Haelbarde
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Just regular maintenance then, and not the major update?
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I ran my first game of D&D, using a premade adventure I found that I thought the players (my parents and sister) would appreciate (it's more of a mystery to solve rather than a mission to kill things, which I didn't think would appeal as much. It might come later, but mission 1 is creating interest in playing further). I think that for the most part, it went well. We played for about 2 hours, and got probably half way through the adventure, (although they did get bogged down for a while at the start by looking into a dead end). I've got along way to go, but even from the one session, I've got ideas for how to better organize stuff so I don't forget to give players the information they need. Players were left curious about what clues they'd found so far, so I'm feeling positive. Hopefully that carries over into whenever we can finish the adventure, and inspire them to play further.
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I wouldn't if I could. I'm sure you understand.
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The question would be, can the puppet master move the outed player role to someone else? If they could, Aman would no longer be the outed player and so would insta die.
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Huh. That's pretty cool.
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Watt.
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This is a thing which has been suggested before, and that the Mods have asked the Admins about. At the moment, it's a no - it's against the site policy, but the mods are trying to see if we can get an exception to the rule for the SE subform. So it's a maybe, but not one to hold your breath over. (If they ever do get approved, I'd like to play a rerun of the game with Kandra body-snatching)
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Not yet. Although it isn't terribly outdated. It doesn't have the reduction to 2 actions per turn, the change to Tier 2 Earth so that it can't self protect, nor the edit for clarity for Water 3. For abilities, the most update version is in post 17 of this thread. I'll get it ready tomorrow (I'm going to be sleeping in about half an hour, and I've got a few other things to do first), and so then it'll be a matter of when the mods are around. I'll post in thread when it's been done.
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Rereading this, I feel I should point out that at some point during the signup period, we adjusted most of the Tier 3 abilities (Earth 3 scouts, Wind 3 is a rolescan, etc.) Water 3 was changed from yet another protect to a poisoner-like kill. Sorry again for all the confusion. When we came to trying to balance things, we had to fix problems that we'd not noticed before. I believe it's all good now. At the end of the cycle, I'll compile all the clarifications and rule changes, and get one of the mods to edit them into the signups post so that they are up to date, to reduce further confusion.
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Like I have said, my main concern is people who just disappear. That you've let me know that you're busy for essentially cycle 2 is fine. If you are able to get a post in, that'd be nice, but it's not the end of the world. Just keep me posted and I'll keep the filter at bay.
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Now I feel like I should explain the connection between Handel's Messiah and Running => Stealing...
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iRobot? iRobot
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"That person is running. They must have stolen something!"
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I've found two more things I should probably clarify: > The Earth Tier I doesn't work on PMs > Tier 3 Water should read: Each turn you may target a player. That player’s immune system is weakened. A player who has been affected by this ability twice becomes dependent on your healing abilities. When you die, any players dependent on you die the following cycle, and are unable to vote or put in actions during that cycle. Note that players aren't notified when they become dependent. Edit: And there were errors in the PM sent out (had old versions of some tier 3 abilities, along with the Earth and Woodcrafting). All the PM's should have been fixed now. For reference, the ability rules:
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My spreadsheet had a few errors in it, so the player list was wrong (it wasn't properly reporting player's furycrafting type). This has now been fixed. Please let me know if you find any other inconsistencies. Edit: Looking through the initial questions people asked in the troll round, it's possibly worth clarifying that if you have a Tier 3 fury, you don't have to name your heir in public, and choosing an heir doesn't take one of your two actions.
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It was an amusing experiment, I think. To be clear, everyone was sent the same PM (albeit with a randomized furycrafting ability), and we watched with amusement people's reactions. And then the writeup was the result. Hopefully it was worth the wait. Everyone should have received a PM with the details of their actual role and alignment. A reminder to players with PM abilities to include the type of the PM in the title of the PM. And with voting, to remove a vote, don't edit the original vote. Post again, with the vote greened out.
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Cycle One: Fire & Blood Optio Dominus Framea Securis woke to the screams and yells of battle. The Canim can’t have caught up to us yet! he thought frantically. He stumbled out of his sleeping roll, buckling on his sword hastily and running out into the night and the awaiting screams. What confronted him was a scene of horror. Blood everywhere and tents burning. Araris Valerian was right in front of him, running his sword through Aldric ex Gladio precisely and calmly while Glaive and Priam held him down, sending him toppling onto Mulciber’s burning corpse. Before he could process anything else, Gammax and Amuro charged together after Priam, howling, while Araris was occupied with fending off Glaive. But Dominius’s arrival distracted him at a crucial moment, and he fell almost immediately. Dominius made his way through the fighting to Mailis. “What happened?” he gasped. Mailis tried to respond, but he couldn’t yell loud enough over the chaos. Then he dodged away, fending off Praetoria’s attack. When Dominius had jumped out of the way of Lexa, Heaven, and Stella teaming up on Gammax and Parth. Parth managed to take down Lexa and Heaven by throwing them into the nearest boulder, but Stella stabbed Gammax with abandon, and Parth narrowly avoided the same fate. Dominius drew his sword, but he didn’t even know who to attack. Now Sienis and Straw were ganging up on Amuro. Amuro, their friend. The world felt like it was collapsing around him. Amuro fell quickly, but he was soon avenged. Vorax and Praetoria engaged with the other two almost immediately. Dominius didn’t wait to see the results of that battle. He vaguely caught Glaive and Lydus going after Thelus, and Glaive falling to the ground. But his attention was more caught by the small group of legionnaires at the side of the campground. Mailis, Postea, and Lucet Umbra were all huddled into the shadow of the cliff, away from the battle. Dominius headed towards them, hoping for some kind of explanation. “What is the meaning of all this?” he demanded of Lucet, joining their little group. “Traitors!” she spat. “Sir, it-” but she got no farther, or not that he heard. Postea had thrust a dagger directly into his side. He turned, trying to ask why, but he couldn’t seem to do anything but fall, and fall, and fall... ... Dominius woke with a start, heart pounding, immediately leaping up and grabbing a weapon. What was that? He looked around the little encampment at the sleeping bodies, focusing on Aldric. He waited until he was absolutely sure that the man was only sleeping, not dead. He looked to the sky. It was light enough that they could move out. He shook the nearest soldier awake quietly, trying to forget the nightmare. “Time to break camp. Tell the others.” Sorry for the delay! Cycle will be just under 48 hours long. Two important details to note: Earth Tier’s I and II have been modified. Also, players can only take up to 2 actions. PM’s going out ASAP. Reminder: If you don’t post in a cycle, you get left behind, and killed. Be sure to check the Player List! Player List:
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Signups are over - first cycle starting ASAP
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Huh. I can see why. It was indeed meant to mean something along the lines of "Named Later", but that suggestion is much epicer.
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Did you look up what it means?
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OP has been updated.
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Certainly. I'll send you the link to the spec doc.
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The Problem with Sanderson's writings
Haelbarde replied to Young Bard's topic in General Brandon Discussion
"Once a villain, always a villain." I really think that's a matter of perspective. Should they be repentant of what they've done if the honestly believe that was the best they could do? TLR problem was he was influenced by both Ruin and Preservation directly. He was the hero of his own story, not evil for the sake of being evil. Sadeas is a horrible person, true. But he believes that the end justifies the means. Well, more he is only concerned about the end result. Should he be repentant of believing that Dalinar seemed to weakening the nation, when it needed it's strength the most? Sadeas doesn't know that Brandon has it set out that Dalinar's path is basically the right one. What about Mr T. He's a villain, but should he be repentant for doing what he believes is necessary for survival? He might actually shed a tear over what he's done, but would he change what he'd done? I dare say he wouldn't. So I don't see Sanderson villains necessarily be villains for the sake of it. They are trying to make the most of a bad situation, or doing what they think is necessary. -
I like doing as it helps me keep track of if stuffs being retracted or not. It's also information that's easy to include when creating a tally, so why not. Don't know if anyone's ever acted on seeing the vote history, but I guess it could be useful when looking back over past cycles, to catch inconsistencies in voting patterns and player's claims.
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Springheeled Jak
