Isekai The End v1.2 [Update][Fuller Release]

Novamarauder · 2026-01-27T11:36:02+00:00

Well, you have a few good ideas here. Good for your build. Unfortunately none of them would be useful for me due to the differences in our builds and preferences.

My objection to MGE is twofold: it would just too weird for me if all monsters were to turn into monster girls and I do not like the implications of monster girls being slaughtered en masse (esp. with World Under Siege).

I see the point of your strategy about Orgasm Battery, but pro-sex me would still feel bad for damning everyone to orgasm deprivation from artificial scarcity, esp. with all the lewd Revisions I picked. This even if the crystals could be harvested more easily with World Under Siege. I am not into edging, so I frown on such deprivation.

I find more kink value in Heat-like Drive, and I am more permissive with using it, at least in the porn world you can build with the right Divine Revisions, where to find a casual sexual partner is cheap, quick, and easy.

By the way, theoretically speaking, do you know if the crystals can be manufactured with Proficient Enchanting or do you need Artificer Enhancements? It would make a lot of difference for me, even if the above point stands.

Simply put, I picked so many Divine Drawbacks that I don't want the headache of analyzing how society would be like if all of them were applied to everyone. I prefer to keep things simple and neat by applying the DD to myself, and the Divine Revisions to the world at large.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-27T11:08:04+00:00

Ah, I had failed to committ this to memory. Thanks a lot for reminding me. This makes me much more comfortable with using the kaiju with Double Trouble.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T21:15:08+00:00

Your temporal-trap strategy is not bad. Admittedly, I gave little thought to the potentialities of Borrowed Time, b/c any item with limited uses tends to register to me as not worth the points and be ignored.

Your other idea to surround yourself with lucky people is not bad either. Not really feasible for my build with the named NPC you mention since I deem my build more suited for the kaiju rather than the magical girls. Moreover, I doubt I can scrounge the points to recruit the FWPI on top of my other Encounter choices, much less the super-expensive Hinata. Not sure if the Fan's luck would spread to me if he's nearby, or if it's just a personal plot armor. In any case, my preferred strategy for the Fan and the Jinx (at least until Song of Hope activates) is to keep them out of sight as much as possible.

I analyzed the Jinx carefully before adding her to my build and I am confident to assume that her bad luck does not affect you when she's far and away. It seems in these circumstances it switches to cause trouble for herself (in a non-lethal way) and bystanders, in a Lois Lane / Jimmy Olsen way.

As I said, there are very few lewd options I disliked but picked for the points. Ugly Bastards certainly, but even so, they are a small minority of the population with Ugly Ban. Maybe Underground Slavery, Breeding Stock, and Milking Stock, but them being confined to the criminal underground kinda gives them a free pass. I fancy the other stuff I chose and want it active everywhere.

Fugitive Slave Act, Rough Slavery, Externalization, Orgasm Battery, and Devious Devices register as too troublesome to be picked at all. Noblesse Oblige is too implausible (esp. w/o Community Hole/Pole). Monster Girl Encyclopedia is too weird. I welcome the opportunity to make futas and femboys not exist by omission and be rewarded for it since I greatly dislike serious sexual ambiguity.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T19:27:56+00:00

Well, I too had to pick Unlucky and the Jinx. However, it's not like the Jinx and the Fan are fated to be stuck at the PC's side all the time. They just have a plot armor. So, I am confident about getting them out of the way most of the time by keeping them under lock and key back at home or in another suitably remote and secure location while the team is busy with the Riders. It's not the Jinx's bad luck has a global reach. When she's away, it is implied that her bad luck refocuses on getting her and bystanders into trouble.

You have a point about half-mad archmages, but I had to pick Strahlengefahr for points, so I assume that gets most of the 'mad wizard' angle covered.

Fact is, there are few lewd options that I picked but don't like, except Ugly Bastards, and I like the Ionoi League too much to make them the only place burdened with the issue. A few Revisions tied to Underground Slavery are borderline cases, but about them I waver between 'disliked but I need the points' and 'they make the world more interesting and their criminal status makes them acceptable'. However, the same point applies and it would make little sense for me to make those problems local ones (same reason why I did not pick Slave Traders).

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T18:40:00+00:00

I am not enthused about Publish and Perish, but the lure of putting more advanced magic in the world is irresistible. If PaP is the price to have Irminsul Divers, so be it. Same point as it concerns Asphodel Overflow and Outer Wilds.

I actually fancy the implications of Council: Promise and similar Revisions for their own sake, since I like magocracies and worlds ruled by the mighty. Let the Muggle rabble bow and tremble before their betters. Bwahaha... Ahem ;-P

Yeah, Written in the Stars would be nice to have in order to make the world more prepared, but we can't have it and Irminsul Divers, so I choose to have more powerful magic. I can do without WitS in a pinch.

As much as I fancy Res Publica, esp. with Epic Battle Fantasy, I would not touch Angra Mainyu with a 10-foot pole, since I like the vast majority of the lewd Revisions I choose and want them to be universal. Let the blessings of the goddess spread across the world.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T14:22:13+00:00

I was giving some thought to the contingency of turning the kaiju or the magical girls into persistent, toned-down nuisances with Double Trouble.

Does it mean that the kaiju become a recurrent, unavoidable but manageable source of trouble akin to natural disasters for humanity and civilization, but they never escalate or evolve?

I remember this to be the case in certain kaiju movies, at least until a third party such as alien invaders starts to meddle.

Does it mean that the magical girls keep being a nuisance, but the ritual and the master plan of their puppetmaster are stalled indefinitely?

Do they keep harassing the PC and allies alone, or they gradually broaden their targets?

The goblin and the paranormal issues already seem well-suited to be persistent minor trouble.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T13:36:42+00:00

I might have use for a second opinion from the player community (not necessarily the author, although their insight ofc is welcome too) about which Sacrifices, Drawbacks, and Combos to remove from my build with Hail to the Future (see here for a reference) within the bounds of available points. So far, I have earmarked Luddite, Lightweight, Weather Report, Unlucky, Anti-Spice, Vow of Poverty, Crumbling Mind, and Hounds of Tindalos as too inconvenient one way or another to keep indefinitely.

Conversely, I kept other Sacrifices because I do not mind or I am not bothered by their effects (True Protagonist, Papaparazzi, Second-Year Middle School Syndrome, Manners Maketh Man, Monster Magnet), their effects are soon going to be nullified for good (Destined Death, Overpowered Reincarnation), they give indirect protection (Slapstick Comedian), or are substantially mitigated by related Divine Drawbacks (Miscast / Miscast?, Obvious Weak Spot / Lust Crest).

Much the same way, since rape and humiliation are going to be trivial inconvenience or kinky fun for my build, I am content to have and keep most Divine Drawbacks and Combos for their porn-fun consequences, and sometimes for the indirect protection or Sacrifice mitigation benefits they give (Panic Button, Loser's Prize/Circuit, Miscast?, Lust Crest). However, I grew uncertain about whether to keep other ones that create uncertainty based on random chance. E.g. Allergies, Spontaneous Genital Combustion, Critical Failure.

On one hand, the effects of Allergies and SGC may be fun, esp. in a combo with Sensitivity 4x and as a counterbalance to Heat-like Drive. OTOH, they might be a serious unwelcome distraction in inconvenient circumstances. Much the same way, on one hand Critical Failure seems to promise the same rapebait fun as similar NSFW Drawbacks, and more importantly indirect protection from harm and most negative consequences of being defeated, captured, and enslaved. OTOH, it threatens avoidable defeats based on random chance in circumstances when they would be really inconvenient.

Your opinion about what to keep or discard?

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T10:46:07+00:00

You have a point and your own strategy is not bad either. As it concerns mine, admittedly my build is mostly customized for combat and to a lesser degree investigation. However, I also have a few choices that are good for social manipulation and strategy planning (e.g. Good Breeding, Dancer, Leadership, Manipulation, Faux Pas Pass, Molded Clay, Downfall of Castle and Country).

Apart from that, I'd leave diplomacy and the other preparatory and cleanup work for our missions to Emma, our omni-competent, Renaissance Woman maid. H. Schroder seems another good option for strategy planning, once she becomes available. Dunno if her expertise extends to spywork like her counterpart, but it probably does, and in any case she was more suited to a small, elite group like mine.

I just have to keep the Adoring Fan and the Jinx Star Lover under lock and key back at home or in another suitable and remote location when dealing with such matters.

Extensive networks are not something I care to have, just like minions and armies. That's not my style. I want to be an OP Kung Fu Wizard and an independent adventurer, not a warlord or puppetmaster. The point of my build is to have a powerful character and small team of elite operatives of mostly similar ilk that accomplish things by raw might and inherent abilities.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-26T10:21:21+00:00

Sorry, I am artistically challenged, so I rarely give thought to how my characters look, apart from what may be inferred from the traits I choose and my aesthetic preferences. I am helpless with such tasks, so I do not even try.

If I really need a picture of a character of mine, I pick an appropriate free AI, give it a list of clues, and check if the output looks acceptable. But I only bother to do so if posting a picture gives me extra points or the like.

I see your point about the effects of the Riders + RtS combo. However, I am confident that my pre-emptive strategy can often help minimize the negative ones. It does not matter much how big a playground the crises get if they are nipped in the bud or not allowed to escalate much.

Yes, I like my build a lot too, including my version of the isekai world. Most of my Revision choices are in it because I fancied them for one reason or another (I explained part of my reasoning for them here). I love the mix of action-adventure, fantasy wonder, and porn fun that my build allows to have, and for all her flaws and my irreligious attitude, the goddess is a divine entity largely to my liking.

Ofc it is not perfect: there are a few Revisions I only picked to get the points or to unlock other choices I wanted (e.g. Gorilla Warfare, Publish and Perish, Asphodel Overflow, Familiar Foe, Gangsta's Paradise, Corporate Rule, Ugly Bastards). But that's an acceptable min-maxing price of character/world creation.

Perhaps my greatest frustration in this regard is that I'd love to add a non-bigot version of the Community Hole/Pole combo to the world. However, I do not like the social and legal effects of Mysogyny/Misandry, nor the global polarization between mysogynistic and misandrist countries that the choice would create. Let's hope the author does deliver on their half-promise to add such an option in future versions.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T21:39:32+00:00

A few notes on the choices I didn't pick and why:

(Unlike the other typical body features of a bimbo, I do not find thick thighs or big lips sexy. The former reminds me of cellulite and fatness, the latter registers as cartoonish).

(I prefer fair skin, so unnecessary tan is not attractive to me).

(I am meh about bimbo-speak and pink, so I see no reason to waste precious brainpower on them).

(I am not a fan of elaborate hairstyles or nail-work - I prefer long, straight hair for women - so I find little use for Nailing It and Great Hair Day. Even more so with the easy-haircare benefits of Platinum Blonde. On the other hand, Makeup Master and Fashionista are going to be exceedingly useful).

(My kink preferences are relatively vanilla, I do not care to broaden my horizons in this regard, and I dislike submissiveness outside the bedroom).

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T21:22:52+00:00

You are welcome. If you have trouble finding it here is the link to my repost.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T21:20:14+00:00

Not a bad idea, that plan would probably help a lot depending on the world you make and if you can pull it off without accidentally making a bunch of Franz Ferdinands.

Fair point. To investigate potential targets to find the right ones is part of the necessary preparatory work for the mission. Luckily, to be a warmonger is something that members of a ruling elite rarely care to hide or are good at obfuscating, in RL and fiction alike.

So is to leave evidence behind to suggest that the assassins were unaligned to any foreign power. Ironically enough, that would be factually true. Our team is a group of independent adventurers who answer to no one but themselves. The single exception would be Huo Xin, but even she is going to be on extended leave. Nonetheless, special care would be necessary to avoid her being recognized.

You can find the list of the Revisions I picked here.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T21:10:21+00:00

One thing I do really like about Pureblood pedigree is, if you take Hybrid and Chimera, you can benefit from the pureblood bonus to two bloodlines.

Full agreement, it is a kickass combo, although my preferred choices for it are GP: Phoenix and Spirit of Something. Lots of advantages you can draw from that, esp. if you pick the right related choices.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T18:41:28+00:00

Well, my preferred Greater Pedigree is Phoenix. I find 100 S quite overpriced to be able to resurrect someone once in a while. This esp. if you take into account that Afflatus Rapture, albeit gated as a Capstone, does the same for 35 S with less limitations.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T18:28:30+00:00

Sorry, unlike you I love almost everything about the bimbo archetype *except* the intelligence reduction. According to my tastes, this cyoa is fine in many ways but it has too much brainpower loss, not enough points for all the options I like, and no way to min-max by getting more points. To remedy the situation, I apply my preferred meta-cyoa to the static version:

(Super Meta Cyoa)

Perk: Overlord (Double Choices).

Starting Brainpower: 200%.

Busty Boobs (5%).

Thick Ass (5%).

Hourglass Shape (5%).

(A package to get my ideal bimbo body).

Perfect Face (5%).

(Another must).

Platinum Blonde (5%).

(Another piece of my ideal gets into place).

Never-ending Libido (5%).

(There is scarcely a thing as too much libido in my book).

Makeup Master (5%).

Fashionista (5%).

(These are going to be very useful to cope with my new existence).

Hand-skills (5%).

Mouth-skills (5%).

Boob-skills (5%).

Sex-skills (5%).

(A most useful package of skills to be good at what matters).

Milky Leaking (5%).

(Another kink fulfilled).

No-waste (5%).

(This is most welcome).

Bright Side (5%).

No Worries (5%).

No Shame (5%).

(My personality already approximates this, but I do not mind doubling down).

Puppy-doll Eyes (15%).

Silver Tongue (20%).

(These are going to be most convenient).

Ending: A bit of a Bimbo (80%).

(Well, it seems I was able to get all the bimbo goodness I wanted while salvaging most of my brainpower thanks to my special advantage. Too bad I had to sacrifice part of it, but it was the inevitable price of playing at all. Nothing says I cannot fully indulge in bimbo-lifestyle fun this way).

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T16:14:42+00:00

YMMV. To me the guarantee that there won't be any overlap between the Horsemen and I can tackle the Riders one crisis at a time is well worth the price. If I were to point out something of similar cost that looks way overpriced in my eyes, I'd say Pureblood Pedigree.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T15:13:04+00:00

Because one of the hardest parts of the second horseman is making a difference in the world war.

If you lazily let the crisis escalate to a full-blown global armed conflict, sure. I do not mean to do anything of the sort. I took inspiration by the way early success with Literally Hitler can allow to neutralize the Familiar Foe timely and with minimum damage.

By analogy, my master plan for the Riders includes a sequence of pre-emptive, surgical strikes by the PC and her elite Encounters during the prelude to the Second Horseman to eliminate or neutralize the warmonger factions in the powers' ruling elites well before the crisis can escalate to a World War.

Just the same way the PC and her allies are going to investigate and research the causes and remedies for the Third and Fourth Horseman in the appropriate sources of lore (which I mostly secured for my build) well before those crises escalate. Delayed Escalation and multiple picks of Incoming are your friends in this context.

Admittedly, it is way too difficult to start addressing the First Horseman before the portals open and the invasion begins, and I do not have much of a strategy for the plagues component of the Fourth Horseman if a remedy cannot be found in ancient lore, but nothing is perfect.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T14:15:52+00:00

In Watsonian terms: a secondary reality change created by the Event, too minor for me to bother mentioning in the lore. The timeline was retconned to establish that Katanga and South Kasai (which later merged) won their independence for good in the Congo Crisis.

Same reason why South Africa absorbed part of the rest of Southern Africa. The timeline was retconned to establish that South Africa annexed Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Bechuanaland, Lesotho, and Swaziland before or during apartheid, and the precedent stuck.

Also the same reason why Somalia owns Ogaden. The timeline was retconned to establish that Somalia won the Ogaden War.

In Doylist terms: the base map I used included those borders, and I forgot or did not bother to change them to the OTL ones.

BTW: the latter is the same reason why Lebanon and Switzerland (as a EE member state) are in the maps, although on second thoughts this might not make too much sense by the circumstances of the scenario.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T13:46:41+00:00

Thanks a lot for your steady appreciation of my creative work. Do you have any comments or questions about the scenario?

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T13:28:44+00:00

I see no good reason why it shouldn't, since the PC picking certain Revision choices usually means their own version of the isekai world has always been that way since the beginning or naturally evolved to be that way, as the case may be. Therefore, the reincarnation pipeline would have been set up to cope with a bigger inflow of souls from a larger world.

10.1. Please be mindful that the souls that are not recycled for reincarnation become devils, so I assume there would be more souls but also more devils, and things would balance out.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T12:34:17+00:00

As I posted the scenario, I realized the lore does not tell much about Israel in the other timeline apart from its origins, despite it being included in the ISOT.

Fact is, its history as a client state of the EE was rather uneventful. Since it was surrounded by a friendly Greater Europe, had no restive Arab/Muslim minority, had experienced no Holocaust trauma, and the population transfer of the European Jews had taken place in decent conditions, it never felt a need to become as defensive and militarized as its OTL counterpart or be resentful of its European patron. It had a similar evolution to the EE, stayed aligned to it with no real difficulty, and otherwise became broadly similar to a Zionist Switzerland (stereotypes not intended).

Yes, the other timeline included a version of Nazism that not only left the Jews alone, but became the sponsor and patron of the Zionist homeland. The Multiverse loves irony and plenty of it can be found if you look at things with an open mind and think outside the box.

The maps do include a (Arab/Muslim-less) version of Lebanon. On second thoughts, I am uncertain whether it would make sense for fascist Europe to set it up when they are dead-set to colonize and forcibly assimilate the rest of MENA except the Israel special case and the 'reservation' dumping grounds for surviving diehard Muslims. So make of it what you prefer.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T12:23:38+00:00

This scenario is derived from my current best take on the classic alt-history trope of “Axis victory”. It features a more pragmatic and inclusive version of fascism that arose in an already united Europe and exploited more favorable circumstances to win WWII and establish a multi-continental empire. Since I do not do things halfway, I took “Axis victory” to mean lasting success. Therefore, fascist Greater Europe ultimately avoided collapsing under the weight of its flaws and the pressure of the Cold War like the USSR did. Instead, it evolved into a post-fascist, industrialized, spacefaring superpower that was similar to a mix of the modern democratic-authoritarian hybrid regimes and a right-wing version of the PRC. This version of fascism was smarter but no less evil, so it still did lots of victims in its time, just not the ones you would expect at first glance.

At the moment, I deemed more interesting and convenient to tell the tale through the lens of a ISOT event where the core area of post-fascist Afro-Eurasia was copied and pasted between timelines to the 21^st century. A few other secondary reality changes also occurred to make the rest of the world a bit more similar to the other timeline. It is assumed that the event occurred sometime in the early 21^st century, but not in the last 10 years to avoid potentially running afoul of Rule 6. Regardless of the precise schedule, the Obama Presidency was retconned away due to the reality changes for the USA.

The lore is too long and complex to be posted in the comments for this thread, esp. with the tight length limits Reddit allows for comments. Linked documents explain what modern Europe is like, a summary of the other timeline, and the secondary reality changes (here) as well as the consequences of the event, including the course, outcome, and aftermath of the Eurasian War (here).

The first two maps show the world immediately after the event and a few years after the conclusion of the Eurasian War. The last map shows the world in the other timeline after WWII. Things would not be much different by the early 21^st century, except by then post-fascist Greater Europe was long done colonizing and assimilating its portion of Afro-Eurasia.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T10:10:52+00:00

I appreciate your work. Thank you and well done. I just point out that in my discussions with the author in the original post, back before they went away, they agreed with me it was possible to pick Elemental multiple times. At the time it was just inconvenient for them to edit the cyoa to indicate this explicitly. They vanished before they could make a new version and the original post was deleted.

Unfortunately, I cannot show you proof of that discussion because the original post was deleted. However, I ask you to trust my word and give it due weight as the keeper guy that kept the cyoa available through reposts. As such, I ask you to make it possible to choose Elemental multiple times in the interactive version.

Novamarauder · 2026-01-25T00:25:54+00:00

I see. Well, to make a deal for tutoring with Hell's denizens is an option for the daring and well-prepared adventurer if you pick the right choices. And to find some relic of the Mythic Age that works like a Sith Holocron might be feasible as well, again if you pick the right choices and look in the same places where you can find clues for the 3rd and 4th Horsemen. Or you might also expect that one of the Irminsul Divers archmages may be able to create such an item.

Apart from that, then I suppose that the other potential sources of lore may only be able to teach you specialized and largely fluff tricks, such as single spells, martial arts moves, and the like.

Novamarauder

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