Long Game 38: In the beginning...

[ImpossibleBowler]

Last minute sign up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My name: 

Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half

my rule is that i must be called by my full name.

 

[the winter system]

13 minutes ago, Ornstein said:

Last minute sign up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My name: 

Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half

my rule is that i must be called by my full name.

 

In roleplay or always when referring to you? What happens if someone doesn't?

[Bort]

26 minutes ago, Ornstein said:

Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half

my rule is that i must be called by my full name.

Adonalsium bless Copy/Paste

[AliasSheep]

Just over an hour left of sign-ups.  For the sake of everyone's enjoyment, I may be making some minor modifications to peoples rules to get them to work as I'd rather not have people feel left out.  No promises though.

[little wilson]

Minor change to the Agents: they have a doc to talk in. This will be easier, I feel, than PMs. Plus, I'm sure a few people would like to see what chaotic things they discuss post- game (better make it good ).

[AliasSheep]

Couple more things

@Majestic @Bort Stink's vetoing your rules.

And also folks, we have a couple faction rules but only one faction, so, think about that

[Hemalurgic Headshot]

Wait, we have the Agents of Chaos and the Worldpeople. That's two factions, right?

[AliasSheep]

1 minute ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

Wait, we have the Agents of Chaos and the Worldpeople. That's two factions, right?

rip me you're right

[Elithanathile]

Would each family be considered a faction of it's own?

[DrakeMarshall]

13 hours ago, Lemonelon said:

Alrighty, new rule:

Everybody starts the game with 5 infused spheres. Each action taken drains 1 sphere. Spheres can be infused during a high storm which comes every night. You can trade your spheres for other items and it is possible to steal them from other players who have left theirs out during a high storm.

@AliasSheep 5 might be too many actions, I think this should be changed to 3?

 

Sorry for all the Stormlight themed rules- I just can't wait for Oathbringer

That sounds... Eerily similar to one of the game mechanics in one of my upcoming games.

There are, admittedly, some pretty major differences, but still...

I'm very interested to see how this one turns out.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Drake Marshall

[Arinian]

4 minutes ago, Drake Marshall said:

That sounds... Eerily similar to one of the game mechanics in one of my upcoming games.

There are, admittedly, some pretty major differences, but still...

I'm very interested to see how this one turns out.

I think here chance that we not gonna see it in this game, cause we have two rules about number of actions and they can be assumed as conflicting... or maybe GMs can fix this rules to work one with another.

14 hours ago, Clanky said:

Ok well given that there is now a serial killer role (Arinians Blood Mage) my rule cannot coexist with it. Since we have roles we should probably have some sort of rule about using actions.  Then my new rule will be:

Every cycle each player can make as many actions as game related (RP, or analysis) posts divided by 2  that they posted the previous cycle. Having placed a vote that remained till the end of the cycle also gives an extra action. One action must be left unused for resting every second cycle or the player dies of exhaustion (if a player PMs the GM about a legitimate reason for inactivity this can be waived at the GMs discretion). In the first cycle each player gets two possible actions since we have there is no previous cycle on which to base post count.

13 hours ago, Lemonelon said:

Alrighty, new rule:

Everybody starts the game with 5 infused spheres. Each action taken drains 1 sphere. Spheres can be infused during a high storm which comes every night. You can trade your spheres for other items and it is possible to steal them from other players who have left theirs out during a high storm.

@AliasSheep 5 might be too many actions, I think this should be changed to 3?

 

Sorry for all the Stormlight themed rules- I just can't wait for Oathbringer

 

[Magestar]

58 minutes ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

Wait, we have the Agents of Chaos and the Worldpeople. That's two factions, right?

56 minutes ago, AliasSheep said:

rip me you're right

It's the WorldSmiths.  Specifically, the WorldSmiths.   Please let this end up being a thing.  I want to be a WorldSmith.

[AliasSheep]

And sign-ups are closed (an hour late but shhhh)!

The game shall start in 23 hours

[AliasSheep]

"In those days, in the days when heaven and earth were created; in those nights, in the nights when heaven and earth were created; in those years, in the years when the fates were determined; when the Anuna gods were born; when the goddesses were taken in marriage; when the goddesses were distributed in heaven and earth; when the goddesses …… became pregnant and gave birth; when the gods were obliged (?) …… their food …… dining halls; the senior gods oversaw the work, while the minor gods were bearing the toil. The gods were digging the canals and piling up the silt in Ḫarali. The gods, crushing the clay, began complaining about this life." Enki and Ninmaḫ 1-11

Creation is... a confusing thing.  It is chaotic, but yet at the same time ordered.  Parts merge and fall apart, conflict and complement and in the end, the result is both magnificent and horrifying.  The Creators sat together and talked and discussed what they had made.  Together, they decided that it was good.  And then piece by piece it slowly fell apart.  The Creators were confused, for they did not, and truly could not, understand what was going on.  But then it was revealed to them, that it was some of their own.  The Agents of Chaos, once noble Creators, had turned against the order that the Creators sort to built, and they tore it asunder.  One by one the Creators fell apart and fell into conflict, until all that remained were the Agents, in a show of intense irony, one of the few examples of order left, and the WorldSmiths, who had taken it upon themselves to gather together the remnants of what had been and to make it good again.  But even they could not stop the fighting and as the Creators turned against each other, it became less and less clear who would come out the victor...

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The game has now begun.  You have 48 hours of the day left, have fun!

[AliasSheep]

The Rules, as of Day 1

Factions

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The Agents of Chaos
Win Condition: Create enough chaos
Abilities: Can use each ability in the game once

Agents of Chaos may be part of other factions as well.  They have a doc to communicate in.
The WorldSmiths
Win Condition: Have the most items by the end of the game

Abilities: Each night the WorldSmiths can kill someone.  When they kill someone, an item is created and given to the killer which contains one of the victim’s abilities or traits (such as access to a doc or a role ability) as decided by RNG.  The person holding the item is then able to use that trait as if it were their own.

Items can be given away for one action during the Night.

The WorldSmiths have a doc in which to communicate in called Celestial Abode.

Factionless
Win Condition: Ensure that every other player dies before you.

 

Roles

Spoiler

 

Gunsmith (Unique)
Win Condition: Hand out all their guns and have them be used before they die.  They must also complete all their faction’s win conditions.

Abilities:  The Gunsmith starts with 5 guns.  Each night they can give any number of their remaining guns to players of their choosing.

Using a gun:  If a player has a gun, they may post in the thread at any time “I am shooting [player name]”.  Their target then dies if they do not have any protection (this does not bypass both lives) and thus must stop posting and PMing.  If a player who does not have a gun does this, they instead are the one who dies.

Potato Master (2-3 players)
Abilities:  Each cycle you may gift a player a potato.  The potato takes on a randomly decided form out of Raw, Baked or Mashed.

If the potato given was Raw, then the player it was given to is roleblocked for a cycle.
If the potato given was Baked, the receiver gains a one-time roleblock ability.
If the potato given was Mashed, the receiver gains a one-time role-scan ability. 

Strong-Willed
After having died, a player with the Strong-Willed role has the ability to make a final post at any time until the end of the cycle.  They are not given access to the dead doc until after this post is made or the end of the cycle has happened, whichever occurs first.

Paranoia
Each night, a player with the Paranoia role may activate their ability. If they do: If they are attacked that night, they survive the night and execute an attack against all the people who attacked them.  If they are not attacked that night, then they die.

Dungeon Master
Each night a person with the Dungeon master role may do two of the following:

• Create a mob of NPCs, doubling their votes for the next day.
• Influence the dice, choosing a player and redirecting a random action targeted at the Dungeon Master to that player instead.
• Deny a player's request, roleblocking them for the Night.”

Elementalist
You are assigned an element.  Provided you can justify it thematically, you may perform any action that is cleared with the GMs.

 

General Abilities

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Role Proposal
Each turn, a player may submit a rule proposal in their GM PM.  In the following write-up, all the rule proposals are anonymously presented to be voted upon.  The three proposals with the most votes are incorporated into the game, starting the next turn.

Rule Votes
Each turn, a player may submit a rule vote in their GM PM.  This vote must select one of the rule proposals presented that turn that the player supports.  The three proposals with the most votes are incorporated into the game, starting the next turn.

Proposal
At any time, a player may submit an order to propose to another player.  This order is unblockable and unredirectable.  A player who has been proposed to may then submit an order to accept the proposal.  The proposal expires at the end of the following turn.  If the proposal is accepted, the two players are then considered married.  This is irreversible.  The two share all traits, including but not limited to, access to docs, win conditions and faction abilities.  This remains true even if one of the pair dies.

Adoption
At any time, a married pair may submit an order to adopt another player, requiring consent from both parties.  A player who has such proposed to them may them submit an order to accept it and become adopted.  In addition, a fourth player must also submit an order to acknowledge the adoption.

The married pair then becomes aware of their adopted child’s roles, alignment and items.  They are also added in to any PMs the child is a part of or becomes a part of.  After 3 cycles, the adopted child may choose to end the arrangement.

PM Creation
During a night turn, a player may create up to two PMs each with up to three players in them.  All PMs must include at least one GM (AliasSheep or Stink).

Infuse spheres
A player may put any number of their uninfused spheres out in the highstorm during the night turn.  These spheres are then returned to them the following day turn, infused, unless the spheres are stolen.

This action does not expend an infused sphere.

Steal spheres
A player may target another player during the night turn.  If that player had spheres out in the highstorm, then the first player gains those spheres the following day turn rather than the player whose spheres they originally were.

 

Passive Rules

Spoiler

 

Lives
Each player has two lives.  If a player has two lives, then if they would die, they instead lose one life.

Alternation
Each cycle there is a 15% chance that all rules, including but not limited to: win conditions, probabilities and item effects, will reverse.  There is then an 85% chance that the rules will switch back.

Conversion
A kill ability has a 50% chance of, instead of killing the target, converting them to the attacker’s team.

Boringness
If a player receives no votes, that player is Boring. Boring players can't be targeted by other players because no one pays attention to them. Further, since no one pays attention to Boring players, no one is affected by their actions. No one pays attention to their votes, because they're so boring, unless they vote on themselves, which makes them interesting, and stops them from being Boring.

Pancakes
Each player starts with a random number of pancakes up to a maximum of 5.  Each day turn, a pancake is consumed.  During the night, one action may be spent to gain 2 pancakes.  If a player runs out of pancakes, they become Hungered.  A Hungered player may not vote and may only use their night actions to gain pancakes.  If a player remains Hungered for a whole cycle, they lose the ability to talk in the game thread and may only use their actions to gain pancakes or create PMs.

Roleclaiming
If a player claims their role, either in the thread, PMs or in a doc, they die the turn after.  Their items as a result of this death are then divided randomly among the people they had PMs with.  A player may however, affirm or deny another player’s guess of their role.

Spheres
Each player starts the game with 5 infused spheres.  Each action they take uses up a sphere, changing it from infused to dun.  They can be infused again using the “Infuse spheres” action.  

Random Redirection
Each night, a single action from any player is redirected to a random target, though it may not affect the original target.

Family Ties
A player many not kill, attack or vote for their spouse, their adopted children or the spouse or adopted children of their adopted children, and so on down the family tree.  If a player does attempt to do so, any votes are cancelled and they are roleblocked the next turn.

Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half
Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half must at all times be referred to as Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half.

 

The Lynch

Spoiler

 

Each day turn, a lynch occurs.  Each player may vote up to three times, and may vote in either red or orange.  If a player wishes to retract or change one of their votes, they must put that vote in green in the post they retract or post the new vote.

The player with the most red votes at the end of the day turn is killed.  The player with the most orange votes at the end of the day turn is roleblocked until the next day turn.

 

Set-up

Spoiler

 

Dula’s Gift
Each player at the beginning receives one of the following items, chosen randomly:

Knife (Ka-neef-fay). This item may be used when you make a kill action.  Your kill action applies before any other actions. 

Machete Throwing Ape (Ma-cheat-tee-throw-ing-app-y). You may kill a player with a 50% of working. If it misses it goes to the other dimension and trolls people. (Interpretation of this is left to the user. (Please discuss with Sheep how you want it to troll people.))

Monkey (Munk-why). You may target a player.  That player is role blocked.

Each item, when used, is removed from the player’s inventory.

 

Player List

Straw - Straw
coal - King Cole
Qwertyuiop - Hemalurgic_Headshot Hastur Hastur Hastur
Willow - little wilson
Hoid - winter devotion
Kintas - Jondesu
Locke Tekiel - Orlok Tsubodai
Non Sequitur - Sart
Bob the Omnipotent - Ecthelion III
mysterious Speed Force energy - Flash
Blade - Sami
Elias - Bartimaeus
Insanus - Darkness Ascendant
Kel - randuir
Silver Feather - Roadwalker
Majestic Eagle - Majestic
Ati - Drake Marshall
Sol - Eternum
Ad - DroughtBringer
Elithanathile - Elithanathile
Amarthion - Elenion
Aed - Aonar Faileas
Bortholomew the Blind - Bort
Nocturnal Flying Mammal Man - Grumpy Dula
Bugg - Clanky
Magestar - Magestar
Fess - Arinian
The Lemon - Lemonelen
Caramelion - Megasif
Bri - Brightness Radiant
Olbar - The Young Bard
Searanatha theranson threson the 45th and a half - Ornstein

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Edited August 30, 2017 by AliasSheep

[Jondesu]

Waiting on my role PM, but this is going to be insane. Good set of rules!

I’d totally be open to a marriage or adoption, btw.

[BrightnessRadiant]

Hype! This is gonna be fun 

[AliasSheep]

I've sent all PMs.  If you;re missing yours please message me.

[Majestic]

So we can't say our roles. Can we say our faction?

[AliasSheep]

9 minutes ago, Majestic said:

So we can't say our roles. Can we say our faction?

Yes

For everyone wondering about pancakes, I'll deal with it tomorrow.  I ain't got the spoons to do it rn.

Edited August 30, 2017 by AliasSheep

[Majestic]

13 minutes ago, AliasSheep said:

Yes

Awesome.

I'll update my RP tomorrow

[Megasif]

Oh this is going to be good.

[Arinian]

Okay, this game is started... nice. Will RP later... probably...

[Straw]

I will marry anyone who has a role. Just PM me about it.

[Lemonelon]

The Lemon sat in her fruit bowl. All her apple friends had been chosen already. In the corner of the room she spotted a pancake. Hmmm, that will do nicely. She started to roll towards it...