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  1. Ashbringer
    Tyrian stood and stared. “I hunt Skybreakers and bounties. Your rescue gave me an opprotunity for both. I don’t answer to anyone,” he said, simply. Cinder vibrated in the pocket of his cloak. Tyrian agreed with this feeling. Something wasn’t right about all of this. “What do you want? For me to team up with you to fight? You didn’t fight your way out of the van. You left me to do it for you.” He took one step forward. “I can be an ally. But I will never be a tool.”
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    I’ll officially Pinch Hit if needed, may decide to fully join later.
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    I was a... Pulser!
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    Okay, I have an idea for Honorblades to at least prevent the Elims from killing the Dustbringer (Honorblade Bearer) and stealing the blade undetected. A Bearer can chose a player to Will their blade to in case of a lynch. If that Bearer is lynched, the blade goes to the Willed individual [either “their Blade was Willed to (Player)!” or “their Blade was Willed to someone!”]. If there was no Will, or the Will was made invalid (perhaps the Stone Shaman, or just having a dead recipient), then the Blade would go to someone else [either the Stone Shaman or a random player]. If a Bearer is killed, the killer can then claim the Blade the next day turn. Claiming is a choice: take the blade, or let it “return to the Shin High Council” and go to a random other player. The Stone Shaman then gets a message at the end of each day turn of who has Honorblades, and how many, but not what kind. So an Elim who earned an Honorblade from a kill could either keep the blade and fall under suspicion by the Shaman, or let it go to a random individual who may take that suspicion. I’m also wondering if the Stone Shaman should have any further abilities besides the ownership report and stealing a Blade at night. I’m thinking maybe recover unWilled/unClaimed blades instead of having them go to a random individual, but with the caveat that the Shaman can’t use the Blade’s powers at all, just hold and shuttle them for the Village.
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    Let’s just say it didn’t take me long to fix it . It did take me a while to figure out how to get the website notifications without the accompanying emails...
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    Hey! Too many people upvoted me and now I’m not an Obligator anymore! I’m still mindboggled by the fact that Mint slipped out from 3 seperate lynches, and nearly a 4th as well.
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    *Leaves settings to send one email per notification* *Logs off the Shard for 5 hours* *Panic ensues*
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    Umm, I may play this. It sounds cool but very complicated and RP-heavy when I'll be on vacation the first few days. I suppose I could pinch-hit safely, but I'll have to think about it.
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    "Great! I'll be right along," Cassie responded. She wasn't entirely sure what Lord wanted to Soulcast, but she had made a deal. She was also worried about the newcomer. Soulcasting was secretive, especially for an... experienced user like herself. Plus she wasn't a Radiant, so losing her Soulcaster was a worry, albiet one her Allomancy could avert.
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    If it was 4 players left with the Kandra, then I would have won this game Mage it ended with me and 4 villagers. I think the Kandra is fairly balanced, but Araris dying D2 definitely threw a big wrench into it. Plus me having mostly no idea what I was doing. If we got switched with me being the first Kandra and Araris the second, he may have pulled it off better. Or if he could have self-destructed onto Pyro - now THAT would be an interesting. In my opinion, knowing who the Elims are at the beginning would have made my job much easier, although it would probably be far too potent in the hands of Araris. That or having a third life I could fall back onto. That's what I love about this game: there's so many things that could have gone slightly different that would have completely shifted the outcome.
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    I kinda like not having the Kandra need to die for the Village to win. My plan was to try and get it down to 5 players - 2 Villagers, 2 mostly-outed Elims, and then Kandra!me outed and just messing with the lynch and causing chaos. Any hit on me would break the Vest stalemate. Giving some other advantage would be nice though. Plus now Faleast can just just be immortal
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    Hey, I actually AM an obligator now! I actually was having inactivity problems this game, just with appointments and planning family vacations and things. There’s also the computer issue I was having, which should be gone now (I got a new laptop yesterday ). Plus scrambling around trying to figure out when reset was and not blowing my Kandra cover in the LG. Most of that was genuine. I definitely did play it up a bunch more, though. And I was doing so well undercover, and then I went and forgot to move my vote to Mint... that was a stressful last round Great game everyone!
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    Gotcha. The problem with Stone Shamans is that if they can see who has Blades, they can narrow down Elims easily, or at least who Szeth and Kaladin are. I think they can hold Honorblades, but I doubt they would ever start with one. I’d have to decide if they could use their powers though. Maybe Nightblood could scan as and get passed around like an Honorblade
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    TJ’s game. I was just trying to suggest a way for Mistborn to be more player-controlled, and having Coinshots have kills, while also not turning the Mistborn into de facto Coinshots. More limited than random abilities.
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    I think I read one like it. I'm just saying it would be odd immersion-wise to have that vial limit on Mistborn and not Mistings.
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    He had half the limbs, but he got to keep the opposable thumbs. ... who wants to bet I can read through all of this? I've done worse rabbit holes. ... okay, I probably haven't, but I need a goal for this quarantine summer that I can pile with all my other misplaced goals try and achieve.
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    A knock sounded on the door of the room. Somewhat suprised, an individual (whom the all-knowing Ashbringer had forgotten to give a name) opened the door to find a neatly wrapped package on the floor outside, with an old-fashioned scroll sitting on top. “Don’t worry, everyone. It’s just a Luthadel delivery order,” the man said. As far as he could see there wasn’t any way of telling who it was for, so he picked up the note, and started to read. “Dear Recipient, Enclosed in this package is your replacement order from Mount Faleast Smithing and Shipping Co.. We are very sorry that you were not completely satisfied with our last item and found it to be ineffective for your needs. Your complaint was succesfully processed by the Canton of Finance and your replacement order is at no additional cost to you. If you have any further inquiries, please send a note to the Canton of Finance and our team will do our best to resolve your complaint as soon as possible. We hope that this item meets our 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaruntee, and that you will continue to use Mount Faleast Smithing and Shipping Co. for all your blacksmithing needs. Sincerely, The Mount Faleast Smithing and Shipping Co. Team” The man looked around at the assembled people. These were no blacksmiths, they were skaa rebels and theives. He doubted that he could even find a decent carpenter in this crowd. Then again, a decent number of the gathering were secretly obligator spies, bent on ruining the plot at hand. The man, like the rest, had never found any. The man looked in the box, searching for any hidden messages or weapons. There... weren’t any. Just the simple iron tool. “Alright,” he said, “who ordered the hammer?”
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    "I'm not really sure where Ms. Adama is. She went out with a man for a Soulcasting appointment, which could take either a few minutes or several days," Poller replied, still rummaging around in a cabinet of assorted weapons. "I think you should come back tomorrow, she'll be more likely to - aha!" he said, pulling out a wavy knife. "Is this what you're looking for?" he said, turning toward the Anarchist. He set it on the table. "You can look it over while I get the rest of those-" The world went black. Poller gripped his staff tight as his vision returned, tapping all the bronze he could. Another fit. He couldn't tell if they were decreasing in severity or increasing in number, but they were still quite a disruption. He shook himself. "While I get the rest of those bullets for you," he repeated, walking carefully toward the ammunition again.
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    Truthwatcher. Mint flipping Elim I think soft-clears Lotus, but I don’t really know what it says about the rest of us.
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    Well. That one upped my Honorblade game proposal by a long shot... I think Cett having a Mistborn would be fine. He did have one in WoA, but he got himself killed by Vin in the second chapter or something. Just make it so he can’t use Duralumin or has some other handicap like Zane’s. I’ve always wondered if Mistborn should be ruled as if they have limited metals. ie they can use all 8 abilities, and in Vin’s case start with them all, but only have 1 use of each ability until replenished somehow (randomly getting metals at the end of the cycle, perhaps). It would also let the Coinshot have a traditional kill role without turning Vin or Zane into Coinshot spammers. But it makes more sense in a game where metals are an actual resource. (All the game’s I’ve read through give the Village “Mistborn” a random Misting ability each cycle, which just seems weird. It works as a nice handicap on Zane, though.) Other then that, looks great! To Straw’s comments on my Surge ideas, I agree Transportation needs to change (probably to some redirect - I’ll think about it). I’m also not happy with Gravitation, more magic-wise than balance. Illumination: I could extend to affecting the user and the target, or “portraying” a role instead of covering it (blade ownership or alignment) with the caveat that both you and the target appear the same way. (So an Elim could make a themself and a fellow Elim look Village, or make a real Villager and themself look Elim.) And perhaps lying about Roleblocks as well - telling the Roleblocker it went through while it actually fails? Tension: I didn’t want to duplicate actions, so you can’t use, say, Division twice in one turn. With that caveat I think it’s alright for a 1>2 endowment. However, whether there should be a cap on indistinct actions (ie if someone got multiple Honorblades, then got Tension boosted) I’m not really sure. Lastly on the Dustbringer blade: I’m hoping if the Bearer got outed they would start using Abrasion, but that wouldn’t work forever, especially with Szeth’s Nightblood-boosted kill and with the Bondsmith blade possibly in the wrong hands. I do want for the village to have some kind of kill so they can recover Blades and hunt after suspicions. But there isn’t really any solution for preventing the Elims from randomly killing the Dustbringer Honorblade Bearer N1 unless Honorblades no longer transfer on death. Perhaps a Stone Shaman could see who has Blades as of the end of the Day turn, as I’m hoping player passing Blades happens at least semi-frequently.
  22. Ashbringer
    Truthwatcher still has a vote on Lotus. It’s 5 to 3. Mint (5): Vapor, Fifth, Lotus, Eternum, Striker Lotus (3): Ash, Mint, Truthwatcher
  23. Ashbringer
    Hmm. Let me see. The problem is Gravitation is only in Elim hands, and Adhesion, Division, and Tension can only exist with one Honorblade apiece. Adhesion: Roleblock a player. (Only in Kaladin + Bondsmith blade.) Gravitation: Track a player to see their targets. (Only in Kaladin + Szeth.) Division: Night kill. (Only in Dustbringer blade.) Abrasion: Cancel all actions targeting you, in exchange for cancelling all your other actions this turn. Progression: Protect a player from night kills. Illumination: Protect a player from non-kill actions (roleblocks, vote manip, scans). Transformation: Scan a player for Honorblade ownership or for alignment. Transportation: Move a player’s vote, at the expense of canceling your own vote. Cohesion: Redirect all actions performed by a player onto another player. (Only in Willshaper blade.) Tension: Grant a player 2 Stormlight charges. (Only in Bondsmith blade.) I was also thinking the two Radiants (perhaps a Village Radiant as well) could get extra Stormlight as a passive (3 instead of 2 every 3 turns?) and Szeth’s Nightblood could combine 3 charges plus the Elim kill to make the kill bypass any roleblocks/protection/evasion. Gravitation, Transportation, and Cohesion need some work, but the rest seem alright.
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    Can we get a list of who we’re going for as possible targets? The remaining players are Ash, Fifth, Lotus, Mint, Eternum, Straw, Striker, Truthwatcher, and Vapor. Of those, I trust myself, Straw, and Striker. That leaves Fifth, Lotus, Mint, Eternum, Truth, and Vapor. I’ve made my suspicions of Lotus clear, and still I don’t see a good defense. Mint seems to have done not much wrong, but she’s wiggled out of far too many lynches. Truthwatcher is gone with a vote on Lotus, and according to her she won’t come back this turn. Fifth has just really been the opposite to Straw this whole time, but has proven... slippery. Vapor seems to want Mint lynched and no one else. And it’s hard to tell what Eternus is doing, but he’s always seemed like he’s making fair decisions. My order for suspicion would probably be most suspicious are Lotus+Mint, then Fifth, then Truthwatcher, then Vapor, then finally Eternum. But there’s not a ton of room inbetween those reads. I’ll move to Mint (or someone else) if needed, but with Truthwatcher’s vote stuck on Lotus it would be easier to lynch her, and I don’t want to close out all our options yet.
  25. Ashbringer
    So of course I failed to put this in the proper thread, so here we are. I had an idea for a Roshar game that could be cool to pull off, probably a LG. I know I’m too new at this to be a GM (for now...) but helping someone make this game take off would be really fun, and perhaps let me co-GM with someone more experienced. Synopsis: ^ The premise is a little risky because it’s a scenario that will likely come about in Stormlight 4 or 5, but if it’s advertised as a hypothetical I think it’s fine. ... tada!
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