Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Jumpchain: Yu-Gi-Oh (world-6)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Fullmetal Alchemist
>>Next Jumpchain: Fallout

Unfortunately I don't have a link to this Jumpchain. Well.

Starting location: Satellite
Identity: Twenty-year-old Technician
Starter Deck: Original Deck (40 unique, 10 normal)
Skills and additional powers: Mandatory crazy hair, advanced combat card training, It's a TRAP, spirit partners, sphinx got nothing, outside battle luck, blend in
Gear: Duel gazer, dueling integrated motorcycle, destiny cards

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Jumpchain: Fullmetal Alchemist (world-5)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Knights of the Old Republic
>>Next Jumpchain: Yu-Gi-Oh

Link to this Jumpchain

Starting location: Xing
Identity: Twenty-three-year-old University [-100]
Skills and additional powers: Advanced formulae, simplified formulae, Truth [-800], alkahestry [-300]
Gear: Mil-Spec/advanced automail limb [-250], mechanic's tools [-150]
Setbacks: Enemy of the state [-300], hostile rival [-200]

Monday, August 25, 2014

Jumpchain: Knights of the Old Republic (world-4)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Harry Potter
>>Next Jumpchain: Fullmetal Alchemist

Link to this Jumpchain

Starting planet: Korriban
Identity: Twenty-four-year-old; Mandalorian
Specialization: Intelligence (Force heal)
Skills and additional powers: Enhanced memory [-100], demolitions, persuasion [-100], comprehend speech [-300], force persuasion [-600]
Gear: Lightsaber, breath mask, medkit, health package implant [-100], T3 series utility droid [-200], armored robes (cortosis) [-100], protoype vibroblade [-100]
Setbacks: Notorious [+300], aura [+300]

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Jumpchain: Harry Potter (world-3)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Infamous
>>Next Jumpchain: Knights of the Old Republic

Link to this Jumpchain

Identity: Eleven-year-old; middle-class [-50] Pureblood [-100] Slytherin
Skills and additional powers: Occlumency [-100], clean-blooded, wandless magic [-300], memory spell specialist [-100], nonverbal specialty [-200], metamorphmagus [-400]
Gear: Pet owl
Setbacks: Werewolf [+250]

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Jumpchain: Infamous (world-2)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Cosmic Warehouse & Body Mod
>>Next Jumpchain: Harry Potter

Link to this Jumpchain

Starting city: New Marais (public opinion: conduit friendly; military presence: moderate; crime: moderate)
Identity: Twenty-two-year-old; drifter
Conduit type: Electrokinesis
Skills and additional powers: Toggle [-150], regen [-100], durability [-100], subdue [-300], analytics [-300]
Gear: Safehouse, expanded space bag [-100], hardened cell phone [-100], light body armor [-50], motorcycle [-300]
Setbacks: Greenlit [+300], Stalker [+300]

Friday, August 22, 2014

Jumpchain: Cosmic Warehouse & Body Mod (interlude)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Previous Jumpchain: Pokemon Trainer
>>Next Jumpchain: Infamous

Link to Cosmic Warehouse
Link to Body Mod

Now that I've finished my first world, Jump-chan is giving me a pocket dimension to store my stuff in, and a body mod package. Check the link for details on how these work, but in summary the warehouse is big, and I can access it from anywhere that there's a door.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Jumpchain: Pokemon Trainer (world-1)

>>Jumpchain CYOA: What is it? 
>>Jumpchain Masterlist post
>>Next Jumpchain: Cosmic Warehouse & Body Mod

Link to this Jumpchain

Region: Hoenn
Identity: Thirteen-year-old male; moneybags [-100]
Starter: Totodile w/ mental bond [-100] & egg move (metal claw) [-50]
Skills and abilities: Save state [-600], combat training [-100], freerunning [-100]
Gear: Bag, pokegear, pokedex, x5 pokeballs, x3 potions, hat, 400k pokedollars, laptop, bike, HM collection, medical kit, collapsible baton [-50]
Flaws: Silenced [+100]

Jumpchain Masterlist

A list of all the Jumpchain posts on my blog, for easy referencing.

I'm enjoying a certain random element in my Jumpchains, so I'm picking them up as they're completed rather than in any particular order. Sometimes this will lead to being ridiculously overpowered for the setting. By the time that The Fast & The Furious was completed... well, just look at the list. So sometimes these worlds are more of a rest time than anything else, at least compared to the usual fare.

Jumpchain CYOA: What is it?

I'll let 1d4chan explain CYOAs:
CYOA is an abbreviation of 'choose your own adventure.' When mentioned on 4chan, these are images that describe varied scenarios with a common theme, intended to spark discussion about the choices you would make as you describe why you feel one of the offered choices is better than the others.

It's like that question "would you rather fight a horse-sized duck, or a flock of duck-sized horses?" except you have a dozen choices and they're all awesome.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

I'm a Mormon, and... I think that "Reign of Judges" is a horrible movie

There are a lot of problems that I have with this movie, Reign of Judges. The whitewashing, for instance.

I cannot tell you how frustrated the whitewashing in this film makes me. If for one instant the filmmakers are taking the Book of Mormon seriously as a historical document, as something that tells the stories of people that actually lived, breathed, and died, then it is an indefensible whitewash.

But there's something else that gets me, too. A few things, really, but the biggest of all is that it's promoting the idea that you have to kill in order to have peace.