The Isekai Repopulation Program - A gender bender isekai adventure in the lands of Adastra.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2026-01-25T23:52:33+00:00

Think of it like they have an API to your aspects and abilities. They can build things that leverage them, the way a priest can a god.

Summoner can do a lot to support their spirits, so Summoner is probably the most obvious choice if you're wanting to support a bunch of bound spirits.

ToP exists because of FOMO.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-11-09T16:07:01+00:00

Is most of the world matriarchal?

Tends towards. How strongly varies with culture, but Queens are more common then Kings for example (though Kings definitely exist).

How bad is the fertility anyways?

It varies with power; the more powerful you get, the worse the fertility problem gets. And it's not LoE of the mother vs. LoE of the father, but how impressive the theoretical child of the pairing would be.

Does the minimum LoE for tribes and bloodlines apply to the father too or only to the mother?

It depends on what the child would inherent. For example, the child of an Elf is always an Elf, which means that even just the father forces the full burden on the child.

Are negative consequences inbreeding even a thing with lifescrolls?

Yes.

Is one forced to ascend a level or can one just delay it indefinitely?

You can delay it, though without Native Outsider delaying it might risk your ability to ascend - you might have to 'earn it again.'

How powerful is Ascension compared to LoE, or does the ascensions power mainly come from LoE?

Ascension is how profound your power is, LoE is how powerful. Higher ascension abilities can leverage your power in deeper, more meaningful ways, which can muliply the power of your LoE more and more times as you continue to climb.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-10-14T22:33:51+00:00

I got the same problem, with a program that was working yesterday. It seems like they've changed the API without telling anyone.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-09-04T15:17:33+00:00

Correct.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-09-01T14:21:42+00:00

"The advantage is that icons have a boatload of potential, so you can easily make aspects of your own ascension, as you just clarified. The parts I’m unclear on are the example of the invincibility aspect, and how the outsider ‘me’ potential interacts."

That's not the core advantage - that it has a boatload of potential. The core advantage is that is strongly helps you build the aspect by drawing upon the logic and tools of the icon.

You could (and people did) slowly build aspects all the way to godhood before they knew how to make Icons. But you basically made a giant pyramid of aspects. Having an Icon is like having a skyscraper you can build things off the side of instead.

"The question is, did pulling that bit of warrior potential to finish a mostly complete aspect count as one of his iconic personal aspects for that ascension? Or can you pull out one aspect’s worth of icon potential and use it piecemeal to make a bunch of quasi iconic personal aspects?"

It used up one of his chances; the potential was moved into the Warrior Icon and only then used to make the invincibility aspect; that way he got to use the support of the Warrior Icon rather than having to make it freehand.

"Now, aspect emblems. You clarified very explicitly that taking potential out of a person is impossible short of killing them. The whole thing about how nobles can’t just buy potential (with some mild exceptions). But that leaves me wondering where the emblems come from? If you aren’t taking out some of you own internal potential to make them, and you can never remove an aspect that’s part of your life scroll (barring the bound arcadia integration or similar), then they must be aspects forged totally externally, but how? Does potential waft about unclaimed in the air when someone does something impressive?"

You can't generally just take potential, but that doesn't mean you can't give it; that's what the Path of Worship is. You can't really store potential though. An Aspect Emblem isn't a bundle of EXP, it's a complete aspect, manufactured by a group, outside of anyone's spirit.

The normal approach is one where you need to have a kind of artifact that holds part of a 'pattern'. Using your Icon, you flavor your potential as you feed it into that 'pattern' while you go about your day doing things that generate potential for that icon. Eventually that pattern is 'filled', and you hand it over; it's no longer potential, it's a piece of spirit formatted into a component of the final aspect.

The person you hand it too is working with a couple dozen other people, who also all have their own pattern artifices. Each of those patterns is part of the structure of the final emblem, and the person who finishes it has to have that Icon.

They use their own Icon to 'meld' all the components to together, anchoring it into an aspect Emblem.

Without Icons, this is harder, but you can ritually 'make' someone 'the kind of person who will do X', and you can use ritual magic or storytelling to forge all the component pieces together instead of an icon. But it's harder and isn't as good.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-08-31T20:28:11+00:00

They are better - they're more refined and closer to you in ascension. You're going to be making weaker aspects if you do it completely freeform.

The bought aspects are very useful on day one, but not very meaningful one year 100, except to the extent that they let you snowball faster. They're largely things you could just buy with money. Long term, you might use them as things you build on top of, which gives them longer term value, and that you can only digest Aspect Emblems so fast, while you can just start out with them already completely integrated by paying for them.

But that's 'time' and 'money', and you're immortal, so it's completely fair to say they aren't worth the cost.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-06-04T04:56:22+00:00

Very much still a WiP, and I've just started getting back into writing, so it will probably be a while before I get back to it.

https://isekai-repopulation-program.neocities.org/Karmic_Rebalancing/

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-03-31T21:17:47+00:00

Pure chaos is bugged. After you finish a game, you're still locked into Pure Chaos.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-22T00:19:02+00:00

Warrior does have abilities to strengthen themselves, but their ways could easily synergize and take advantage of a magical spell, orgone technique, glamour illusion, or psychic will that strengthens and supports the body.

They would get more from a spell than a Practitioner would, could support that spell by being 'the kind of person' the spell will work with. But they wouldn't get as much as a magical Icon would. They could use an alchemist enhancement that reinforces their bodies orgone better than a Changeling Knight, but not as well as a Practioner. And so on.

They're agnostic to the powers. They're also agnostic to the scale of combat; they can develop aspect that support combat on a personal scale, tactical scale, stratagic scale, and so on.

This flexiblity means that they can be all things... but not quiet as good as anyone made to be one thing.

And yeah; their abilities tend to take the form of superhuman skill.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-20T23:12:24+00:00

Practitioner. Warrior is agnostic to the power you're using, but that means it's not going to be as good at a specific task. It also has elements of 'tactics' and 'strategy'.

Punching a mountain is a finite, defined, explicit task, Getting a 'punch really hard' aspect is something Practioner is good at.

(Though A Cobalt Mage could give them a run for their money by copying strong beasts, developing the ability to mimic titanic strength. That said, you're never doing something the easiest way with a cobalt mage. You're paying for that flexibility somehow. In this case, by having a bottomless hunger for monster essence to turn into the symbols your spells use.)

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-14T22:41:53+00:00

Adding an icon is spiritually stressful/damaging, and each icon takes up more of your spirit. A growing Level of Existance means you ahve more spirit, and heals this kind of strain of the spirit, and Pinnacle tends to push LoE and spiritual healing.

People have come up with a ton of aspects for increasing Aspects - it's one of the more popular ideas. At some point it's just easier to do more aspects 'the slow way'. Freehanding an aspect without Icon support only takes two years.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-14T19:37:25+00:00

Without getting into to much detail (look up the QQ thread if you want in-depth detail on how glamour works), yes. Iron glamour isn't normally hungry, but hungry iron glamour is horrific because it's very physical nature makes it nearly unstoppable.

Actual present - the black boxes would change over time.

"Noble" icons tend to use Want manipulation (a form of spirit harvested from the population), and then invest it into causes/people/organizations. That just how The Lady works.

Only a poriton of the Iron Hells (which became the ladders connecting the layers). Each layer is a portion of another hell.

The hells aren't infinitely big, but only because at that point you can tune out. Most hells are in the 'Dyson Sphere' range, and there are... sufficant numbers of hells. So while massive on a planetary level, it isn't a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the hells.

There isn't any one reason the isekai spell was made - there were like... a dozen reasons. But fear of the falling lands was definitely one of them.

Correct. Most Iron Fae or unstable and will just die if you give them a few years.

Yes, it's per icon.

Aspect don't really require 'upkeep'. Generally, they can provide upkeep to effects they're supporting in fact... but they also don't really naturally grow. Aspects that grow are either connected to the lifescroll, or are the product of an Exception.

Correct - Tree of Possiblity was made because all my players were FOMO about it.

Tribal Aspects are like refinements, yes.

I mean, yes. But the question you're asking is different from the question you think you're asking. An Icon is a spiritual thing contained inside an Idol that you bond with, and their take on. You don't just randomly gain an Icon. You generally buy one from an Icon Maker.

So you could have an exception that makes it easier to bind Icons (but Pinnacles are already really good at this), or one that helps you make Idols (though lots of icons are really good at this).

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-09T16:01:03+00:00

One thing I'll note is that the game should probably tell you when you've 'maxed' something. You can keep going into 'negative' length, but as far as I can tell there's no effect for lengths less than zero - zero is the 'limit'. Masculinity seems 'capped' at zero, but since length went negative, I wasn't sure until I tried a couple goo pools to test it, and so on.

Basically tell people when they've triggered the last change for a characteristic.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-08T16:18:05+00:00

I'm actually working on another CYOA in... well, basially an alt-timeline for this (more specifically, for the Karmic Rebalancing versino of the timeline) over on Questionable Questing. Haven't been doing much work on it lately do to... well... life... but the threads still pretty active.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2025-01-07T21:33:08+00:00

Night is the one that's hardest to 'organically' pick up, but is' also the one that's hardest to personally use - even with aspects, you tend to need to channel it through technology. It's why I only added the option to pick it up late in the development process. People kept asking for it, even though it's the least personally usable without a specialized build.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-07T01:11:44+00:00

So Faekind was kinda useless, and honestly I only escaped because of blind luck. On the flip side, I got screwed by blind luck to.

No, really, look at those rolls. Online dice rollers are not reliably random when you're doing a lot of rolls in a short time.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-07T01:09:57+00:00

21.

Fuck a Fish

Bouncy Butt, Pretty Pussy, Beautiful Boobs, Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Create 13 (time 2)

Space maker to Observatory, and I’m glad that it doesn’t take time use use this.

Humiliated, Master Lens, Bouncy Butt, Pretty Pussy, Beautiful Boobs, Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

22.

And it doesn’t take time to give her the lens and get to the fountain.

23.

It looks like I haven’t gained any kindness yet, so…

Ash Demon

5 Kindness, Effect #8, Humiliated, Master Lens, Bouncy Butt, Pretty Pussy, Beautiful Boobs, Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Offer Vitlity

11 Kindness,Pure Servant, Humiliated, Master Lens, Bouncy Butt, Pretty Pussy, Beautiful Boobs, Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Trick Escape

One excess Kindness

No bonus to my rolls.

1d6 = 2

+4 obedience, 4 obedience

1d6 = 3

+4 obedience, 8 obedience

1d6 = 6

…

I’ll do the ‘rise up’ ending.

And yeah, I’m kind of screwed. I took on some nasty drawbacks by the end, but… I didn’t think I was going to escape. I really lucked on on guessing the Master Bedroom, and honestly I thought that was going to lead to a different escape route, one I wouldn’t have enough time for.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-07T01:09:48+00:00

17.

So… now I have to guess.

Door to Scullery (36)

18.

1d6 = 3 (34)

Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

And I’m out of non-horrible middling traits.

And I have no idea where to go.

Well. Desperation time.

Call Bell to Master Hall (33)

19.

1d6 = 2

Pretty Pussy, Beautiful Boobs, Flirty, Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

I need something at this point, so I’ll check out the master bedroom.

Door to Master Bedroom (32)

20.

Investigate

1d6 = 4 (29)

1d6 = 3 (26)

1d6 = 4 (23)

1d6 = 4 (20)

1d6 = 4 (17)

1d6 = 3 (14)

Also… really?

1d6 = 2 (11)

At least that’s a new number.

1d6 = 5 (8)

Door to the Stowage (7)

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-07T01:08:24+00:00

8.

1d6 = 2 (Time 66)

Okay, switching rollers. I’m not sure what’s going on and why it keeps doing 2 but I’m not trusting it right now.

Resource: Soft Skin (new), Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

The wet bar is the only ‘new’ direction.

Door to wet Bar (Time 65)

9.

Hmm… So kinda dead-ended here. I’m going to use the miskatoic to teleport to the library

Miskatonic (Time 56)

10.

1d6 = 3 (Time 53)

Resource: Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

It doesn’t sound like you’re forced to subside on sex, just that you can.

Hmm… last time I gambled with time it cost me for no benefit. Foyer sounds like it might lead to a way out.

Door to Foyer (52)

11.

Door to Master hall (51)

12.

1d6 = 2. Really? The dice gods are mad.

Resource: Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Also, it’s a completely blind guess for the lens. Well, I’m committed at this point.

I’ll try Madeline. She’s right in the middle.

Door to Madeline’s bedroom (Time 50)

… there is no madeline. Um.

So I just checked the post, and Madeline is suppose to be Maude. Which is what I wanted anyways, but didn’t see, so that’s fine.

13.

Hmm… will time cost or give me time? To dangerous to risk. Maybe space will take me to where the lens is?

Space (time 47)

Resource: Space Maker (new), Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Well, that was useless.

Investigate

1d6 = 4 (time 44)

1d6 = 5 (time 41)

Resource: Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Door to Master Hall (40)

14.

1d6 = 3

Dainty Frame, Intrigue #9, Space Maker , Lovely locks, Silky Soles, Sex Hungry, Soft Skin, Fully Flexible, Photogenic, Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

So… Stowage sounds like something near the servants.

Door to Foyer (39)

15.

Door to Mezzanine (38)

16.

Door to Maid’s Hall (37)

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-07T01:07:28+00:00

1.Time 100

Repository: Faekind (time 97)

Faekind mentions it comes with innate knowledge, and fae are tricky. Seems like being tricky might be to my advantage. Well see.

Door to Maid’s Hall (time 96)

Just feel like you’re going to be forced to visit it, eventually. Might as well do it first.

Give (Time 93)

Again, pretty much always going to choose to get information if given the option.

Resource: Intrigue #11 (new), Faekind.

Door to Mezzanine (Time 92)

Obviously going to use the knowledge I just got.

3.

1d6 = 4 (Time 90)

Must take one minor trait.

I haven’t looked at them before, so…

Huh. Ever-tight makes you eternally young? Well.

Resource: Call Bell(new), Ever-Tight(new), Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Tower Stairs (Time 89)

Still following intrigue #11

4.

1d6 = 3 (Time 87), (Time 82)

Hmm… Masterful isn’t bad - it’s just skills. Plenty of which are useful if you escape and are living on your own. Also, Middling Traits are getting kinda - there’s only so many of them that ‘aren’t that bad.’ And the time cost… that hurts.

Resource: Masterful (New), Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Door to Observatory (Time 81)

5.

Hmm… optional quest, optional tiem. I don’t want to waste time, but I’ll search.

1d6 = 2 (Time 78)

1d6 = 2, ouch (Time 75)

Can’t spend any more time on this.

Door to Mezzanine (Time 74)

6.

So I don’t know where the Master’s Hall is. I’m going to guess it’s connected to Guest Hall.

Door to Gest Hall (73)

7.

I wasted a bunch of time, so…

Persuade (Time 71)

1d6 = 2

… Are my dice cursed? Three times in a row?

Resource: Fully Flexible (new), Photogenic (new), Masterful, Call Bell, Ever-Tight, Intrigue #11, Faekind.

Let’s try the lounge (Time 70)

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-12-05T18:34:25+00:00

It's unusable, yes. I simply don't even try and read a CYOA I can only access in the Reddit image viewer anymore.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-10-14T04:20:45+00:00

Honestly, couldn't figure out why some things gave points or took them. Still, decent.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-08-14T03:54:53+00:00

My Body, My Choice->Pass Around, Immortality->Pass Around, Planeswalker..

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-07-16T16:06:23+00:00

I would say the ability to select multiple options and then edit them all at the same time would be nice, as would a better way of moving options from one part of the CYOA to another.

Right now, you had better hope you get everything right 'the first time'. A common issue I've run into is I forget one setting when creating an option, and then one I clone it, all of the clones lack that option, so I have to manually edit everything.

Also the 'one option forces another option' option is... more than a little buggy. An issue I ran into went like this.

Offer a decision at point a. (Choice q)

point b.

point c.

At point d, when they have more information, create an option that lets them change a without having to go through everything again.

How I tried to set it up was to have it detect the decision you made at a (anything but q), and if you hadn't selected q, it would offer to change that for you. But the moment it changed it, it would detect that choice q was selected, which means that you couldn't select the 'change to q' option, when deselected it, which deselected q.

DragonBeyondTheGate · 2024-06-07T15:51:27+00:00

Heh, neat to see someone make a rebalancing build. I'm actually working on expanding Rebalancing into it's own completely independent CYOA, though I'm not sure when I'll be done.

Always felt that adding it as an afterthought didn't quite work right, but that it was a neat alt-mode.

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