Elbereth

Note: while y'all are perfectly welcome to declare what fields you're going to, you don't have to do so in public. What field(s) you're studying is between you and the GMs unless you decide to share it with anyone else. You also aren't guaranteed to get into the field you go for, just keep that in mind! Also, social classes will be entirely random. 1. They are notified. 2. Yes. 3. They do not. (I assume this is only referring to Cheating Death from Physicking, because the only other protections are self-protects.) 4. 2 votes per turn. 1. The mercenary attack is not unblockable, so you can indeed be protected from it. And yes. 2. No. 3. You have a 10% chance of something happening. If you have no items, it's automatically a roleblock. If you have items, we flip a coin to see if you're roleblocked or an item is stolen. (If you have multiple items, we RNG which one.) 1. Analysis / game-based discussion that's at least 200 words. The length requirement for both this and RP is so we can be impartial, but it's also just so you can count it yourself and know where you stand. 2. Length of RP - also 200 words. 3. Standalone posts. 4. No. Filing a single complaint gets you 3 jots, filing further complaints doesn't do anything. 5. Correct, and yes. 1. Absolutely. 2. Turns, and changed that in the rules to be clearer. 3. Expelled students can't PM students at University. Students who aren't expelled but aren't currently attending can. 1. Yes. 2. No. 1&2. The distinction between rank and level is as follows: Each time you're elevated, you go up in rank from E'lir to Re'lar to El'the. Each time you're elevated in a particular field, you go up a level in that field. So if you're elevated in R&L, R&L, and Linguistics, you're an El'the with the second-level upgrade in R&L and the first-level upgrade in linguistics. Is that clear enough? 3. Correct. 4. No. Fae = skindancers in all cases. 5. They keep the same progression of Name learning. 6. Random.

Well, thanks for the final bit of motivation to actually finish the signup RP. It's.... well, it'll be a ton of fun if you're willing to handle the rules being a 27-page doc? (It's also not Sanderson-themed, unlike the vast majority of our games, but setting knowledge isn't required.)

I am not going to fix that formatting tonight. Sign up, have fun, it'll be pretty in the morning. (The doc version is better anyway.) Player List 1. @Haelbarde - Seòras 2. @Elandera - Athdara, alchemist 3. @Burnt Spaghetti - Bryn Aria 4. @DeTess - Evelyn Bryen 5. @Elkanah 6. @Straw - Straw 7. @xinoehp512 8. @Lord_Silberfarben - Lord Silberfarben 9. @Coda - Catalan, namer 10. @Karnage - Lasko Veitch 11. @Hemalurgic Headshot 12. @StrikerEZ - Ryykal Ladzo 13. @Lumgol - Caia Irèn 14. @Experience - Shard 15. @Devotary of Spontaneity - Vol, paranoid alchemist 16. @CadCom - Cadaci 17. @Sart - Sagaer Murtoy, accompanied by a child 18. @Furamirionind 19. @Zillah 20. @Araris Valerian - Arael Solon 21. @Rathmaskal - Rath 22. @STINK - Ugfal the Three-Handed, with only two hands 23. @Kynedath - Traelynn Weeks, likes beets 24. @Walin - Lin Wa 25. @GreenRover - Knighter Nune 26. @Young Bard - Nethwyl Nox, pyromaniac 27. @TheMightyLopen - Leo Quicklinks

It was night again. The University lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow, echoing quiet, made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed through the trees, passed along the streets with a whisper, and buried the silence under a shower of snow. If there had been a crowd, even a handful of students around, they would have filled the silence with conversation and laughter, the debates and drinking one expects from a place of learning during the wee hours of the night. If there had been singing... but no, of course there was no singing. In fact there were none of these things, and so the silence remained. Inside the Crockery a student trembled in her room. She peered around with wide eyes, as if something might jump out at her at any moment. In doing this she added a small, scared silence to the larger, hollow one. It made an alloy of sorts, a counterpoint. The third silence was not an easy thing to notice. If you listened for an hour, you might begin to feel it in the tightly closed windows and in the blue tinge at the bottom of a candle flame. It was in the stillness of the empty graveyard that now held only the memory of a long dead necromancer. It was in the slow back and forth of a dagger rubbing along a whetstone. And it was in the hands of the woman who held it, polishing a blade of steel that already gleamed in the moonlight. The woman had moon-silver hair, bright as starlight. Her eyes were cold and sharp, and she moved with the subtle danger that comes from knowing many things. The University was hers, just as the third silence was hers. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was icy and deep as winter’s snows. It was keen as a fresh-forged sword. It was the patient, razor-sharp sound of a woman who is waiting to kill. * * * The rain-soaked streets were slick, but that didn’t stop the mercenary who roamed them. A random passerby might assume she walked carelessly, moving from one side of the street to the other and back, her feet moving almost drunkenly. But no, there was a beat, indecipherable to all but her, and her feet kept time to that beat. She grabbed a lamppost and spun around it, a full 360, her eyes taking in all around her. No one was following her. Not that any tails would have a chance if she was being followed. She was a master at ending lives, a true professional. But nothing made her heart sing quite as much as dancing. She leapt onto the fountain in the square and followed that beat. Forward, backward, add a twirl, and then finish with a heel-clicked leap as she spotted her prey. She was still dancing as he died. And so begins Long Game 65: Dancing Through Life! This is the third iteration of the massively complicated Kingkiller Chronicle game. It will be run by @little wilson and myself, with @Fifth Scholar as the Impartial Mod, and will start on April 29th. (Rollover time TBA.) Below, you’ll find a summary of the main ruleset (or use a doc if you prefer), with most of the detail removed so you can get an idea of the general shape of the game without having to immediately deal with 18 pages of specifics. It is not meant as a reference document, only a general outline. You can find the full ruleset here. We highly recommend you look at the full ruleset before the game starts (and before you sign up, so you know what you’re getting into!). Note: Of particular note is the Talent Pipes section. If you want a better chance of getting them, you can submit a recording of your own musical talents (see the clarifications for details) before the game starts. Send it in a PM to Wilson and myself titled LG65: [your name]! Section 1: Game Basics This section entails the basics of the game like the factions and their win conditions, the cycles and order of events, and how voting works. Section 2: University Basics This section entails basics that are related directly to this game and the University. These include the currency system, social classes, lodging, admissions, insanity/The Crockery, and discipline points/The Horns. Section 3: The Arcanum Basics The Arcanum is where all the fun happens at the University. Led by the nine Masters, there are many different fields of study in which students can try their hands: Sympathy, Artificery, Alchemy, Naming, Rhetoric & Logic, Arithmetic, Linguistics, Physicking, and the Archives. Section 4: Arcanum Fields There are 9 different fields of study for students at the University. By impressing a Master and being elevated into a field, students learn abilities in that field. By impressing a Master multiple times and being elevated multiple times, students increase their knowledge in that field, and gain another ability. While most fields have role abilities, Alchemy and Artificery students are able to create items. Items take two actions two to create, which can be done in either one turn or two. If done during a single turn, students creating an item cannot file a complaint or impress a Master. Section 5: Imre Every term, players can go to Imre once. For the half-cycle they are in Imre, students cannot file new EP, though they can still be elevated. Players cannot do any University action (use a field ability or create an item). Players can go to The Eolian once per time they are in Imre, though they can only try for their Talent Pipes once. Players can only go to Devi’s and The Loaded Dice once per time in Imre. They can purchase/sell any number of items/contracts at the Black Market or the Apothecary.

We forgot to give you one. Sorry about that!

LG64: Aftermath - #WhiteHouseWeirdness Straw was killed! He was the Rogue Smedry! The game is over! Congratulations to the Librarians for taking back control of the White House and rooting out all the other factions. Final Player List Experience - Shard Librarian Oculator and Transporter Straw - Straw Rogue Smedry Kidpen - Arthur Smedry Librarian Criminal and Paper-Tosser A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Librarian Jail-breaker Coda - ? Librarian Oculator Striker - Striker Librarian Therapist Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Librarian Trouble Magnet Elandera - Rainier Librarian Criminal with Madness Lenses Zillah - ? Librarian Gossiper xinoehp512 - ? Librarian Criminal and Anonymous Contact Ironfire - Liability Crystal Knight Gossiper with an Airplane Spoon Sart - ? Librarian Silimatic Engineer Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense Librarian Transporter The God King - The God King Librarian Curator Shqueeves - ? Librarian Anonymous Contact Doc Links Master Spreadsheet Spec/Dead Doc Crystal Knights Rogue Smedry

LG64: Night 6 - Descent into Madness Shqueeves was a Librarian Anonymous Contact! Zillah was a Librarian Gossiper! Vote Count Shqueeves (4): Experience, Sart, Straw, Zillah Night 1 has begun and will last for 23 hours. Also, the writeup for last turn has been edited in, This is Above My Pay Grade. Have fun! Player List Experience - Shard Straw - Straw Kidpen - Arthur Smedry Librarian Criminal and Paper-Tosser A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Librarian Jail-breaker Coda - ? Librarian Oculator Striker - Striker Librarian Therapist Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Librarian Trouble Magnet Elandera - Rainier Librarian Criminal with Madness Lenses Zillah - ? Librarian Gossiper xinoehp512 - ? Librarian Criminal and Anonymous Contact Ironfire - Liability Crystal Knight Gossiper with an Airplane Spoon Sart - ? Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense Librarian Transporter The God King - The God King Librarian Curator Shqueeves - ? Librarian Anonymous Contact

LG64: Night 4 - Twitter Coda’s dead! He was a Librarian Oculator! Vote Count Coda (4): Elandera, Experience, Sart, Zillah Experience (1): Shqueeves Night 3 has begun and will end in 23 hours, you know the deal. Get your PMs and actions in. Player List Experience - Shard Straw - Straw Kidpen - Arthur Smedry A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Librarian Jail-breaker Coda - ? Librarian Oculator Striker - Striker Librarian Therapist Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Librarian Trouble Magnet Elandera - Rainier Zillah - ? xinoehp512 - ? Ironfire - Liability Crystal Knight Gossiper with an Airplane Spoon Sart - ? Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense Librarian Transporter The God King - The God King Librarian Curator Shqueeves - ?

The turn is closed!

Yup. Fixed.

LG64: Night 2 - An International Incident The God King was a Librarian Curator! Vote Count God King (6): God King, Joe, Kynedath, Straw, Striker, Xino Experience (1): Sart Striker (1): Experience Night 2 has begun and will end in 24 hours. Get your actions in! Player List Experience - Shard Straw - Straw Kidpen - Arthur Smedry A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Coda - ? Striker - ? Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Elandera - Rainier Zillah - ? xinoehp512 - ? Ironfire - Liability Sart - ? Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense Librarian Transporter The God King - Frank Librarian Curator Shqueeves - ?

Correct. We’ll probably have a week for nominations, and then everyone nominated who can actually participate will be put in a poll for the subsequent week.

LG64: Day 2 - Death of an Ambassador Fifth Scholar was a Librarian Transporter! Day 2 has begun and will end in 48 hours on April 4th at 6pm PDT. Get your votes and actions in! Also, as a reminder: Please don't PM during rollover. Player List Experience - Shard Straw - Straw Kidpen - Arthur Smedry A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Coda - ? Striker - ? Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Elandera - Rainier Zillah - ? xinoehp512 - ? Ironfire - Liability Sart - ? Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense Librarian Transporter The God King - ? Shqueeves - ?

Because I forgot to cross him off. Fixed.

LG64: Night 1 - A Bomb? Elkanah was lynched! He was a Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer*. Vote Count Elkanah (6): Elandera, Experience, Joe, Kidpen, Sart, Xino Elandera (2): Elkanah, God King Sart (2): Coda, Striker Coda (1): Fifth Night 1 has begun and will end in 24 hours, on the 2nd of April at 6pm PDT. Have fun and don't forget your action! Player List Experience - Shard Straw - Straw Kidpen - Arthur Smedry A Joe in the Bush - Porona Candemic Coda - ? Striker - ? Kynedath - Bartholomew Prescot Elandera - Rainier Zillah - ? xinoehp512 - ? Ironfire - Liability Sart - ? Elkanah - Karen Crystal Knight Silimatic Engineer Fifth Scholar - Sergey Karjakin, Russian ambassador and secret adviser to the Secretary of Defense The God King - ? Shqueeves - ? *no, this is not an April Fools' joke.

Nope! Sorry, we didn't catch that detail. Scans now come before kills and the therapist, so they are no longer blocked by them. Forty minutes for final votes, folks! Oh, and one more clarification: unless your action has a visible result (e.g. you getting a new PM or a scan result), you will not be informed whether it was successful or not. Sorry, but it's your own fault for putting in so many paradoxically-interacting roles.

Nope. It's right there in "Lynch Mechanics". (Note: the OP of the signup thread is still not up to date. Use the doc linked in the OP of this thread.) Also, I've added an order of actions to that doc. Further, complex interactions will probably be handled on a case-by-case basis (i.e. I don't want to translate ~4 pages of spec doc discussion into something reasonable, but we have a general idea of the principles we'll follow if an edge case comes up).

Yes. Prisoners will not be killed for their inability to create PMs. 50% of all lynch votes are required to kill; at least two votes on the leading candidate are required to lynch at all.

Only a successful conversion action will prevent the Knights from converting the next night. This includes the pillars as well as any applicable roleblocks (yes, including the Smedry). ...yes, yes it does. Wilson and I did not in fact think about it, but those are indeed included now that we have.

No, and PAFO.

Ooh, that’s a fair question. Yes, I don’t think the role would make much sense otherwise. Also, minor revision (because we didn’t say what we meant the first time), Gossiper temporary PMs last a cycle, not a turn.

The only alignment specific role is the Smedry, and yes.

No lunch. It’s ten in the morning, for goodness’ sake! Also, I’m about to sleep and can’t be bothered right now, but I’d like to remind everyone that there are rules about encoding messages that can be found in General Rules. Please make sure you’re not breaking them.

*sigh* That’s what I get for updating the rules on mobile. Fixed, thanks.

Yep, he did. I just saw.