DrakeMarshall

Huh. I logged on to glance over the shard at the very moment you posted this. If we were to make it work like it is implied in the mistborn trilogy, it could be an action that requires two shards working together to make a new planet.

Granted. You can draw Aons faster than the speed of thought. Naturally, that means you are unable to consciously control what Aons you draw. You accidentally trace an Aon Sheo onto your chest, and promptly undergo cardiac arrest. I wish to corrupt the Nightwatcher with the power of Sja-Anat.

I actually do think having an aspect on every world is theoretically a balanced win condition, but just not a very balanced end-game condition unless this happens while every world is still intact. The main thing that is doubtful is the interaction between Ruin's power and Autonomy's sudden death win condition. In general though, most of the mechanics seemed to jive pretty well with each other. I gave quite a lot of scrutiny to the interactions of shardic abilities and investment roles (see the Adolnasium's Chosen doc ), and I can say with reasonable confidence that there are no easy gamebreaks (although I did identify some highly powerful synergies for multiple shards). Game like this is hard to balance, but I'd say the shard games are getting more and more streamlined as time goes on (or at least I think they are; I wasn't around for the last one but I've read the rules and heard stories from it).

I had figured Autonomy's win condition would be to have an aspect on every intact world... But I also had figured that this would only cause the end of the game if this happened while all planets were intact. Oops. Congratulations to the shard of Autonomy, and their vessel's distinctively Autonomous sense of fashion Also to Pyro for Surviving their first game. SAME Though we may have been protecting each other more than anything else. There was no reroll, but everything considered that was pretty fun. I was planning contingencies for how to play it when people caught on. (although honestly, my title should have tipped you all off ) I had plans for some interesting RP which went incomplete. Ah well. And finally, big thanks to @Seonid and @Arraenae for putting on a game that can't have been easy to handle, but came out pretty well anyhow.

I figured it was either you or Stick.

Ah. I had not thought that an aspect on every intact world would be an endgame condition, but I am guessing it is. If so, well played, @Hemalurgic Headshot.

...and the cycle should end shortly. I do believe this comes down to HH and aspects.

Fair. This is not really any different from what's happening to me (arguably it applies more to me than it did to you), particularly with votes like Eternum and Ripple's, but I concede that you might be more invested in this game then you were at the time you presented yourself up for the lynch. I'm not holding anything over your head, but I am giving full disclosure. I am curious why you would begrudge me the right to not go down quietly, right after you finished explaining why you no longer wanted to go down quietly. But this puts me in something of an awkward position. I am reconsidering that any one faction could control both Ruin and Odium. But at the same time, by your own admission, your outlook on the game significantly changed, at around the same time conversions were happening. If you are genuine about this, I would be sorry to lynch you, and I'm starting to wonder if you are genuine about this. But for whatever reasons, my suspicions really aren't dispelled. I offer you no guarantee that I will not pursue this again at a later time, as some of my suspicions are still there, but Fifth; LL. Above all, I believe we should lynch one of the elim factions this cycle, and LL is the only other lynch candidate for whom a legitimate case for being an elim was made. Plus, I tend to have more doubts about LL's alignment than my own, unsurprisingly. Oh, I'm not denying for an instant that I'm capable of backstabbing. But I would distinguish that particular capacity from subtlety. My particular brand of sneakiness is broad strokes, not very subtle. A subtle player might give off a good impression (alas, something I have never been very able to do, even when I'm not even evil). If we are talking about the MR, I did something unexpected to gain trust in spite of giving off the wrong impression. I'd like to think that my planning can occasionally be quite effective, but it is definitely not subtle.

With all due respect, I am not sure that disagreeing with my reasoning is the same thing as suspecting me. You haven't given me that much else to respond to. You cited previous suspicions, but I already kind of responded to those, and you already kind of set those aside, unless you want to elaborate on that. I could also point out that the way you are attempting to shrink the net of possible suspects is no more or less an elim tactic than what you are accusing me of. To clarify, I don't think that this is some kind of ruse on your part. I'm pretty sure you are making an honest attempt to narrow the pool of evils, albeit one that might backfire; what I'm getting at is that it's easy to highlight one behavior and make it out as an eliminator tactic. And perhaps that makes me something of a hypocrite, as I have really only cited a singular reason for my vote to lynch Fifth. Maybe I can try to atone for that. Or at least explain my thought process. There were other, perhaps less formed reasons I was reading into Fifth's posts in the first place, among them straight gut read, and the fact that Fifth was near the top of my list of possible conversions before the reboot. Relative to this cycle, I might append to this list that Fifth may have reacted with uncharacteristic defensiveness to my accusation, particularly given how they quite literally offered themselves up for the lynch earlier in the game. If I were to view this with a paranoid lense, I might conclude that I was right about Fifth being evil, but maybe for the wrong reasons. Right now, I sincerely believe that Fifth is the best lynch in sight. If I die, that might give credence to my case here, but fair warning: I'm on Scadrial and will survive this lynch if it comes to that. I don't want it to though, and I'd be willing to compromise if it meant having a productive lynch. I will just mention that if I had Ruin, I probably would not have been the first person to highlight the threat Ruin poses to everybody, when the vast majority of the attention was fixed firmly upon Odium. Some people have that kind of subtlety, but I wouldn't really count myself among their rank.

If you had said "kill", that might imply that you were Odium, which I would definitely take note of, but I probably would not accuse you on that basis, because so far Odium's kills remain plausible for a village!Odium. While I don't agree with killing Steeldancer, I can at least understand why village!Odium would remove somebody who declared they wanted to become corrupted by a shard. As for Bard, he kind of dropped off my radar after the start of the game, but I'm prepared to give Odium's motives the benefit of the doubt given that it resulted in the death of one of Hoid's followers. But then we come back to the thing about multiple kills. It isn't unreasonable to think that several kills might be used, as there are theoretically multiple possible kills in the game. But given how the last few cycles have gone, with only one kill between the four nights, it seems far too coincidental to see that remark right before two kills appear in one night. The most probable explanation is teamwork. I am guessing that you are Khriss, or a follower of Khriss. And I think it may be a good idea to kill a member of Khriss' faction, because Hoid's faction is probably weakened and I'd rather keep the two elim teams mostly balanced and focused on each other if we can manage it.

Eight hours left in the cycle. I believe there is enough information at this point that everyone should have some basis to cast a vote, should they choose to. While it's gratifying to see an elim finally bite it... Last cycle: Just wondering, do you have a reason to expect kills tonight? So far, the majority of nights have gone without any kills. Emphasis on kills, not a single kill. Fifth, why did you anticipate multiple kills last night? There has only been a single kill in the last four nights combined. I might suppose Odium to be a villager, but this remark makes me second guess that. Also, if we can request PMs, I wouldn't mine one with Steeldancer and/or Arinian.

Just wondering, do you have a reason to expect kills tonight? So far, the majority of nights have gone without any kills.

Actually, I'll gladly take that deal. I can still listen, read, and write. Not to mention the fact that I deliberately worded it to include programming languages. A threefold wish, but very well. I grant you immortality, at the cost of your freedom. I bind you where you stand. From this ground you shall never stray, else you wither away. Your essence will diminish, approaching utter nonbeing but never quite reaching it, until you return to this place. I grant you eternal youth, at the cost of your strength. You shall struggle and shake to lift a mere writing implement, and you shall be as such for the duration of your unnaturally prolonged existence. By no means, magical or mundane, shall you overcome this. I grant you an Honorblade, at the cost of your ties to this world. All of your possessions save the Honorblade find their way into the hands of others, and all your acquaintances, friends, and loved ones are estranged from you. From now on, nothing you hold onto, save this Honorblade, will remain long with you. (The alternative was to make you Talanel, and nobody deserves such a fate. Enjoy your threefold boon.) I wish for a sand-witch.

That makes the sense. Though just to check, would Nalthians confirm? Seems fairly likely that Steel is also on Nalthis, or at least his RP implies that he worldhopped to Nalthis.

Pyromancer and Steeldancer are not on Scadrial... Are they supposed to be? Otherwise the list is correct.

Granted. Your homework is done, and flawlessly at that, but however many points the assignment is worth is deducted from your next exam. I wish for an intuitive understanding of other languages.

It was indeed a masterful writeup. Rae has been doing a great job this game. This writeup feels oddly symbolic of the last few months of my life, though. Mandatory evacuation order from college campus due to various natural disasters a total of five times in the last couple months, and now in a game of SE I'm getting evacuated from SilverPoly following an attack by Ruin (thankfully though, not quite on the same order as an attack by the shard of Ruin ) Anyways, if not Jondesu, then I'll need to do more analysis. Also I'm not sure how I feel about @Hemalurgic Headshot making another aspect. They effectively have four votes now... And after creating three aspects and using them, I highly doubt that they are not converted to Autonomy's shardic win condition.

Right. So I guess that means Eternum will be lynched. EDIT: Ninja'd and nevermind.

You may have missed my vote on Jondesu. It was a while ago. If my reckoning is accurate it's 4-4. EDIT: Also @Young Bard I'm pretty sure it was I who put forward the theory you are refering to. The writeup implies that Ruin is corrupted, but I'm not sure how reliable the writeup information is, and I'm not sure if corrupted Ruin would want to blow up Silverlight.

I applaud both of your willingness ot break ties; however, as you have done so at the same time, we remain tied.

I will address more things later (and also, like, read the posts for this cycle). But Ruin blowing up Silverlight is surprising. If the shardic win con is indeed to destroy all planets, and Ruin is indeed serving that win con, then Ruin just shot themselves in the metaphorical foot, by removing the only anonymous destination from play. This doesn't really make sense for either a villager or somebody serving a shardic win con. Perhaps busting Silverlight is useful to the elim factions though, insofar as it forces everybody to scatter? Seems like it could be a defensive tactic, as it limits the scope of who anybody can target (only the peoples on the same planet), similar to how destroying Braize limits how many kills can target people on other planets. If Ruin is trying to do something like that, I suppose Taldain is liable to go kaboom next. If Khriss had Ruin though, I would kind of expect them to be killing people instead of doing something this indirect. So I'm guessing it's Hoid that's doing this as Hoid can't kill. Also, I stated my suspicions last cycle, and they remain unanswered, so Jondesu. In addition to my accusations last cycle, I will add that you are also on Taldain this cycle, which is where I am predicting Ruin/Hoid would travel next.

Of *course* quitting is allowed. Right this way, I will lead you safely out of the Dark Alley. No, that isn't a trap door you're standing on, what are you talking about??

Quickbronze is a legitimate, sapient cognitive shadow, not a shade. A shade is more like the... Skeleton, of a cognitive shadow, I guess? Not a perfect metaphor but it suffices. Some bits are left over (we have experimentally proven that connection is retained), but shades are not really self-aware. As Quickbronze is a stable cognitive shadow (in common terms, a ghost), the ability to directly percieve them may be seen as a sign of mental instability. Also, LA could alternatively be interpreted as Los Angeles. Which is ironic, because as a largish city, LA has its fair share of dark alleys in it.

Granted. You are permanently lashed upward, so that you fall away from the earth with the same acceleration you would otherwise fall towards it (I do hope you were indoors when you made the request, otherwise you're probably going to burn up on your ascent into outer space due to air resistance). I wish to receive the recipe for the best possible earth-approximation of chouta, transcribed in English, made from ingredients native to earth.

Well spoken. Actually, both of those statements could be true, if you had a way of knowing that a vessel would protect you.