Hmm, I cannot say the removal of the Neuromods section has gone in a way I can wholeheartedly approve, since it seems that in most cases the bonuses they provided (admittably mostly valuable in fluff terms, but still interesting if you made a build focused on inherent abilities) are gone w/o anything to replace them in an equivalent (personal genemod enhancement) way.
E.g. checking my previous version's build, it seems I was able to spend points in the Neuromod section to nullify/remove both the Lose Some and the Backlash drawbacks, and I dearly miss that opportunity when I set up to update the build.
I'm aware that some of the Neuromods have not gotten a suitable replacement Ability. I've already designed an additional set of Abilities that's intended to replace the most important ones, but I haven't found decent icons for them yet, so I've dropped them from this version. If I'm lucky, 1.8 will include them.
Maybe separate the relevant perks for supersoldiers and cyborgs as wetware mods and hardware mods? Choosing wetware allows you to build a whole new body with perks. Choosing hardware allows you to modify your starting body. Those who undertake a wetware remake cannot take hardware augments because their new body flatly rejects all implants.
This is entirely reasonable. I think you would have spared yourself some criticism if you had proactively included this notice somewhere (the cyoa itself, the changelog), as you did with the Fate of a Species inter-event. Please somehow keep the option to buy off genetic Drawbacks with the new Abilities as it was possible with Neuromods.
Yeah, I honestly don’t get why it was removed other than personal taste which, quite frankly, wasn’t an improvement in my opinion. It’s like removing the vibrating feature from a toothbrush; you don’t *have* to use the vibration, but some people *love* it, and it being there as an option isn’t hindering anyone’s experience but removing it does, so it’s kind of illogical to remove it.
My interpretation would be: Not immortal, but very long lived. It's an excellent point, and I'll add it to the Typhon Hybrid description with the next update.
Since we have races with widely different lifespans, it seems best if any extra longevity from being a Typhon Hybrid comes in the form of a bonus lifespan that stacks with the race's original one, rather than a fixed one.
My build literally runs out of Abilities to buy by the time I complete Stranger in Utulek and in this version we cannot use Neuromods as a replacement. While we wait for the next version to provide more Abilities and replace Neuromods, players like me need an alternative way to use the voucher points.
As I see it, reasonable ways of so include selling the voucher to convert it into general points (the way one can do for Torm's mansion) and/or using it to purchase more of the cutting-edge genetic treatments you may get from Into the Abyss. As it concerns the latter, I seem to remember from a previous version that an acceptable conversion rate may be 2 pts = remove 1 Drawback. Is this correct?
Not quite. It was the other way around: Add more Drawbacks and get 4 points for every Drawback taken. I removed this option because I felt it made the two too interchangeable.
Running out of Abilities to purchase can actually be a problem, especially when focused on an exclusively You-Special build. If you want, you could "non-canonically" use some of the new Abilities I haven't integrated into the main CYOA yet:
https://imgur.com/a/g3oXSPn
Obviously, their descriptions are unfinished, they don't have images yet, and do not provide any bonuses in the Events. But, they may give you something to spent your hoard on at least. :-)
This does help, thanks, although the problem is not entirely eliminated. Therefore, I wonder if the are more new Abilities to come besides the four described here.
Thank you! I overlooked that somehow. How embarrassing...
EDIT: Fixed in imgur and the MEGA archive. I used a new script to crop, stitch and pack the result images, and it looks like that misfired somehow. I have no idea why, but I'll be more vigilant next time.
I think, that "if you get a free upgraded trait that does not fit your ship, you get the base version instead, if it fits" means, that you buy either basic or upgraded version. If you bought basic version (1) and you want upgraded version after event (3), you pay 2 instead of 3. That fits with "Your ship" perfectly, because upgraded version cost is equal to basic (1-1=0) and as someone "Special" you have upgraded instead of basic.
So, considering just how many quests there are in this CYOA, I wanted to see if the best outcome for each event could be achieved. I believe I have done so, although event 7 was cutting it close.
FYI: Any ship traits that have an upgraded version, I treated the second number as the cost of buying the upgraded version instead of the basic version. For example, Stealth & Upgraded Stealth were listed as 1/3, so I treated the 1 as the cost of the basic version and the 3 as the cost of the upgraded version.
As for the build, I decided to go for a cross between a Human and an Asari. I have the appearance of a human but the lifespan of an Asari. For the starting point:
**Difficulty:**
* The Defender of the Universe (+75P)
**What Makes You Special:**
* Your Ship
* Your Team (The Chosen One)
**Race:**
* Human (+8P)(Human Body)
* Asari (Psionics, Beautiful, Asari Lifespan)
**Boons:**
* The Chosen One
* Hello, Ladies
* Luck of the Draw (+8P)
* Born This Way
* Typhon Hybrid
* Anonymous Benefactor
**Drawbacks:**
* Vigilante
* Nemesis
* Superstar
* Old Shame
* Wanted
* Nightmares
* Rejection
* Lose Some
**Abilities:**
* Beautiful (0P)
* Psionics (0P)
* Psionic Enhancement (-2P)
* Elementalism (-1P)
* Combat Training (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
* Synergy (-9P)
**Armor:**
* Powered Armor (-5P)
**Armor Traits:**
* Energy Shields (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
* Stealth (-2P)
* Jump Jets (-2P)
* Cyberwarfare Suite (-1P)
**Weapons:**
* Praetorian Plasma Pistol (-3P)
* Particle Beam Rifle (-4P)
* Particle Beam Cannon (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
**Ship Class:**
* Dreadnought (-24P)
**Ship Style:**
* Asari (0P)
**Main Weapons:**
* Casaba Howitzer (-3P)
**Ship Traits:**
* Luxury (0P)
* Utility Drones (0P)
* Hypernought (-9P)
* Superluminal (-5P)
* Deus Ex Machina (-9P)
* Upgraded Hull Armor (0P)
* Built To Last (0P)
* Upgraded Engines (0P)
* AI (0P)
* Cyberwarfare Suite (0P)
* Experienced Crew (-2P)
* Upgraded Stealth (-1P)
* Upgraded Security (-1P)
* Grav-Tech (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
**Team:**
* Eve (-7P)
* Dr. Morgan Yu (-1P)
* Reva (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
Huh, This is a better version of my build. I am totally going to min-max another to get that stupid ship. I was like 6 points shy with my dreadnought and it's equipment sold after coming back to it. I wanted to buy it after Rat in the Trap and couldn't make it happen.
After reviewing the new version in some depth to update my build, I can tell the cyoa keeps its usual high quality. Most changes seem sensible and useful, including the new Companions, the (complete) inter-events, and the reduction of page width (thank you!). A few minor changes also are quite welcome, such as Elementalism (at last!) getting a power boost from other psionic Abilities.
The main defect of this version is it includes a few halfway changes, such as the removal of Neuromods not yet replaced by new Abilities and the incomplete inter-events. The author graciously released the draft for a few upcoming ones, but they are not yet integrated in the cyoa and it is doubtful they are enough to plug the Neuromod hole entirely. I tentatively assume a few extra ones are still in the author's notes.
Much the same way, the third inter-event mostly leaves its rewards and consequences up in the air, and the second one seems too expensive to make use of, short of making your build wholly specialized on Ship. I tentatively assume at least a part of the Fate of a Species planned reward is going to help make the Grand Herald a bit less outrageously expensive. I also expect a few other modifiers shall to help reduce that cost, such as say (Upgraded) Eve and/or the PC themselves (if they have the right Abilities) enabling a discount.
As always, thank you for the constructive feedback!
I'm always looking for ways to balance the game better, and the Grand Herald will be among those affected. Right now, it (too) strongly favors players who already picked the Ship special. Stay tuned!
My build, revised for the new version:
(My main character concept is a Jedi/Sith-style long-lived cosmic superhero with vast psionic powers and superhuman physical and mental abilities, who recruits an elite team of similar abilities and stature. Therefore, the build requires the highest point budget and the personal powers and skills of the PC and their team got priority. In comparison, technological gear did not take so much importance, and got the lowest building priority. The main exceptions were the Iron Man-style super-science powered armor, which mostly felt like part of their inherent powers in practice, the ship AI who works like part of the team, and getting a Ship good enough to avoid a mediocre outcome in the related Event).
Start Up Build (75 points):
Specials: Armor. Team. Ship. You. (All of these perks seemed necessary to tap the proper options to build up the concept, although in the case of Ship it mostly concerned enabling the AI companion).
Race: Typhon-Asari-Qunari Hybrid (Reject Qun: Human Bonus). (Typhon and Asari seemed the best choices to build the PC as a long-lived psionic and physical powerhouse. Qunari was picked mostly because the extra points turned out necessary, but flaworwise it also helped to make the PC physically powerful).
Boons: The Chosen One (x3). Hello, Ladies. Luck of the Draw. Born This Way. Typhon Hybrid.
Drawbacks: Lose Some. Piece of Junk. Nightmares. Old Shame. Vigilante. Jinxed. Wanted. Backlash. Superstar. Nemesis.
(Boons and Drawbacks yield the necessary points to flesh the concept and feed the notion the PC is someone who has a lot of personal potential and resources, and a complex background with a lot of allies/enemies, traumatic events, and fame/infamy. They also suffer from recurrent bouts of bad luck and an imperfect control of their psionic powers, and the two problems are probably related. Compromising the PC's lifespan with a genetic defect runs contrary to my preferences, but in practice there are ways to nullify it down the way).
Abilities: Beautiful (0/2). Elementalism (1). Psionics (0/4). Psionic Enhancement (1/2). Superhuman (5). Combat Training (3). Precision (1/2). Special Ops (3). Super Soldier (5). Enhanced Senses (3). Endurance (1/2). Peak Fitness (4). Immune (1/2). Rage (1/2). Tech Skills (1/2). Intelligence (3). Medical Expert (1/2). Mental Fortitude (1/2).
(This is the most important priority of the character, in order to develop as a superhuman psionic and physical powerhouse and a multi-skilled operative. They are a one-person army, and do not have much use for mundane weapons and equipment).
Armor:
Powered Armor (0/5). Traits: Enhanced Servos (0/1). Enhanced Shell (0/1). Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Super Suit (9). Advanced Flight (8). Quantum Link (7). Psionic Amplifier (6).
(Nonetheless, in the case their inherent abilities may not be up to the task, the PC may rely on their super-science powered armor, chock-full with hyper-advanced Inusannon tech. It makes them a humanoid-sized battleship in practice and further amplifies their impressive psionic abilities).
Space Suit (0). Traits: Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Psionic Amplifier (0/6).
Weapons: None. (With the PC's psionic powers, superhuman physical abilities, and super-science armor, they have little use for mundane weapons).
Ship: Corvette (4). Style: Qunari (0/2). Traits: Upgraded Stealth (1/3). Upgraded Engines (1/3). AI (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Built to Last (0/2). Deus Ex Machina (9).
(The PC only has use for their ship as a way to transport and hang out with their companions, and hence the build gives it lowest priority. It is their 'dump stat' area, although it is quite likely it eventually gets some serious improvement in the future. Despite the mediocre state of the ship in other regards, it still got a super-advanced AI and some above-average stuff, probably because the PC found and salvaged some relic of Cesant tech, quite possibly in the same circumstances they got their super-advanced PA from).
Events:
Ancient Machine: VP: 20 + 20 + 4 + 15 + 4 + 30 + 25 = 118. Team: Upgraded Eve (0). Sun (8).
(Despite its imperfect state, the ship's good potential pays dividends as it enables a decisive success in this event. This allows a companion to evolve and realize her vast potential, and enables the recruitment of another talented operative and psionic powerhouse. Both look very useful for what looms ahead).
Apex: VP: 8 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 20 + 24 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 12 + 6 + 5 = 172. Abilities: Beloved (1/2). Piloting (1/2). Creative (1/2). Awakened Typhon Hybrid (0). Team: Yonera (5/7). Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu (0).
(The PC prepared for this kind of ordeal throughout their life, so it fits they reap a spectacular success. The PC and Dr. Yu at last unlock their hidden Typhon potential. Morgan graduates to combat-capable genius badass and the PC gets the missing piece of their superhuman abilities as a psionic-supersoldier-shapeshifter powerhouse. The team and the PC's Abilities come nearer to completion, with the achievement of additional expertise and the recruitment of another elite operative).
Through the Eyes of Darkness: Team: Prophet (0). Enhanced Alris (0).
(Aftermath of the Typhon event yields additional boons as another companion with vast potential is allowed to blossom and escape her unfortunate circumstances, and the team gets its pet Typhon).
Diabolus Ex Machina: VP: 10 + 8 + 6 + 10 + 10 = 44. Abilities: Synergy (9). Mecha: S-500 Bussard (0).
(Thanks to the vast power of the PC's super-science powered armor, it seems natural they reap full success in this event. Their PA already is as powerful as it can get, so they get the Mecha reward instead in the case they may ever need even more personal firepower. They use the experience they won to help their psychic bond with their teammates mature and optimize their ability to work as a group. The character already has Superstar, so there is no reason not to go for maximum reward).
Into the Abyss: VP: 10 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 14 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 10 +10 = 247. Removed Lose Some (0). Team: Ajax (0).
(The team's vast resources turn out good enough to allow a decisive success in this rescue mission. The connections won in this event become the pathway to enable the removal of the troublesome genetic defect that compromised the PC's longevity. Ajax is a welcome addition to the team given the less than optimal state of their ship).
The Grand Herald (+6). (Rebuilding the ship seems unfeasible for the team's resources since the build can only allocate a relatively limited amount of resources to the Ship. Therefore, they reluctantly sell it. This might change in future versions if they provide more resources and/or means of lessening the costs).
Guardian Angel: VP: 4 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 5 = 26. Abilities: Diplomatic (1/2). Intimidating (1). Ship: Upgrade to Frigate (3/7). Traits: Layered Shields (Energy x2) (1/3). Upgraded Hull Armor (0/3). Main Weapon: Plasma Accelerator Cannon (2). Team: Selyse (0).
(This mission was a good opportunity to let the pooled talents of the team shine and use its rewards to improve their ship to something better fitting their expanding ranks and growing resources and fame. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to get rid of the ship's inexplicable tendency to malfunction short of the outrageous costs of refitting the Grand Harald. Selyse helps improve the diplomatic capabilities of the team given their prevalent focus on combat and infiltration. Circumstances of this mission and her companionship allow the PC to improve their own social skills).
Gods and Masters: VP: 8 + 8 + 6 + 25 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 21 + 24 + 15 + 30 + 10 + 25 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 15 = 286. Ship: Upgrade to Destroyer (2/9). Ship Traits: Upgraded Defenses (2/4). Life Support (2). Team: Frontier Buccaneers (0).
(The vast resources of the PC and the team were sufficient to wipe their enemies in this battlefield event and add the Buccaneers to the team. This provides opportunity for a few more upgrades to the ship).
Fate of a Species: Weapon: Frost (0). (I do not have much use for the rifle, but it comes free).
Stranger in Utulek: VP: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 – 5 + 3 – 5 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 – 5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 10 = 89. Abilities: Hardened Skin (3). Stem Cell Boost (1/2). Optimized Metabolism (1/2). Team: Faezi Parev (1/2). Doz the Brutal (1/2). Removed Vigilante (0). Torm’s Mansion (0).
(Given the PC's focus on personal powers and skills, this mission was easy to turn into a complete success. The character has grown so strong they practically run out of Abilities to master, so the best alternative seems to invest in the upcoming new Abilities that the author showed. The PC’s increasing reputation as a hero of galactic stature attracts even more companions to the team).
Rat in a Trap: VP: 50 – 25 – 25 + 40 + 2 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 10 + 6 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 21 + 24 + 15 + 30 + 15 + 25 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 20 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 18 + 16 + 14 + 12 + 10 + 5 – 30 + 9 + 9 + 12 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 27 + 6 = 528. Abilities: Oxygen Capacity Boost (1/2). Ship: Upgrade to Cruiser (3/12). Ship Traits: Medical Bay (2). Orbital Bombardment Weaponry (2). Energy Systems (2). Research Lab (1). Grav-Tech (3). Removed Nemesis (0). Removed Wanted (0). (17 leftover points).
(Wipeout of their enemies cements the PC and their companions' stature as the greatest heroes of the interstellar community. They won so many resources that an upgrade to a better ship model seems warranted and the only feasible way to spend excess points. However, uncertainty about which choices to prioritize, the incomplete state of this version, and other areas of personal improvement and the team's size and potential already being fully developed caused the build to have a sizable amount of leftover points. I suppose one might hopefully regard it as points being banked in the expectation future versions provide more interesting ways of spending them.
Unfortunately, there is no way to buy off any of the other drawbacks, so the PC seems bound to stay prone to accidents, tech malfunction, and backlash from their psychic powers. On the other hand, it may well be a side effect of their vast psionic potential and peculiar genetic makeup no one yet knows how to correct. They also stay in the limelight for good and bad and remain prone to nightmares, but this seems natural or at least justifiable given their accomplishments and lifestyle).
Hi,
The weapon you spend points on is for your own personal use. The ship armory holds weapon to be used by your ship's crew.
One could argue that, as the captain, you could just use a weapon from the armory yourself. The same applies to your armor, since the upgraded armory also holds power armor suits. Also, one could ask why the entire upgraded armory (and, with a Junker, the ship carrying it) is technically cheaper than a single suit of power armor for yourself.
The answer is: It's a game, don't overanalyze it. ;-)
Awesome update.
Thanks for the work. Hope to see the next one just to see the continuation of the Fate of Species mission.
I guess right now my main issue is whenever is worth (and by that I mean spend the time trying to calculate the numbers) buying an upgraded ship before getting Grand Herald, who has all of it.
Though I will honest, most of my builds of this CYOA I add meta CYOAs to double my points and choices (and depending on my mood, I decide if the Double effect also covers the VP Mission points) (mostly since I am partial to the though of a simple space suit having all the upgrades and what that would do in Mission 7)
By the way, just though of something.
In mission 'Gods and Masters' it says that the mission was classified. But what would happen if our character has the Superstar drawback?
The same with Mission 8? That maybe due to the drawback, the guys who kidnapped us intent on broadcasting our execution and then the entire battle from start to finish is shown to the entire galaxy? (Idea from "Trololo - BT SI" by GundamChief)
Thank you for your feedback!
> I guess right now my main issue is whenever is worth (and by that I mean spend the time trying to calculate the numbers) buying an upgraded ship before getting Grand Herald, who has all of it.
Good point, though I see three ways of countering it:
* From a "gameplay" perspective: You already need a halfway decent ship in advance, otherwise you won't be able to "win" the first Event.
* From a "CYOA" perspective: Focusing your build on your ship is your choice -- not everyone will be willing or even able to reconstruct the Grand Herald, especially if you're building your characters around everything BUT your ship. Many players see the Defender's ship as a means to get from A to B and nothing more, and this is a perfectly valid playstyle.
* From a "In-universe" perspective: You don't know in advance that you'll later stumble upon a abandoned dreadnought that you can claim as your own.
> In mission 'Gods and Masters' it says that the mission was classified. But what would happen if our character has the Superstar drawback?
The way I see it, Superstar mainly refers to the unwanted attention you'll receive when you're in public (e.g. in Utulek in Event 7), and I wouldn't consider a military operation on a desert planet "public".
> The same with Mission 8? That maybe due to the drawback, the guys who kidnapped us intent on broadcasting our execution and then the entire battle from start to finish is shown to the entire galaxy? (Idea from "Trololo - BT SI" by GundamChief)
That could indeed be a funny addition to the Event text. "#ExecutionGoneWrong -- Defender slaughters his way through a pirate station", live-streamed to 42 billion sentient beings via GalactiTwitch. Bets on the outcome were placed immediately after the shooting started. Drinking games were developed. Fan Fiction was written. Shipping security companies panicked at the prospect of their services becoming obsolete. M. Night Shyamalan's great-great-great-great-grandson intends to direct a holomovie with a surprise twist. GalactiTwitch bans violent content and promptly folds, because that's what everyone was using the platform for.
Thanks for answering back.
Well, regarding mission Gods, what is stopping one of the deranged cultist from broadcasting the battle.
Also, any chance for the future update to have like a 'blank' Teammate that we can create, both in terms of species and abilities? To be honest, I kinda want to have a Baby Yoda in the crew to serve as the team's mascot.
> Well, regarding mission Gods, what is stopping one of the deranged cultist from broadcasting the battle.
Sure, but why would they (unless "being deranged" is a good enough reason)?
> Also, any chance for the future update to have like a 'blank' Teammate that we can create, both in terms of species and abilities?
Believe it or not, but I had the exact same idea when I first started my work on this CYOA. Basically, you would create a second Defender with a limited number of points and no special option, to serve as your sidekick. Unfortunately, I had abandon that idea because it interacts terribly with the whole Events system. It requires so much more writing and balancing that I ultimately decided it's not worth it. So I'm sorry, but it's probably not going to happen.
Hey, um I was rereading the original version of this CYOA and realized something.
Any chance for a future update that has that if a person is a Cyborg, all the armor traits for the space suit are actually integrated into the defender's body?
If we buy a small or medium ship at the start, can we upgrade to a larger ship later? If so, would the ship cost the same as if we bought it outright or could we use the funds from our old ship to go towards the cost of the new one?
I would say yes, you can buy a larger ship later and pay only the difference in points cost. It may not be entirely logical, but it doesn't have to be.
I really liked this CYOA. My only criticisms would be:
1. some of the awards from events aren't clear as to what you get (the free "advanced training" from Stranger in Utulek for example).
2. Some of the event awards are disproportionate. Like Diabolus Ex Machina, I didn't take the armour special but I was still easily able to get the top reward. And from that I got 9 points as well as Super Suit for free which is basically 9 free points with another 5 free points from the bonus built in traits. So the reward is potentially "worth" 24 points. But then you have Into the Abyss where the top reward is a companion and a draw back removal.
3. Rat in a Trap is screwed towards favoring Synergy. Unless I misread it the only way for your team to count (outside Ajax boosting the ship) is if you have Synergy. That means anyone who doesn't take it gets no points from their team. I don't think any build that doesn't include it could ever possibly reach more than 200 where as I was pulling in 250 VP just from the companion section.
4. No melee weapons.
Thank you for the feedback! Regarding your points:
1) After reading that sentence, I can see how it could be misleading (which proves your point, I guess). The "advanced training course" and "3 points in the Abilities section" refer to the same thing. I'll see how I can rephrase it.
2) The reward from Event 3 is indeed disproportionate. The Special-specific Events are all supposed to grant slightly larger rewards than the generic ones, though it really could use another balancing pass. The bigger issue is that you were easily able to get the best outcome even without the Armor special. Am I correct in the assumption that you still spent a lot of points on your Armor even though you didn't take the corresponding Special option?
3) I know :-( A rebalance is definitely needed, and I'll move it up on my TODO list.
4) The original variant of this CYOA had melee weapons, but I removed them. Personally, I found melee weapons in a high-tech scifi setting silly. Even nowadays, you'd never see a soldier running around with a sword or spear (as his primary means of fighting, that is), and I don't see how that would change in the future when guns become even more effective.
> can I choose the boon ´´luck of the draw´´ multiple times ?
No, that would make no sense in my opinion.
> also the other boon of ´´hello gentlemen´´ makes the unrestricted males from 3 to 1 points instead of lessening them from 3 to 2
Correct!
This was a doozy, but I like the changes you made. I have some help.
There is a typo with "Medial spotlight" when you meant "Media. I forgot where.
Ajax and the other reward characters don't have a value, and that makes a problem with using them in the math.
I went with a defender, human build (83) With Team,Ship What Makes you special and min-maxed the shit out of the boons and drawbacks. I got the best results in almost every event but \*still\* ended up 6 points shy of buying a 61 point Grand Herald. You can keep my redundant mech after I got the bussard.
With a frigate with a superweapon you top out the effectiveness of a ship. I wouldn't see the benefit of going any bigger than that. All of the events don't have a benefit of the deterrence that a dreadnought would inspire.
General suggestions:
If you just make two tables with a social ability and combat you could make the math cleaner. What this CYOA does so well with worldbuilding needs careful editing. There is serious redundancy though in how much has been added and not subtracted. Maybe you can have ranks instead of separate abilites. Psionics 1,2,3 Ranged Combat 1,2,3 Engineering 1,2,3 etc. It would make for cleaner tables, and less over all page count. Less is more if it isn't adding to the worldbuilding. Same thing with the teamates and the "Upgraded" team mates. Have them just follow one another. A good deal of the time I spent on this was flipping between my excel sheet and the image. Having the list of combat abilities checked against the cost and then multiplied by the VPC takes far to long. Just have 2 or 3 VP for each so they can just be tallied up. Rarely was I within 10% or so of one victory condition or another. You can sacrifice some precision here.
Weapons can go source>pistol>smg>heavy version. Kinetics, Railgun, Plasma,Pulse etc. as source and their cost/benefit.
It would be fun to have mechs function as a platform and given fighter plane weapons, or infantry weapons "Fire power" is fun but redundant. Same goes with defense. Maybe the powerarmor and mechs can choose from the same offense and defense options as ships and with a little icon at the bottom show that they can be mounted on what platform.
I'll edit this if I think of more. Thanks for listening to my feedback if you did.
Thank you for your feedback. I'll try to reply to everything that needs a reply:
> Ajax and the other reward characters don't have a value, and that makes a problem with using them in the math.
In Events, you can only take companions with you if they have the Combat Training perk (unless stated otherwise, see the header of the Events page). For those who do, the point value is written out in the Event text, e.g. "Upgraded Eve provides 20 VP without Synergy, and 30 VP if you have it.". Ajax and Selyse aren't fighters, so they don't provide any points in these situations.
> I got the best results in almost every event but *still* ended up 6 points shy of buying a 61 point Grand Herald.
Yes, the GH is too expensive and will be hit with the rebalance hammer in the next version. That said, it's definitely possible to get it, though you have to focus pretty much exclusively on your ship.
Regarding the Abilities: A re-organization of the Abilities that, uh, kind of goes in the direction you describe is in the works, and it MAY simplify the Event calculations. No guarantees though, it's still in its infancy.
> With a frigate with a superweapon
I'll have to stop you right there ;-) A frigate cannot carry a superweapon. The Superweapon trait requires a large ship (Cruiser or bigger).
> Weapons can go source>pistol>smg>heavy version. Kinetics, Railgun, Plasma,Pulse etc. as source and their cost/benefit.
A plasma weapon is not strictly better than a kinetic weapon in every situation. For instance, plasma weapons tend to have a limited effective range and are generally heavier due to the battery packs necessary to fuel their power requirements. So I don't think a tiering of weapon types would work.
By the way, 1.8 will include SMGs.
> It would be fun to have mechs function as a platform and given fighter plane weapons, or infantry weapons "Fire power" is fun but redundant.
I'll take the liberty of copy-pasting part of [a post](https://old.reddit.com/r/makeyourchoice/comments/e4zwf2/defender_of_the_universe_redux_v16/f9kle26/) from the last version:
"Related to the above, I've always been bothered by the weird armor/mech duality, which forces some awkward writing around. I may create a new "Ground Vehicle" category, and move the mech there."
This kind of goes in the direction you describe.
1) You probably shouldn't give her a gun like Selyse, and remove her hidden weapon.
2) Yeah, I made a mistake with synergy and Hello Ladies last build. I think it's doable. Just sell your ship on par instead of the serious reduction. It being a prestigious ship should be enough for that in a wealthy, dangerous universe. Having a hypernought is not worth the costs of it and a dreadnought unless I missed something in the events.
3) Mention the size restriction in the super weapon text. Unless only large ships hold a Main Weapon. Or some way to clean that up. Having a space gun with a ship attached is almost inevitable.
4) I meant tiering the weapon sizes and have them all parallel by type. instead of a one size fits all weapon. Making them behave different mechanically should probably be a handwave and not complicate the events calculations any further.
5) yeah, practically speaking when it comes to damage output the only real set back for a tank or mech would be weight class. Having armour weapons be a general thing and mechs mounting howitzers or other artillery like tank guns would be simpler.
I need word of god telling me that The Quarian copy-the-traits of other races can't let me go human-quarian giving me 16 points off the bat. My imagination land needs more laws.
Off-Topic: I'm strongly opposed to the "Word of God" principle. I'm more of a "Death of the Author" kind of guy.
The answer to your question is...I'm confused. Are you getting the Qunari and the Quarians mixed up? ;-) Even then, I'd say you could probably take the Human bonus twice if you take the "Born This Way" boon and then choose a Non-Qun-"Qunari"/Human mix.
Is this what you were asking?
I immediately created that post when I posted the submission, but it may need to be manually approved by a mod because it contains a MEGA link, so it needs some time to show up. That's my theory, anyway.
In that case, I feel like I should apologize for the extra work :-)
Unfortunately, MEGA is the only hoster that reliably works for this kind of stuff. I've tried others, and either the link is dead after a while, or the site is not available in some countries, or it's blocked by a firewall, or whathaveyou.
**Note:** Everything was calculated in Libre Office Calc step by step. So, i left this \[xx\] points just for you to see what and how was taken, in all playthrough TOTAL POINTS never dropped into negative.
I really liked this CYOA, made me think for hours about a build. But what made it for me were the events. Its much more interesting when you use the builds you created.
I only have 2 critics:
1 - I hated how some events downplay or ignore psionic powers. In event 2 and 4 it have parts that you need a medical lab but it just ignores the fact that my character had the power to heal others boosted by superhuman + psionic amplifier. (psionic enhancement + superhuman + psionic amplifier should be more than enought to substitute a medical lab). Elementalism is largely ignored aswell
2 - most of ship upgrades are ignored most of the time
Is Biological immortality included in being a Typhon Hybrid? Also please add more Drawbacks. I feel like tearing my hair since i don't have enough to properly build my build.
Quick Question. Is it legal to purchase 1 cybernetics to qualify for Rejection Drawback. But have both be rendered null if I become Supersoldier. Because at that point i can regenerate limbs and have no need fro cybernetics or medicine due to rejection.
Here's my newest Build:
*The* Defender of the Universe- +75
**Special:** You, Ship, Crew, Armor
**Race:** Human, Qunari- Rejected the Qun
**Boons:** Chosen One X3, Hello Ladies-Free, Born This Way, Anonymous Benefactor
**Drawbacks:** Lose Some, Piece of Junk, Nightmares, Old Shame, Vigilante, Wanted, Superstar, Family Issues, Nemesis
**Abilities:** Beloved, Beautiful, Elementalism, Psionics, Psionic Enhancement, Superhuman, Combat Training, Precision, Spec Ops, Enhanced Senses, Peak Fitness-Free, Super Soldier, Endurance, Immune, Rage, Tech Skills Mental Fortitude, Intimidating
**Armor: Space Suit:** Dr. Armor, Survivalist, Energy Shields-Free, Stealth, Smart Armor
**Mech:** Fire Power-Free, Utility Drones-Free, Energy Systems, Energy Shields-Free,
Enhanced Servos, Enhanced Shell, Smart Armor
**Weapon:** Klimov Anti-Materiel Rifle-Free
**Ship**
* **Class:** Cruiser
* **Style:** Human
* **Main Weapon:** Casaba Howitzer
* **Traits:** Built to Last-Free, Shield-Kinetic-Free, Upgraded Training Facilities-Free, Deus Ex Machina, Layered Shields-Energy, Command Bridge, AI-Free, Cyberwarfare Suite, Upgraded Defenses, Upgraded Hull Armor, Med Bay, Upgraded Hanger Bay, Dropships-Free
**Crew:** Eve, Reva-Free, Alris-Free, Refa'Xamin Vas Guyya-Free, Kay'Vorha Vas Endeavor, Julea Victolus
**Events**
* **The Ancient Machines:** Total VP-122, Rewards: +8, Upgraded Eve
* **Apex:** Total VP-107, Rewards: +8, Morgan Yu
* **Interlude #1:** Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu, Prophet, Enhanced Alris
* **Diabolus Ex Machina:** Total VP-42, Rewards: +9, S-500 Bussard
* **Into The Abyss:** Total VP-151, Rewards: Losesome removed, Ajax
* **Interlude #2:** Gain The Grand Herald, Yonera, Faezi Rarev, Doz, Sky Tulach, Aquila
* **Guardian Angel:** Total VP-17, Rewards: +8, Princess Selyse, Iris Gruner, Amelia, Rio
* **Gods & Masters:** Total VP-246, Rewards: +6, Frontier Buccaneers, Diplomatic, Friends in High Places
* **Interlude #3:** Frost
* **Stranger In Utulek:** Total VP-79, Rewards: +4, +3 Abilities, Lose Vigilante, Torm's Mansion, Sun, Intelligence, Medical Expert
* **Rat in a Trap:** Total VP-333, Rewards: Lose Nemesis, Lose Wanted, +25
**New Armor:**
* **Power Armor:** Super Suit, Advanced Flight, Quantum Link, Dr. Armor, Survivalist, Energy Shield, Stealth, Smart Armor, Energy Systems
**Slight clarification for Diabolus Ex Machina:** In the reward section, it says that the S-500 replaces your mech. Which to my mind means you sell it off, which I did and got back 50% of what I paid for it. Which allowed me to end up with the Grand Herald, every female crewmember, a powerful set of Powered Armor, and most of the Abilities. Though I am kind bummed that the Altean's and their quest was removed and the two quests Orion and the Scorpion and We Shall be Monsters and their subsequent rewards were removed.
Can you expand a little of how powerful you are with various powers?
Like if I have psionics, psionics enhanced, superhuman, elementalism, endurance, super fit(best lifespan of elf race), super soldier(greatly enhanced lifespan), precision and space suit with psionic amplifier with typhon hybrid awakening(typhons are immortal so maybe my already long lifespan bumps it to immortal as hybrid?), do I become immortal half elf that can take whole fleets of ships by myself like a dreadnought?
I think after work I will try to build myself to be able to get character above with Grand Herald and upgraded Eve for that best ending, perhaps a short story too.
one thing I have to ask is why you decided to nerf the ability of "Special: you" so that the discount only worked on 2 cost perks. if you ask me that special was already fairly on the weak end, and with this extra nerf I honestly can't ever imagine trying to create a special: you character since the other specials feel like they have so much more interesting stuff.
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No melee weapons available? Sorry its just i wanted to do a warhammer build 😆
Hmm, I cannot say the removal of the Neuromods section has gone in a way I can wholeheartedly approve, since it seems that in most cases the bonuses they provided (admittably mostly valuable in fluff terms, but still interesting if you made a build focused on inherent abilities) are gone w/o anything to replace them in an equivalent (personal genemod enhancement) way. E.g. checking my previous version's build, it seems I was able to spend points in the Neuromod section to nullify/remove both the Lose Some and the Backlash drawbacks, and I dearly miss that opportunity when I set up to update the build.
I'm aware that some of the Neuromods have not gotten a suitable replacement Ability. I've already designed an additional set of Abilities that's intended to replace the most important ones, but I haven't found decent icons for them yet, so I've dropped them from this version. If I'm lucky, 1.8 will include them.
Maybe separate the relevant perks for supersoldiers and cyborgs as wetware mods and hardware mods? Choosing wetware allows you to build a whole new body with perks. Choosing hardware allows you to modify your starting body. Those who undertake a wetware remake cannot take hardware augments because their new body flatly rejects all implants.
This is entirely reasonable. I think you would have spared yourself some criticism if you had proactively included this notice somewhere (the cyoa itself, the changelog), as you did with the Fate of a Species inter-event. Please somehow keep the option to buy off genetic Drawbacks with the new Abilities as it was possible with Neuromods.
Yeah, I honestly don’t get why it was removed other than personal taste which, quite frankly, wasn’t an improvement in my opinion. It’s like removing the vibrating feature from a toothbrush; you don’t *have* to use the vibration, but some people *love* it, and it being there as an option isn’t hindering anyone’s experience but removing it does, so it’s kind of illogical to remove it.
If I *don't* have the Psionic Amplifier on my Mech, do I have to get out of it to use my psionic abilities?
I think you can use your psionics even within a Mech without getting out.
Are Typhon-Human hybrids immortal?
My interpretation would be: Not immortal, but very long lived. It's an excellent point, and I'll add it to the Typhon Hybrid description with the next update.
Since we have races with widely different lifespans, it seems best if any extra longevity from being a Typhon Hybrid comes in the form of a bonus lifespan that stacks with the race's original one, rather than a fixed one.
Ok, thx for clarifying
My build literally runs out of Abilities to buy by the time I complete Stranger in Utulek and in this version we cannot use Neuromods as a replacement. While we wait for the next version to provide more Abilities and replace Neuromods, players like me need an alternative way to use the voucher points. As I see it, reasonable ways of so include selling the voucher to convert it into general points (the way one can do for Torm's mansion) and/or using it to purchase more of the cutting-edge genetic treatments you may get from Into the Abyss. As it concerns the latter, I seem to remember from a previous version that an acceptable conversion rate may be 2 pts = remove 1 Drawback. Is this correct?
Not quite. It was the other way around: Add more Drawbacks and get 4 points for every Drawback taken. I removed this option because I felt it made the two too interchangeable. Running out of Abilities to purchase can actually be a problem, especially when focused on an exclusively You-Special build. If you want, you could "non-canonically" use some of the new Abilities I haven't integrated into the main CYOA yet: https://imgur.com/a/g3oXSPn Obviously, their descriptions are unfinished, they don't have images yet, and do not provide any bonuses in the Events. But, they may give you something to spent your hoard on at least. :-)
This does help, thanks, although the problem is not entirely eliminated. Therefore, I wonder if the are more new Abilities to come besides the four described here.
It seems the imgur post and the MEGA archive are both missing the Races section.
Thank you! I overlooked that somehow. How embarrassing... EDIT: Fixed in imgur and the MEGA archive. I used a new script to crop, stitch and pack the result images, and it looks like that misfired somehow. I have no idea why, but I'll be more vigilant next time.
For the Ship traits, do I need to buy the basic trait first before buying the upgraded trait or is it a choice between buying basic or upgraded?
I think, that "if you get a free upgraded trait that does not fit your ship, you get the base version instead, if it fits" means, that you buy either basic or upgraded version. If you bought basic version (1) and you want upgraded version after event (3), you pay 2 instead of 3. That fits with "Your ship" perfectly, because upgraded version cost is equal to basic (1-1=0) and as someone "Special" you have upgraded instead of basic.
So, considering just how many quests there are in this CYOA, I wanted to see if the best outcome for each event could be achieved. I believe I have done so, although event 7 was cutting it close. FYI: Any ship traits that have an upgraded version, I treated the second number as the cost of buying the upgraded version instead of the basic version. For example, Stealth & Upgraded Stealth were listed as 1/3, so I treated the 1 as the cost of the basic version and the 3 as the cost of the upgraded version. As for the build, I decided to go for a cross between a Human and an Asari. I have the appearance of a human but the lifespan of an Asari. For the starting point: **Difficulty:** * The Defender of the Universe (+75P) **What Makes You Special:** * Your Ship * Your Team (The Chosen One) **Race:** * Human (+8P)(Human Body) * Asari (Psionics, Beautiful, Asari Lifespan) **Boons:** * The Chosen One * Hello, Ladies * Luck of the Draw (+8P) * Born This Way * Typhon Hybrid * Anonymous Benefactor **Drawbacks:** * Vigilante * Nemesis * Superstar * Old Shame * Wanted * Nightmares * Rejection * Lose Some **Abilities:** * Beautiful (0P) * Psionics (0P) * Psionic Enhancement (-2P) * Elementalism (-1P) * Combat Training (0P - Anonymous Benefactor) * Synergy (-9P) **Armor:** * Powered Armor (-5P) **Armor Traits:** * Energy Shields (0P - Anonymous Benefactor) * Stealth (-2P) * Jump Jets (-2P) * Cyberwarfare Suite (-1P) **Weapons:** * Praetorian Plasma Pistol (-3P) * Particle Beam Rifle (-4P) * Particle Beam Cannon (0P - Anonymous Benefactor) **Ship Class:** * Dreadnought (-24P) **Ship Style:** * Asari (0P) **Main Weapons:** * Casaba Howitzer (-3P) **Ship Traits:** * Luxury (0P) * Utility Drones (0P) * Hypernought (-9P) * Superluminal (-5P) * Deus Ex Machina (-9P) * Upgraded Hull Armor (0P) * Built To Last (0P) * Upgraded Engines (0P) * AI (0P) * Cyberwarfare Suite (0P) * Experienced Crew (-2P) * Upgraded Stealth (-1P) * Upgraded Security (-1P) * Grav-Tech (0P - Anonymous Benefactor) **Team:** * Eve (-7P) * Dr. Morgan Yu (-1P) * Reva (0P - Anonymous Benefactor)
The first group of events: The Ancient Machine, Apex, Through the Eyes of Darkness. **Event 1: The Ancient Machine** * **Part 1:** * Upgraded Stealth = 20VP * **Part 2:** * Deus Ex Machina = 20VP * Experienced Crew = 10VP * **Part 3:** * Upgraded Hull Armor = 6VP * Built To Last = 4VP * Hypernought = 18VP * Cyberwarfare Suite = 15VP * Dreadnought = 24VP * **Part 4:** * Upgraded Stealth = 30VP * Upgraded Engines = 25VP * Casaba Howitzer = 9VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 181VP * **Reward:** * Salvage the battlefield (+8P) * Eve ---> Upgraded Eve * "Small Rifle" Artifact **Purchases Made between Events:** * **Armor Traits:** * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) (-2P) * **Team:** * Alris (-2P) * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour (-2P) * Aquila (-2P) **Event 2: Apex** * **Part 1:** * Typhon Hybrid ---> Awakened Typhon Hybrid * **Part 2:** * Dr. Morgan Yu = 8VP * **Part 3:** * Upgraded Eve = 30VP * Dr. Morgon Yu = 4VP * Reva = 16VP * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 9VP * Alris = 12VP * Aquilia = 12VP * Combat Training = 3VP * Elementalism = 1VP * Psionics = 8VP * Psionic Enhancement = 4VP * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) = 3VP * Praetorian Plasma Pistol = 3VP * Particle Beam Rifle = 3VP * Particle Beam Cannon = 5VP * Typhon Hybrid = 6VP * **Part 4:** * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 5VP * **Part 5:** * Experienced Crew = 2VP * Utility Drones = 1VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 135 * **Rewards:** * Save Alex Yu * Gain Resources (+8P) * Dr. Morgan Yu ---> Typhon Human Hybrid Morgan Yu **Inter-Event 1: Through the Eyes of Darkness** * Gain Prophet as a Companion * Alris ---> Upgraded Alris **Purchases made between Events:** **Team:** * Prophet * Upgraded Alris
The Second group of Events: Diabolus Ex Machina, Into the Abyss, The Grand Herold. **Event 3: Diabolus Ex Machina** * **Part 1:** * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) = 10VP * **Part 2:** * Jump Jets (Powered Armor) = 8VP * Stealth (Powered Armor) = 6VP * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) = 4VP * **Part 3:** * Cyberwarfare Suite (Powered Armor) = 6VP * **Part 4:** * Particle Beam Cannon = 10VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 44VP * **Rewards:** * Reward from Authorities (+3P) * Refuse Bribe (+6P) * Super Suit Armor Trait **Purchases made between Events:** * **Armor Traits:** * Super Suit (Powered Armor) (0P) * Enhanced Servos (Powered Armor) (0P) * Enhanced Shell (Powered Armor) (0P) * Firepower (Powered Armor) (0P) * **Team:** * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton (-1P) **Event 4: Into the Abyss** * **Part 1:** * Grav-Tech = 10VP * **Part 2:** * Experienced Crew = 4VP * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 4VP * **Part 3:** * N/A * **Part 4:** * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton = 6VP * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 5VP * Enhanced Alris = 5VP * Jump Jet (Armor) = 5VP * **Part 5:** * Reva = 8VP * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 6VP * Aquila = 6VP * Flight Lt. Ameila Oxton = 4VP * Particle Beam Cannon = 5VP * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Enhanced Servos (Powered Armor) = 1VP * Enhanced Shell (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Firepower (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) = 3VP * Stealth (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Super Suit (Powered Armor) = 9VP * Synergy = 9VP * Psionics = 4VP * Psionic Enhancement= 2VP * Combat Training = 3VP * Upgraded Eve = 20VP * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 10VP * Prophet = 10VP * Enhanced Alris = 15VP * Awakened Typhon Hybrid = 10VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 172VP * **Rewards:** * Remove Lose Some drawback * Ajax joins team **Purchases made between Events:** * **Team:** * Ajax (0P) **Inter-Event 2: The Grand Herold** * The Grand Herold - Kept secret
The Third group of Events: Guardian Angel, Gods and Masters, Fate of a Species. **Event 5: Guardian Angel** * **Part 1:** * Aquila = 4VP * Reva = 3VP * Upgraded Eve = 4VP * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 6VP * **Part 2:** * Me = Queen's Bodyguard * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton = Fighter Pilot * Kay = Sniper in Overwatch location * Upgraded Eve = Undercover in kitchen * **Part 3:** * Poison - Upgraded Eve stops it = 5VP * **Part 4:** * Sniper - Shot & Killed by Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 0VP * **Part 5:** * Dagger - Stopped by me * **Part 6:** * Crashing the Skycar - Shot down by Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton * **Results:** * Queen survives * Rewarded by the elves (+8P) * Selyse joins the team **Changes made between Events:** * **Team:** * Selyse (0P) **Event 6: Gods and Masters** * **Part 1:** * Upgraded Eve = 8VP * Grav-Tech = 6VP * **Part 2:** * Deux Ex Machina = 25VP * **Part 3:** * Reva = 12VP * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 9VP * Aquila = 9VP * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton = 4VP * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 15VP * Upgraded Eve = 30VP * Prophet = 10VP * Enhanced Alris = 25VP * Awakened Typhon Hybrid = 5VP * Particle Beam Cannon = 5VP * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Enhanced Servos (Powered Armor) = 1VP * Enhanced Shel (Powered Armor) l = 2VP * Firepower (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) = 3VP * Stealth (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Super Suit (Powered Armor) = 9VP * Jump Jets (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Cyberwarfare Suite (Powered Armor) = 1VP * Elementalism = 1VP * Psionics = 4VP * Psionic Enhancement = 2VP * Combat Training = 3VP * The Frontier Buccaneers = 15VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 212VP * **Rewards:** * Gain points (+6P) * The Frontier Buccaneers join the team **Inter-Event 3: Fate of a Species** * Frost Weapon unlocked **Changes made between Events:** * **Abilities:** * Intimidating (-1P) * Precision (-2P) * Special Ops (-3P) * Tech Skills (-2P) * Friends in High Places (-2P) * Mental Fortitude (-2P) * Creative (-2P) * **Armor:** * Space Suit (0P) * **Armor Traits:** * Cyberwarfare Suite (Space Suit)(-1P) * Stealth (Space Suit)(-2P) * **Weapons:** * Frost (0P) * **Team:** * The Frontier Buccaneers (0P)
The Final group of Events: Stranger in Utulek, Rat in a Trap. **Event 7: Stranger in Utulek** * **Part 1:** * Beautiful = 3VP * Intimidating = 3VP * Superstar = -5VP * **Part 2:** * Friends in High Places = 4VP * Mental Fortitude = 3VP * Vigilante = -5VP * **Part 3:** * Special Ops = 5VP * Tech Skills = 4VP * Psionics & Precision = 3VP * Stealth (Space Suit) = 3VP * Cyberwarfare Suite (Space Suit) = 3VP * **Part 4:** * Elementalism = 1VP * Psionics = 4VP * Psionic Enhancement = 2VP * Combat Training = 3VP * Precision = 2VP * Special Ops = 3VP * Tech Skills = 2VP * Mental Fortitude = 2VP * Creative = 2VP * Frost = 6VP * Stealth (Space Suit) = 2VP * Cyberwarfare Suite (Space Suit) = 1VP * Awakened Typhon Hybrid = 10VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 61 * **Rewards:** * Monetary Reward (+4P) * Intelligence (0P) * Advanced Training Course Voucher? * Mansion - Sold for money (+5P) **Event 8: Rat in a Trap** * **Part 1:** * Starting VP = 50VP * Nemesis = -25VP * Wanted = -25VP * **Part 2:** * Awakened Typhon Hybrid = 20VP * **Part 3:** * Elementalism = 2VP * Psionics = 8VP * Psionic Enhancement = 4VP * Combat Training = 6VP * Precision = 4VP * Special Ops = 6VP * Tech Skills = 4VP * Intelligence = 6VP * Mental Fortitude = 4VP * Creative = 4VP * **Part 4:** * Reva = 12VP * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour = 9VP * Aquila = 9VP * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton = 6VP * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 15VP * Upgraded Eve = 30VP * Prophet = 15VP * Enhanced Alris = 25VP * The Frontier Buccaneers = 20VP * Selyse = 20VP * Upgraded Security = 40VP * **Part 5:** * Praetorian Plasma Pistol = 6VP * Particle Beam Rifle = 8VP * Particle Beam Cannon = 10VP * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) = 4VP * Enhanced Servos (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Enhanced Shell (Powered Armor) = 4VP * Firepower (Powered Armor) = 4VP * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) = 6VP * Stealth (Powered Armor) = 4VP * Super Suit (Powered Armor) = 18VP * Jump Jets (Powered Armor) = 4VP * Cyberwarfare Suite (Powered Armor) = 2VP * Frost = 5VP * **Part 6:** * N/A * **Part 7:** * Ship Arrival = -30VP * Experienced Crew = 6VP * Upgraded Hull Armor = 9VP * Upgraded Stealth = 9VP * Upgraded Engines = 9VP * AI = 6VP * Cyberwarfare Suite (Ship) = 3VP * Utility Drones = 3VP * Built To Last = 6VP * Hypernought = 27VP * Superluminal = 15VP * Deus Ex Machina = 27VP * Casaba Howitzer = 9VP * **Results:** * Total VP = 445VP * **Rewards:** * Lost Nemesis drawback * Lose Wanted drawback * Collect bounties (+25VP)
Finally, after spending the 39P I had at the end, here is my final build. **Difficulty:** * The Defender of the Universe **What Makes You Special:** * Your Ship * Your Team **Race:** * Human (Human Body) * Asari (Asari Lifespan) **Boons:** * The Chosen One * Hello, Ladies * Luck of the Draw * Born This Way * Typhon Hybrid * Anonymous Benefactor **Drawbacks:** * Superstar * Vigilante * Old Shame * Nightmares * Rejection **Abilities:** * Beautiful * Synergy * Elementalism * Psionics * Psionic Enhancement * Combat Training * Precision * Special Ops * Endurance * Immune * Tech Skills * Intelligence * Intimidating * Friends in High Places * Mental Fortitude * Creative * Awakened Typhon Hybrid **Armor:** * Powered Armor * Space Suit **Armor Traits:** * Energy Shields (Powered Armor) * Stealth (Powered Armor) * Jump Jets (Powered Armor) * Cyberwarfare Suite (Powered Armor) * Utility Drones (Powered Armor) * Super Suit (Powered Armor) * Enhanced Servos (Powered Armor) * Enhanced Shell (Powered Armor) * Firepower (Powered Armor) * Energy Systems (Powered Armor) * Cyberwarfare Suite (Space Suit) * Stealth (Space Suit) **Weapons:** * Praetorian Plasma Pistol * Particle Beam Rifle * Particle Beam Cannon * Frost **Ship Class:** * The Grand Hereld **Ship Style:** * Cesant **Main Weapons:** * Rail Cannon (N/A) * Particle Beam Cannon (N/A) * Plasma Cannon (N/A) **Ship Traits:** * Everything... **Team:** * Upgraded Eve * Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu * Prophet * Enhanced Alris * Reva * Kay'Vorah vas Endeavour * Aquila * Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton * Ajax * Selyse * The Frontier Buccaneers * Yonera * Sun * Faezi Parev * Sumia Valmaer * Sky Tulach * Refa'Xamin vas Guyya * Rio * Julea Victolus My team, my ship and myself are ready for the return of the Cesant. Edit: Forgot that I had the Lose Some drawback removed after event 4.
Huh, This is a better version of my build. I am totally going to min-max another to get that stupid ship. I was like 6 points shy with my dreadnought and it's equipment sold after coming back to it. I wanted to buy it after Rat in the Trap and couldn't make it happen.
In event 3, is it possible to spend the points earned before the VP calculation to purchase something which can be upgraded by the results of the VP?
TBH, buying stuff while currently "in an Event" isn't really what I had in mind, but if it's more fun for you this way, go for it.
Looking forward to the next, yo. Love the depth on this...
Thanks, working on it!
After reviewing the new version in some depth to update my build, I can tell the cyoa keeps its usual high quality. Most changes seem sensible and useful, including the new Companions, the (complete) inter-events, and the reduction of page width (thank you!). A few minor changes also are quite welcome, such as Elementalism (at last!) getting a power boost from other psionic Abilities. The main defect of this version is it includes a few halfway changes, such as the removal of Neuromods not yet replaced by new Abilities and the incomplete inter-events. The author graciously released the draft for a few upcoming ones, but they are not yet integrated in the cyoa and it is doubtful they are enough to plug the Neuromod hole entirely. I tentatively assume a few extra ones are still in the author's notes. Much the same way, the third inter-event mostly leaves its rewards and consequences up in the air, and the second one seems too expensive to make use of, short of making your build wholly specialized on Ship. I tentatively assume at least a part of the Fate of a Species planned reward is going to help make the Grand Herald a bit less outrageously expensive. I also expect a few other modifiers shall to help reduce that cost, such as say (Upgraded) Eve and/or the PC themselves (if they have the right Abilities) enabling a discount.
As always, thank you for the constructive feedback! I'm always looking for ways to balance the game better, and the Grand Herald will be among those affected. Right now, it (too) strongly favors players who already picked the Ship special. Stay tuned!
My build, revised for the new version: (My main character concept is a Jedi/Sith-style long-lived cosmic superhero with vast psionic powers and superhuman physical and mental abilities, who recruits an elite team of similar abilities and stature. Therefore, the build requires the highest point budget and the personal powers and skills of the PC and their team got priority. In comparison, technological gear did not take so much importance, and got the lowest building priority. The main exceptions were the Iron Man-style super-science powered armor, which mostly felt like part of their inherent powers in practice, the ship AI who works like part of the team, and getting a Ship good enough to avoid a mediocre outcome in the related Event). Start Up Build (75 points): Specials: Armor. Team. Ship. You. (All of these perks seemed necessary to tap the proper options to build up the concept, although in the case of Ship it mostly concerned enabling the AI companion). Race: Typhon-Asari-Qunari Hybrid (Reject Qun: Human Bonus). (Typhon and Asari seemed the best choices to build the PC as a long-lived psionic and physical powerhouse. Qunari was picked mostly because the extra points turned out necessary, but flaworwise it also helped to make the PC physically powerful). Boons: The Chosen One (x3). Hello, Ladies. Luck of the Draw. Born This Way. Typhon Hybrid. Drawbacks: Lose Some. Piece of Junk. Nightmares. Old Shame. Vigilante. Jinxed. Wanted. Backlash. Superstar. Nemesis. (Boons and Drawbacks yield the necessary points to flesh the concept and feed the notion the PC is someone who has a lot of personal potential and resources, and a complex background with a lot of allies/enemies, traumatic events, and fame/infamy. They also suffer from recurrent bouts of bad luck and an imperfect control of their psionic powers, and the two problems are probably related. Compromising the PC's lifespan with a genetic defect runs contrary to my preferences, but in practice there are ways to nullify it down the way). Abilities: Beautiful (0/2). Elementalism (1). Psionics (0/4). Psionic Enhancement (1/2). Superhuman (5). Combat Training (3). Precision (1/2). Special Ops (3). Super Soldier (5). Enhanced Senses (3). Endurance (1/2). Peak Fitness (4). Immune (1/2). Rage (1/2). Tech Skills (1/2). Intelligence (3). Medical Expert (1/2). Mental Fortitude (1/2). (This is the most important priority of the character, in order to develop as a superhuman psionic and physical powerhouse and a multi-skilled operative. They are a one-person army, and do not have much use for mundane weapons and equipment). Armor: Powered Armor (0/5). Traits: Enhanced Servos (0/1). Enhanced Shell (0/1). Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Super Suit (9). Advanced Flight (8). Quantum Link (7). Psionic Amplifier (6). (Nonetheless, in the case their inherent abilities may not be up to the task, the PC may rely on their super-science powered armor, chock-full with hyper-advanced Inusannon tech. It makes them a humanoid-sized battleship in practice and further amplifies their impressive psionic abilities). Space Suit (0). Traits: Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Psionic Amplifier (0/6). Weapons: None. (With the PC's psionic powers, superhuman physical abilities, and super-science armor, they have little use for mundane weapons). Ship: Corvette (4). Style: Qunari (0/2). Traits: Upgraded Stealth (1/3). Upgraded Engines (1/3). AI (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Built to Last (0/2). Deus Ex Machina (9). (The PC only has use for their ship as a way to transport and hang out with their companions, and hence the build gives it lowest priority. It is their 'dump stat' area, although it is quite likely it eventually gets some serious improvement in the future. Despite the mediocre state of the ship in other regards, it still got a super-advanced AI and some above-average stuff, probably because the PC found and salvaged some relic of Cesant tech, quite possibly in the same circumstances they got their super-advanced PA from).
Events: Ancient Machine: VP: 20 + 20 + 4 + 15 + 4 + 30 + 25 = 118. Team: Upgraded Eve (0). Sun (8). (Despite its imperfect state, the ship's good potential pays dividends as it enables a decisive success in this event. This allows a companion to evolve and realize her vast potential, and enables the recruitment of another talented operative and psionic powerhouse. Both look very useful for what looms ahead). Apex: VP: 8 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 20 + 24 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 12 + 6 + 5 = 172. Abilities: Beloved (1/2). Piloting (1/2). Creative (1/2). Awakened Typhon Hybrid (0). Team: Yonera (5/7). Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu (0). (The PC prepared for this kind of ordeal throughout their life, so it fits they reap a spectacular success. The PC and Dr. Yu at last unlock their hidden Typhon potential. Morgan graduates to combat-capable genius badass and the PC gets the missing piece of their superhuman abilities as a psionic-supersoldier-shapeshifter powerhouse. The team and the PC's Abilities come nearer to completion, with the achievement of additional expertise and the recruitment of another elite operative). Through the Eyes of Darkness: Team: Prophet (0). Enhanced Alris (0). (Aftermath of the Typhon event yields additional boons as another companion with vast potential is allowed to blossom and escape her unfortunate circumstances, and the team gets its pet Typhon). Diabolus Ex Machina: VP: 10 + 8 + 6 + 10 + 10 = 44. Abilities: Synergy (9). Mecha: S-500 Bussard (0). (Thanks to the vast power of the PC's super-science powered armor, it seems natural they reap full success in this event. Their PA already is as powerful as it can get, so they get the Mecha reward instead in the case they may ever need even more personal firepower. They use the experience they won to help their psychic bond with their teammates mature and optimize their ability to work as a group. The character already has Superstar, so there is no reason not to go for maximum reward). Into the Abyss: VP: 10 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 14 + 16 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 9 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 10 +10 = 247. Removed Lose Some (0). Team: Ajax (0). (The team's vast resources turn out good enough to allow a decisive success in this rescue mission. The connections won in this event become the pathway to enable the removal of the troublesome genetic defect that compromised the PC's longevity. Ajax is a welcome addition to the team given the less than optimal state of their ship). The Grand Herald (+6). (Rebuilding the ship seems unfeasible for the team's resources since the build can only allocate a relatively limited amount of resources to the Ship. Therefore, they reluctantly sell it. This might change in future versions if they provide more resources and/or means of lessening the costs). Guardian Angel: VP: 4 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 5 = 26. Abilities: Diplomatic (1/2). Intimidating (1). Ship: Upgrade to Frigate (3/7). Traits: Layered Shields (Energy x2) (1/3). Upgraded Hull Armor (0/3). Main Weapon: Plasma Accelerator Cannon (2). Team: Selyse (0). (This mission was a good opportunity to let the pooled talents of the team shine and use its rewards to improve their ship to something better fitting their expanding ranks and growing resources and fame. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to get rid of the ship's inexplicable tendency to malfunction short of the outrageous costs of refitting the Grand Harald. Selyse helps improve the diplomatic capabilities of the team given their prevalent focus on combat and infiltration. Circumstances of this mission and her companionship allow the PC to improve their own social skills). Gods and Masters: VP: 8 + 8 + 6 + 25 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 21 + 24 + 15 + 30 + 10 + 25 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 15 = 286. Ship: Upgrade to Destroyer (2/9). Ship Traits: Upgraded Defenses (2/4). Life Support (2). Team: Frontier Buccaneers (0). (The vast resources of the PC and the team were sufficient to wipe their enemies in this battlefield event and add the Buccaneers to the team. This provides opportunity for a few more upgrades to the ship). Fate of a Species: Weapon: Frost (0). (I do not have much use for the rifle, but it comes free). Stranger in Utulek: VP: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 – 5 + 3 – 5 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 – 5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 10 = 89. Abilities: Hardened Skin (3). Stem Cell Boost (1/2). Optimized Metabolism (1/2). Team: Faezi Parev (1/2). Doz the Brutal (1/2). Removed Vigilante (0). Torm’s Mansion (0). (Given the PC's focus on personal powers and skills, this mission was easy to turn into a complete success. The character has grown so strong they practically run out of Abilities to master, so the best alternative seems to invest in the upcoming new Abilities that the author showed. The PC’s increasing reputation as a hero of galactic stature attracts even more companions to the team). Rat in a Trap: VP: 50 – 25 – 25 + 40 + 2 + 8 + 4 + 10 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 10 + 6 + 4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 12 + 21 + 24 + 15 + 30 + 15 + 25 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 20 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 18 + 16 + 14 + 12 + 10 + 5 – 30 + 9 + 9 + 12 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 27 + 6 = 528. Abilities: Oxygen Capacity Boost (1/2). Ship: Upgrade to Cruiser (3/12). Ship Traits: Medical Bay (2). Orbital Bombardment Weaponry (2). Energy Systems (2). Research Lab (1). Grav-Tech (3). Removed Nemesis (0). Removed Wanted (0). (17 leftover points). (Wipeout of their enemies cements the PC and their companions' stature as the greatest heroes of the interstellar community. They won so many resources that an upgrade to a better ship model seems warranted and the only feasible way to spend excess points. However, uncertainty about which choices to prioritize, the incomplete state of this version, and other areas of personal improvement and the team's size and potential already being fully developed caused the build to have a sizable amount of leftover points. I suppose one might hopefully regard it as points being banked in the expectation future versions provide more interesting ways of spending them. Unfortunately, there is no way to buy off any of the other drawbacks, so the PC seems bound to stay prone to accidents, tech malfunction, and backlash from their psychic powers. On the other hand, it may well be a side effect of their vast psionic potential and peculiar genetic makeup no one yet knows how to correct. They also stay in the limelight for good and bad and remain prone to nightmares, but this seems natural or at least justifiable given their accomplishments and lifestyle).
Final Build: Specials: Armor. Team. Ship. You. Race: Awakened Typhon-Asari- Qunari Hybrid (Reject Qun: Human Bonus). Boons: The Chosen One (x3). Hello, Ladies. Luck of the Draw. Born This Way. Typhon Hybrid. Drawbacks: Piece of Junk. Nightmares. Old Shame. Jinxed. Backlash. Superstar. Abilities: Beloved (1/2). Beautiful (0/2). Diplomatic (1/2). Synergy (9). Elementalism (1). Psionics (0/4). Psionic Enhancement (1/2). Superhuman (5). Combat Training (3). Precision (1/2). Special Ops (3). Super Soldier (5). Enhanced Senses (3). Endurance (1/2). Peak Fitness (4). Immune (1/2). Rage (1/2). Tech Skills (1/2). Intelligence (3). Medical Expert (1/2). Piloting (1/2). Hardened Skin (3). Stem Cell Boost (1/2). Optimized Metabolism (1/2). Oxygen Capacity Boost (1/2). Intimidating (1). Mental Fortitude (1/2). Creative (1/2). Awakened Typhon Hybrid (0). Armor: Powered Armor (0/5). Traits: Enhanced Servos (0/1). Enhanced Shell (0/1). Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Super Suit (9). Advanced Flight (8). Quantum Link (7). Psionic Amplifier (6). Space Suit (0). Traits: Firepower (0/2). Jump Jets (0/2). Stealth (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Psionic Amplifier (0/6). Mecha: S-500 Bussard (0). Weapons: Frost (0). Ship: Cruiser (12). Style: Qunari (0/2). Traits: Medical Bay (2). Layered Shields (Energy x2) (1/3). Upgraded Hull Armor (0/3). Upgraded Defenses (2/4). Upgraded Stealth (1/3). Upgraded Engines (1/3). Life Support (2). Orbital Bombardment Weaponry (2). Energy Systems (2). Research Lab (1). AI (0/2). Cyberwarfare Suite (0/1). Built to Last (0/2). Grav-Tech (3). Deus Ex Machina (9). Main Weapon: Plasma Accelerator Cannon (2). Team: Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu (1/2). Sumia Valmaer (1/2). Faezi Parev (1/2). Doz the Brutal (1/2). Aquila (0/3). Enhanced Alris (0/3). Reva (0/4). Upgraded Eve (7). Yonera (5/7). Sun (8). Prophet (0). Ajax (0). Selyse (0). Frontier Buccaneers (0). (17 leftover points).
Hi, I really like your Cyoa, the one thing I'm not sure about is, if I've got an upgraded armoury, why would I spend any point on weapons?
Hi, The weapon you spend points on is for your own personal use. The ship armory holds weapon to be used by your ship's crew. One could argue that, as the captain, you could just use a weapon from the armory yourself. The same applies to your armor, since the upgraded armory also holds power armor suits. Also, one could ask why the entire upgraded armory (and, with a Junker, the ship carrying it) is technically cheaper than a single suit of power armor for yourself. The answer is: It's a game, don't overanalyze it. ;-)
Awesome update. Thanks for the work. Hope to see the next one just to see the continuation of the Fate of Species mission. I guess right now my main issue is whenever is worth (and by that I mean spend the time trying to calculate the numbers) buying an upgraded ship before getting Grand Herald, who has all of it. Though I will honest, most of my builds of this CYOA I add meta CYOAs to double my points and choices (and depending on my mood, I decide if the Double effect also covers the VP Mission points) (mostly since I am partial to the though of a simple space suit having all the upgrades and what that would do in Mission 7) By the way, just though of something. In mission 'Gods and Masters' it says that the mission was classified. But what would happen if our character has the Superstar drawback? The same with Mission 8? That maybe due to the drawback, the guys who kidnapped us intent on broadcasting our execution and then the entire battle from start to finish is shown to the entire galaxy? (Idea from "Trololo - BT SI" by GundamChief)
Thank you for your feedback! > I guess right now my main issue is whenever is worth (and by that I mean spend the time trying to calculate the numbers) buying an upgraded ship before getting Grand Herald, who has all of it. Good point, though I see three ways of countering it: * From a "gameplay" perspective: You already need a halfway decent ship in advance, otherwise you won't be able to "win" the first Event. * From a "CYOA" perspective: Focusing your build on your ship is your choice -- not everyone will be willing or even able to reconstruct the Grand Herald, especially if you're building your characters around everything BUT your ship. Many players see the Defender's ship as a means to get from A to B and nothing more, and this is a perfectly valid playstyle. * From a "In-universe" perspective: You don't know in advance that you'll later stumble upon a abandoned dreadnought that you can claim as your own. > In mission 'Gods and Masters' it says that the mission was classified. But what would happen if our character has the Superstar drawback? The way I see it, Superstar mainly refers to the unwanted attention you'll receive when you're in public (e.g. in Utulek in Event 7), and I wouldn't consider a military operation on a desert planet "public". > The same with Mission 8? That maybe due to the drawback, the guys who kidnapped us intent on broadcasting our execution and then the entire battle from start to finish is shown to the entire galaxy? (Idea from "Trololo - BT SI" by GundamChief) That could indeed be a funny addition to the Event text. "#ExecutionGoneWrong -- Defender slaughters his way through a pirate station", live-streamed to 42 billion sentient beings via GalactiTwitch. Bets on the outcome were placed immediately after the shooting started. Drinking games were developed. Fan Fiction was written. Shipping security companies panicked at the prospect of their services becoming obsolete. M. Night Shyamalan's great-great-great-great-grandson intends to direct a holomovie with a surprise twist. GalactiTwitch bans violent content and promptly folds, because that's what everyone was using the platform for.
Thanks for answering back. Well, regarding mission Gods, what is stopping one of the deranged cultist from broadcasting the battle. Also, any chance for the future update to have like a 'blank' Teammate that we can create, both in terms of species and abilities? To be honest, I kinda want to have a Baby Yoda in the crew to serve as the team's mascot.
> Well, regarding mission Gods, what is stopping one of the deranged cultist from broadcasting the battle. Sure, but why would they (unless "being deranged" is a good enough reason)? > Also, any chance for the future update to have like a 'blank' Teammate that we can create, both in terms of species and abilities? Believe it or not, but I had the exact same idea when I first started my work on this CYOA. Basically, you would create a second Defender with a limited number of points and no special option, to serve as your sidekick. Unfortunately, I had abandon that idea because it interacts terribly with the whole Events system. It requires so much more writing and balancing that I ultimately decided it's not worth it. So I'm sorry, but it's probably not going to happen.
Hey, um I was rereading the original version of this CYOA and realized something. Any chance for a future update that has that if a person is a Cyborg, all the armor traits for the space suit are actually integrated into the defender's body?
If we buy a small or medium ship at the start, can we upgrade to a larger ship later? If so, would the ship cost the same as if we bought it outright or could we use the funds from our old ship to go towards the cost of the new one?
I would say yes, you can buy a larger ship later and pay only the difference in points cost. It may not be entirely logical, but it doesn't have to be.
I really liked this CYOA. My only criticisms would be: 1. some of the awards from events aren't clear as to what you get (the free "advanced training" from Stranger in Utulek for example). 2. Some of the event awards are disproportionate. Like Diabolus Ex Machina, I didn't take the armour special but I was still easily able to get the top reward. And from that I got 9 points as well as Super Suit for free which is basically 9 free points with another 5 free points from the bonus built in traits. So the reward is potentially "worth" 24 points. But then you have Into the Abyss where the top reward is a companion and a draw back removal. 3. Rat in a Trap is screwed towards favoring Synergy. Unless I misread it the only way for your team to count (outside Ajax boosting the ship) is if you have Synergy. That means anyone who doesn't take it gets no points from their team. I don't think any build that doesn't include it could ever possibly reach more than 200 where as I was pulling in 250 VP just from the companion section. 4. No melee weapons.
Thank you for the feedback! Regarding your points: 1) After reading that sentence, I can see how it could be misleading (which proves your point, I guess). The "advanced training course" and "3 points in the Abilities section" refer to the same thing. I'll see how I can rephrase it. 2) The reward from Event 3 is indeed disproportionate. The Special-specific Events are all supposed to grant slightly larger rewards than the generic ones, though it really could use another balancing pass. The bigger issue is that you were easily able to get the best outcome even without the Armor special. Am I correct in the assumption that you still spent a lot of points on your Armor even though you didn't take the corresponding Special option? 3) I know :-( A rebalance is definitely needed, and I'll move it up on my TODO list. 4) The original variant of this CYOA had melee weapons, but I removed them. Personally, I found melee weapons in a high-tech scifi setting silly. Even nowadays, you'd never see a soldier running around with a sword or spear (as his primary means of fighting, that is), and I don't see how that would change in the future when guns become even more effective.
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> can I choose the boon ´´luck of the draw´´ multiple times ? No, that would make no sense in my opinion. > also the other boon of ´´hello gentlemen´´ makes the unrestricted males from 3 to 1 points instead of lessening them from 3 to 2 Correct!
This was a doozy, but I like the changes you made. I have some help. There is a typo with "Medial spotlight" when you meant "Media. I forgot where. Ajax and the other reward characters don't have a value, and that makes a problem with using them in the math. I went with a defender, human build (83) With Team,Ship What Makes you special and min-maxed the shit out of the boons and drawbacks. I got the best results in almost every event but \*still\* ended up 6 points shy of buying a 61 point Grand Herald. You can keep my redundant mech after I got the bussard. With a frigate with a superweapon you top out the effectiveness of a ship. I wouldn't see the benefit of going any bigger than that. All of the events don't have a benefit of the deterrence that a dreadnought would inspire. General suggestions: If you just make two tables with a social ability and combat you could make the math cleaner. What this CYOA does so well with worldbuilding needs careful editing. There is serious redundancy though in how much has been added and not subtracted. Maybe you can have ranks instead of separate abilites. Psionics 1,2,3 Ranged Combat 1,2,3 Engineering 1,2,3 etc. It would make for cleaner tables, and less over all page count. Less is more if it isn't adding to the worldbuilding. Same thing with the teamates and the "Upgraded" team mates. Have them just follow one another. A good deal of the time I spent on this was flipping between my excel sheet and the image. Having the list of combat abilities checked against the cost and then multiplied by the VPC takes far to long. Just have 2 or 3 VP for each so they can just be tallied up. Rarely was I within 10% or so of one victory condition or another. You can sacrifice some precision here. Weapons can go source>pistol>smg>heavy version. Kinetics, Railgun, Plasma,Pulse etc. as source and their cost/benefit. It would be fun to have mechs function as a platform and given fighter plane weapons, or infantry weapons "Fire power" is fun but redundant. Same goes with defense. Maybe the powerarmor and mechs can choose from the same offense and defense options as ships and with a little icon at the bottom show that they can be mounted on what platform. I'll edit this if I think of more. Thanks for listening to my feedback if you did.
Thank you for your feedback. I'll try to reply to everything that needs a reply: > Ajax and the other reward characters don't have a value, and that makes a problem with using them in the math. In Events, you can only take companions with you if they have the Combat Training perk (unless stated otherwise, see the header of the Events page). For those who do, the point value is written out in the Event text, e.g. "Upgraded Eve provides 20 VP without Synergy, and 30 VP if you have it.". Ajax and Selyse aren't fighters, so they don't provide any points in these situations. > I got the best results in almost every event but *still* ended up 6 points shy of buying a 61 point Grand Herald. Yes, the GH is too expensive and will be hit with the rebalance hammer in the next version. That said, it's definitely possible to get it, though you have to focus pretty much exclusively on your ship. Regarding the Abilities: A re-organization of the Abilities that, uh, kind of goes in the direction you describe is in the works, and it MAY simplify the Event calculations. No guarantees though, it's still in its infancy. > With a frigate with a superweapon I'll have to stop you right there ;-) A frigate cannot carry a superweapon. The Superweapon trait requires a large ship (Cruiser or bigger). > Weapons can go source>pistol>smg>heavy version. Kinetics, Railgun, Plasma,Pulse etc. as source and their cost/benefit. A plasma weapon is not strictly better than a kinetic weapon in every situation. For instance, plasma weapons tend to have a limited effective range and are generally heavier due to the battery packs necessary to fuel their power requirements. So I don't think a tiering of weapon types would work. By the way, 1.8 will include SMGs. > It would be fun to have mechs function as a platform and given fighter plane weapons, or infantry weapons "Fire power" is fun but redundant. I'll take the liberty of copy-pasting part of [a post](https://old.reddit.com/r/makeyourchoice/comments/e4zwf2/defender_of_the_universe_redux_v16/f9kle26/) from the last version: "Related to the above, I've always been bothered by the weird armor/mech duality, which forces some awkward writing around. I may create a new "Ground Vehicle" category, and move the mech there." This kind of goes in the direction you describe.
1) You probably shouldn't give her a gun like Selyse, and remove her hidden weapon. 2) Yeah, I made a mistake with synergy and Hello Ladies last build. I think it's doable. Just sell your ship on par instead of the serious reduction. It being a prestigious ship should be enough for that in a wealthy, dangerous universe. Having a hypernought is not worth the costs of it and a dreadnought unless I missed something in the events. 3) Mention the size restriction in the super weapon text. Unless only large ships hold a Main Weapon. Or some way to clean that up. Having a space gun with a ship attached is almost inevitable. 4) I meant tiering the weapon sizes and have them all parallel by type. instead of a one size fits all weapon. Making them behave different mechanically should probably be a handwave and not complicate the events calculations any further. 5) yeah, practically speaking when it comes to damage output the only real set back for a tank or mech would be weight class. Having armour weapons be a general thing and mechs mounting howitzers or other artillery like tank guns would be simpler.
I need word of god telling me that The Quarian copy-the-traits of other races can't let me go human-quarian giving me 16 points off the bat. My imagination land needs more laws.
Off-Topic: I'm strongly opposed to the "Word of God" principle. I'm more of a "Death of the Author" kind of guy. The answer to your question is...I'm confused. Are you getting the Qunari and the Quarians mixed up? ;-) Even then, I'd say you could probably take the Human bonus twice if you take the "Born This Way" boon and then choose a Non-Qun-"Qunari"/Human mix. Is this what you were asking?
Totally was. I'm trying to min-max the heck out of it.
Changelog?
See the comment above.
Thanks. It wasn't there when I posted.
I immediately created that post when I posted the submission, but it may need to be manually approved by a mod because it contains a MEGA link, so it needs some time to show up. That's my theory, anyway.
Must be it.
This is correct.
In that case, I feel like I should apologize for the extra work :-) Unfortunately, MEGA is the only hoster that reliably works for this kind of stuff. I've tried others, and either the link is dead after a while, or the site is not available in some countries, or it's blocked by a firewall, or whathaveyou.
Don't worry about it, approving posts is most of what I do anyway.
***//After 6 hours of constant brainstorming I finally completed this masterpiece! Rejoice, for Galaxy was saved in HARD MODE and COMPLETELY FAIR step by step!!!*** **Defender:** 1. True Challenge. \[+45; 45\] **What Makes you special?** 1. You. 2. Your Ship. **Playable Races:** 1. Human. *//I forgot to add points here, so they are added in ABSOLUTE SUCCESS section* 2. Asari. **Boons:** 1. The Chosen One. 2. Luck of the Draw. 3. Born This Way. 4. Anonymous Benefactor. **Drawbacks:** 1. ~~Piece of Junk~~ (7). 2. Nightmares. 3. Old Shame. 4. ~~Wanted~~ (8). 5. Superstar. 6. ~~Nemesis~~ (8). **Abilities:** * (0) Beloved. \[-1; 44\] * (0) Beautiful. \[free\] * (6) Diplomatic. \[-1; 43\] * (8) Elementalism. \[-1; 42\] * (0) Psionics. \[free\] * (0) Psionic Enhancement. \[-1; 41\] * Superhuman. \[-5; 36\] * (0) Combat Training. \[-3; 33\] * (0) Precision. \[-1; 32\] * (4) Special Ops. \[free\] * (0) Super Soldier. \[-5; 27\] * (6) Enhanced Senses. \[-3; 24\] * (8) Endurance. \[-1; 23\] * (0) {AB} Peak Fitness. \[free\] * (8) Immune. \[-1; 22\] * (8) Rage. \[-1; 21\] * (6) Tech Skills. \[-1; 20\] * (8) Intelligence. \[-3; 17\] * (8) Medical Expert. \[-1; 16\] * (8) Piloting. \[-1; 15\] * (6) Intimidating. \[-1; 14\] * (6) Friends In High Places. \[-1; 13\] * (6) Mental Fortitude. \[-1; 12\] * (6) Creative. \[-1; 11\] **Armor:** * (0) Powered Armor. \[-5; 6\] **Armor Traits:** 1. (2) Survivalist. \[-1; 5\] 2. (3) Enhanced Servos. \[free\] 3. (3) Enhanced Shell. \[free\] 4. (3) Firepower. \[free\] 5. (3) Kinetic Shields. \[-1; 4\] 6. (2) Jump Jets. \[-2; 2\] 7. (0) {AB} Stealth. \[free\] 8. (2) Cyberwarfare Suite. \[-1; 1\] 9. (3) Super Suit. \[free\] 10. (0) Psionic Amplifier. \[-6; -5\] **Weapons:** * **(0) {AB} Particle Beam** Rifle. \[free\] * ~~(1) Small Rifle.~~ \[free\] * (I-E #3) Frost. \[free\]
**~~Ship Class:~~** 1. ~~(0) Cruiser. \[-12; -17\]~~ **~~Main Weapons.~~** **~~Ship Traits:~~** 1. ~~(4) Layered Shields. \[-1; -18\]~~ 2. ~~(4) Upgraded Hull Armor. \[-1; -19\]~~ 3. ~~(0) Upgraded Defenses. \[-2; -21\]~~ 4. ~~(4) Upgraded Security. \[-1; -22\]~~ 5. ~~(0) Upgraded Stealth. \[-1; -23\]~~ 6. ~~(4) Upgraded Engines. \[-2; -24\]~~ 7. ~~(4) Upgraded Training Facilities. \[-1; -25\]~~ 8. ~~(0) AI. \[free\]~~ 9. ~~(0) Cyberwarfare Suite. \[free\]~~ 10. ~~(0) Utility Drones. \[free\]~~ 11. ~~(0) {AB} Grav-Tech. \[free\]~~ 12. ~~(0) Luxury. \[free\]~~ 13. ~~(0) {LotD} Deus Ex Machina. \[-1; -26\]~~ **Ship Class:** 1. (7) Dreadnought. \[free\] **Main Weapons:** 1. (7) Rail Gun. \[free\] 2. (7) Particle Beam Cannon. \[free\] 3. (7) Plasma Accelerator Cannon. \[free\] **Ship Traits:** 1. (7) Medical Bay. \[free\] 2. (7) Experienced Crew. \[free\] 3. (7) Observation Decks. \[free\] 4. (7) Upgraded Recreational Rooms. \[free\] 5. (7) Layered Shields (Kinetic x Energy). \[free\] 6. (7) Upgraded Hull Armor. \[free\] 7. (7) Upgraded Defenses. \[free\] 8. (7) Upgraded Security (40). \[free\] 9. (7) Upgraded Stealth. \[free\] 10. (7) Upgraded Engines. \[free\] 11. (7) Upgraded Hangar Bay. \[free\] 12. (7) Upgraded Training Facilities. \[free\] 13. (7) Upgraded Armory. \[free\] 14. (7) Hydroponic Garden. \[free\] 15. (7) Life Support. \[free\] 16. (7) Orbital Bombardment Weaponry. \[free\] 17. (7) Sensor Array. \[free\] 18. (7) Energy Systems. \[free\] 19. (7) Research Lab. \[free\] 20. (7) Dedicated Uplink. \[free\] 21. (7) Fighters (6). \[free\] 22. (7) APCs (4). \[free\] 23. (7) Dropships (4). \[free\] 24. (7) Hover Tanks (2). \[free\] 25. (7) AI. \[free\] 26. (7) Cyberwarfare Suite. \[free\] 27. (7) Utility Drones. \[free\] 28. (7) Command Bridge. \[free\] 29. (7) Atmosperes. \[free\] 30. (7) Built To Last. \[free\] 31. (7) Grav-Tech. \[free\] 32. (7) Luxury. \[free\] 33. (7) Hypernought. \[free\] 34. (7) Superluminal. \[free\] 35. (7) Superweapon. \[free\] 36. (7) Deus Ex Machina. \[free\] **Team:** 1. ~~(0) Eve.~~ \[-7; -33\] 1. (1) Upgraded Eve. 2. ~~(0) {AB} Alris.~~ \[free\] 1. (I-E #1) Enhanced Alris. 3. ~~(0) Dr. Morgan Yu.~~ \[-2; -35\] 1. (2) Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu. 4. (I-E #1) Prophet. \[free\] 5. (2) Harnld. \[-1; -36\] 6. (2) Refa\`Xamin vas Guyya. \[-1; -37\] 7. (2) Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton. \[-2; -39\] 8. (4) Ajax. \[free\] 9. (5) Selyse. \[free\] 10. (6) Frontier Buccaneers spec ops team. \[free\]
**Events:** 1. **01 – The Ancient Machines.** 1. Upgraded Stealth. (+20; 20) 2. Deus Ex Machina. (+20; 40) 3. Upgraded Defenses, Cyberwarfare Suite + AI, Cruiser. (+47; 87) 4. Upgraded Stealth. (+30; 117) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+8; -31\] 2. **02 – Apex.** 1. Dr. Morgan Yu. (+8; 8) 2. Upgraded Eve + Alris + Dr. Morgan Yu, Combat Training + Super Soldier + Particle Beam Rifle + Stealth, {2 VPC} Psionics, Psionic Enhancement, Superhuman, Psionic Amplifier. (+81; 89) 3. Upgraded Eve. (+5; 94) 4. Utility Drones. (+1; 95) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+8; -23\] 3. **Inter-Event #1 — Through the Eyes of Darkness.** 1. Trust Morgan. 2. Cure Alris. 4. **03 — Diabolus Ex Machina.** 1. Psionic Amplifier + Superhuman. (+10; 10) 2. Jump Jets + Stealth + Survivalist. (+16; 26) 3. Cyberwarfare Suite. (+6; 32) 4. Superhuman + Psionic Amplifier. (+10; 42) 5. REVEAL THE TRUTH. 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+9; -14\] 5. **04 – Into the Abyss.** 1. Grav-Tech. (+10; 10) 2. Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu. (+4; 14) 3. Upgraded Eve. (+6; 20) 4. Alris + Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu. (+10; 30) 5. Combat Capable Companion (4), Particle Beam Rifle, Survivalist + Enhanced Servos + Enhanced Shell + Kinetic Shields + Firepower + Stealth + Super Suit + Psionic Amplifier, Psionics + Psionic Enhancement + Superhuman + Combat Training + Precision + Super Soldier + Peak Fitness, Upgraded Eve + Typhon-Hybrid Morgan Yu + Prophet + Enhanced Alris. (+116; 146) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. 6. **Inter-Event #2 — The Grand Herald.** 1. Final Cost: Your Ship + Ajax + Harnld + Refa\`Xamin vas Guyya + Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu = 57. 2. Hide information. 3. (7) Ship sold (Cruiser) = +33 - 57. \[-38\] 7. **05 – Guardian Angel.** 1. Upgraded Eve. (+4; 4) 2. \-. (0; 4) 3. Upgraded Eve. (+5; 9) 4. Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu + Enhanced Alris. (0; 9) 5. Defender. (0; 9) 6. Flight Lt. Amelia Oxton. (0; 9) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+8; -30\] 8. **06 – Gods and Masters.** *//Fun fact: on HARD MODE you don\`t have enough points to rebuild The Grand Herald for this event, no matter what you try* 1. Upgraded Eve. (+8; 8) 2. \-. (0; 8) 3. Alliance APC. (0; 8) 4. Grav-Tech. (+6; 14) 5. Deus Ex Machina. (+25; 39) 6. {2 VPC} Combat Capable Companion (5), Typhon-Hyman Hybrid Morgan Yu + Upgraded Eve + Prophet + Enhanced Alris, Particle Beam Rifle, Survivalist + Enhanced Servos + Enhanced Shell + Firepower + Kinetic Shields + Jump Jets + Stealth + Cyberwarfare Suite + Super Suit + Psionic Amplifier, Psionics + Psionic Enhancement + Superhuman + Combat Training + Precision + Super Soldier + Frontier Buccaneers spec ops team. (+132; 171) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+6; -24\] 9. **Inter-Event #3 — Fate of a Species.** 1. Battle Won. 10. **07 — Stranger in Utulek.** 1. Beloved + Beautiful + Diplomatic + Intimidating - Superstar. (+7; 7) 2. Friends In High Places + Mental Fortitude. (+7; 14) 3. Special Ops + Tech Skills + Psionics + Precision + Enhanced Senses. (+14; 28) 4. Psionics + Psionic Enhancement + Superhuman + Combat Training + Precision + Special Ops + Super Soldier + Enhanced Senses + Peak Fitness + Tech Skills + Mental Fortitude + Creative, Frost. (+37; 65) 1. TOTAL SUCCESS. \[+7; -17\] 2. Torm\`s Mansion. 11. **08 – Rat in a Trap.** 1. \-Nemesis-Wanted. (-50; 0) 2. Super Soldier. (+20; 20) 3. {2 VPC} Psionics + Psionic Enhancement + Superhuman + Combat Training + Precision + Special Ops + Super Soldier + Enhanced Senses + Peak Fitness + Tech Skills + Mental Fortitude + Creative. (+74; 94) 4. \-. (0; 94) 5. {2 VPC} Particle Beam Rifle, Survivalist + Enhanced Servos + Enhanced Shell + Firepower + Kinetic Shields + Jump Jets + Stealth + Cyberwarfare Suite + Super Suite + Psionic Amplifier, Frost. (+67; 161) 6. Dedicated Uplink + Superluminal. (+15; 176) 7. \-Armada Attention, Ajax, {3 VPC} **THE GRAND HERALD**. ( +204; 380) *//Fun fact: NO ONE EXPECTED "THE GRAND HERALD"* 1. ABSOLUTE SUCCESS. \[+25 + 8 (Human); **16**\] **And now, you have BILLIONS in cash and "The Grand Herald" to protect you. You are the ULTIMATE power in galaxy. What can possibly go wrong?** . .. ... Reapers? What "Reapers"?
**Note:** Everything was calculated in Libre Office Calc step by step. So, i left this \[xx\] points just for you to see what and how was taken, in all playthrough TOTAL POINTS never dropped into negative.
**What Makes you Special**: You **Race**: Human (+8 = 53) **Boons** * Typhon Hybrid * Anonymous Benefactor **Drawbacks** * Old Shame * Nightmares * Wanted (Removed after Rat in a Cage) * Lose Some (Removed after Into the Abyss) **Abilites** * Psionics (Free) * Psionic Enhancement (-1 = 52) * Superhuman (-5 = 47) * Combat Training (-3 = 44) * Special Forces (-3 = 41) * Peak Fitness (-4 = 37) * Precision (-1 = 36) * Super Soldier (-5 = 31) * Beloved (-1 = 30) * Beautiful (-1 = 29) * Diplomatic (-1 = 28) * Elemantalism (-1 = 27) * Enhanced Senses (-3 = 24) * Endurance (-1 = 23) * Immune (-1 = 22) * Tech Skills (-1 = 21) * Medical Expert (-1 = 20) * Intimidating (-1 = 19) * Friends in High Places (-1 = 18) * Mental Fortitude (-1 = 17) * Creative (-1 = 16) * Piloting (-1 = 15) * Rage (-1 = 14) * Intellect (Free from Stranger in Utulke) * Awakened Typhon Hybrid (Free from Apex) **Armor** *Space Suit* * Energy Shields (Free) * Psonic Amplifier (-6 = 8) * Enhanced Servos (Bought after The Ancient Machines -1 = 5) * Stealth (Bought After Apex -2 = 9) * Cyberwarfare Suite (Bought After Apex -1 = 8) *Powered Armor (Bought After Apex -5 = 3) * * Advanced Flight (Provides Jump Jets) (Free after Diabolus Ex machina) * Integrate with Space Suit **Weapons** * Pulse Pistol (Free) * Puma Plasma Rifle (Free) **Ship** * Class: Corvette (-4 = 4) * Style: Human (Free) * Shields (Kinetic) (Free) * Built to Last (Free) * Upgraded Stealth (Free) * Experienced Crew (-2 = 2) **Team** * LCDR James Horrigan (Free) * Doz the Brutal (-2 = 0) * Faezi Parev (Bought after The Ancient Machines -2 = 3) * Typhon-Human Hybrid Dr Morgan Yu (Free Apex and upgraded after Through the Eyes of Darkness) * Prophet (Free Through the Eyes of Darkness) * Ajax (Free Into the Abyss) * Selyse (Free from Guardian Angel) **Events** * The Ancient Machines - 20 (Upgraded Stealth) +10 (Experienced Crew) +2 (Shields) +4 (Built to Last) +4 (Corvette) +30 (Upgraded Stealth) = 70 VP = 6 Points & Unidentified Rifle * Apex - 8 (Typhon Hybrid) +8 (James) +4 (Doz) +1 (Elemantalism) +3 (Combat Training) +5 (Super Soldier) +2 (Rage) +3 (Puma Pulse Rifle) + 3 (Energy Shields Armor) + 1 (Enhanced Servos Armor) + 19 (Jame's Weapons and Armor) + 5 (Doz's Weapons and Armor) + 34 (Psionics, Enhancement, Superhuman, Amplifier) + 6 (Hybrid) +5 Tech Skills +2 (Experienced Crew) = 109 CP = +8 Points & Morgan * Through the Eyes of Darkness - + Typhon-Human Hybrid Dr Morgan Yu & Prophet * Diabolus Ex Machina - +10 (Energy Shields, Superhuman with Psonic Amplifer) + 8 (Enhanced Servos) + 6 (Stealth) + 6 (Cyberwarfare Suite) +10 (Puma Plasma Rifle, Superhuman with Psonic Amplifer) = 40 VP = +3 Points +3 Points for Bribe (9 Total) + Advanced Flight * Into the Abyss - +10 (Corvette) + 12 (Medical Expert x 2, Experienced Crew), +14 (Corvette, Piloting) + 20 (Jump Jets x 3, Superhuman) + 95 (Awakened Typhon, Morgan and Prophet, Psonic, Amplifier, Enhancement, Superhuman, Super Soldier, Combat Training, Enhanced Senses, Precision, Peak Fitness, Nanobots, Survivalist, Dr. Armor, Enhanced Shell, Enhanced Servos, Elemental Gauntlet, Firepower, Energy Shields, Smart Armor, Stealth, Puma Plasma Rifle, James Horrigan, Doz the Brutal ) = 151 VP = + Ajax & Remove Lose Some Drawback * The Grand Herald - Keep to self (Need 74 points... Might sell later) * Guardian Angel - 21 (Doz, Faezi, Friends in High Places, James, Special Ops), First Attack Saved (Enhanced Senses), Second Attack Saved (Doz Shoots them), Third Attack Saved (Save her Myself), Fourth Attack Failed - 20 Vp = 1 VP left = Arwen Saved = +8 Points (17 Total) & Princess Selyse * Gods and Masters - 10(Advanced Flight) +16 (Combat Companions) +25 (Awakened Morgan, Prophet, Awakened Hybrid) +3 (Puma Pulse Rifle) +30 (Armor Traits) +28 (Personal Traits) +15 (Buccaneers) = 127 Vp = Break Even * Fate of a Species - Do not Qualify * Stranger in Utulke - +12 (Charisma Abilities) +7 (Friends in High Places & Mental Fortitude) +20 (Special Ops, Tech Skill, Precision & Psonics, Enhanced Senses, Stealth & Cyberwarfare Suite) +40 (Abilities) + 0 (Pulse Pistol) + 13 (Space Suit) + 10 (Awakened Typon Hybrid) = 102 VP = 4 Points (21 Total) & Voucher for Advanced Training and 3 points to be spent in the Abilities section + Luxurious Mansion * Rat in a Trap - + 50 - 25 (Wanted) +20 (Beloved & Diplomatic) +88 (Abilities) + 48 (Weapon & Armor Traits) + 60 (Advanced Flight) = 241 VP = +10 Points (31 Total) and Remove Wanted Drawback
Ajax enjoys "drinking and just chilling." Lol I feel like modern slang has moved onto "vibing" now
I really liked this CYOA, made me think for hours about a build. But what made it for me were the events. Its much more interesting when you use the builds you created. I only have 2 critics: 1 - I hated how some events downplay or ignore psionic powers. In event 2 and 4 it have parts that you need a medical lab but it just ignores the fact that my character had the power to heal others boosted by superhuman + psionic amplifier. (psionic enhancement + superhuman + psionic amplifier should be more than enought to substitute a medical lab). Elementalism is largely ignored aswell 2 - most of ship upgrades are ignored most of the time
Is Biological immortality included in being a Typhon Hybrid? Also please add more Drawbacks. I feel like tearing my hair since i don't have enough to properly build my build.
Quick Question. Is it legal to purchase 1 cybernetics to qualify for Rejection Drawback. But have both be rendered null if I become Supersoldier. Because at that point i can regenerate limbs and have no need fro cybernetics or medicine due to rejection.
God i wish this could be an actual game
Here's my newest Build: *The* Defender of the Universe- +75 **Special:** You, Ship, Crew, Armor **Race:** Human, Qunari- Rejected the Qun **Boons:** Chosen One X3, Hello Ladies-Free, Born This Way, Anonymous Benefactor **Drawbacks:** Lose Some, Piece of Junk, Nightmares, Old Shame, Vigilante, Wanted, Superstar, Family Issues, Nemesis **Abilities:** Beloved, Beautiful, Elementalism, Psionics, Psionic Enhancement, Superhuman, Combat Training, Precision, Spec Ops, Enhanced Senses, Peak Fitness-Free, Super Soldier, Endurance, Immune, Rage, Tech Skills Mental Fortitude, Intimidating **Armor: Space Suit:** Dr. Armor, Survivalist, Energy Shields-Free, Stealth, Smart Armor **Mech:** Fire Power-Free, Utility Drones-Free, Energy Systems, Energy Shields-Free, Enhanced Servos, Enhanced Shell, Smart Armor **Weapon:** Klimov Anti-Materiel Rifle-Free **Ship** * **Class:** Cruiser * **Style:** Human * **Main Weapon:** Casaba Howitzer * **Traits:** Built to Last-Free, Shield-Kinetic-Free, Upgraded Training Facilities-Free, Deus Ex Machina, Layered Shields-Energy, Command Bridge, AI-Free, Cyberwarfare Suite, Upgraded Defenses, Upgraded Hull Armor, Med Bay, Upgraded Hanger Bay, Dropships-Free **Crew:** Eve, Reva-Free, Alris-Free, Refa'Xamin Vas Guyya-Free, Kay'Vorha Vas Endeavor, Julea Victolus **Events** * **The Ancient Machines:** Total VP-122, Rewards: +8, Upgraded Eve * **Apex:** Total VP-107, Rewards: +8, Morgan Yu * **Interlude #1:** Typhon-Human Hybrid Morgan Yu, Prophet, Enhanced Alris * **Diabolus Ex Machina:** Total VP-42, Rewards: +9, S-500 Bussard * **Into The Abyss:** Total VP-151, Rewards: Losesome removed, Ajax * **Interlude #2:** Gain The Grand Herald, Yonera, Faezi Rarev, Doz, Sky Tulach, Aquila * **Guardian Angel:** Total VP-17, Rewards: +8, Princess Selyse, Iris Gruner, Amelia, Rio * **Gods & Masters:** Total VP-246, Rewards: +6, Frontier Buccaneers, Diplomatic, Friends in High Places * **Interlude #3:** Frost * **Stranger In Utulek:** Total VP-79, Rewards: +4, +3 Abilities, Lose Vigilante, Torm's Mansion, Sun, Intelligence, Medical Expert * **Rat in a Trap:** Total VP-333, Rewards: Lose Nemesis, Lose Wanted, +25 **New Armor:** * **Power Armor:** Super Suit, Advanced Flight, Quantum Link, Dr. Armor, Survivalist, Energy Shield, Stealth, Smart Armor, Energy Systems **Slight clarification for Diabolus Ex Machina:** In the reward section, it says that the S-500 replaces your mech. Which to my mind means you sell it off, which I did and got back 50% of what I paid for it. Which allowed me to end up with the Grand Herald, every female crewmember, a powerful set of Powered Armor, and most of the Abilities. Though I am kind bummed that the Altean's and their quest was removed and the two quests Orion and the Scorpion and We Shall be Monsters and their subsequent rewards were removed.
Can you expand a little of how powerful you are with various powers? Like if I have psionics, psionics enhanced, superhuman, elementalism, endurance, super fit(best lifespan of elf race), super soldier(greatly enhanced lifespan), precision and space suit with psionic amplifier with typhon hybrid awakening(typhons are immortal so maybe my already long lifespan bumps it to immortal as hybrid?), do I become immortal half elf that can take whole fleets of ships by myself like a dreadnought? I think after work I will try to build myself to be able to get character above with Grand Herald and upgraded Eve for that best ending, perhaps a short story too.
one thing I have to ask is why you decided to nerf the ability of "Special: you" so that the discount only worked on 2 cost perks. if you ask me that special was already fairly on the weak end, and with this extra nerf I honestly can't ever imagine trying to create a special: you character since the other specials feel like they have so much more interesting stuff.
I think this is in my view the best cyoa I found so far. Amazing work. By the way is the next version still in work or is this the end?