/cyoa/ - Choose Your Own Adventure

I don't understand how buying gifts works.

Are those tiers of the same power? Does the highest cost in a column represent the combined total of that entire column? Can I buy lower options in a column without buying higher ones?

It says "Only one option per gift needs to be purchased". "needs". Does that mean I absolutely HAVE TO get one thing from every column?

>>2965

I think you can only get one option per gift and purchasing the previous or above option isn't necessary.

You could by One Against Many for instance and that would allow you to face multiple foes, but if you purchased One Man Army, you could face down an entire army, abet with a higher purchasing cost.

This is also another lesson in the creation of CYOAs, make sure the language you use can be understood by the reader.

>>2963

>Olympic parentage (Falkus)

GIFTS

>mantle of steel (free)

>LOTI (fire mage was free, -9)

>Guided weapon (-7)

>Elder lore (-8)

>Demi-human; horse penis because why not?

ARTIFACTS

>Claw of oreus (-8)

>Boomstick (-14)

COMPANION

>Lady Asha because she's a nudist

MOUNT

>Horse (-1) because i only had 1 point left

ADVENTURES

>Boss monster

>DWAC

>A divine affair (Astazia)

>A peaceful village

>Door to door

>>3012

oh wait mantle of steel is just discounted for 4 points, scratch it then

>>2963

This one looks interesting. I wonder why it has so few replies.

Birth

Olympic Parentage

Gods

Yog Sothoth

Gifts

[-14] Unyielding Flesh

[-7] Angelic Pinions

[Free] Third Eye

[-6] Medicus

[-5] Elemental Weapon

[-4] Weapon Summoner

[-7] Guided Weapon

[-14] Planar Lord

[-15] Gorgon's Gaze

[Free] Elder Lore

Artifacts

None

Companions

Lady Asha

Mounts

None

Adventures

All of them, except for the divine affair.

Summary

The weapon summoner ability lets me create numerous mundane weapons. The elemental weapon ability makes those mundane weapons magical and elemental. The guided weapon ability animates all of those summoned weapons so that they fly around and fight autonomously. With the planar lord ability I can summon the most powerful creatures to support me. With the gorgon's gaze ability I can turn my enemies to stone with a glance. The elder lore ability takes all of these magical abilities of mine and enhances them. The unyielding flesh ability makes me as tanky and hard to kill as possible. If I do take damage I can heal myself with the medicus ability. The third eye ability lets me see through invisibility. Yog-Sothoth's blessing will reveal stealthy rogues. Retractable angelic wings let me fly. The combination of all of this should make me a nightmare to face in combat.

I think I would triumph over the boss monster, the greater elemental, the chesswolf, and the sphinx in direct combat. I'll still attempt the riddle and play the chess game, but I'll be the winner either way. While I am confident in my ability to face most threats in the mortal realm, the gods are still above me in power. I refused to take the divine affair adventure because of the potential to earn godly enemies.

The heroes who are born from mortal parents are obviously mortal, but it's unclear whether those born of the gods are mortal. If I'm not immortal my first goal will be to achieve eternal youth. It should not be too hard in this magical setting. My guess is that Lady Asha is some kind of cultist worshipper of my divine father Yog-Sothoth. We should get along well in our travels.

Olympic Parantage. God: Vaneis Gift: Serpent's Reflexes(-10), Boar's Strength(-3) Leader of Men(-4), Shadow Warriors(Free), Planar Lord(-9) Artifacts: Axe of Animus(-6), Little White Blade(-7) Tamer of Monsters(-6), Dual Wielder(-3), Skin of Stone(-5) Companions: Lady Asha, Eyra No Mount. Adventures: Boss Monster, Fire Witch

Cheese strat:

Summon everything I can with summoner, summoner companion and necro companion, then slay it ad infinitum with my Axe of Animus until it's so strong it one hit kills everything in the world in negative time. Easy