/cyoag/ - CYOA General

Heh I was thinking the exact same thing and the same choices too.

How would Jelly Beans work with a god costume?

Argentina is actually insane.

US, 1 PM.

High-End Laptop (5)
Hose of Replication (7)
Guaranteed Waifu

Put a few drops of molten gold in the hose, and voila, all the money I could ever need.

Look at India
>half-hour time zones
>3/4 hour time zone

depends which god we're talking about
as far as judeo-christian goes, i'd assume some small miracles like setting bushes on fire, water to wine, feeding many with fish & bread, maybe walking on water?

Lazarus?

God with a capital G doesn't have a costume. You could shoot lighting bolts with a toga though.
Unless of course "skill" refers to things they can do but not magical crap. Like Demeter having a green thumb but you can't change the seasons.

Mundane knowledge and skills.

adjective
1.
lacking interest or excitement; dull.
2.
of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one.

So just normal skills. No burning bushes, unless you use a lighter, no miracle hearings. None of that stuff.

>Man is made in the image of God
>Take off your clothes
>You are now imitating God
Checkmate, atheists.

So what is Aetonic exactly?

>So just normal skills. No burning bushes, unless you use a lighter, no miracle hearings. None of that stuff.

That's your interpretation. For a god smacking someone with lightining would be pretty par of the course.

Really stretching it there. You must be desperate to feel powerful.

Looks like a vague catch all for substance based magic powers, like Bioshock's Adam and Eve, or Dune's Spice. Be a creepy Navigator, or some shit.

Again, that's your interpretation.

>3/4 hour time zone
That's Nepal you son of a whore!

It specifies *mundane* knowledge & skills, so I suppose you'd just gain theological insight into whichever's religion's god you were dressed as, & know how to do all there religious rituals (i.e. dress as Catholic Jesus & you now speak Latin & can do a really good mass etc.)

I said to look at India. It had 1/2 timezones. I could have worded the 3/4s better, but it was in the greater India area.

Sooo Desperate.

Just let it go mate. We know he thirsty. Anyone who can read knows.

Popcorn ball & a jawbreaker; I am now immortal & (nearly) invulnerable. Honestly I'm surprised no-one else has gone for the Popcorn ball; it was my immediate first choice.

If I was going to have a third one it would probably be either the toffee-apple or the gummi-bears, but I don't want to be mean to the imaginary little girl.

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Popcorn ball and candy necklace.

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Popcorn ball and jawbreaker, then the candy necklace. Her tricks are weaksauce, a small price to pay for being an invincible immortal with unlimited money.

Jesus didn't speak Latin though, did he?
And those would be associated with a priest costume, not god costume.

Hi pot.

Oooh boy.
>Caramels
>Popcorn balls
Hell to the fuck yes son, those are my favorites.
Also I guess the powers are pretty cool too. I guess I'll become James Bond, but for the pope or something. Just not the current pope, he sucks balls.

Purpose: Actor
"Mine shall be the most watched reality show in the galaxy. All the disgust with none of the idiocy."
Skills:
Darkness (free)
"All shall fear the unknown that is my dungeon"
Enchantment (-2)
"And if it was ever to be known, I shall warp it"
Monsters:
Drider (free)
"They will be driven to insanity by arachnophobia!"
Goblin (-3)
"Waist-tall and fairly curvy. Does it need further explanation?"
Perks:
Reinformcements (free)(Kitsune Tricksters)
"The easier it is to get their attention, the easier it will be to confuse their minds."
Fear aura (-1)
"And I shall confuse their minds as well"
Wardrobe (-1)
"And I shall be fabulous"
Body Magic (-1)
"And I shall have tentacles!!"

>Trainer

>Alchemy
>Enchantment
>Darkness

>Golem Princess

>Fear Aura
>Leadership
>Reinforcements - Lich Necromancers
>Childhood friends

Spooky high-tech dungeon to weed-out third rate heroes and to share with the high-tech waifu - the ultimate comfy existance.

ULTIMECIA has unfortunately decided that since business is slow she needs to do Time Kompression and cut your hours at work down. However, she will let you have one of her magic spells to use as your own as compensation:

>Firaga
The power to burn and destroy! Shape it into a ball to blast, throw it as a ray to sear, call it down from the heavens to smite!

>Blizzaga
You will be the COOLEST motherfucker. Did you see what I did there?

>Thundaga
Shocking, this spell is all about electricity!

>Aeroga
You can spin up twisters and dunk houses on people with this. Of course, everyone will call you a fag for taking the wimpiest looking spell.

>Stonga
Rocks fall, YOU DIE. Hurl that shit, craft yourself some houses, shake that stoneilicious booty!

>Waterga
Wet Tee Shirt Contests ahoy.

>Curaga
I guess if you wanted to be a healslut you can with this.

>Graviga
Really awesome can crush tricks will be yours but that's about it.

>Flarega
Michael Bay sends his regards.

>Dispelga
You will be the most hated motherfucker on the block, wiping away everyone else's fun.

>Dispelga
Anti-fun is the best fun.

>complains about wish fulfillment
>in a CYOA General thread

Pokemon Personified update when?

I'm still trying to wrap my head around what the fuck One-with-Ein is supposed to be and it now throws a wrench into how I viewed all the 'sights' interacting.

At face value, it's supposed to be a non-visual Adokori. Now, my fog metaphor/explanation needs some update. So, If you're in a magical fog that obscures *everything* around you, including all your senses:

Prophets will be able to 'see' whatever it is they look at and nothing else, as if they had a flashlight capable of piercing the fog.

Adokori will get glimpses of what's in the fog, these could be important or not, and where to step and not step.

One-with-Ein is capable of feeling what's in the fog. They'll know if they're standing on grass, sand, stone, etc. They'll be able to smell what's around them, hear the ambient noise and generally feel out their environment whereas none of the other ones can.

Meta-thinkers will see it as if people were watching a show/reading a book/seeing a movie about them. They'll hear the music that's playing for particular scenes, know what the camera is focusing on, hear the commentary from the audience, etc. They'll know if the fog is supposed to be creepy, dangerous, whimsical, whatever based on how it's presented to the audience.

So this is how I'd try to explain the way all these guys view the world and multiverse. Obviously, it's a lot more complicated and mind-trippy and the information wouldn't be so clear-cut.

So could an Adokori Prophet focus on the glimpses?

Yeah, I don't see why not. The more 'sights' you have, the more information you're getting, the more mind-trippy the whole thing gets. Might even start being dangerous to your sanity, if you care about that sort of thing. But this is all just how how see it and Highlander could have a different explanation.

>uses hyperbole in greentext to try and make a point.
>fails miserably

>Pokemon Personified talks about 5 different regions existing.
>There is no map to the CYOA setting.
>There are people who will defend this.
Makes you think.

>Popcorn ball
>Jawbreaker
>Candy Necklace
Living the immortal NEET Life
>Sheet Ghost
Scary but not annoying, plus I dont want to make the little girl cry.

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Well if you can't tell what the fuck is happening in real time then you would start acting insane. It's like Lovecraft protagonists not actually being insane but seeing things on an altogether different scale.

I don't think this was meant as a hyperbole.

Man it has been a while since I saw you crying about no maps. How's it been?

Popcorn ball
Jawbreaker
Caramels

If she cries I kill myself.

>You become nearly indestructible
Good luck killing yourself. It won't be as easy as popping a few pills.

I'll swallow a nokia phone or something.

Be the little girl every time. Also agelessness.

It doesn't matter what you pick here, you're still going to die awfully.

You know, I'd love to see some kind of meta cyoa where all the people who have wished to be little girls are put in a classroom or something. Just to kind of pick up where the cyoa ended.

What's a good name for a comfy informal guild in a really powerful and wealthy fantasy academy? Idea is that the guilds are student-organised rather than official, the first two are your typical 'martial focus', 'magic focus', and the third was set up by people who wanted the social aspect of a guild but without any commitment or interest in anything too much like work.

Martial guild call themselves Knights of Dawn, mages the Seekers of Truth. I'm thinking comfy guild go by the House of Repose, but very tentatively.

>ruining a good adventure cyoa with "I choose not to adventure :P" option

The guilds aren't a big part of the CYOA at all, since they're student-based rather than formal. Just for character establishment, basically. Plus I figured it felt natural that some people would want to be in a non-dramatic house for worldbuilding purposes.

Imperial Knights should be added in there. Top-tier is Inquisitor and Rogue Trader. These offer you the most freedom, opportunity and power of any of the choices. Being a psyker is also just better than not being one seeing as after sanctioning, the worst downsides are removed.

>Plus I figured it felt natural that some people would want to be in a non-dramatic house for worldbuilding purposes.
Oh they all do. They all want to erase conflict and fear.

>TFW Zodiac Brides finished never

There's historic precedent for cheeky chivalric orders:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Good_Cheer

You could also make a social society that modeled itself on some obscure trend, like the Shriners and their original "lazing around smoking hookahs in our pajamas" aesthetic

Dr. Spark the VIIth (i think?)

Origin: The Now; Watcher (Human)
Covenant: The Ubermensch Society
Home: Freetravel (Sold Hovercycle +500)
Faction: The Lonesome Road (Sold Motorcycle +500)

Panic Button: The Nine-in-one
Mission: Free travel, Explorer
Path: Beyond the celestial chain

Drawbacks: No govna's dalla! x19 (-7600)
Destined for greater things (+1000)
Forever alone x5 (+2500)
Falling (+1500)
Banner Marked (+1000)
Knee-Breaker (+1000)
Can't Wake up inside (+500)

Total: +2400 credits

Traits: Tech understanding, High (2)
Ether Manipulation level, Mastery (5) (Chemically induced, see Aetonic)
Adaptability (6)
Martial Training (7)
Mathmatical Genius (8)
Infused essence (9) (Chemically induced, see Aetonic)
Steam adept (10)
Magnetic adept (11)
Nuclear adept (12)
Chemical adept (13)
Mechanical adept (14)
Scavenger (15)
Berserker (16)
Tech head (17)
Pariah (18)
Super Human Body (19)
Survivor (20)
Forge master (21)
Experiemntal (22)
Memory (23)
Horse power (24)
Technomage (25)
Alchemist (26)
Rune Master (27)
Aetonic (28)

Clothing: Travelers leathers (Free)
Imprinted runic inscriptions: Corrosive resistance, Lightness, Speed (Free)
Plate armour (2300)
Maori Okibar Tattoo (2200)
Magister robes (2000)

Weapons: Yuta brace (Free)
Codaori Rings (1775)
Blessed M1 Garande.TRA (1330)
Flint knife x2 (1310)

Knickknacks: Pegs (Free)
Basic Survival kit (Free)
Basic Bag (Free)
ID Card (Free)
Magical protection vestment (1260)
Rauoskinna (1160)
Magibloc coinage (1130)
Glepnir Chain (1120)
Alchemy set (920)
Rail pass (905)
Postmans powdered bones (855)
Whale skin marks (755)
[Stand] "Whitesnake" (5)
Pet rock x5 (0)

Well, let's see here.

>Chocolate Drops
>Candy Necklace

Wealth and beauty! An excellent bargain.

>Curaga

I NEED HEALING.

>>Curaga

Talk to me when you can restore someone from anything short of death itself, with no medical training whatsoever.

Stardust was posted last thread, and I finally got around to a build for it.

Natasha Morokov

Beatrice R&D (-1m off all drones)
100m

Skills
>Basic/Standard/Advanced Piloting
>Standard/Advanced Combat Training
>Diplomacy
>Industry (-2m)
>Mercantile (-2m)

Titles
>The Harbinger (+190m)
>The Demigod (Gain Hailey, Comet, +420m)

[706m]

Ships
>Gae Bulg Carrier (304m) + (65) + (34) [403] m, with Winston v9.0.2 AI
Broadside Mounts: 4
Point-Defense Mounts: 16
Hangar Space: 48/58 (8 Mining drones w/salvage harvesters, MK2, and MK3 frequency lenses) [56m], 1 Combat Repair Drone [3m]), 1 Repair Drone [3m], x2 Shield Drones [2m], x7 Brawler Drones (10 hangar bays) w/Mana Blaster spinal, 2 Light Particle Blasters broadside [71m], x2 Twin Fang Fighters (8 hangar bays) [Free], x3 X61 Stark Fighters (12 Hangar Bays), )
Navigation: 1/25
Hull: 22/25
Shields: 22/25
Length: 2.5km
Max Crew: 3,800
Extra Rooms: 20
Energy Use: 6
>Anti-Matter Core (5, 50m), Solar Panels (1, 2m)
>Aegis Shielding (14, 20m)
>Composition Scanner (4m)
Rooms:
>Factory Wing/Ore Processing Facility (8m)
>Cargo Space/Engineering Bay (3m)
>Terraforming Bay/Laboratory (19m)
>Cargo Space (Free)
>Crew Quarters Upgrade (Not a slot) (1m)
>Officer’s Quarters (2m)
>Captain’s Quarters (5m)
>Fancy Mess Hall/Tavern (9m)
>Lounge/Rec Room/Observatory (3m)
>Aquaculture/Hydroponics (3m)
>Hypercomms Room/Digital Security Room (7m)
>Teleporting Platform (5m)

>Carapace Destroyer (162m) + (75) (+80) [317], with Sophocles v1.0.2 AI
Spinal Mounts: 6 (x4 Pulse Beam Cannons [35m] Anti-Matter Cannon [takes up 2 slots, 80m])
Broadside Mounts: 14 (x14 Mana Blasters [36m])
Point-Defense Mounts: 4 (x4 Flak Cannon [10m])
Hangar Space: 8
Navigation: 16/25
Hull: 13/25
Shields: 22/25
Length: 237m
Max Crew: 36
Extra Rooms: 12
Energy Use: 4
>Mana Core x2 (10, 80m)
>Mana Shielding (17, 40m)

cont..

>X61 Stark Fighter, x3 (161m), w/ Blueberry v.7.3.1 AI
Spinal Mounts: 4 (x4 Autocannon [8m {10m for first fighter}]
Broadside Mounts: 4 (x4 Flak Cannon [8m])
Point-Defense Mounts: 2 (x2 Flak Cannon [4m])
Hangar Space: 2
Navigation: 20
Hull: 5
Shields: 14
Length: 24m
Max Crew: 1
Energy Use: 1
>Power Capacitors (3, 12m)
>Advanced Shielding (11, 12m)

[240m]

Crew:
>2,000 Androids, Skill level 9, 20 Assigned to the Carapace, 1980 Assigned to Gae Bulg. 96m
>Production Manager Michael Danagger, Skill level 10, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 6m
>Scientist Wilhelm von Welch, Skill level 10, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 5m
>Gunner Comet, Skill level 8, assigned to Carapace. Free
>Doctor Lyla Miralda, Skill level 9, assigned to Gae Bulg. 7m
>Engineer Mereille Fairly, Skill level 8, assigned to Gae Bulg. 4m
>Pilot Hailey, Training 10, Experience 6, assigned to Carapace. Free
>Chef Vito Lozano, assigned to Gae Bulg
>Pilot Sgt. Mark LeCruz, Training 5, Experience 6, Assigned to X61 Stark Alpha. 2m
>Pilot Tyler Vaughn, Training 7, Experience 4, Assigned to X61 Stark Beta. 3m
>Pilot Jacqueline Young, Training 6, Experience 5, Assigned to X61 Stark Gamma. 2m
>Cyber-Security Officer Perry West, Skill level 5, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 2m
>Locust, Hand-to-Hand Specialist, Equipment 8, Skill 10, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 14m
>Plague, Front-Line Assault Specialist, Equipment 10, Skill 8, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 15m
>Archangel, Heavy Weapon Specialist, Equipment 10, Skill 9, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 17m
>Styx, Infiltration Specialist, Equipment 9, Skill 10, Assigned to Gae Bulg. 18m

[122m]

Mining King Steve, Tier 4 (36m)
This Land, Tier 4 (36m)
And the Fire Grows, Tier 4 (18m)
Search and Rescue, Tier 4 (28m)

[240m]

>Upgrades to ships, additional crew

[99]

All Aboard, Tier 4 (28m)
The Twin Fangs, Tier 4 (26m)
Rogue Drones, Tier 4 (38m)

[109]

>Purchase Stark Fighters

[24]

Ace, Tier 4 (36m)

cont..

I'm not insulting you. I want you as my sweet healslut.
A submissive that can heal him/herself from any damage opens up wonderful opportunities.

Ace, Tier 4 (36m)

[60]

>Ship Upgrades

[22]

The Acheron, Tier 4 (38m)
Escalation, Tier 4 (44m)

[104]

>Purchase Anti-Matter Cannon

[24]

Heat, Tier 4 (40m)

[64]

>Hire the Four Horsemen

[0]

Asunder, Sweet, Tier 4

My ships and loyal crew have managed to solve all of the major problems in the immediate vicinity. I even re-united the legendary Four Horsemen and joined their ranks.

Sure, there are amenities I'd like to have added to my ship, and my escort destroyer is particularly bare-bones, but that's fine for now. There will always be more paydays in the future.

The math may look a little weird in places, but that happens when I go back and trade things around when I realize I didn't leave myself enough money for the next step of the plan.

>Curaga
Objectively the best choice. This is enough to deify anyone, and the amount of power and influence you can gather with the smart use of it is bananas.

When it comes to spell-systems, do you prefer the Battlemage-style of picking particular spells from different schools (very rigid), or the more fluid and openminded system of schools of magic and you can buy to be a Beginner, Intermediate or Expert in each school? I'm stuck with handling magic.

In a CYOA with a wide scope, definitely more fluid, since it allows for a wider range of character builds with less words.

If the CYOA is very limited in scope, maybe just a character builder, particular spells work nicely.

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I like the Battlemage system, since it more explicitly defines your abilities and those of your enemies. This has value because we all know a million different magic systems and having rules help differentiate

I see the appeal of more open ended styles, though. It lends more to the imagination

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Thalciomache Palcadia
>Olympic Parentage
>Ariella

>Lothorio (2pts because Inheritance) 48
>Unyielding Flesh 34
>Armed With Wings 29
>Demihuman 26
>Lightning Seer 22
>Ocean's Herald 12
>Marlin's Quickness 7
>Grace of the Deer 0

I'd do all the quests, not all at once of course, and improve my abilities and learn new spells along the way.

24pts for all 12 quests.
>Serpent's Reflexes (already had Grace of the Deer) 21
>Medicus 15
>Lord of the Inferno 6
>Stormcaller (already had Lightning Seer) 0

I happen to be a winged naga. A very unusual creature born from an ill-fated love between the Goddess Ariella and a great serpent. I fly through the clouds searching for my place in the world and trying to do good things for people. I'm usually very peaceful, but can fight if I have too. Even though I seem immortal, I actually have a weak spot my belly-button.

>Incredible Vegetable
I travel to the plant and drive away the bugs with rain and lightning. Then I study it to try and unlock it's secrets. I use my knowledge of potions and what I learn from the plant to make a potion from one of the leaves that gives me Healer magic. I take the seeds to some monks who I think will bring the plants back and not abuse them.
>Whales in the Sky
I spend time with the whales to find out and fight out what's happening. Hopefully I can use what they tell me to make a potion to cure their sickness.
>The Kyphian Mines
To cure the whales, I need a artifact from the Kyphians. When I arrive at the old Kyphian mines, I here about the missing pioneers. I search for them as I look for the artifact to cure the whales.
>A Divine Affair
The Goddess Lenya notices my beauty and sees me trying to use my gifts for good. She tries very hard to convince me to live with her in her realm of flowers and cloud castles. But because of my wandering ways, I can't settle down for good. Not even with a Goddess. We part ways amicably and she teaches me more about healing magic before I go. This is where I get the Medicus ability.
>The Fire Witch
I follow the Witch from high above in the clouds. I discover her coven having a meeting that seems pretty sketchy. The next time she's alone I ambush her and wrap her up in my coils so I can question her about what's going on. I report the questionable coven to local paladin order, but conveniently forget to mention the Fire Witch and help get her back to her old job with Prince Kasper. She teaches me fire magic as thanks, since she didn't get along with the dark witches anyway. That's how I learn Fire Mage magic.

>Devil Without a Cause
I fly up to the Elemental and explain to him that he's causing problems for other people by staying here, and that there's other Elementals for him to talk to in other parts of the universe. I help get him to trust me by doing some tricks with the fire magic I already know. After convincing him to move on, he teaches me more fire magic to thank me for telling him where the other elementals are. That's how I advance to Lord of the Inferno.
>Always Read the Manual
To convince the Fire Elemental to move on, I have to learn about the plane where the great elementals live. Turns out there's a King who's looking for a book about ruling. It's lost a great ancient library. I figure I can find something about elementals while searching for his book. This helps with the other quest.
>Boss Monster
I use my powers to fight the beastman horde and their evil leader. People who I've helped join in the fight against evil. Ariella and Lenya give me a boon to help survive the fight. This is where I get Serpent's Reflexes. My storm powers increase to Stormcaller from me using them so much for this.
>A Peaceful Village
>Chesswolf
>Solve My Riddle
These 3 are a bit trickier. I do my best to solve each one as best I can, but as I'm not a great solver, I also seek the help of other heroes to help with these.
>Door to Door
Being a great heroine, I'm chosen as a ambassador to the new world. I travel through the door and have new adventure and meet new people. I return now and then to report what I find to the old world.

Could the door to another world be to another cyoa world?

If I went to other cyoa world as Palcadia, it'd be the Alt History one where I made Sitmut-Nefert and we had that rp. I'd fit in perfect there.

why hasnt the new interactive CYOA from /d/ been posted over here yet?

>interactive CYOA from /d/
>from /d/
>/d/
I give you a hundred guesses.

Sunset Hearth Guild

Fluid for myself also.

why do people keep picking The Harbinger title in star dust cyoa? its description is vague but in my understanding picking it means starting the alien invasion and the only way surviving the first encounter is having a really fast ship.

Because we aren't /d/egenerative.

its totally sfw though, its just text. It's an updated version of the grey (you) maker

So why haven't you?

this

It says that we'd better impress them. Meaning, you could make allies of the hyper-advanced, awe-inspiring alien race and get on their side when they take over the galaxy.

Please post it. I don't go to /d/.

Why was Pokemon Personified more successful than Italic's Order cyoa?