Werewolf XCVI: The Dark One and The Order of Righteousness (GAME OVER EVIL WINS)

[dubb93]

Another day brings yet another near unanimous decision. Today Metou decides that it is MartinD that must be a follower of The Dark One.

The mob converges on MartinD. He is mounted on a horse and in full armor. MartinD appears to be a mounted archer of some sort. The mob corners MartinD in the courtyard of the castle. He announces, “People of Metou I am not your enemy. I am the captain of the Royal Mounted Archers.”

The mob will not be reasoned with. This will not be an easy fight. Many of mob are injured when MartinD fires a volley of arrows. MartinD fights valiantly but he can't overcome the sheer numbers of the mob and is killed. After the battle you discover USFLTecmo has been hit in the head by an arrow. He is also dead.

With permission from Abe Sargent you are allowed into the quarters of MartinD. You find his allegiance was with the King. You leave the castle and make haste to the home of USFLTecmo. There you do a search of his home. This also search turns up nothing. USFLTecmo was a simple citizen of Metou. What a terrible day. MartinD murdered by the mob and USFLTecmo killed in self defense. Both were on the side of good.

MartinD was Captain of the Royal Mounted Archers.

Captain of the Royal Mounted Archers -

If you are killed in the game by any manner you may choose any other player in the game to kill. You will still die, but you will get to bring another player to the grave with you. You must submit a player name to me in PM such as:

If I am the night kill I would like to kill Dubb93 tonight.

or

If I am the lynch vote I would like to kill Dubb93.

Please submit conditional orders as a night action as well as a conditional order each day there is a lynch vote.

USFLTecmo was a Vanilla Villager.

Day 8 has ended. Night 8 has began. Night actions due by 10a EST Thursday. I work on Thursday so actions may be ran late.

1. Barkeep49 - Lynched Day 7, Vanilla Villager
2. lerriuqs
3. USFLTechmo - Killed Day 8 by MartinD, Vanilla Villager
4. Abe - Elected King Day 6
5. MartinD - Lynched Day 8, Captain of the Royal Mounted Archers
6. hoopsguy - Vanilla Villager, Killed Night 1
7. Passacaglia - Elected King Day 3, Killed Night 5, Arbitro
8. Telle - Vanilla Villager, Killed Night 4
9. The Jackal
10. Danny - Lord Righteous, Killed Night 2
11. Autumn - Killed Night 7, The White Knight
12. Lathum - Lynched Day 5, Follower of The Dark One
13. SnDvls
14. RendeR
15. Chief Rum - Killed Night 6, Crystal Oculo
16. saldana - Lynched Day 6, Vanilla Villager
17. DaddyTorgo - Diffama Fabula - Killed Night 3
18. Tyrith - The Dark One, Duked Day 2 by Schmidty
19. path12
20. KWhit - Lynched Day 4, Vanilla Villager
21. Schmidty - Elected King Day 1, Killed Day 2 by Tyrith, Vanilla Villager

[Abe Sargent]

Well, that sucks, but it gives us good odds tommorrow and gives us info on lerriuqs

[Abe Sargent]

My guess, right now, as to where the other two are hiding:

1. The Jackal
2. SnDvls
3. RendeR
4. lerriuqs


In that order, that's my guess

[Abe Sargent]

Okay, unfortuantely I have a very ultra busy work day tomorrow, so I cannot be around in the morning to say this, so I am saying it now.

I fully expect to be night killed. Killing me off makes the most sense for the wolves.

Tomorrow, elect path to the throne. Then path, do not let the wolves play vote tricks.

Just Duke and Cover.

Duke and Cover.

[RendeR]

Thats a very interesting mechanic, I don't think I've ever considered giving a brutal type ability to the village. nice touch.

Unfortunately for THIS village, he chose....pooooorly.

Ok so, I have Path, Abe and myself on my trust list. I there can only be 2 of them left or the game would be over right now. given that its 2 out of three of squirrel, jackal and SnDvls.

SnDvls and I haven't seen eye to eye recenly but that doesn't mean he's good or bad.

I'll be aiming at one of those three tomorrow. As Abe says, he's a definite night kill targetr because he's the king, but then again, what difference does it make really as we would just elect path tomorrow and he would have the same powers. Path or abe are both in danger tonight because they're the only cleared people.

we're only gonna get one more chance at this guys. If we blow tomorrow's lynch we're done =(

[The Jackal]

Well shite. I don't argue with the call made by Martin, as I was suspicious of USFL, but I was really hoping he'd change his mind to SND. I realize I'm going to be in the running tomorrow, and there's no proof I can give you that I'm just a vanilla villager. I can suggest my voting record, which I think I've done a pretty good job with (as opposed to Danny's game.. ugh).

But I really don't have a clue who the wolves are. Gut feeling + probability shift tells me SND has to be one. I really hope there's someone left that can influence the game in our favor (whether it's a well-played duke by the king or something that hasn't been revealed), because I don't have anything more to offer. This has been one of the more frustrating games I've been in because normally I have a good sense of who might be a wolf (see PF in Danny's game, i friggin told you guys), but in this game with all the runaway votes I've gotten very few vibes and it's scary.

I'll see you folks on the morrow, I assume, unless the wolves go crazy on us.

[MartinD]

My decision on who to 'take with me' shouldn't have come as a surprise, given what I posted yesterday (apologies to USFLTecmo, but I believe that there was sufficient reason for suspicion).

Good luck to the village for the rest of the game

[path12]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

My guess, right now, as to where the other two are hiding:

1. The Jackal
2. SnDvls
3. RendeR
4. lerriuqs


In that order, that's my guess

I might shift that slightly but we see it similarly.

[path12]

Originally Posted by MartinD

My decision on who to 'take with me' shouldn't have come as a surprise, given what I posted yesterday (apologies to USFLTecmo, but I believe that there was sufficient reason for suspicion).

Good luck to the village for the rest of the game

No worries, Martin. Your guess was as good as ours. Sorry for killing you.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by path12

I might shift that slightly but we see it similarly.

So what do you think Path? You and Abe are the cleared people, I'm gonna follow like a beaten dog because the only way we win is to vote in a block on this stuff tonight.

[RendeR]

I hate waiting =)

[dubb93]

Busy morning. Processing now.

[dubb93]

As night ends and the sun begins to pierce the night all is not well in Metou. The war with The Dark One is not going well and is taking a heavy toll on the citizens of Metou. The casualty list is high and as you glance down at the morning paper you once again see it has gotten even higher:

King Slain

Once again the King has been killed. There is no stopping the followers of The Dark One it appears. You sink into a chair and drift off into deep thought. Is there anyway he can be stopped? One thing is for sure, you have no more room for error.

Abe Sargent was the fired Woebegone Prison Guard and your elected King.

Woebegone Prison Guard -

You know the ins and out of the prison. You work the day shift. You may choose one player each day that is in jail and you will have unlimited PM rights with that player during the day cycle.

You may also as a one time action during the day kill a player or free a player from jail.

Please note that talking to prisoners is not allowed at Woebegone Prison and as such if it is made public that you have had any contact with prisoners you will be fired and become a vanilla villager.

You may reveal that you have had contact via PM but if it becomes public knowledge that you have talked to a prisoner in private you will be fired.

You will also be fired if you free a player from jail or kill a prisoner.

Night 8 has ended. Day 9 has began. King election ends 7p EST. Day 9 ends 11p EST.

1. Barkeep49 - Lynched Day 7, Vanilla Villager
2. lerriuqs
3. USFLTechmo - Killed by MartinD Day 8, Vanilla Villager
4. Abe - Elected King Day 6, Killed Night 8, Woebegone Prison Guard, Fired
5. MartinD - Lynched Day 8, Captain of the Royal Mounted Archers
6. hoopsguy - Vanilla Villager, Killed Night 1
7. Passacaglia - Elected King Day 3, Killed Night 5, Arbitro
8. Telle - Vanilla Villager, Killed Night 4
9. The Jackal
10. Danny - Lord Righteous, Killed Night 2
11. Autumn - Killed Night 7, The White Knight
12. Lathum - Lynched Day 5, Follower of The Dark One
13. SnDvls
14. RendeR
15. Chief Rum - Killed Night 6, Crystal Oculo
16. saldana - Lynched Day 6, Vanilla Villager
17. DaddyTorgo - Diffama Fabula - Killed Night 3
18. Tyrith - The Dark One, Duked Day 2 by Schmidty
19. path12
20. KWhit - Lynched Day 4, Vanilla Villager
21. Schmidty - Elected King Day 1, Killed Day 2 by Tyrith, Vanilla Villager

[RendeR]

Well that wasn't unexpected.

[path12]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Our wolves must be among the following:

BK (nope), saldana (nope), lerriuqs, USFLTecmo (nope), MartinD (nope), The Jackal, Render and SnDvls

Gotta think the odds are on our side, no?

[RendeR]

One would think so, but we've shot ourselves in the ass so often thus far I'm not counting on anything anymore.

My list:

Path (cleared)

Myself (duh)

SnDvls
Jackal
Squirrel


whatya think Path?

[lerriuqs]

Originally Posted by RendeR

Well that wasn't unexpected.

With that I think the game is over...If there is a cultist...There's no way for the village to win this game...

But
VOTE PATH KING

VOTE SNDVLS LYNCH

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by lerriuqs

With that I think the game is over...If there is a cultist...There's no way for the village to win this game...

But
VOTE PATH KING

VOTE SNDVLS LYNCH

If that were teh case the game would be over already. I think the cultist either never existed or they got him really early on and there were less starting wolves than we thought.


I'm with you on the king obviously thought:

VOTE PATH KING

[path12]

Originally Posted by RendeR

One would think so, but we've shot ourselves in the ass so often thus far I'm not counting on anything anymore.

My list:

Path (cleared)

Myself (duh)

SnDvls
Jackal
Squirrel


whatya think Path?

I'm going to tread carefully here, RendeR. I would humbly accept the (likely short-lived) role of King if so elected.

But I'm going back through statements and such and am quite interested to see how players present themselves today before getting too definitive in my views.

I do think that everyone still in the game would list path, them, then the rest.

Can I vote for myself as King? I didn't see where it was prohibited, but it just seems, well, odd..

[RendeR]

What is your deciding point on SnDvls? I was pondering jackal or SnDvls or even you, though I've gotten decent vibes from you all game long.

I'm interested in voting with Path because we know he's good so thats the best plan right now, but I'm certainly willing to discuss SnDvls too. You three are all right on par for me right now.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by path12

I'm going to tread carefully here, RendeR. I would humbly accept the (likely short-lived) role of King if so elected.

But I'm going back through statements and such and am quite interested to see how players present themselves today before getting too definitive in my views.

I do think that everyone still in the game would list path, them, then the rest.

Can I vote for myself as King? I didn't see where it was prohibited, but it just seems, well, odd..

yes you can vote for yourself as king and yes I know everyone is going to state YOU then THEM then the rest =) we're 5 people treading a damn fine wire right now.

I know we need to vote in a group so you have my support.

[lerriuqs]

Originally Posted by RendeR

If that were teh case the game would be over already. I think the cultist either never existed or they got him really early on and there were less starting wolves than we thought.


I'm with you on the king obviously thought:

VOTE PATH KING

The game wouldn't be over if he wasn't converted - he counts on the village side of the ratio. And his name isn't up there, so he's either still playing or never existed...

[RendeR]

Oh hell.



I just realized something and it throws my entire thinking into the shitter.

more in a bit, gotta go re-read some posts...

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by lerriuqs

The game wouldn't be over if he wasn't converted - he counts on the village side of the ratio. And his name isn't up there, so he's either still playing or never existed...

True, and another point just came to mind...back with more soon.

[path12]

I do think the cultist is still with us, which makes the vote that much more interesting to me.

VOTE PATH12 KING

Yeah, still seems odd.

[DaddyTorgo]

*sigh*

[dubb93]

Nightfall

[RendeR]

MUAUAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

[dubb93]

I'm writing up the end game right now.

[dubb93]

The long day wears into night. It has been a long time coming and finally Metou has fallen into complete chaos. In its time of need Metou will look for one to pull them out of the chaos. That one will undoubtedly be RendeR, The Dark One.

The Dark One and his followers have won. Surviving wolves are RendeR and The Jackal.

(I nightfalled this because RendeR cast a vote control spell on a villager. This would have given them 3 votes to vote with and would have ended the game tonight. It was game over at that point and I decided not to wait for 11p tonight to end this.)

[RendeR]

Just call me:





DARTH RENDER



MUHAHWAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dubb93]

1. Barkeep49 - Vanilla Villager
2. lerriuqs - Vanilla Villager
3. USFLTechmo - Vanilla Villager
4. Abe - Woebegone Prison Guard
5. MartinD - Captain of the Royal Mounted Archers
6. hoopsguy - Vanilla Villager
7. Passacaglia - Arbitro
8. Telle - Vanilla Villager
9. The Jackal - Follower of The Dark One
10. Danny - Lord Righteous
11. Autumn - The White Knight
12. Lathum - Follower of The Dark One
13. SnDvls - Vanilla Villager
14. RendeR - Drago Prodo/The Dark One
15. Chief Rum - Crystal Oculo
16. saldana - Vanilla Villager
17. DaddyTorgo - Diffama Fabula
18. Tyrith - The Dark One
19. path12 - Vanilla Villager
20. KWhit - Vanilla Villager
21. Schmidty - Vanilla Villager

[hoopsguy]

I think Dubb is now in line to assume Saldana's throne as the moderator who sees the most consecutive villager deaths in his game(s). That one got ugly fast for the villagers after a promising start.

[lerriuqs]

Even on the last day I picked the wrong one...Dammit...

So did you start as the cultist RendeR?

[lerriuqs]

Originally Posted by dubb93

The long day wears into night. It has been a long time coming and finally Metou has fallen into complete chaos. In its time of need Metou will look for one to pull them out of the chaos. That one will undoubtedly be RendeR, The Dark One.

The Dark One and his followers have won. Surviving wolves are RendeR and The Jackal.

(I nightfalled this because RendeR cast a vote control spell on a villager. This would have given them 3 votes to vote with and would have ended the game tonight. It was game over at that point and I decided not to wait for 11p tonight to end this.)

Couldn't path still duke or did it affect the king vote as well?

[dubb93]

RendeR

You are Drago Prodo and as such you are playing my favorite role in the game.

You win with the side of evil.

Each night you may scan a player to determine if they have a light or dark aura.

Instead of doing a scan you may instead once during the game perform an action to poison a player. There is a 50/50 chance that you will be successful. If you succeed the player will be poisoned and die during the following night cycle. Please note that if you run into a bodyguard you will be killed and if you run into The Dark One you will be converted. You will be able to kill any player in the game other than The Dark One that is not guarded.

You have two victory conditions.

Minor Victory - You win a minor victory if the side of evil wins. You can be alive or dead, converted or unconverted.

Major Victory - You win a major victory if at the end of the game you are The Dark One and your side wins.

Please keep in mind that you are the only player in the game other than the starting player with the role "The Dark One" that is able to obtain that role. In order to obtain it you must be alive when the player with the role "The Dark One" dies. If this happens you will inherit the role and learn the identity of all the wolves.

If you inherit the role "The Dark One" you will play the first day as a vanilla wolf, on day two you will be cunning, on day three you will be brutal and on day four you will have the full powers of The Dark One.

No other player in the game including any of the wolves knows about this mechanic.

The only two ways you can be converted are if you are night killed by The Dark One or The Dark One dies. If any other wolves comes to kill you, you will be killed.

Tyrith/RendeR

May submit a story to the newspaper each night. Will be submitted as Diffama Fabula. May also delegate a night kill each night. The Dark One is cunning as well as being brutal. May choose to forgo a night kill and raid the Woebegone Prison. If Woebegone Prison is not guarded by The Order of Righteousness all prisoners inside will be freed. May himself kill a prisoner in Woebegone Prison as a night kill.

May as day or night actions cast the following spells(If any of these spells are cast with the exception of darkfall, The Dark One is unable to perform any actions the following cycle. For instance if you use Silencio on day 1, The Dark One is unable to act on night 1 and must instead send someone else to do the kill. If one of these powers are used during the night phase The Dark One is unable to act during the day phase and cast another spell):

Silencio: Silence a player for an entire phase. This may be done at any time of the phase and the player silenced will not longer be able to type in thread during the remainder of that phase.

Possessio: Force a player to change his vote to whoever The Dark One feels is necessary. This spell can be cast on any player and they will be forced to change their vote. The spell has a duration of two hours, after two hours the effects wear off and the player is free to vote as he wishes.

Stripo: Strip a player of his powers granted to him by his private role. The effect only lasts one phase.

Darkfall: One of the most powerful spells in the world and a spell known only by The Dark One. The day will end exactly four hours early at 7p est instead of 11p est. If Darkfall is cast The Dark One will be unable to perform a night action for two days instead of just one.

Jackal

You are one of the most respected men in all of Metou. No one suspects the Mage's Guild is in line with The Dark One, much less the Arch Mage himself. For game purposes you are a vanilla wolf.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by lerriuqs

Couldn't path still duke or did it affect the king vote as well?

Cast it on the king=game over.

[RendeR]

My role was AWEOME...

If the DO attacked me I got converted to a vanilla follower of the dark one BUT

if the DO Died I turned INTO the DO over a period of days.

SOOOOOO MUCH ULTIMATE COSMIC POOOOOOOWWWWEEEEEERRRRR!!!



iiiity bitty living space....

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by lerriuqs

Couldn't path still duke or did it affect the king vote as well?

I'd have cast the spell ON path.

[Autumn]

Was there a cultist?

Nice game wolves.

[Autumn]

Wow, just caught up then. That makes me feel a bit better about the mechanic, Dubb, as I thought it was a bit much that the DO could come back. At least there was a limit to it and it was gradual.

[lerriuqs]

Good game dubb

[Autumn]

So, Stripo was cast against Chief that night?

It seems like the vote thing only lasts for two hours, so wouldn't they have been ablet o change their vote back?

[dubb93]

Before any balance issues are discussed I would like to state I decided to balance this with less wolves(3 to start with the possibility for 4). I also decided to throw in more night kill options/brutals b/c I didn't expect the village to lynch except in a sure thing situation(I was wrong here).

I also gave the village 2 seer mechanics and the ability to mulligan every lynch vote(they didn't take advantage of this). I also gave the village a very powerful Prison Guard role(and another CoT mechanic if played right). They also had an uber powerful BG who died well before his time.

My newspaper mechanic was a complete failure imho and I will not go back to that one again.

The village started out great when they were using the jail mechanic. They were able to redeem two wrong lynch votes in Pass and Abe and instead of being lynched both of these two were eventually freed, cleared, and elected king. I still am not following why the village abandoned this path when it was working so well for them.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Autumn

So, Stripo was cast against Chief that night?

It seems like the vote thing only lasts for two hours, so wouldn't they have been ablet o change their vote back?

He told me to wait until within the two hours to cast it. It was game over here guys, trust me.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Autumn

So, Stripo was cast against Chief that night?

It seems like the vote thing only lasts for two hours, so wouldn't they have been ablet o change their vote back?

no if the spell was used at 10:59

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Autumn

So, Stripo was cast against Chief that night?

Yes.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I think Dubb is now in line to assume Saldana's throne as the moderator who sees the most consecutive villager deaths in his game(s). That one got ugly fast for the villagers after a promising start.

Totally didn't see it coming.

[SnDvls]

what happened with the Saldana scan?

[Lathum]

I just want to say the conversation I had with Tyrith when Schmidty duked to him was high comedy.

I reacted over the top on purpose about it, but I really do think it's a really poor move to make in that spot.