Yourmagiccanchangetheworld,butatwhatcost?Battledragons,skyships,andevilInquisitors,asyouprotectyourhomeland,conquerit,ordestroyitforever.
"ChoiceofMagics"isa550,000-wordinteractive,post-apocalypticfantasynovelbyKevinGold,authorofourbest-sellinggame,"ChoiceofRobots."It'sentirelytext-based,withoutgraphicsorsoundeffects,andfueledbythevast,unstoppablepowerofyourimagination.
Thousandsofyearsago,theancientsdestroyedcivilizationwithfiveschoolsofmagic.Eachspellcomesataterribleprice.Glamorcharmsyouradversaries,rottingyourbodyfromtheinside.Divinationrevealsfarawaysecrets,exposingyourownsecretstoothers.Automationgivesobjectsthesparkoflife,destabilizingtheclimate.Vivomancycanhealorchangelivingthings,withbizarresideeffects.BlastyourenemieswithNegationenergy,formingpermanentcloudsofdeadlyfallout.
Asayoungscroungerofantiquities,youhopetobuildyourruinedworldanewwiththeserediscoveredspells.Nowyoumustdecidewhichofthesemagicscantransformyourpost-apocalypticsociety,andwhatyou'llrisktobringhopeandlighttoyourkinsmen.
•Playasmale,female,ornon-binary;straight,gay,bi,orace.
•Designyourownpet,hatchababydragon,andbuildyourowngolems.
•Winawar,winthecrown,orwinyourbestfriend'sheart.
•TransformanevilInquisitorintoatalkingtortoise,outforrevenge.(Eventually.)
•Collectmagicitems:ringsofpower,analchemyset,a“lightsword”(wink,wink)
•Romanceyourvillage'sgeekymayor,agoofyswordfighter,oreventhequeen.
•HelpastuffedmonkeytorepaintallofthemuralsintheCathedraldungeon.
•Testoutthemayor'snewboardgame.
•Withover30differentendings,and100achievements,therewillalwaysbeanothersecrettouncover.
Canyoubringtheworldbackfromruinandshapeanewsociety?Useyourmagicswell,andyoucouldbecomeasagod;useyourmagicspoorlyanddestroytheworldalloveragain.