622485No I absolutely guarantee you that the average person who plays popular MOBA #1 is more likely to have played popular MOBA #2 than the average person who hasn't played popular MOBA #1.
>>98622534I'm not Tok, and I disagree with that line of character creation. It forces all the strongest ones to be all that. Horny makes sense, it's a +/- situation, but offensively smelly? That should just be given to tryhards who seek to break the game, not even an option for normal players.
>>98622540You're not picking every detail of a character, but their core concepts.
>>98622555that's why points and the ability to get more drawbacks are both objectively abysmal design; we should just return to 3 choices per section and do away with all this nonsense
>>98622568I think Infection did drawbacks well, even if there were some options too horrible to take.
>>98622568Point buy is too good to give up on entirely. There's other ways to limit the issues with drawbacks,
>>98622384>If ugliness gives points, it implies that ugly people are more competentHuge L take. Options that are bad and have little to no pros to them should award points. Being ugly is not something people want to be, but attach some bonus points to it, and people might consider it to increase their point budget so they can buy perks that they actually want. A CYOA should never give players everything they want, they best CYOAs should have a tight point budget and make players contemplate what they truly want and make compromises on taking drawbacks. If you get everything you want you could just daydream and have unlimited power. The point with CYOAs are that they are GMed daydream fuel and people play them because they want limitations and a setting that someone else made. Self-daydreaming is like masturbating with your own hand, feels better when someone else does it.Also, why would Ugly People be more competent? Like, do you think everyone in that world is isekai'd there and gets to play the exact same CYOA you did? Really dumb assumption unless it is stated in the CYOA.
>>98622606the actual answer is adding an obligatory line saying "you get one drawback, and only one and picking more gives you nothing in return" and that's it; basically every cyoa that lets you pick more drawbacks in exchange for bonuses are crippled by it, look at the builds for CC for instance, where it became essentially obligatory to pick every single one in exchange for grand inheritances
>>98622661CC's drawbacks are challenges to overcome though. They add to your adventure, rather than a lot of drawbacks which are, lose an arm, or you will have abysmal luck as far as your finances.
>>98622568>that's why points and the ability to get more drawbacks are both objectively abysmal designNo, because points let you buy whenever you want in whatever section you want. This makes builds more customizable because you can go all in on 1 section and ignore other sections. So this will make builds more different since there is more customizability, and more customizability makes the CYOA more replayable. If you can choose a limited number of options from each section, then builds tend to get way more samey because players will find which options are the strongest in each section and gravitate to those options. You might think that this is true if you have points too, that players will find the strongest options and build around those, but that is not true unless the CYOA is horribly unbalanced. Since more combinations of options are available, you can find more synergies and cool interactions between your options, and thus weird combos can make weaker powers really powerful and valid to build around. It is also harder to balance CYOAs with a set number of choices in each section because each option in that section needs to be on the exact same power level as each other option. But if you have a point value attached to each option, it is easier to balance since you can just balance them with points. But getting the right point value right might be difficult, but it's way more difficult to make 20 options that are on the EXACT same power level as each other option in that section.
>>98622088reposting my old build>HOW: cursed victimthis choice literally does not matter>PERKS:>high cursed energy>high energy outputsuper important for any sorcerer, I could always train my control but I can't increase my CE amount or output>cursed biologydon't really care for the toxic fluids, but the physical boost is insane especially couped with my output. I wonder if it also makes me immortal like the other cursed womb death paintings>combat prowesseven shikigami users need to know how to throw hands in this world, if you try to go full wizard you are going to get punched to death>reverse cursed technique 1one of the hardest techniques to get in the setting and also one of the most useful ones right below domains. RCT 2 would have been cool but not enough perks to get everything I wanted>CURSED TECHNIQUE: poltergeistnow here is the fun part, this might not be the flashiest CT but being able to bypass matter, most defenses/barriers and even disrupt others cursed energy flow means it will be hard to counter my CT. Reminds me something like sukuna's slashes except less offensive power but more flexible since there is a lot you can do with extra hands.as for its use in fights is obvious, I have combat prowess so I know how to throw hands and now I have many more hands to throw around.
>>98622705imagine trying to explain to your DM, or if you're writing a book expositing about your character, that your OC mr ShadowSword is:hideous deformedhas bloodthirst madnessis being chased by both an eternal nemesis and a cataclysmic dragonhis blood and bones are both aphrodisiacs and more valuable than goldthat he's incredibly ugly (unrelated to the first drawback)incredibly arroganthas a shenobi clan chasing after himis possessed by a demonis forever aloneis prophesised to destroy the worldis indebted to the goblin cartelsand that he's a shotaall in an organic and believable manner that won't shatter the reader's suspension of disbelief
>>98622742By spacing out the focus on them so it isn't all happening at the same time. Also as far as CC your body is implied to be artificial and made from corpses and things found in other worlds, and you have in your possession stolen treasures. That gets you most of those as a byproduct of the creation of your body and the things you have in your possession.
>>98622555>I'm not Tok, and I disagree with that line of character creation. It forces all the strongest ones to be all that.So how many Dragonfall builds took all of the drawbacks in the drawback section? Not a single build did that. Because living with all of those drawbacks would be hell. It's fun to take drawbacks and plan your build to circumvent them as best as you can. Just like it is fun with challenges and adversity. But most players don't take more drawbacks than they think they can handle, and I think it is fun thinking about things like that. How much you are willing to sacrifice for power.
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>>98622980>Immortality tied to being a clankerShit design
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>>98622088>>98622719going a bit further, could poltergeist beat mahoraga? because if I disrupt his flow then it would also disrupt his ability to adapt, so I'm guessing at worst it would slow his CT down until he adapts to it and at best it would mean he can't adapt through the disruption.
Bit More Effort Isekai...was it all a lie?
>>98622980Aro are you planning on updating this one too? Or is it safe to make a build?
>>98618873>>98618895>98618907>>98618926>>98618953>>98618956Based off your valuable feedback, I've decided to edit this meme for accuracy. I admit I was wrong.
>>98623272This is definitely more accurate.
can anybody post the discord link, i got banned and am trying to join on an alt
So I guess we need a name for the guy obsessed with softie now?
>>98623305You are missed Catto>>98623307Toughfie?
All I think about is Gil
I know, Tok
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All I think about is Tok
>>98623450How do you make those frames around the images?
>>98623321>Toughfie?Good enough
>>98623287I didn't make this.
>>98623544You will.
>>98623472you just look for frame png on google pictures, import one of them into gimp(or whatever image editing software you use), edit its size, make sure its a layer above your image and then move the image inside the frame.
>>98623561Don't make me...
>>98623307Tok
D-Danmachi…
>>98623702Rat...
>>98623702here, now post your build
How can I make my OC a roaring success?
>>98623763Follow Tok's advice
Re:zero cyoa?
>>98623287Thats all I wanted
>>98623779there is only an interactive one and there are probably a few jumpchains if you look for them, good luckhttps://gaston2.neocities.org/Re:ZeroS3/
>>98623763Pander to the lowest deminator: anime art, harem, free immortality, anime powers, no real challenges that threaten the reader
>>98623800>interactiveworse than not having any
>>98623807>that threaten the reader>Open fresh OC>A blade comes through the screen and shanks mewtf
>>98623272>>98623287Just proving the anons calling you obsessed right.
>>98623867Considering that all the responses to bait revolved around one person, not really.
>anon ignores all other responses to focus on softie stillOnly proving them even more right.
HELPI AM AT MY PARENTS HOUSE AND I HAVE NOTHING TO DOCYOAS FOR THIS FEEL???
How do I get someone to obsess over me like this? What gives an anon this kind of aura? If I knew how I could weaponize it to get femanons...
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Softie is the goat. Stop being a hater.
This thread should kneel before our Dark Sovereign...
Softie IS a goat. He crave that salt.
>>98624038Obsessedanon...
You know if you wanted to talk to him so bad you could just DM him on discord, he's playing FFXIV right now.
>>98622088I know nothing about the setting outside of what I've gleamed from a few kino amv's.Enrolment: Adopted>Free Skill (Personal Shikigami)Perks:>Personal Shikigami (Skill)>Battle Shikigami (Skill)>Barrier Coding (Skill)>Sealing Methods (Skill)>Sealing Barriers (Skill)Innate Technique:>Jester of Four Courts (Though The Nurse and Corinthian Aureola are temping picks)
this is what happens when we don't have OC and tok is not samefagging or wodan not shitposting, the thread needs a scapegoat
>>98623967ORhttps://imgchest.com/p/9p4n8wvvm4n
>>98624099>wodan is wormanonChecks out.
wormanonwomonwodanoh no....
Wodan is a woman?
>>98624229Wodan is zynthia
wodana
>>98620974It varies by concept but the excessive options in many coomer CYOAs are usually detrimental (like having six boob size options). I do greatly appreciate a body redesign but keep it simple and only involve points for things that actually quantitatively matter (beauty and ugliness definitely qualify but I am thinking things like size significant enough to matter in combat or musculature). Realistically gender should matter for physical stats too but boss babe glazing it is fine imo.
Discorders were a mistake
>>98622742Thinking of a CC build like a character in a campaign is a huge mistake to begin with. Go back to the multiplayer thread with that nonsense. People did go overboard as there should have been a cap and the value proposition of more power in a Cultivation setting is different than others (people went crazy on that Martial Path Cultivation CYOA for the same reason) but the choice made sense.
>>98624402Pic related
>>98622742Bro you're not answering to a DM thoYou're playing your own imagination gameIs this "DM" you speak of in the room with us right now?
https://altcyoaisekaitheend.neocities.org/
>>98622742Every DM I have met is a dick and would be unable to handle a high power setting as they like sadistically screwing over their players.
What a shitshow these threads have been lately. It's a sad state of affairs
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>>98624771Luckily I'm here to construct a wall of CYOAs nobody ever plays or cares about. Brick by brick - that's my motto. They will crush the shitposters under their weight
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>>98624739Yea this one namefag always posts pages and pages of shitty CYOAs that no one cares about
>>98622742Most people had around ~5, and CC is pretty generous with its blessings.
>>986250565 was exactly how many you needed to fulfill the mandatory drawback and get the two extra GIs.
>>98625058Yes, so most people didn't have like a dozen. And you don't need 5 in any case, having more than 1 Grand Inheritance is diminishing rewards.
>>98625069>having more than 1 Grand Inheritance is diminishing rewards.I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. The synergies between GIs more than make up for any supposed diminishing returns. Anyone who didn't take at least one extra GI was gimping themselves for no reason.
>>98625056>Most people had around ~5A quick glance at archives and I saw plenty of builds with dozen or more
>>98625111Checked but we are talking about averages. If I had to guesstimate I would say the average number of drawbacks was about 8. Most people took the min 5 to get the two extra GIs plus one or two extra blessings with a few drawback heavy builds pulling the average up a little past that.
>>98625129My rough estimate is that there's fairly even split of either 5 or 12+ in the recent ones. Drawback heavy builds seemed somewhat more common, but those included unholy amount of clearly samefagged builds.
>>98625159Yea that sounds about right.
>>98625069>having more than 1 Grand Inheritance is diminishing rewards.Incredibly retarded post>>98625159Anything past like six or seven drawbacks is pretty much a ngmi build.
>>98622742Yeah, this is why I was impressed by Tankista's Death godscript choices in OR, I've been thinking about doing that with my own oc. instead of physical defects for points you have to chose the fate of your character, what they encounter, who they met and more which might just include 'you are horrifically scarred in battle becoming ugly'
I have companion autism, so I took around 15 drawbacks.
>>98625229It depends on the companions. The more you flesh them out with long winded backstories, the less I am interested in them.
>>98625255No, was referring to the previous discussion, in CC.
>>98625257>more Cataclysmic Cuntivation discussionOverrated CYOA. Just like OR.Not bad CYOAs, but I'm tired of hearing about them.
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>>98625087>The synergies between GIs more than make up for any supposed diminishing returns.Like what?
>>98625307Rake? I don't want to wound Rake.He needs to be healthy, in case there's a chance he'll make a CYOA that I love one day.
>>98625331>he deleted his postHe got scared of me. Many such cases!
>>98623800Why did you link S3 instead of the superior S2?
>>98618605Would a game about a CYOA work? I feel some of these have a lot of potential
>>98622384willingly choosing to be ugly is a sacrificewillingly choosing to be pretty is a privilegeit makes perfect sense that it would cost points to look good and give points to look ugly considering most cyoas assume some kind of cosmic entity is responsible for your existence in the world that the cyoa takes place in. it's not a random % like in real life but the will of a great entity that you become good looking
>>98620868anything that involves planeswalking is in general trash because it removes any stakes and makes all conflicts ultimately small and insignificant
>>98623763never make one option the strongest it kills discussion
>>98624739It's important to not feed the trolls. Phone suggested the homeless'
>>98623763Make it involve a trigger. Something that this thread will seethe over. Additional make it good and have just about everybody make a build.
>>98625513Puckee cyoa would break the board.
>>98624402wdym, i was certain this was the multiplayer thread given how competitive everybody is and the proliferation of calling builds "jobbers" if they're not maximalist min maxxers
>>98618605What are some good vampire CYOAs?
>>98625598I wouldn't say "good" per se...but here's a really long one that's lesser known. It's 30+ pages, but unfortunately it's only on imgur, not imagechest.Link: https://imgur.com/gallery/vampire-master-new-blood-4tkD03M
>>98625598This one is pretty cool: https://imgchest.com/p/qe4gxqboyj2I'd post it in full, but we're about to hit the image limit.
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>>98625639Oh shit I remember this CYOA. Pretty cool references.
>>98625642I forgot the mystery box.
>>98625737>>98625737>>98625737>>98625737New threadNo puckee, sorry.
Who is puckee? A shitposter? Infamous for what? I've seen him mentioned across many tg threads but without sufficient elaboration to tell.
>>98625581Nta but that makes no sense. Over there they make characters and stories, there is no win state. In fact they actively shit on any build that tries to be strong calling it a pointwhore powergamer.
>>98625771A guy who comissions characters for art and then likes to post the art on 4chan I guess? Thats the best ive been able to gleam. Gets people really mad though.
>>98620940How do Az and Yee interact in a death slot? Does Yee prevent Az's memory loss or does Yee not kick in until a second death?
>>98625771>>98625909Puckee is a redditor spammer who pays for commissions and spams them everywhere from imgur to facebook to 4chan, /tg/ isn't even the only board puckee spams his commissions on, /ic/ and /k/ are some other boards puckee has spammed:https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7967903https://desuarchive.org/k/thread/65281239/#65281239On top of making shit one or two liner threads just to spam his commissions on boards, puckee also shit up the draw thread and character art threads, he tried passing his commissions as fills on the draw thread until people caught him doing it.https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/92628290/#92687500To top it all off, there's a mod protecting puckee as his full reddit username on /tg/ is censored (try tying puckee-21 witbout the dash) and you can get banned for calling out puckee's spam.
>>98626542So what I said, guy who likes to post his commissioned art.
>>98625422Pretty sure there are people doing CYOA homebrew campaigns on roll20 and craftrpgs.
Quick request for oldheads: I remember there was a really old WIP page for JRPG Traitor, in which Ningen (the mad fucker on the dragon) was a lot more aaggressive and IIRC was straight up an enemy to you. Does anyone have that saved, by any chance?
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