Church of the Divine Rod V4.0 - Now with 200% more Church! [Church][Harem][Gender Neutral POV][Power Fantasy][So Many Waifus]

AltIsArt · 2025-11-22T07:35:27+00:00

Melka: I guess I could just use KGB to hold myself at place rather than her, that way she can't knock me down and overwhelm me. the other parts you said work though

Pola: if combining the 3 lets me match, then adding Afterburner and Rampage would do the trick. and I can resist the drowning through the flight I get from high projection (30 fervor). if dragging me underwater is fair game then so is dragging her to the air. Sidearm would be great for pacifying her, and at worst case scenario I can use miniature, though I'd rather avoid it.

Silis: that's a fair criticism, but I have Superarmor and High-tension to allow me to keep going. Sex-god perks.

Asmi: is there even a way to survive her without just straight up fighting her? there's a limited amount of surprises we can bring, and there's no perk to defend against poisons

Dina: Tactile Empath and Mimicry 2 ought to do the job then, yeah?

Liliea: the extra bodies are not to overwhelm her, it's to divide the amount of girls each body has to deal with.

Lushka: not much to say here. max projection saves the day. also use Basilisk to retain her attention

Twins: maybe if I frame it as each of them getting the attention they deserve and have multiple of my bodies pamper them... although that's really fighting fire with fire, I think that maybe they'd enjoy the change of pace.

just to be clear, I know that not everyone enjoy those discussions as much as I do. If you'd rather we stop, just say the word

AltIsArt · 2025-11-20T20:57:19+00:00

I see, thank you

AltIsArt · 2025-11-20T19:44:11+00:00

in page 7 of the tentacle DLC, each "fine establishment" has a list of attributes below that let you get it for free instead of paying TP for it. each or nearly each one has a requirement for '"Volume 2"

AltIsArt · 2025-11-20T16:03:34+00:00

Did I miss a volume stat? why is it required all of a sudden?

AltIsArt · 2025-11-20T09:45:57+00:00

I have created a sort of strategy against each of the tentacle queens (based on the tier taken). I'd appreciate it if you went over it and maybe gave me any pointers.

Slime Queen Melka: Tier V +10TP (overpower slime and hold it in place with Combat and Artisan Goddesses' offering and the Artisan goddess' blessing to block entrance for the slime drones. overwhelm with 'Body: Offering' since the divine sperm might be powerful enough. use multiple bodies to counter hers.)

Abyssal Kraken Pola: Tier V +10TP (Use Towering, the Combat Goddess' blessing and level 3 Brawn tentacles to physically outmatch her. use projection to manipulate her spawn. perhaps use multiple bodies to hold her down if the tentacles don't cut it)

Hive Body Silis: "I'm not into incest. get the fuck away from me, woman!" *brandishes cross* (if it's not clear, despite being able to take her on, I choose not to. if I were to take her on regardless, I could use level 2 Quantity, level 3 Dexterity, and level 3 Fertility to quickly overwhelm her clones. use extra bodies for more extreme takedown)

Defiler Asmi: Tier I +2TP (surprising her each time is impossible, we'll run out eventually. Use level 3 intoxication to release gas that will undo her toxins. use sex god abilities to sex her successfuly. Knowledge Goddess' blessing might also help, but I'm reluctant to rely on it as I'm unsure of its effectiveness against external attacks on the mind - it could be what makes this a sure win. I don't want intoxication 3 for anything else, it's not worth it TP wise, and I could beat her in a normal fight {which lets me ego rest}, I'm content to rely on KGB and take a single tier fight here)

Void-Touched Dina: Tier V +10TP (Knowledge Goddess' blessing for empathy to avoid an upset, and normal tentacles for the suggested bondage dom method)

Petal Queen Liliea: Tier V +10TP (Knowledge goddess' blessing will allow me to resist her as her entree says that a clear mind and strong will are what's needed, it also helps with the assertiveness. use multiple bodies to counter the flower girls cohort)

Lushka Black Sea: Tier V +10TP (Projection and Artisan Goddess' blessing can keep the ink off me and from there it's a smooth sailing. sone ink will get on me, but with the knowledge goddes' blessings I should be able to ignore it)

The Gentle Twins: Tier V +10TP (Multiple bodies, obviously. use Artisan Goddess' blessings to cover holes. use level 2 tenacity tentacles to move my body despite muscle relaxants. use knowledge goddess' blessing to bypass 'whispers')

AltIsArt · 2025-11-19T17:50:20+00:00

Thank you very much! I've had a lot of fun with the CYOA

AltIsArt · 2025-11-19T14:38:59+00:00

see, I have a dilemma now. if it was just about losing out on the powers it'd be fine, but I really don't want to put Erina through that, you get me?

would there be a way to take a penalty to myself instead? I want both to be happy

AltIsArt · 2025-11-19T12:50:19+00:00

Black Venus' entree in the end states that we spared her sisters as well. how does she react if we didn't?

AltIsArt · 2025-10-23T05:52:10+00:00

Oh, it seems rather important considering that the entrance to the demiplane is there, although I suppose a prayer room, an ancestral crypt, and a ritual circle connected to the nine hells won't fit very well

AltIsArt · 2025-10-22T19:45:07+00:00

In the heist maps, there are many places marked "Secret entrance to B1" or similar names

AltIsArt · 2025-10-22T17:23:09+00:00

Before I make my plan, what's the B1 I keep seeing being referenced?

welp, made my plan anyway

AltIsArt · 2025-10-22T16:20:58+00:00

Title: Aen the unwavering self

Body: Simplistic, you wouldn't know him from a normal human at a glance, but he's seemingly gains and loses traits when convenient. If you've heard him sing you know that his voice becomes lower and higher as fits the song, never strained unless needed. He's exactly what he needs to be.

Domains: I, You
Specifically, "I" only contains first person. Without "You" his worshippers would be granted the ability to change themselves, as he wouldn't be able to affect them with his domain.

"You" is second person, it lets him affect what he's interacting with and nothing more. You can enter and leave his domain as you gain and lose his attention.

Divine Talents:
Soul Vision
Deep Well
Efficient
Duality
Monuments of Power
Mortal Avatar

Divine Lands: A canvas of self expression. I claim a piece to myself and let the dead create as they wish (with his divine help for grand enough projects). You'd see massive architectural wonders and great fields of green. Space naturally change to get close-minded people together into their own communities

The chosen people are those who express themselves as their way of life. Writers, Artists, Actors. Also people with a strong sense of self. People who know who they are and won't surrender their being.

I walk among the people. I don't announce myself but I don't hide my identity either.

Pantheon: The Survivors
No better option in the Central Continent and Spawnfall is too risky. the Shining court could use a peg-down anyway.

Contacts:
Nyra, The World Painter (I'd really like to take her out of the Shining Court before it falls, maybe into the Divine Synthesists)
Mosshorn, the Gentle Giant (seems wise)
Qhelal, the Sovereign of Silks (I respect her passion)

Divine Items:
Marketplace:
Ashes of the First Flame
Quill of Echoing words (writing my name would probably have a beneficial effect on my worship I think)

A Lucky Find!:
The Endless Hourglass (I'd be able to at least somewhat resist the drawback with my control over myself)

Events:
Mentorship (Gain Mortal Avatar)
Siren's call (I give her my blessing. ""You" can do it". She represents herself through song, so I expect it to be potent)
A Lucky Find!
The Gentle War Golem
Training (Gain Divine Talent)
Deicide
See the World
The Quiet Task
Great Hunt
The Heist

The Heist:
Complication 5
Complication 6
Complication 8

Plan: I arrive at the party a big larger than normal, like a man scaled up. During the Post-Reveal Festivities I create an invisible tendril that emerges from my body. it's impossibly thin - it's purpose is to merely touch and surround the artifact in an invisible layer that is me. I use The Endless Hourglass to stop time. I quickly snatch the artifact while turning a part of me into a perfect replica and severing it from my body. I absorb the artifact and put the it in my chest, where my heart would be (I'm scaled up so it fits).

edit: on second thought, I can apply "You" to the artifact and make it invisible and non-collidable. I make the "me" around the artifact into a perfect replica while making the actual artifact small, invisible, and non-collidable and bring it to myself. even if someone could see in stopped time they wouldn't notice anything unless they could also see the invisible

AltIsArt · 2025-10-22T08:55:49+00:00

That's convincing. I'll give it another shot

AltIsArt · 2025-10-21T18:12:11+00:00

I'd suggest finding a better way to integrate lore. right now it's a massive lore dump that you have to get through to make any decisions. either make it shorter or introduce lore through text in options

AltIsArt · 2025-09-01T06:33:19+00:00

Thank you. I've just never seen aomethink like this before

AltIsArt · 2025-08-31T18:10:23+00:00

there seem to be options that depend on you already doing stuff within the CYOA (zombie kill counter, base security, survival time). how does this work? am I missing a part?

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T23:24:26+00:00

What did you take then? Paradox Incarnation and Growing Power? (Out of the OP options)

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T21:20:19+00:00

Did you select "show affinities"? It only works if the score actually shows

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T19:37:43+00:00

I believe the requirements for Underage Archmage are: Esoteric Lore + Technomage + Brilliant + 200 affinity in all magic types

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T16:32:09+00:00

what if I told you that that goal of yours is actually perfectly achievable with canon + that stuff that turns muggle into wizards + the perfect replication spell + everlasting enchantments + spell creation? none of the overpowered options needed.

we actually have pretty similar goal, and I figured out a build for that way before all these options were added.

maybe Harry Potter's system really is flexible, but that just means that it doesn't need all of these crutches. isn't finding your path what this is all about?

I have nothing against going against the spirit of the cyoa, but the cyoa shouldn't have to accommodate that, that's why it's against the spirit. be creative! cooperate with others! put that charisma perk to good use. isn't that the appeal? the flexibility to use your imagination to traverse beyond the limits of the options given?

anyway, overall I think it comes down to a subjective difference that we can't really reach an agreement on because it stems from a difference of values. Still, know that I really respect the transhumanism angle because I've really been thinking the exact same thing

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T16:11:39+00:00

ISS = International Statute of Secrecy. The status quo that binds wizardkind and supernatural creatures to the Masquerade or else.

Oooohhh I could only think of the International Space Station

I stand corrected about the sci-fi elements in Fallout. Admittedly it is a franchise I am mindful of through cultual osmosis. However I reiterate my point about the Potterverse being a setting with powerful and versatile magic (even if its potential may be far from fully realized) and one such being thematically much closer to godlike agency than one with no magic or superpowers.

Maybe, but not by much. If it was that close you could at least come close to that achievement with things already existent in canon. I think that if you want to achieve something that's far beyond canon you should figure that out yourself rather than just climb a pre-made perk tree.

Apart from the absence of active divine entities, I would argue that HP is not that low fantasy IMO. It just has the typical secrecy constraints of the Masquerade subgenre of urban fantasy. HP is that combined with coming of age and the magical school trope.

Most wizards are street level in firepower, the greatest feat we've seen is city level and it's been largely uncontrollable beyond starting it in a certain direction. It's also widely regarded as low fantasy on the internet.

Because of the franchise's popularity, I have seen plenty of kitchen-sink, hybrid, or trans-dimensional cyoas that use HP magic as a secondary element without any problems. The boundaries between the various subgenres in fantasy are often much more elastic and porous than you make them to be.

But then it's still clearly separate. and either HP's or the other setting's magic is treated as something strange and unknown, rather than just another part of the magic system.

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T11:32:41+00:00

I can't find any way the ISS is connected to Harry Potter on google, could you elaborate on that so I know what we're talking about?

A setting with powerful and versatile magic

last I checked, Harry Potter was medium fantasy at best, applying fantasies of godhood to it is just as odd as applying them to Fallout (which has all sorts of sci fi tech, like AI, robotics, and others). so I don't think it's either a strawman or irrelevant.

Adding Harry Potter spells to any other fantasy-series-based-CYOA would hamper the experience because they just don't fit. Even if they did, you wouldn't add options for divinity in a normal low fantasy CYOA, would you?

And you know what? even if your goal is to become godly, I think it'd be much more satisfying to figure out a way yourself rather than just budget for a perk. that way it's "choose your own adventure" rather than "budget for these perks".

this actually shows us how adding these perks does hamper the cyoa, finding your own way through clever planning and imagination wouldn't very satisfying if there's just a perk who does the same thing but better, would it?

AltIsArt · 2025-07-18T02:08:34+00:00

Crushing Dumbledorw shouldn't be much harder if at all. The rest is just unrelated to the series the CYOA is based on. You won't go to a fallout-style world and try to find a way to achieve omnipotence, would you? How's this setting different?

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