Mid-Range Game 70 - Ankh You!

[The Unknown Order he/him]

Trust no one, and your trust will never be betrayed. 

Trust everyone, and you might just be Outha Airs-Locke.

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Ow, why did his back hurt all of a sudden?

HELLO OUTHA.

Lilo jumped, then frowned at the voice. Only his mother called him Outha since he had joined the Secreta. They had given him his new name upon joining, and he liked it.

It was just about the only thing he liked about his time with the Secreta. 

Sure, the mystique had been fun at first. Skulking around at night, doing pompous ceremonies in candlelit rooms, it had an appeal. But he was done with the Secreta. He had told the Most Secret that he was leaving just a little bit ago. 

Who would call him Outha? Surely not a Secreta trying to get him to cone back.

"Who're you?" He asked, feeling brave in his defiance.

I AM DEATH.

"Death?! What? How? I'm not dead!" He protested.

I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU ARE.

"But how?"

THE SECRETA DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO DISLOYALTY. 

"I never should have left, Lilo said mournfully. 

I DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE MADE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. I FEAR I'M GOING TO HAVE A BUSY NEXT FEW DAYS.

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Welcome to MR70 - Ankh You! This game is going to be set in the Discworld universe, with all the wackiness that entails. Writeups will be relatively light (probably never longer than the above), but I will be accepting death roleplays if you feel inclined to make them longer.

If you want some Co-GMing experience, shoot me a PM, but I'm not really desperate this game.

You can find the rules here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dt_HkWXwAoGXHgBAeAUtLrzbQIPhvutik6DvCzh7OVI/edit?usp=drivesdk

In doc format (note that they're intentionally weirdly formatted, there's links to the sections in an ordinary order at the top)

Alternatively, you can find them within the forum in the spoiler below.

MR70 - Ankh You!

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Basics:

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• There will be a community execution every cycle

• Ties will result in all tied players dying

• There is a vote minimum of -1

• Every cycle will be 48.0000hours

• A player cannot take more than one action in a single cycle.

• The write up will notify if PMs are open. If they are not, you may open a one on one PM with an action

• PMs must include yourself.

• Group PMs are not allowed 

Alignments:

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The Secreta: Ankh-Morpork's finest secret society. The Secret Society of Secret Societies. They'll never see it coming. You get a factional kill** every cycle. It will take up an action. You will also get a group doc to conspire* in. You win when you outnumber the The Ankh-Morporkians. 

The Ankh-Morporkians: Ankh-Morpork's… not so finest. The Public Society of Being Mostly Normal. You saw it coming. You don't get any special abilities, quantity over quality, right? You win when all of The Secreta are dead.

Roles:

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Lord Vetinari: Your word is law, and you just so happen to be the best conniver in the history of Ankh-Morpork. You can redirect a player, and when you do, you learn their role. If you are tied with a player (or several), you will not die.

Commander Vimes: You're the best**** commander in Ankh-Morpork. And it doesn't hurt that you have a werewolf on your side. You can discover a player's alignment, but if Lord Vetinari has redirected them, they will always appear to be village.

Golem: You are indestructible*** and must always follow your orders. You have an extra life, but you must always follow a rule given to you at the start of the game. Rules will be approved by the IM but will be something along the lines of these:

• Your first vote must not be on a unique player

• You must have no more than five emoticons nor less than three in each post

• You must not use quote boxes on even numbered cycles

• You must not start PMs, but you may respond

The first time you break your rule, you will lose your extra life for that cycle. The second time you will lose your extra life permanently. 

DEATH: You can ask two questions, whoever dies next must answer one of them truthfully, the other is at their discretion. You can only ask each question once and one of the IM, Co-GM, and me will decide if questions are too similar. If the dead player does not respond by the end of the turn, both will be answered truthfully by one of the GMs.

Wizard: You will gain a random ability every cycle. If you choose to use this ability, you select your target(s) and a random action will be redirected to you.

• Roleblock

  • You may roleblock a player, stopping whatever action they took that turn.

• Action scan

  • You may discover who a player targets 

• Anonymous message

  • You may post an anonymous message with a word count limit of 300 words. I'll let it slip a little bit over once or twice of it's funny.

• Protect

  • You may protect a player, including yourself, from any attacks.

• Redirect 

  • You may redirect a player's action onto a player of your choice.

• Remove a vote

  • You may change a player's vote to a no-vote, canceling it out.

The Librarian: You can kill a player every cycle, but it will fail unless at least two of the below apply:

• Silence. (They voted on two or more different players that cycle)

• Books must be returned no later than the date shown. (They created or responded to two different PMs that cycle)

• Do not meddle with the nature of causality. (They edited at least three different posts that cycle. Merged posts will count)

Moist Von Lipwig: You may change a player's vote to another player, but if whoever they voted on dies, your original target's action will be redirected to you. So long as you are alive, PMs will require an action and will be made by me or the Co-GM. Once you die, players may make PMs as they please.

A. E. Pessimal: While you may be brave enough to face any enemy, it's hard to come out unscathed. Discover the identity of your killer when you die. While not occupied with dying, you may use your government inspector prowess to determine who a player targets with their action. 

Mort: You can read the journal of a dead player and discover who they targeted on a turn of your choice.

Order of Actions:

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Wizard Roleblock 

Wizard Redirect 

Vetinari Redirect

Moist Action Redirect

Mort's Action Scan

DEATH'S QUESTIONS ARE CONFIRMED

Wizard Message

Vimes Alignment Scan

Moist Vote Shift

Wizard Vote Cancel

Librarian Kill

Secreta Kill

Wizard Protect

A. E. /Wizard Action Scan 

DEATH'S QUESTIONS ARE ASKED

Clarifications (See doc for potentially more up to date Clarifications):

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Vetinari's redirect always takes precedence, but Moist's redirect cannot be redirected (if his vote manip causes a redirect, not even Vetinari can change Moist's victim's action)

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The action scans can be redirected, but can also see redirects

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What are the parameters around redirecting? 

If  redirect A gets redirected, the person that redirect A was redirecting is what's changed. 

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When does Death get a response to their question? Can they ask one of each type of question per game or per round? 

The dead player will have one cycle to answer. Death will receive their answer at the end of that cycle. They may ask each one only once per game.

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Does Wizard know what their ability is before they activate it? What's the timeline there eg C1 learn action, c2 can use it. 

C1 Starts, Wizard receives his ability for the cycle, they can then choose to use it and will tell me who they target, then a random action (including the kill) will be redirected to them. C2 they receive their next ability and so on. It's like a standard mistborn but with a cost attached.

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How do PM's work after Moist dies? 1 on 1 still? 

I assume you mean Moist? Group PMs are still not allowed, but they can make one on one's freely.

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Are roles unique? 

No. 

Very Important Clarifications (VICs):

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*apologies, ritualicate

**ahem, sorry, factional Ankh-Morpork experience

***provided there aren't any men with picks around

****and only

 

Participants:

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Future Corpses I mean, Players:

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1. @Aeternum the silent and stoic type, apparently 
2. @Coffeecat as In the watchiest of Watchmen
3. @xinoehp512 as Lobsang of the History Monks. No, not that one, no not that one either.
4. @Ashbringer as Schroedinger's AraRaash, who looks a little out of place
5. @Araris Valerian as Reg Shoe for whom mostly dead really is slightly alive
6. @RoyalBeeMage You can call them... nobody
7. @Experience, almost late but worth the wait!
8. @Lego Mistborn who is so new his character doesn't exist yet

Pinch-hitters:

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Spectators:

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Sign-ups will close a little over a week from today on Saturday the 17th of August. Rollover is very TBD but think morning-time in North America. 

Edited August 17 by The Unknown Order

[Aeternum they/them]

Sign me up

Will read set up later

[Coffeecat she/her]

YES

I am In,

In, definitely one of Ankh-Morpork's finest. In, who watches and watches. In, the finest at one thing at least.

Watching.

Constable of the Night Watch* and watcher supreme. You can rely on her to do anything, unless it is something that isn't watching.

 

 

*Just the Watch perhaps would be more fitting?

[The Unknown Order he/him]

1 hour ago, Coffeecat said:

*Just the Watch perhaps would be more fitting?

This game is in Schroedinger's timeline. Do or say whatever you want for roleplay. 

Edited August 8 by The Unknown Order

[xinoehp512 he/him]

In. RP character to come later.

[Ashbringer he/him]

Now to join as AraRaash or to not join as AraRaash...

4 hours ago, The Unknown Order said:

This game is in Schroedinger's timeline

In as Schroedinger's AraRaash

[Coffeecat she/her]

You guys are all stealing my name

[xinoehp512 he/him]

13 hours ago, The Unknown Order said:

This game is in Schroedinger's timeline. Do or say whatever you want for roleplay. 

I must be Lobsang of the History Monks. (Not the important one; one of the other ones.) Clearly, the timeline is in absolute shambles after some sort of disruptive event, and it will be Lobsang's job to figure out why.

[Araris Valerian he/him]

I’ll sign up as Reg Shoe, a zombie in the Watch that isn’t particularly concerned with becoming a corpse.

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

i'll sign up. i have time now! yay! i have never read Discworld... this will be interesting. time to go and find a wiki and grind it out. 

[Coffeecat she/her]

Just read all 40 ish books instead

[The Unknown Order he/him]

2 hours ago, Coffeecat said:

Just read all 40 ish books instead

I mean, you could get all the info for this game just by reading 3 and a ½

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

21 minutes ago, The Unknown Order said:

I mean, you could get all the info for this game just by reading 3 and a ½

which 3 and a half? im trying to avoid coffee's suggestion of 40. I do not have time for 40

[The Unknown Order he/him]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

which 3 and a half? im trying to avoid coffee's suggestion of 40. I do not have time for 40

Going Postal, Mort, and Guards! Guards! In that order.

The half is from Thud!, Making Money, and Unseen Academicals, which I think I had read when making the ruleset, but don't really make an appearance in the rules.

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

ok, thank you. i will see what I can do. if you had to pick a 1 most important book to prioratise which would it be? going postal I assume but just want to confirm. 

[Coffeecat she/her]

I think going postal right? It's the one that most contains modern Ankh-Morpork. The bustle and so on. It is a good single book to get you into the idea of how stuff works. Although I would argue that the first watch books (guards guards, men at arms, feet of clay) are the best intro to the city. But it's more reading

Edited August 14 by Coffeecat

[The Unknown Order he/him]

@Aeternum, @Coffeecat, @xinoehp512, @Ashbringer, @Araris Valerian, and @RoyalBeeMage

Some important announcements. Rollover will be at 12:00 PM Central Time (GMT-5 in case you live in that fictional place we call "Not Murica")

@CadCom will be your IM, and @Aeoryi will be my Co-GM. In the unlikely scenario where you try to kill me (looking at Drake who isn’t playing, but shouldn't be trusted regardless), they will be my meat shields.

While I would like more players, I am planning on just running this with this player count. But, like, ask your friends? Ankh-Morpork is supposed to be crowded. 

[Coffeecat she/her]

Well what did you expect? You are asking Morporkians to volunteer  for something. That can't go well.

[RoyalBeeMage he/him]

when is this supposed to start?

[Experience he/him]

I'll join

[Lego Mistborn he/him]

I'm interested, but this will be my first sanderson elimination, so I have no idea what I'm doing.

[The Unknown Order he/him]

2 hours ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

when is this supposed to start?

In a little over two hours.

1 hour ago, Lego Mistborn said:

I'm interested, but this will be my first sanderson elimination, so I have no idea what I'm doing.

That's fine! You can find some rules, etiquette, and terminology threads in this forum (the pinned threads). The specific rules for this game are in the first post. 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I or another player will answer as soon as we can.

[The Unknown Order he/him]

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