>>97496786
For how much the cyoa has inspired me, I never actually bothered to play it...
I guess it was more about the vibe surrounding it.

>>97496867
this but radiant

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>>97496918
cyoa for this feel?

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A Halo CYOA...my SVOUL needs it.

>>97496927
Do you pew pew the aliens:
>yes
>no


Its a dumb fps, what else could there be to it?

>>97496942
Is there a reason to post someone elses WIP over and over?

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>>97496946
To keep a discussion I like going. Better than your author ritualposts.

>>97496921
radiant

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>>97496942
This is shit and not finished, fuck off and kill youself.

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>>97496999
You can't prevent discussions about WIPs. Join in instead of seething.

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>>97497007
Suck start a shotgun.

>>97497028
Ganon vs Paladins. Go!

>>97496867
What do you mean "vibe"

>>97496939
Not him but it could work as a character/squad creator.

>Pick position in UNSC
>Spartan/ODST/Pilot/Marine/ONI
>Gear
>Type of mission you/re squad specialize in/'quests'
>'Quests'/Noted Achievements
>Companions/Known Contacts

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>>97497057
>do you want to be an overpowered one man army superhuman
>or do you want to be a redshirt
this is worse than in star wars, because at least there were non-jedi heroes in the movies

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>>97497061
>non-jedi heroes
all irrelevants jobbers compared to the jedis though

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>>97497083
Doesent matter, theyre presented as cool and equal in the movies. Its totally understandable why someone might want to be the dashing rogue han solo as opposed to the paragon luke skywalker.

It isnt understandable why you would want to be disposable redshirt #872 as opposed to John halo, the guy on the cover who gets to have cool adventures while everyone else eats shit on accounts of being a super special dude.

>>97497116
Only retards would play anthing else than a jedi/sith

>>97496949
The wealth, knowledge, influence, and coincidences sections seem a bit short for each having a dedicated point type.

Talents as a section seems a bit weird, especially considering its size. Aside from willpower, I'm pretty sure paths cover all talents, so this seems redundant.

Also, I don't think 1.7 pages is enough to include all the boons, but it is also too big to be just lore. What is up with that?

>>97497081
>>97497085
>>97497086
So who are the strongest villains? "The Last"? The Slayer? The lord of filth? The big chimera? The dude with confirmed previous fights with paladins?

>>97497026
>Objective companion ranking
Vaeriss
Faelith
Selariel
Arastus
Aelthiriel
Ashelewynne
Dawn
Xelthis
Shereketh
Verdict
Zesh'akar
Edmund
Arshem
Ashton

>>97496918
>>97497225
Less builds than Harmonist

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>>97496939
>Its a dumb fps
There is a boatload of lore to work with, tons of alien species and inhabited planets, histories stretching back over millions of years, and strange esoteric sci-fi elements. This is a mistake people that aren't familiar with Halo always make.
It wouldn't be just about shooting aliens, especially if the CYOA were to include post-Covenant war content. Humanity reclaims powerful technologies and has the freedom to explore the galaxy, as they are no longer constantly on the defensive in a genocidal war of extermination. A Halo CYOA where you play as a Spartan III/IV with an in depth customizable background would work VERY well.

If only I had the power to create CYOAs...then I would show this entire weeb general the true glory of Halo. I would make it extremely accessible to non-fans by providing straightforward and easy to understand lore that isn't a burden to read.

>>97496942
Apocalyptic Survivor plus Fool Past is 3 pathways at s4/4/5. By buying advancements, you can start as at least s3/4/4, potentially s3/3/3 (immediate s2+ is apparently not buyable).

>>97497269
You do have the power to create CYOAs, anon. All it takes is an image editor, a supply of images relevant to the theme you're going for, and an imagination.

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>>97496942
>no coincidence points In Modern Day
Does this mean that we can't buy any of coincidence options at the bottom of picrel?

>>97496946
Until you like it.

>>97496981
How do you beat someone with Equilibrium? They just call you to a duel and outstamina you to death.

>>97497586
It is just physical stats and energy reserves. Outskill and/or outsmart them.

>>97497586
just be a wizard it only effects physical strength no magical

>>97496974
Going to try to put together a build. 14 pages is a bit crazy though, seems like it could have been put together a bit more compactly.

>think about making OC
>actually get off my ass and make it
>no one cares and it flops hard
>swear to never touch a cyoa again
>time passes
>think about making oc

>>97497751
what OC did you even make? post it or your a faker

>>97496995
Mantle of Archon sounds pretty overwhelmingly effective for a 10-power gift; if "reality around [the paladin] cannot be manipulated or shaped by any and all means except the Light," with a specific example being a mage's efforts, doesn't that imply that it completely shuts down magic?

I guess there's a potential downside in that it shuts down ALL magic, even that of friendlies.

>>97497674
They have magic immune

>>97497644
>outskill a magic based fighter
>outsmart them
How can you do this when they just Raguel to your bedroom in full armor and call you to duel while you are naked sleeping?

>>97497806
>How can you do this when they just Raguel to your bedroom in full armor and call you to duel while you are naked sleeping?
Push the button to open the trapdoor you had installed in your bedroom.

>>97497806
any good mage has indirect methods of attacking with magic, you can still pummel them with rocks, melt them with heat produced by spells, crush them with generated gravitational force. Plus its not complete immunity just reduced to negligible power so with enough stacking it will start having effect, but indirect methods are still superior.

>>97497202
By the gut feeling:
1)The Last is the strongest threat in the biggest and nastiest named and known Unholy faction that makes itself a problem for countless worlds.
2)Most likely The Watcher/forces behind him. Again, a problem for countless worlds.
3)The Slayer. A skillfag with esoteric martial arts, probably has some magical items, but doesn't rely on them too much. Some form of immortality/extreme longevity. Some form of multiversal travel (maybe even similar to how Faelith can do that).
4)Apex. Probably not at this level properly. Yet. But can relatively fast evolve even beyond it if left unchecked.

>>97497269
I was big into Halo (read all the novels even) until Halo 4 released and I straight didn't even finish it. It sort of killed my interest for the setting despite it being pretty good before that. I think a lot of people feel the same way. Just let it die anon.

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>>97497751
the proof that authors are masochists and bullying them is a good thing

>>97497924
Yeah, Traviss ruins everything she touches.

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>>97496974
Downside of ones with so many choices to make is that it kind of encourages shopping-listing, or at least discourages going over all the multitude of choices you have to make...I know I would shudder to try to find or produce a suitable number of images for this.

Marcus, the open-handed.
(Not an ideal image, just one I had around)

Vows
>I will not harm the innocent
>I will act fairly
>I will work for good
>I am not a God
>>Chivalry
>I will not fight dishonorably
>I will not strike the unarmed
>I will not show weakness
>>Noble
>I will keep my word
>I will be a beacon
>I will live austerely
>>Just
>I will show mercy
>I will act in proportion
>>Kind
>I will show compassion
>I will live gently
>I shall not hate

My vows restrain me, but not in ways that a man both wise and good should truly mind to be restrained. Many evil deeds are foreclosed, as are hatred, greed, and lies. But I have not rejected all earthly pleasures, nor bound my hands entirely against decisive action against evil men, nor compelled to reject discretion altogether for a fight I know to be suicidal.

Role: Guardian
>Imbuement
>Protector
>Intervention

The natural choice if you want to save others from harm; I opt for all of the 'basic' enhancements, which in fact are all quite compelling. Imbuement offers incredible benefits if one has a substantial list of passive effects, as I do, and Protector scales magnificently...I believe. The example only lists an effect up to protecting two people, without actually saying anything along the lines of "and so on." But I think the 'and so on' is implied.

Intervention, too, addresses very nicely the superhero problem of actually knowing of and responding to a problem in time. I can simply Appear wherever I am needed.

>>97498021
General Powers - too bloody many.
>Pure Soul
>Destined Death
>Divine Health
The basics. I'm not tremendously a fan of Destined Death, this was an issue with that one other CYOA as well. But I suppose I can be sanguine about it.

>Enhanced Form x2
>Hardened Skin
>Hand of God
>Regeneration
>Protection
>Suppress Pain
>Martyr
>Adaptive Defenses
>Against the Odds
>Blessing of Wisdom
>Eternal Mastery
The physical set; at base, I have the physical capabilities of two hundred men in one, an entirely phenomenal feat. But this is indeed only a base. By way of Protector or Against the Odds, this capability can itself be greatly multiplied if I should be facing many foes, protecting friends, or perhaps, both. My flesh could withstand might enough to topple mountains, and if anything should pierce it to inflict upon me any injury, this too only serves to multiply my power; other-than-brute attacks likewise build up my own defense against them. With such a status, ordinary weapons would seem strange to bother with; I carry and fight, when necessary, only with my bare hands, for which my talent is in turn incredible and ever-keen.

>Magic Resistance
>Magic Immunity
>Sphere of Safety
>Channel Light
>Immunity
>Purifying Touch
>Curseward
The not-quite-so-physical; magics of all descriptions can have hardly a trifling effect on me. Some would say they can just pummel me with summoned forces, but thanks to the above, these will be no more effective than the thrown stones of soldiers. It is more for the sake of others who may be around me - if my shared gifts are not sufficient - that I can summon a sphere of protection. Likewise, I am both inherently impervious to all distortions of poison or sickness, and can cleanse them from others; I carry, and can create for others, charms to banish curses from their vicinity.

>>97498025
>Aura of Valor
>Calm
>Detect Lies
>Detect Evil
>Friend to All
>Mantle of Mercy
>Golden Tongue
>Blessed Totem
A few 'social' effects. Around me, all good-hearted people are inspired, and evil struck by fear; even natural creatures can sense my goodwill, and I can speak with all those with language. No deceptions nor evil presence can evade my sight, and even after I depart, the memory of my clasped hand can help to inspire people to courage and to right action when they might be tempted otherwise. In every place I visit, I make a gift of a totem that brings good health and fertility to the region.

>Spectral Wings
>Holy Bindings
A bit miscellaneous, but divine wings are a must-have - particularly given that there is evidently no limited timeframe for them? Likewise, given that I have sworn to inflict punishment only in proportion to people's wrongs, and to offer second chances for the contrite, the ability to hold people bound rather than go for a killing strike is rather necessary.


>Lay on Hands
>>Sublime Heal
One could hardly be a holy paladin without the ability to heal the injured - not just of wounds to their body, but to their soul as well. Even without this, the combination of Regeneration with Imbuement means that all friendly folk around me should gradually be healed of their physical injuries - but it's good to have this in reserve.

>Holy Fire
>>Cleansing Flame
>>Pureflame
For the more horrid, unholy, spiritual or alien monsters that may terrorize the people, the ability of my Hands of God to blaze with holy fire is rather helpful, for there is no defense against them - burning away magic and demons of fire alike.

>>97498030

Equipment
>Heavenly Plate
>Blessed Shackles
>Girdle of Strength
>Astral Compass
To be honest, I could probably dispense with the Heavenly Plate given my other defenses, but it does provide another layer, given its promise to protect against attacks which bypass other kinds of defense. The Girdle of Strength multiplies still further my already absurd physical capabilities, the shackles are desirable for aforementioned reasons (my obligations to bring moderate wrongdoers to justice rather than simply lop their heads off), while the Astral Compass could help me in finding things that I don't yet know I need.

Technique: Still Water
Seems the only appropriate choice for the practitioner of the Open Palm. Offers no direct assistance in attacking those who choose to stand back menacingly, but I don't know that I need any additional aid for them anyway.

Companions
>Dawn
>>Aspect of the Daughter
Loss of my drive and sense of purpose is really one of the most realistic fears when considering launching a one-man crusade for good. Dawn, the Daughter, offers proof against that, and seems a heartwarming companion beside.

Quest: The Defense of Faleskar
Seems fairly well-suited to my capabilities; it takes no greatly involved plan to destroy hordes of the undead, and there are plenty of good-hearted people around to interact with and aid in other ways.

Travel Together

>>97496974
Object/Mind Reading
Spirit Echos
Condemnation
Holy/burning Bindings
Radiant Surge/Strike
Holy/Cleansing/Pure Fire
Holy/Blazing Smite
Hand of God
Enhanced Form x2
Hardened Skin
Aura of Valor
Golden Tongue
Truesight
Immunity
Eternal Mastery
Channel Light
Spell Reflection
Holy Shroud
Spectral Wings
Astral Projection
Light of Creation
Far Speak
Meta Magic Focus
Meta Magic Act

Not sure what else to take, I have 20 points left.

>>97498034
>>Dawn
>>>Aspect of the Daughter
...

>>97498062
>...
What, did I do that wrong? You pick her, then an aspect, yes?

>>97498021
>>I will live austerely
Why do this to yourself?

>>97498073
Power gamers are so desperate for drawbacks that they collect them and do not think about the actual consequences of living their extended life like that. I agree that many/most of the Oaths are just how a good and wise man should live, but poverty and spartan conditions are not one of them. The Tao does not say be poor, it says do not amass wealth.

>>97498073
>Why do this to yourself?
I envision it as being more or less continuously on the move anyway; if you have no permanent home, wealth is largely meaningless. Were it otherwise, yes, I probably wouldn't have gone with that one.

>>97498085
If you've enhanced your body in any way (you should because x100 for 10 points is insanity) and you get spectral wings, you're able to circle the entire earth with an hour of flying. So there's no reason not to have a cozy home base with a library and garden.

>>97498081
>Power gamers are so desperate for drawbacks that they collect them and do not think about the actual consequences of living their extended life like that.
While that's certainly true, I vaguely resent being accused of it. I'm always thinking about the actual difficulty of living with drawbacks, usually end up leaving behind ones that are 'popular' for that reason. As far as I'm concerned, the iffy, 'difficult' one in that list is "not show weakness," if I were to give some up that would go first.

>>97498069
Incest
Implied incest

>>97498101
I make no assumptions about fantasy worlds matching up in size or geometry to earth. Moreover, Intervention explicitly may bring me to other PLANES. And regardless, the concept I pursue is a wandering monk knight, not a noble lord.

>>97498103
I recently added that one actually, because I feel like me as a person when I have so much power would never put defenseless people at risk or endanger them. "Not show weakness" sounds like a difficult thing to do, but if you look at the reality of what it asks of you it's pretty easy imo.
>>97498107
You don't have to fuck her. But you just know Anon will since he did not give up pleasures of the flesh.

>>97498107
>Incest
>Implied incest
Ah, well, true. Rather a pallid example of it, though, given that it's just a behavioral dynamic, not even an imaginary blood relationship, and the young woman involved is evidently only quasi-human anyway.

>>97498112
>"Not show weakness" sounds like a difficult thing to do, but if you look at the reality of what it asks of you it's pretty easy imo.
For "punch a guy" purposes, yes, that's why I picked it as well. My concern is that it arguably may restrict you from asking for aid in other, more mystical affairs, like not being able to ask for a mage's help in opening a portal to the demiplane of the evil one lest it turn the gaze of the evil one upon him. And hypothetically the "can't draw a foe towards a location where there would be collateral damage" could lock you into fighting exactly where you happen to be. Not major concerns for me, but small misgivings.

Do you get to keep your sorcery even after you take the Crown of Stars off? Also how powerful is it, like prestidigitation? I am assuming we are limited to cantrips and level 1 spells

>>97498133
probably it is a skill, but your most likely going to get quite a bit worse at it without the buff

>>97498146
That's fair.
I think in that case I can axe 'Glamour'. I do need to hide my identity from time to time, but Disguise Self can do that and I don't have to spend fifteen fucking points on it. Mage Hand and Message are also useful, though I do not think they can replace anything and save points.

>>97497292
Fool Past gives a switch, not an additional pathway. And if you use it to switch one sequence to a non-neighbouring pathway (to make both your pathways part of the same group) then you also gain a low madness on top of the high madness from the origin.

>>97497448
So wealth is basically a worthless resource point, right?

>>97498186
Theoretically some outer pathways let you to swap without problems even if they aren't within the same group (Tramp/Taotie pathway is outright omnicompatible, for example).

>>97498210
you might be able to buy Sealed Artifacts with them or whatever? Its going to get 1/3 of a page like knowledge and influence

/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/POLL/
To my knowledge, the following CYOA's released this january:

Radiant [Unknown]
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97276593/#97276855
Thu 01 Jan 2026 12:23:15

The Platinum age [Sylen]
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97330784/#97330940
Fri 09 Jan 2026 18:59:30

Paladin fort [Unnamed 24 hour man](Sparse)
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97362260/#97366236
Thu 15 Jan 2026 02:52:35

Necromancy CYOA [Friendlydrop] {Update}
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97367040/#97367213
Thu 15 Jan 2026 06:04:57

Runaway [Unknown]{loli}(It's also really bad)
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97367040/#97368713
Thu 15 Jan 2026 14:25:40

Starwars Smuggler cyoa [Unknown]
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97357523/#97361614
Wed 14 Jan 2026 12:48:28
{Update} Starwars the edge of the empire
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97424727/#97426252
Fri 23 Jan 2026 07:38:38

The Trail [Scottish Anon]
https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97475036/#97477770
Sat 31 Jan 2026 20:12:12

An anon previously spoke of a cyoa of the year, however I think it would be difficult to recall dates of more then 6 months past, as of such I intend to run 12 smaller polls and one bigger one at the end of the year
If there are any catagories you would like added, let me know, and if there are any suggestions you have toward the running of polls like these, do tell
I am only counting cyoa's posted by their original author on 4chan.org as OC. If authorhood is unclear, I will guess
If I missed any, then that's terribly embarrassing
But also you should tell me
I think I'll repost this for the next 3ish threads

Categories:
Favourite: https://strawpoll.com/NoZrzB0OeZ3
Preference ranking: https://strawpoll.com/PbZqbr09WyN

>>97498210
>a worthless resource point
Starting with a seq. 0 sealed artifact seems pretty good. Also, not everyone will go into it knowing/remembering all the potion ingredients.
And don't forget about how important money is, potion ingredients aren't cheap

>>97496927
Sorry, GODtriox the BRVTE offscreened the entire CYOA while nobody was looking.

>>97498256
That's really good idea!
Thank you anon, for the idea and the effort.

But I'm miffed about the poll software. I accidentally pressed Vote early on the Preference ranking poll, with the default ranking as I hadn't yet changed it, and it doesn't let me change or erase my vote?

>>97498133
I imagine its going to be a thing you learn from zero.

So if you just put it on its cantrips, maybe a level 1 spell, but if you keep practicing or have a proper teacher you might be able to learn more.

>>97498442
Tell me what they were and I can subtract them from the final result
I don't know of any better voting software. There are other websites but I don't know if they have preference rankings. I don't do many votes

>>97496942
If my goal is to maximize my odds of survival for the next 100 years, should my choices be very different from the BE THE STRONGEST builds, or is trying to BE THE STRONGEST basically the only way to avoid getting stomped soon?

>>97497703
maybe on the companion pages? the actual power pages are pretty packed, cant see a way they could be condensed any more without just "smaller font, smaller images"

>>97498493
It was the default order. Radiant > The Platinum age > Paladin fort > Runaway > Starwars the Edge of the Empire > The Trail > Necromancy CYOA {Update}

>>97498081
>but poverty and spartan conditions are not one of them.
Its a pretty common think monks do to themselves desu. That and abstinence from worldly pleasures dont seem necessarily "Moral", but they're common enough among people who really obsess over that stuff

>>97497897
>>97497202
So is the chimera just fantasy cell/meruem?

>>97498256
Thanks for doing this anon!

Also nice to see I'm not the only EotE enjoyer.

>>97498510
Obviously it's a real thing people do! But if you wanted to live that way you could just go fucking do it irl.

>>97498210
How did you come to that conclusion? Buying characteristics is surpassed only in worth by directly advancing and uniqueness/sefira coincidences.

>>97498494
Just 100? It doesn't even matter what your build is as long as it has nothing valuable. Just live somewhere remote.

>>97498591
NTA, but aren't characteristics technically worse than sealed artefacts because they're just not baked into items/consumed, and therefore not useful yet?

>>97498576
>>97498607
Wrong reply.

>>97498607
Sealed artifacts are (usually) just items combined with characteristics. Unless one is specially created by, say, a Paragon s6 or more, there's not much difference between having a sealing artifact and creating a new one by leaving a characteristic with an item you want it to combine it with long enough. Characteristics can even be used directly.

>>97498494
>should my choices be very different from the BE THE STRONGEST builds, or is trying to BE THE STRONGEST basically the only way to avoid getting stomped soon?
They should overall be the same, except you should stop around sequence 3-4, things start getting a little ego deathy and competitive past those sequences.
Depending on where you are/who you incarnate as, then you should be pretty safe even before reaching that point

>>97498058
Runestones are always good, that + reinforcement is a great combo

>>97498627
I am aware of that. I meant it in comparison like this:
You have an option to buy a specific sealed artefact with a specific level of power, and you are told exactly what it does and how it will harm you if some condition is not met (or even then). You get what you know and what you paid for.
You can also buy a beyonder characteristic of the same specific level of power, but since it is not combined with anything yet, you don't know how the result will manifest and if you'll get an item with a useful ability and manageable flaw or not.
Therefore, sealed artefact option would be better than a beyonder characteristic.

>>97498640
>except you should stop around sequence 3-4
The main difference resulting from this is that more pathways are viable for you because you're not trying to become a sequence 0/GOO

>>97498655
Well, I presume the characteristic to be cheaper in this case, which makes it better if you want to consume it to advance eventually.

>>97498256
>>97498442
I believe I have edited the poll so that votes cast can now be changed. Try it and tell me if there's still an issue

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>>97496927
>A Halo CYOA...my SVOUL needs it.
The last thing your SVOUL needs is gunfaggotry, what your SVOUL really needs is a hentai heroine CYOA

>>97498698
works!

>>97498714
If I slapped her tiddy would my hand go numb from pain or would she take maximum arousal damage?

This is important for my hentai heroine build.

>>97498651
Reinforcement? It seems alright I guess but the difference between x200 and x500 seems negligible desu. I am going to do Detect Lies, Bless, and Bless Earth or whatever it is called. One helps investigate the other helps people after I am gone.

>>97498757
The real power imo is in the fact that you can store up energy whenever you arent using it via ruenstones. So sure, you can normally only do reinforcement 10 times or so (realistically less) in combat. But with runestones you might be able to just quickly pop a giant power boost if you need it.

Although thats very combat oriented.

>>97498714
okay two things
first
no it doesnt, what they need is what they asked for not a completely unrelated thing, this is like asking for a burger and getting idk ramen, is it still good, yes(unless its actually shitty ramen), but its still not what they asked for
second
ignoring your bullshit opinion about guns and whatnot, you are aware that halo doesnt just have guns right, it also has weapons like the energy sword and gravity hammer which are incredibly iconic for the franchise, and thats ignoring what other creations that could be made or added to the cyoa, i mean they were already developing new technologies by mixing human and covenant tech, iirc thats how the spartan laser became a thing, wouldnt surprise me if they could make more things for the cyoa like a plasma bow or vibro knives or smth

oh as an aside you should look at how scifi cyoa's are also decently popular even though they have plenty of the "gunfaggotry" you hate so much, or just the general popularity of things like scifi stories and games and also war games like warthunder or world of tanks etc etc, some people would rather have a big ass gun than a sword and theres nothing you can do about that

>>97496942
When switching to a neighboring pathway, must you got up a sequence or can you switch to the same number but in the other pathway (can you go from sequence 4 in pathway A to 4 in pathway B, or must you go from 4 to 3) ?

>>97498976
>can you switch to the same number but in the other pathway
Yes

>>97498976
You can do whatever, 4 to 4 is simply bad for your SAN.

>>97498976
You should only go up when switching. Eating a same sequence characteristic of a neighboring pathway makes you half crazy.

>>97498714
Souless

>>97498991
Trunsoest was s1 of the Black Emperor Pathway and then ate three s1 of the Justiciar to switch, and he was just fine.
When Lumian became Red Priest-Demoness Dual Pathway angel at S1, him being half-mad was more due to the method of how the characteristics were forced on him (with no rituals or anything) than inherently due to switching. He shouldn't be used as a measuring stick here.

>>97499012 https://docs.google.com/document/d/19T6LF9GO22ayc-ok7u7J2bmm100IJumh27GZwDZtroE/edit?usp=drivesdk
Author said it.

Becoming a s0 is going up, and Trunsoest had the support of *six* gods. We don't know the exact process of his advancement, but with this level of help, the consequences, if any, would be greatly minimized, so this case cannot be generalized.

>>97499012
If you lower your sequence first, you'll be fine. If your similar sequence characteristic remains, you'll have problems.

>>97498494
you gain ''EXP'' by acting, not fighting so taking a background role away from schizos doesn't slow your progression
to be safe avoid hanged man (makes you crazy), paragon (can't fight until S5), chained (schizo #2), devil (if you're a moralfag), stop at Saint level like anons said because from S2 and above there's a very low number of slots

>>97498991
Do you need to remove the same sequence characteristic when switching (go from 4 to 3, keep the sequence 3's abilities but remove 4 to 9 of one of the pathway) ?

>>97499073
>paragon (can't fight until S5)
S6*
They get manufacturing here

>>97499120
doesn't that depend on characteristics which they would have a hard time getting themselves
so yeah you can fight at S6 but a lot needs to go right

>>97499114
No, but if you don't need those extra characteristics, you should remove them since every bit of extra characteristic is an extra bit of madness.

>>97499132
They can also use spirituality, also there's no way you got that far without some backing. Ask your backer to help you out with getting some initial characteristics.

>>97499147
>They can also use spirituality
Items made with spirituality won't be that strong and will be temporary but it's still an option

>>97499073
>paragon (can't fight until S5)
You can fight at S9, just get a gun lol.

>>97499188
bro thinks he's klein

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>>97498034
cool build

>>97499201
There's one (1) pathway that has the ability to resist bullets at S9, and it's the Sailor pathway (can tank a double barrel). A S7 Pyromaniac can control nearby combustible substances (good thing guns can attack from afar) and a S7 Werewolf can tank a fireball (about a low end C4?) and regenerate. Besides these tanky pathways and others like Warrior, even a regular gun can serve you well up to S7. If you can get mystical bullets or firearms like Klein did then guns remain useful for far longer.

>>97499240
The reason Klein was so deadly with his gunplay is because of the supporting abilities of the Seer pathway. Especially the paper copycats, without that he would've died multiple times. Paragons don't really have anything of the sort, besides making better guns there's no much they could do in a fight.

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Question: How the fuck do you continue to write? I've hit a roadblock now; it's hard to start again.

>>97499328
My usual tactic is to write a different part of the text, to get me back into it. Then I'll finish the part I've left hanging once I'm in a productive haze.

>>97499328
My usual tactic is to abandon the wip forever and loathe myself by 5% more for the rest of my life.

>>97499283
Making better guns would be sufficient. After a Seq 6 Klein shot a Seq 5 Tracy with an air bullet she said that if not for "the strengthening of her physique brought about by the Assassin and Instigator Sequence, with a significant enhancement in subsequent Sequences" she would have gotten her whole arm blown clean off, and one of his air bullets was able to blast the head off one of her mirror substitutions too. Klein's air bullets at Seq 6 were comparable to a steam rifle, and Klein mentions in chapter 68 that a steam rifle is nearly equivalent to an inferior sniper rifle.

If a near-equivalent to an inferior sniper rifle can do that to the Seq 5 of a combat pathway, an actual sniper rifle would have rendered her a cripple. In terms of firepower a gun lets you hit way above your tier. But I do agree that Klein's Seer abilities made him way more dangerous with a gun that most Paragons could be before Seq 6. Things would be different in an In Modern Day scenario thanks to modern tech, but a Paragon in-universe could hit at most within their own Seq or one Seq above while using guns, and that's with ambushes and the like.

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>theyre still talking about chinkslop

>>97499373
You're free to leave the thread at any time.

>>97499353
The optimal method is still to have a partner with a more combat-focused pathway and let them do the fighting while you make them better guns. You CAN make guns for yourself and try to fight but it's definitely not the best use of your time.

>>97499339
God damn, I feel so stupid for not thinking about that sooner. I'm making a three-pager, and the third page is different from the first two.

>>97499352
Don't Give up!

>>97499328
I generally sketch down a half-sentence or so of what I want each paragraph to be over, determine how many sentences I want for each paragraph, and then take a scattershot approach to filling them in. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you need to write everything in sequential order, and likewise for image uploading and page formatting.

>>97499373
It's what the people want.

>>97499373
Alright what burgerslop do you want to talk about instead? dispatch? my little pony? steven universe?

>>97499328
Heamingway always said to finish a writing session in the middle, knowing exactly what you were going to write next. That way you get back into your flow when you pick it up again.

When I struggle I try to recconect with something that inspires my creativity.

>>97499392
Ok, my plan is to have three-ish short paragraphs for each character, and I generally have most of the parts done.

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From the moment I've understood the weakness of my flesh...

>>97496942
>>97499380
It's kinda ridiculous how some paths are pretty much nothing burgers compared to others for the first 3 sequences.
>s9-7 of White Tower, Twilight Giant, Paragon, and Wheel of Fortune
All just practically human+.

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>>97499428
Ah, I haven't read a book I like in a while.

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>>97499499
To be fair you can only come up with so "quirky powers" before you run out. The cowardly trio clearly had the most thought put into them that's why they're so stacked.

>>97499328
I have a wank and listen to music.

>>97499353
I see the words "steam rifle" and i am immediately at attention
Im aware that steam powered weapons normally cant compare to gunpowder based ones but that doesnt make them any less cool especially when apparently some settings do have them comparable
So yes now my attention has been thoroughly grasped

>>97499581
Are you just now figuring out that the setting is steampunk? You should go read the novel before the cyoa comes out, if something as mundane as a steam rifle catches your interest then I think you'll like the rest.

>>97499588
I didnt notice this was about lord of mysteries till i followed the comment chain to see what yall were talking about

I was already interested in it but never found the time to get into it cause life stuff but now maybe i should give it a look

I must confess, I think tarpitting meatgrinder slogs are cooler than brilliant blitzkrieg maneuvers.

>>97496974
When you hit someone during radiant surge, do you get a "damage boost" from going really fast? Can you use radiant surge to move only parts of yourself? How quickly can you chain them?

>>97500036
Youd think that all the way till you fight for years or even decades with nothing actually gained besides more stalemate

Sure tarpits equals more fighting which equals more cool and cool kill zones and all that but eventually it just gets tiring or frustrating that nothing you do ever does anything but use up resources and get nothing done

Maybe better if you need the stalemate in order to survive and any movement done by the frontline further strangles you and your own but even then usually you end up wanting some way of changing things so that the stalemate can be broken and the threat neutralized in some way

I would also like to point out that when germany fought in such slogs in the first and second world wars they would always lose, it was only during the start of the second world war when they blitzkrieged and defeated the french while forcing back the brits to their island that they actually got to win and i think everyone can agree winning is more fun than losing

"Companions" are the worst and most boring part of any CYOA.

>>97500275
Why do you feel this way?

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>>97500279
BecauseI don't care about facsimiles that anyone and everyone can repeatedly pick over and over, eroding any uniqueness between character or personality. If I'm presented with a new world of infinite potential then I want to find people on my own merit and engage with the natives on my own terms, not ones blithely dictated by some barely milk-whelped sop.
Also because they're always boring and some form of the "Authors" fetish.

Also also because I just dislike people in general.

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>>97500295
Based.

>>97500295
>Also because they're always boring and some form of the "Authors" fetish.
Understandable. I tend to skip those sections for the same reason. Reading about someone that could potentially be important to the setting is interesting - reading an archetype that loves me by default and/or built around a fetish isn't.
Although the companions are generally good "template builds" since they use the powers described in the CYOA (or variations lore-wise), or it can inform you on the setting sometimes via their backstories.

>>97500295
>and engage with the natives on my own terms
The companions (and other characters) are what defines what the "natives" are. They are what explains what the people of the world you find yourself in are like and what shapes and varieties they can come in.

>dictated by some barely milk-whelped sop.
Ah youre the "I need to expand my vocabulary" ESL from a couple of threads back.

>>97500295
>Also also because I just dislike people in general.
The crux of the issue.

>>97500295
>>97500330
I think one of the best companion sections was In the Wake of the Dawn, where instead of a backstory, most of their origins are left for you to infer, and the focus is instead on how you met them. There's still some coomerisms but it is quite well-done in general, which is no surprise, considering the author. I suppose the big thing is to have companions seem dynamic and as their own driven characters, rather than static supplements to your own adventure. It's the line between companions-as-friends, and companions-as-unique minions, I think.

anon below sucks COCKS

Teehee~

anon above sucks COCKS

anon below rims ASSHOLES

>>97500433
I thought those were all boring an uninteresting people.

>>97498714
>what your SVOUL really needs is to be a female/femboy that gets punished and abused in some degenerate troon-tier fantasy setting
fuck no lol

>>97500533
Perhaps that's what Tok needs deep inside.

>>97500533
Maybe anons would be less obsessed with immortality and learn to accept their mortality if they were forced to be hyper-raped bimbos/femboys

>>97500512
I didn't think all of them were interesting, but some were neat. Eurymedon struck me as cool. The biggest flaw is that only two choices were possible, when the companions' backstories are themselves the backbone for the midpoint of your heroic career. It would've been fun if there was a smaller scale quest segment akin to the First Feat bit, before ramping up into the endings. All-in-all I think it is easily in the top-30 for CYOAs.

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>>97497924
You act like post bungie content is just as bad as the star wars sequels.
The only thing that really pissed me off was the DEI spartan commanders, snarky cunt Palmer and the HIDEOUS black bitch from Infinite (thankfully she wasn't in the campaign).

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>>97500587
Palmer is fine, she just needs some "correction".

>>97500512
>>97500509
No wonder you have such a shit taste.

>>97500677
That art, and that girl, are trash

>>97500587
>You act like post bungie content is just as bad as the star wars sequels.
Bungie content is as bad as the Star Wars sequels. Hell, Bungie content IS the Star Wars sequels, they added Star Wars to Destiny 2 to try and save their dying game.

>>97500786
>Bungie in the 2020s is the same as the in bungie in 2010
retard.

>>97500815
>let me keep moving these goal posts, surely Bungie will become based if I do it enough!
Gaylo baby.

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>>97500841
>Gaylo baby
yarp.
I'm 30 years old, and many anons here are even younger and thus have never known western kino, hence why they became weebs.

Reproduction is disgusting. Anything short of immaculate conception should be outlawed.

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>>97500887
We can go further. One of my favorite lines of all time,
>Mirrors and copulation are abominable, because they multiply the number of men

Ban mirrors.

>>97500880
>uncslop

>>97500887
>>97500921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavlcbunY00

>>97500887
>Immaculate Cringeception
Everybody knows that birthing yourself from the void is the way to go.

>>97500934
>birthing yourself
Voidtards aren't beating the tranny allegations

>>97496786
Form: Wizened
>As time goes by I feel drawn to being a cool old man. I need to teach apprentices and engage in elaborate board games with other old men

Powers:
Phase 1(-10): Gestation
Sanctum 1 (-2-1)
+Laboratory
Prophecy 2 (-6-1)
+Fragmentary search
>This is just the level of power I start at. Obviously I need to be careful that I don't waste my early years working a job or some other inane nonsense because I focussd solely on potential
>I hope to use some manner of prophecy to blackmail politicians and then to buy great trackts of land in norway or something
>(Some of the weaker, easier to blackmail politicians)
>Once my laboratory is built I can derive to phase 2

Phase 2 (-17): Industrialisation [1-17](500 years to sanctum 5. ~10 years to dimensionalism)
Dimensional 2 (-6)
Sanctum 5 (-9-2)
+Total Sanctum
+Temporal rooms
>Magical knowledge must be kept from the wider public, but as long as one is careful specific individuals may be informed
>Spatial bending, and a magical palace
>Obviously I will be enchanting a fairly large amount of woodland to my ends, and the people I keep to test with and on will be effectively incapable of leaving due to the spatial warping
>The trick is, with sanctum 5 I can run time as fast as I need to, and with human operators added, I can have them help with my experiments, meaning I could finish centuries of work in mere years (As long as I can train and raise competant human operators to do my bidding and train eachother while I am in my office at the normal rate of time)
>Also note that I will be changing their and my rate of time regularly. They will be frozen in time when not needed, so from their perspective I will infact be responding instantly and planning 15 moves in advance, not moving at 1/100th pace
>The People will be raised in a cult-like setting, both as a means of control and to stop any issues if one of them gets out
(1/2)

>>97501005
Phase 3 (-39): Expansion and economics [18-56] (~100 years)
Creation 5 (-15-3)
+Detailed summoning
+Black silver
+construction
Druidry 5 (-15-3)
+Implicit Focus
+Specificity
+Touch of colour
Elementalism 1 (-3)
>Time to upgrade my palace and begin work on my immortality
>Druidry sounds like the easiest path to find immortality on, and it helps with space and eugenic experiments later
>Elementalism is just so I don't get jumped. Although I doubt I'll need it, it seems culturally important that I can fry plebs

Phase 4(-7): Cleaning up [57-63] (~15 years)
Enchanting 2 (-6 -1)
+Ring giver
>Comfort things, slight advancements

Phase 5(-11): Advance [64-75] (~30 years)
Dimensional 4 (-6-1)
+Portals
Prophecy 3 (-3-1)
+Instant sight
>Given that the time police are nitpicking about this world, and that I explicitly can go to space, there really isn't any reason not to move to alpha centaurii and make an entire planet to rule as godking
>Infact, it's probably an already done Idea. I'll likely need to move somewhere yet further out to make my void colony
>This is to be started once I have finished my immortality

>Overall, the whole thing should be done before I turn 1000. No need to rush though, there's an effectively unlimited amount of time
>It is interesting that simply studying at a normal pace is rarely enough to reach your potential

Casting and Learning methods:
Mental 3
Ritualistic 3
Runic 3
Experimentation 3
Derivation 3

Affinities:
Computers
>A modern wizard would be remiss without
Time
>I actually unironically need the timekeeping. The illuminati stuff is irrelevant
>I can deal with it later..... At a different 'Time'
Pipemancy
Beardmancy
>The standard

>Many parts of the production line and process could presumably be speed up by using witches and their bullshit charm magic, but I don't know how common those are, or how easy it would be to groom one into a loyal servant.

>>97500977
>I birthed myself from the infinite Dark-ACK

>>97501005
>>97501015
Let's see if you gain immortality or die trying.
1-5 you die, 6-10 you make it.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>97501054
>>97501063
>>97501005
>>97501015
dice+1d10

>>97500887
For some, it's the only time they'll ever be in a woman.

hes doing this on purpose no one could fuck up this bad

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>>97501035
>>97501039
>>97501054
>>97501063
>>97501069

>>97501069
Lucky me
Although I do think that it would be my servants dying while doing my experiments
My main actual risk is laws being written specifically to stop me from the experimentalism I plan on enacting

Where is gil
I need him

>>97501392
You don’t need him. You’re better than this. You can fight it.

>>97501431
Ok but I literally cant fight it

>>97496786
> Form
Wizened Wizard
> Starting Powers
Dimensional 3
-Portals
> Full Powers
Elementalism 5 (Air, Light, Ink, Success)
Dimensional 4
-Portals
-Mobile Portals
Enchanting 5
-Charged Artifact
-Triggered Casting
-Staff Making
Prophecy 5
-Sound Transference
-Fragmentary Search
-Instant Sight
-Meditative Viewing
-Elementsight
> Casting
Ritualistic 3
Runic 3
Emotional 3
> Learning
Innate Form 3
Derivation 3
> Affinites
Robemancy
Pipemancy
Beardmancy
Warding

I should have my full powers in around 300-400 years, prioritising Dimensional, Prophecy, Elementalism and Enchanting in that order. Obtaining immortality should be a breeze with my Success element.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>97501614
Let's see if you gain immortality or die trying.
1-5 you die, 6-10 you make it.

>>97501627
But three out of five wizards reach immortality?

>>97501627
I reject this outcome, I WILL succeed. (also technically the math's off because 3/5 wizards make it, and then you have Winsomes and other shorter lived wizards skewing the results).

>>97496942
Is tank gonna do something about those impossible rituals? For example, the underworld literally doesn't exist In Modern Day, so the Death path is fucked. There's also all those rituals that require gods.

>>97501392
>>97501454

Rolled 4 (1d5)

>>97501637
>>97501652
Ok then, 1-2 you die and 3-5 you attain immortality.

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oldie but a g-
nah it's not old and it's also not good

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>>97501747

>>97501744
This I accept.

>>97501725
I'm sure there are alternatives
Rituals use symbolic components. Anything that represents the same things will work (With modifications)

>>97501725
>For example, the underworld literally doesn't exist In Modern Day, so the Death path is fucked.
How exactly did an Underworld come to exist originally then?

>>97501816
Ghosts dug out a sort of spiritual bunker to escape the Mother of Depravity. Over many generations, this progressed into the Underworld.

>>97501392
Working on a dispatch cyoa I think.

>>97496942
Visionary is a trap. Adam had the uniquenesses before, so he knows all their ins and outs. We don't. We can't replicate his half GOO state.

>>97501816
It was created at some point by a God.

>>97496942
So what's stopping me from just killing the outer gods by ramming them with a ship?

>>97501988
they're all azathoth-tier blow-up-galaxies and affect the entire universe with their decisions level of powerful, not cthulhu-tier.
plus they cant be felled by any attack lacking "symbolism", meaning only another outer god can kill an outer god

>>97502002
But I am the protagonist?
I have infinite symbolism, and am the sole arbiter of good and evil?

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cyoa for this feel?

>>97502020
Hush child. Adults are speaking.