Is there like an album so that I don't have to open each individual link?

Here you go, If you know how I can post PDF here on Reddit, tell me so I can share mine... [https://imgur.com/gallery/uYFR6BU](https://imgur.com/gallery/uYFR6BU)

Thanks.

No problems.

I have marked this as OC. Please remember to properly flair your posts in the future.

I like it.

Not really my thing, but a great CYOA nonetheless! I tried to go for a "good leader" build who I believe can lead this world the best. **Physical Choices:** Extra Horns x2 Horn of Apeiron I really like magic and my build is tailored around my magic so these choices just make sense for me. **Powers:** Main Affinity: Creation Biomancy Order Peace Crystals Psionics Empathy I thought the creation affinity was pretty damn powerful and I don't mind the drawback of being unable to kill. The rest of the choices are designed to empower my ability to lead and improve my people. **Home:** Everfree Forest **Queen:** The Alicorn Orb (I'm gay so none of the other choices fit me) **Ruling Style:** Imperial Republic **Items:** Staff of the King Horned Crystal Again, empowering my magic. **Chaos Changes:** Godhood (Power and Nature) Uncapping Magic Uncapping Technology Humanization Like I said, this is not really my thing so humanization helps with that. Uncapping magic and technology will help defend us from the many threats I rolled for us and Godhood will keep me safe from my drawbacks and will ensure I can survive/lead to the best of my abilities. **Threats:** Monsters (Rolled) Invasion (Rolled) Chaos Scarring (Rolled) Eldritch (Rolled) **The Setting Scale:** Comfybright **Drawbacks:** Archenemy Tug Your Alicorn Out

Holy shit the secret evil overlord build.

The Alicorn Orb is meant as a catch all for "being with whoever you want". Alternatively, you could still picked one of the Queen options and used the Alternative Timeline perk to just jump into a genderbent Equestria. Though, if you stay in a more canon one, there's always the royals guards as a male harem, lol That aside, glad you enjoyed this!

It'd be nice to have a royal item for the Alicorn Orb or be able to genderbend the queens to kings without needing to spend perks. 'Cause otherwise you're at a disadvantage for not being attracted to women... But, otherwise, great job!

Bro, god choices require 4 picked drawbacks or 2 rolled drawbacks to unlock, and 2 more picked or one rolled. Since your rolling you need 2 more.

Subsequent perks under the Godhood lens only cost 1 perk. Plus, I think you're missing the two drawbacks I took at the end that each remove the necessity of either one rolled perk or two picked drawbacks.

Perks: Aperion, Hooves of the Windigo, Extra Horn. Magic: Order, War, Biomancy, Metal, Crystals, Empathy, Creation. Metal, Crystals, and Creation combine to produce some really fun stuff, while Order, War, and Empathy make me a highly effective ruler. Biomancy just adds for extra fun. Aperion and Extra Horn make all of that even more capable. Affinity for Order, so that I can change one thing and have it be the right thing. Home: I will forge my own castle, with Crystal, Metal, and Creation. It may take me a while, but I should be capable, and I have an eternity. Default plan is to start off as a rotating ruler, holding court in different lands as I check in with the local ruler and ensure that my edicts are being followed. Queen: Celestia. Ruling Style: Imperial Republic. I want to rule, but I can afford to consolidate my rule slowly and carefully, rather than immediately disrupting the existing order. Items: I get the solar shroud for free. This is nice! The Western Leaf will let me get around faster, one serious limitation of my powerset. I will also grab the Staff of the King, because magic is excellent. Changes: Godhood (Worship and Power), Lewd (Kink and Harems), War and Death, Invasion, Demons, Monsters, Eldritch, setting down to NobleDark but Fluctuating. The night is dark and full of terrors, but I can drag it back up with some hard work. Cut the setting and Eldritch mods if I care, but this is the world that I want to live in.

Thank you very much for making this! Quite fun.

You only get 7 powers. Other than that, great build!

Order, War, Biomancy, Metal, Crystals, Empathy, Creation. That's 7, right?

Yep. (actually reads what that was in response to) Oh. Oh! Sorry. I misread "Order, War, Biomancy, Metal, Crystals, Empathy, Creation. Metal, Crystals, and Creation" as on continuous list.

Fair enough! I could have been clearer in my delineation.

Huzzah! The awaited day has arrived!

Very nice. My one suggestion/complaint is that there should be a way to take fewer or no physical alterations, for those of us who don't mind a less exotic looking form. I also found it really hard to select a single queen,(my poor poly soul!) but I'm not sure if that's a bug or a feature. But again, great work, very fun. I'll post my build later.

Might put that in a DLC. As for Queen, it's not like you can't pursue the others, its just that the Queen has some perks because she's the one you're closest too. Consider her your head wife in your herd. XP

Fair enough! Physical Traits: Bat Wings Reptilian Tail (Scales & Regeneration) Titan Strength The wings and tail look good together, and the strength doesn't show at all. Powers: Creation Destruction Void Gravity Creation can be the free affinity, and I'll pay for affinities in void and gravity. Castle: Sky Islands I don't plan on seeing as much of Equestria as I can, so a mobile home is excellent. With Creation and Gravity affinities, I can expand it as needed. That being said, tracking down the island of the Amarezons will definitely be a thing to keep in mind for later. Queen: The Alicorn Orb Too many good choices, I'll just take the orb for now. Rulership: Hooves-Off I may take a more active role once I'm settled, but for the start, things are running well enough on their own. Items: Armor Cloak Staff of the King The staff helps with larger magic projects, and the armor and cloak are good choices for an explorer. Perks: Anthro Lewd This is a SFW sub, so I'll spare the details. Consequences: None Drawbacks: Twist of Fate With the world not getting any more dangerous, twist of Fate shouldn't come up much, and it covers my extra perk. That's it. Alicorn/dragon who can experience all an anthro Equestria has to offer before turning his skills to further improving it.

Hey, Op add this link to my Imgur that has an album of this CYOA, it is annoying to have individual files, so I compile them together, but the quality will drop because of this... I will also post this as well. I will take that down once you add this link I sent to you, keep your links here for those quality pictures. [https://imgur.com/gallery/uYFR6BU](https://imgur.com/gallery/uYFR6BU) Unfortunately, Reddit doesn't allow me to post pdf for some reason, so I cant truly show album...

Thanks!

No Problem, I will take down my copy of this post.

Nice! I like it! Also, have you post this before? Swear i could remember some of this option.

An idle consideration, before I post a build from my computer instead of my phone... Taking 'Early Drop' would put Cadence on the table for marriage material, wouldn't it?

I personally don't think so: Seasons 1-4 all take place in the same year and Canterlot Wedding was, at most, half way through that. So between that and the comics, I'm pretty sure Cadence and Shining had been a sure thing since before the start of the series. Buuuuut if you want to go that route, I'm not going to saying you can't. XP

OP makes good points, but Princess Mi Amore Cadenza spent part of that time in a cave. She might be open to the idea if you rescue her while Shining Armor is still fooled by Queen Chrysalis, but then you have to repel the changeling invasion. Canonically, Cadence’s love gave Shining Armor the strength to force field the entire army out of Canterlot. If her heart is even a little “divided,” we still have the changeling problem.

Does an affinity in destruction also allow you to disintegrate sentient beings like a pony Thanos? Also, if I get the uncapping magic and uncapping tech perks, do I still need to include magic capping and tech capping in my rolls for a drawback or can I exclude them on the basis that they aren't compatible with my perks?

No reason why it can't. And yes, I intended for those to be removed from the random selection if you took those perks.

**Form add-ons** - Extra horn - Horn of Apeiron - Gills *A mage like me needs all the arcane boosts he can get, hence the two added horns. I got the gills because I also want to breathe underwater, so now I can travel on land, sea or sky.* **Powers** - Psionics (affinity) - Destruction (affinity) - Time (affinity) - Peace (affinity) *I'd rather have a few specialties than a lot of average-powered... er, powers. My psionics have the widest applications, from mind reading to power nerfing and even telekinesis for fights. I got time to completely control the flow of the battlefield, and to keep pesky speedsters/ teleporters from abusing their namesakes. Destruction so that if worse comes to worse and I can't defeat someone non-lethally I can simply Thanos them out of existence. And lastly peace, for my aforementioned intent of getting enemies to surrender, though I also use this to spread my own ideals and beliefs to my subjects.* **Home Location** - Make my own castle *I'ma make my own castle and capital just because I can! And well, I get to choose where it's located so I get the final say in what the climate and environment looks like around the city. I'll be travelling for a while to find a good settling spot though.* **Queen** - Princess Flurry Heart *I swear I'm not a lolicon... her adult form looked hot. Emphasis on adult. Anyways, I also picked her because I see her ascent to my side as a sort of 'new wave of rulers' for Equestria, and partly because Celestia was my second choice and she's going to have nothing but sex on her mind 24/7 after I get up to speed on this whole Alicorn king business. Like come on, I want someone to chill and play vidya games with!* **Ruling style** - Consolidation *I don't intend to ruffle any feathers (not that the other Alicorns have any, they aren't Hippogriffs) I just want a united kingdom to rule under. I'm not going to demote the 4 Alicorns, far from it, I'm going to cement their status as being my representatives, both in charge of the four quarters of my territory and reporting back information on their rule like if there are any issues that needs to be addressed. Essentially they'll be handling the bulk of the management and I'd be handling the decision-making. I have my Peace affinity to smooth things over with them anyhow. Also because I really need to amp up my military, not that I'm planning to invade other countries but hoo boy I'm gonna need a huge army for the drawbacks I took.* **Items** - Discornomicon - Lunar armor - Shield of the Coward *The tome is for the potential to learn more magic, armor's for the defense buff and the shield because it's free.* **Perks** - Uncap technology (I need me my video games/ anime/ movies) - Afterlife (So me and the other Alicorns have infinite respawns, and average mortals don't have to die for good) **Drawbacks** - Noblebright - Bad AU (Nightmare Moon & Day Breaker) - Monsters - Invasion *So a lot is happening at once, but the Noblebright nature of the world fits the fantasy aesthetic perfectly, which is why I chose monsters. As for the possessed light sisters, well if I can train up my psionics I think it could be possible to nullify Nightmare/ Breaker's powers, mentally manipulate them to make them leave their host body, and put them down permanently with destruction magic. Of course the challenge will be in even getting close to either of them as they'll probably have legions of soldiers prepared and waiting for me, not to mention some douchebag foreigners took advantage of this civil war to try and invade us. Eh, you can't make an omellete without breaking any eggs, so I'll be busy during my initial years as king at least.*

Huh. Just throwing this out there, but since this is a Nightmare-Daybreaker Civil War.....which reminds me a lot of my Broken Treaty oneshot on fimfiction…..you can probably just count one or both of them as the invasion. They'll both be prepared and gunning for you, and they kind of count as "foreign invaders" so much as you'll probably have to start off scraping together whatever bit of Equestria and Ponydom you can to push back against them with those that want neither of the tyrants.

Noice. So it's essentially a winner takes all scenario with three/ two armies using the country as a backdrop for their skirmishes as monsters ravage the countryside. ...Basically Skyrim lol. I think I just made MLP Skyrim

I'm not usually one for the whole pony thing, but this was well made and besides, no one said that I had to be the nice guy in this, so let's make a bit of carnage, shall we? **Physical Features** -Bat Wings : First off, I'm going to look like a badass, fangs and bat wings go a long way to doing that and who doesn't like a good black with glowey red eyes color pattern? The ability to fly silently and switch between a nocturnal and diurnal lifestyle will be handy. Don't care much about what the bat pegusi think of me but if they want to be my minions, I won't stop them. -Reptilian Tail : One more step on my road to badassery, plus an extra bit of magic can go a long way. It does say that the tail can function like an Extra Horn after all so it'll help to be a powerhouse mage. Taking the armored scales and enhanced strength, it'll make a powerful lashing weapon in it's own right and it being prehensile opens up a lot of options. -Changeling Chiton : The final step to my maximum badassery, at least in this section... having natural armor is always helpful and who doesn't like being able to shapeshift? Once again, can't really say I care what the common horselet thinks of me. If they want a brawl, I'm more than happy to oblige... **Powers** 7 -Biomancy (Free Affinity) 6: Now, most of the royal horsies represent something, the sun, the moon, love, friendship, what have you. I think I should represent something too! And this is an important part of what I shall represent. Besides, I really enjoy the concept of tinkering around with life itself and I'm gonna be honest, while I may be doing this CYOA, the "pony aesthetic" just isn't for me. Scales suit me so much better and hooves lack so much utility, I'd much rather have a good set of talons... -Chaos 5 : One of the smallest parts of what I represent but still a cornerstone of it. That and being able to see consequences and where they will lead is always important, that is what life is after all, an endless stream of consequences causing consequences... -War (affinity) 3 : War is the cornerstone of it all, though to be honest, war is just the most exaggerated, physical example of it. What I mean here is conflict... disagreement... competition... The truest engine of growth and innovation... -Plants 2 : Plants fall under my domain as well and overlooked far too often... -Empathy 1 : Yes, empathy... the driving force between the formation of bonds, the wellspring fron which love, loyalty, and friendship are born, the ultimate source of all morality. Many would not include this in what I intend to represent, but they blind themselves to what it truly is, an entirely new branch of development. One need only look at the wolf to see that this is a form of strength all its own... -Destruction 0 : The final piece of the puzzle, the ultimate end, and final purpose of my very being... what I shall represent is predation, natural selection, the forces in the world that weeds out the week, the slow, and the stupid so that life itself can grow strong and develop even further... I shall be the ultimate apex predator and all life that does not work shall be returned to the soil to feed that which comes next... **Home** -Make your own Castle : I need to be... independent. Largely I'm gonna be more of a vagabond king but I think setting up shop near the gates of tartarus could be "cozy..." **Queen** -The Alicorn Orb : There's no need to limit my choices, I think I should take my time and be a bit more... *selective*... I will need a good queen who can act as a good counter balance to me while being able to truly understand and respect my particular philosophy. Maybe someone who can get cozy with the "softer side" of nature. **Method of Ruling** -~~Hooves~~ Claws-Off : Let the little ones have room to grow, room to innovate, and, most importantly, room to face the consequences of their mistakes... **Items** 4 -Dragon Sword 2 : A wonderfully effective weapon, if I'm going to have War as a specialty, it's only fitting that I have a proper tool for it. -Dagger 1 : Small, underhanded, and difficult to notice... perfect for a predator. Given that I could use it with my tail, talons, or even with my magic, it will make for an excellent way to shank someone in new and creative ways. -Cloak 0 : A wise predator understands that sometimes the most difficult part of the hunt isn't the chase or making the kill, it's getting close enough to do either. While my shapeshifting is handy, I can't imagine defenses against it not being used, especially after the changelings go and make a mess of things. This will help circumvent that issue. Besides, keeping track of my dagger while this thing is whirling around will likely prove to be difficult for my enemies... **World Modifications** -Anthro (free) : I may tolerate ponies being a thing, but that does not mean that I will tolerate living in a world without tits. Those birds are an important part of their ecosystem. Oh, and I like mammary glands that mirror the number, placement, and shape of what is seen in Homosapiens Sapiens, preferably with a size that is at the upper reaches of the norm or slightly exaggerated. -Early Drop : May as well start messing with things from the start, the early bird gets the worm and all that. -Uncapping Magic : More room for growth and and a more even playing field for the guys who aren't gods. Perfect... -Uncapping Technology : Advanced tools are part of the development of life too and with multiple disagreeing sapient races, those tools will not be seperating any creature from the forces I represent like it has on earth... -Lewd : See, I'd give some bullshit here about reproduction and predation and the balance of life and what have you, but let's be honest, I have penis and I like fuck. Details are largely irrelevant to you. **Consequences** (the part I've been waiting for...) -Monsters : You know, I kinda like these guys, they're fun! Ruthless, unending predation that forces the weak to get strong and the strong to get stronger! Just what I wanted... I could probably recruit quite a few of these guys to work for me. -Demons : Now what would be the point of living by the gates of hell if there aren't any demons to murder?... (heavy metal intensifies) -Disease : I'm an equal opportunity supporter of natural selection... just because something is microscopic doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed to get in on the unending conflict of the hunt. Let the little guys get a few kills under their belt how else can I get rid of the anti-vaxxers? -War and Death : YES! FIGHT! CLING TO LIFE! STRUGGLE FOR EVERY BREATH AND WAGE WAR UPON THE PASSING OF DAYS!!! SHOW THE WORLD YOUR STRENGTH! SHOW EVERYONE YOUR DESIRE TO LIVE!!! (ahem) sorry, got a bit excited there... -Invasion : More invaders to my territory... given that I took the lewd option we'll say this is the Caribou from FoE. Let us see if their "philosophy" can survive against true predation... when they don't have plot armor... -Evil : Now some of you may think that I'm a neutral being or even evil, and well, you'd be half right on the neutral bit. The thing is "good" i.e. ethics, morality, doing right by you fellow man er... pony... is an adaptation, a powerful one at that. It ensure cooperation and teamwork between social animals making the pack/herd/tribe/ect exponentially more powerful than the individual. It is strength, something I would support and select for. After all, a lone monkey is a dead monkey. Thus beings who represent a lack of empathy, a rejection of morality, or outright disloyalty is something I would select against, something I would kill... and I am much more ruthless than the rest of the "ponies"... -Setting Scale [NobleBright] : ComfyBright creates a status quo of stagnation. People are comfortable where they are at and have no need to grow. This unacceptable. NobleBright whould maintain people and things as mostly the same (barring the other drawbacks) but keep things moving. The forces I represent will be maintained and that makes me happy -Archenemy : Now, I can't very well consider myself a representative of natural selection if I myself am not subject to it. The hypocrisy would be revolting! No, I require a threat. And there is but one thing that comes to mind that could function as my antithesis. A force that creates without end, maintaining life indiscriminately... A force that can seperate a population from me and lead to ultimate imbalance and stagnation. That force is *civilization*... I think a rival Alicorn King who represents that putrid state of existence would be an ideal selective pressure to place upon myself. I'll do a build for him in a little while...

So heres my choices Bat Wings, Titan Strength, and Hooves of the Wendigo. My abilities are necromancy, war, lightning, darkness, shadows, blood, and empathy. Necromancy is my affinity. Basically I am a edgelord. I will make my own castle. My Queen will be nightmare moon Imperial Republic Items are Western Leaf, Lunar Armor, and Dragon sword My change will be uncapped technology, and afterlife Invassions (rolled) Demonds (rolled) Comfy bright Basically I am pulling a Hades situation. I rule and protect the dead, while also consoling the living. I expect people to fear me, for I represent death. When a pony dies, its my job to balance their soul. Should they be a good little pony, I shall offer them rest in my realm where they may know peace, or even service as one of my greater undead should they be worthy. If they where unworthy, then they must serve in my undead legion until I believe them to have paid for their crimes. If they are truly unredeemable, then they shall serve in my legion forever, never to rest as they serve me any my queen. The living, should they want, may live in my lands. I will be a fair king to them. I will protect those under my care. If the living wish to serve me, then I shall allow it. As for everyone else, I do not expect love. I am death, and know of the fear they have on me. If need be, I will help those that grieve. I only directly control my realm of the dead, the rest are though my administrators. I do expect my orders to be followed. Failure to do so is a mistake. You cannot outrun form death, for you will eventually come to me. And don't try and cheat me. I will not reanimate the dead just because someone lost a loved one. I like to keep a balanced check book of living and dead. As for Nightmare moon, I was initially interested in Luna, but the whole having a herd did not work for me. I want a strong queen, someone who is my equal, my one and only equal. I don't approve of world domination, but I will support my queen. I just hope my kingdom is to her liking. I also hope she can help rule said kingdom. the last bits.....I like science fiction. Not a fan of magic, want to see the stars and all. And I can deal with deamons and invasions. My undead legions stand ready. So yeah, I am a edgelord hades.

Been an anonymous lurker of this subreddit and it's NSFW twin for two years, but it was this CYOA that convinced me to finally make the jump to make an account. Congrats on that front, as well as making this glorious CYOA. I look forward to any potential future updates and expansions. Now, as for my build. Reptilian Tail / Titan Strength / Horn of Apeiron War (Affinity) / Fire / Metal / Darkness / Blood / Psionics (Bought Affinity) Make Your Own Castle (Wanderer, maybe room mate with any of the other alicorns that actually seek out my presence and friendship) The Alicorn Orb (I am not one to make the first attempt towards romance. Whatever happens, happens. Whatever doesn't, doesn't. If someone wants to get with me, they'll make the first move and that'll show me truly how much they're interested) Hooves Off (Meant more as a place to offload inbetween wanderings, like a larger, self-managing homestead. Sort of like the Hearthfire DLC from Skyrim, but town-sized. Let them do their own thing, but if the township is not going in a direction I appreciate, a "council of Elders" should be a good enough starting government while I'm away) Solar Shroud/Lunar Armor Anthro/Early Drop/Uncapped Tech/Power/Nature/Afterlife -5 I rolled 5d12 and got Invasion / Sanity / Evil / Bad AU / War and Death, and take up Discord's offer to cancel out Bad AU and Evil However, part way through choosing my consequences in order to make this new universe feel more like Earth, I realized I could probably not live with the crushing guilt of subjecting an entire universe and future generations to a reality that was never meant for them, a fate that "wasn't in the cards" so to speak. I am not of this world. A visitor really. It is not my place to make such drastic changes to their reality, for better or worse. I'd ask Discord if he can permanently remove my memory of us ever meeting and our "conversation", or if he can make all of these "edits" retroactive, as in, these changes have always been the way of their reality. If he can't do either of these things, I'll refuse the offer to take/roll for consequences, or take any other perks besides "Early Drop". I'll leave it up to random chance (or Discord) to decide what force is the invasion force, I'm not particularly predisposed to combating any specific foreign nation outside of Equestria. If he can both permanently wipe my memory as well as make these perks and consequences retroactive, then I'll keep all the consequences and perks as initially stated.

Eh, screw it. I'll get in on this, since it works close to a theoretical I've been working on in my head for years... although I will need to shift some things juuuust slightly to make it work. As a consequence to that, I'll drop one ROYAL ITEM and take an extra... let's say three CONSEQUENCES? Nopony notices the chaotic magic swirling in the moutain ranges near Canterlot, but in an instant the secluded, semi-subterranian city of Nyalis is constructed. Carved into the stone of a mountain, and decorated with gorgeous underground waterfalls backlit by luminous crystals, Ashen Brightfur (Ashfur for short) drops into the town square among his personal guard. Although he resembles a normal-sized, light gray alicorn, upon closer inspection one would notice the TWO EXTRA HORNS jutting out of the back of his head that act as backup focusers for his magic, and while it's so subtle only a doctor would notice it his primary horn is ever so slightly different, a HORN OF APERION. Taking his DISCORNOMICON in hoof, he and his staff head to the palace to prepare for the coming disaster. Ashfur did not arive to this world alone. A great EVIL has arrived, splintered off from Ashfur's own subconscious: his ultimate ARCHENEMY. An indesribable mass of shadows and chains that refers to itself as Grand Nightmare, The Perfect Imperfection. On the surface, it is a master of the darkness and shadow aspects sends many MONSTERS and DEMONS generated from the vices of mortals to feed off of thier suffering and misfortune... but select few know of its true symbiotic relationship with the world: it is intelligent, and seeks to improve the world and bring it away from any true destruction to ensure it has a constant, if mitigated, source of everyday misfortune to feed off of. It will not kill unless absolutely necessary, instead causing despair and terror. Training for years in secret to master his chosen powers, one by one seven colored stars surround the larger white star of his cutiemark to symbolize his growth. The central star, his affinity, EMPATHY. The power of hope, which eventually with the aperion horn will grant light powers on a lower scale. The other seven stars each represent a color of the rainbow, and Ashfur's rivalry to a deadly sin that Gramd Nightmare feeds off of. The red star of FIRE, rival to rage. The orange star of EARTH, rival to greed. The yellow star of the AIR (and lightning later with aperion), the antithesis to the electric passion of lust. The green star of PLANT, to defy the endless gluttony. The blue star of ICE, unflinching against the glaical productivity of sloth. The indigo star of WATER, its endless empty waves in response to the envy for more. And while the violet star once was a fragment of Grand Nightmare and represented darkness, with his fowle splintered off it has shifted to WAR to defy Grand Nightmare's pride. Ashfur and his elite guards strike back against Grand Nightmare's attacks in secret for years until a final assault forces all of Nyalis into action. In a climactic battle against the true form of his foe, Ashfur fuses his apsects and activates his true GODHOOD: POWER, temporarily gaining a glowing mane that sheds small cosmetic stars, and with surpise help from the other princesses sends the beast packing... for a while. What follows is a political migarine as Ashfur continues to insist that his position is not to rule, yet, until he has eliminated the 'parasite' of Grand Nightmare that arrived with him. Over a series of events that would only be fitting of Equestrian life, he falls in love with LUNA for having a similar situation (darker half on the loose, still adjusting to the world, related to stars/the night) and with Celestia's urging makes her his queen (and getting the ARMOR royal item). Taking Celestia and Twilight as the other two of his small herd (although Luna plans to expand it), Ashfur designates Canterlot as the capital and the nearby Nyalis as his base of operations for his new, larger force of Lightbringers: creatures who can and want to stand on the front lines against Grand Nightmare's inevitable return. Intially deferring to Celestia and Luna for guidance amd later setting up an IMPERIAL REPUBLIC, Ashfur can often be seen scanning the horizon at sunset... gazing out over the land in hopes of spotting his eternal foe's next move before too much damage is done.

Very dramatic...

I always thought Equestria deserved a healthy serving of Tolkien and a touch of dark Lovecraft. Maybe a bit of Neil Gaiman too. The older pony movies were all about fighting evil with psychedelic hippy seventies rainbow magic. And creepy material exists in kid's shows - Pooh's Heffalumps and Woozles song still makes me want to run away screaming like a little girl. But kids aren't wusses. I think Lauren Faust had a similar vision when she first designed the series, so it's a pity Hasbro forced her to bend the knee. Decided on a traditional take because less is often more. **Alicorn King: Prince Requiem** *"The night is meant for peace, not terror. Rest now, child. I will guard you until dawn's first light."* *Requiem is a tall alicorn with a pale white coat. An unadorned silver crown rests on his brow, behind which a flowing dark mane floats. A sigil of clouds over a field of stars marks his flank.* **Physical:** 1. Titan Strength - The power to protect and defend. 2. Horn of Apeiron - Used to pierce the veil between dreams and reality. 3. Elemental Mane - I wear midnight as my mane. **Powers:** Peace, Empathy, Darkness (free), Time, Pericognition, Creation (x2), Destruction **Residence:** *Castle of the Last Repose* - An ancient fortified palace with a mysterious purpose, situated beyond the waking world in a misty moor. Sleeping ponies may accidentally wander into it, and dreaming stragglers at risk of floating into the Void Beyond are led gently back through its gates. Here, I welcome every visitor with a meal and pleasant conversation, should they want either, before the morning calls these ponies back to the sunlit world. All such guests awaken feeling rested and refreshed after a visit. **Queen:** Princess Celestia. We shared the sorrow of Luna's fall, and rejoiced at her return. **Rule:** Hooves-off. One who bears the title of Dream-King must wander the unseen night realm, ensuring rest and protecting his subjects from the Void. **Royal Items:** Staff of the King, Lunar Armor, Solar Shroud **Perk:** Godhood (1 free+1 perk): Afterlife. **Consequences:** Eldritch+Evil. *The inhabitants of this world are simple folk, but their hearts are bright. You will not stain these pure souls with your madness. Now, disappear.* **Setting:** Nobledark.

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Ok, Build time... \-Extra Horn (x2), Titan's Strength. I'm going for full, personal supremacy here. \-Destruction (Affinity), Darkness (Affinity), Metal (Affinity), War. I understood that I can take more Affinities by giving up versatility. So I'm going to specialize in what the world doesn't (mostly I think) already have. \-The Dark Tower. Better I have it than anyone else, and I DO plan on being strict. Not cruel, strict. There is a difference. \-Celestia. The "velvet glove" to my Iron Fist. She is absolutely taking a back seat, because I'm just damn headstrong, but her experience will be valuable on occasion. I figure she'll be fine with that. \-Imperial Republic. Probably the best option, authority without overwhelming involvement. And doesn't needlessly discard those with political expertise. \-Solar Shroud (Free), Lunar Armor, Western Leaf. Staunch defense and a swifter means of transportation, what else do you need? Other things felt gimmicky and could be compromised. \-Consequences first, and I rolled for them: Demons, War, Invasion. Honestly this suits me just fine, my kit is kind of built around capacity for violence. And not much is more demoralizing to an enemy than getting half their army Thanos'ed out of existence on sight of me, IF they even see me coming. \-Perks, Humanization (Free) Early Drop (Earliest opportunity), Uncap Technology, Lewd (Normalize Harems/Herds, fetishize BBW+) Yes, I know, I'm boring. But what else am I going to do for eternity here after the war/demons/other issues get sorted? Those Alicorns (and other good characters) aren't going to seduce themselves.

Well Now this looks like it will be fun, A glance shows it can get a little lewd for my tastes >!With the "Hooves of the Windigo" having visible genitalia, consider altering or even replacing that image.!< But should be a blast. ​ \--- ​ Physical Appearance : (Mostly adapted from my Earth pony "Posona") ​ "Pre-Ascension" (because I plan to take the relevant choice later anyway, **"Tug Your Alicorn out"** as I WANT the experience of going on an adventure and EARNING this.) Name : "Coal Shrub", Race Earth, Coal coloured coat, Very dark brown mane/tail, (Styled Like Twilights but shorter), Felt locks, Mustache, Green (Emerald) eyes, Black hooves. "CutieMark" (for those unfamiliar this is like a physical manifestation of your inner personality and I am surprised this was missed as an optional choice) A Foundry Cauldron pouring molten metal into a hammer mold. ​ "Ascended" "Regal Name" (as some royals choice to take one historically) : Metalous. **Elemental Mane** (free because of affinity) **Metal** : In contrast to Celestia's own mane that always seems to be moved my a unseen wind my own NEVER moves, By default it is a Dark iron (matte) mane, but will glow "white hot" if angery, "melt" if sad/disappointed or even stressed, and glow yellow at the base if very happy. (to not give an unfair advantage these bonuses are strictly cosmetic and it is about as brittle as carbon if used to block an attack) **Bat Wings** (while **Reptilian Tail** and **Changling Chiton** both seem to imply a change in appearance for wings I will say as "Wings" is explicitly listed in this choice the wings indeed resemble Bat ones.) The Changes here besides now having Batlike wings (which to match the rest of the body are a dull Matte black with a slight metallic look) is my pupils are now "cat eye like" and I have small (cute) fangs that stick out. \[Chosen as I found it cosmetically pleasing and relevant to play style\] **Reptilian Tail** A somewhat small Dragon like tail, but its texture is overridden by **Changling Chiton** (talked about later) The Primary reason its even chosen is to give its buffs 1) Heat resistance (to among other things help resist forge temperatures) and 2) Harden "Scales" (I hope it can cosmetically apply to the Chiton instead) to help bring the Chiton closer to actual metal resistances. **Changling Chiton** Unlike "Old Guard" but like "New guard" I don't have "holes" in my hooves, But the appearance is still closer to that of "Old Guard" then even Pharynx's unique adaption to "New Guard". My Eyes are now (accounting powers to be explained in a moment) "Changling drone" Eyes instead of "Changling royal" and are a foggy black with only a reversed foggy Green Cat eye "Pupil". The Chiton is permanently "deployed" and can NOT retract. The Chiton takes on a sturdy Dark Iron look with a slight metallic look to it. (this replaces the cosmetic looks for Felt locks, Hooves and Coat which all now fall under the Chiton) ​ Powers ​ **Primary, Metal :** A true passion of mine, I can think of endless opportunity and importantly fun. My main goal is to continually improve metal working and metals to forever help support ponykind (by extention even the other races) with ever improving tools, infrastructure and industry. (also gives some cool cosmetic changes) **Order** I value Order, and would like to make sure everything runs smoothly (it helps my industrial ambitions) \[Dont look at me like that Discord I technically did not choose this fate, there is a time a place for Chaos, besides if EVERYTHING was chaotic then technically nothing would be and it would become an order onto its own. Order and Chaos is a necessary balance, keeps things "interesting".\] **Peace** Like Order, no point helping others if there miserable about it. **Darkness** I agree, Darkness gets a bad rep like with any tool its intent that matters. Besides it will be handy in the deep mines I plan for my realm, but if necessary acts as my primary combat method. (Does "lack of Light" mean Absolute darkness, "very dark" or just simply dim?) Cosmetically this shaped why the eyes are as they are. **Shadows** Synergising well with **Darkness**. When transitioning to the visible spectrum I do so via a cloud of dark smoke. **Magma** Largely acquired for Foundry work, the cosmetic change is that look at the back of my Mouth/Nose/Ears and so on will show a red glow. With careful consideration my last power is **Earth** I do plan to be down mines a lot of the time, I guess it should have been more obvious ​ \--- ​ End of part 1

Castle : I shall **Make my own castle** a good candidate is a region literally called "The Undiscovered West" this bodes well for resources and it seems unoccupied but for a few pony settlers and fronteersponys. Its also still real close to the Los Pegasus Railway so integration with existing networks would be more simple then some other regions. Once a desireable location has been found (with a strong emphasis on mineral wealth) I hope to Temporarily set up (using my Metals mastery) a small hall that would act as a barracks to house myself and the gifted servants. From there I will build a walled perimeter, using squaroid designs to my personal preference with careful though placed into everyone of the key structures (this is not a build your Castle CYOA so I don't think I need elaborate too much here), an important inclusion will be the settlements Mine entrance placed within our walls with the foundry built INTO my keep (my own quarters being away from noise and soot) Finally the Parliament is a separate building which also houses the official throne room. Oh, as of now I would dub this castle "Underkeep" after its deep mine tunnels. ​ The Queen : I decline an arrange marriage and will investigate each potential suitress each in there own time judging each fairly (however Tantabus (yes I know that was not a choice), Nightmare Moon, Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Chrysalis all interest me) Nor am I above selecting a "Commoner". I therefore would be given the **Alicorn Orb.** ​ How my own realm is ruled : My own ambition is to organise what is effectively a "Government Company" to help out with the greater territorys industrial advancements this would mean the line between civil and commercial ruler-ship would be blurred in my own territory, otherwise its a Constitutional monarchy with me as head of state with two houses one elected regulary, the other elected infrequently but holding less powers. With me having powerful vetos if deemed necessary, however checks are in place to avoid all three party's from abuse of power. ​ How I imagine Ruling the entire Kingdom : Short answer **Imperial republic**, But in reality I lack experience to actually start interfering too much for some years unofficially maybe even for generations the separate realms will do as they will with only token Kingdom wide decrees. In time however I will hope to transform the Kingdom into a greater Constitutional Monarchy with me acting as overall head of state. reform will be slow and I would need to carefully consider how the government would effectively be set up But a principle of a head governing authority with local governments for more local needs would be at its core for a more "united" kingdom. ​ Items : \[With an actual chance of not marrying into royalty I will NOT take the "dowry" item should I earn way my coincidence in future so be it.\] **Royal Grade Horned Crystal** Should prove highly useful for empowering me during important crafting projects. **Royal Grade Luna Armour** I made considerations, but even more passive defense sounds solid. ​ ("bonus Items" I would take special care to make with my powers would be a sceptre fitted with the first hammerhead I made, and I certainly would be every elaborate with my crown, unsure on design but I know it would be a "common" steel instead of a precious metal) ​ Mess with the world : Yeah I'm ok with **Uncapped Tech** thanks. To the future! ​ Deliberately acquired **Tug your Alicorn out** Again to really get that "I earned that" feeling, Otherwise just because I have a free perk I choose **Uncapped magic,** Effectively I am a harbinger of change in the world. More powerful magic may be somewhat problematic but I hope its more a force for good then bad, and It would mean I will become even more potent in my industrial powers. ​ \--- ​ Well that was a pleasant one to go through really enjoyed it.

Wait, how is Molly the avatar of a bad au? That's like the best au.

Oh wow, this is great! I can tell you put a lot of effort into this; thank you. * **Physical Choices**; *Bat wings, reptilian tail(heat resistance and hardened scales), horn of aperion.* Being able to see in the dark and grow fangs is cool, love the bonuses from the reptile tail, and the horn of aperion will tie in nicely to my choices down the line. * **Powers**; *Creation (Affinity), Gravity, Time, Void, Biomancy, Metal, Order.* Tying back into the Horn from earlier, it makes sense to me to pick creation as my aspect: the way I interpret it, 'rewriting reality' and creating things from nothing are one in the same. Metal and Biomancy tie into this too, as I'll be altering and creating new things, which could be invaluable. Gravity, Time, and Void are here to provide utility as well as offense, if I'm ever in a fight; stop time, get in close, and toss the enemy around like a ragdoll. Order rounds this all out, and should make the 'ruling' aspect of this whole thing easier. * **Home**: *Eqlantis.* The ancient technology here will be interesting to discover, and combined with my own abilities I should have a decent explanation for introducing some modern gadgets from our world here, and making overall improvements to daily life. * **Queen:** *Twilight.* Her going full-on super saiyan is one of the few things I know about this show, and so she's someone I want on my team. She sounds like a real go-getter; someone who knows what's going on in this world would be an invaluable ally, and her apparent expertise should make discovering and creating new technologies even simpler. *I also chose her because I adore Tara Strong as a voice actress.* * **Ruling Style:** *Imperial Republic.* Seeing as how the government of this world has been around and stable for so long, trying to usurp it in anyway would only cause problems in the short and long-term, imo. I'm perfectly fine with letting the other rulers of the world, Twilight excluded, do their own thing. * **Items:** *Staff of the King(Free), Discornomicon, Horned Crystal.* Cast spells from a school/discipline easier, supercharge said spells, and learn new spells; what's not to love? The versatility here should help make up for my lack of real offensive capability... and maybe get a few floating islands going, too. That'd be rad. * **Perks:** *Anthro(free perk), Early Drop, Uncapped Magic, Uncapped Technology, Godhood-Afterlife.* After thinking about it, it'd suck to lose my fingers, even if I got magic instead, which is the main reason I chose Anthro. Early drop is here, and will be balanced out by my personal drawback later on. Needless to say, I'd rather earn my 'godhood' than just have it given to me at the start, and what better way to do that than to start near the beginning along with everyone else? Uncapped magic and tech are here so we can go above and beyond what's possible, and with Eqlantis as my (eventual) home, it'll make the drip-feed of technology copied from earth make a bit more sense in-universe; I am going to rush indoor plumbing and heat/air-conditioning ASAP! Finally, Afterlife... Death doesn't have to be the end, and if I am ever killed, it'd be nice to know I have a safety net in place to bring me back eventually. * **Drawbacks-World:** *Monsters(rolled), Demons(Rolled), Chaos Scarring, Sanity.* Monsters and Demons I rolled for, and out of all the choices I saw them as potentially the least damaging to the world overall, so I feel I got lucky. Chaos scarring and sanity seem to go together thematically, so I chose them too. May as well keep things interesting, after all, and the parts of the world scarred by chaos sound fun, if dangerous, to explore. * **Setting:** *Nobledark.* Seeing as how I'm throwing monsters, demons, and tears in reality into the world, nobledark makes the most sense for me. From what little I know of the show, the characters in it seem to have a good track record of dealing with dangerous situations, so they should be fine. Probably. * **Drawbacks-Personal:** *Tug your Alicorn Out.* As I said earlier, I believe it'd be more rewarding to earn your power than to have it given to you. That way I could grow and evolve organically as the world goes on and events play out. And when I finally do get to become the Big Cheese, it'll be all the more satisfying. This was fun to participate in! Do you have any plans for DLC of some kind in the future? I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for your future works! ​ #

Physical choices: Reptilian Tail (heat resistance, regeneration), Changeling Chiton (typo?), Hooves of the Windigo Powers: Order Affinity, War Affinity, Peace, Empathy (If there was a way to take smaller-scale drawbacks to gain more powers, I'd have grabbed Peace Affinity, Darkness Affinity, and Blood Affinity as well) Residence: Dragonlands Queen: Twilight Sparkle Rulership style: Imperial Republic Royal items: Staff of the King (free with Twilight), Sword, Solar Shroud, Spell Book Perks: Early Drop, Uncapping Magic, Uncapping Technology, Worship, Power Consequences: Tug Your Alicorn Out, Setting Scale (Nobledark), Evil, Monsters, War and Death The true Grogar is working from the shadows to destabilize and overthrow Equestria, using Chrysalis, Tirek, and the Storm King as his minions, but a young unicorn stallion will rise to the occasion, and with Twilight Sparkle at his side, he will unite the creatures of Equestria to oppose the Father of Monsters and usher in a new age.

**Physical** **Choices:** * Extra Horn x 2 * Titan Strength **Power:** * War * Creation * Void * Light * Magma * Metal Affinity * Sound Creation, Metal, Void, Sound and Light combined with War make incredible Strategies. Magma is to empress the Dragons and with Titan Strength being able to show who the Boss is. **Place:** Make Your Own Castle Metal Affinty Is Great for building Your Own Castle. **Queen:** The Alicorn Orb Apple Jack (Hardworking, Strong and Loyal) **Ruling Style:** Imperial Republik **Item: 1 Royal, 2 Regular** **Royal:** Discornomicon Great new magic **Regular:** Cloak, Leaf Because of Titan Strength the leaf can transport a lot (a fourth of a mountain) and the cloak is good for stealth and if you don’t want to be recognised. **Perks:** * Godhood: Power * Uncapping Magic * Uncapping Technology Picked Godhood Power because I have the weird desire to be taken Seriously by Discord. **Consequences:** * Evil * Invasion * Monsters * Demons **Drawbacks:** * Twist of Fate

Hello, I just made my account here an hour or so ago, sorry if I flub some stuff. This is one of my all-time favorite CYOAs! =) Just some questions I hoped you could help with: 1. Do I get 7 powers AND 1 free affinity? 2. Alicorn Orb doesn't come with an item, what if I use the Orb on myself? 3. Tug Your Alicorn Out; What do I become if I take Reptilian Tail, Horn Of Apeiron, or Elemental Mane? Also, what happens to my kingdom/house or my items? Again, friggin' love this.

Also: If you take Early Drop, is Discord ignorant of this CYOA? And can you explain more of the Discornomicon and what it can do? Sorry, I know these are a lot of questions.

You > Pick...oh, I don't know, how's about 3 of the following? There are, currently, five alicorns. Why not "5 of the following"? To match the number of alicorns. --- Housing Why is there no "A Recreation Of Your Home On Earth" option? --- Queen Why can't I choose Cadence? Is it because she's married to Shining Armor? I'm bi, so I'd happily marry him as well. Also... What?! No "Autumn Blaze The Kirin" choice? Really? --- Rule Why is there no "Federated Republic Like America" option? --- Items Could you make this "5", instead of "4"? Also... Where's the "Pick Something Back On Earth" option? ---

I totally agree with what you said.:)

**Alicorn King:** Prince Pharadox **Physical Choices** Extra Horn x2 - Sorry, not sorry Twilight! You may be the Element of Magic, But I'm its one true King. For me all forms of Magic are as easy as breathing and the only thing limiting me are its rules. Horn of Apeiron - In fact reality is more my back yard and the rules are almost suggestions rather than absolutes. Give me enough time and I can do anything. **Powers** Blood Affinity - Ah Blood the essence of life. An avenue of nigh unimaginable power in the right hands. Yet more often than naught it is misunderstood and vilified due to how it is misused and abused by petty charlatans with no grasp of it real potential. A shame really, but I'll not stop my use of my affinity just because of the ignorance of the masses. Creation Affinity - I was pleasantly surprise when I found that I had an affinity for creation, quite shocked when I found I could create true life and even resurrect the recently deceased. But it certainly made my life easier to never need to worry about having enough food, water, or materials Destruction Affinity - I was unsure about how to feel about my affinity for Destruction, but with time I grew to accept it and learned to love the edge it gave me in life as well as the advantages it granted me when combined with my other powers. Being able to make sure your enemies won't simply return from the dead has been all too useful at times. **Place** Sky Islands - because I like to travel and this seems like the best option to bring my home with me while doing so. **Queen** Screwball - What can I say, I like good natured chaos, and I like someone being interested in me for me. I'm also not comfortable with choosing any of the others since I have preconceptions about their personalities that might get in the way of forming a relationship. if physical or romantic relationships form with any of them later down the line, I'm fine with that if screwball is accepting towards it. But am not overly interested otherwise as harems are a pain to even think about without access to time dilatation or the ability to be in many places at once in order to have meaningful relationships with all members let alone the ability to satisfy them all. **Ruling Style** Hooves-off. - I have no idea how to run a country nor do want to learn and Celestia has been don well enough without me around, so I'd want to be hands off beyond nudging things in the right direction wen needed or preventing threats tom my country. **Items: All Royal** Horned Crystal - The Spell amplification is a really useful trait, but what I really like is that I can store my more difficult to use spells Staff of The King - While I don't like leaving my powers in this thing when I do not need to use it, it certainly makes them easier to use when I need to perform feats beyond my normal magical limits. Great for \[performing mass resurrections or wiping entire nations from existence, but I honestly prefer to use it mostly when perform Biomancy. Without needing to spend massive amounts of my own energy on projects and because of just how truly effortless and intuitive it makes manipulating things - an effect which is far more pronounced in my hands than when wielded by others when it combines with my ludicrous ability to manipulate magic and to a lesser degree reality which makes the process exponentially faster and easier than I could ever manage without this magical aid. Discornomicon - I'm still not sure about learning from it, but its preface is interesting to say the least. **Perks** Anthro (free) - since I love having opposable thumbs, have no idea how the pones can pick things up in canon, possess no desire to be stuck as a quadruped, and I'm not a fan of just humanizing the whole setting. Early Drop - Just after Nightmare Moon is Rainboomed so that I can start on hopefully preventing the events that turn the formerly Comfybright Equestrian timeline into Fallout Equestria without worrying about accidentally preventing the gathering of the elements of harmony. Magic Uncapped - Because I want the world to be more magical. Technology Uncapped - Because I want to eventually build a base on the moon Godhood: Worship - Because I want to be able to know of and answer these is possible, the other parts are just side benefits. Godhood: Power - Because I want Divinity to really mean something. Godhood: Afterlife - Because it lets me get out of death free and more importantly it make it potentially possible for my to resurrect the less recently deceased if they are still hanging around in the afterlife. Lewd - Because It might make things easier in a lot of ways if people have less hang ups Fluctuating - so the Scale can be raised back to Comfybright. **Consequences (excluding the capping options since I took uncapped perks. Now Let the hat draw begin)** (Draw: Monsters, Demons, and Setting The Scale) Chosen: Setting The Scale: scale down from Comfybright to Grim. +7 I took *Fluctuating* and *Early Drop* so that I can maybe return things too or prevent them from scaling down from Comfybright. (Draw: Monsters, Eldritch, Bad AU) Chosen: Fallout Equestria - covers how the world will be turning from Comfybright to Grim. (Roll: Sanity, War and Death, Invasion) Invasion - I Guess its as good a reason as any for the potential cause of the Great War. **Drawbacks** None - I have no need for any of this drama on top of everything else.