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Comments on Profile Post by frooglestien

  1. frooglestien
    frooglestien
    because I'm a fan of your Exaltation cyoa and I've been considering how a combined power system made of all six power types, all of their upgrades, and all the beneficial perks except for archmage & heiromagus would look like and I've been unsatisfied by what I've come up with.
    Feb 27, 2023
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  2. frooglestien
    frooglestien
    Would you be willing to collaborate with me on that? because it'd be nice to have a specific, coherent example to be able to point to for when I'm mentally writing stories, making certain cyoa builds etc.
    Feb 27, 2023
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  3. Subrosian Smithy
    Subrosian Smithy
    If you're talking about Veil of Fantasy, that's actually going pretty well. I've ironed out a bunch of details that were bothering me in the past, and I'm feeling happy with its direction... sort of a spiritual successor to Exaltation, actually.
    Feb 28, 2023
  4. Subrosian Smithy
    Subrosian Smithy
    As for a maxed out Exaltation build - with all of the upgrades and everything - I think that would just be a cultivation world.
    Feb 28, 2023
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  5. Subrosian Smithy
    Subrosian Smithy
    Arete: body & skill cultivation
    Psyche: spiritual sense techniques
    Arcana: ancient arcane spells
    Identity: dao-based techniques
    Othering: yaoguai exploitation
    Creation: artifice & magitek

    Passengers: your nascent soul acts like a zanpakuto spirit
    Lay of Land: there are special cultivation zones, etc
    Feb 28, 2023
  6. frooglestien
    frooglestien
    good to hear about veil of fantasy, thanks for replying, in hindsight I was probably overcomplicating how a maxed out exaltation would look like in my head
    Feb 28, 2023
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  7. frooglestien
    frooglestien
    I forgot to ask, how fast would the progression of a user of a maxed out Exaltation cyoa be? like linear, quadratic, exponential?
    Feb 28, 2023
  8. Subrosian Smithy
    Subrosian Smithy
    quadratic progression by default, but weakly exponential with clever use of synergies
    Feb 28, 2023
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  9. Legion1771
    Legion1771
    Oh shit, I hadn't considered the Dao-esque qualities of Identity.

    Now I've gotta ponder Exaltation harder again.
    Jan 15, 2024
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  10. Legion1771
    Legion1771
    Suppose it'd be kind of like the Way from Sect, powers based on and sourced from your fundamental self, world view, ego, etc. Very cool.
    Jan 15, 2024
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  11. Subrosian Smithy
    Subrosian Smithy
    yeah, that's about right.
    Jan 15, 2024
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