Long Game 10: A Game of Shards

A Joe in the Bush · January 28, 2015

I am a bit disappointed in you. When I gave you my blessing to interfere in the affairs of the Seventeenth Shard, I did not expect you to stage a bloody Coup. Regardless, I hope you now have the manpower needed to stop Rayse. I have alerted the Shardholders, and I know at least 8 of them will be present to contain him, but that may just give him what he wants. You will have to be very careful in your pursuit of Vengeance this time. Trust no one. not even those who trust you. Rayse knows how to disguise himself, as do the rest of the shards. And remember, there's always another Secret.

Investiture

All of the roles are shards with two abilities. The Ability to invest in a normal worldhopper, and a Shardic Ability. The Shard must use their Invest Ability the same cycle they use their Shardic ability. Some Shards also have a passive ability. The Investiture Power is a role given to a Worldhopper. The shard targets a player, and that player has the power for one cycle. If a shard attempts to Invest in another Shard, they are told Exactly: “Your Target cannot receive Investiture.” Multiple Shards may Invest in the Same Worldhopper. That Player may choose to use one ability per Turn.

A Shard may send a Message along with their Investment. This message will be anonymous. The Worldhopper cannot reply. If a Shard fails to invest two cycles in a row,or fails to post 3 turns in a row, the Shard will become a Fallen Shard, and Endowment gets to choose a new Shardholder. This shard is not shattered, and can still invest.

Roles:

ENDOWMENT: Shardic: When a Shard is shattered, Endowment picks up the pieces. They may use that Shard's Shardic Power once, then they must use their Investiture ability.

Investiture: Once per cycle, Endowment can Invest a Fallen Shard in a worldhopper. From this cycle on, the player is treated as being Invested by the relevant Shard, and may use the effect of it's Investiture for the remainder of the game. If this player dies, Endowment picks up the Shard again.

Passive: Endowment starts knowing who holds a shard. They cannot invest a shard with another shard. Endowment's Shard cannot be Shattered until the number of shards are equal to the number of players.

Notes: If Endowment is killed, their shard is picked up by a random Worldhopper.

CULTIVATION: Shardic: Once per day cycle, Cultivation can submit their vote to the Game Master as a Private Message. Cultivation may also begin PM Conversations between herself and any amount of others, or between any three people without being in it herself. These Conversations do not stop until Cultivation dies. Note that Cultivation cannot listen in on any PM’s that she isn’t in. I’m not doing Uber Tin again.

Investiture: Once per Night, Cultivation can invest in a worldhopper. That player can cast their vote during the next day turn in a Private message with the Game Master. This vote can be different from what they post in the thread, without needing to retract it. The Player may also start one Pm Conversation, with up to 3 other people. This Conversation ends once Cultivation takes her power back.

DOMINION: Shardic: Once during the cycle, Dominion can change a player's Target. If this happens during the day, their vote is changed. This can change a No Vote. If this happens during the night, The target's target is Changed. If the target is a Shard, their Investiture target is redirected first, their Shardic ability is only redirected if they did not invest that turn.

Investiture: Once per night, Dominion can invest in a worldhopper. That player can change another players vote during the next day cycle. Their own vote is canceled. The invested player cannot change Dominion's Vote.

HONOUR: Shardic: Once per night, Honour can target a player, and that player will be saved from death.

Investiture: During the Day, Honour can invest in a worldhopper. That player can Lash someone during the night phase of the same Cycle, saving them from death. He cannot Target himself.

PRESERVATION: Shardic: Preservation has a One time use of Ultimate Preservation. Once they activate their ability, all actions, investments, votes and retractions made after that point, are null, until that day/night ends.

Passive: Preservation can survive a single attack.

Investiture: Once per night, Preservation can invest in a worldhopper. That player can survive one attack until the next night cycle.

DEVOTION: Shardic: Once during the day cycle, Devotion can message the Game Master with the name of a player. This power may be exercised during the first 24 hours of the day. If the player Devotion saves has the most votes at the end of the day cycle, they survive and no one is killed.

Investiture: Once per night, Devotion can invest in a worldhopper. During the next day cycle, this player is exempt as a target for lynching. It is publicly acknowledged that they are immune to lynches. Cannot Invest the same Worldhopper Twice.

RUIN: Shardic: Once per Cycle, Ruin can target a player for death. He can target a Shard or a Worldhopper. If he attempts to kill Preservation, He loses his Shardic power, as does Preservation. This counts as them being Shattered.

Investiture: Once every day/night cycle, the invested player can target another player. During the day, a targeted player’s vote doesn’t count. During the night, a targeted player cannot use their ability. This does not stop a Shard from investing.

ODIUM: Shardic: Once per night, Odium can target a player for death. If that player is a Shard, they die, and their power is shattered.

Investiture: During the Day, Odium can invest in a worldhopper. That player can kill a non shardic player during the night phase of the same cycle.

ODIUM’S CHAMPIONS: Odium's Champions get a doc to conspire in. They have no special abilities, but Odium can Invest in them.

HOID: If Hoid is invested by a Shard, he gain’s a copy of that Shards ability for the remainder of the game. Hoid may use three of these powers per cycle.

Honour: If Hoid is invested by Honour, he can Lash players once during the night cycle for the remainder of the game, saving they from death.
Cultivation: If Hoid is invested by Cultivation, he can cast all his votes in Private Messages and communicate with any player at any time.
Preservation: If Hoid is invested by Preservation, he can survive a single attack for the remainder of the game. These extra lives can stack
Dominion: If Hoid is invested by Dominion, he can change one players vote during the day cycle.
Devotion: If Hoid is invested by Devotion, he cannot be lynched the next day. Nothing else happens.
Ruin: If Hoid is Invested by Ruin, he can prevent one player action during the night cycle.
Endowment: Hoid does not keep the shard. He can choose to give it to someone else, or Splinter it, removing it from the game forever. Either way, he is still invested by that Shard.
Odium: If Hoid is invested by Odium, once a night he can target a player for death.

NORMAL WORLDHOPPER: You aren't from this world. Perhaps you come from Yolen, Scadrial, Nalthis, Sel or Roshar. Maybe you were born on Threnody, or Ashyn. You might hail from Braize. Or are you one of those inhabitants of an unimportant Shardworld? Wherever it is, you have no abilities unless you're invested, but you can still vote during the day cycle.

INVESTED WORLDHOPPER: Minor roles are not safe Roles. Odium's Champions can start with any of these roles.

Awakener: It took a lot of Time and Money, but you got yourself 50 breaths, which allows you to see How invested a player is. Each Cycle You can send in orders to seek a player, and will be told that they have Normal Investiture (meaning an Uninvested Worldhopper or Odium’s champion), High Investiture (A Invested Worldhopper/Hoid or a Minor role), or Oh My God King Investiture (A Shard).

Bloodsealer: Your pets are ready to hunt. You have 2 skeletals., every Night, you may choose two people and put a bloodseal on them. If they attempt to perform a kill move, one of your skeletals will attack the killer. The Skeletal is destroyed in the process. The Target's attack is also canceled.

Poisoner: At any point in the game, you may choose 1 person to poison. That person will die when you die. If they die before you die, nothing happens. If They're protected the cycle you die, they lose a life. This role is meant to take hostages.

Voidbringer: You're stronger than the others. what would kill a human only wounds you, but will eventually kill you. If you get killed, you get to survive for one more cycle before dying. During that cycle you can send one PM to one person. that person cannot reply, though.

Lifeless Operator: You have one lifeless. you can send this lifeless to protect anyone you want, at any time you want. It’s default state is protecting you. If your target is attacked, the lifeless dies instead.

Witness: During the night, you may choose to witness a random killing, learning the identity of the killer in the process. The killer will also learn your identity.

PM's: There are two ways to use PM's. One is to be in one with Cultivation, or a follower of Cultivation. The other is to be on the same world as a player. In addition to any other night action a player may have, they may choose to go to a certain world. (The amount of Worlds is equal to 1/4 of the Original number of players, rounding up.) All players on that world will be put in a PM group for the duration of that cycle.

Order of Actions:

Day:

Devotion's Worldhopper is announced

Endowment makes a new Shard.

Normal Votes

Day Investments (Odium/Honour/Endowment/Ruin)

Dominion Targets

Ruin’s Kill

Both Devotion abilities

Dominions Vote Change

Ruin’s Vote Cancel

Lynch

Night:

Endowment makes a new Shard

Night Investments (Dominion, Cultivation, Preservation, Devotion)

Dominion targets.

Lashings

Ruin's kill

Devotion targets

Ruin's action cancel

Odium/Champion kill

Writeup:

Shards attacked by Odium’s champions who survive will be indistinguishable from Players who survive due to Honour’s Lashings or from players invested with Preservation or are Preservation. The identity of the survivor is revealed.

Only Devotion’s saves are singled out.

Ruins kill will be different than Odium’s kill

Victory Conditions:

Odium and his Champions win if they Outnumber the Worldhoppers and Shards.

The Worldhoppers and Shards win when they shatter Odium and slay his Champions.

All writeups will be posted at 10:00pm PST. If you're having trouble with Timezones, I recommend looking at this Xkcd Comic. It shows the times around the world right now.

The Day turn will be 48 hours long (2 days) The Night turn will be 24 hours long (1 Day).

Wilson is the Neutral Moderator for this game.

EDIT: For those of you who will ask for Clarifications, Go here. It's the Rules, but in much more detail.

Cycles:

Day 1 Night 1

Day 2 Night 2

Day 3 Night 3

Player List: As of Day 3

Maw (Mailliw73)
Second of Sky (Alvron)
Aonar Izenry (Aonar Faileas)
Gramps (GammaFiend)
Jain (Lightsworn Panda)
Bortin (Bort)
Cleo and Kae(Winter Cloud)
Lady Otrisce Maleris Tekil (ostrichofevil)
Aranad Longbeard (Araris Valerian)
Gerald Hobbes (Snoopy)
Frank (Feligon)
Derushe Tuskuntore (Unodus)
Captain Qayshar Junglewood (swalji09)
Martin (Antillar Maximus)
Leif Erikson (Leiftinspace)
Animus (Tulir)
Peng (JasonPenguin))
KaanDra (Ashiok)
VineyerianDagar (Vineyarddawg)
Eolkin(Eolhondras)
Raiki Morin (Twelthrootoftwo)
dorin (Dowanx)
Scree (Sarcomere)
Cognition (Metacognition)
Baron Von Piff (Pifferdoo)
Lu (Luckat

Satrams - A Normal Worldhopper mistaken for Hoid
Clink - A Village Poisoner whose wares were too costly.
Mek - A Normal Worldhopper who lost a swordfight.

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Edited February 14, 2022 by Devotary of Spontaneity
rules edit

A Joe in the Bush · January 28, 2015

Saved for Clarifications and Player list.

Players:

Edited February 2, 2015 by The Only Joe

Mailliw73 · January 28, 2015

First participant!

~~Mali is signing up.~~

Edit: Scratch that. Maw, an AU version(in case of death), will be signing up to avenge Aili's death from Hoid.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Mailliw73

**Alvron** · January 28, 2015

Second of the Sky is back. He may or may not still be a follower of Hoid.

A Joe in the Bush · January 28, 2015

I forgot to ask this in the OP. I still haven't decided whether or not all the Shards (Except Odium) should be Safe roles or not. The Books say they should, but balance wise they shouldn't be. They're currently balanced to be Safe roles, but what does everyone else think.

Aonar · January 28, 2015

The doorbell was ringing. Nilan Izenry waited, hoping against hope that whoever it was would go away. The bell continued to ring.

Slowly, he pushed himself out of his armchair. Whoever it was should know better than to disturb him at a time like this.

The rusting bell was still ringing. “I’m coming!” Nilan yelled. Mercifully, the bell stopped. He reached the door and pulled it open. “What do you want?”

The slight, well-dressed man who had so persistently rang the doorbell proffered something in his hands. “This is for you, sir.”

Confused, Nilan took it. The item appeared to be a thin, leather bound notebook, with ostentatious gold ornamentation.

“Good day, sir.” The man turned and left without another word.

That was… strange. He took the book back inside, and sat down again on his armchair. Intrigued, he flipped the book open, and began to read.

Nilan,

Have you ever wondered what it would be like? To move through time like a bird through the air, to live a thousand years, hundreds of lifetimes; to gain all that knowledge and experience? To be able to go back, to change anything, everything, you’ve ever done?

I didn’t have to wonder. The Shard offered me a chance few ever get. The power to change time.

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It was raining in Elendel as Aonar Izenry contemplated murder. His prey knelt in the darkened alley, hands behind his head. A faint wisp of stormlight leaked from a bullet wound in his side. Aonar stood behind him, the barrel of his rifle almost touching the other man’s clasped hands. It would be by no means the first time he’d killed. With his skills, and his line of work, it was an activity he had been forced to do far more times than he would have liked.

But as Aonar stood, looking down at the man before him, his resolve wavered. He’d never met this man. He had no idea who he was, or why he’d done what he had. What does it matter? All the grief and pain he’s caused me, all the deaths he’s orchestrated… He deserves to be put down.

But why? Why has he devoted his life to this? What could I have possibly done? All the things he took from me… All my ancestors slaughtered, my father, Liah… What could have driven someone to that?

“Who are you?”

The other man began to laugh silently, his whole body trembling. “Me? Oh, you wouldn’t know me. I’ve never been particularly important. Never even left Kholinar before the Seventeenth Shard noticed me.”

“So you’re just another flunky then, sent to kill a ‘traitor?’ And you decided to go the extra mile to impress Khriss, right? Destroy my entire storming life while you’re at it? Ha.” Aonar cocked his rifle and steadied his aim. It was exactly as he’d thought. This man was nothing more than a dog to be put down.

“Danyn Relat.” The man spoke quietly, but to Aonar’s tin-enhanced ears, the two words seemed to hold a lifetime’s worth of sorrow.

“What?”

“That was his name. My son. My only family. A darkeyed guard, trying to keep some order in Kholinar during the riots. He was just doing his job. But he never had a chance, did he?”

Aonar’s hands started to shake as he attempted to keep his gun straight. “…No. No he didn’t.”

“At first, I was tempted to forgive you. You were doing your job too, after all. But I never forgot. When you cropped up again, slaughtering other Sharders, my new family… Justice needed to be served.”

Relat dropped his hands, standing and turning towards Aonar. “You can kill me now. You’ve already taken everything from me. Now, I can finally rest, knowing that I’ve shown you at least some small part of what you’ve given me.”

His rifle fell, clattering against the asphalt. Aonar stood quietly for a moment; the rain soaking into his clothes. Carefully, he removed his metalminds and kicked them away. Shivering without the warmth of brass, near blind without the clarity of tin, and defenceless without gold’s healing, he turned his back and walked away, into the night.

Aonar Izenry is returning once again. His story is going to follow a slightly different track this time, however... (Actually kinda glad sign-ups were delayed. Now I can post my first RP with the sign ups for once! )

Joe: Shards don't necessarily have to be safe roles. Assuming an AU, it's quite possible that some of the Shardholders have personalities fairly closely aligned to Odium's. (If you felt like getting real technical, this probably wouldn't be true for all the Shards, as some would have contradictory Intents, but it works well enough.)

Edited January 28, 2015 by Aonar Faileas

Gamma Fiend · January 28, 2015

Gramps had been around the Cosmere for a long time, and he had made it a habit of doing so. Some of those who knew him even liked to tease him and call him 'Ancient'. If those whippersnappers only had any idea....

Of course, he was getting ahead of himself. His mind was prone to wander in his own age.... not that he had to worry about aging and it's effects, per se, but once you lived for as long as he had, you just started to view yourself a certain way. And he knew enough that perception was enough to make a difference.

So he let out a groan, and bent over a little at the waist, putting most of his weight on his trusty walking stick, easing the burden on his back.

"Now listen up here, you rascals. Back in my day, we had to walk sixteen yolen-meters just to get to the nearest source of Investiture! And we sure didn't need all the flash and flair you youngsters need nowadays, with your metal and colors, and glowing auras! I tell you, the whole Cosmere is going to the Void these days."

If there was one thing Gramps had made a habit of, that was rambling and lecturing. In at least 6 or 7 languages. He may have forgotten one or two of them, but he still had vacation homes on any planet he desired to visit. A man his age deserved a good retirement every now and again. And he was Ancient, after all.

I AM FREEEEE! -Er, I mean, yay, Gamma is back and ready for action! And this time as an Old Man!

Edited January 28, 2015 by Gamma Fiend
Grammar

Lightsworn Panda · January 28, 2015

As usual, Jain is in. It goes without saying that the panda is also in. Along with the dead bodies.

Lightsworn Panda · January 28, 2015

Pardon the double post, but I'd like to ask for clarification for some of the rules:

Can Shards Invest in themselves?
You wrote Domination in the Dominion rules.
Can Shards withdraw their powers from worldhoppers?
What does "exercised" mean from the Devotion rule set?
Does Odium know who his champions are, and vice versa?

Bort · January 28, 2015

Bortin is in, although this will be my first game, so play nice

ostrichofevil · January 28, 2015

Lady Otrisce Maleris Tekiel will be attending! (Reincarnation of Ostrich Tekiel)

I have a question. Does everyone know who the Shardholders are? Also, are the Worldhoppers allied with the non-Odium Shards, or are they a separate team?

Edited January 28, 2015 by ostrichofevil

Mckeedee123 · January 28, 2015

Mek. Dustbringer from Roshar.

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Seven years. Most of the soldiers Mek had fought with were dead.

Seven years of running across plateaus to gather gemhearts. Seven years of watching Alethkar fall apart again. Seven years of facing death on a daily basis.

The only thing that had kept Mek going was his loyalty. He had respected the Blackthorn before his time on the Shattered Plains, but seeing Dalinar remain honorable while the other Highprinces had fallen had turned that respect into a single-minded devotion that transcended all else.

He had started seeing the Mlys two years after the War of Vengeance began. The spren had admonished him to stay loyal at all times. Morality is relative, but loyalty, the bond that holds nations together, is not. By now, Mek had sworn three oaths and was on track to become a full Dustbringer.

Now... now he was leaving. To other worlds. The King's Wit had approached him with a great mission: To fight gods in the name of the greater good. To kill Odium and his servants and save the cosmere. He had been given power... Great power, and now it was time to use it.

Mek smiled and stepped into the pool.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Mckeedee123

A Joe in the Bush · January 28, 2015

Can Shards Invest in themselves?

You wrote Domination in the Dominion rules.

Can Shards withdraw their powers from worldhoppers?

What does "exercised" mean from the Devotion rule set?

Does Odium know who his champions are, and vice versa?

Shards cannot invest in themselves.

Yes, I originally thought Dominion was Domination. I thought I had corrected all of that.

No. Once the invest, the power stays in a Worldhopper for a whole cycle, then the shard can invest again.

Activated. Used.

Yes.

I have a question. Does everyone know who the Shardholders are? Also, are the Worldhoppers allied with the non-Odium Shards, or are they a separate team?

No. Only Endowment knows who the Shardholders are. But she doesn't know which shard they hold. The Worldhoppers and The Shards are one team.

Edited January 28, 2015 by The Only Joe

Araris Valerian · January 28, 2015

Aranad Longbeard is a scholarly old fellow that has begun a research project on why pizza lowers intelligence by 95%. Odium must be stopped or the cosmere will never be freed of poisonous foods.

Kipper · January 28, 2015

I want in, but how do I sign up? I'm a bit confused about all of this. Do I sign up as anything on the OP? A Shard or a Worldhopper?

Aonar · January 28, 2015

Just come up with a name for your character, and a general description/RP if you want to. The roles are going to be assigned by the GM once the game starts.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Aonar Faileas

Kipper · January 28, 2015

Gerald Hobbes, from Scadrial.

A Joe in the Bush · January 28, 2015

To those of you first timers, I recommend reading the General Rules written up by Meta. They'll give you the basis of what this game is.

Feligon · January 28, 2015

Frank is a blacksmith that enjoys making things. Especially weapons. "If you don't want the best, go somewhere else."

favorite material is titanium.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Feligon

**Alvron** · January 28, 2015

Edit: Scratch that. Maw, an AU version(in case of death), will be signing up to avenge Aili's death from Hoid.

Second of the Sky is deeply sorry to hear about what happened to Aili. He is willing to help you find out who the murderer is. All he needs is for you to bring all your evidence and meet him in an empty, poorly lit basement with access to the sewers.

Also as Maw is a farmer it would be very fitting if he ends up as Cultivation.

Unodus · January 28, 2015

Another RP?

I'm sure I have enough time...

Derushe Tuskuntore was an Elantrian scholar who was worldhopped accidentally to Nalthis via experimental teleportation Aons. Unable to draw upon the power of Dor (since he was too far from Elantris to use the amplifying Rao Aon of the four gates), he settled in Nalthis to study its own magic system. After gathering a large wealth of breath, and tattooing many Rao symbols into his back and skin- he managed to combine the two magicks to perfect his own form of Worldhopping. By using Biochromatic heightenings to increase his accuracy in drawing symbols, he invented a wide range of commands and aons that could interact with each other.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Unodus

Herowannabe · January 28, 2015

I would love to join but seeing as I'll be GMing the next Quickfix game, starting halfway through this game, I'd better not. Have fun everyone! And good luck to everyone who hasn't ever betrayed me in any previous game!

Splinter · January 29, 2015

The Captain Qayshar Junglewood will be attending! He is a noble Windrunner that travels with is spren Nala, and was born in Arelon, Sel. There are rumors about him being a Worldhopper.

A Joe in the Bush · January 29, 2015

A Windrunner from Sel? I don't know why anyone would think he's a Worldhopper. Welcome to the Games.

ostrichofevil · January 29, 2015

Lady Ostrisce Maleris Tekiel swiftly fell into the ocean of Spheres. She had just arrived from Scadrial, and was now on her way to Roshar. This was not her first time making the trip, but she still felt the fear that always followed her into the Cognitive Realm. She knew that a fear of Shadesmar was not convenient for a Worldhopper, but Hoid's attempts at curing her phobia had failed.

I'm an experienced Worldhopper (and Elsecaller). I've made this trip many times. Why am I still so afraid of Shadesmar?

Ostrisce grabbed hold of the Sphere of a large boulder. Instantly, the Spheres around her formed the appropriate shape. Climbing aboard, she fished in her purse for some Broams. She drew the Stormlight from a large Emerald Broam, than released it, activating the Surge of Transportation. Her Light, and her body, vanished like the Mists at dawn.

Urithiru. Storms, she hated the name. Why did those Alethi insist on symmetrical names? Her native Shin came up with beautiful names like Esen or Maleris. Ostrise sat on a round tower, reading Shauka-daughter-Hasweth's Cultivation Above. Some Shin books, such as this one, were not shared with any except for the Shin people (and Jasnah Kholin, who was bound to secrecy). Even more confidential were A History and Catalog of the Honorblades and Nahel Bonding for Dummies. Regardless, Ostrise read in plain sight (who cared of the other Radiants saw). She figured that Cultivation was a relevant topic at the moment.

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