Herowannabe

Oh! I completely forgot to mention that the finale write-up was done by Paranoid King. If you liked it, please go give him upvotes, not me! Yeah, it's the type of game where it takes a couple rounds to get a feel for it. Plus, with all the randomized tiles it adds a lot of replayability. For example, in 2 games we only saw 1 out of the 6 event tiles. Not to mention that we haven't even begun to tinker with custom roles or events or anything like we do with normal SE games.

Thanks for posting that! Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I don't feel like we really need 48 hour turns- 24 hours should be plenty. And at 24 hours/cycle, the game would only take 5 days at the absolute max (1 day for the Assassin to pick their things, 1 day for each the 3 cycles, and 1 day for the Conspirator to try to find the Witness). I really am curious how the Moderators would feel about slotting this format into the schedule on a regular basis... @little wilson @Orlok Tsubodai @Alvron @Seonid: thoughts? Alternatively, if the Moderators and Site Admins don't mind, we could even break it off and make it it's own thing over in the General or Cosmere Discussion forums, since it is technically a different game. But personally I would rather keep it here with the other SE games.

Claude Aradel is the last Red Agent, and Kandra is the Assassin! Good Game everyone! This was a tricky board and I don't know about @Ashspren but I had a tough time making good connections between agents. So, who's in for the next round? And we'll need two volunteers for Spymaster, too. @Scion of the Mists @A stick @Jondesu @luckat @Rhapsody @recneps @Rebecca @Kidpen @Snipexe @Cadmium Compounder @I am a STICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Epilogue - Meddling Squids Inside the Oracle's house, room had been cleared for an occult circle. Candles had been lit around the outside, and the investigators were chanting ominously. Sum no timere phasma Sum no timere phasma Sum no- "ENOUGH ALREADY!" The choir was interrupted by an ominous spectre, who had materialized in the middle of the summoning circle. He was carrying a sealed cage under one arm, and he wore a pair of ghostly spectacles. He gestured expansively around the room. "Look at you all! I'm disgusted. This oracle has done nothing but lead you astray!" A squid darted forward, blooping and gurgling at the ghost. "Yeah, yeah, he got the murderer last time, but he killed me to do it! He's omniscient, isn't he? He could have easily avoided that! Can't the Oracle just tell us how to solve the case, or better yet, gotten out of our way and let us solve it? Hah, I was watching you stumble around looking for clues. You didn't even bother going to the crime scene! You relied on the Oracle's notes the whole time! And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling squids." The Oracle stepped forward, turning a page on the script. "...Angry monologue, pause for emphasis. Ah, yes. Heroic declaration. Ahem" "Begone, foul beast! You taint this air and all that. Yadda yadda." John Smith screamed, letting loose several lightning bolts. One of them hit Felksi, who collapsed. "You haven't heard the last of me! You will rue the day, Oracle!" And then the ghost disappeared with a puff of smoke, leaving the investigators alone in a dark basement. (EDIT: Thanks to @Paranoid King for doing the write up!) Game over! The Investigators have (narrowly) won! And yes, in case it isn't clear, @Steeldancer was the Witness, @A Joe in the Bush and @I think I am here.. were both Co-Conspirators, and @Paranoid King was of course the Assassin. A few parting thoughts from the GM/Oracle: For my hints, I chose "Accident" as the murder method over "poison" because I felt like "poison" would lead people in the wrong direction- towards actual poisons like Blackbane Leaf and Venomous Bite and etc. That decision kind of backfired on me though, as most people seemed to write off Deathants and focus on other possibilities instead- A big part of this was the Conspirators, who did a great job at subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) steering the focus away from PK. Fortunately (or Unfortunately, depending on which team you were on), Steeldancer was there as the Witness and was able to hone in on the right clues just in the nick of time. None of my starting tiles helped to give hints for Spectacles, so for Day 1 all of the hints were supposed to be pointing towards Deathants: Wilderness and Untidy Clothes are pretty straightforward. Despicable Personality and Necessity were both there because I was envisioning a Trapper using the Deathants to murder a rival. The Footprint was there because in the book stepping on a Deathant nest is what causes them to swarm out and start biting, but nobody was catching on to that connection, so on Day 2 I chose to replace that one with the Hint on Corpse: Head clue (for the Spectacles, obviously). I feel this was much better balanced than the first time. Changing the location tiles and giving everyone 5 methods/evidences felt like the right balance to me. I'm curious to think what everyone else thought- particularly the Conspirators. Thanks everyone for playing, and thanks to @Alvron for Moderating! I had fun, and I hope we'll be able to fit this format into the schedule in the future. Alvron mentioned in passing maybe slotting a quick Deception game in between LGs, but I'll leave that decision up to him and the other Moderators. Oh, and could one of the Conspirators please share the link to the Conspirator doc with the group? This time around I had @Alvron create the doc so that I wouldn't be able to peek at their plans and plots. Thanks. @Paranoid King @I think I am here. @A Joe in the Bush

Okay red team, your next clue is: Governor Innate 2 @Scion of the Mists @A stick @Jondesu @luckat @Rhapsody @recneps

It's not my turn yet. The countdown timer in @Ashspren's post ended prematurely. The Blue team still has about 12 hours left. Or, if at least half of you pass your turn (by posting pass in bold) then I can take my next turn. @Rebecca @Kidpen @Snipexe @Cadmium Compounder @I am a STICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes. Day 3.5 - A Specter's Spectacles The Investigators were starting to get frantic. They had followed numerous leads- everything from lead poisoning to a lead bar, but each lead had each led to a dead end. They were about to throw in the towel when a small metallic squid flopped in the room and began gurgling and waving its tentacles frantically. Everyone looked at it, befuddled. "Does anyone speak squid?" Bemused investigators glanced around at each other, but each shook their head. They had all opted to take the much more useful Cremlingish elective at university, except for one who had minored in Swinese. "Look, I think he wants us to follow him!" Someone said, and the investigators all watched as the squid squelched its way out the door, beckoning urgently with its tentacles. Several hours later- because squids don't move very fast on land- the shiny creature triumphantly threw open the door to an old abandoned shack, and the investigators flooded into the small one room building. There in the corner was Eban Naroreh, the Oracle, bound and gagged and barely breathing. His ancient, shriveled frame was further shriveled by nearly 3 days without food or water. They quickly untied him and dribbled some water into his mouth, and his eyes fluttered open. "Eban! Are you alright? Who did this to you!?" the investigators asked. "John... Smith's... Specter..." the Oracle wheezed, barely able to force the words out. "Need to... exorcise... Recipe... at my... shop..." And with that, he slipped back into unconsciousness. Congrats to @Steeldancer for correctly solving the crime! @Paranoid King, you and your accomplice(s) have one attempt to guess who the Witness is! If you can correctly identify the Witness you will get away with your crime and win the game. But you better hurry, the Investigators are working on a complex exorcism ritual. If you take longer than 24 hours, or if you guess incorrectly, the Investigators will banish your Ghost to the Spiritual Realm forever and you will lose! Good luck!

Well it took me nearly until the end of the cycle, but I finally got a short writeup edited in. Enjoy!

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Well they mention Bay Wraps a few times, so you could do something like a burrito or a Kebab filled with various stuff. The main thing is to stay away from fruit, because they don’t really have any during the Final Empire (no flowers = no flowering fruits).

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Okay, I figured it out. Technical stuff: It should be all fixed now, but if you notice any other weirdness let me know!

@Kidpen Woah weird, thanks for bringing this to my attention. The spreadsheet was working fine last night. I'm not quite sure what's going on but I'm looking into it right now. For the time being, refer to the player list in the first post of this thread (and disregard what I said earlier about the spreadsheet taking precedence- obviously it's broken right now) Whoops, Copy Paste error. Fixing that now.

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I’ve always wanted to go to one of Brandon’s release events- one where people camp out or wait in line for hours, and set up a chouta cart and sell chouta to people. I bet you could make a killing.

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The next morning the investigators all sat around the small table in the Oracle’s shop, with bloodshot eyes and trembling hands, sipping coffee. None of them had been able to sleep the night before. Every now and then one of them would shudder or gasp or wimper as they had a flashback from the day spent searching the crypt. Nobody spoke. Day 3 has begun! The randomly selected tile ended up being an event: Note: To implement this event relatively painlessly (it still took a bit of fiddling with the spreadsheet but I made it work) I simply randomly selected one entire column of Evidences and removed it (making sure the Assassin's Key Evidence wasn't removed). In the spreadsheet I have struck-through the removed column, and in the player list down below I have removed each player's evidence card and placed it in a separate column, so that you can easily see which evidences were removed. I'm mostly sure that I was able to do this correctly without making any mistakes anywhere, but if you notice any, let me know. In the case of any potential discrepancies, the spreadsheet takes precedence. In short, you all now know that the Key Evidence card is not one of the removed Evidences. Here are your Oracle clues (unchanged from last round): Player List: (Players who have used their Attempts are highlighted in purple. The "Removed" column on the right side shows which evidence cards were removed by the Vision of the Past event) Link to the spreadsheet Link to the Rules

FYI everyone I’m out doing a game night with my siblings tonight so the rollover will be delayed. I don’t know how long, it will just happen when it happens.

Every game consists of 7 innocent bystanders, 9 agents for the team that goes first (blue in this game), 8 agents for the other team, and 1 assassin.

T’telir is a red Agent! 7 hours and 1 guess left.

Great! You’re in! I’m putting you on Red Team. It’s our turn right now (for the next 10 hours) we’ve got about 10 hours left as of right now.

No need to wait, this game can easily accommodate players who want to join mid-game. Just say the word and we'll add you to this game.