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CYOA #3: MAID IN HEAVEN, CHAPTER 0 (+ PARTY POLL)
🕑 Added 2024-01-09 05:23:44 +0000 UTCHoooooo boy, buckle up, 'cause there's a lot to share, already! o3o I've finished the starter chapter to this next chosen Patreon story, so here's what we're doing this time! We're staying interactive, but in a different way! This will look overwhelming at first, but I've run it by some fresh eyes, to make sure it makese sense! It'll be another work in progress <3 Make sure you understand, before you use the polls!
STORY:
A LV 1 adventurer is the joke of the city Guild, until his discovery of a very special reptile puts him on a collision course with the most evil villain of all time
MAIN CHARACTERS:
LLOYD (Human Adventurer) M - A regular, unassuming human, a would-be adventurer that has trouble balancing his ambitions with his need to not die horribly...
ARLEI (Arr-lee) (Lizard Holy Maid) F - A holy maid sent from the Gods to purify evil; through an act of goodwill, Lloyd now has her as his die-hard protector and servant; her holy aura has an unforeseen side-effect, in that she turns EXP gained into size, and in-battle damage into muscle mass! She's kind to a fault, patient, yet will clobber anyone she even thinks might not have Master Lloyd's best interests at heart...
CHOOSABLE PARTY MEMBERS (UP TO 3):
RIZII (Riz-ee) (Amazonian Kobold) F - An oversized, built-up kobold warrior, she's big and brash and pushy, and respects only power; she swings a mean cleaver, towers over her species, thinks nothing of Lloyd, and practically worships Arlei...
BYRNA (Burn-ah) (Salamental Fighter) F - A product of a flame elemental and a lizardkin union, she's shy, powerful, and demure; she thinks Lloyd is adorable, and frequenly teams up with Rizii, possibly due to an undisclosed crush...
MOHZ (Moes) (Kirin Mage) M - An insanely powerful mage, he goes where he wants and does what he wants; might be a psychopath, but if you're useful, he's a fantastic ally; to him, Lloyd controls Arlei, and that's both useful, AND interesting...
WIB (Slime Golem) F - A sentient alchemical experiment, she is a mass of slimes merged into a nonviolent, obedient servant, which means she has trouble thinking for herself; she's excellent at communicating with monsters, though...
TETRO (Automaton Cleric) M - A hardcore equalist that underwent 'complete automation transference' with ancient technology, meaning he is a former human mind in a built body of synthetic muscle and plating; refuses to put any one life over another, which can make it difficult to reason with him; only fights in self-defense, but his magic is incredibly handy in a pinch...
STRUCTURE:
The story is a campaign that will be told in (likely 6-7) CHAPTERS, each with several RANDOM ENCOUNTERS and a BOSS.
Before each new chapter, patrons are able to vote for FOUR FACTORS that will determine how the next chapter works:
1). PARTY: Up to 3 side characters can be added to the party across the campaign, one at a time, but each character will SPLIT the overall EXP of every battle
2). BOSSES: After each chapter an updated list of bosses will be offered, and voters can pick which one will be next; bosses are tied to levels/regions, so the choice of boss for that chapter will literally determine where the PLOT goes!
3). INVENTORY: This ties into the amount of GOLD tallied at the end of each chapter! A list of purchasable items will be offered before each chapter, and the top options chosen will be 'bought'; once those options 'spend' all the GOLD, that's it! **GOLD MUST BE SPENT PER CHAPTER, THERE IS NO CARRYOVER/HOARDING, TO KEEP THINGS MANAGEABLE X3**
4). TRANSFERENCE: Arlie grows and grows, throughout each chapter/the full campaign, the more EXP she absorbs! Her base height is always going up, but in-battle gains are temporary! HOWEVER: at the end of each chapter, voters can use colored JEWELS to TRANSFER a portion of Arlei's size to another party member, changing their base height, bulk and endowments (this CAN narratively be advantageous, if the area BOSS is into that, male or female!) How much can be given to ONE character per jewel used will be decided beforehand, via spinner result!
Keep in mind, if an area is chosen that's tighter, like a city or castle, the bigger characters might have a tough time getting in, and the smaller will enter for the most interactions with the larger world!
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
**Those are the only things patrons are responsible for, EVERYTHING ELSE will be on my end! Every spell or skill used will depend on the party member chosen, and damage and effectiveness will hinge on random spinner rolls; same goes for boss battles, I'll 'roll' for what spells or attacks they use, as well as for damage, and voter pruchases/spells will have to hold out agains them!
**Tempting as it may be to buy nothing but power ups for characters (remember, spells are temporary, item-based buffs last), don't forget to heal the party! You can save GOLD by relying on MP, up to a point, IF you have healers...but MP can run out, and so can HP! If a character is knocked out, then GOLD will need to be spent to REVIVE them, next chapter!
**Characters' stats and HP/MP DO NOT replenish between chapters! If they're all hurt or sick, and not enough healing items or spells are handy, then GOLD will be spent on putting them all in and INN, next chapter, or REVIVING knocked out characters! That deduction will be automatic, and the remainder of GOLD is what voters will have to purchase with!
BOSSES:
DEMON, M
HIGH DEMON, F
LEECH MOTHER/HIVE, F
GOD SLIME (Recombinator)
REB (Werebull Guildmaster), M
BRE (Werebull Administrator), F
MODO (Dragonkin Gladiator), M
DARK PRIESTESS GALAN (Automaton), F
ALANDAER (Court Alchemist), M
MOTH SUCCUBUS, F
PHAROS (Fear-eating Specter), M
JESTMI (Mad magic jester), F
BIG BOSS:
ARCHMAGE, M
RANDOM CHANCE:
As mentioned, battles, HP/MP increases (on levelling up), spell successes and total chapter gold earned will all be decided by random spins; I'll input reasonable high and low ranges for every number-based aspect, like healing, damage, EXP and gold--the rest I'll account for in the narrative!
PURCHASABLE ITEMS:
HEAL POTION (1 FULL HEAL), 50 G
MAGIC POTION (1 FULL AMOUNT), 30 G
POWER ELIXIR (1 PERM-BUFF), 100 G (STACK)
SOFTENER (1 ANTI-STONE), 90 G
SMELLING SALTS (1 REVIVE), 200 G
ANTIDOTE (1 CURES POISON, CHARM, CONFUSION), 50 G
TENT (1 HEALS PARTY AT SAVE SPOTS, 1 PER CHAPTER), 150 G
PURCHASABLE SERVICES:
INN, 50 G AT START, GOES UP
REVIVE, 50G AT START, GOES UP
**SPELLS ARE NARRATIVE ONLY, VOTING WOULD GET TOO NUTS**
SPELLS (BATTLE DURATION ONLY, EXCEPT FLOAT):
CURE, 25 MP (Arlei, Mohz, Tetro)
CURE ALL, 160 MP (Arlei, Mohz, Tetro)
DETOX, 50 MP (Arlei, Tetro)
FLOAT (FULL PARTY), 50 MP (Tetro)
REFLECT (FULL PARTY), 20 MP (Mohz, Tetro)
FLAME, 15 MP (Byrna, Mohz)
ICE, 15 MP (Mohz)
WAVE, 15 MP (Mohz, Wib)
THUNDER, 15 MP (Mohz)
CHARM, 20 MP (Arlei, Mohz, Rizii)
RAISE (1 CHAR), 80 MP (Arlei, Mohz, Tetro)
BUFF, (1 CHAR) 50 MP (STACKS IN BATTLE) (Rizii, Byrna)
TREASURES:
BLUE JEWELS (allow size transference)
RED JEWELS (allow power transference)
GREEN JEWELS (allow hyper transference)
MONSTEARS (doubles EXP gain for Arlei for one chapter)
ICARUS SCROLL (grants FLOAT for one chapter to everyone)
**THE TAKEAWAY:
*I'll be writing one chapter at a time. Patrons can vote on 4 things before each new chapter, and I'll write with those choices in mind (PARTY, BOSSES, ITEMS, TRANSFERENCE)
*I'll be using random spins to determine how regular battles AND the chosen BOSS battles will go (attack damage, spells used, EXP/GOLD recieved); the more characters there are in the party, the more the EXP will be split
*At the end of each chapter, a randomly pre-set amount of Arlie's gained size/hyper/muscle can be transfered to another player, one for each type of jewel! It's one-way, and permanent! An option WILL exist, should voters want Arlei to stay her size and proportions, and voters can try again next round!
*At the end of each chapter, the accumulated GOLD will be used to purchase the top-voted ITEMS, up to the point the GOLD is 'spent'; those items will be used in the next chapter!
*At the end of each chapter, the next BOSS chosen will dictate what area they go to/where the story goes! It's how voters get to choose WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
*HP/MP doesn't recharge between chapters, so voters will need to include INNs or REVIVALs in their spending decisions!
*All choices will become what I'm allowed to work with, when writing the next chapter! Everything else, I will stay in control of, and will be bound by HP/MP, characters chosen, bosses chosen, etc.
*Any bosses or party members that go unused might get rolled into a possible sequel campaign, if this goes smoothly!
I think that's it! I know it's a lot to look at, initially, but I think voters will have the rhythm down pretty fast, since I'll be doing all the actual numbers and notations! This is the start template, it'll be refined as we go!
I'm really looking forward to this one! <3 Thanks for looking, and I hope it's fun for y'all, too!
Let's start with the first new party member:
Comments
Dnapalmhead
I'll try to make it fun, just the same! =3
Spess Mahren
Hoping for a rizii, byrna, and wib outcome. All lady party save the mc.
Blizzard Wuffy
People choosing the story with a human character in it is so disappointing, would have been great to have another furry character in there. Ah well! The people have spoken!
