StrikerEZ

To your first point: that actually makes sense. Though, that's basically what I said either later in that post or one of my later ones. And...yeah, I'd probably be worried about that as well if I were Parshendi. I think that's why it's imperative that we work together to root out the Voidbringers. To your second point: I do agree that you're right about the Sons of Honor. They should be taken out to protect you as well. Personally, I'm gonna be more worried about the Alethi (obviously), but I do want this to be a fun game and we should try for peace between all of the unaligned members. The problem is that we don't know who the faction members are. I'm willing to take out Elenion if there's even the slightest chance that he's a Voidbringer (though I think it's highly likely he is one). I'd also be willing to help determine whether Yitzi is a SoH or not, in a sign of good faith with the Parshendi next cycle. I'm just worried about possibly lynching him because, while he seems very suspicious, especially with his first few posts, there's no real hard evidence against him (unlike with asterion's claim on Elenion).

You seem like a pretty cool user, though I don't know you that well. Also, I really like your name. What made you come up with it?

@Roadwalker That idea sounds really cool! I'd definitely play that if you do get to GM it. As for me, I've come up with an idea. Basically, the premise is that it takes place around the time of the rebellions in the Elendel Basin. Out in the Roughs, there is a group of people that have gathered tons of Allomancers, Feruchemists, and a few Twinborn to train an army of really powerful metalborn to take over the Elendel Basin (it'd be role madness, and everyone would have an Allomantic or Feruchemical ability-both if they're Twinborn). However, there a few constable spies hidden among the group, and the group must weed them out before the constables take them all out. Depending on how many people joined, there'd be 2-3 Twinborn. There'd be more mistings then ferrings, as well. It would be a long game with 48 hour day cycles and 24 hour night cycles. I'm still working out the mechanics for the feruchemical abilities, so if anyone would want to co-GM this game, I could use the help working on that. Also, if this game got green-lighted, I wouldn't really have time to GM it until mid-November because summer band is starting soon, then school will start and it'll go crazy with marching band and school at the same time.

@Crimsn-Wolf Well...I'm not too entirely suspicious of Drake. I suggested it because it seemed like a plausible idea, but not because I believed that it was true. I'm definitely not suspicious of him. Though, it could be useful for him to be scanned. I can't remember if there are any Parshendi forms that would make that dangerous. I think the only ones that would be dangerous for an artifabrian are Voidbringer forms. (EDIT: For clarification, for some reason I thought there were Parshendi forms that made it so where if someone used an ability on that Parshendi, they would die. I went back and looked at the roles and realized this isn't really the case, except for Decayform kind of, but didn't mention it in my post lol) So, I'm thinking that we have asterion agree to scan Drake this cycle. It'd let us know if he actually changed into Scholarform and would give us his faction (if he has one). If asterion publicly claims that he's gonna scan Drake, but next cycle says that his action failed, that would mean Drake is a Voidbringer who either changed into Smoke or Decayform. Of course, this opens up the possibility of asterion and Drake both being Ghostblood and making Drake seem less suspicious by saying that Drake did indeed transition to Scholarform when, in this scenario, he really didn't. Of course, that all seems really unlikely and a bit tinfoil-y to me, though I do think it's a good idea to have asterion scan him, just in case we get lucky and catch another Voidbringer. Assuming Elenion is one as well.

Okay, I was curious to see how many votes Elenion had received and made a vote tally, with history. (Even though the cycle basically just started lol) Elenion(9): asterion137(A), OrlokTsubodai(A), Yitzi2(A), BrightnessRadiant(A), StrikerEZ(A), Drake Marshall(P), Crimsn-Wolf(A), Megasif(A), The Flash, Straw(A) asterion137(1): Drake Marshall(P) Okay, I definitely understand why Drake thinks it is odd that asterion decided to scan Elenion even though he claimed he was gonna scan Elenion. But...there's no way Drake could've scanned him until this cycle, and we would've been left wondering this cycle whether Elenion was Voidbringer or not. Plus, Drake could've just got his role, not his faction. At first, I thought that wouldn't really help, but then I realized Elenion could've changed into a Voidbringer-only role, so that would basically give away his faction as well. Either way, as an Alethi, it makes perfect sense to try and find the Voidbringers as fast as possible to try and get rid of them to save your own win condition. It also would make sense, as an unaligned Parshendi, to try and help get that Voidbringer lynched/killed to make peace (the whole point of this game ) with the Alethi. Drake's initial vote and vote change feels like a Voidbringer teammate first attempting bussing their teammate, then trying to throw some suspicion on the person who accused their teammate to see if it would stick. I don't think that scenario is as likely as the scenario where he was trying to help make peace by removing a possible Voidbringer, then worrying about whether asterion is a SoH or not. I definitely see the reasoning behind it. I just don't think he realized how stupid it'd be to do what asterion did as a SoH or Ghostblood and be lying about it. EDIT: I decided to go back and edit in whether voters were Alethi or Parshendi. I'm not quite sure why Drake has been the only Parshendi to vote Elenion. I do get that they could be suspicious to vote on one of their own (which makes it funny to me that Drake, who is really suspicious whether Elenion truly is a Voidbringer, is the only Parshendi that's voted on him lol), but I just don't see how it could be a SoH/Ghostblood framing a Parshendi. I may be biased towards the Alethi, but if I were Parshendi, I'd vote on Elenion too. It'd form good relations with the Alethi, especially if Elenion truly is a Voidbringer. Even if he isn't, it'd show the Alethi that the Parshendi are willing to help them. Of course, they'd have every right to be wary next time a lynch on a Voidbringer is claimed.

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I understand why the Parshendi are worried about lynching one of their own, because that does not help with their win condition if Elenion actually isn't a Voidbringer. But I don't get why everyone is so hung up about it. Asterion decided to take it into his own hand so to scan Elenion, especially considering that Drake couldn't have scanned him first cycle. As an Alethi wishing to survive, that makes perfect sense-root out the Voidbringers as fast as possible before they can kill you. And I don't get why everyone suspects him of being in a secret faction. It'd be suicide to make a false claim like this. We'd lynch Elenion, assuming another Warform doesn't protect him (I think that works, but I might be a bit iffy on that), and find out whether or not he was actually a Voidbringer. If he is actually a Voidbringer, then asterion's claim was correct (though he could still be a SoH or Ghostblood); if he isn't, then asterion's claim is false, which would mean that he is definitely a SoH (EDIT: I realized this could also make him a Ghostblood), which would lead to us lynching him right away in order to make goodwill with the Parshendi. That's why I'm inclined to believe aster's claim. There's no way a SoH or Ghostblood would try and publicly claim someone else's role like that if they were lying. Even if they lynch the one non-Voidbringer Parshendi, they would definitely be lynched the next cycle. It's suicide. So, I've made up my mind. I'm 100% sure that Elenion is a Voidbringer, and I'm sticking with my gut. There's nothing that really proves to me that asterion's claim is false, and I think my line of reasoning proves why it can't be false.

Well, assuming aster is correct, then I'm willing to say that Elenion actually is Voidbringer. If Elenion ends up not being Voidbringer, then aster will have some explaining to do. I don't think it's likely that a Son or Ghostblood would be that forthright with their (or a teammate's) role while trying to frame a normal Parshendi, so I'm inclined to believe aster's claim. Though it may not have been the smartest move. EDIT: ninja'd by BR lol

Yay! I'm so happy for you! And for the Honorblade! I am be Windrunner? (Also slightly geeking out that you decided to mention me lol)

Okay, I went back and did a new vote tally. Drake(3): Sart, Orlok, Stick Yitzi(6): Drake, Len, Cloud, Roadwalker, Straw, Mint Len(7):Yitzi, Aster, Hemalurgic_Headshot, Megasif, StrikerEZ, The Flash, Elbereth Sart(1): Jon

Sorry, I've been lurking pretty badly. Honestly, even if Drake is a Voidbringer, I think the fact that he's supposedly got Warform protection makes it pretty pointless to try and lynch him. Of course, he could be bluffing, but I think we'd find out fairly quickly if he didn't gain results, so I'm feeling like he's unaligned. Elenion seems like as good a choice as any. Of course, unless he switches, he'd probably be protected as well, but it never hurts to check and see if he isn't in Warform. Everyone has already given okay reasons for voting on him. I'm just voting for him because none of the other Parshendi seem too Voidbringer-y yet, even though there's probably 2-3 out there.

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Oh yeah...that would make things a whole lot easier.

Dude...this combo is freaking awesome. You'd probably have to deal with some injuries, but still, the pewter would let you take way more injuries than you'd normally take. This is absolutely amazing.

........ Why am I so clueless? lol

I know, I used that thread. I just couldn't remember where in the thread the WoB was.

Dang it, I'd just found it. Gotta be quicker next time.

I believe there was another WoB later in that thread that said it was more of a spiritual thing, with the soul of harmonium being in conflict with itself, which, when it touches water, allows for lots of Investiture to explode out, kind of like a nuclear reaction but with Investiture instead. I'll try to find it, but I'll summon @Calderis @Extesian @The One Who Connects to help me out if I can't. Give me like ten minutes.

I know, I'm not gonna try to side with them. But in the end, my win condition is more important to me than others, sadly. Like I said, this should be a peaceful game, though the existence of factions that wanna kill a lot of people complicates things.

Yeah, that's kind of what I was going for.

Okay, I think the safest bet for both the Alethi and the Parhsendi would be to try to use the lynch to try and weed out any Ghostbloods, because they're basically the mafia of this game. If we could get rid of them as quickly as possible, that would just leave unaligned and Sons/Voidbringers. Personally, I'm more likely to side with the Sons and help them out because I'm an Alethi, and the Voidbringers raise a very serious threat against my win condition. I think the best outcome for as many people as possible would be to to hunt down the Ghostbloods, then either the Sons/Voidbringers, since that would allow for the most people to win this game. Of course, then we'd also need to take out the other faction, since they would pose a threat to the regular Parshendi/Alethi...hmm.... If it comes down to it, I'm gonna have to side with the Sons to make sure no Voidbringers can take me out, but I think it'd be really cool if both unaligned groups could win, since that lets the most amount of players reach their win condition.

Well, the problem is that I should be dead. I have no idea how one would go about fixing this, though.

Man, that really sucks. At least you know that they're interested in you as a possible employee, even if they can't hire you right now.

And what about if I turn village? Honestly, even though you're the one leading the lynch on me, I'm not that suspicious of you being an elim. I'm annoyed that I'm gonna die, but I think that'll give pretty good information as well.

Okay, I see how it is.