Mid-Range Game 72: A Breath of Fresh Air

[ruler of the mists He/His/the survivor of the pit]

i would like to join

 

[Kasimir he/him]

1 hour ago, ruler of the mists said:

i would like to join

Welcome!  

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

please move me up to player, if you would. I think I have the time for it. I'm playing as Gandor, a swift-tongued politician from another reality.

[Stick. she/her]

ill play

[BridgeBoi]

I’m playing as timmy.

[STINK he/him]

Hallo players one and all, ignore my german accent if you dare.

Sign me up for this game as Simon please

[Immortal Platypus]

@Ashbringer

is it day 24 hr, night 24 hr? What dayish do you expect it'll be over.

Sign me up for PHing

[Ashbringer he/him]

7 hours ago, Ookla the Arbiter said:

@Ashbringer

is it day 24 hr, night 24 hr? What dayish do you expect it'll be over.

Sign me up for PHing

For an MR, days and nights are combined into one 48-hour turn. But good point, I’ll make sure I add that.

And welcome!

[Terrisman]

If you want me to pinch hit I may be able to do that. I want to try to play from outside anyway

[Ashbringer he/him]

2 hours ago, Terrisman said:

If you want me to pinch hit I may be able to do that. I want to try to play from outside anyway

Up to you - I've got 3 pinch hitters, which should be enough but sometimes it's the more the merrier. But also you should decide before the game starts and I give you access to a Spec Doc 

 

Speaking of which - about 48 hours left until signups close! I think I'll start on schedule with 11 players, assuming nothing major changes since then.

Also @Araris Valerian, are you still Designated IM or will I get / do I need to find another one?

[Araris Valerian he/him]

11 hours ago, Ashbringer said:

Also @Araris Valerian, are you still Designated IM or will I get / do I need to find another one?

Sure. Just be warned that you might need to ping me, my SE bandwidth is kinda low right now.

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

its enormously funny to me that the last game i played in was called "Aint no one got time for that" and this one is "a breath of fresh air" TwT

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

its enormously funny to me that the last game i played in was called "Aint no one got time for that" and this one is "a breath of fresh air" TwT

This game is very pointed at me with the tag comment as well. I feel called out. 

[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

im gonna be asleep for rollover TwT 

[OoklaApologist She/her]

1 hour ago, TheRavenHasLanded said:

im gonna be asleep for rollover TwT 

Same

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

I’ve never joined a Sanderson Elimination game before, but this looks cool!

Sign me up as Evinir. I don’t know if I should add anything more to the character.

[Ashbringer he/him]

Welcome to SE!

 

About 2.5 hours until signups close!

[Kasimir he/him]

9 minutes ago, Hoid Slayer said:

I’ve never joined a Sanderson Elimination game before, but this looks cool!

Sign me up as Evinir. I don’t know if I should add anything more to the character.

Welcome and have fun! Add as much as you want to the character, you don't need to make it super detailed, it's an RP-as-much-as-you-want deal, Ash is a great GM and RPer who is willing to take requests when writing your character as long as you probably don't give him a gigantic list (  ) I don't do so much because I tend to just discovery-write after I set up a brief character sketch.

@|TJ| Bhai what if I just List of Jericho this

[The Unknown Medallion he/him]

1 hour ago, Ashbringer said:

Welcome to SE!

 

About 2.5 hours until signups close!

At least there's not really a distro to mess up

See everyone in the morning!

[Ashbringer he/him]

Alright! GM PMs and Cycle 1 should be out shortly!

[Ashbringer he/him]

MR72 Cycle 1: Weakening

"I don't know how more explicitly I can say this," Kanirah said to the small gathering, but mostly to Regent Genda, who was rubbing her fingers in an uncomfortable manner. "It took our delegation two months to get through the burned sections of Idris to Bevalis. All of our priests are now dead. That's going to be enough of a disaster for you, when your runner finally makes it back. But now it's just the three of us here, and we have another problem." He waved at himself, Carmine, and Starkeeper.

Genda seemed to be trying to convey that her hands were tied, which Kanirah didn't buy for a moment. Carmine was pacing back and forth, seemingly checking the doors, realistically checking on the people within. The two of them agreed. The assassins wouldn't attack them. They'd already gotten what they wanted, unless the citizens of Idris came to their aid.

Starkeeper was going over a series of maps and the prior contracts they'd brought. She was trying to make sure they could make something of this; she was also looking for any place they could find nearby Hallendrens. There weren't many. Her spirits were high, as usual, but a few more things betrayed her. She'd wrapped her bloodied hand in a bandage, despite Bevalis' best physicians finding no physical damage. And her skin was getting pale, her motions getting slow.

"Carmine's a Drab, because it helps his profession. I have a single Breath. And Starkeeper hasn't had a Breath given to her in six days. You think you have a reckoning now, with some dissidents among your people having attacked our group. And I understand you find it distasteful to give up your Breath. But if Starkeeper the Bright, a member of the Court of the Gods, dies in your city, starved of Life and Breath... that will be war. And not a war you'll win."

"Not that anyone wins war," Starkeeper said weakly. "But I... I do not wish to die again. I have more work to do."

Kanirah gave her a glance, then returned to staring at Genda, who was wringing her hands more heavily than ever.

"... I'll see what can be done," she finally said.

- - -

Cycle 1 has begun! There will be an execution this cycle (and every cycle), with no vote minimum and ties resulting in a random tied player being executed.

As a bit of a reminder, because it's been a while since we've done this: PMs are Open during this game. To make a PM, simply create a 17th Shard PM with yourself, one other (living) player, @Ashbringer, and @Araris Valerian, and you can use it to talk player to player privately. Do note that normal SE rules apply, and in addition you cannot use PMs during rollover (same as any Doc). Also, please title the PM "MR72: PlayerName - PlayerName" or something similar.

The cycle will close on April 10th at 10:00 PM PST, in about 47 hours.

 

Player List:

Spoiler

Players:

1. @|TJ|
2. @The Unknown Flame
3. @TwinStorm
4. @Updog. - Elidyr
5. @BridgeBoi - Timmy
6. @Kasimir - Izmir
7. @The Wandering Wizard
8. @ruler of the mists
9. @TheRavenHasLanded - Gandor
10. @Stick.
11. @STINK - Simon
12. @Hoid Slayer - Evinir

Pinch Hitters:

1. @Aeternum
2. @Illwei
3. @Ookla the Arbiter

Spectators:

1. @Terrisman

 

[Kasimir he/him]

Not a good sign for the rest of the game but I'm not gonna RP rn as I'm coming off an hour's sleep plus an hour's nap. 

-We're gonna need to make sure we don't mess up giving Starkeeper Breath. We can only screw up once ( @Ashbringer, to confirm you're keeping that safeguard in? I know you were considering removing it depending on player numbers), after which it's game over for us. Plus, if Starkeeper dies, the Assassins win. Not good. So we really need to strategise around this. Keep in mind as well that the exed and NKed players don't get to give their Breath.

-tldr; we cannot all zergrush and give Breath C1. (We might be able to but pretty sure that would trivialise the mech and wasn't what Ash had in mind.) We need to make sure that we pace ourselves. In an ideal world, one person gives Breath to SK and that's it, but I kind of don't think we'll get that, and we also need to work around the exe and NK, so there's a bigger margin for error.

-Might be some way to organise this but too tired.

-TJ I missed you bhai

[STINK he/him]

It would be a bit embarrassing if we didn't give Starkeeper their breath C1 but also kinda funny so pros and cons you know?

[Stick. she/her]

what we could do 

is select two people only to give their breaths away today 

 

if this group is 1 elim and 1 villager, the villa will get night killed and we will have an announcement declaring no breaths were offered (which would out the player that didn’t die) 

alternatively the elim in the pair will be forced to give their breath away which is nice for the village lol 

 

because remember, the first time the starkeeper gets no breaths it’s announced and we still get to have an exe - only after the 2nd time does it straight up give the elims victory 

 

if neither player gets night killed, it could mean anything really (the elim choosing to keep the villa alive for WIFOM or both players being elims or both being villagers kept alive for WIFOM) 

 

in all scenarios, we either get 1 free outed elim (in case there’s an announcement about no breaths) or we get to keep the starkeeper alive 

Edited April 9, 2025 by Stick.
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[Ookla de los Cuervos he/him]

5 hours ago, Kasimir said:

Not a good sign for the rest of the game but I'm not gonna RP rn as I'm coming off an hour's sleep plus an hour's nap. 

-We're gonna need to make sure we don't mess up giving Starkeeper Breath. We can only screw up once ( @Ashbringer, to confirm you're keeping that safeguard in? I know you were considering removing it depending on player numbers), after which it's game over for us. Plus, if Starkeeper dies, the Assassins win. Not good. So we really need to strategise around this. Keep in mind as well that the exed and NKed players don't get to give their Breath.

-tldr; we cannot all zergrush and give Breath C1. (We might be able to but pretty sure that would trivialise the mech and wasn't what Ash had in mind.) We need to make sure that we pace ourselves. In an ideal world, one person gives Breath to SK and that's it, but I kind of don't think we'll get that, and we also need to work around the exe and NK, so there's a bigger margin for error.

-Might be some way to organise this but too tired.

-TJ I missed you bhai

I could give up my breath this Cycle. Unless someone else wants to instead. 

 

And hi yall, its been awhile since I've played. time to actually use my brain on this