Inspired CYOA builds and AU Ideas

You will be surprised how much creative inspiration and writing fuel you can get from CYOAs.

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Will be doing a Rice Shower (Umamusume) build in the coming days. (To be in the reblogs)

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Century of War cyoa by Peil

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CYOA TLDR: In an alternate world that meshes WW1, mechs, WW2, and magic; you now lead a squad into the battlefield already scarred by A Century of War. Who are you and the soldiers you lead?

Build Concept: Rice Shower the Black Assassin, her reputation and story gives a lot of interpretable elements for use here; and a good start if I'm making this sort of post a series.

{Not sure if I will end up doing too much additional for this, but I suppose at least introducing this neat CYOA to others is good enough for now}

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CENTURY OF WAR CYOA

Build: Rice Shower

Special Rule: As there is a trait of option of 'woman', I will only have that assigned to IRL mares in order to save up Quirk points.

Homeland: Naijin.

-An invader from the east, this is the thematically fitting choice.

Background: Patriotic Duty.

-Good setup for Rice Shower's crisis.

Command: Achievement.

-IRL reputation born of bringing down other rising stars.

Structured: Company.

-While not likely to exert dominance within a group, her focus and determination during battle can have her trusted as a leader during the course if assassination missions.

Type of Squad: Reconnaissance (4 Tracker, 2 Assault, 0 Heavies, 2 Support).

Quirks: Sinister, Frontline, Admiration.

-Sinister for the infamy and reputation, Frontline because regardless she wants to win and become a hero, and Admiration because of her significant guilt and affection for her defeated rivals.

Doctrines & Boons: Mecha Destroyers, Close Quarters, Guerilla.

-Mecha Destroyers because of her specialty in taking down powerhouses such as Mihono Bourbon (also known as The Cyborg). Close Quarters because she is often depicted as an assassin with a trademark dagger. Guerilla to better facilitate a combat style that utilises assassins and surprise upsets.

Special Units

Trackers: Commando, Scanners, Assassins, Cloaker.

-Commando and Assassins in accordance with her squad's doctrine. Scanners for recognising targets to beat (heel of Mihono Bourbon and Mejiro McQueen whilst not too known in in between races). Cloakers for her 'shadow' as seen in the anime.

Assault: Rangers, Chasers.

-Rangers for the versatility between ranged and close combat, and Chasers to defeat in finality after defeat (Mihono Bourbon retires after her first defeat by Rice Shower).

Heavies: None.

Support: Pierrot, Diplomat.

-Pierot for the humble powerhouse trope, and Diplomat to fit well with the Admiration Quirk.

War Events: Legendary Soldier (Fallen God), Welcome Back (Broken Soul), Solo Mission (The Assassin).

-First and third choices to fit her, whilst the last is representative of her enduring inner strife on her role in others misery in defeat.

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Will be doing a Rice Shower (Umamusume) build in the coming days. (To be in the reblogs)

Century of War cyoa by Peil - Image Chest

Century of War cyoa by Peil

Post with 6892 views. Century of War cyoa by Peil

CYOA TLDR: In an alternate world that meshes WW1, mechs, WW2, and magic; you now lead a squad into the battlefield already scarred by A Century of War. Who are you and the soldiers you lead?

Build Concept: Rice Shower the Black Assassin, her reputation and story gives a lot of interpretable elements for use here; and a good start if I'm making this sort of post a series.

{Not sure if I will end up doing too much additional for this, but I suppose at least introducing this neat CYOA to others is good enough for now}

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Tier 1 CYOA

Build Concept: Agnes Tachyon

Nation of Origin: Synasid Princes. Branch: Airforce (gain Recon Planes). Size: Large (+1 Support Squads, -1 Cutting Edge Gear). Time of Origin: Early Cold War. Specialisation: Bodyguarding (gain Urban Warfare). Trainings: Urban Combat; PSYOPs, Stealth Ops, Paradropping. Reputation: Feared. Cutting Edge Gear: HUDs, Incapacitators. Uniforms: Semi-Tactical, None. Heavy Equipment: Recon Planes; Light Vehicle, SPGs, Transport Craft. Support Squads: Mission Control, Medical Support, Engineers, Intelligence. Assets: Informants, Animals, Caches. Name: Natural, Traditional.

Build Summary: Emergency response force for extreme security problems. Airdropped artillery and vehicles reinforce the primary escort force.

Original CYOA at: https://imgchest.com/p/ej7mvv5lb7d

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Explainations for choices below::

Nation of Origin: Tachyon's career lasted too short to leave a long lasting impression onto the industry, however he was still a strong note that was often the subject of what-if debates should he had never develop his leg issue. Branch: Tachyon is famous for unchasable surges towards the end. Size: Tachyon's fandom often repeats a exaggerated number of the IRL Tachyon's children. Granted, the real one still sired over a thousand foals with at least one famous child (Daiwa Scarlet). Time of Origin: Agnes Tachyon's career lasted mainly around the year 2000, which is around the same time as TM Opera O's career reaching his apex. Am basing the era choices based from the 80s with Rudolf, late 80s with Oguri Cap, 90s and the Golden Generation around Special Week (could be a reinterpreted AU in-joke to a massive campaign name or something, the opportunity is there), around the year 2000 and the reign of TM Opera O, and everything past 2010 with Goldship. Specialisation: Tachyon's positioning of towards the front of the pack before a clean surge forwards has me picking either Bodyguarding or Counter-Terrorism. I finally selected Bodyguarding due to Tachyon's infamy of being 'untoucable' which was actually the final tiebreaker in an otherwise hung choice. Also I can imagine her force's security work mixing Umamusume Tachyon's mad scientist scheme by saying that her unit's main missions surround protecting the security of wanted or high value scientific assets or minds in the service of her nation. Trainings: Urban Combat was given for free. PSYOPs because she gave her rival Jungle Pocket such a terror and fixation surrounding her experience failing to overcome (and the realisation of never getting another chance at settling the score) Tachyon's overwhelming power. Stealth Ops because Tachyon was initially low-profile and not considered a champion in waiting, only for her to shock her entire generation and leave her mark out of nowhere, before leaving as she came like a true superliminal princess. Paradropping because of the cleanness and absolute length of her final spurts so far ahead that he IRL broke the course's records and beat the future champions who would run on after his retirement.

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Reputation: Tachyon's first official GI race had notably fewer competitors as some had chosen to drop-out rather than lose to the then upcoming challenger to living legends (only to become a legend of its own). This choice dynamics-wise is close to tie with Niche as Tachyon's reputation IRL is mainly the subject of what-ifs. Cutting Edge Gear: HUDs to represent Umamusume Tachyon's fixation of her health status, and Incapacitators for interrogation or counter-hostages. Uniforms: Tachyon's character is very haphazard in picking clothes, resulting in her oversleeved 'uniform'. Overall, she is more lax in living and practical (but notably independent) in competition. Heavy Equipment: Recon Planes are free thanks to Airforce association. Transport Craft can be used to airdrop Tachyon's forces quickly in high stakes operations, including transportation and heavier weaponry should those be deemed necessary. Light Vehicles for quick getaways and representative of his breakout surges. SPGs to represent his immense length of victory, and in this universe serves as both a deterrent to more organised foes and a good way of having danger-close and un-countarable fire support. Support Squads: Mission Control to represent Umamusume Tachyon's focus towards her goals and her planning abilities. Medical Support to represent her science theme and her health-related focus. Engineering because she keeps making new things to test. Intelligence as she does keep tabs onto others. Assets: Informants as a strategic aide. Animals, guinea pigs and other rodents to run around carrying tiny camera which feedback back to the control center for tactical advisory; also in-game she refers to her trainer as guinea pig, imagine her operators in this universe use the same somewhat backhanded affectionism for newbies or 'battlefield conscripts' utilised as high-risk bait. Caches for resupply, also could represent her hunt for research materials plus preparedness. Name: Agnes' Tachyons, Phantoms.

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Tier 1 CYOA

Build Concept: Agnes Tachyon

Nation of Origin: Synasid Princes. Branch: Airforce (gain Recon Planes). Size: Large (+1 Support Squads, -1 Cutting Edge Gear). Time of Origin: Early Cold War. Specialisation: Bodyguarding (gain Urban Warfare). Trainings: Urban Combat; PSYOPs, Stealth Ops, Paradropping. Reputation: Feared. Cutting Edge Gear: HUDs, Incapacitators. Uniforms: Semi-Tactical, None. Heavy Equipment: Recon Planes; Light Vehicle, SPGs, Transport Craft. Support Squads: Mission Control, Medical Support, Engineers, Intelligence. Assets: Informants, Animals, Caches. Name: Natural, Traditional.

Build Summary: Emergency response force for extreme security problems. Airdropped artillery and vehicles reinforce the primary escort force.

Original CYOA at: https://imgchest.com/p/ej7mvv5lb7d

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Explainations for choices below::

Nation of Origin: Tachyon's career lasted too short to leave a long lasting impression onto the industry, however he was still a strong note that was often the subject of what-if debates should he had never develop his leg issue. Branch: Tachyon is famous for unchasable surges towards the end. Size: Tachyon's fandom often repeats a exaggerated number of the IRL Tachyon's children. Granted, the real one still sired over a thousand foals with at least one famous child (Daiwa Scarlet). Time of Origin: Agnes Tachyon's career lasted mainly around the year 2000, which is around the same time as TM Opera O's career reaching his apex. Am basing the era choices based from the 80s with Rudolf, late 80s with Oguri Cap, 90s and the Golden Generation around Special Week (could be a reinterpreted AU in-joke to a massive campaign name or something, the opportunity is there), around the year 2000 and the reign of TM Opera O, and everything past 2010 with Goldship. Specialisation: Tachyon's positioning of towards the front of the pack before a clean surge forwards has me picking either Bodyguarding or Counter-Terrorism. I finally selected Bodyguarding due to Tachyon's infamy of being 'untoucable' which was actually the final tiebreaker in an otherwise hung choice. Also I can imagine her force's security work mixing Umamusume Tachyon's mad scientist scheme by saying that her unit's main missions surround protecting the security of wanted or high value scientific assets or minds in the service of her nation. Trainings: Urban Combat was given for free. PSYOPs because she gave her rival Jungle Pocket such a terror and fixation surrounding her experience failing to overcome (and the realisation of never getting another chance at settling the score) Tachyon's overwhelming power. Stealth Ops because Tachyon was initially low-profile and not considered a champion in waiting, only for her to shock her entire generation and leave her mark out of nowhere, before leaving as she came like a true superliminal princess. Paradropping because of the cleanness and absolute length of her final spurts so far ahead that he IRL broke the course's records and beat the future champions who would run on after his retirement.

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Tier 1 CYOA

Build Concept: Agnes Tachyon

Nation of Origin: Synasid Princes. Branch: Airforce (gain Recon Planes). Size: Large (+1 Support Squads, -1 Cutting Edge Gear). Time of Origin: Early Cold War. Specialisation: Bodyguarding (gain Urban Warfare). Trainings: Urban Combat; PSYOPs, Stealth Ops, Paradropping. Reputation: Feared. Cutting Edge Gear: HUDs, Incapacitators. Uniforms: Semi-Tactical, None. Heavy Equipment: Recon Planes; Light Vehicle, SPGs, Transport Craft. Support Squads: Mission Control, Medical Support, Engineers, Intelligence. Assets: Informants, Animals, Caches. Name: Natural, Traditional.

Build Summary: Emergency response force for extreme security problems. Airdropped artillery and vehicles reinforce the primary escort force.

Original CYOA at: https://imgchest.com/p/ej7mvv5lb7d

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AMERICAN WARLORD CYOA Build Concept: Stay Gold

Archetype: Gangster (+Behind Every Blade of Grass, Urban Warfare Specialist). Strengths: Behind Every Blade of Grass, Urban Warfare Specialist; Of the people By the people For the people, Serious Hardware, Fear Itself; Foreign Contacts. Flaws: Hopeless Addict (to lone travel), Sexual Deviant. Force: A Force of a Few Good Men (12 Military Points, 2 Support Points). Military Units: 2 Reservists, Gang Members, Technicals, Military Humvees, Main Battle Tanks, Civilian Boats, Attack Submarine. Support Units: Logistics Corp, Spies. Funding: Organised Crime, Protection Rackets. Location: The South.

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AMERICAN WARLORD CYOA

Build Concept: Narita Brian

Basically Narita Brian leads a ravanous marauder band that ends up being forced to govern after becoming too strong for local rivals. Alexander wept.

Archetype: Gangster (+ Behind Every Blade of Grass, Urban Warfare Specialist).

Strength: Behind Every Blade of Grass, Urban Warfare Specialist; Considered Defence; Fear Itself, Foreign Contacts, Rambo.

Flaws: Fanatical Zealot*.

Force: A Team of Elite Operators (6 Military Points, 4 Support Points).

Military Units: Professional Soldiers, Militia-men, 2 Technicals, Humvees, MANPADS.

Support Units: Medical Corps, Maintenance Specialists, Spies, Fancy Toys.

Funding: Resource Control, Looting and Plundering.

Location: The Midwest.

*Will refuse to show interest in seemingly weak-willed people (out of rude respect), even if it means overlooking potential rivals.

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Umamusume X Sid Meier's Civilisation*

*Civ 5 because that is what I am most familiar with, but am not against expanding the concept to Civ 6.

Basically imagine the umamusume cast one day taking a swing at governance.

Wait, what the heck is a horse?

So while I was busy imagining how each character might react to the game, what faction/civilisation may catch their eye first, what civ they would mainly play with (favourite civ), and what civ actually fit their personality the most; I had the idea that "why not create a custom civ for each character?".

So here's TM Opera O's late-Industrial era civ concept:

The Danubian Empire

Leader: T.M. Opera O

Symbol: Pointed Crown with 6 streaks blooming from under it outwards.

Colours: Yellow on Pink background.

Theme: The Blue Danube.

Special Ability: Overlord's Path

Units do not suffer flanking penalties more than once at a time. Capturing a city restores 30% health to the capuring unit.

Unique Unit: Throned Crown Battery

Replaces Artillery. 28 vs original 21 ranged strength Increased range damage by 2 strength per tile closer to the unit.

Unique Building: Territorial Senate

Replaces Stock Exchange. Gain +5% production and reduces unhappiness from specialists in this city.

Lore concept notes:

In the wake of crushed liberal revolutions and grueling stagnation leading the Austro-Hungarian Empire into decline (staved off liberal change yet lost control over what is now Germany) towards the oncoming 20th century, Opera O leads a revolutionary yet authoritarian path towards a new order for the greater hapiness of the peoples of central Europe. She launches a revolt which sparks the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and destabilises the continental balance of power, leading to her becoming besieged by Germans and human reformists (backed by the French and not ready to accept umamusume rule) alike; yet she will prevail in a crushing series of campaigns that secures her dominance over the Hungarian plains and Overlordship of Danubia by the century's end. Her civ is historically prestigious enough be be a civ despite only controlling at maximum extent modern day Hungary and parts of Romania and perhaps Slovakia; mainly because of its radical effect on the social status of umamusume, plus the introduction of a 'liberal' autocracy (in contrast to democratic or parliamentary forms of governance. Thus Opera O may be one of the first major attempted practicioners of Corporatism). The radical changes to society led to the rise of a new Danubian cultural and national identity focused around hero-worship and proto-reactionary forms of governance (in favour of the middle classes rather than aristocracy which were the main antagonists to this movement); social progress was granted on the whims of the 'popular' overlord though which help spurred a great transformation and elevation of wealth and power amongst the new countries freed from the old order.

Perhaps her greatest legendary campaign was the Balaton Campaign, taking place against 2 seperate 'Austrian' (from east and western corners of the former empire), Foreign-backed Reformists, German, and Italian armies along the banks of Lake Balaton.

She goes 'authoritarian liberal' or 'liberal autocracy' for two sets of reasons. Liberal because she notably has a middle class background, and Autocrat because of her ambition and likelyhood of having to suppress (historical and traditionally) democratic reformists as part of her rise to power.

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'The Overlord of New York' build

Framework: AMERICAN WARLORD CYOA

Build Concept: TM Opera O

Archetype: Billionaire Tech CEO (+ Bleeding-edge Tech, Money Talks).

Strength: Bleeding-edge Tech, Money Talks; Raw Naked Charisma, Urban Warfare Specialist, Considered Defence; Rambo.

Flaws: Gung-ho, Bad Reputation.

Force: A Force of a Few Good Men (12 Military Points, 2 Support Points).

Military Units: Reservists, Professional Soldiers, Special Forces, Technicals, 2 x Humvees, 2 MANPADS, Civilian Aircraft (mainly helicopters), Fighter Drones.

Support Units: Medical Corps, Motor Pool.

Funding: Self-funding, Looting and Plundering.

Location: The East Coast.

Opera O's race earnings weren't all spent on erecting statues in her name. If you've seen her career, she actually does have some worldly ambition. So why not let the richest racehorse be the wealthiest (to justify the background choice) and invested in rising industries to grow her influence and power.

How convenient then, that the titan of the world's stage falls at her feet. It must be heaven's will, so she will take the crown of liberty for herself!

(Why New York?) In the CYOA, the East Coast is the most contested and high profile battleground possible. And our Overlord is one to be a hated yet unyielding challenger. Also New York has broadway so I consider it the closest best fit for a theater kid like herself.

If she wins, she probably would remake the Status of Liberty in her own image. The Valkerie of Liberty calls all who dare challenge worldly norms to fated battle, she will provide the battlements and offers the blade that sifts for providence's favour.

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Umamusume Modern Warlord AU

Framework: AMERICAN WARLORD CYOA

Build Concept: Agnes Tachyon

Faction Name: Special Research Territory

Archetype: Glowie (+ Bleeding-edge Tech, E-Warfare).

Strength: Bleeding-edge Tech, E-Warfare; Serious Hardware, Logistics Wizard, Agressive Assault; Elusive Devil.

Flaws: Enlightened Self-interest, Medical Problems.

Force: A Team if Elite Operators (6 Military Points, 4 Support Points).

Military Units: Reservists, Rocket Artillery, Hypersonic Missile Stockpile.

Support Units: Medical Corps, Motor Pool, Logistics Corp, Fancy Toys.

Funding: Industry, Protection Rackets.

Location: The West Coast (West Mountain region around Arizona).

Short Blurb

Out of the black hole of black sites, military stations, and secret research bases where no light enters and leaves; Tachyon emerges with the ambition to soar beyond the limits of the known.

A key research asset of the east asian branch of CIA secret research operations, the 'mad scientist who fears no law' now looks to implement her designs now with almost free reign over the isolated deserts and mountain regions she seized over the smash and grab of expertise and tech from Silicon Valley and subsequent march eastwards now know as the 'Mountains Campaign'.

"One can never have enough guinea pigs in an experiment after all."

"Weaknesses of the flesh can be overcome!"

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[Pilot Concept. Will expand on each when I have time]

Umamusume character builds for the American Warlord CYOA

CYOA Source Link: https://imgchest.com/p/bp453v9ev75

Quick notes on backgrounds (assuming not all take the Celebrity background in this case):

●Fenomeno (Interfering Foreigner via jp 'police' international liaison escort branch)

●Rice Shower (Interfering Foreigner 'from the east' as per one of her earlier nicknames I believe)

●Oguri Cap (Celebrity, Oguri Cap was the first racehorse to have a successful merch line in Japan IRL I think)

●Stay Gold (Interfering Foreigner or Gangster)

●Dream Journey (definitely Gangster)

●Agnes Tachyon (Glowie, how else would she have had so much access to research materials plus operational support)

●Taiki Shuttle (Militia Leader; she's USA-born I believe)

●Grass Wonder (Evangelical Crusader)

●TM Opera O (Celebrity or Billionare Tech CEO; am more tempted towards the latter as TM Opera O was disliked despite being the highest earning racehorse of her time, and I can imagine her going turning to capital investments with her earnings to forward her ambitions of conquering the world as she claims)

●Symboli Rudolf (either Celebrity, Interfering Foreigner, or Rogue Military Commander; for that last one I imagine she was awarded with an honourary position decades ago that she can now use to assert authority)

Potential Setting to explain this mess

In a last ditch attempt to prevent civil war, the American government has attempted to recreate bread and circuses by flying in the cultural equivalents of WMDs*, Umamusume mass concerts, to calm tensions. This backfires significantly as attendees realise via mass dopamine crashes that their lives are "only downhill from here" leading to the first clashes of what will be known as the Second American Civil War.

The Umamusume characters were just flown in for a series of seperate nation-wide tours now find that the definition of tours has crossed into the military type. This is a setting of absurdism where mostly Japanese horsegirls end up leading a warlord clique in the fight of their lives within arena of a crumbling empire for an audience of horrified billions.

*Imagine if America decommissioned its 'stockpile' of horsegirl performer-athletes following the fall of the USSR, and thus any horsegirl wishing to continue the career path had to go to Japan like Taiki Shuttle and El Condor Pasa as it is the only country that continues to openly embrace this form of mass entertainment.

What an AU idea.