Werewolf XX - Of Demons and Elementals (Humans Win!)

[Coffee Warlord]

Werewolf haters cry, it's another one!

Up into the mountains, a horrible gateway is on the verge of being opened to a distance place. Magic has gone awry, the ancient seals that protects humankind from this terrible evil have been heavily weakened. Those who have bonded with the Demons move into action, slipping themselves into the key places to pave the way for their masters arrival. The few remaining mages, sacrificing themselves to reinforce the power of their magic, seal off the entirety of the fortress. None may enter or exit until the threat has been ended. Unfortunately, the now-dead mages did not bother to tell anyone else about this predicament they thrust you all in. None are safe from the reckoning. Evil must be purged from this castle, or all is lost. Unless you are evil. Then it's time to get rid of those pesky good-for-nothing soldiers.

But there's more. Those strange, enigmatic creatures known only as the Elementals have taken a keen interest in this event. Clearly they have seen the possible re-emergence of demonkind into this world. However, their motives, as always, are unclear at best. The only possible hope for either side is to curry their favor with sacrifice. Perhaps they are the key to winning this conflict!

The Humans
The force of good, happiness, cheese, and all things shiny. The humans must find those among them who would tear open the gateway and allow the demons entry into this world. Luckily, this being a key defensive outpost, many of both military and magical skill are located here. Unfortunately, with everyone being a suspect, their skills and allegiances are unknown. There is one bit of good news, though. A demonic servant dies in both a spectacular and gruesome way, making their exit from this world quite obvious to any observer. Now if we could just find out who is who...


The Demon Servants
You sold your soul for power, you were promised immortality upon the return of your masters, and that moment is almost upon you. You have hidden your allegiances for ages, and now just a few goody two shoes stand between you and immortality. You may once again laugh maniacally without fear of persecution. You will be able to kick old people whenever you want. No one will tell you when to clean your room. Oh yes, soon you will have it all.


The Elementals
Immortal creatures of immense power, and immense enigma. Most people who have tried to understand them have long since gone stark-raving made. They are big, they are powerful, and they are there. Why they have taken interest in this event is uncertain, but what IS known about them is they can be appeased by certain sacrifice. If one of proper magical skill sacrifices the right living creature a the proper time of night, the Elementals just may grant that side a Favor. As for what they get out of the deal...who knows.

That said, while they are immortal in the sense that they do not die of age/disease, these creatures can be killed, though it is not easy. An elemental being threatened (ie - is lynched or murdered) will immediatly revert to their natural form, with the ensuing wave of power preventing their demise. However, once they have been reduced to their true form, they may be executed by either side at their leisure. Of course, also note, they can expend their vast powers in other ways. Pissing off an elemental is a sure way of getting yourself killed.

(In plain english, elementals ignore the first lynch vote OR night kill directed their way. Their role is revealed when it happens, and then they are just as vulnerable as anyone else. In futher plain english, they also have a once-per-game-per-elemental power to flat out kill another player.)



The Druid / Warlock
On each of the two main sides, there exists one player (who both are known to the Elementals) who has the power to sacrifice an animal once per night to the Elementals. Every night, the Elementals, being the wild and crazy creatures they are, decide among themselves what they would like to have sacrificed to them. If the Druid or the Warlock has chosen wisely and sacrificed the proper beast, their side will receive a Favor (tm). These favors come in various shapes and sizes, and will mostly benefit that side (some more than others). They last for a maximum of 1 turn (some are one shots, some last a night, some last a day, some last a full day/night phase), and the general effects are kept secret except to those involved.

(In plain english, the druid/warlock chooses an animal from a provided list. If they choose the animal the Elementals chose as their 'preferred' creature, they get a Favor. If they don't, they get nothing that night.)


Victory Conditions
Humans: Execute all Demons Servants.
Demons: Achieve a 1:1 ratio with Humans. Elementals are NOT counted as humans.
Elementals: Secret.


Rules
Two phases, Day and Night. 12/24 Hour Deadlines will be in effect. After Night(0), there will be 24 hours until the lynching deadline, then once the lynch post is made there will be 12 hours until the Night phase ends. Rinse, repeat.

Most players have a special role, though some do not. The special roles will NOT be revealed on death (on either side), with the exception of the Druid/Warlock. Note, special role or not, the SIDE the player is on will be revealed, just not their powers (if any). Also note, players without a special role MAY gain a special power during the course of the game, if certain things happen.

During the Day phase, everyone votes to lynch one player, as per normal werewolf games.

In the event of a tie, special (and secret) rules will apply.

Votes not in bold DO NOT COUNT.

Votes on an edited post DO NOT COUNT.

Votes after the deadline DO NOT COUNT.

Please unvote and re-vote in DIFFERENT posts, for my sanity.

During the Night phase, the Demons conspire to kill one player, and all players may use their Night actions, if any.

Warning: Do not PM with the dead players. They may still have an active role in this game after being executed. And if you ARE killed, don't go away. You may still have a part to play.

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Signups are now open. The game will not start till at least Tuesday, but it will further not start till the current WW game ends. We'll see what everyone's thoughts are on starting day.

This game is condusive to being fairly good sized, and a lot of goofy shit can go down, because, well, I've enjoyed the weird games played in the past.

In Like Flynn
1) Ardent Enthusiast
2) Blade6119
3) Schmidty
4) Dacman
5) Hoopsguy
6) SnDvls
7) Passacaglia
8) Path12
9) St cronin
10) Grammaticus
11) TazFTW
12) Saldana
13) WVUFAN
14) Kingfc22
15) Barkeep49
16) dubb93

Alternates
1)
2)
3)

[Poli]

In. Gimme a good role, dang it.

[Blade6119]

im in too....saldana wont be happy about this...he was just putting the finishing touches on the rules for a game of his own

[Schmidty]

I really want in on this. I'll be in California most of next week (through Friday), but I'll have internet access at the in-laws. I won't be able to spend hours and hours online, but enough to strategize and cast my vote.

So I'm in.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

im in too....saldana wont be happy about this...he was just putting the finishing touches on the rules for a game of his own

Heh, he gets the notorious XX then. I've been mucking around with this one for a few weeks now.

[dacman]

YO!

[Blade6119]

Doesnt your title say WW 9? i might be mistaken, since i knew the other one going on is 18, but IX looks like 9 and not 19

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

Doesnt your title say WW 9? i might be mistaken, since i knew the other one going on is 18, but IX looks like 9 and not 19

Whoooops

[hoopsguy]

Good stuff - sounds like we have a few games in the pipeline from some new DMs.

I was planning to sit a few out after being viewed/eaten Day 1 the past couple of games but the idea to extend playing time after death makes me want to give this a spin. So lets give this a shot.

[SnDvls]

looks like a hell of a ride....IN

[Blade6119]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Good stuff - sounds like we have a few games in the pipeline from some new DMs.

I was planning to sit a few out after being viewed/eaten Day 1 the past couple of games but the idea to extend playing time after death makes me want to give this a spin. So lets give this a shot.

I dont see the post death in the rules...what am i missing?

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Blade6119

I dont see the post death in the rules...what am i missing?

The big bolded thing.

Originally Posted by Me

Warning: Do not PM with the dead players. They may still have an active role in this game after being executed. And if you ARE killed, don't go away. You may still have a part to play.

[Poli]

I knew I should have stopped by the Warlord's last night.

[Passacaglia]

In.

[path12]

I'd like to finally give it a shot.....

[st.cronin]

in like Doug Flynn

[Grammaticus]

I'll play

[TazFTW]

I want in.

[saldana]

bastard....i was waiting until the other game was over to post my signups! it'll keep though, and i can do a little more refinement while i play this one.

i'm in

[WVUFAN]

I'd love to play.

[kingfc22]

in

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by saldana

bastard....i was waiting until the other game was over to post my signups! it'll keep though, and i can do a little more refinement while i play this one.

i'm in

Ironically, that was the exact reason I decided to post my signups a little early. I was gonna wait, then decided it might be best to do it before someone else snapped up the next game.

[Barkeep49]

I'm in. And I'm glad we have this game and another in front of us since that should allow me time to perfect my next game where NO one starts as a werewolf.

[dubb93]

I see RPI lurking. I'll let him take the last spot and I'll take 1st alternate.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by dubb93

I see RPI lurking. I'll let him take the last spot and I'll take 1st alternate.

Sure? He ain't lurking no more.

edit: You're listed as an alternate until either you or someone else snaps up the last spot.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Sure? He ain't lurking no more.

Go ahead and give me the last spot then.

[Coffee Warlord]

I may open up 1 or 2 more spots if there's additional interest, but we'll see. 16 looks pretty decent on running the numbers, though a couple more shouldn't have much affect.

[saldana]

Originally Posted by dubb93

Go ahead and give me the last spot then.

can i vote for dubb before the game even starts

[Coffee Warlord]

So...you guys wanna kick this off tomorrow (Tuesday), or do you wanna wait till the other WW is over?

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

So...you guys wanna kick this off tomorrow (Tuesday), or do you wanna wait till the other WW is over?

What other game?

[SnDvls]

I'd say wait as there are several players here who are still active in the other game too.

[path12]

I'd vote Tuesday but of course I'm not in the other game....

[Blade6119]

Im in the other game and id say start as soon as possible...the other game is winding down and will be over in a few days(day even maybe)...just start soon

[Coffee Warlord]

Roles will go out tomorrow, Night 0 Actions will be due Wednesday at 9am (CST), at which point Day 1 commences.

The last sign up will be open until approximately 9am tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, which is when I'll be assigning roles.

[Coffee Warlord]

Roles Have Been Sent!

Night 0 Actions Due 9am CST, 12/28

Day 1 will run 24 hours as well, at which point the 24/12 schedule commences.

By the way, if anyone is wondering, there is no Night 0 Kill.

[SnDvls]

Normal human checking in.

[saldana]

normal human standing up to be counted.

[Grammaticus]

Vanilla human checking in

[path12]

Normal human reporting.

[Passacaglia]

Human here.

[WVUFAN]

Human reporting.

[st.cronin]

This human predicts that this game will be way confuzzling.

[Blade6119]

Human, over and out

[hoopsguy]

Present and accounted for.

And I don't believe that everyone checking in before me is human, but I understand stating this is part of the drill ...

Human checking in.

Hope there is an empath role in the game who can put the pressure on people later on with these statements.

[Blade6119]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Present and accounted for.

And I don't believe that everyone checking in before me is human, but I understand stating this is part of the drill ...

Human checking in.

Hope there is an empath role in the game who can put the pressure on people later on with these statements.

I dont know if i believe everyone who checked in after me is telling the truth....thats means i should watch hoops and hoops

[dubb93]

human here. can't wait for the goofy shit i was promised.

[hoopsguy]

I dont know if i believe everyone who checked in after me is telling the truth....thats means i should watch hoops and hoops

Wouldn't expect otherwise, Blade. I expect you to indicate me as a "suspect wolf" at least twice each day that we are both alive

Looking forward to making a list and checking it twice ...

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by dubb93

human here. can't wait for the goofy shit i was promised.

Believe me, neither can I.

[kingfc22]

Let's send these demons back to hell!

[hoopsguy]

OK, first game-related question for discussion.

If an elemental is revealed after shrugging of a lynching/night kill is there any reason for either side to take this entity down? Without understanding the nature of "favors" it is hard to determine where the value-add would be.

CW, when an elemental is revealed do we learn if he is the "human" or "demon" elemental? Or just an elemental and it is up to us to discern which one?