Wyrmhero

The question no GM wants to hear... Thankfully this one doesn't change the result, editing it in.

Evening Edition 2 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 24th of Doxil, 68, Evening Price 2 Clips Another Death as Investigation is ‘Concluded’ Governor Wilson was rushed from a meeting this afternoon by his guards, after other officials started to riot as he said that the investigation into the suspicious deaths around House Heron had been ‘concluded’. As he made the statement, it was met with jeers from the others in the meeting and questions of bribery and corruption within the governor’s office and the investigative team. The governor attempted to calm them, but became irate when asked about his new mansion out in New Seran. When the question was asked, he declared the meeting adjourned, and made a quick exit to avoid further scrutiny. In an interview given exclusively to The Elendel Daily (see pages 4, 5 for further details), Councillor Brug Jernaq stated that his peers were extremely frustrated by the lack of transparency within this decision, and that it was merely another example in a string of questionable and suspicious decisions made under his regime*. He also has stated that he plans to protest this ‘inaction’ on the Governor’s part, and will be seeking to gather signatures from the nobility to dismiss the Governor from his duties in protest. This furore also comes as yet another body is found in suspicious and violent circumstances. This brings the total number of deaths surrounding House Heron up to four, but even now there are fears that this will not be the end of it. In all the pubs and meeting places of the city, one question is on everyone's many more must die before the city is safe again? *The Elendel Daily wish to point out that the Governor is not under investigation, and has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and any views stated by Councillor Brug Jernaq are their own views, and are not representative of The Elendel Daily. Garrik Urbain Commercial Advertisements Other Headlines This Evening Obituary Previous Editions Itiah XII/I think I am here. was a Rioter! There was a draw for Praise votes, there is no Influential player next Day. Night 2 has begun! It will end at 7PM GMT on Wednesday 7th November. A Tineye is alive, so you may continue sending PMs this Night. I'm finding purple Praise votes to be a little bit difficult to find when embedded in a lot of black text if it's the darker shades of purple, so if you do Praise someone within a wall of text, could you please bold your vote or make sure to use the lighter shade? Assassinate Votes Praise Votes Total Influence Player List

Turn's over, please stand by.

I'm afraid I can't count this vote as there's no Assassinate to go with it.

Some might say I expect you to have common sense But yes, rules patch engaged etc, Assassinate/Praise votes must be for living players, as such Orlok's votes count for nothing there.

Morning Edition 2 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 24th of Doxil, 68, Morning Price 2 Clips Night of Murders Shocks City! Officials can reveal that not only are they now investigating the death of Miumounder (reported in yesterday’s evening edition), but two more members of House Heron’s meeting have been found dead as well. The two new deaths – Snip Exeutor and Tessona – do not initially seem connected to each other or to Miumounder’s, but for their link to House Heron. Constables are currently assuming these murders to be related, but do not believe that the same person has carried out all three murders, as each has been different. Miumounder’s death has been stated to be an accident by the coroner that examined his body - the official report has concluded that the liquor he purchased had been accidentally contaminated and created a poison - but the circumstances around the death itself have thrown that into questioning. An anonymous source has revealed that the constabulary are considering whether to request a second examination of the body, and are currently proceeding under the assumption that his death was malicious. Despite this, they state that the owner of the bar and the staff are not charged with any crimes and are not being considered as anything more than witnesses. Snip Exeutor was found stabbed inside his home, with entry forced. He was alive when discovered, but passed away at the scene before medical help could arrive. No obvious items were taken from his home, indicating that this was a potential murder attempt rather than a robbery gone horribly wrong. His home has been cordoned off while it is dusted for prints and other investigation by the newly established ‘forensics’ department of the constabulary. It is hoped that new scientific methods will shed light on clues that more traditional methods might show. Tessona was also stabbed last night, but on the way home, in a quiet but open part of the city. This murder was carried out much earlier yesterday than Snip Exeutor’s, but her body was only discovered this morning. No items from her person appear to be stolen, indicating that this too was not a crime of theft turned ugly. It is unknown whether this killing was due to a Spiked assault or a vigilante taking matters into their own hands; Tessona was a noted and devout follower of Splinterism. As such, constables are currently working on the theory that she was killed for her faith, either being seen as a traitor by the extremist Spiked for working against them, or that another individual made the mistake of conflating Splinterism with support for the Spiked and their goals, and took matters into their own hands in an illegal manner. The investigations into all three deaths continue. Krea Erikeller Commercial Advertisements Personal Advertisements Obituaries Other Headlines this Morning Previous Editions Day 2 has begun! Night 2 will begin at 7PM GMT on Tuesday 6th November. Snip Exeutor/Snipexe was a Noble! Tessona/Devotary of Spontaneity was a Noble! Player List

The Night is over! Please stand by, your regular show will be resumed shortly.

A question has come up regarding whether or not it's possible for a Rioter or Soother to use their ability on themselves. The rules on the first post do not state that they can't, but that's a mistake on my part. Brass and Zinc are both external mental metals, and as such, I am going to update the rules to reflect their official capabilities as well as my initial intentions for them: Brass and Zinc only work on other players. It's been brought to my attention that I made a slight mistake in the votes, and accidentally assigned Young Bard's votes to Jondesu (well, they have similar avatars...). This has now been fixed. It should also be noted, as this question was asked, that a Rioter cannot Riot a no vote. For that matter, a Soother can't Soothe one either, but that has no actual effect anyway. There are 8 hours left in the Night Turn.

Evening Edition 1 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 23rd of Doxil, 68, Evening Price 2 Clips House Heron Hopeful Poisoned! The number of potential heirs to House Heron’s fortune has decreased by one, in a shocking and worrisome turn of events. On his way home from the meeting, Miumounder (20) visited his favourite pub for a quick drink. Other frequent visitors to the establishment have stated that this was a common occurrence for him, and have described him in kind terms, and as ‘an eccentric, but respectable’, as befitting a man of his status. Certainly there have been no reports of disorderly behaviour, and usually he was on his way again shortly after. Unfortunately, Miumounder never made it home that night. Patrons were first alerted to a problem when he remained at his place at the bar for longer than normal. No concern was raised over this, however, as it was assumed he had simply been dismissed from Lord Heron’s sight, and was taking a moment to collect himself. When he remained there into the late afternoon, one approached him, only to find that he had passed away, with no visible cause. Upon finding this, the police and medical professionals were summoned to the pub. After quick examination, it was determined that the other patrons were not in any danger. While no information has been released about how he died, some have noted that Miumounder had a very peculiar taste in his drinks, and ordered the same thing every time. The landlord was arrested and questioned, but has now released from custody. The pub has been closed, pending examination. The constabulary has requested any with further information to come forward and help their investigation. Garrik Urbain Correction Commercial Advertisements Obituary Other Headlines This Evening Previous Editions Night 1 has begun! Day 2 will begin at 7PM GMT on Sunday 4th November. There is a Tineye alive, so PMs may be sent. Please remember that group PMs are not allowed, and PMs must include myself within them. Miomounder (Cadmium Compounder) was a Soother! Count Olaf/Fifth Scholar is Influential during Day 2. Assassinate Votes Praise Votes Total Influence Player List

Time's up all, thread going up soonish.

...Are you surprised? I've known you for quite some time now Also, my internet seems to be fixed now, but time will tell if it remains stable. Regardless of whether or not it does, the Day will still end at 7PM GMT, which is in 7 hours and 20 minutes from this post. Something I wanted to say last night but wasn't able to is that I'd also like to remind any Smokers out there (if there are any ) that you may use your ability on the first Day as a free Action.

Nope, you're right. I'm confused, someone asked me if there was a Tineye so they could send PMs, but PMs are Night only. I'll edit the above. Also, my internet's quite spotty right now, so I may not always be a presence within the docs. If you need a clarification, it's best to send it through your PM rather than hope I see it in the doc.

Quick clarifications PMs are only able to be sent during the Night. I'll let you know if a Tineye is still alive at the beginning of the Night Turn. Until I've posted the thread, please do not assume there is. Nohadon, while you can't vote to abstain, you can just not vote. That's a perfectly valid thing to do, amd though at the moment I'm not counting as as having voted, it'd be good if you could colour that 'vote' in to remove it. Remember to visit your docs, people! As they aren't meant to be anonymous, I have clarified the members on each within the doc. Some RP clarifications Spook ruled for a century? That seems... weird, considering the setting, unless he himself had Hemalurgic spikes. Unless people on Scadrial just routinely live for over a hundred and twenty years, roughly, in which case I would have set this later on... But speaking of deaths, there's nothing to say that Lord Heron himself is dead yet, as the prize after all this is to be adopted by him and chosen as his heir, and it's also been stated that he'll meet his heir at the end of this. There's more evidence he's alive than not with that, but I am a massive troll apparently... >>.

Can confirm. But ah, maybe that's the troll this time, and I'm not trolling at all... But yes, if people don't remember that, clearly I haven't scarred enough people I'm not trying hard enough.

Morning Edition 1 The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 23rd of Doxil, 68, Morning Price 2 Clips Myth Come to Life! KANDRA walk the world again! The Faceless Immortals, mythical shapeshifters in the service of Harmony, have made themselves known again. They bear a warning. The Words of Founding famously do not contain any information about Hemalurgy, but the evil, Ruinous power is said to have been discovered again. At a meeting for hopefuls attempting to become the heir to Lord Heron, his steward Kasaam (age unknown) informed them all that he had been visited by an agent of Harmony, and told that there were practisers of Hemalurgy within their number. Hemalurgy is, of course, the ability to ‘steal’ attributes or Metalborn powers from someone as they die. It is regarded as the most barbarous of the Metallic Arts, but even then there are still some who call for the science behind it to be made public and for experimentation to be done for the sake of medical research and Allomantic conservation. Since the death of The Lord Mistborn, it is unlikely that any still retain the knowledge of how it works, other than Harmony himself, and Ironeyes. However, there are rumours that some Inquisitors still roam the lands outside the Basin, entirely mad, and some even say that the Church of Splinterism keeps hidden texts from the old world which explain how it is used. Said Lord Flamingo (age withheld), one of the participants at the meeting, ‘It was very strange. He called us all together – The Terrisman, I mean – and told us that there would be no decision on who becomes the heir until this whole sorry business was sorted out. But how exactly are we meant to do that?’ Another, Burrsir (young) said, ‘I dunno what we’re even bothering with all this for. It’s obviously that nutter that snuck in at the last minute, preaching about The Lord Ruler and all that.’ For now, Elendel waits with baited breath to see what, if anything, will come of this meeting. Will we be seeing the first arrests for Hemalurgy ever by our new constabulary? If these horrific rumours are true, one can only hope so. Krea Erikeller Commercial Advertisements Personal Advertisements Other Headlines This Morning Previous Editions Day 1 has begun! Night 1 will begin at 7PM GMT on Saturday 3rd November. Please remember to double-check the rules if you're not sure about anything, or ask for clarifications from me. Remember that you must do both, vote to Assassinate AND vote to Praise at the same time, and please follow the guidelines in the first post this game. Player List

And that is the last of signups, I will send messages around to everyone soon, and then post the first Day.

Perfectly fine with me Not quite, it's just a fun little thing I'll post in the event of your death. It's not intended to give any information away (Hence why I need them in before the game starts) and is solely for RP/fun purposes.

It is exactly like that, though admittedly slower and more talkative. Welcome aboard! . Best to double check the rules though, as Think says, just to get the little nuances and differences, such as PMing and how the Cycles work. I'm going to be out Monday evening, so in order to make it work for that without having to delay on the first few turns, the game will begin tomorrow at 7PM GMT. (it's either that, or Sunday, which is quite a while away, and we have been on hold for a while. Signups have been slow enough that I'm not convinced that we'd get anything from waiting another three days). Remember to get any obituaries within 32 hours of this post! If you want to be helpful to me, please title them as 'LG50: [Player Username]', then I can use that PM as your game PM too :P.

Up to 19 players now, I would like one more at least before we begin, but I'll understand if one of the mods tells me to get on with it :P.

Everyone's added to the list - Remember to send in those Obituaries guys, or else I'll have to make my own for you :P. To clarify, since a few people have been unsure, the obituaries are just intended to be a bit of fun and roleplaying, possibly allowing you to add some background for your character or just joke around with the other players. They aren't intended to be majorly serious things, and will have no actual effect on the game, as they're all sent in before it starts.

Removed you from the list, Straw. Have to admit, with only 12 players signed up, I'm not going to be starting it tomorrow, and will instead extend it until we get at least 20. If we still don't get to 20 by next week, I'll take another view on it.

Wondered when someone would notice them . Hope people like the newspaper style too . Arraenae and Snipexe, I will send you a spec doc when the game begins.

LG50: News of My Demise The Elendel Daily Newsworthy Content for Every Octant! The 16th of Doxil, 68, Morning Price 2 Clips Contest for Heron Inheritance! In an exclusive to The Elendel Times, Kasaam, Steward to Lord Wayrn Heron, reveals the truth about the ill health of his master. “Lord Heron is dying,” the Terrisman said, candidly, in an interview with this reporter. Kasaam (age unknown) seems tired and worn himself now, perhaps unsurprising after a lifetime of working with such a person. “This is not too shocking; he has had a long and distinguished career, and there are few who can claim to have seen as much of history as he has. If it is a surprise, it is only that it should come now, after so long in good health. Many of his staff, myself included, almost believed that he would live forever.” Indeed, Lord Heron (91) is one of the only people still remaining who remembers the world before the Catacendre. He has previously claimed to be the only man still alive who has met The Lord Ruler, the oppressive tyrant that ruled the old world. And not content with remembering history, the man has lived his life forging it as well – There are few who do not know the name of ‘Heron Industries Mining Concern’, the eminent name in mining, quarrying, metallurgy, logistics and allomantic research. Most of our fair city was built with their aid, and it is estimated that almost twenty percent of the city’s inhabitants rely on the company for their business in some form. The question that is always posed when one thinks of the company is ‘how did they become so powerful?’. The answer, of course, lies in the old world. Lord Heron inherited his Lordship young, and took risks with his family's money, spending it on highly dangerous and profitable ventures. In particular, he helped fund the Skaa Rebellion, selling them weapons and metals in an act which would caused his execution had it been discovered. Those who knew him at the time have spoken of his calculating and, some would say cold, methods, and the ruthlessness that he pursued further wealth with. With the death of the Lord Ruler, his favourable status with the new rulers of The Final Empire saw him ascend to the new parliament created by King (later Emperor) Venture. This gave him further scope to increase his power, in a manner that a more enlightened and less chaotic time might call corrupt. With the Ascension of Harmony and the birth of the world we now live in came a great need for rapid construction. Housing, agriculture, centers of governance, all required stone and metals in greater number than ever before. Lord Heron paved great roadways to the mountains at the edge of the basin, and started to excavate and transport raw materials to the city, in the process founding Heron Industries Mining Concern. One might say that Lord Heron used risk and chaos to propel himself to ever greater heights. Indeed, whether he was extremely intelligent or insanely lucky is a matter that is still debated by many academics today. But, as Kasaam himself has vouchsafed to this reporter, Lord Heron may not be long for this world. And this poses something of a problem for the noble House of Heron and the company that bears its name. Lord Heron’s wife, Shannah Heron, passed away twelve years ago, and they had no children. Thus Lord Heron is the last of his House, and the question of inheritance arises. “We are holding a sort of… contest,” Kasaam says, with a wry smile that doesn’t quite seem to reach his tired eyes. “Lord Heron intends to adopt an heir before his passing, and to ensure that the company is not handed to someone undeserving, he will test that they possess all the traits of a Heron, and that they will lead the House to even greater glories.” All interested parties must send in their applications for no later than the 25th of the month, after which a longlist of candidates will be invited to visit Heron Keep for the second stage of application. Only nobles need apply. Krea Erikeller Commercial Advertisements Personal Advertisements Well, there’s been a lot of speculation on who was going to run the next game, and I’m happy to put those rumours to rest. Congratulations to those of you who correctly guessed that I, Brandon Sanderson, will be running LG50! ...Actually, it’s me, Wyrmhero. But I had you fooled, didn’t I? Go on, admit it. Rules There are two teams, Nobles and Spiked. The Spiked get a document to collaborate on, and get a Night Kill Action as detailed below. In addition to this, players are secretly placed in House Documents, as in LG7 (if anyone remembers all that time go). They may discuss things freely in that document. If there is one player or less alive in that House Doc, it will be made read-only. The House a player belongs to will not be made public on their death, nor will if a House has been emptied of players. The game is broken down into two Turns across each Cycle of play – The Day Turn, and the Night Turn. The game begins on a Day Turn. Day Turns last 48 hours, Night turns 24 hours. The end of each turn will be 7PM in the GM’s timezone (which is currently BST, but will change to GMT on the 28th). During the Day Turn, players vote for another player to Assassinate, and another player to Praise, such as Kasimir/Wyrmhero. A vote will not be counted unless it contains both votes. Players cannot vote for themselves for either Assassination or Praising, and cannot vote to Assassinate and Praise the same player. A vote must be removed before a new vote is placed. Players must rescind both Assassinate and Praise votes before making new ones, even if one vote when reapplied would be for the same player. It just makes my job a lot easier. At the end of each Day, as long as a player has two or more votes, the player with the most votes dies, If there is a tie, or no player has two or more votes, no Assassination occurs. Regardless of whether a player dies, after this all living players gain their Praise votes added to their total tally, and the living player who had the most Praise votes given to them that Day is Influential the next Day (if they survive...). An Influential player’s votes are worth two votes, for both Assassinate and Praise. If there is a tie, no player becomes Influential. During the Day Turn, Rioters and Soothers may use their Actions. No other Actions may be made during a Day Turn. During the Night Turn, one player on the Spiked team can use their Action to use the Spiked Kill Action. No distinction is made between the Spiked Kill Action or a Coinshot Kill Action. In addition, the Thug (if injured), Tineye, Coinshot, Lurcher, Seeker and Smoker may use their Role Actions at this time. Players may send PMs to each other as long as a Tineye is alive (you will be told if they are not). Spiked Kill Actions and Coinshot Kill Actions are simultaneous. Players may only make one Action per Cycle (going Day-Night), regardless of how many Actions they might be able to perform. An exception to this is during the first Day Turn, when a Smoker may designate themselves and one other person to be protected from Soothing and Rioting during the first Day Turn only, as a free Action. The Spiked win if they have the capability to prevent the Nobles from getting a successful lynch again, usually by the Spiked outnumbering the Nobles. If the Spiked all die, the living player with the most Praise votes wins a personal victory, Noble players in their House (dead or alive) win a House victory, and all the Nobles (dead or alive) win a shared victory. Also, I note that once more, it is my burden to bear Ookla Season. I have no idea how the mods are going to handle it this year, but at the very least I want everyone who takes part to set their title to their previous name and for everyone to refer to themselves and the other players as their normal name. The game will begin on Thursday 25th at 7PM BST. Before that time, if players wish to, they can send me obituaries to include at the time of their death. Roles Thug – The first time a Thug would die for any reason (whether at night or from the lynch), they instead survive. If it’s during the Night, their attack and survival will be publicly noted. This is a passive effect and does not require an Action to use. Afterwards, however, the Thug must use an Action to burn Pewter every Night, or they will succumb to their injuries! Tineye – As long as a Tineye is still alive, players can send PMs to another player during the Night Turn, which must include the GM. Group PMs are not allowed. If all Tineyes die, players cannot send messages to each other privately, and can only talk in the thread or their House Doc. As an Action, Tineyes may also send a message at Night to the GM to include within the next Day’s writeup. Coinshot – A Coinshot can use their Action at Night to attempt to kill another player. Lurcher – A Lurcher can use their Action at Night to save another player from being killed. If that player is attacked that Night, their attack and survival will be publicly noted. Rioter – A Rioter can target another player in the Day with their Action, at the cost of nullifying their own Assassinate and Praise votes, to change who another player has voted to Assassinate or to Praise. Influential players still have their double-strength vote changed. Soother – A Soother can target another player in the Day with their Action to nullify their Assassinate and/or Praise vote. Influential players still have their double-strength vote lost. Seeker – A Seeker can use their Action during the Night to discover what Role that player has and whether they are Spiked. Smoker – By using their Action during the Night, a Smoker can protect themselves and up to one other player that Night and the following Day from Rioting, Soothing and Seeking. Soothing and Rioting will fail and Smokers will see the player as Roleless and Noble. End of Signups Depends on player numbers, ideally want 20+. Player List Quick Links:

So speaking of commons and their potential, one of my favourite formats, though not official in paper form, is Pauper - Only cards printed at some point at common rarity are allowed! (plus a small banlist, naturally). What it ends up being like is vintage-light, with combo, aggro and control all represented quite nicely, with the powerful spells of yesteryear combined with the stronger creatures of today. I played in the London GP Pauper tournament in January, and went 2-1 with this list, losing to a UR Blitz deck (mostly consists of Kiln Fiend and cheap draw spells) and beating a BG Energy aggro deck and a WG Sliver tribal deck. What you end up finding about Pauper is that it's very high power level despite being much more affordable - The above deck, a very fun WBG Tortured Existence combo/grind engine, only really contains a few expensive parts, and of those, only Tortured Existence itself and Grave Scrabbler are really key to the deck. Full price for everything, including the sideboard (which probably needs updating for the meta, but I don't play anymore physically, so...) is roughly $40, or under 15 Tix on MTGO. This is probably not the best version of the deck though, most of them are either Red-Black or Green-Black, but I like the colour combination and what it offers, so I didn't really want to drop down to the two colour version. The deck is basically a combo deck, except most parts of your deck are potential combo pieces. Satyr Wayfinder and the Stinkweed Imp are used to dump cards in your graveyard, and Vessel of Nascency and Auramancer help you find a copy of Tortured Existence. This is, of course, the important part that is irreplaceable. You discard creatures to get back other creatures, so you can play them again. But that doesn't sound so impressive, does it? You're just recurring common creatures after all... Enter Grave Scrabbler, and on occasion Arrogant Wurm (alas, its red equivalent from Planar Chaos is uncommon), and Sanitarium Skeleton. They allow you to break parity using their Madness effect (or its ability for the skeleton), resulting in Grave Scrabbler being a 2/2 creature costing 1BB that gets you back two creatures from your graveyard to your hand, or in the Wurm's case, a 4/4 trampler for 2GB getting you one back. And in Pauper, most creatures cap at 3 toughness, only really Gurmag Angler sees play above that, so the Wurm does a lot of damage. Plus, if it dies, so what? It took something out and you can get it back! The deck is also quite defensively capable, able to recur Spore Frogs infinitely to prevent your opponent ever dealing combat damage, or using Golgari Brownscale (often discarding to get another copy of itself to your hand, resulting in 2 life gained for B as much as you can afford it and at instant speed) or Gnaw to the Bone to get a ton of life. Stinkweed Imp and Sanitarium Skeleton can also gum up the board quite nicely, and Auramancer can recur your Dead Weights to pick off 2-toughness creatures (of which there are a good number in Pauper). Basically, the longer the game goes, the more likely you are to win. The deck's weakness as I've built it is to decks such as Izzet Blitz which combo out faster on their turn and require instant speed responses - If I was changing the sideboard, I'd definitely put in some Doom Blades. Also worth noting, since you mentioned it above, the deck does hilariously well against more modern decks because the power level of Tortured Existence, despite it being a common (it really should be rare), is quite high, and most decks aren't equipped to deal with an engine like this in standard. I'm honestly surprised they've never reprinted it in a Commander deck or anything similar, because it's very fun to use and abuse as well. ...Or, if you want all-in combo, why not One Land Spy? It's as dumb as it looks and easy to dismantle, and very tricky to play, but you can surprise your opponents with this and snatch wins off people unprepared for it. You mulligan for your Forest or a Land Grant, play whichever of them so you have no lands in your deck, then you play some rituals to get Balustrade Spy out, mill your opponent out, and play (or first use Conjurer's Bauble to return it from your graveyard to your hand) Haunting Misery, exiling your graveyard and dealing 20 damage to your opponent. Yes, any lifegain pretty much stops the combo. But it's hilarious when it does work, and proves that all-in combo is possible in any format .

So I played a game of the House War board game yesterday, and while it mostly proceeded smoothly, I have just one thing I'd like to check, and that's the interactions between Sly cards and Hazekillers. The rules state that after a deal is closed, only Sly cards can be played. This appears to be specifically calling out 'can be played at any time' cards, such as the Hazekiller. However, this means that Sly cards trump all others and cannot be responded to. Does anyone know if this is correct?