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Here's a dropbox with a LOT of CYOA's:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ijwopa42ke49q1/AAA40vUS2BzstD9eHyyBLTr8a?dl=0
IRC Chat Channel
https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc%3A%2F%2Firc.rizon.net%2Fcyoa
Post any questions you have about making CYOAs below.
What's the best-written CYOA?
Which is the best visually?
>>47633197Alice.
Hell if I know, probably Kingdom Crusher/Diplomacy.
>>47633197
>What's the best-written CYOA?
Last Star probably
>Which is the best visually?
Monster Hunter.
>>47633145
I have a question, what do people think of multiple currencies like in Solar Inheritance? Is it interesting or pointless?
Welp here's the updated version
also in case anyone missed the poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/10408204
>>47633238
What classes do you guys think need to be buffed up?
>>47633251
If you guys have the time I would love to hear why you choose or didn't choose certain companions
>>47633273
also if you name your characters and write a little bit about them there's a good chance I'll put them in an expansion as companions
(if you want that is)
>>47633145
What the fuck am I reading?
>>47633293
This was also my first real attempt at trying to write in some form of lore into a coya, how'd I do? Is there anything I could improve on in the future?
>>47633197
>best-written
Remember that one fantasy cyoa (came in pdf) with the nice skeleton warrior guy who protected kids, and the absentminded old illusionist...? I can't find it but the companions were well-written for sure.
>best visually
I dunno, Broquest?
>>47633273
Luvyna, and Valerie because they're long running friends that cover my weaknessesand Luvyna is a cute, Crale because a moral compass in not a bad thing for a mage to have and heals are great. Elsoise because healing is still great. Duxix because he's hilarious. And I can steal his mana.
>>47633373
This one?
>>47633442
Yes! Thank you!
>>47633197
Visually? Monster Hunter looks nice. Kingdom Crusher looks great too but the writing is the best.
>>47633236
>>47633228
>same tastes
Can't say I blame you.
>>47633236
Eh. Can be good, can be bad. When you've made your CYOA I'll tell you how you did.
>>47633373
I love that dog....and shwig.
>>47633316
Intersex Turboslut. It really deserves an expansion or revamp with more options, fetish fuel, and drawbacks.
>>47633145
I love this guy's CYOAs. I figure he made this one as well.
>>47633251
Question for you: how exactly does enhancement work? What does it do? Do we need to know other forms of magic to enchant into the target, or does it have it's own unique effects?
>>47633251
Could you describe some stuff like Summoning some more? Like what kinds of summons you can have, how long they can be summoned for, how strong/what kinds of abilities do the summons have.
>>47633373
BroQuest did have one of the most visually pleasing art i have seen in a CYOA yet, but i dont remember why people stopped working on/talking about it.
What happened?
>>47633624
I never understood what the rules of this CYOA were.
How many can you pick?
>>47633238
What's the free exclusive course mean?
>>47633668
I have no idea, i just found this image somewhere, hell, im not even the guy who posted the companions2 list.
>>47633668
The companions are only part of it. There's a (bad) character creation page, there's a (pretty good) villains page etc.
>>47633757
this one?
>>47633800
Yup.
>>47633068
Alexander the Great. Time to unify humanity, bitches. Or most likely die trying.
>>47633624
Too many idea guys and not enough programmers for the game Broquest I believe.
>>47633251
st. flares is probably the weakest school because survival, dungeoneering and monster hunting have a lot of overlap. and the most important part of dungeoneering, spotting and avoiding traps, is split into a seperate skill.
aside from that, the weakest option is probably teamwork. maybe it could be made into more of a leadership skill.
incidentally, necromancy could do with a better picture, the one currently there is a bit stretched.
>>47633757
This is the highest resolution of the 1st page I could find.
It hurts my fucking eyes so much....
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
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>>47633328
Allaric
>Lunestier
> Arcane Magic 3, Magic Refinement 3, Illusion 3, PT 1
>Luvyna, Valerie Bluewood, Malyvin, Crale Edwards, Suzette Highking
>Battle Royal (4v4) 4, Security, Research Proposal, Body Guard, Blind Date
Born to the Bluewood's court magei, Alaric had freakishly strong mana reserves. So much so that negatively impacted his health, and that he frequently damaged himself and everything in his surroundings when he attempted to practice his magic. Many of the children thought he was cursed and shunned him because of this, leading him to be very loyal to the few that would stick with him. With a recommendation from the Bluewood's Leige he found his way into Lunestier to control his strength, and quickly lead him to being a powerful arcane and illusion mage, as well as an improvement to his health.
That work for a description M8?
>>47633197
See pic related as far as best written is concerned. The fact that it caused so much butthurt upon release of the secrets is just proof of how invested people got into the initial concept.
>>47634344
>>47634344
Mystery girl.
Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d4)
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
>>47633293
Ej Har
>Classes:
Arcane Magic * 3
Potion Making * 3
Knowledge(Magic Theory/Mag.Eng * 3)
Blood Magic
>Companions:
Nashwa
Bathsheba
Cassiopeia
Dax
Year 1:
Battle Royale, Bodyguard
Year 2:
Escort
Year 3:
Fund Raising, Basilisk Den
Year 4:
Blind Date, Research Proposal
Year 5:
Basilisk Den
Name:
Khalid "Crystal Aurora" Eral, they both mean the same thing in different languages funnily enough.
Originally Eral had planned to take summoning as an elective; however this would have cut into his time to study the Pure element, indulge his penchant for alchemy, and the manifestations of the Pure within reality. He was incredibly distressed by this until he stumbled upon that girl talking to Pure beings. What a shock that was. It was then that he decided he would devote his time to learning how to manipulate the Purity while studying the creatures and the girl. All the ultimate goal: the ability to move between the Pure lands and the Tainted.
>>47634435
> All the ultimate goal: the ability to move between the Pure lands and the Tainted.
I.e how to become immortal and/or use magic to its fullest potential. The world is just a strange and disgusting filter through which the manifestations of the Pure element are but shadows. Also slavery is wrong, so the Basilisk Den and all those who support it need to go. Learning how Bathsheba, an robotic lifeform, figured out how to create a mark within the pure lands and thus gain sentience + a soul-- potentially the use of Purity as well--also seems like a worthwhile pursuit. Might as well help Cass and Dax since they're there.
>>47633293
I'd like my character as a companion as well.
>>47633145Double dicks (10)
Donk butt
Supersensitive D-cups (15)
Ghost (30)
Turbospeed (50)
Slow time (100)
Fantasy world (afterlife, friendly gods) (130)
Nakedness (100)
I'm a cute ghost girl with two cocks
>>47633145
Why do you refuse to link the thread properly? Every single general on this entire website can do it, but not this one?
>>47634600
>cute ghost girl
But you have no vagoo.
>>47634151
Where's my beat a waifu CYOA?
>>47634344
>The fact that it caused so much butthurt upon release of the secrets is just proof of how invested people got into the initial concept.
And how poorly written it actually was.
>>47634745
On your hard drive, after you make it.
>>47634658
Spite against us being a general I imagine.
>>47634777
I'd like to beat you.
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
>>47633293
>>47633328
St. Flares
Tactics 3 (Gotta be master tactician to be the MC)
Martial Combat 1 (Gotta be not useless and able to ride Silene)
Knowledge 1 (Cooking, eating tasty food is important)
Teamwork 3
Dungeoneering 2 (I'm the guy to go with for Dungeon diving, also lockpicking)
So like an Adventurer
Tarkun Ironstout (Dwarf Tank)
Silene (Centaur Combat Support and Mounted Charges)
Hana (Lamia Illusionist and Backup Combat)
Sorte (Elf Ranged Combat and Survivalist)
Kit (Kitsune Bard Buffer and backup mage)
The Great Hunt, Escort(Free ghost girl)/Basilisk Den, Battle of the Arts, Party Planner
The three teamwork is to pull off the Harem End
>>47634806
You should save that for your waifu.
She's going to be heart broken when she hears that you have been beating other people when you have her.
>>47634844
I would never beat my waifu.
>>47634151
Needs more husbandos to actually be a waifu to
>>47634880
>>47634151
Kitsune
Jacked
Feminine
Sweet
Mechanic
Weaponmaster
Greatness
General magic
Wells
>>47634892
>>47635009
that goes both ways
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
>>47633293
>>47633328
Anders Korjac, Amateur Knight
>School
Uzuza
>Courses
Martial Combat
Ranged Combat
First Aid
Tactics
Unarmed Combat
Smithing
Knowlege
Teamwork
Physical Training
>Exclusive
Mage Hunter
>Friends
Duxix
Farhat
Crale Edwards
Evergreen
Damion
>Events
The Great Tournament: Battle Royale
The Great Tournament: The Great Hunt
The Grand Summit: Security
The Gathering of Life: Bodyguard
Born poor, Anders has seen the struggles and injustices that the less-fortunate face. Wanting to help end this, and needing to increase his already astounding strength, he joined Uzuza. Hearing the stories of Az, Anders was inspired, but he will never really buy into the whole "anti-magic" way of thinking. The only reason he's studying Mage Hunting is because it is seen as one of the tougher paths to take, and it may well come in handy later. At the end of the day, Anders just wants to help people be happy. Mage or not.All around, Anders is a big softie. Tough as nails, but empathetic and altruistic.
>>47633175
Can't say I liked the Lunestier companions, but I'm probably alone in that.
>>47635138
Meant for >>47633273
>>47634151
>Race
Kitsune
>Body
I ain't dying yet
Lustful
Jacked
>Special
Weaponmaster (Katanah)
>Hero
Lieri
Niilo
Sikk
>>47634391
So what's the deal on this one?
>>47635187
She's a kitsune.
>>47635187
She has a fluffy tail and all the other girls are thrash.
>>47635210
>Not picking up the vampire too and ushering in the age of the Flying Fox.
>>47633251
Most of the classes are fine but have significant overlaps. You have 3 different martial fighting classes [Martial, Ranged, Unarmed] and 3 different martial commanding classes [Tactics, Teamwork, Maneuvers (cause of the battlefield awareness aspects)], and 5-7 magic classes, depending on where you put Ki, potions, Bardic Arts. This wouldn't be a problem, but the system encourages specialization since you can reinvest in a class to make it better. Then there's things like Arcane Magic substituting for any other magic, general knowledge being vague, what physical training can do exactly, and this is without getting into the school specific classes. So all of them work fine on their own, but building a well rounded character isn't encouraged here and specialist builds are kinda dull, since they just pick 2 or 3 skills and go whole hog.
That isn't even getting into the flavor issues of when you pick up these classes. You can't take them all at once, but the events are supposed to take place in certain years so what abilities would you have at what times is relevant. The system would work much better on a whole if it was like a skill tree instead of as straight pool, like the university CYOA from a while back. Make the magic classes branch off of arcane, stuff like that.
>>47635210
You wouldn't fuck a fox.
>>47635283
>Fighting with a sword.
>Overlapping with using a bow.
>>47635283
You sit there and talk up well-rounded, but a skill tree would encouraged over-specialization even harder, because to get access to the good classes you would have to take all the shitty skills you didn't want that come before it. So either you invest all-in or you're not worthwhile. Not to mention that skills earlier in the tree would be, by implication, far worse than later skills. So by that token you'd be making skills meant to be at parity trash that nobody would use.
For example, right now I can make a magic knight. Maybe not the best, but I can do it. But in a skill tree, I wouldn't be able to make a good one at all, because I wouldn't have enough points to be sufficiently proficient in both martial and magical skills. Hell, depending on cost I might not even be ABLE to become the kind of magic knight I want to be, because proper sword skills or water magic or whatever might be near the very end of the tree. That makes much more narrow builds, in the end.
The university one only worked because there were, what, five different magic schools, total? And you still had to struggle to be good at more than one thing. This CYOA has a much wider scope that doesn't make it tenable.
>>47635294
Fuck you, fox girls are the GREATEST IN THE WORLD!
>>47635283
One way to help with this could be getting to pick 2 or 3 classes you can tag as having mastered while splitting the rest between having reached advanced level and basic level. This way you get more choices class-wise and maybe more diverse builds.
>>47635070
I agree, but male and female orgasms are very different where this kind of thing is concerned.
>>47635525
Are you that guy that thinks women exclusively cum from emotions or something?
>>47633328
What do you mean by can't pick more then 8 non-unique events? it seems that you can only pick a single option a maximum of five times and you can only pick one of the options in a row every year.
>>47635535
Why, would he also agree it goes both ways?
>>47635649
'Cause he'd probably try and argue that women can't orgasm from rape or something stupid like that.
>>47634151
Loli (17)
A cute (Free)
Intriguing (16)
Feminine (15)
Twin (13)
Lifetime/I ain't dying yet! (7)
Sweet (6)
Power Magic (3)
Lierl (0)
>>47635662
What? That's crazy.
>>47633145
Dick (0), Vagina (5), Combo (15), Petite Butt (15), A cup breasts (15), Elf (20), Fly (35), Lightning Bolt (45), Neko (55), Fantasy (65), Afterlife + Friendly Gods + Industrial Revolution (95)
>>47635643
Just ignore that bit I plan on removing it. As long as you take a least three different individual events and don't take more then 1 event per cross school event your good
>>47635932
But who are you, kind stranger?
>>47630781
Lunestier is the best school. Of course it's preferable, all else being equal.
Tactics, martial combat, Maneuvers, Stealth, bardic arts, knowledge, teamwork, illusions.
Diplomacy, dueling
Skipping companions because I'm not into that.
>>47635311
Yes. There is overlap between these classes
>>47635393
That isn't necessarily true. Skills up a skill tree are not necessarily more powerful than other skills, just more specialized. Picking a skill would represent an additional ability, not a replacement, but by tying them to a lower skill you eliminate potential redundancies.
>>47635441
As of right now, you can do that and leave yourself with 4 and 1 point respectively. If you're talking about a potential revision, I'm not sure what you're getting at.
>>47635434
Anon pls
>>47633238
Luneister
Diplomacy 1, Magic Refinement 2, Dueling 1, Arcane Magic 2, Knowledge 1, Bardic Arts 1, Divine Arts 1
Luvyna, Mecherath, Evergreen, Eloise Avery, Farhat
Fund Raising, Blind Date (3, 4 "Sanyo"), Research Proposal
>>47635958
Sorry bout that I'm on mobile bent over my toilet with what I'm assuming is food poisoning right now and forgot to namefag
>>47636001
Sorry for the late chime in. Personally I really like the idea of skill trees... Just not in this cyoa. I've intentionally written the classes vague so that players can better mold their ideal character. It's weird compromise between balence and player freedom. Hope this justifies my decision well enough
Were their any other questions I missed?
>>47636001
>>47635441
What I mean is that you pick 10 different classes and, for example, tag 2 of them with mastery, 3 others with advanced and the rest are at basic proficiency. This way you have 10 unique classes while still having areas of focus.
>>47636001
>Yes. There is overlap between these classes
No, no there's not. Using a bow is nothing like using a sword and both serve different functions.
>>47636073
You should probably point that at Box, see if he likes it.
>>47636001
>That isn't necessarily true.
But it is the implication, especially if you do things like try and lump melee and magic styles into single trees.
>>47636066
Yeah, I wanted to know how enhancement magic worked. Do I need to learn other kinds of magic to enchant my equipment with, or does enhancement magic have its own unique list of spells/enhancements? I need to know if I should budget for additional magic classes or not.
>>47633293
Kit: "Often blindsiding others with her amazing works of bardic" Bardic what?!
>>47636066
>What I mean is that you pick 10 different classes and, for example, tag 2 of them with mastery, 3 others with advanced and the rest are at basic proficiency. This way you have 10 unique classes while still having areas of focus.
What do you think about this idea
>>47635992
Why'd you decide to go basic with everything?
>>47636145
Because I didn't read
>>47636145
I can't blame him, variety is the spice of life and all that.
>>47636119
You'll learn some basic stuff but I would recommend taking one or two levels in a normal magic class
>>47636135
This is actually near identical to the original draft. I ultimately ended up scrapping it because it felt to limiting to player build paths. It also didn't gel well with how the cyoa was worked at the time.
However I still enjoy the idea and wouldn't mind using it for a future cyoa, just not this one
>>47636127
I guess it got cut off in the latest draft. The word following should be 'arts'
>>47636001
>There is overlap between these classes
There is? I'd get rolling them into one, but it seems like a very different skill set to me.
>>47636127
Bar_dick
>>47636066
I really think skill trees would be the way to go in academic "learn to be an adventurer" cyoa's. They naturally segment a player's progress into time intervals, which solves the problem of what abilities you have when you do one of the challenges. If I had half the free time I used to, I'd get on doing it myself. But a non-mathematician accessible skill graph would require graphic design skills that I just don't have. Things were simpler in the old days when everybody made CYOAs in paint and waifus were bad form.
Pic related though its obviously unfinished. I haven't even indicated which of the edges lack inverses.
>>47633238
>>47633251
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>>47633328
School: Lunestier
Classes: Ranged Combat 2, Tactics 3, Teamwork 2, Manuevers 2, Diplomacy
Companions and Classmates: Luyvna, Valerie Bluewood, Farhat, Eloise Avery, Suzette Highking
Events: Battle Royal, Fund Raising, Escort, Basilisk Den, Security, Bodyguard, Blind Date [rolled 3, 3: Ej Har, Inas], Party Planner
Sebastian Fairmonte is heir to one of the great mercantile empires, raised to nobility after famed diplomat and trader "King of Coins" brokered an accord between five warring kingdoms against the 86th Great Threat. Sebastian inherited his ancestor's charm and business sense, though some nobles look down on the "uppity salesman." Privately Sebastian has doubts of his own: Does someone who can't cast magic or swing a sword belong at a "hero school"? Determined to make his mark with his own talents, he's far from useless in battle but is at his best when working with others.
A keen shot with crossbows and throwing knives, Sebastian's forte is tactics and teamwork: He can get the most out of his allies and adjusts strategies on the fly. He's also obscenely rich and is happy to spend his gold in support of friends.
Not sure if the 9 standard courses + 1 exclusive course means you can take the exclusive course multiple times for more skill or if retaking courses is something you can only do with the standard classes.
>>47636595
>Things were simpler in the old days when everybody made CYOAs in paint and waifus were bad form.
There is nothing stopping people from returning to the old ways.
>>47636595
out of curiousity, what did you use to make that web diagram? could really use some organizational graphics for my own cyoa creation.
>>47633328
Ej Har
Martial Combat III
Ki Attunment III
Physical Training III
Blood Magic I
Chandra
Tarkun Ironstout
Bathsheba
Cassiopeia
Inas
Battle Royal all of them X 3
Great Hunt X 2
Security X 1
Body Guard X 1
>>47636599
You can take multiple exclusive courses, and you can take them up to three times. You can only take up to 9 standard courses, though.
>>47633238
I think you should be more specific about the "speciality class" bit.
Is it a one and done deal that is auto lvl3? Or is it just a single slot that can only be a school specific class?
Because pending on which, this may heavily alter my choices
>>47633238
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>>47636599
This is a high-quality CYOA: It felt like just enough lore, giving a framework without making it a slog to read. Class-wise I think some courses need either explicit buffs or to be combined with others:
- Traps should probably be folded into Dungeoneering or Stealth (because rogue).
- Manuevers could be part of Physical Training since Manuevers is also physical training to a different end. Consider dropping Manuevers and adding a note to Physical Training that most students focus on one aspect or the other, improving strength and endurance or speed and agility?
- Knowledge seems overly narrow. Maybe make it general academia, giving a broad knowledge base, then have the student choose a field to focus on.
- Teamwork feels underwhelming. Maybe it also improves leadership/the ability to direct others instead of just work with them?
As far as Companions go, I appreciated the variety and took the ones I did to round out the party, but also because Luvyna and Valerie are childhood friends. Farhat seems like a bro and Eloise is there because healing is good plus she can be backup in a pinch. Also I like the idea of Sebastian acquiring a cute "little sister" who secretly wants to dissect anyone who gets close to him. Picked Suzette because networking/potential waifu/combat mage. Plus Inas writes Sebastian into her chuuni backstory after they're picked for the ball.
I liked the Events in general as springboards for worldbuilding/writefagging: For example, Sebastian getting an invite to the Basilisk's Den due to his family's obscene wealth and potentially semi-legal activities. Thanks for going the extra mile with those!
>>47636595
Looks really interesting anon if you want I can try to apply my graphic design skills to this
>>47636760
My own two cents on potential changes
Teamwork and Tactics should really be rolled up into one class
Also, we have too many tomboy Knight girls, and not enough dudes.
>>47636756
I think I edited a wrong version. The class system doesn't work like that anymore. Current system is that you get 10 classe slots that you can fill out with any class from the first page or your school, thus you can take lv1-3 with any of those skills
Sorry if it caused any unnecessary confusion
>>47636825
Ah, okay. Thanks man, now I have exactly what I need.
>>47636595
>Forced to take a bunch of skills I don't want to get to what I do.
How about fuck you?
>>47636748
>>47636599
Ah, got it. Slightly updated build, assuming I'm getting it right this time.
School: Lunestier
Classes: Ranged Combat 2, Tactics 3, Teamwork 2, Manuevers 1, Diplomacy 2
Companions and Classmates: Luyvna, Valerie Bluewood, Farhat, Eloise Avery, Suzette Highking
Events: Battle Royal, Fund Raising, Escort, Basilisk Den, Security, Bodyguard, Blind Date [rolled 3, 3: Ej Har, Inas], Party Planner
>>47636818
I was thinking that too, but not sure if Box wanted them to be two different courses intentionally ex. someone wants to make a tactically superior guy who also hates people and is a terrible team player. Otherwise it seems like they'd be aspects of the same course.
>>47636732
Geogabra. It's a geometry tool mostly, but to get this kind of graph just use segments and points.
>>47636767
That seems like a good idea. I always found laying out and making the image to be the longest and hardest part of any of my CYOAs. It could be a while before I can get something workable ready, I have classes to teach, proofs to write, and lots of whisky that will go bad if I don't get at it.
My email address is on the attached image.
>>47636818
Sorry about that, I got lazy and finding anime dude art is hard.
While I was thinking about combining some classes I really don't think these are good candidates. In my mind tactics and team work are very different things. One is based around planning and the other is about how well you work with others.
Think about it like this, rts games can be some of the most demanding games around yet they are almost always single player. Common sense would be to lesson the burden on the player by allowing them to team up with a friend. Yet they don't. This is because being of strong tactical sense and having the ability to work together are not mutually exclusive. Ever hear the term to many cooks?
Idk maybe I'm just rambling
>>47636927
>My email address is on the attached image.
Is it supposed to be okay that you're taking this discussion out of the thread so you can force what you want on Box without letting us have any input on what happens to the CYOA?
A lot of lune students seem to be taking Suzette, can I ask why?
>>47636595
>Occult
>Required to learn how to suck off demons to learn magic, medicine, academics, potions, and everything that branches from it.
>Have to learn how to suck off a god to learn to smith weapons.
How the hell did this make sense to you?
>>47636818
>Hating on tomboy knights
Scum.
>>47636927
Thanks guy I understand we all have stuff in our lives, God knows the shit I have too do on a daily basis
>>47636940
We aren't really taking the discussion out of the thread more like setting the ground work for possible future collabs
>>47637005
>We aren't really taking the discussion out of the thread
>setting the ground work for possible future collabs
Meaning that discussion won't happen in the thread. And he wants to force his skill tree on your current CYOA.
>>47636595
I'm not a huge fan of skill trees. They tend to be quite limiting, in that they force you to take things you might not want or need, so you're wasting resources when you could be using them to make the character you actually want. That can make builds that would otherwise be very interesting complete non-options. I find it's also very difficult to get them to make any sort of sense.
>>47636972
I don't know what you think occult means but I don't think it means the same to you as he thinks it means.
Also, it's not very clear but I don't think divine is attached to smithing. That line is attaching divine to druidism, it just goes through the smithing dot.
>>47636967
Princess pussy. I can't resist the chance of dirtying the royal bloodline with my peasant seed.
>>47636967
Like I said here >>47636599 it's partly because Sebastian's from a merchant house and befriending royalty seems like a good business move, plus she's a magical prodigy and I needed a combat caster. Also Sebastian is familiar with multiple rungs on the social ladder so he can show Suzette around and she can ooh and ahh over commoner living.
Maybe Sebastian invents ghetto tourism for this world, charging sheltered nobles to shuttle them around and see how the lesser folk live.
>>47637026
Occult means demonology, working with demons.
>>47637016
Maybe there was a miscommunication then.
Let me state this then here and now. I will not but skill trees into Hero Acedemy. While I think they have their places in cyoas I don't think they will work in this particular cyoa
However I like the train of thought he has and would love to pick his brain at a latter date with cluttering up future threads
>>47637066
Believe me, productive discussion won't clutter this place.
>>47633238
Lunestier
Illusion 3
Knowledge 2
Potion Mixing 3
Arcane
Magic Refinement
I can just Illusion up some friends, but i'll take:
Malyvin
Farhat
Yung Tashi
Dax
Suzette
Battle Royale
Battle of the Arts X2
Fund Raising (Just Illusion the funds bro)
Blind Date (Helena) We gonna need Illusions on this one
All in all I'll be spending most of time living my life as a lie with Illusion, and fucking around with the bros.
>>47637048
I would argue that demonology is a subset of Occult
>>47637048
It's a lot vaguer and broader than that. I'm guessing it's being used here as a stand-in for "basic magical knowledge".
>>47633293
shrazad
st. flares
martial combat
tactics x2
unarmed combat
teamwork
elemental magic x3
maneuvers x2
valerie bluewood - i like the tomboy childhood friend angle
sera - healers are a must for any good party
kengen - pretty strong and he seems like he could be a real bro
bathsheba - having a robot with superhuman strength on the team would be a great addition, and it'd be great to watch her grow as an individual
kaerulaus - a monster slayer is good to have around when dealing with oversized enemies
shrazad is the odd one out in his family. his parents and siblings are all skilled warriors and bodyguards in service to high ranking nobles, but shrazad never had the physical strength to excel in melee combat. instead, he focused his efforts towards spellcasting and learning to outsmart enemies. he loves the thrill of battle and taking on strong opponents.
in combat, shrazad uses his mobility to stay out of the enemies reach while laying down magical traps to wear them down before finishing it with a devastating spell. his elemental magic and tactical knowledge lets him control the flow of battle.
feel free to use my character as a companion
>>47637026
Also if druidism is working with nature, it doesn't mean you have to suck off deities to have that connection to nature.
>>47637089
You can argue it, but that's not how it's used.
>>47637098
It's being used wrong in that case.
For what he might INTEND, a basic magic class is useless filler. It punishes magic-based builds by forcing them to take a class that doesn't do anything and wasting points, it's basically a tax. It's not a good thing to include just to force a skill tree.
>>47636940
Would you prefer that I crowd the thread with discussion of a hypothetical that Box has already said isn't appropriate for what we have.
>>47636972
It does not. See >>47637026.
>>47637005
>>47637066
Sounds good. Just shoot me an email when you want. I may not respond immediately, but I will eventually.
>>47637087
>I can just Illusion up some friends
Dude, that's just sad.
>>47637127
>Would you prefer that I crowd the thread with discussion of a hypothetical
In contrast to fetish posting that normally crowds it?
Rolled 1, 4 = 5 (2d4)
>>47633238
>Uzuza
>Basic Physical Training
>Basic Maneuvers
>Advanced Unarmed Combat
>Master Ki Attunement
>Master Berserking
>Yung Tashi
>Malyvin
>Sera
>Kara'Tee
>Damion
>Year 1: Blind Date
>Year 2: Security
>Year 3: Bodyguard
>Year 4: The Great Hunt
>Year 5: Battle Royal
I always like the idea of going into a "super-mode" where I'm briefly unstoppable, most of my build is based around that.
My party is relatively balanced (considering I'm Uzuza and can't pick half the characters), with a good mix of personalities. Sera is "team mom" and covers healing, Malyvin is our skill monkey and strategist, and then we have the four fighters: Kara'Tee deals with magical opponents, Damion is our ranged attacker, Yung Tashi is a reliable frontliner, while I act as a nuclear bomb.
I don't know if I got the events right, I just decided to pick one per year because it's easier that way. I'm building up from more trivial stuff to a grand finale facing off with the other schools.
Rolling for blind date.
>>47637134
My Illusions are so powerful that it's slightly less pathetic
>>47637134
Isn't that essentially just the M-Vest series in a nutshell?
>>47637127
Yeah man I'll probably throw you something tomorrow
>>47637122
>The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden".[1] In common English usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable",[2] usually referred to as science. The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that "is meant only for certain people" or that "must be kept hidden", but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences.[3] The terms esoteric and arcane can also be used to describe the occult,[4][5] in addition to their meanings unrelated to the supernatural.
>>47637192
And what is the paranormal 'in common English usage'? Demons, hell. Monsters. Evil.
>>47637117
forgot my events:
battle royal (every year)
escort
security
bodyguard
blind date (sanyo. might be hard to get along with her)
>>47637211
That's a stretch. You're defining things too narrowly again. Paranormal usually just means inexplicable, in my experience.
>>47637173
Yuppppp you've gone full M-Vest
>>47637171
You did events fine, you can take more though if you wish
>>47637244
>That's a stretch.
You must not talk to anyone who actually believes in this shit.
Beyond that, you are ignoring the main point, aren't you? The fact that an 'occultism' class is useless filler and a point tax?
>>47637257
I actually agree that occultism is just filler. This is the first time I've said anything to you.
I'll take your word for it on the definition thing.
>>47637280
By "this is the first time" I meant that >>47637244 was the first time. Woops.
>>47637002
I don't hate themCrale is best girl. It's just that too many and it dilutes the coolness and also makes it super hard to pick one.
It's a matter of Quality vs Quantity
>>47637211
Also ghosts, aliens, chemtrails, tulpas, angels, miracles, and our reptilian overlords. Unless you believe all of those are demons (which to be fair, I have seen that before) then demons are simply a sub-category of occult things.
Also, to answer this objection >>47637257. Occult would be a point tax if you had to pay points for it. The idea behind it and the other two purple nodes was that you get two (and only two) of them for free at the start. Then you build the rest of your power set. But as I was going through Box's list and retrofitting it, that would leave social under powered, so the class list would need some rebalancing. That's why its something I wanted to take out of the thread, since there are immediate problems with the idea that I wanted to address before presenting it again.
>>47637122
>For what he might INTEND, a basic magic class is useless filler. It punishes magic-based builds by forcing them to take a class that doesn't do anything and wasting points, it's basically a tax. It's not a good thing to include just to force a skill tree.
I wouldn't say it's useless, I've seen at least one person (and I think more) voluntarily take "magic theory" as their knowledge class.
>>47637334
>That's why its something I wanted to take out of the thread
Where people couldn't question the idea itself?
>>47637334
And what about druidism requiring you to spend time on your knees for the gods? You can't be foreign to the idea of druids being connected to nature itself and not some asshole holy god.
>>47637365
Even the person who came up with it thinks it's useless.
>>47637381
That is not necessarily what that edge means. Edges could indicate both are pre-requisites, only one is, or that druidism unlocks a class option. As I said when I initially posted the diagram, I had not even labeled which edges lack inverses, let alone what their full relationship was.
And it is not useless, simply not useful enough to stand as its own skill. There is a distinction.
>>47637381
>Even the person who came up with it thinks it's useless.
So what? I disagree with them. I could see having general magic knowledge being useful even if you were playing a fighter with no magic, it would be even more useful for a mage. Stuff like the basic theory behind magic and how it works, identifying magical items and spells, recognising different types of magical entities and their properties, knowing the history of mages and their organizations. If magic is a big deal in the world then the more you know about it, the better you're equipped to deal with it.
For the record, you sound like you have a bit of a complex about gods.
>>47637491
None of those are practical skills. It's raw academics. As I said, it would manifest as nothing more than a point tax to people trying to play magic builds.
>For the record...
I have a complex about having to be slave to another entity for power, whether god or demon.
>>47637511
>I have a complex about having to be slave to another entity for power, whether god or demon.
Well, I hope you're self-employed.
>>47637558
>Wage-slave meme
Question for when the Worm CYOA guy checks the thread, does Final Form come with Godslayer as it is implied in the text or does it need to be purchased independently?
>>47637511
>be slave to another entity for power, whether god or demon.
It's not enslavement. Its entirely optional , its fully your choice, and its essentially employment by said power, its just that instead of money you get payed in cosmic power, and chances are you willingly employed yourself to a being who's interests and standard almost perfectly align with your own. Its essentially having a dream job
>>47637640
>It's not enslavement.
It is if you want to be a Druid. It makes sense to HAVE to be a slave to a god to use divine magic, or to HAVE to be a slave to demons to use demonic magic, but Druidism is flexible enough to simply run off of a connection to nature itself, and not a being demanding you service it.
>chances are you willingly employed yourself to a being who's interests and standard almost perfectly align with your own.
This would have to be a world with thousands to millions of small gods to perfectly encapsulate every possible motivation to serve their spheres.
>>47633238
Name: Maximilian
Gender: Male
School: Odesium
Classes:
-Unarmed Combat 3
-Physical Training 3
Exclusive Classes:
-Mage Armor 3
Companions:
-Bathsheba [AI Golem]
-Znanje [Odesium AI Researcher]
-Jiel [Odesium Airship Researcher]
-Tash [Odesium Explosives Expert]
-Liene [Odesium Spellblade]
Events:
-Battle Royal x5 [1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5]
-Escort
-Research Proposal
Why remotely control Mage Armor, leaving you exposed, when you can wear it like Power Armor? Enhance my already potent body to superhuman levels with Mage Armor.
As for companions, Bathsheba and Znanje have obvious synergy. The Odesium companions are my favorite out of the school-exclusive companions so I decided to take them all. We all combine fairly well too; our biggest weakness is the lack of a dedicated magic user or healer, but we make up for it in most every way other.
As for events, I plan on asking the Escort girl if she wants to possess my Mage Armor for the foreseeable future. She gets to stay near me and see the world, I get an ally in my armor. Znanje can study the possession and Bathsheba to hopefully get a better idea of creating life. Jiel, Znanje, or I could are all talented enough to present for the Research Proposal.
>>47637690
>This would have to be a world with thousands to millions of small gods to perfectly encapsulate every possible motivation to serve their spheres
>What is Shinto and other various Folk religions based on numerous different nature spirits and little Gods.
Coincidentally, this would make for perfect Druids, especially since druidism has its roots in such folk beliefs and religions.
Stop thinking all religions are small Pantheons like Greek or Egyptian
>>47636296
>This is actually near identical to the original draft. I ultimately ended up scrapping it because it felt to limiting to player build paths. It also didn't gel well with how the cyoa was worked at the time.
I think the way you pick classes now is fine but how is getting to choose 10 unique classes more limiting to player build paths than having to double and triple dip to reach advance/mastery?
>>47637768
Druidism has its roots in Celtic religions, which believed in a pantheon more alike to the Germanics than they did shamanistic spiritualism like in Shinto. So no. You are wrong.
On top of that, there's even less justification for having to suck up to a weak lesser god than a greater one.
>>47637867
God you are such a whiny bitch. If you are some faggot atheist who doesn't want to worship a god for power, then don't worship and serve the god. Easy right.
>>47637900
Under this system you would not then be able to be a Druid.
>>47637939
Then don't be a druid. Because alot of fantasy and other beliefs see nature as a deity of some kind mother earth, gaia, whatever. Usually sleeping and is interested in balance and nature. If you aren't willing to serve that then don't be a druid, be something that doesen't require a moral code or standard of conduct like warrior, or rogue. But not a paladin, cleric, or druid, or someone who gets power from some other being.
>>47637990
But I want nature powers.
>A lot of fantasy...
And a lot don't.
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
>>47633293
>>47633328
1/2
Name: Solomon Pinchote-Grassheart
>School
St. Flares
>Classes
Druidism 3
Stealth 1
Survival 1
Divine Arts 1
Monster Hunting 1
Ranged Combat 1
Knowledge 2 (Philosophy, Wildlife/Natural/Ecological Sciences, and a little bit of everything else)
>Classmates
Sorte (fellow Survivalist, hunter, sniper, and spotter)
Hana (Illusionist and Pankration)
Kengen (awesome elemental Ki warrior)
Crale Edwards (Paladin, warrior, support, and someone I know I can trust)
Dax (water magic, Divination, utility, aid in group planning)
>Events
Year 1: Great Hunt
Year 2: Great Hunt, Party Planner
Year 3: Party Planner, Research Proposal
Year 4: Great Hunt
Year 5: Party Planner, Research Proposal
Next page, the backstory.
>>47638002
Stop being a whinny bitch. God there should be a CYOA set up specifically to fuck up entitled people. Listen Druids must love and respect nature that means no polluting, no industrializing all sorts of shit. If you can't give up that shit, you don't get nature powers.
>>47638063
There are actually forms of druid that consider industrialization and human civilization not to be purely destructive. Urban Druids from DnD are an example.
>>47638087
So go play that then. Not even the other guy, this gripe is just annoying as fuck.
>>47633238
Railing against the perception of alchemy as little more than a supportive art, Elysia Redwood's potions would hardly be recognized as such by any 'traditional' alchemist. Needless to say, this did not go over well with her family, a long-standing line of such alchemists, said to trace back to the 20th great threat. In hopes her adventurous spirit would be curbed, or at least satisfied, they sent her to the Academy.
In addition to the more common curative and supportive potions, Elysia can imbue potent elixirs with various offensive magics, making them equal to, or even surpassing, the spells they mimic.
School: Odesium
Classes: First Aid I, Potion Mixing III, Knowledge (Herbalism) III, Arcane Magic I, Elemental Magic I, Enhancement I
Best Friends: Bathsheba, Znanje, Malyvin, Luvyna, Valerie
Events:
Blind Date (Inas - "At least she made it an interesting evening, talking about whatever delusion she's living in.")
Basilisk Den > Fund Raising ("Nothing says motivation like crippling debt to an illegal gambling den!")
Blind Date (Damia - "A bit boring, but those gardening tips she gave me worked out great!")
Research Proposal ("I'll show my family that alchemy can be so much more!")
Blind Date (Sorte - "Oh come on, why do they keep pairing me up with girls?!")
Battle Royal ("They didn't call me the ping-pong champ back home for no reason, you know!"
Blind Date (Scal - "Jackpot!" /swoon)
>>47638023
>The Student
Solomon Pinchote-Grassheart was born the son of an Lunestier trained Knight Officer from Westhold, and the Shamaness of a nomadic tribe, who were broken and forced into a sedentary lifestyle on the fringes between Westhold and a great and secluded mountainous kingdom from during the Great Disaster known as the “Winter of Ravenous Wounds”. The Shamaness left her kinsmen to learn the military and cultural ways of the Westholdmen, and quickly rose in the ranks as a skilled a dependable field medic and Affairs Officer. Eventually this led into a rivalry with the Knight Sir Pinchote, a great commander, engineer, and leader, that eventually blossomed into respect, and later love
Solomon grew up in a household of discipline, manners, piety, and developed a strong respect for nature, education, and an near insatiable desire to see the world. As he got older he started to wander why it is that Druidic/Shamanistic traditions and similar rustic practices didn't garner the same level of scientific research that other fields did, and also wandered if the monsters of the world might have greater purpose and meaning to their existence than people ascribe to them. With these queries bubbling inside him, he decided to take the plunge and apply to St. Flares to gain skills needed to answer these questions and maybe help both the sapient races and the natural world around them.
Solomon is a focused individual who is always first to volunteer and learn new things from any topic, and is guided by an unwavering sense of morality and obligation. While he can be a bit stern and overly focused, he always tries to behave in an honest, just, and helpful way, even if he does often act very old fashioned and dogmatic about his standards. Still, while he might not make friends easily, he is incredibly loyal to the ones he finds, and will do everything he can to see to his friends first before himself.
Pic related. Minor inspiration for the character
Thoughts?
>>47638169
We were discussing a hypothetical change to a CYOA where you are not currently required to serve a god to be a druid.
>>47633238
Hey Box Wine, I have a question for you. In >>47633273 under Eloise it states taht she uses First Aid AND healing magics, but does not herself seem religious. Will we ever be able to get a healing magics course, and what would its upward limits be if we do?
>>47637365
>>47637381
>>47637491
Engineers study physics before they do anything related to designing or building. The same should logically apply to Mages, who mess around with the fundamental forces of reality. I was one of those who took M.Theory, I took it three times.
>>47638274
Then you wasted points you could use to be a more powerful hero.
>>47638294
My purpose is studying and messing around with the fundamental forces of reality, without the 'filters' of 'elements' or the safeguards inherent to summoned beings. I'm infinitely more powerful alive than dead.
>>47638323
You are fundamentally overfocused and doomed in a situation outside of your expectations.
>>47638294
>Worrying about minmaxing
>On a CYOA
Besides, if he does become a hero, chances are his knowledge of M.Theory will let him discover new magical theorems for other people to eventually learn and use. Not all adventurers are murderhobos, and this isn't 3.pf where you ha e to optimize to be even vaguely useful
>>47638337
>overfocused
To the subject of raw mana manipulation, how it exists, how it interacts with the world and where it comes from. Not to mention the intricacies of how I interact with it. All things considered if anyone outside of Luniester is going to reverse-engineer and advance Mana-refinement, it's me or anyone studying this shit seriously. I.e Me.
>>47638376
And then the goblins stab you in the back. Great work, Mr. Scientist.
>>47638376
No man you don't get it, knowing how math works makes you a WORSE engineer.
Some fucking how.
>>47638398
It means he can't take many other skills EXCEPT math.
>>47638392
I know arcane magic. Based on what the maker said, this shit is pretty versatile. Not to mention the fact that my studying this subject gives me greater control over...everything...than the average spellcasting idiot.
>>47638426
And what do you do when spellcasting raw arcane isn't suitable for your situation?
I should make another CYOA sometime
>>47638418
>>47638443
I took Arcane magic, three times. This is separate from my studying how mana works. Not to mention potion making, which I took three times as well. Then blood magic too. I'm pretty fucking strong.
>>47638418
Okay? That's true of literally everything. That's the sort of the point of having a limited number of choices. Some people focus on different things for different purposes.
>>47638449
You should, yours were fun
>>47638449
>>47638392
The murderhobo is strong with this one. Behold as the cheeto dust wafts off of his neckbeard like a thick miasma
>>47638443
What do you do when anything at all isn't suitable for your situation? Come the fuck on man, use your brain.
Even in the context of the CYOA didn't it say that something like only a few of the 99 Big Problems have been soloed? Specialization is just one of the many reasons why having a team is a good idea.
>>47638460
And he ends up overspecialized.
>>47638456
In a limited set of circumstances.
>>47638483
>Anon is training to be a hero
>Whines about people telling him he should be capable of heroics.
>>47638483
The worst part is that with my superior knowledge of my skills and limitations, I could murderhobo better than him. Easily.
>>47638498
Frankly I don't care about your obsession with academic theory and not practicality. I don't like the idea of you forcing your specialization on everyone who wants to take magic.
>>47638492
Box Wine explicitly said that Arcane magic is just what powers all the other kinds. That the other classes are just filters put over the useful stuff, they're training wheels or kneepads. I could probably cast fireball/spellball if need be.
>>47638518
>I don't like the idea of you forcing your specialization on everyone who wants to take magic.
Hello Mr. Kettle, I'm Mr. Pot.
You're a nigger.
>>47638518
You could take the other paths too. You could do so without the theory, you'd just be objectively worse at everything you attempt when compared to anyone that does things...logically. No one's forcing you to do anything at all.
>>47638571
>Hello Mr. Kettle, I'm Mr. Pot.
>You're a nigger.
Holy mother of kek
>>47638571
Where was I trying to force anything on you, anon?
>>47638578
Wrong. Go up and read the skill tree we were arguing over. It'd force everyone to take your magical theory classes.
>>47638518
Have fun when the fireball you want to cast blows up in your face
>>47638475
>>47638656
The elementalist magi will probably teach him that much. The issue here, though, is that he wouldn't know how to combine fireballs + illusions into 'feelings of heat.' Anything more complex than 'EXPLOSION' would be impossible without knowing how the powers work, fundamentally.
>>47638651
I was dragged into this argument when that other anon pointed out that I took the classes. I was thinking that we were discussing Box Wine's CYOA as it is now.
>>47638719
>Implying just knowing Explosions is a problem
>>47638731
What if there was a way to control light through the use of fire magic? Or to create entire false worlds with illusion magic? Remember: he doesn't know how his powers work, their strengths beyond the superficial level or their full limitations. Of course if you had multiple elements at your fingertips you could generally influence the strength of explosions, but what if you wanted to do anything else with your powers?
>>47638786
Explosions.
>>47638531
you might have misunderstood me
Arcane Magic has the most raw destructive power yet as a trade off you lose the ability to do stuff like put elements into your spells.
>>47638193
>>47638193
Oh neat my first female build
>>47638215
I think its cool as shit bro
>>47638255
Nah Healing Magics are exclusive to the gods at the moment however that might change in the future
>>47633238
Name - Sylphia Blacklock
Academy - Lunestier
Classes - Ki Attunement 3, Potion Mixing 2, Arcane Magic 3, Magic Refinement 2
>>47633273
Companions - Luvyna, Valerie, Hana, Nashwa, Suzette Highking
>>47633328
Events
The Great Hunt (every year)
Fundraising (all but my last year)
Basilisk Den (last year)
Security (every year)
Bodyguard (every year)
I'll train to use Ki and Magic together as one art. Potions will allow me to brew up some helpful items for boosting abilities. Magic Refinement should help control arcane magics. Friends? I chose the ones that seemed to be best for my personality. Events? I like making money and guarding things.
>>47633238
Male
School: The Ej Har Institute
Courses: Summoning x3 (Master), Necromancy x3 (Master), Ki x3 (Master), and Illusion x1 (Basic)
Companions and Classmates: Scal, Farhat, Nashwa, Kengen, and Malyvin
Events: Battle Royal x5, The Great Hunt x1, Basilisk Den x1, and Bodyguard x1
>>47638685
I am 200% okay with this.
>>47638864
>Arcane Magic has the most raw destructive power yet as a trade off you lose the ability to do stuff like put elements into your spells
It's the raw power that fuels everything else. Why would I be able to do one and not the other? They only difference between arcane mages and elementalsists are that one is going in no-holds barred and the other is using a helmet and training wheels.
>>47638938
>Trying to tell a CYOA maker how magic in his setting works.
>>47638193
>Battle Royal
>"ping-pong champ"
Whoops. Guess she accidentally signed up for a 1v1 bloodbath instead of a nice simple game of table tennis.
>>47638864
>Arcane Magic has the most raw destructive power yet as a trade off you lose the ability to do stuff like put elements into your spells.
Alright, fine. So I can't cast 'fireball,' but I could probably cast the same thing but using raw mana anyway, right? Give me a quick run-down: is Arcane purely for brute force attacks or is it actually useful? What can one do with the magic that they can't with other types?
>>47633442
>Race
Human
>Class
Skirmisher-Tank type
>Tokens
use the 3 for special items
-Paladin Armor, the hope buff will be necessary for my quest
-Elven Raider mace, For early detecting of enemies and destruction of the undead
-Jade knife, never know when i'll have to kill something immune to physical damage, like a ghost or banshee
>Companions
-Jorlan, good fighter, teacher, and has connections
-Vermach, skelebro, skilled, no real drawbacks, will be able to learn from Jorlan and can teach me in the unfortunate incident Jorlan dies.
-Horuk, Great follower, no kittens where we're going.
-Gannibal, Great Leader, will be able to use Horuk most efficiently.
>HomeLand
Middle Countries, good all around starting place, nearby to the wastes, can supply up before entering.
>Quest
Arriane De Muerta
-inexperienced
-easily manipulated
-Weak starting Army
from our central starting location we can immediately head out to the wastes after equipping ourselves. With Gannibals superior leadership, he can out think, maneuver, and plan. we'll always be one step ahead of her.
Jorlan's skill as a fighter and teacher will give Vermach and I an edge from the teachings we shall receive, also he is a very charming and may be able to manipulate her.
Vermach is an all around solid fighter, being undead he may not be directly targeted, or could slip within the ranks unnoticed.
Horuk will do whatever Gannibal tells him. hopefully Arriane doesn't have an cat affinity.
With my Skills as a Tank, Paladin amror with Aurora of Hope, Undead slaying Mace, and Jade knife with the ability to harm anything, i could handle any undead beast thrown at us.
If we attack quickly and ruthlessly while her army is just made up of rotting bones and shambling flesh with minimal to no banshees, ghosts, Shadows, Vampires, Spectres, Wraiths, undead Wyverns or Heavens forbid, a Lich King. It shall be a quick campaign.
if not,
well, we got plenty of time.
>>47639134
COME WITH ME
>too busy building for CYOAs to work on your own CYOA
>>47633238
Ej Har Institute
2x Divine Arts
2x Unholy Arts
2x Summoning Magic
2x Knowledge
1x Martial Combat
1x Maneuvers
Scal
Valerie Bluewood
Farhat
Silene
Nashwa
2x Great Tournament (2x Battle Royal, 2x Great Hunt)
2x Harvest Festival
2x Grand Summit (1x Research Proposal, 2x Battle of the Arts)
2x Gathering of Life
I follow a radical sect which sees one dark god and one good god as twins/parallels. That means I get both their powers and can control both their servants, so long as I can keep a balance. I'd also love to study philosophy and literature while I'm there. I may just end up working as an academic/priestly type... or I might become a mercenary.
>>47638864
>>47636296
>This is actually near identical to the original draft. I ultimately ended up scrapping it because it felt to limiting to player build paths. It also didn't gel well with how the cyoa was worked at the time.
I think the way you pick classes now is fine but how is getting to choose 10 unique classes more limiting to player build paths than having to double and triple dip to reach advance/mastery?
Also, will you be adding weapons, armor and (magical)items to this? How about some post-graduation quests and adventures?
>>47638938
>>47639121
So while yes Arcane Magic is your magic in your purest form it doesn't necessarily teach you how to change your normal magic to fire magic.
There are other uses though outside of raw destructive force. Examples might include things like flight, barriers, mana drain, slight gravity powers, etc.
Also I'm sighing off for tonight its like 1:30 over here time for sleep
>>47639381
Wouldn't most of that be provided by the school while you're there?
>>47639381
post grad will be an entirely new cyoa
>>47639387
So as I thought, it's more generally useful than the elements. I'm sated. Why are the gravity powers capped at 'slight'? Could one become more powerful at controlling these things with use?
>>47639400
Interesting
>>47633238
>86 total votes
I have a hard time believing there aren't people cheating with the votes.
>>47639425
I personally voted 79 times.
>>47639326
Forgot
Name: Uotaa
Gender: Male
>>47639425
SHOKKU
The idea that people might lurk this thread without posting?! INCONCEIVABLE!
>>47639544
>inb4 princess bride
>>47636825
Wait, I'm not that anon but I'm still confused. So I can take 9 classes, and then decide how many times I take each class?
>>47633273
Isn't it unfair that Mage Armor has physical feedback while there is no such thing with Summoning or Necromancy?I want golems!
>>47639755
Nah, think of it as every class having 3 lvls and you can get a total of 9 lvls +1 from your schools special list, but if you want you can invest more in your schools special classes
>>47639544
yes, anon, that is exactly what I'm saying (that, and I can't conceive there being this many people ITT, who votes since the strawpoll was put up last night). I don't see why you'd lurk without posting builds.
>>47639853
So a bit of something like what >>47638023 has then?
>>47639916
There are 60 unique Ips that have posted, at the least. You disbelieve 20 odd lurkers on top?
>>47639916
I cannot help such willful lack of understanding.
I SLEEP NOW
>>47639935
look, anon, it is way too early for logic.
>>47639916
There are literally 60 IPs in this one thread alone; 63 votes since last night is completely plausible.
>>47639922
Exactly. That's the right way to do classes.
>>47630705
Thanks, I'm going to read the full thing later. We haven't had to write reports like that, most bigger reports are group work (again, I'm only in thesecond year, and I do expect shit to get real the next years)
I love the story of how they discovered Viagra's side effect (and Antabuse).
I know this is pointless, but why didn't you write the acronym for GPCR?Heading off for a microbiology exam. If only I had slept last night.
Any idea how to find pics of tiny people, the ones who fit inside your hand, that are not macrophiliac?
>>47639916
>I don't see why you'd lurk without posting builds.
I'm only here for the OC, personally.
>>47640036
Try minigirl on gelbooru or danbooru.
Something like minigirl rating:Safe
You could also try it with the tag fairy and other things you know to be small.
1/2
Pic related, a sketch someone made a while ago and what I'm using for my character ref.
>School
Lunestier
>Classes
2 - Tactics
1 - Unarmed Combat
1 - Ki Attunement
2 - Elemental Magic (If possible, I'll be a fire specialist)
1 - Maneuvers
2 - Duelling
1 - Magic Refinement
I wanted to build a character that would be versatile, but would be specially great at duels, so Duelling was a must. Maneuvers and Tactics would ensure that I could isolate my enemies and strike them down one by one when not outnumbered by a lot.
Unarmed combat seemed a cool way to duel. I'll probably be wearing gloves to enhance my firepower (literally). Ki Attunement was chosen because it seems very good for characters that mix magic and physical skill.
The two levels in Elemental Magic are there to make me have enough raw power to face multiple enemies and monsters, which are not my specialty. The same goes for Magic Refinement and Tactics.
>Friends
Kengen
Yung Tashi
Naswa
Mecherath Northbreed
Suzette Highking
>Other characters I'm interested in being friends with
Malyvin
Luvyna
Valerie Bluewood
Sera
Dax
Farhat
Chandara
Silene
Trap-Catcher
Crale Edwards
Hana
Tennie Northbreed
>From other schools
Kaerulaus
Jiel
Tash
Scal
Inas Sanyo
Kara'Tee
Izuki
Helena
Kengen, Yung Tashi and Eydall were chosen because of their potential in duels. Sparring with them would be an excellent idea, as they're all great in that.
Suzette and Naswa seemed like good mages to have around. Naswa being an unique summonner and Suzette being a good battlemage, similar to my character, they would be great companions to have in a situation where my character can't isolate enemies to force duels or when I'm forced to battle monsters instead of humanoids.
Mecherath seems like the person you don't wanna fuck with, she's also a cutie and quite mysterious, I wanna know more about her.
>>47634344
>>47634366
This version of the secrets has been acknowledged by Harem Anon to be too triggering for the game's good. He created a new one in which he replaced most of the bad stuff with funny/weird and what do you know, people stopped bitching about them.
>>47640165
2/2
>Events
>The Great Tournament
I'll participate in The Great Hunt, teaming up with Naswa and Suzette Highking
It doesn't seem like a good idea to try to take other masters of dueling in my first year. I'd rather try it later. Naswa and Suzette seem like great allies during this event.
For the subsequent years, I'll just try my best at the Battle Royal.
>The Harvest Festival
During the first year, I'll probably just enjoy the Fund Raising festival with my bros. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to take Mecherath to a date?
In the third, I might get invited to the pit fights in the Basilisk Den, along with my duelbros because we get quite famous for our skills. The same occurs in the fourth and fifth one. During the fifth year we might take the Den down because fuck slave auctions.
>The Grand Summit
At first, I'd just try to take a girl to see some cool art with me.
Around the time people start noticing my dueling skills, maybe the second year, we get assigned to do security. Me and my bros spare the thieves and tell them that if this happens again we're not going to be so merciful. Success leads us to be hired again for security.
>The Gathering of Life
I'll just enjoy the party for the first two years. After the success doing security in the Grand Summit and good Battle Royal results, I should be invited to be the bodyguard of Cynthia Highking. Something scared them during the first year, when I was not the bodyguard. During my first year as a bodyguard nothing happens. During the following years, though, two assassination attempts will occur.
>>47640171
He's using the secret box made for the new version so he knows it exists, I think he reposts the old, shitty ones on purpose. Probably out of spite, or maybe because he thinks it'll piss people off like in the old days to be funny, or because he likes one of the shittier cards that got replaced like the prostitute one.
>>47633238
>>47633251
>>47633273
>>47633293
>>47633328
>Name
Xoran
>School
Odesium
>Classes
Martial Training 3
Arcane Magic 2
Smithing 2
Physical Training 2
Enhancing 1
>Companions
Malyvin
Eloise Avery
Bathsheba
Liene
>Events
Battle Royale 3
Security 2
Basilisk Den 1
Fund Raising 1
The Great Hunt 1
Any chance of using Arcane Magic to create weapon constructs that I can wield or at least fire off like bullets? I wanna get my Gates of Babylon on.
Am I doing it right Senpai? >>47639999
>>47640195
Which is a shame, since that version has ninja Aoi and samurai ghost Sayuri, the two best cards.
>>47640239
I agree, the new one is much more fun. There are still some cards I don't like (bisexual teacher and cunt-boy loving trap), but for the most part the new version kept the ones with pathos that was interesting instead of just edgy, and added in a bunch of stuff that's interesting/weird like what you might find in an actual harem anime. It fits the genre better and is just generally more enjoyable to play. Sticking with the old one just because you think you can 'trigger' people or that it's worth sacrificing quality for its sake is a bit childish.
>>47640255
Actually, both would fit in what you'd normally call a "harem anime" (consider School Days is effectively a part of that genre, even if it is to it what Madoka Magica is to magical girls), just very different kinds thereof.
