General CYOA thread

Discussion in 'Roleplaying & Quests' started by data549, Oct 30, 2014.

  1. I noticed that there's a Picture CYOA thread over on our sister forum, and have decided to create one here. You can post whatever picture CYOAs you find. Except for ANY that are NSFW, skeevy, or just plain creepy. This is a rule that shall be strictly enforced, for I've seen untold horrors spawned from the gaping void that is the 'net. If the mods object to this, then I apologize. And I will not object to Character write ups, in fact I encourage people writing those.

    So to start, here's Kung Fu Cult Master:

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    Edit: added indexes.
    Page 1
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15524348/ Kung Fu Cult Master CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15527857/ Golden Horde CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15552027/ Ocean Quest -- Incomplete verson.
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15555492/ Trapped in Equestria
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15557547/ No title. -- Please find out what the name is.
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15562000/ Goatman? -- Please verify actual title.
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15564720/ Worm CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15567720/ No title. Possible addendum to Trapped in Equestria. Please verify if this is compatible with TiE CYOA.
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15569887/ A CYOA of Ice and Fire

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    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15577692/ Cyberpunk CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15577771/ Aztec World CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15583414/ Labrynth? -- Please verify actual title.
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15588633/ Living Planet
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15589183/ Ocean Quest -- Complete version.

    page 3
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15597913/ the last star CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15602629/ Post-apoc CYOA

    page 4
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15606272/ overlord CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15610246/ super solder adventurer

    page 5
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15620421/ order vs chaos
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15628943/ god of mortals
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15633705/ Domain Master CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15676365/ power armor CYOA

    page 6
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15703488/ star dust


    page 7
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15711086/ star dust romance DLC
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15719863/ Heavy Metal
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15719863/ Monster Hunter
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15719863/ Beast Master

    page 8
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15720385/ music store

    page 9
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15736981/ ranger CYOA

    page 10
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15762997/ a mess of a post-apoc CYOA

    page 17
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15781597/ torment CYOA

    page 22
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15814962/ Alien Biomorph CYOA


    Page 24
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15826015/ MSG CYOA
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15831144/ Reincarnation CYOA

    Page 28
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15850662/ Rune CYOA


    Jump chain intro:
    Ok anon I've selected you to become a Jumper someone who spends there life diving between dimensions.

    Here's how this works:
    1. you fill out all the Supplements.
    2. then you use the jump chain starter kit.
    3. then you select what jump you want to do
    4. post a build and a write up of what you plan to do there.
    5. don't get killed while in your jump.
    6. repeat steps 3-5
    Now there is a long term goal to jump chain, that is to initiate the final jump to 40k, beat 40k and attain omnipotence by being the badest SOB in the multiverse.

    now are you up to it?

    any and all questions should be addressed to our resident jump chain expert slipstream.

    The Master List So Far

    jump chain starter kit

    Supplements:
    Body Mod
    Companion Housing Complex
    Housing System
    JumpChain Space Dock
    The Bay
    The Warehouse

    Jumps In Alphabetical Order:

    Numbers

    007 Jump
    80s Action Movie

    A
    Ace Attorney
    Ace Combat
    Adventure Time
    Age of Mythology
    Alien
    Animal Crossing
    Archer Jump
    Ar Tonelico
    Assassins Creed
    A Song of Ice and Fire

    B
    Babylon 5
    Bayonetta
    Berserk
    BeyBlade
    Bioshock
    Black Bullet
    BlazBlue
    Bleach
    Bloody Roar
    Borderlands

    C
    CATastrophe
    Castlevania
    City of Heroes
    Code Geass
    Command and Conquer Tiberium
    Cooking Show
    Courage the Cowardly Dog!
    Cowboy Bebop

    D
    Danny Phantom
    Dark Sun
    Dark Souls
    DC
    Dead rising
    Deadman Wonderland
    Deus Ex
    Digimon
    Disney Princess
    DMC
    Doctor Who
    Dragon Age
    Dragon Commander
    Dragon Dogma
    DRESDEN files

    E
    Elona
    Etrian Odyssey

    F
    Fable
    Fairy Tail
    Fallout
    Familiar of Zero
    Fire Emblem
    Fire Emblem Awakening
    Firefly
    Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
    Fullmetal Alchemist
    Full Metal Panic!

    G
    Gargoyles
    Geneforge
    GenericMagicalGirl
    Generic Sugar Bowl
    Goat Simulator
    Golden Sun
    Gothic

    H
    Halo
    Harry Potter
    Heist
    Hellsing
    Horror Movie

    I
    Iji
    Imaginary Friend
    InfiniCon
    Invader Zim
    Inukami

    J
    Jackie-Chan Adventure
    JoJo

    K
    KANTAI COLLECTION
    Kids Next Door
    Kill La Kill
    Kirby's Dream Land
    Kotor

    l
    Lord Of The Rings

    M
    Macross
    Madoka
    Magi
    Mahou Sensei Negima
    Marvel
    Mega Man Battle Network
    Mega Man X
    Metal Gear Rising
    Metal Gear Solid
    Minecraft
    Mob
    Monopoly
    Monster Hunter
    Mother
    Musician

    N
    NO GAME NO LIFE
    Naruto
    Neopets
    Nine to Five

    O
    One Piece
    One Punch
    Ouran High School Host Club
    Outlaw Star
    Overlord jump

    P
    Pacific Rim
    Populous
    PS238
    Persona
    Pirates of the Caribbean
    Platoon
    Prototype

    R
    Raildex Science
    Ravenloft
    Red Alert 3
    Resident Evil
    Reborn
    Rollercoaster Tycoon
    Rosario + Vampire

    S
    Sabaton
    SHADOWRUN
    Sailor Moon
    Santa
    Sengoku Basara
    Shovel Knight
    Skies of Arcadia
    Slice of Life
    Sonic
    Soul Calibur
    Soul Eater
    Stark Trek
    Star Wars Clone Wars
    Starcraft
    Stargate SG-1
    Strike Witches
    Super Mario RPG

    T
    THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
    Team Fortress 2
    The Fast and the Furious
    The Elder Scrolls
    The Last Airbender
    The Mysterious Cities of Gold
    The Sims 3
    Toriko
    Totally Spies Martin Mystery
    Transformers
    Transmetropolitan
    TOUHOU Project
    Twilight

    V
    Vampire the Requiem
    Vandread
    Viking Saga

    W
    Warcraft 3
    Warhammer Fantasy
    WeirdWildWest
    Wuxia

    X
    Xcom
    Xiaolin Showdown

    Y
    YuGiOh
     
    Last edited: Dec 10, 2014
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  2. Here's the Golden Horde CYOA:
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  3. JMHthe3rd

    JMHthe3rd Madman screaming in an empty room.

    A repost of what I wrote on SV:

    Golden Horde CYOA

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    Jungso-Husun Khan

    Age: 21
    Gifts and Flaws
    • War Wounds [+1]
    Herds and Banners
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry) [-5]
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry) [-5]
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry, Drudges +1) [-4]
    • Food Herd (+2,000 Infantry, Tinkers -1) [-6]
    • Food Herd (+2,000 Infantry, Watchdogs -2, War Wagons -8) [-15]
    • Swift Herd (+500 Light Cavalry, Paragon -3, Kheshiks -4) [-13]
    • Swift Herd [Maral's] (+500 Light Cavalry, Rapter -2) [-8]
    • Hunter Herd [Jaliqai's] (+300 Moon Bear Cavalry, Monstrous -3) [-11]
    Retinue
    • Clan Siblings x2 [-10]
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    Jaliqui-Husun
    (Archer)
    Age: 21

    Jungso's beloved twin sister. Leads the Husun Clan's Moon Bear Cavalry. Deadly with a bow. Charismatic and cunning, but also vainglorious and bloodthirsty. Needs to be reigned in occasionally, lest she charge into fights she can't handle.

    Was instrumental in saving her brother during Arasen's attempted coup, maiming the wicked cousin and driving his forces from the camp. Has a steel-strong bond with Jungso, though believes his spiritual inclinations are foolish and that she should be in charge. Refuses to marry. Prefers the company of women.

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    Maral-Husun
    (Horselord, One Eye)
    Age: 17

    Jungso's half-sister. Gets her fair features from her mother, who was the daughter of a boyar in one of the Serjan Principalities to the west. Leads one of the Swift Herds. Preternaturally gifted in mathematics as well as chess and the harp. Friends with the Hostage Princess and Engineer. Has an seemingly mystical bond with horses. Her intelligence and cautious nature allows her to excel in scouting and surprise skirmish attacks. Her men adore her and treat her more as a mascot than a leader, though her strategic thinking is always invaluable.

    During the coup, Maral drew her blade against Arasen when he approached the tent where Jungso lay wounded. She was no match for her wicked cousin, however, and after disarming her he crushed her eye with his sword pommel. Though she doesn't complain, she was proud of her looks and thinks her missing eye makes her ugly. Very close to her brother, is his unofficial adviser.
    • Strategic Consort (+50 Light Cavalry) [-4]
    • Beast Shaman [-6]
    • Hostage Princess [-4]
    • Hostage Engineer [-7]
    • Hostage Eunuch [-3]
    • Welkin Witch (An-Zan, Jungso's mother) [-5]
    • Mummified Abbot (Youta) [-6]
    • Outlaw Oathbreaker [-3]
    Artifacts
    • Stele of the Fallen Empire [-5]
    State of the Steppe
    • Blood Enemy (Arasen-Usun Khan) [+9]
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    Arasen Usun Khan
    Age: 26

    Gifts and Flaws
    • Grappler [-1]
    • Intimidating [-1]
    • Footlame [+1]
    • Rage [+1]
    Herds and Banners
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry, Drudges) [-4]
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry, Drudges) [-4]
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry) [-5]
    • Common Herd (+1,000 Cavalry, Watchdogs, War Wagons) [-15]
    • Food Herd (+2,000 Infantry, Drudges) [-4]
    • Food Herd (+2,000 Infantry, Watchdogs, Tinkers) [-8]
    • Swift Herd (+500 Light Cavalry) [-6]
    • Swift Herd (+500 Light Cavalry, Raptors, Paragon, Keshiks) [-15]
    Retinue
    • Condor Kings [-8]
    State of the Steppe
    • Blood Enemy [+9]
    • Savage Competition [+5]
    Beyond the Steppe
    • The West: The Army of Fire [+8]
    • The North: Frozen Graveyard [-1]
    • The East: Inland Lake [-2]
    Total Points: 50

    Total forces:
    • 4,000 Cavalry
    • 4,000 Infantry
    • 1,000 Light Cavalry
    • Savage Competition [+5]
    Beyond the Steppe
    • The West: The Army of Fire [+8]
    • The North: Frozen Graveyard [-1]
    • The East: Inland Lake [-2]
    The Empire

    Threshold

    • The Wall
    • Great River
    Complications
    • Famine and Unrest
    The Grand Marshall
    • The Polymath
    Total Points: 100

    Total Forces:

    • 4,000 Cavalry
    • 3,000 Infantry
    • 1,050 Light Cavalry
    • 300 Moon Bear Cavalry

    Born of a former Imperial Witch-turned consort, Jungso grew up on stories of the Empire's past glory, and despite the fact that his father, the great Jungdu Khan, hated their decadent ways, young Jungso found he admired their accomplishments. They offered something life on the steppe never could: stability, progress.

    Jungso proved competent in marshal skills, but they held for him little interest. Through his mother he learned to read, and though he had poor talent for the art, he grew obsessed with the metaphysics of magic. His teenage years were spent studying demonology, ancient cults and shamanic practices in a desperate attempt to derive enlightenment. But while both his father, brother and twin sister derided these pursuits as foolishness, his mother encouraged them, for in the water and blood of her divinations she saw great things for her son.

    The red pox struck without warning. Jungdu Khan had little time to grieve the death of his eldest son, Jungsai, for within three days the Khan himself was perished. And so Jungso found himself the the new Khan of the Husun Clan.

    But his uncle, Amasar Khan of the Usun Clan, would not have this. For he said twenty years ago, under the Treaty of Mount Khulan, his brother swore an oath that, should Jungsai die without issue, Amasar's bloodline would inherit the Husun Clan, thus reuniting the two split clans into one.

    Well, Jungso had never heard this before and neither had anyone else. Bolstered by his mother's faith in his destiny, Jungso challenged Amasar to a duel to the death for leadership of the clan. Jungso proved a ill match for Amasar's prowess with a saber, and it was not long before Jungso was on his kneels, cradling his intestines as they spilled from his belly.

    Amasar took this opportunity to laugh and gloat before the gathered crowd, proclaiming Jungso the half-breed welp of an Imperial witch. Jungso took this opportunity to pull a dagger from his boot and stab his uncle in the genitalia.

    Half-dead from blood loss, Jungso's cuts were clumsy. Amasar died slow.

    Amasar's son, Arasen, flew into a mad rage. Though the two clans were present under a banner of truce, Arasen lead the Usuns in an attack of vengeance to wipe out the Husun family. Fortunately, Jaliqui's Moon Bear Cavalry intercepted Arasen just as he reached Jungso's tent. Her own monstrous mount shredded her cousin's knee before his bodyguards could carry him to safety.

    The Usun Clan was driven out, but Jungso was feared mortally wounded. His wounds festered, and he thrashed in a fevered sleep as mystical visions overtook his soul. For three nights, Jungso's mother knelt before her son in silent vigil and prayed to the God Guanyin that his destiny not be denied.

    On the third night an ancient, stick-thin man appeared. Claiming he was summoned in a dream, the man introduced himself as Youta, a priest from a land far to the East. Using secret medicines and unpronounceable incantations, Youta healed Jungso, saying that the young Khan had a role in the world that he had yet to play.

    And so Jungso rose from his sickbed, forever weakened in constitution, but well enough. Inspired by his dreams, he led an expedition north to a frozen bog full of the bones of great beasts. On the remote edge of the bog his clan found a half-sunken tower, and inside the tower they found an ancient obelisk engraved with strange writings, along with a library of thousands of stone tablets, many with etchings of strange machinery.

    Together, the Imperial Engineer (who escaped the Usan Clan during the coup), the Princess and the Eunuch attempted to make sense of the language, though Jungso, under the advice of his mother and Youta, knew the gods led him here for a reason: the Empire is dying, and a great army rises in a West. Only the past can save the future, and with these lost arts the Steppe and Empire must unite. There must be stability; there must be progress.

    Since then Jungso has entered a marriage alliance with the Bartu Clan and taken on a Beast Shaman who, while unhappy with Jungso's witch mother and foreign priest, has agreed to teach his craft. Jaliqui is training to become a skin-changer, so she can be a bear while she rides a bear, which would be awesome. The engineer is using the stone tablets to build great engines of destruction. There's a wall to knock down, a river to cross, and they say the Empire's Grand Marshall is an elderly bureaucrat-wizard who employs ancient mechanical crafts of his own.

    A bitter war is coming, but Jungso knows the gods are on his side.
     
    Last edited: Nov 8, 2014
  4. Jungso has Casca and Asuka as sisters... I feel for him.
     
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  5. Ah, found a decent Nautical CYOA:
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    Last edited: Nov 3, 2014
  6. The Dark Gods

    The Dark Gods Lord Of Madness

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    Unicorn (45)
    Memories (40)
    Laptop (25)
    Bag of bits #2 (15)
    Pyromancy (fire 3) (10)
    Dark magic (dark 2) (5)
    Utility spells (0)

    Basically becoming my OC.
     
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  7. Here's another one:
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  8. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Goatman: the CYOA.
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  9. Widowmaker

    Widowmaker Prince of the Dawn

    Worm CYOA:

    Broken as hell but I think people should try to make interesting combos rather than just min-max. Because minmaxing is boring as fuck.

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  10. Here's something that can be used to make the "Help! I'm trapped in Equestria, get me the fucking hell out of here!" CYOA a little more interesting, or not:
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  11. Imperator Pax

    Imperator Pax Talon Master

    ... Fine.

    Kung Fu Sifu Pax.
    The Adult: 1 Minor, 4 techniques, 2 weapons, 3 minions, 1 ally
    -Tiger Claw Style (Technique)
    -Sublime Force (technique)
    -Pressure point mastery (technique)
    -Dragon Tether (Technique)
    +Six Winters
    + Nine Summers
    Death Zither (weapon)
    Healing salve (weapon)
    Lair: Provincial Estate
    Informant Network (Minion perk)
    Trustworthy (Minion Perk)
    Teamwork (Minion)
    (Ally) +2
    Ritual Attendant
    Rogue Assassin
    Corrupt Magistrate
    Disadvantage:
    Forbidden love
    Life Debt
    Rivals: +2
    Cult Renegade
    Avenger (+technique)
    Monk (+ technique)
    Abridged:​
    The master of the arcane path of Jianghu would very much prefer if he could avoid all your petty squabbles, but well... there was that one guy who had to die, and everyone knows its immoral for a son to accept living under the same sky as his father's killer.

    Its a little more complicated than that, but Qin's ascension is a sordid affair... and well its more than just about killing to back things up. Taking control of the cult was the first problem, Gu Dee running off like the little upstart he is is going to be a headache, wherever he happened to run off is only part of the problem. Who he chooses to team with is going to be another.

    Then there is that troublesome monk, and well the avenger... then there is looking after the guests of the villa... ai yah *goes back to the library of ancient scrolls* Still for all his bookishness Qin is a capable fighter his mastery of sorcery pairs itself well with his grasp of more subtle qi manipulation together with the Tiger style... unwary foes see a scholar hiding behind his spells but get close and the evil sifu has his a mastery with hand to hand to fall back on... don't ask him to play the flute though... no musical talent... or perhaps it lays elsewhere
     
    Last edited: Nov 5, 2014
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  12. Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit Saladarity

    Going to give Golden Horde another go later but in the mean time I'll post one of my favorite, if Flawed CYOAs

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    Example:

    Female
    Kingdom of the Iron Islands
    Profession:The Blade *Higher Education
    Gifts
    Targaryen Blood
    **Tools of the Trade (Set of Plate Armor)
    ***Giant's Blood
    Companion: Fylla Lightfoot

    I give you Yara Stonetree "Half Dragon"
     
  13. Widowmaker

    Widowmaker Prince of the Dawn

    I give you Mavra Sand.

    Name: Mavra Sand (Dorne seems to have some Moorish influence so..)
    Gender: Female
    Kingdom: Dorne
    Professions: The Quill (Higher Education)
    Gifts: Grace and Beauty, Touched by Magic, Targaryen Blood, Animal Companion, Tools of the Trade(Valyrian steel sword.)
    Companion: Corton Penrose
    Curses: Without a House, Wanted (Related to Without a House.)
     
  14. walkir

    walkir Aewab Lurker Super Awesome Happy Fun Time

  15. Widowmaker

    Widowmaker Prince of the Dawn

    How do you make these CYOA things?

    Is there a template or something?
     
  16. No its simply your creativity and your ability with photoshop. 4chan /tg/ is where the idea comes from. You could look there for regular CYOA threads or look up "CYOA", 'CYOA 4chan", and 'CYOA games" on google image.

    I turned the you as a vampire/vampire hunter threads into CYOAs. Though they bend some of the SB rules. So I won't repost here. Though the Vampire Hunter one is on SB.
     
  17. Widowmaker

    Widowmaker Prince of the Dawn

    ... I can't use photoshop to save my life.
     
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  18. Yeah it can be aggravating. My first attempt was such a mess. :(
     
  19. If I knew the setting more, I be tempted to try writing the Worm one.
     
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  20. Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit Saladarity

    Well the good news is unless it's the Dornish who are hunting you, it could be fairly easy to just go to Martells and beg them for an Alliance, though the Red Priest might make them a bit weary. Targaryen blood is really cheesy if you put yourself in or near Dorne. Which maybe why I like taking Targaryen blood and using it in ways that don't make any sense. Not to many people are going to support an Ironborn Raider's bid for the throne, particularly since with Giant's Blood, Stonetree probably looks something like Show Brienne of Tarth, only with more Valyarian Features.
     
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  21. Name: Jacque
    Gender: Male
    Kingdom: the Iron Islands
    Professions: The Cowl and the Blade. (double classing, -1 blessing)
    Gifts: Targaryen. (-1 blessing)
    Companions: Corton Penrose, Muwari Vaballatha (-2 blessings)
    Curses: Wanted. (+1 blessing)

    Time to make the Stag pay the Iron Price! With Muwari and Corton following me I can accomplish anything. Oh don't worry, Joffery's going to meet the Drowned God in person after I take my throne. :drevil:
     
    Last edited: Nov 5, 2014
  22. Widowmaker

    Widowmaker Prince of the Dawn

    Not the Dornish.

    But... How would it be easy to ally with them?
     
  23. God and the Snake

    God and the Snake Semi-professional Killjoy

    Every time I see the ASoIaF CYOA, I want to do a wilding Targaryen, just for the lulz.
     
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  24. Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit Saladarity

    As it stands you're basically a Low rent Dany located in Dorne, you have one Dragon, it's newborn but still a dragon. Really all it should take is a marriage promise to Quentyn Martell to ally with them. Sure this alliance more or less ensures that if you take the Iron Throne you would be a Dornish puppet but it's really the only safe way to the Throne. Well "Safe" is a rather loose term since It still involves a rather large war.
     
  25. Necron_Lord

    Necron_Lord The Infinite

    *Rides Ice Dragon to victory.*
     
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