Jo and the Bush all/any Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 (edited) Welcome to MR74 The Politics of Gods! You and your fellow priests must serve your Gods well! Traitors and Heretics have infiltrated some of the priesthoods, and seek to corrupt the Court of Gods. They whisper false words into the ears of the Returned, and sabotage the bureaucracy of Hallandren. You must help your God find them, and exile them from the Courts! Advise your deities well, or die trying. Timekeeping: Day and Night are combined in a single 48 hour Cycle. Cycles end at 7pm PDT (2AM UTC) The Game will begin at 7PM on September 2nd PDT (2AM September 3rd UTC) Faction: Chosen Priests This is the Village Faction. None of them know anything special, and they do not have a factional ability. They win once all the Pahn Kahl Dissidents are killed. Faction: Pahn Kahl Dissidents This is the Eliminator Faction. They have a secret Google Doc to communicate in, and start knowing each other’s identity. Each cycle, they may kill one player. They win once they outnumber the Chosen Priests. Court Docs: Each of the 10 Returned Gods has a Court (Google Doc) that is accessible to only their priests. The priests inside the Court know who each other are, but that information is not publicly available. Inside the Court, the priests may discuss at will. During the Cycle their God will be Giving Away their Divine Breath, the priests of their court will vote via PM on whom the Recipient of that Divine Breath will be. All Courts will have at least 3 players in them. If a priest’s death brings the occupancy of the court to 2 or less, the court will either be scattered to other courts, or an excess priest from another court will be brought in to make up the numbers. Whenever a new priest is added to the court, the Doc will be made anew, so they do not have access to prior conversations. If there is not enough players to populate all 10 courts, some of the courts will have Zero players inside them. These are referred to as Empty Courts, and is not publicly known information. There are no PM's in this game. Seniority: All Priests and Gods have a Seniority ranking that is Public Knowledge. All ties will be broken in favor of Seniority, leaving nothing to RNG. Gods will give up their Divine Breaths in order of Seniority, from oldest to youngest. Voting: In this game, Voting is done via Bold, Red Names in the thread as normal, but the Gods will also be voting. Each God votes in favor with the majority of their Priesthood. If someone votes when there is less than 15 minutes left in the cycle, the cycle will be extended to end in 15 from that vote. This will continue until the cycle has been extended for a maximum of 1 hour. Players deliberately abusing this to annoy me may be punished TUO. Gods and Divine Breaths Spoiler When a God becomes Seniormost, their priests will have the opportunity to vote on who their god will give their Divine Breath to. The Recipient will either gain a One-Use ability that must be used on the following Turn, or they gain a Passive Ability. The Following Gods are listed in order of Seniority, from oldest to youngest. When Elsecaller the Careful gives their breath away, the Recipient will choose two priests to join them in a random court. Those three will become the only members of a random court. (Example: Elsecaller gives their Breath to Alice. The next turn, Alice chooses Bob and Carol, The next turn, Alice, Bob, and Carol are moved to a court, where they are the only priests inside it. If RNG places them in a court that already had players in it, those players will be moved to other courts, as if the Court had dissolved.) When Bondsmith the Pious gives their breath away, the Recipient will rearrange the Seniority of the Gods as they see fit. (This will go into effect after the next god dies,) When Stoneward the Resourceful gives their breath away, the Recipient will rearrange the Seniority of the Priests as they see fit. When Willshaper the Resolute gives their breath away, the Recipient’s court (google doc) will not become inaccessible upon the death of that god or the lack of priests. The Recipient and their fellow court-members will still be moved to other courts as normal, but they may continue to talk in the old doc as well. When Windrunner the Protecting gives their breath away, the Recipient gains the Passive Ability to survive one Execution. Instead, the player with the secondmost votes on them will be executed. When Dustbringer the Brave gives their breath away, the Recipient will remove a God and their Court from the game. Their priests will be moved as normal, but the god’s Divine Breath will not activate. When Skybreaker the Just gives their Breath away, the Recipient will target a player and kill them. If their alignment matches the Recipient, the Recipient will also die. Neither player’s alignment will be revealed upon death, regardless of how many of them die. When Edgedancer the Loving gives their Breath away, the Recipient will join in all Courts for the next Cycle. Their vote still only counts for their actual God. When Truthwatcher the Learned gives their Breath away, the Recipient’s alignment will be revealed to everyone. When Lightweaver the Honest gives their Breath away, the Recipient will be able to Vote a second time in secret, with their second vote appearing as having been made by Lightweaver. If the game is still going after all 10 gods have given their breath away (or been killed by Dustbringer), 10 new gods with near identical names, and identical powers and seniority will be born, and the rotation will continue. Spoiler Cycle X Cycle X+1 Cycle X+2 Elsecaller Elsecaller passes, Recepient Chosen Recepient Selects 2 others Elsecaller Trio move to a new court Bondsmith Bondsmith Passes, Recepient Chosen Recipient Rearranges Gods New God Order is in Effect Stoneward Stoneward Passes, Recepient Chosen Recipient Rearranges Priests New Priest Order is in effect Willshaper Willshaper Passes, Recepient's Court becomes immutable Windrunner Windrunner Passes, Recepient gains extra life Dustbringer Dustbringer Passes, Recepient Chosen Recepient executes a god Skybreaker Skybreaker Passes, Recepient Chosen Recepient executes a player Edgedancer Edgedancer Passes, Recepient Chosen Recepient is in all Courts Truthwatcher Truthwatcher Passes, Recepient's Alignment revealed Lightweaver Lightweaver Passes, Recepient Chosen Recepient votes as Lightweaver Player List @TwinStorm as Matrim Cauthon @The Unknown Order as D'delaier @CoderDrag0n8 as CD @KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren Lharir @xxGaea as Leucosia Thalassa @ThatOneWorldhopper as As If @KelsierApologist as Zyvoxid Linezolid @Amanuensis as Kosm @IcedOutPenguin @Doc12 as Evi @Hoid Slayer as Ekkar Loral @BigBadBagsworth as Iggdraz the Confused. @Araris Valerian as Arlun Pinch Hitters @Aeternum @xinoehp512 Edited September 3, 2025 by Araris Valerian Increasing Player List 4
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 10 minutes ago, A Jo in the Bush said: Players deliberately abusing this to annoy may may be punished TUF. What? I would never. Unless... @DrakeMarshall? Also, on an unrelated note, I'm signing up as Delaymaker the Stubborn. 1
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted August 27, 2025 Author Posted August 27, 2025 13 minutes ago, TwinStorm said: Put me down as Matrim Cauthon Welcome! You're signing up as the luckiest man alive in a game where there is no RNG. I hope that works out well for you. 6 minutes ago, The Unknown Order said: What? I would never. Unless... @DrakeMarshall? Also, on an unrelated note, I'm signing up as Delaymaker the Stubborn. Oh hey, a Typo I need to fix. Thank you for pointing that out. You're signing up as a Returned God? When all the players are going to be priests of the gods? I don't understand, but alright. 1
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 2 minutes ago, A Jo in the Bush said: Welcome! You're signing up as the luckiest man alive in a game where there is no RNG. I hope that works out well for you. Oh hey, a Typo I need to fix. Thank you for pointing that out. You're signing up as a Returned God? When all the players are going to be priests of the gods? I don't understand, but alright. He had odd parents??? But good point yeah. I'll be D'delaier. 1
CoderDrag0n8 He/They Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 I am signing up as CD also I don’t understand the seniority or gods. Could someone explain that? 1
KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 (edited) Put me down as... uhh... I'll come up with a name later. 1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said: I am signing up as CD also I don’t understand the seniority or gods. Could someone explain that? The Sentority order is the order in which the gods are listed. Only the senior most Returned gives up their divine breath. Then, once that god's down, the following cycler the next most Senior god gives up theirs. This keeps going. Also, when's rollover and game start? I'm jumping on a plane on the 12th of September, so if this is a really long game, I'll be missing some of it. Edited August 27, 2025 by KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren 1
xxGaea They/Them, Fae/Faer Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 I'm signing up as Leucosia Thalassa, a totally not suspicious woman, who has only the purest of intentions and definitely doesn't stir up trouble for her own entertainment. 1
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted August 27, 2025 Author Posted August 27, 2025 13 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said: I am signing up as CD also I don’t understand the seniority or gods. Could someone explain that? One God will expend their power per cycle. They go in order of seniority. When they expend their power, the priests in their court will determine who receives the expended power. All priests and players will be assigned seniority once the game begins. Welcome Compact Disk! Good to have you. 11 hours ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said: Also, when's rollover and game start? I have edited that into the OP. Can't believe I forgot to right that. Welcome KSOHS! 10 hours ago, Aeternum said: I can pinch hit. 1 hour ago, xinoehp512 said: I can pinch hit. Thank you thank you. 6 minutes ago, xxGaea said: I'm signing up as Leucosia Thalassa, a totally not suspicious woman, who has only the purest of intentions and definitely doesn't stir up trouble for her own entertainment. I'm not suspicious of her in the slightest! 1
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 Jo, you have at least three different font sizes in your main post How? Like, I understand two, copy and paste from doc and Shard default, but where is the third one coming from???
Through the Living Hopper He/Him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 I'll sign up as As;fdkjas;dkjf;, someone who totally had a good name picked out.
KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 2nd September... I won't be able to play after the 12th, so if this goes for 5 cycles...
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 14 minutes ago, KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren said: 2nd September... I won't be able to play after the 12th, so if this goes for 5 cycles... I mean, we have two pinch-hitters so you could make a deal with one of them if you even make it that far.
CoderDrag0n8 He/They Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 4 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said: One God will expend their power per cycle. They go in order of seniority. When they expend their power, the priests in their court will determine who receives the expended power. All priests and players will be assigned seniority once the game begins. Welcome Compact Disk! Good to have you. I have edited that into the OP. Can't believe I forgot to right that. Welcome KSOHS! Thank you thank you. I'm not suspicious of her in the slightest! Thank you for explaining. And it is supposed to be CoderDrag0n8 (CD) (Get it?) (sesftyuidchtrjr) (lorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee)
OoklaApologist She/her Posted August 27, 2025 Posted August 27, 2025 Signing up as Zyvoxid Linezolid, an old, wizened man with gold bands around his arms that he couldn't possibly afford with his current salary 1 hour ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said: I'll sign up as As;fdkjas;dkjf;, someone who totally had a good name picked out. My favorite thing to do when I don't have a name is to scroll wikipedia's list of antibiotics and do a first name-last name combo with the chemical name and a brand name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid#Brand_names 1
Through the Living Hopper He/Him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 3 hours ago, KelsierApologist said: My favorite thing to do when I don't have a name is to scroll wikipedia's list of antibiotics and do a first name-last name combo with the chemical name and a brand name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid#Brand_names Oh wait, those are amazing. It's too late, though. This game, I must stick with the placeholder name. As;fdkjas;dkjf;. It's tradition for the last two games.
Amanuensis he/him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 (edited) I'll sign up as Kosm. She is a quiet, mousy priestess who is usually overlooked due to her general 'unremarkability.' You probably don't know her name, but if you do, that's probably all you do know. Edited August 28, 2025 by Amanuensis
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted August 28, 2025 Author Posted August 28, 2025 6 hours ago, The Unknown Order said: Jo, you have at least three different font sizes in your main post How? Like, I understand two, copy and paste from doc and Shard default, but where is the third one coming from??? I honestly don't see it. I only see 2 sizes. Am I missing something? 6 hours ago, ThatOneWorldhopper said: I'll sign up as As;fdkjas;dkjf;, someone who totally had a good name picked out. Now, this game is taking place before the Nalthians have fancy text to speech boards, so presumably they're trying to sound your name out when speaking it. Something like As-fidick-jas-jif, and if we use a common shortening technique, where we take the first two and last two letters of your name, we can call you As If. 4 hours ago, KelsierApologist said: Signing up as Zyvoxid Linezolid, an old, wizened man with gold bands around his arms that he couldn't possibly afford with his current salary My favorite thing to do when I don't have a name is to scroll wikipedia's list of antibiotics and do a first name-last name combo with the chemical name and a brand name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linezolid#Brand_names . . . All be honest, As If's name was easier to figure out how to pronounce. Do me a Zolid and drop a pronunciation guide to that name? 15 minutes ago, Amanuensis said: I'll sign up as Kosm. She is a quiet, mousy priestess who is usually overlooked due to her general 'unremarkability.' You probably don't know her name, but if you do, that's probably all you do know. You. I like you. You can choose your starting Court.
Araris Valerian he/him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 I will probably sign up for this game if Wilson can IM.
KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 Right. I've got a name. Lharir was Starseeker's head priest before Starseeker went off-world. He now awaits reassignment.
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 9 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said: honestly don't see it. I only see 2 sizes. Am I missing something? Preamble, start time, rules The rules and preamble/player counts look similar enough it might be my imagination, but the rules seem slightly bigger.
OoklaApologist She/her Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 13 hours ago, A Jo in the Bush said: . . . All be honest, As If's name was easier to figure out how to pronounce. Do me a Zolid and drop a pronunciation guide to that name? zy-VOX-oid lie-NEH-zoh-lid
Through the Living Hopper He/Him Posted August 28, 2025 Posted August 28, 2025 (edited) 13 hours ago, The Unknown Order said: Preamble, start time, rules The rules and preamble/player counts look similar enough it might be my imagination, but the rules seem slightly bigger. It's weird. They're the same size, though. @A Jo in the Bush Were you in The Flame of Tar Valon? It think that was LG:105. Edited August 29, 2025 by ThatOneWorldhopper
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