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Hey, look, it's another game idea from the noob! Yes, I'll probably try my hand at running a game sometime soon, though my mind and calendar will both have to cooperate. This may have been done before, in some form, so I wanted to get feedback if it has, or thoughts if it hasn't. Basically, it's a faction game, but with a possibly overpowered faction that I'm not sure wouldn't be a game breaker. I'm thinking of a game set in The Reckoners universe, with Epics, Reckoners, and regulars. The Epics would be few, probably 1-3 depending on the size of the game, and would be publicly identified by name and primary power (they might have a secondary power that's unrevealed). They would be immune from attacks by the regulars, and would have a public kill maybe not every cycle, but several times within the game (executions or random violence, as befits the Epics). They win by finding and destroying the Reckoners, but they must have an equal number of townspeople left for them to dominate at the end of the game (so if there's 2 Epics still alive, they don't win unless there's also at least 2 regulars). The rebel faction would be the Reckoners, who are given information they can use to eliminate the Epics, but must acquire either items or some other requirement (this I haven't nailed down inside my mind) in order to actually take them out. They win if all the Epics are killed. Regulars win if the Reckoners win, but have no particular abilities. They may have items that the Reckoners will need, however, so will need to secretly find and coordinate with them. Looking over this now, I can see a lot of holes where things wouldn't work (what would the townspeople do, during either a day or night cycle, and if the Epics are all publicly known, what's to stop everyone else from just PM'ing all together to coordinate?), but perhaps it can be turned into a workable concept. Oh, and @Elbereth, on the spoiler policy, is everything good once something's been out 6 months, or is there more we follow? The site rules overall differentiate between the Cosmere Theories (where anything goes) and the individual series forums, so I'm guessing it's more like the former, with spoiler tags needed within 6 months (and games run around that type of information would just be impractical or impossible if so), but I wanted to check.

Good job making it that far after the rest of us were taken out, Nathan! Bad string of luck early on to have so many of us taken down, but you made the best of it. Congrats to the villagers I suppose. I definitely screwed up trying to save Doc that first round. I don't think I'm likely to panic like that again, now that I've seen what I did.

In the Genius thread (which isn't designed for replies), I saw the following idea from @Khyrindor: I wanted to expand on this because I liked it so much, and get some discussion! My thinking is that while Kelsier and Hoid hate each other, and will probably be at odds, we'll find the two of them working towards similar but perhaps incompatible goals, and see the grand escapades that ensue as the two recruit or plan against the other's machinations, even though they may not actually be fighting against each other specifically. An example would be that they both need the same object or person to help them with two separate goals, so while they're not technically enemies, for one to succeed, the other will have to fail.

Very true. I wonder who likes being an Elim?

Considering we can't find the heart or how to kill it until someone has found an omen, turned (or caused someone else to turn), and then be killed, I don't think only having one person explore would be very helpful. Plus, anyone who turns would want to keep that a secret, so we couldn't trust the one person who did explore, nor anyone the omen might have turned (which we won't know). I think Aman has the right idea of just exploring, lynching inactives, and trying to gain clues (hopefully from items/roles we'll discover).

Quintus would like to enter the mansion.

Agreed, Mist. I'm already literally sick, fatigued, mentally drained, etc. Now the elections and the hatred and vitriol from all sides (there's more than two) have just destroyed me in so many ways.

Thanks. When everyone seems to be in agreement, I know it's hard to tell things can be insulting to those who believe otherwise. BTW, to those who are LGBT or are working with those movements, Trump is not remotely anti-LGBT. Pence isn't anti-LGBT in the way he's been accused. The American public has become overwhelmingly pro-LGBT. You're going to continue to see improvements in the way you're treated. Relax.

Ya'll, can we keep politics out of this thread? I know some people are upset, but honestly a lot of what you're saying is extremely insulting to a lot of Americans, myself included. This is not the place for that.

Yeah, I was thinking that they all noticed it beginning, maybe years prior (depending on how long before a desolation they'd usually return), and that they're worried because it's getting worse, as it grows closer. I doubt they're really aware of why it's happening though, or at least fully aware. Brandon has said the Oathpact isn't as broken as they thought, which was part of the inspiration for this theory.

I think Brandon has been coy about that, but has indicated the same. I'd wonder if it'd be a little different for someone born in Shadesmar, if that's possible.

Maybe, in some ways. The Intent of the Ring would have been to return to Sauron, I suppose. It wouldn't be a very close analogy, though, because you can take the ring off, with effort. Think if the Ring had been superglued onto Frodo's finger, I guess. Constant pressure to conform to the Shard's Intent.

So it's been a fairly common theory that the Heralds are going mad, or at least twisted in some way, acting in opposition to their traditional purposes. It's often been assumed that this is related to them giving up their Honorblades and/or abandoning the Oathpact, but it's been a very long time since then (I don't recall, but hasn't it been at least 1000 years?). What if the Heralds are going mad, but it hadn't begun until relatively recently, and it's not due to the act of abandoning the Oathpact itself, but by the pressure being placed on them to fulfill their duty of preparing mankind for the upcoming desolation? They're bound by Honor (literally) to defend mankind and prepare them for the desolations, and they've resolved not to do that; the strain of having some type of pressure from their bond fighting with their decision would be incredibly taxing, and could easily be creating a mental disorder. That would explain why the man we believe to be Kalak at the party to be so worried that they're getting worse: they had been fine until recently, and while he might not fully understand that it's because of an upcoming desolation, he would know that it's a recent development and dangerous to them. Nale might have mostly realized this as well, and be fighting to keep the desolation from coming not to protect humanity, but to regain his control over his mind.

Agreed, the power wants to do something, but I view it like water wanting to run downhill, or fill a space. It's not a conscious decision, just a natural rule of how the power works. That means just like it takes a huge effort to make water run uphill (in the mechanical sense at least), it also takes a huge effort to defy the Shard's Intent, especially once the pressure has built up (like pressing against a dam, or spinning a water wheel).

Exactly my thinking. Granted, he put it out with a Creative Commons license, but I'd still rather give the link than offer emails or direct downloads from other sources.

Hah, that's a much better way of wording it.

Woah. Spoilers for the same:

I assume it's like Steve Jobs being employee number 0 at Apple. In computer math, 0 comes before 1, so Kelsier here is being considered the absolute undisputed favorite, I guess.

Nah, you could be a Radiant with Soulcasting (Edit: as in, I would call either an Elsecaller or a Lightweaver a Soulcaster), or I think the Ardents who used Soulcasters were called Soulcasters themselves at some point. So you might still be a person.

READ DEM ALL!!

Or just get it directly from Brandon's site: http://brandonsanderson.com/books/warbreaker/warbreaker/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads/

It's like that for all of us when we get started. I've been on the site for a year and a half; when I joined I was asking questions everyone else knew the answers to as well (though I had lurked and had been in the reddit channel too, so I picked up some from there).

From a criminal gang to a weird world-ending cult. Great...

Has anyone considering using the medallions from BoM in a game yet? I can see a really interesting mechanic where medallions can be swapped around and traded to other players to allow abilities to change. People expecting to die could pass their abilities to someone else, and perhaps one person could use two at the same time (but not more than two). It might have some potential to lead to a broken game, but I think that could be worked around. The entire game could end up hinging on keeping the medallions out of the Elims hands.

Intent may be part of the key. The pool was seen as a release; the Elantrians may be able to choose to use it to release their Cognitive self from their Physical, allowing the Physical body to dissolve and the person's mind to pass to the Beyond (assuming it doesn't get ripped to shreds and never make it, I think we have some ambiguity there). Hoid doesn't intend that, so he's able to hop into the Cognitive, Physical body and all. It's also possible that only Elantrians could possibly dissolve into the pool, or at least only those with access to the Dor in some form.