/cyoag/ - CYOA Thread

You don't sound particularly motivated and ambitious either.

Come to the Lewd side, user

I'm stubborn in a stupid way, so I have that at least.

I'm not a Rogue so no thanks.

The well of will is endless. As long as you have the will to carry on it will give you the strength to overcome anything. The fight itself can always bring you to new levels of power.

No other well can match that. You can only be so happy or so cute, and fighting (win or lose) doesn't make you any more so. Will just keeps getting stronger.

>As long as you have the will to carry on

When I'm unmedicated I just want to lie down in a dark room and wait to die.

>So after a few hours of finagling with GIMP, I've finally gotten it to work properly and I've progressed with the CYOA. I'm planning on handling Aurigan races and anything else that don't make it into the race select by having an entry at the bottom for "Minor Species", with the ability for you to write out your own character for any established species in the Endless Universe that didn't make it in, but with the stipulation that you have to give them traits based off of their actual features in Endless Space/Legend and that you must write up a story about how your character made it to the big leagues. Beyond that, I'm intending for it to have quite a bit of personal customization as well as a bit of ship customization, with tasks in the end having you interact with the governments and shifting powers at large in the galaxy.

This is of course why I had to make a TTGL themed build because that's what the show is all about.

Don't finagle your gimp.

>When you're in polite company and talking about image editing

>So I was using the GNU Image Manipulation Program...

I was just ranking them based on how much I liked them or how interesting they were.

I'm reading Picking-a-Goddess CYOA and boy the author should hire an editor. There's so many misuses of comma it's not even funny.

>Noble Gentleman
>Handsome Motherfucker, Pretty Cool Guy, Ahegeo-Inducing Dick, Kinda Like a Waifu, and Face-Masking Powers
>Your Tears Feed Me

>Will just sucks because it's raw physical.

>what is Frost
>what is Motion
>what is Blood

Defense and mind control mainly.

>Cuck God hires a cuck hater to make other men cucks

Gonna have to go with the refusal there.

But not raw physical, which was what I was pointing out.

About purifying Rogues...

>How far does a Rogue have to go before there's no way to bring her back?

>Does being purified make it harder for you to go Rogue again, or does it just bring you back to your senses?

>Does going Rogue warp your powers so they're more "evil," or are you just using them for harmful purposes?

>If you fail to purify a Rogue, is there feedback and could that feedback corrupt YOU? In other words, are you risking your soul with that hug?

Other questions.

>How is recruitment usually handled?

>Is there a way to artificially induce higher compatibility with a Well - or at least, one that works? Seeing as Life S can temporarily magical-girl-ify people and all.

>I'm not quite sure why the government keeps failing to produce their own. Is it ONLY because they're throwing science at it, or is something else at play?

>Speaking of Life S, does even being temporarily transformed affect your mentality?

>If someone were to subdue a Regretful Phantom and bind it to themselves - essentially possessing the Phantom rather than the other way around - what kind of abomination would be created?

>What exactly does Lovely Miracle Beam DO?

>Who was the first Magical Girl? How long have they been around? Have they been there for any major historical events - forgotten or otherwise? What was the "last time" talked about in the Save The World description?

>What were the other government experiments? Did they try just injecting people full of magical girl blood, or draining one's powers into a volunteer or conscript by other means? If the latter were to succeed, what would happen to the volunteer/conscript?

Gotta agree will is my best bet for the same reasons. No I am not motivated or ambitious but even if I was in one of my I want to die phases I could at least will myself to kill a mofo first. Not to mention will is the best well for a physical build which needs way less mana anyway. Which is another reason for its popularity in addition to physical rites synergistic effects.

I guess I was being hyperbolic, but it contributes to will being boring rather than changing that.

You literally have the power to freeze people and projectiles solid for a period of time, create crushing gravity wells that don't break the world, and literal mind control. And that's not including the fact that Arma allows you to imbue conjured weapons with your rites, allowing you to fight with freezing gravitational weapons along with everything else.

You've a really high standard about what's boring, don't you?

I think the true strength of the will well is it's by far the easiest one to fuel mid-combat. So you can keep fighting a really long time, even without reserves. If you have the will to win or at least go out with a bang, then you can keep it up.

Hope is a close second, but it can falter if things go south, and a moment of hopelessness is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Benevolence is 3rd, but if one of your allies bites it and you start feeling anger or getting revenge fantasies it might interfere.

Joy, romance and cute are all pretty hard to fuel in the middle of a serious life or death fight. And probably need bigger reserves.

Lewd is either gonna be free bottomless mana or danm near zero mana depending on what and where you're fighting. (If you're fighting an asexual being with no audience or alies, having to turn yourself on mid fight is tough no matter how pervy you are)

Meh, fuck melee.

Well yea since not giving up is all it takes to fuel it. The S level lewd is a battery option though so that should be considered for them.

Trying to mechanically recreate another character. We've even already seen what it'd take for her to go Rogue!

>Old
>Benevolence

>Love C, Frost A (17), Conjure A (14), Warp B (12), Aqua A (10), Bloom C, Life C (9)
>Mind S (6), Reserves S (3), Dexterity C, Defense C (2), Stamina B (0)

>Staff
>Flowing (Scale C, Astra C)/Strange Age (boost magic, lower physicals)

If only hugs could remove the pain of Theramore's loss.

>no option to be the girl that cucks her guy

Melee is rendered doubly boring by the fact that it's all anyone does.

>Primary Sin:Gluttony (Lust Secondary Specialty)
>Secondary Sin: Lust (Gluttony Secondary Specialty)
>Tertiary Power: Greed

what exactly does shift A do?
what does entering the mirror realm accomplish?

Old Dude
Face-Masking
Slut Seeking Vision
Mother Lover
Ahegao-Inducing Dick
Mindbreak Specialist
Your Tears Feed Me

Imma fuck everyone's mom into a coma.

Mystery box.

>Melee is rendered doubly boring by the fact that it's all anyone does.
More people should go for max magic, melee doesn't let you nuke cities with a single spell.

>Old Dude gets Face-Masking Power free
You don't know what you're doing. Face Masking is overwhelmingly a young man's game. Part of the niche appeal of old men is they're beyond a young man's cares, they're shameless or even proud of themselves, including their face. I'm not explaining it properly, but you lovers of doujin centered around old guys know I'm right.

So obviously the Guts drawback unlocks every powerup, but is it safe to say that the other drawbacks give you one powerup of your choice each? The section description isn't very clear on that.

>tfw pretty much only person that didn't make a combat monster with little to no group reliance

Such is the fate of dedicated heal&buff slut.

Why was Flowing outfit nerfed to only grant two extra rites?

>tfw not perverted enough to go to the lewd side but none of the other Wells apply either

I'll take option number one.

Option number 3.

Not the author but I suggested it earlier because IMO 3 is too much. It is a full extra rite at a high level.

Gosh, i thought making cyoa was easy but everyone was just being lazy, but i've been spending the last hour just searching fitting pictures

Cute might actually be really easy to fuel. Just dress up in a really cute outfit. Get a Tomoyo.

Because it was already slightly better then tome due to the lack of restriction, and the addition of the ability to take two outfits instead of one pushed it far enough over that it needed to be changed.

Yup. Welcome to our world.

There's so many times when I think getting something will be real easy. Like, okay, I just 1 picture of this simple thing, and then suddenly it's 25 minutes later and you still haven't found a pic you're satisfied with.

Well this is a surprise. I guess I will choose option 3. I would rather live a peaceful life while fantasizing about chaos than vice versa.

Ah well, just means that I'll have to deal with mana reserves 100x the average size instead of infinite ones.

At least we get to have two outfit styles, especially with the new Hybrid style. Replace my S rank Perversion with an S rank Motion for disaster/rescue operations (although I don't think I'd need/use more than the B and A rank abilities from it), and switch back for private times.

Now I'm thinking of cyoa for cyoa makers. One of the options, find the perfect image instantly every time you need one.

I have so many ideas I want to do, but image hunting and getting it to make sense stop me every time.

And this isn't even the worst part, if i find a picture close to it i have to edit it which makes me open a PS tutorial in YT and go through 10 to 20 min video just for a little edit which still makes me unsatisfied.

I mentioned using Innocence to stockpile energy because of my poor natural synergy with Benevolence, and at the time I mentioned teaming up with a Romance girl with healing power so that we'd both get the boost, but I've since decided it's a bit shaky. I think Beri might have meant for it to be a suicide option, though he didn't say anything in reply so I'm not sure, and it's not like I really need someone to piece me back together because even if I was pressed for time, I had my own healing power.

Unless you count the corruption-analysis-teamup, I'd say my build counts too. Especially since I didn't choose any combat-related issues to deal with.

>tfw no Angel to bully

Haven't had a fine shitstorm about waifu ethics in a while, have an old classic.

>claims to want a waifu-related shitstorm
>doesn't post any of the shitstorm-inducing waifu CYOAs
Picking Nora.

>shitstorm-inducing waifu CYOAs
Which would those be?

Another waifu one then.

>Pauline
>Jews
Sign me up
t. /pol/

Eh. Seems boring to me without a THEME to it. I mean, I can think up some themes I'd enjoy, but I'd b able to come up with more for combat builds.

>Which would those be?
I don't think any of them are anymore, thankfully. The ones that did induce shitstorms in the past have either been "solved" (i.e. people figured out a way around the part that caused shitstorms), or they get ignored.

This is a shitstorm waifu cyoa.

Picking-a-Goddess also did some shitstorms if I remember correctly, but the thing that cause those shitstorms got fixed.

That's a potent one, although it does demand supervision. By itself, it'll merely cause mild buttfrustration. With a dedicated troll behind it constantly responding to any complaints, it can cause spectacular effects.

>pick Mhyrienne
>give her all the hugs and headpats and edging she needs
>enslave her after the year is up
>continue "working" (i.e. NEETing it up) with herin lieu of getting your own estate and such
>continue giving her all the hugs and headpats and edging she needs
>use shapeshifting for all sorts of funs
>sometimes be cute and small so she can be the big sister, showing you cool things and teaching you stuff
>sometimes be large and cuddly so she can be the child, spoiled with all that cuddling and affection

>the busy gf (bottom row, middle column)
She'd scout one or more girls (could be her friends or coworkers, could be utterly unrelated) to keep me company and such for when she doesn't have the time.

That's a common one, though it's been theorized there was only ever one person angry about it who was just very vocal.

There were a bunch, you're probably thinking on the one who made a scene when this was first posted because he had some childhood trauma involving pot.

>I'm tempted to lower Flowing down to only +2, though. It occurred to me that while it is the same amount of a bonus as Tome that Flowing has the advantage of being usable on physical Rites.
Or you could just limit Flowing to only being able to take +3 physical Rites.

Speaking of waifu shitstorms, is Harem user still around? I don't think he's done anything since that mystery box one with... the old gypsy woman or whatever.

I worked some on the magical girl sub-CYOA for my anime genre one, but unfortunately, academics caught up with me. Can't imagine having much time to finish it until at least the end of the semester.

Oh, cool. I'd love to play that if you ever finish it.

I've been wondering, did you do the one with the huldr wife and the firebird? And the 'choice of smalltext' ones? I feel like the prose style is pretty similar.

someone got more companions or more pages of this (whatever this is)?

I've done a number of CYOAs which aren't traditionally associated with me. I'd rather not discount exactly which ones, in order to avoid ridding them with the added connotations.

It's your fault your name's synonymous with failure. Stop writing characters you know would annoy people.

Fair enough. I was just curious.

It's from Heart of Veeky Forums.

If anyone ever wants to make a fuckhuge succubus waifu cyoa and needs pictures here's this.

It's basically a textless CYOA as is given the implication.

No worries, I appreciate your enthusiasm. The ability to point out similarities in the prose styles of CYOAs shows an attention to detail which I think should characterize this medium.

Picking Lynneth
>Villa
>Balrogs
>Styx HQ

Angel version

Crappy new OC.
ENJOY!

>Injury

>Sacrificial healing
>Share pain

literally become a god as long as i can withstand the pain

>injury, because I have that irl anyway

>dopamine
>adrenaline

Amazingly, that one has recently been posted on /d/ and even they don't like it.

So maybe it's not just "hurr durr Veeky Forums can't handle the futa". Maybe that CYOA is genuine shit. Who'd have thought?

So, I have a really shitty and really long CYOA that's going to be finished sometime within 24 hours, hopefully. We're talking 10 pages of stuff and 6 more pages of companions. What's the best way to upload it?
Just go page by page? PDF it (Hopefully it'll fit the upload limit)? Externally upload and link it here?

>With a dedicated troll behind it constantly responding to any complaints, it can cause spectacular effects.
>thinks the responders are trolls
>not the complainers
Get a load of this guy.

Most excellent! I think the correct term is Netori though, since the player is doing the cuckolding.

>Cool Older Guy
>Handsome Motherfucker
>Ahegao-Inducing Dick
>Mother Lover
>I am the Bull

Does the "Pretty Cool Guy" perk affect the cucks? Do they think you're a great guy even as you're fucking their girl?

>page by page
otherwise people won't read
never forget that we are lazy garbage people

Page by page would be nice. Unless it takes up half of the image limit or something.

>Pretty Cool Guy
>...
>Only your victims are left unaffected.

PDF works fine for me. So long the pages don't shrink or the image quality doesn't get fucked with.

>Fibromyalgia
The gentleman's ailment.
>Endless Suffering
>Dopamine

Now I can be a very cranky Merlin.

Oh boy am I retarded.
Meant for

Yes but victims could mean the girls? ...No you're probably right.

Which perks would be useful to make the cuck accept the situation then?

>How far does a Rogue have to go...
No one is beyond redemption.
>Does being purified...
It just brings you to your senses. But technically you could have daily cleansing sessions to reduce your Rogue chances.
>Does going Rogue warp...
Yes, but only aesthetically.
>If you fail...
Not unless you already close to going Rogue yourself.
>How is recruitment...
They have girls that use information gathering magic to spot ideal candidates. That is the information in the file she lost. They have a rare few magic bracelets that uplift magical girls. These are manufactured.
>Is there a way to...
Only by messing around in your noggin. Though I guess certain medication and drugs can supply the Joy Well. A depressing girl that's a happy drunk might requore alcohol to do her job properly (but that raises the question of why such a person would be chosen in the first place. She'd also ve more likely to go Rogue.
>I'm not quite sure why the government...
The MG-100s are technically manmade, uncurable Rogues. The giant robot bodies are just for power / using mana as a power source for them. The problem is control, something they are unlikely to ever solve. But yeah, it would take more than science.
Speaking of Life S...
No, so pick your targets well.
>If someone were to subdue...
That's not possible to possess one.
>What exactly does Lovely Miracle Beam do?
It's a high-powered magic beam that is extra effective against corruption / weak against the pure. Even against the neutral, it can boast very high damage when overloaded.

Approaching text limit.

playing for both teams if you fuck the cuck too and mindbreak him

Doublecuckolding