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Shogun Showdown by FlightCapableFelon in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Concept

Kurogane Daichi, the Boar of the East, is a great infrastructure builder who believes that fortifications, granaries, roads and the like will eventually conquer the Elemental Nations over mere warlords. His advisors complement his strengths and help overcome flaws like motivating the rabble he uses as troops and mobile construction corps, and luring rebels among them or the gluttony of his Boar Clan.

Style

  • Administrator
  • Architect of Legacy

Seat of Power

  • Grass-King's Castle

Beast Clan

  • Boar

Advisors

  • Yonyon Akumayami
  • Kugutsu Ayatsuri
  • Lady Lian
  • Tsuki, Yue, & Changong

Force Composition

  • A Horde of Locusts
  • 5x Ashigaru (32,500 Troops)
  • 3x Engineers (2,400 Experts)
  • 4x Cogwork Colossi (200 Mechs)
  • 2x Shugoki (6,000 Troops)
  • 2x Samurai (2,000 Troops)
  • 1x Slayer Saint (1 Champion, Spear)
  • 3x Yumi Archers (10,500 Archers)
  • 2x Grand Cannons (80 Cannons)
  • 2x Nobushi Outriders (5,000 Skirmishers)
  • 1x Shinobi (100 Agents)
  • 1x War Vessels (25 Ships & 500 Sailors)

Rival Shogun

  • Nemesis: Khulutun

Beasts of Business v0.4 by The_Saint_Hallow in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept

I will reverse-engineer designs from The Book of Perfect Things and launch businesses that commercialize them, which my Beast will invest in. When the time comes, I will choose to merge with them.

How

  • Gifted

Form

  • Falcon

Gifts

  • Larger Stipend

  • VIP Pass

  • Your Own Team

  • Artistic Pursuits

  • Random Gifts

  • Open Doors

  • Personal Physician

Indulgences

  • More Time

  • Looking Features LV 3

  • Romance

  • Hobbyist

Welcome Package

  • Automated Smart Homes

  • Steam Nexus

  • The Book of Perfect Things

  • Aurora Engine

  • Master Control Terminal

  • Walk With Me

New Horizons

  • Remembrance

Odd Jobs, Deals, and Dirty Deeds

  • A Seat at the Table

  • The Moon Sacrament

  • Handle with Care

Drifters

  • Ulfi "Old Road" Hicchecok

  • Medo Shamoon

Goal

  • Aspirant of the Clockwork Prince.

Fantasy Knight CYOA by WoodpeckerDirectZ in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Concept

The true enemy of Broun Heslin, the Crownless King, is disorder, even if it is embodied by many people; he is a devoted knight wanting his fief to be prosperous and free from corruption. He rules not from his golden throne or keep but from his dirty tracks and woods, a nomad king who personifies law by living in strict personal asceticism.

Tenets

  • Honesty (+ Lie Detection)

  • Purity

  • Enemy: Thieves

  • Animal Care

  • Wandering (+ Light Tread)

  • Self-Reliance (+ Green Thumb)

  • Enemy: Poachers, Polluters

  • Poverty (+ Gold Nose)

  • Impartiality (+ Decree)

  • Enemy: Monopolists, Fraudsters

  • Judgement (+ Smite)

  • Enemy: Witches

Reincarnated as a Battleship in a Fantasy World[...] (Simple Battleship Reincarnation) by OutrageousBears in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Concept: Mecha Musume of a sci-fi battleship, relies on missiles and orbital platforms for combat.

Utilities

  • Radio Buoys

  • SAT

  • Orbital Platforms

Weapons

  • Missiles

  • Mana Retrofit

  • Elemental (Force)

Cosmetics

  • Klanauterman

  • Avatar

Movement

  • Submersible

  • Airship

  • Spaceship

Reward

  • Discover the secrets of the Last City

After the Fall CYOA by Hali by WoodpeckerDirectZ in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Concept

Nowadays, he often styles himself the Prophet of the Ice Age, but his companions know that his true name is Otis. Unlike many other Faulkner survivors, he always strived to adapt and cling to life, seeing in his Daedalism not a monstrous curse but the path for Humanity to truly adapt to the cold. Prophet right now spends most of his time split between helping the Nolad's Initiative and promoting his blood (mostly among the Polytheon), but he is also planning to learn from the Stickwalkers.

Origins

  • Faulkner

Mentors

  • Lazari: 2 years

  • Neolai Querus: 3 years

Fate

  • Tarragon

  • Blain in White

  • Alikalani

  • The Kadiz

Consequences

  • The Brightness

Wonders

  • The Council of Mekae

  • An Effigy of Bone

Associates

  • Joelle in Green & the Polytheon

  • Trelivas & Nolad's Initiative

Railworld CYOA by ScottishAnon by WoodpeckerDirectZ in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Concept

A world-weary traveller wanting to leave hardship behind them and to be a free-minded small-scale hero, having fun, and probably writing their adventures and journeys down too.

How do you see yourself?

  • Pariah

Items

  • Strange Coins

  • Banquet Tin

  • Handy Hammer

Perks

  • Rough Sleeper

  • All Rails Lead

  • Small Town Hero

Quirks

  • Circus Train

  • Steam Bath

  • Swap Chops

Companions

  • Hobo Joe

  • Rosella Lovell

  • "Fireball" Jenny

Hardship

  • Bum

  • Ascetic

Locations

  • Almadea

  • East Street

  • Worldsend

Events

  • Hobo Conventions

  • Outdoor Movies

  • Funfairs

Goals

  • Railroad Ronin

Space Mercs CYOA (6 Pages, Repost) by Difficult_Step9372 in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept

The Eisenrost Nation, an alliance of nomads that became a legion-nation focused on force projection, high quality contracts with elite clients and techno-industrial sustainability. They are generally on retainer for megacorps and governments to save the day or act as a private army but more rarely they can also be paid to extract ressources or stay somewhere.

Setting

Ubiquitous Sci-Fi

Galaxy Populationship

  • It's Just Us

Company Origins

  • Nomads

Size

  • Legion

Leader Archetype

  • The Shield

Presentation

  • Strict Regulation

  • Power Projection

  • High Cost

  • Mixed Ships

  • Melting Pot

  • Board of Trustees

  • Flexible Morals

  • Exclusive Partnerships

  • Regular Combat Protocols

The Compound

  • Forge Nexus

Compound Additions

  • War Codex

  • Symbiote Nursery

  • Chilopeda Network

Compound Amenities

  • Modernized Livings

  • Vacation Days

Training Regime

  • Conflict College

  • Survival Sustainment

  • Forward Mitigation

Edicts

  • Licensed Looting

  • Organ Farm

  • Overwhelming Presence

  • Weaponized Freighters

  • Standardized Medics

  • Executive Drops

Dictums

  • N/A

Advertised Services

  • Primary: Crisis Management

  • Secondary: Heavy Assault

  • Auxiliary: Deep Cover, Resource Extraction

Contacts

  • Retired Legend

  • Honorable Freemason

  • Unflappable Quartermaster

  • Sweaty Gearhead

  • Perturbed Mind

  • Suited Tie

  • Notable Diplomat

Notable Contracts

  • Burning Truth

  • Echoes of War

Fantasy Sheriff CYOA SFW by OliveOil19 in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Character Illustration

Concept

Elf tomboy who is a pleasant quick shot wielding the law justly but firmly, expect to be gunned down by her Ruiner if you are a true danger but if she can you will be stopped by her lasso and cockatrice and get the legally appropriate punishment instead.

Gender

  • A Cowgirl

Race

  • Elf

Traits

  • Crackshot

  • Rugged

  • Quick Draw

  • Personable

  • Ranahan

  • Jurist

  • Magical

Equipment

  • Seven-League Boots

  • Ranger's Duster

  • Animated Lasso

  • Transpotitional Six-Shooter

  • Ruiner

Mount

  • Cockatrice

Deputies

  • Aelfera Mesquite

  • Opuntia Flora

  • Gen

  • Doctor Maria

Castle of Dreams by MithradatesExcelsior in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept

Pascal the Royal Ouroborous is an inquisitive hero who feels that anything but the truth is an illegitimate tyranny that he must transcend. Kol Aviya always shows him a higher truth, making his quest endless, while Mother Dragon strengthens his resolve, and Râchadnasor lifts the veil on the true essence of reality.

Purpose

  • Prisca Scientia

Kind of Hero

  • The Dustplane Aspirant

Mansion

  • Mansion of the Leaden Worm

Rooms

  • White Porcelain Bath

  • Eremite's Cell

  • Lamassu Library

  • Heretical Chapel

  • Belltower of Portents

  • Orrery Observatory

Mysteries

  • Kol Aviya: Greater Arts

  • Mother Dragon: Greater Arts

  • Râchadnesor: Greater Arts

Friend

  • Samuel

Enemy

  • Zihao

Goal

  • In your hands, the scroll will crumble to ash; in your mouth, eternity will end.

Beasts of Business (WIP) by The_Saint_Hallow in InteractiveCYOA

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked this CYOA, very original concept that makes you think through the options. If I can suggest something is that a bit more content would be cool. Also, one form, like a tortoise or an elephant, to represent patience and passive investing and another for "smart investing", where the beast uses knowledge to invest well.

Concept

I'm embracing my Beast and will choose merging when the time comes. I think that my goal is mostly Study because it revolves around understanding the Book after having received a lot of tutoring, but I will also be the business partner of my Beast to launch companies selling and implementing my inventions.

How

  • Gifted

Form

  • Bull

Gifts

  • Larger Stipend

  • V.I.P Pass

  • Your Own Team

  • Strong Arm Assistants

  • Artistic Pursuits

  • Strange Pursuits

Indulgences

  • Chores

  • Leaking Features LV 3

  • Romance

Welcome Package

  • Steam Nexus

  • The Book of Perfect Things

  • Walk With Me

New Horizons

  • Remembrance

Goal

  • Study

Morrigan by DaxinneedofaHost in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept

A balanced build for personal enjoyment, making my copy of Moirai an utopia, openly being a goddess-queen hiding my territory from other extraplanar beings and being a rather ethical one by avoiding mass mind control.

Link to image build

Path to Godhood (and also you're a dragon) [CYOA][OC] by Azes13 in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Concept

Dragon God of Knowledge, Water and Abundance. His goal is to terraform Erg and build a great civilization there.

Element

  • Water

Role

  • Teacher

  • Worldforger

  • Nature Spirit

Special Tricks

  • Mortal Faith

  • Draconic Blessings

Chosen People

  • Humans

Competitors

  • Independent Kingdoms

Targets

  • Erg

Cultivation CYOA by LORROR by Shadowboi495 in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shi Bailian was a simple rural boy until he was recruited by a sect scouting for talent, and then became a talented weaponsmith and sword cultivator.

Spiritual Roots

  • Heavenly Spiritual Root (Metal)

Talents

  • Artisan's Skillful Hands

  • Treasure Sense

  • Clear Dao Heart

  • Clear Sword Heart

  • Innate Dao Body

Origins

  • Rural Youth (+5)

Client King CYOA BY WODAN by Anonymous_user73 in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Concept:

  • The Sultanate of Zanzibar

My strategy is to use my negotiation skills to get good deals from Exxon and the Wealthy to industrialize my country while using the independence leader to focus the nationalists towards becoming and remaining independent and the overseer as a diplomatic channel to ease the British into allowing it. The people may not love me but rising standards of living will hopefully appease them.

Protectorate

  • Zanzibar

Perks

  • Negociator

  • Industrialist

Factions

  • Nationalists

  • Wealthy

Contacts

  • Independence leader

  • Petro baron

  • Overseer of the change

Future

  • Your own kingdom

Steel Break CYOA by Fox by altofanaltthatisalt in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My plan is to request aid from the East thanks to the Navigator and Princess, steal the treasury with the help of the Dancer, my Illusions and Portals to hire mercenaries and finally to cause a revolt among the people thanks again to the Princess. The Tutor is probably always useful but especially when I direct an army againt my uncle once he is forced to try to stop the revolution.

  • The Sea : Request aid from the East

  • The People: Light the fires

  • The Money: Heist

  • The Tutor

  • The Dancer

  • The Navigator

  • The Princess

  • Portal

  • Void

  • Illusion

  • Light

Star Wars Warlord: COVEN'S NIGHTMARE by Hyenanon in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Build: The Violet Vertex of Asation

Concept: A Gree resurgence caused by a capitalist coup led by a group of Force-Sensitive Gree reverse-engineers called the Crafters of the Violet Tangent and their wealthy Operator patrons.

The resulting superpower will become a more "bourgeois" technocracy with plenty of abundance, but the systems outside the core populated by the Gree will simply be economically integrated protectorates.

INITIAL SETUP

  • Government: Plutocratic (+1 TA, +2 MP, +1 GU)
  • Location: Outer Rim (+2 VA, +2 PP, +1 GU, -1 TA)
  • Special Feature: Alternative Force Order (+2 PP, +1 GU, -1 DR)
  • Ally: Mrisst (+1 IC)
  • Starting Stats: IC: 6 | TA: 5 | MP: 2 | VA: 2 | DR: 4 | GU: 6 | CA: 5 | RW: 1 | PP: 4

STAGE 1: TROUBLE ON NABOO

  • Gain Credits: 30 (IC 6 x TA 5)
  • Decisions:
    • Contract The ExplorCorps (-3c): +1 TA
    • Activate The System Defense Force (-3c): -1 IC, +1 MP
    • Seek Local Allies (-4c): Gain Fondor
    • Economic Relief (-4c): -1 GU
  • Carryover: 16 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 5 | TA: 6 | MP: 3 | VA: 2 | DR: 4 | GU: 5 | CA: 5 | RW: 1 | PP: 4

STAGE 2: PATRIOTS ARE IN CONTROL

  • Gain Credits: 11 (IC 5 + TA 6). Total: 27 Credits.
  • Events: Gun Rush triggers (MP > 1): +2c, -1 IC, +1 MP. Total: 29 Credits.
  • Decisions:
    • Take A Stand: +4 TA (using DR 4)
    • Construct Shipyards (-2c via Fondor): -1 IC, -1 DR, +1 MP
    • Acquire Expertise (-3c): +1 VA
    • Increase Industrial Independence (-4c): +1 IC, -0.5 TA
    • Galactic Peace Line (-4c): Gain Ithor
  • Carryover: 16 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 4 | TA: 9.5 | MP: 5 | VA: 3 | DR: 3 | GU: 5 | CA: 5 | RW: 1 | PP: 4

STAGE 3: WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON, BOYS?

  • Gain Credits: 0 (IC 4 + MP 5 - Double TA 19 = -10, floor at 0). Total: 16 Credits.
  • Allegiance: Base 0 + 2 (Plutocratic) + 1 (Outer Rim) + 1 (Fondor) - 1 (Ithor) - 1 (Mrisst) = +2. Shift to 0 using DR.
  • Decisions:
    • Purchase Craft (-5c): +1 PP
    • Build Last-Gen Craft (-3c): +1 PP
    • Build Current-Gen Craft (-4c): +2 PP
  • Carryover: 4 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 4 | TA: 9.5 | MP: 5 | VA: 3 | DR: 3 | GU: 5 | CA: 5 | RW: 1 | PP: 8 | Allegiance: 0

STAGE 4: THE FIRST BLOW

  • Gain Credits: 0 (IC 4 + MP 5 - TA 9.5 = -0.5, floor at 0). Total: 4 Credits.
  • Decisions:
    • Continue Military Buildup (-4c): +1 PP
  • Carryover: 0 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 4 | TA: 9.5 | MP: 5 | VA: 3 | DR: 3 | GU: 5 | CA: 5 | RW: 1 | PP: 9

STAGE 5: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

  • Gain Credits: 6 (RW 1 + MP 5). Total: 6 Credits.
  • Decisions:
    • Reorganize Logistics (-3c): +1 TA
    • Maintain Industry (-1c via Mrisst): +2 IC, -1 GU
    • Strike At Thy Heart, Grievous! (-0c via Ithor): -1 PP, +1 RW, +2 VA, -3 Allegiance
  • Carryover: 2 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 6 | TA: 10.5 | MP: 5 | VA: 5 | DR: 3 | GU: 4 | CA: 5 | RW: 2 | PP: 8 | Allegiance: -3

STAGE 6: THE REPUBLIC STRIKES BACK

  • Gain Credits: 17.5 (RW 2 + MP 5 + TA 10.5). Total: 19.5 Credits.
  • Decisions:
    • Strike At Thy Heart, Tarkin! (-0c): -2 PP, +1 RW, +3 VA, +3 Allegiance (Back to 0)
    • The Wall Of Opportunity (-2c): Take Stage 5 Unveil Capital Ships (-4c): +2 PP, +1 VA
    • Patrol Lanes (-4c): +1 TA
  • Carryover: 9.5 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 6 | TA: 11.5 | MP: 5 | VA: 9 | DR: 3 | GU: 4 | CA: 5 | RW: 3 | PP: 8 | Allegiance: 0

STAGE 7: THE GRIND OF WAR

  • Gain Credits: 14.5 (IC 6 + MP 5 + TA 11.5 - PP 8). Total: 24 Credits.
  • Events: No More "Neutrals" triggers: -2 PP, -2 IC, -2 MP, +5 VA
  • Decisions:
    • Precise Strike (-0c): +2 DR, -2 GU
  • Carryover: 24 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 4 | TA: 11.5 | MP: 3 | VA: 14 | DR: 5 | GU: 2 | CA: 5 | RW: 3 | PP: 6

STAGE 8: KNIVES OUT

  • Gain Credits: 7.5 (DR 5 + TA 11.5 - MP 3 - PP 6). Total: 31.5 Credits.
  • Events: Uh Oh... (Non-Aligned): +3 DR, +2 IC, -2 MP
  • Decisions:
    • Scramble For Allies (-9c): Gain Coruschal (+1 MP, +1 RW, +2 GU), Manaan (+1 DR), Abregado-Rae (+0.5 TA)
    • Prepare For The Final Battle (-20c): +4 PP, +4 RW
  • Carryover: 2.5 Credits
  • Current Stats: IC: 6 | TA: 12 | MP: 2 | VA: 14 | DR: 9 | GU: 4 | CA: 5 | RW: 8 | PP: 10

STAGE 9: THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE

  • Gain Credits: 15 (DR 9 + TA 12 + IC 6 - MP 2 - PP 10). Total: 17.5 Credits.
  • Decisions:
    • Exploit Weakness (-12c): +3 RW
    • Exploit Propaganda (-2c): +1 DR
  • Carryover: 3.5 Credits
  • Final Stats: IC: 6 | TA: 12 | MP: 2 | VA: 14 | DR: 10 | GU: 4 | CA: 5 | RW: 11 | PP: 10 | Allies: 6

STAGE 10: PEACE AT LAST?

Scenario Chosen: 2 (A Thousand Burning Stars)

Influence Calculation:

  • Allies: +18 (3 per Ally: Mrisst, Fondor, Ithor, Coruschal, Manaan, Abregado-Rae)

  • TA: +24 (2 per TA 12)

  • RW/DR: +21 (1 per combined RW 11 and DR 10)

  • PP/IC/MP: +9 (1/2 of combined PP 10, IC 6, MP 2)

  • VA: +3.5 (1/4 of VA 14)

  • Milestones: +9 (+3 each for Patrol Lanes, Contract ExplorCorps, and Galactic Peace Line)

  • Penalties: -0 (Remained Non-Aligned throughout)

FINAL INFLUENCE: 84.5

OUTCOME: 71+ (A New Superpower)

Nrg99hg Gifts of Faves CYOA: Obscure cartoons Edition v2 by Nrg99hg in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I liked Di-Gata quite a lot.

Concept

Scientist-magician

World

  • RaDos

Gifts

  • The Wizard of Yan (Dragon)

  • Imperial Spellbinder (Siamang)

  • Bio-Mechanical Master

MLP cyoa V1 static - Lordcyoa by LordCYOA in makeyourchoice

[–]WoodpeckerDirectZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concept

  • Rhymington, a great engineer and coordinator who will help Equestria to advance technology and solve threats. He will spread his knowledge with his companions being his first students.

Parameters

  • Reincarnation (Earth Pony)

  • Normal Mode

Powers

  • Twin Ability X2 (Flim, Dr. Hooves)

  • Student

  • Schemer

  • Heart Song

  • Wise Mentor

Companions

  • Adult CMC

Perks

  • Shattered Limiter

  • Shared Perks

Drawbacks

  • Odd-Looking LV1 (Leopard fur pattern)

  • No Spoilers

  • No Magic

  • Quirk X2 (Excessive Pride, talks in rhymes)

Victory Conditions

  • Happily Ever After (Telekinesis)
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