/cyoa/ - Choose Your Own Adventure

Starting with drawbacks: Suppressant, Hated, Valuable, Uncanny, Aging, Bodyguard, Controlled, Limited, Traitor, Toxic, Memory Loss, Pain

Enemies: Fiona Dawley, John York, Bubbles, Alex Keller (traitor)

Perks: Training, Expert, Squad (Origin), Defector, Charisma, Prime Subject

Allies: Lindsey Reyes, Ryan Elmore, Hannah Caldwell, Yuito Katoka (Charisma), Corrine Devoe (Defector)

Origin: Mutagen

Appearance: Beyond Human, Statue-like. My super soldier's skin looks like it's made of marble. To the point no pigment is present in any part of my body and the skin looks slightly chalky. Additionally, Flight 1 will be attained by two massive angelic wings that also look like marble.

Faction: PMC

Powers: Points total=64

I take Natural Weapon 2 from my origin.

Strength 3, Agility 3, Endurance 3, Durability 3, Enhanced Senses 3, Stealth 1, Reflexes 3, Natural Weapon 3, Natural Toxin 3, Immunity 3, Mind Reading 1, Self Healing 3, Unarmed Mastery 3, Predator 3, Power Burst 3, Mental 3, Shape Shifting 3, Flight 1, Focus 3, Directed Energy Attack 3, Adaptability 3, Extra Limbs 3, Self Improvement 3, Inheritable 3.

>>1839

For the starting powers I'm going with Immunity 3, Durability 3, Adaptability 3, Self Improvement 3, Self Healing 3, Mental 3, Flight 1, Stealth 1, and Mind Reading 1.

I'll use Self Improvement 3 to boost my Mental abilities further, run a few missions, and then sit down with Yuito Katoka and figure out how to fix my weaknesses.

My character is functionally immortal so doing some ridiculously dangerous but well paying operations will keep the PMC happy while I have Lindsey Reyes find my group a place to hide while Yuito and I focus on solving my drawbacks starting with Toxic, Memory Loss, Pain, Aging, Suppressant, and finally Controlled. This way I am no longer dangerous to be around, I avoid losing myself, and then avoid physical degeneration, the suppressant is a possible tip off and with Expert I imagine I can make my own or have Katoka help me with it. Once all of that is taken care of I'll remove the Bodyguard device and tell my superiors to either deal with it or fuck off.

I'll then lay low and take missions until all my powers are available at which point I'll use Inheritable 3 on my Squad and Allies to give them all some of my powers, with Inheritable 3 being the most important. In exchange I'll ask (not tell), using Charisma, to use Inheritable 3 on me, eventually giving me all the powers Devoe, Caldwell, and Elmore have as well. At this point I'll drop out of public view entirely and pay the PMC off to give me enough time to experiment on myself until I have all of the non origin restricted powers, though thanks to Devoe I'll have access to the Magical origin.

At this point I'll return back to the public view as with my team and deal with my enemies. Bubbles will simply be ripped apart by my group. Even with an army of enhanced animals I highly doubt he'd stand a chance against beings of the caliber of my men. Caldwell should be grown at this point and hopefully see me as a mentor and something of a father figure as I fully intend to train her as much as I can during my time experimenting on myself and others. So having her assassinate Keller and Dawley shouldn't be in any way difficult. For York I'll pick him up and fly him into outer space. Fuck that guy.

At this point I'll go pick up any powers that I don't have access to along with the Unique Weapon, Transport, and Armor perks and Safehouse, Identity, and Authority (I'm a veteran, if reserve member of my PMC) once possible.

Since I'll be in as strong as possible position I'll likely start hunting down and killing other superhumans while continuing to experiment and train. I don't really want to rule the world but if I do I'll probably use a boosted Mental power to invent FTL travel so I can colonize the galaxy (and hopefully find aliens to kill) and shit.

>>1835

>innate

I'd like my powers to be inheritable and you know what? Screw those drawbacks.

>athletic

>corporation

>Strength L3 (22)

>Agility L3 (19)

>Durability L3(16)

>Enhanced senses L1 (15)

>Reflexes L3 (12)

>Immunity L3 (9)

>Mind Reading L3 (6)

>Mind Control L3 (3)

>Self Healing L3 (0)

>Social Enhancer L3 (-3)

>Weapon Mastery L1 (-4)

>Mental L2 (-6)

>Inheritable L3 (-9)

>Unique weapon

>Training

>Squad

>Signing Bonus

Empower my squad with my abilities.

>Valuable (-6)

>Bodyguard (-3)

>Weakness (0)

I liked bodyguard because it sort of gave me a goal to work towards in the build.

>Lindsey Reyes

>Olivia Blake

I guess I'm sort of vulnerable, or at least not in any way especially resistant, to mind control. Otherwise I think I'm pretty unstoppable. All I have to do is follow some rich guy around and jump in front of the occasional bullet, those thigns barely hurt me.

>>1841

No offense man, it just seems boring. Yeah you have your bros, but you have to follow a rich guy around EVERY DAY. They own you now. It's one of the reason I chose PMC what with them letting you do whatever so long as you bring in a profit. Also, shapeshifting so I can be a good husband and father to my dark mage waifu and super ninja (adopted) daughteru respectively.

>>1845

It's good to have a stable life.

Plus, I don't necessarily have to kill anyone.

>>1846

I get what you're saying. I just saw this for more of an adventure thing yah know? Add to that I really don't see any of the options letting you not kill people. And you also have to worry about the Valuable drawback. You've got to fight those guys off.

While playing around with this cyoa I wanted to take a weapon able to take out other super soldiers and looked up armor piercing weapons. I was enlightened.

Durability 3 makes you only vulnerable to armor piercing round or explosives, that will make you as durable as a ww2 tank.

Strength 2 allows you to punch through a tank, given the otherwise modern setting I assume a modern tank is meant as well. These however are unharmed by either explosives or so called armor piercing ammunition. You only rockets and specialized warheads are effective.

Still strength 2 allows your punch to penetrate a tank, making it incredibly powerful compared to any other options.

There is the armor perk, but we are not even talking about strength 3.

>>1839

>>1840

It should be just another normal day for John York.

He was on the hunt in a peaceful forest enjoying the calm nature around. His mind wandered to the information he received some time ago. A "super" boasting about picking him up and flying him into space. People warned him, told him of his many ways to counter supers, but he replied: "He's just a man. He can't be that dangerous."

Well, given the running and flying speed of most supers he had about 8 seconds before they leave the troposphere, the lowest atmosphere. Space is a few minutes further up, but he would be already at these altidudes. He knew the guy, he was around a few years already, but they somehow never clashed. He took a moment to pause and wonder what changed his mind.

Suddenly a heavy jerk hit him and he was lifted upwards at rocket speed. His sunglasses and rifle slipped down towards the forest.

It took him 3 full seconds to recover from the shock.

"Hi, chalky. You made me drop my sunglasses. How rude."

5 seconds passed. A short moment of silence followed while John already felt how the air become cooler.

"Well at least i didn't drop my cap." said John, right before the explosion hit them at around 7 seconds. Several directed charges hidden snuggly on his back and his cap blasted the marble guy into bits.

John fell towards earth, the way down would take longer than the way up and while the brunt of the detonation was directed at his attacker and hee wore a protective layer to disperse the pressure he still feelt like he had been hit by a truck.

"He may even have seen the explosion." He thought, but at point blank there was just no way to get away in time for him.

John reached into his pocket and took a miniaturized air supply out of it. The small bottle lasts only for 5 minutes, but enough till he'll reach the ground. He was more annoyed by the cold.

He reached in the pocket again and put replacement sunglass on. Then he pulled the cord for the first parachute to slow his desend a bit.

While he was floating towards the earth he grinned. Another hunt successful, it was just another normal day for John York.

>>1851

Hi, and glad you liked it. This CYOA is already breaking the rules of physic and it is breaking them hard. Thus my interpretation is that durable is the only indicator on how durable the super is against attacks. As anon inferred above this places a super at max at a ww2 tank durability, which is extreme for a person, but easily killed by a claymore, or several.

Concerning your other points, they might be valid, but let's keep in mind York's final ability, pure luck. If after all those years he is still around fighting supers he must be more dangerous then nearly any other foe on that list.

I rather fight a strong enemy that has no idea what he's doing, than a weak enemy with a lot of experience. Especially true as I always prefer the sneaky approach myself.

let's do this, the human tank. let's go!

>mechanical (durability 2)

>beyond human

>terrorists

>strength 2

>+1 durability

>endurance 2

>enhanced senses 1

>reflexes 1

>immunity 3

>self healing 3

>weapon mastery 2

>unarmed mastery 2

>focus 3

>extra limbs 3

>agility 2

>unique weapon

>safehouse

>armour

>valuable, which i'll use to take familiar 3

>yuito katakoaka

>Jim Boyce

>one more ally due to terrorists: Big mike

>Fiona Dawley, for perk: training

>Isabelle Hart, for perk: Prime subject

Basically a chaos spess mehrine.

Let's do something sneaky cheeky

>nanomachines (endurance 2)

>athletic

>the agency

>strength 2

>agility 3

>endurance 3

>enhanced senses 2

>stealth 3

>reflexes 3

>immunity 2

>self healing 3

>social enhancer 2

>uplink 2

>training

>expert

>safehouse

>identity comes free with agency allegiance

>suppressant, for ability: unarmed mastery 3

>weakness, for ability: armed mastery 3

>Lindsay Reyes

>Aaron Moore

>John York, for perk: unique weapon.

The ultimate secret agent. Armed with a small, pneumatic dart gun. When suppressed, is almost entirely silent. The darts are loaded with a fast acting neurotoxin, which paralyses and kills quickly and quietly.

>>1835

ORIGIN: 31

>Mutagen

APPEARANCE

>Beyond Human

FACTION

>Regenades

ABILITIES

>Natural toxin, lvl 2 (free)

>Strength, lvl 3

>Agility, lvl 3

>Enchanced Senses. lvl 1

>Durability, lvl 3

>immunity, lvl 3

>Self Healing, lvl 3

>Power Burst, lvl 3

>Mental, lvl 3

>Energy Attack, lvl 3

>Adaptability, lvl 3

>Infection, lvl 3

PERKS

>Defector (free)

>Expert

>Prime Subject

DRAWBACKS

>Valuable

>Uncanny

ALLIES

>Clone (Defector)

>Max

>Lindsey

>Yuito Kataoka

>Big Mike

FOES

>The Prototype

>Corrine Devoe

having a clone of yourself as your strongest ally is pretty cool

I never asked for this.

Mechanical origin,

Average appearance,

Benevolent AI is my superior.

25 points,

2 strength (for free)

Uplink ability 3 (for free)

reflex level 2 (-3)

Durability 3 (-6)

Agility 2 (-3)

Analysis 3 (-6)

Unarmed Mastery 2 (-3)

Reflexes 2 (-3)

Social Enhancer 1 (-1)

Perks:

Expert

Safehouse

Defector (Unknown)

Charisma

Allies:

Ryan Elmore

Yuito Kataoka

Jim Boyce

Rival: Isabelle Hart

I'll be a fist-swinging, computer-hacking, back-flipping one-man army deadset on the pursuit of justice, according to my AI. Isabelle Hart will be my greatest enemy. Will the logic of a hive mind or individuality win in the end?

>>3501

just letting you all know there's a hidden GIANT CYOA DUMP in here

polite sage.

>>1835

the drawbacks and all the other shit about this game just ruins it.

>you can't

>bad thing happens

>but drawback!

it's designed to be "not fun: the game"

was this made by ea?

Origin: Innate

Drawbacks:

Valuable

Weakness - Neodymium, it's rare enough and it sounds kinda scifi

Powerless - I'm actually gonna switch this up a bit, instead of once a month I'm gonna make it once every 7 days just to make it a harder challenge

Body guard - I'm gonna have to guard that brat Hannah Caldwell

Faction: US military, the army to be more precise

Appearance: Athletic

Abilities:

Training 3

Strength 3

Agility 3

Endurance 3

Durability 3

Reflexes 3

Immunity 3

Stealth 3

Self Heal 3

Inheritable 3

Flight 3

Weapon Mastery 1 - katana

Perks:

Training - US army training

Authority - a commissioned rank of Captain in the army

Unique Weapon - Indestructible katana that can cut through anything

Defector *

Expert - so I can get around my drawbacks and make the most out of my abilities

Squad - I ain't Rambo so I'll need some help

Foes:

The Prototype - kill it

Bubbles - HAHAHA!! bubbles

Derek Hall - asshole, I'll discredit him somehow

Clone *

Corrine Devoe - crazy psyco bitch is going down

John York - I'll throw Derek Hall at him HAHA

Allies:

Clone *

Lindsey Reyes - my Oracle and possible love interest

Max - good dog

>>1835

>Origin

Gonna have to go with NANOMACHINES, SON! on this one. It's the most reliable while also not having a terrible drawback.

>Appearance

Athletic. Because who wants to look weak. Or look like a monster.

>Faction

Agency

>Abilities

Strength 3 (3)

Agility 3 (6)

Endurance 2 (Free)

Durability 3 (9)

Senses 1 (10)

Immunity 3 (13)

Stylish 2 (15)

Unarmed Mastery 1 (16)

Energy Attack 3 (19)

Focus 3 (22)

Analysis 3 (25)

>Perks

Identity (Free)

Safehouse

Authority

Prime Subject

Squad

>Allies

Lindsey Reyes

Yuito Kataoka

I'm pretty set as far as combat goes. Lindsey will give me valuable intel from afar and Yuito will help keep me in prime condition.

>Enemies

Immortal. While I won't be able to kill it, dealing with an immortal is easy: lure it into a trap, encase it in concrete or something, then toss it to the bottom of the ocean and forget about it. Shouldn't be much of a problem considering how weak it is.

So basically I'm a nigh-unkillable juggernaut blitzing enemies at supersonic speeds and hitting them with enough force to level a skyscraper. My life will consist of occasionally doing jobs for the government while living a semi-normal life at my lavish safehouse surrounded by close friends and squad members. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

Valuable

Traitor

Foes - Immortal, Aaron Moore

Innate

Beyond Human

Factionless

Strength 3 - 28

Durability 3 - 25

Agility 2 - 23

Endurance 3 - 20

Enhanced Senses 2 - 18

Reflexes 2 - 16

Immunity 3 - 13

Self Healing 3 - 10

Focus 3 - 7

Mental 3 - 4

Stealth 2 - 2

Unarmed Mastery 2 - 0

Training, Armour, Defector

Lindsey Reyes

John York

So basically, I am all-out defense kind of guy. Not really much damage output, but then again, good luck catching or killing me. With my allies, we'll definitely beat my foes. I'll just hide out, live my own secluded life, and help John kill evil supersoldiers for fun. Mostly by distracting/grappling them, as he does his thing. I'd say we would fuck up all of you other anons in this thread.

>Innate

>Athletic

>Factionless

>Strength L3 (22)

>Agility L3 (19)

>Endurance L3 (16)

>Durability L3 (13)

>Immunity L3 (10)

>Self Healing L3 (7)

>Flight L3 (4)

>Enhanced Senses L2 (2)

>Reflexes L2 (0)

>Defector

Only one perk because Factionless

>Max

>Myself

>No Foes

Fucking epic. Get to be Superman Lite and do whatever I want, and chill with a dogbro and myself.

>Innate

>Peak human

>Faction: I work alone, kiddo *unsheathes adamantium claws*

>strength: level 2

>self-healing: level 2

>agility: level 2

>endurance: level 2

>durability: level 2

>unarmed mastery: level 2

>predator: level 2

>mental: level 2

>focus: level 2

>immunity: level 2

>reflexes: level 2

>enhanced senses: level 2

>stealth: level 1

>training: level 3

Which I use to level up the level 2 and 1 abilities

>perks: Identity

>drawbacks: Traitor (Ryan Elmore) (When escaping, he tried to kill me because he went mad from his powers)

>Friends: Alex Keller (Mostly for the "Hey, buddy, I need a loan. Sure, I'll give it back next Sunday. Just a little. Come on! I helped you escape, remember?"), Jim Boyce.

>Foes (apart from Ryan): Ghost (I take safehouse), John York (I take signing bonus), Immortal (I take Expert)

In my safehouse, of course, I have a training area with all that I need. I become a mix between Wolverine and a Space Marine, also using my supergenius to do mad science and also being some Batman kind of guy. Sad that no flight, ki blasts and shit for also throwing Goku into the mix, but whatever.

Thanks to self-healing I can live for lots of years, so an early investment in supreme training won't be that bad. I also spend all the time into it, I stop sleeping (endurance is the first thing to train). Then I train everything else. I keep training all the time. That, plus eating people (if they attack me, or eating the recently dead people), plus training mental first (so I can understand how to train even better) (Using Expert, too) makes me the best. I then train on how to get every other superpower, artifically if needed (as I'm super smart, and have Expert so I can understand more about superpowers). Then I break the game. I kill York by simply outliving him, the ghost I can't kill, so I think I'd make a pact with him, turning him into "satan" (if he's up to it), wiping the floor with the weaker bodies he throws at me (either way, he's confirmation of an afterlife so that's fucking cool, keep at it, bro). Either way, I'd fight the ghost but I'm not sure what the win condition is with him (but with my supergenius I'll figure something out, IF there exists a way to trap him) (can you even kill a ghost?). With Ryan Elmore, since he's such a follower, I think it'd be possible to lure him into a trap or something, especially if, if he's working for someone (probable), the upper ones have no super smarts (also possible).

With the Immortal dude, I'd simply beat him, not killing him, and then put him in prison. Then jettison him into space with life support mechanism (so he doesn't die and come back somewhere, unless I discover that he comes back with the same body, or somewhere near, in which case I simply leave him strapped to a concrete block and let him die and resucitate constantly, for all of eternity. Being stronger doesn't mean he can get _new_ superpowers (does it?), so he can't fly back to Earth, but jumping, walking or getting a ride in any other spaceship is plausible. If he comes back to Earth, it'd be fun to see. It'd be hard, though, if he's just strapped to a concrete block. Hard to finger a spaceship in the vastness when you are in a low albedo object with no tools or shit to make a radio transmitter.) (or maybe use Expert to find a way to depower him, and the Ryan dude too)

I live my life from my safehouse. I invest the money and know where to put it, so I can live comfily ever after. I get a job just for the social opportunities, and get into university to learn everything. Then I build cool shit like a fusion reactor and a FTL drive and shit. The bad guys won't be able to get me if I go to space. Then I can just leave Earth and boom! bad guys won't get near me. Even with a lunar base I'm still quite good (and before getting there I train immunity hard as fuck, wouldn't want a guy punching a hole into my base and vacuuming it). I'd also go and build a space cathedral and shit, it'd be tons of fun. Then I'd find the renegade band of other superheros and chill with them and be cool. I don't care for fighting. If I can make a deal with the bad guys around it'd be okay. The only one I think I can't talk with is the human guy, but he's batman-tier so he's already more than human. I could use that to convince him.

I also would get the money from the rich friend, then invest it smartly, then pay him off (debts are not for friends!), then be rich with him and snort coke from hookers (blow wouldn't do anything on me thanks to my super physique and immunity, but it still would be fun). Then I show him around my moonbase.

>Origin

Mutagen. I am the next step in human evolution

>Appearance

Peak Human. WE PILLARMEN NOW

>Organization

PMC as I refuse to submit to governments or anything as disgusting as an A.I.

Abilities

Strength 2

Agility 2

Endurance 2

Reflexes 2

I only appear Peak human. I am of course super human

Durability 3

Self Healing 3

Adaptability 3

Immunity 3

I'm a tank!

Infection 3

Useful in combat and as a weapon of intimidation.

Natural Weapon 3 (2 was my mutagen freebie)

Inheritable 1

In order to be the next step in human evolution, I must be able to contribute my greatness to the gene pool

Perks

Squad (PMC Freebie)

Prime Subject. No painful growths for me

Authority. Going to move up the ranks

Signing bonus. I am a well paid mercenary

Defector (Fiona Dawley)

Celebrity. A result of Fiona's media presence. Groupies+Inheritable= a nice boost to human evolution

>Allies

My Squad perk should provide most of the combat assistance I need, so I can focus on off the field support.

Lindsey Reyes will, along with providing intel and hacking assists, be very helpful in eventually defeating Isabelle Hart and Bubbles. Eventual lover. If she's a super soldier fangirl, I think she'd want a super baby or five. A true super fangirl will also understand that the groupies are just a means to an end. Plus, she just sounds like she'd be cool to hang out with and maybe play some vidya.

.

Yuita Kataoka seems like an all around great pick if he can help me with my powers and help me figure out how to beat my enemies. Would be fun to talk science with as well.

Fiona Dawley is the PR department. Even if I only choose to fight for battles I believe in, super soldier business is a messy business and it would be nice to have someone put some spin on it. Will resist the urge to waifu up, as that is Lindsey's job and I don't want any friction on the team.

>Foes

Isabelle Hart

Bubbles

Even if these guys didn't target me, I'd want them dead. Both of them are subhumans with too much ego. Their reliance on machinery should make them easy targets if I have Lindsey for support.

I'm a strong opponent of trans-humanist garbage like Isabelle Hart. The best future for humanity lies on the path of biological evolution, and I'm going to stand as a symbol of that. As a merc, I'll still want to get paid for taking them out of course. Nothing but respect for those innate super soldier bros.

Origin: Magical.

Appearance: Weak.

Faction: The Agency.

Perks: Identity, Expert, Defector*, Signing Bonus.

Drawbacks: Controlled.

Allies: Lindsey Reyes, Olivia Blake, John York*.

>Abilities(28+2)

Core(16+2): Enhanced Senses 3, Mind Reading 3, Mind Control 3, Mental 3, Focus 3, Remote Viewing 3.

Bonus(12): Endurance 3, Durability 3, Immunity 3, Self Healing 3.

I signed up for a scientific study and arrived at the testing location at the posted time, only for the waiting room to flood with some kind of gas that knocked me out quick. When I woke up, I was chained to a cold altar with a circle of masked Suits chanting from fancy-looking binders, and what quickly followed is a sensation that I can only describe as my mind splattering across the room before splashing back into my skull…just with a few newly-formed tendrils slithering about. Something else also settled in my skull: An artificial loyalty. After the ritual completed, I was unchained before being led to a sterile-looking room and debriefed.

Apparently I, through a combination of strange and mundane factors, was a perfect specimen for a super soldier program with a decidedly magical bent. They had awakened my psychic potential, and toughened my body against most mortal needs and damage, but at the cost of my free will. At least I've got the consolation prize of a hefty salary and the Agency dealing with my papers should my cover be blown…I'm still not happy about my free will being tampered with, though. I guess that it is nice that they have given me access to the documentation for both the magic used to give me my power and the magic used by the Agency in general. Also, my job is to collect intel on domestic terrorists and to…influence…the local populace in troubled areas within the US. They usually provide me with a small apartment in the area. Speaking of the Agency, I don't have much contact with them past the initial encounter. The extent of my contact is 3 folks: My Penpal, My Contact, and My Handler.

My Penpal is Lindsey Reyes, a young hacker girl that got into the wrong files and got pressed into working for our mutual benefactor. She seems to have a thing for me, if her word, grammar, and topic choices are any indication…not to mention the pictures, but I've got no idea why. From what I've gleaned from my Contact, they know about our communications, and they would prefer to keep it that way just to keep me grounded. I don't think that she will ever be within range of my power, unless the unthinkable happens.

My Contact is Agent Olivia Blake. She is a hardass that has a special disdain for me due to my, from her perspective, unearned power. She tells me what the Agency wants, usually with a sneer and an edge of glee that I cannot disobey.

My Handler is John York. He is apparently a notorious killer of super soldiers in spite of being a normal human, and the Agency somehow got him to join up. Now he acts as my bodyguard, and as a failsafe in the event that my forced loyalty breaks. John seems bemused at the fact that I am a meek schlub over my head, and he takes an almost friend-like role with me. I say friend-like because he always seems to have 5 or more contingencies on his mind whenever I peek in, and I am VERY sure that those are dummy plans.