Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Does anyone remember what swears they use on Threnody? I need to write one here. Mailliw, you're my last suspect after Elodin. I'm assuming Sart intoxicated me to vote for Winter, like I intoxicated him to vote for Elodin. Did anyone get one of Elodin's items? I didn't. I think he might have lied about having three, unless all three of you (Including Winter) got an item.
Sart he/him Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Joe. Now's not the time to be voting for Mailliw. Of course, you could both be eliminators trolling me. That would be annoying. However, it seems likely that we have either an inactive traitor, or there is only one traitor left. With that hypothesis in mind, you're the only suspect left! You confirmed that Mailliw passed an item to you the last cycle the eliminators made a kill. Thus, he can't be the last traitor. Unless Winter was somehow on that cycle, and we weren't aware of it, she can't have submitted the action either. That leaves only Joe and I. I'm not a Traitor, although I have no evidence to prove it. Therefore, I must vote for Joe. This game has gone on long enough. Seriously, why haven't the traitors used their kill? It's getting very annoying.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 (edited) I'm not an eliminator, but Sart is right about Mailliw not being the last eliminator, I checked his evidence, which means Sart himself is the last eliminator, so I'm voting for him instead. Edited June 21, 2016 by The Only Joe retracted vote on Sart.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Crossing my fingers that this works out in my favor, Mailliw, no Hard feelings. Sart, you get to live.
RippleGylf she/her Posted June 22, 2016 Author Posted June 22, 2016 Cycle is over! (as of 8 minutes ago)
RippleGylf she/her Posted June 22, 2016 Author Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) Joseph glanced at the broken body of Xailen Dava before meeting the glare of his two former crewmates. "It must have been Sam. He must be the mutin-" "No," Ialim shot back, "We know it's you, now. Always has been. Why bother lying now?" Sam Trudite handed the traitor a small, violet bottle. "Go on, have a drink. Pointless to put it off any longer." Defeated, he took a swig, and promptly collapsed to the floor. "Stupid shades. How was I supposed to survive with them looking over my shoulder?" he muttered, using the last of his breath. The silence hung in the air for a moment before it was shattered once more. "Nice work," Ialim said, "Nightshade?" "Snakeroot." "Well, if you'll excuse me, I'll go take care of Kae and Cleo." Ialim brandished a Knife. "Very well. Got silver on you, I hope?" "Yep. Wait up for me, will you? Safer to head back together." "No rush." As Ialim left, Sam Trudite let out a sigh of relief. No more hiding. No more fear. No more red eyes watching from the dark. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And I decided to write a write-up for once. The Only Joe (Joseph) was lynched! He was a Mutineer! Winter (Kae and Cleo) was stabbed! They were a Mutineer! Vote tally: (if anyone cares) Joe (2): Joe, Mailliw Mailliw (1): Sart The Crewmembers won! I have to say, it was an absolute pleasure to get to GM, despite the game dragging out so long. In the end, the shade kill just didn't work like I wished it would, and was the main reason behind the prolonged game. There were some flaws with the system, and too many intoxicants, which didn't get used until the game began to drag on. Still, it went rather well for my first go. I definitely enjoyed it, and hope that you all enjoyed it as well, aside from that last stretch. It was an insanely close game, so kudos to both sides. Shade DocMutineer DocDisorganized-what-everyone-was-up-to Doc Edited November 12, 2016 by Alvron 7
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Dang it. I knew it would take a miracle for me to survive that. Congratulations to Mailliw and Sart for winning in the end. Congrats to the village as well. Most of all, Congrats to Elbereth for Hamstringing the Eliminators with that bloody Item passing plan. I vote you for MVP.
Sart he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 What I'm confused about is why you stopped making kills. It was 4 villagers to 2 traitors. If you killed Mailliw the cycle we lynched Zas, it would have been 2 vs. 2. In addition, Elodin was by no means cleared, so you could have easily tied up the lynch or controlled it. I suppose the Shades were limiting you, but did they know you were the Traitor. I suppose you should have asked if the ghosts knew when you used up silver powder.
Zas678 he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 They did. The shades had a doc, and they were hounding Joe. When he used up his silver dust, Joe knew that the Shades would be watching. And so he stopped making kills, because he wanted to make sure that the Shades didn't kill him. The shades were pretty sure that Joe was a Traitor.
Sart he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I looked through your traitor doc. You just got unlucky. I got my other intoxicant from Elodin's corpse. It was a fifty-fifty chance that you or Winter would have gotten it instead. Very close game.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I was praying that you guys would either not have an intoxicant, or not realize that you could make me vote for myself. Those were my only chances of survival. And yeah, the Shades knew I was an eliminator, so I couldn't make kills anymore.
Mailliw73 he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I began to wonder about you near the end Joe. You were pushing really hard for lynches and it seemed off. But I got a knife and decided to kill off the inactive as I thought that might be a part of why there was no kill. Glad it worked out. Well done Sart and Shades!
Elbereth she/her Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 3 hours ago, The Only Joe said: Dang it. I knew it would take a miracle for me to survive that. Congratulations to Mailliw and Sart for winning in the end. Congrats to the village as well. Most of all, Congrats to Elbereth for Hamstringing the Eliminators with that bloody Item passing plan. I vote you for MVP. Thanks! That plan... I'm glad I suggested it. I hesitated a bit, because I knew it was somewhat an abuse of the rules in the village's favor, but since Ripple didn't nix it... It worked out quite well, I must say. (Note I haven't read the mutineer doc yet) I feel sorry for the eliminators this game, though. Two inactive teammates, one of whom was lynched in the first cycle? That hurts. Plus my plan, plus the fact that I targeted you with the shade kill nearly every round.... ouch. Sorry. 3 hours ago, Sart said: What I'm confused about is why you stopped making kills. It was 4 villagers to 2 traitors. If you killed Mailliw the cycle we lynched Zas, it would have been 2 vs. 2. In addition, Elodin was by no means cleared, so you could have easily tied up the lynch or controlled it. I suppose the Shades were limiting you, but did they know you were the Traitor. I suppose you should have asked if the ghosts knew when you used up silver powder. 2 hours ago, zas678 said: They did. The shades had a doc, and they were hounding Joe. When he used up his silver dust, Joe knew that the Shades would be watching. And so he stopped making kills, because he wanted to make sure that the Shades didn't kill him. The shades were pretty sure that Joe was a Traitor. What Zas said. We knew for a fact that Joe was an eliminator, since he made a kill and Maill claimed the dagger kill so it couldn't have been anything but the eliminator kill. What I basically angsted over the whole time was who the second eliminator was. I kind of tricked Cloud into revealing it wasn't Elodin (oops... 'twas fun though), so it was between Sart and Maill and I couldn't decide which. Agh. But yeah, if they hadn't stopped making kills, it wouldn't have been 2 to 2. It would have been 2 to 1. An inactive 1. Props to Joe for not killing anymore, though. That was a clever move. My personal opinion on the shade kill: I loved that mechanic. It allowed me to participate in the game a little bit, even though I was dead. And it was quite fun. I like plotting. Now to read the mutineer doc...
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Uh, the mutineer doc might be hard to read, while maintaining your sanity. I was under a great deal of stress, what with being the last active eliminator and being unable to make kills. Oh and RIpple, I can still edit the mutineer doc.
Elbereth she/her Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I can tell already by the title. And you can change that setting yourself, you know. Just switch to view only. I should probably do that for the Shade doc. There's most of the C6 writeup in there, by the way, Ripple.
Master Elodin Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I was thinking about asking Winter to vote for people on by one until she hit an eliminator.
Elbereth she/her Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) Quote Amanuensis is a huge troll when revealed as an eliminator, and so am I. I’m excited to work with him. Also, hey, no eliminator reveals this game. How unusual. (Not complaining, though. While reveals are fun, there have been far too many recently.) By the way, interesting decision not to make items public upon death. I'm not sure whether revealing would have been better, but this certainly made things more interesting. Wow. This... I didn't even think of this. This would have been very bad for my plan indeed. If you'd managed to have a few more players alive, that would've worked out very well indeed. Quote With Conquestor getting lynched, it might be smart for us to kill either Phattemer or mailliw, to get us closer on the player list, that way we can say we passed items, and still make the kills. o.O I... don't know what to say about the rest of the doc. I... um... wow. I knew the title said "Descent into Madness", but I wasn't expecting you to be quite that literal about it. Sorry. Well, maybe a little bit pleased. Alvron will be proud. Quote the shades wont kill you theyll kill me though dange͏lb̀er͜et̡h̡ ̛i̷t̕ ͘wa̷s y̢o҉u t͠h̡a͏t͏ ͏ma̧d͜e t͢hem̀in̢s̴pect̀ ͏m̴e ̢w͜a͟s͡n’͏t ͞i̢ţ Well... yes. Mostly me. Although I had to get someone else in so that Cloud wouldn't tie it. He made a valiant effort to defend you, so you know. Props to him for that. Good game, everyone! And particular congratulations to Joe, for getting very close to pulling it off all by himself. Your descent into madness clearly didn't impair your strategizing skills. And that's the important thing. Oh. Now I'm not playing any games until LG23 starts. And I only have one dead doc... Looks like I'm going to be read ing through all of LG4 and likely LG5 as well. Or maybe RPing several thousand words. Not sure which yet. Guess I'll just have to see. Good game, all. See you in the next one. Edited June 22, 2016 by Elbereth
Young Bard he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks Ripple for a good game. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Interesting twist with the Shade thing. Also, kudos for Elb for the passing thing, and for calling out Joe as an Eliminator. Until I learned that Joe's silver powder was used up with that kill (was it mine? I can't even remember anymore), I had a medium village read on Joe. The Young Bard - A lot smarter than his experience suggests. I’d support his death. I'm pleasantly surprised to hear you say that. Honestly, I felt in the last 2 games that I was blundering around wildly with guesses for most of the game. This might sound strange, but being eliminator-kill worthy for my skill is strangely encouraging. (Not that I support you killing me, FYI. I like staying alive too. )
Mailliw73 he/him Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 And apparently, I nailed it a couple days ago. http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/54719-qf16-the-shades-of-threnody/?do=findComment&comment=454385
Metacognition he/him Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 You know, it wasn't until after this game that I finally had the opportunity to read Shadow of Silence. I really wish I had beforehand! Hopefully someone either reruns this or something else set on Threnody, as I think there's a lot of fun stuff that could be worked with here. Congrats to the Crewmembers for their victory here. Now, as always, if anyone would like to try your hand at running a game, please get a hold of Gamma, Wilson, Alvron, or myself. Not only will we get you added to the list, but I'm sure we'd be more than willing to help out in any way we can as well! You can also ask questions and get some hints and feedback from everyone over here in our Art of Game Creation thread as well. With all the games that we've run so far, we have plenty of experienced GMs that can help you refine any game you're thinking about! Thanks again to everyone that played and we look forward to seeing you in future games!
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