Modified, but stolen from Vi with... its... permission. (And now I notice I still don't know what Vi's gender)
1)
Starting and Ending States:
The game starts during the Day. All roles that can communicate at Night may do during pregame. The game will end when one faction has fulfilled its win condition, unless otherwise specified.
2)
Day Procedures:
Each player may discuss the game and cast a single vote at a time against people they want to lynch. Day ends when either the deadline hits or a strict majority of the votes are on one person.
3)
Voting:
Votes should be in
bold
in order for them to count, for instance:
Vote: UncertainKitten
. If you wish to vote for a different player, you don't need to unvote. As long as I can tell who you're voting for, I don't care if you abbreviate someone's name when you vote them.
4)
No Lynch:
As an alternative to voting for someone, you may
Vote: No Lynch
, but for it to take effect, enough players must vote No Lynch that it would be impossible to form any other majority.
5)
Deadlines:
Deadline will be 3 weeks.
6)
Mass Inactivity:
In an act of pure villainy, I may shorten the deadline if I deem the activity level is unsatisfactory. You will be warned if I want you fellows to pick up the pace.
7)
Deadline Lynches:
If no single player has enough votes for a lynch at the deadline, the result is
No Lynch
and the game proceeds to Night. Deadlines are there for a reason.
8)
Twilight:
After someone receives the majority vote, everyone may still discuss the game, but votes and unvotes will not be considered - the person voted for by the majority will be lynched regardless. Twilight will last until I waltz in and post a death scene.
9)
Night Length and Procedures:
The topic will be locked at Night. If your Role PM specifies that you have a Night Action, you may follow the instructions on that PM to use it. Barring extenuating circumstances, Nights will not last longer than three RL days.
10)
Night Action Resubmission:
If you have to PM a choice to the mod (i.e. the name of someone you want to kill/protect/investigate), you may change your choice at any time during the Night by sending the mod another PM with the new choice. The most recent choice will be honored.
11)
Role Overlap Policy:
In the event of overlapping and/or contradictory Night Actions (i.e. a mutual roleblock), priority is given to whoever PMs the mod with the action first. However, if two kills are submitted on the same target, the most damaging death will be the one displayed (You can slit someone's throat first, but if he got blown to smithereens no one will care about his throat...). Finally, if two vote modifying actions affect you, the lower amount takes priority.
12)
Bolding Stuff:
Bolding something is how you get the mod to notice it. It's that simple.
13)
Mod Color:
If the mod needs to edit your post, it will be done in
italicized and bolded. Don't impersonate me.
14)
Activity, Prods, and Replacements:
You will be prodded if three days have passed since your last post. You will be replaced if you do not post after another two days, or if you need to be prodded three times throughout the game. If you know ahead of time that you will not be able to participate for at least 48 hours, go ahead and announce it in-thread so nobody (such as
the mod
) thinks you're lurking. I reserve the right to blacklist flakers or people who maliciously replace out.
15)
"Last Words" for replacements:
If you request replacement, you may PM me a message that you would like to have passed on to the person who replaces you.
16)
"Bah!" Posts:
If your player slot is killed off, it's probably because people don't want you around. Unless your role specifically states you can keep talking/voting/play parcheesi with me, you are allowed one informationless "bah" post and then scram til endgame. Special mechanics can of course overlap
17)
Outside Discussion:
Don't discuss this game outside of this thread with anyone unless your Role PM lets you do otherwise.
18)
Post Edition:
Editing or deleting posts is not allowed (and usually not possible). Doublepost with your changes instead.
19)
Mod and PM quoting:
You can post your role PM if it amuses you, but you won't fool anyone. Quoting any other communication (weither a PM or QT stuff) is forbidden.)
20)
Modkills:
Breaking any of the above three rules (or flagrantly violating Rule 16) will result in you getting modkilled. Modkills can be retroactive. If a living player breaks any of these rules, the day may or may not end, depending on what would disadvantage that player's faction the most. A dead player breaking any of these rules will result in someone from the same faction getting modkilled. In addition, getting modkilled results in an instant loss for that player, along with my general hatred. In short, follow the rules. Note that I'm not planning to keep a blacklist of people to refuse in my games, but I have goooood memory
21)
Win Mentality:
Play to win.
22)
Policy:
Have fun. Or else. And remember, it's a game - keep it classy and don't take things personally; everyone's doing what they have to to win.
23)
Setup Design:
Please do not attempt to outguess me as the mod or the setup designer, since this is an open setup afterall.
The Role PM will look like this.
5 Townies:
Well this is pretty lame
Welcome to Open 241: Emotional Breakdown,
OOO
. You are
Indifferent, thus a townie
. You don't like when stuff happens. Actually, you don't want to express stuff. Since being indifferent with the death of a being would be weird, and talking isn't boring enough, you have no action, that way you're sure to remain indifferent!
You are a
. You have the following special abilities:
Passive Abilities:
Post'n'Vote
- You may post and vote. Whoop-dee-freaking-do.
Active Abilities:
None
Please remember that you can use only one active ability per day. You don't have one, but you wouldn't use it anyways, too straining.
Win Condition (Town):
You win when all threats to the town have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.
Please confirm via return PM.
3 Masons:
Whee! Balloon animals and flowers for everyone!
Welcome to Open 241: Emotional Breakdown,
OOO
. You are
Gleeful, thus a mason
. It's so crazy fun to be crazy happy! You live for happiness. Killing being something that isn't positive (except for psycho serial-killers), you won't be doing that. Of course, since stuff like investigations and protections can sometimes fail, you can't have those either since failure wouldn't be happy. However, you can't fail to talk and gossip, so you go ahead and do that!
You are a
. You have the following special abilities:
Passive Abilities:
Post'n'Vote
- You may post and vote. AWESOME!
Gossip
- At night, you may discuss with other gleeful people, like XXX and YYY. Ohmygosh the ECSTASY!
Active Abilities:
None
Please remember that you can use only one active ability per day. Good thing you don't possess one, no distraction from your pure bliss.
Win Condition (Town):
You win when all threats to the town have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.
OMG, you HAVE to hear this one!: QT link
Please confirm via return PM.
2 Mafia:
I hate you. No really, I do.
Welcome to Open 241: Emotional Breakdown,
OOO
. You are
Pissed, thus a mafioso
. You hate everything, like, literally. Fortunately for you, you also hate everyone, so it shouldn't be too hard to kill other peoples in a state of uncontrollable anger. They can all go to hell if they don't like it, you are pissed and that's all that matters!
You are a
. You have the following special abilities:
Passive Abilities:
Post'n'Vote
- You may post and vote, and nobody better contradict you.
Yell
- You're stuck with that god-damn TTT. You may waste every night away in escalating arguments until one of you gets so pissed he shoots someone.
Active Abilities:
Anger Management
- As a result of Yell, one of you may kill another player to cool off. It's too bad that killing someone calms your anger, but it comes right back, really.
Please remember that you can use only one active ability per day. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
Win Condition (Mafia):
You win when at least half the town is Pissed (as in your alignment, not literally pissed) or nothing can prevent the same.
You did NOT just say that: QT link
Please confirm via return PM.
2 Werewolf:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooes!
Welcome to Open 241: Emotional Breakdown,
OOO
. You are
Sad, thus a werewolf
. The world is a purgatory, everyone wants you dead and you're out of peanut butter too. You want to do stuff, but you're gonna fail anyways, so why even try? You could always tell the others how you feel, all the while crying your heart out because you'll NEVER make it out.
You are a
. You have the following special abilities:
Passive Abilities:
Post'n'Vote
- You may post and vote. Not that it'll make this any better
Whine
- That SSS thinks he's sadder than you are, don't he knows the pain you're going through? At night, you may tell each other how very horrible your lives are.
Active Abilities:
Suicide
- Each night, one of you or SSS can talk to somebody else about the horrors of your lives, usually with the result of that person shooting themselves in the head or jumping off a cliff to escape your whining.
Please remember that you can use only one active ability per day. Yes, I know you're lame at using them, but DO IT ANYWAYS!
Win Condition (werewolf):
You win when half the town is Sad (the alignment, not literally sad) or nothing can prevent the same.
You think THAT's bad?: QT link
Please confirm via return PM.