Order Of The Stick Mafia [Concluded]

I died early. TT.

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Originally Posted by Diamondeye

Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Tsukiko
"Besides, they were the ones who threw ME into prison for being different — for understanding that a pulse is not a prerequisite for being loved! They all got exactly what they deserved!"

Victory Condition: Neutral: You survive to the end of the game.
Combat Strength: 8
Abilities: Reanimation - Once during the game, you may reanimate a dead player. This forces you to win with the team of that player, and that team only. Note that the player will not actually be restored to life, but that he/she will still be counted when determining if a team has won, and can be lynched again.
Necroempathy - The dead may reveal otherwise forbidden information to you in private. You can ask me to confirm this to them, also in private.

Background:
Tsukiko is a Mystical Theurge and ex-prisoner of the Sapphire Guard. In the original storyline, she ends up teaming up with Xykon and the rest of "Team Evil", where she has plenty of occassions to put her dark magics at work, and partake in her great passion, The Undead. Tsukiko loves the undead - Yes, in that way - because something has convinced her that the living are horrible people, and that, because the undead are the antithesis to the living, they must be good. In the original storyline, one of the reasons she teams up with Xykon - who is a lich - is that she hopes that he will eventually fall for her.

Her outlook on the world taints pretty much all aspects of her personality, and she is not the keenest social interactor, mainly because very few people actually want to have anything to do with her. In this alternate timeline, Tsukiko does not know of the existence of Xykon or his plans to attack Azure city; she has simply broken out from the Azure City prison during the commotion around Lord Shojo's death and is now caught inside the palace, only hoping to escape alive. She cares not who wins, but is willing to ally whoever seems to have the upper hand and put her considerable powers to their assistance.

Note that you are one of the very few characters in the game to have multiple abilities available to you.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

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the conversations, from my perspective, can be devided into two groups -


The first part is ATPG's fishing.. I had dispaired and given up in the game a few days ago already, so I was not too concerned about what I said, though in the start phase of part 1, I still kept illusion of being a townie, although I knew how futile that was; town could afford to lynch me, so there was no hope that they wouldn't.


however in the second part, where ATPG claimed neutral, there was at least something to hold on to. So revealing everything at that point was a necessity; in order to avoid a vengeful backfire, if he was neutral. Beskar's parasite: earthbound gave inspiration to that move. quotes like the follwing

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1/23/2011 9:13:57 AM Askthepizzaguy God Emperor well mine is 5, so don't feel bad.
1/23/2011 9:14:04 AM Askthepizzaguy God Emperor You could probably one shot me.
1/23/2011 9:14:17 AM God Emperor Askthepizzaguy I could.. but I wouldn't do that. and certainly not now
1/23/2011 9:14:32 AM God Emperor Askthepizzaguy I would much rather push for a GE / ATPG victory (:

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were only to convince ATPG, by hitting the emotional button, which would increase the chance of a convincing alliance - however as he was townie, it was a wasted move.. well all of phase two was :p enjoyable none the less

Good job town.

Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Sapphire Guard Paladin
"Wait, stop! What are you doing-!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 6
Abilities: None.

Background:
One of the standard Paladins of the Sapphire Guard, your sworn duty is to protect the Lord of the City and the Throne room. While you seem to have failed your Lord, you will not fail your people by letting the murderers who are loose in the Palace claim the Sapphire Throne. Due to the fact that this game is taking place in an alternate timeline to the original, your fate is not to be killed by fellow Paladins afflicted by a Symbol of Insanity. You rather hope that you will actually make it out of the Throne Room alive in this timeline!

Yay for the Town! Good job Team! :applause: The talks behind the scenes were particularly good, and it was clear at some point that we, Robbie/Yaro/ATPG/Romanic, were all Townies because of Robbie's scan results, and because our power roles (robbie and Yaro) were never attacked. YLC was also cleared considering ATPG had to save him from a WOG (he posted less than one minute before the deadline :laugh4:).

So the remaining mafia had to be a mix Renata, Beskar and GE. Knowing that GE told Renata about my role, within minutes, was a clincher, but we even got a positive scan result from Robbie, to confirm it. :grin:

I don't think the mafia realized how strong the Town network was behind the scenes. Robbie's scans, and his ability to share it with one player (visiting a player at night), really helped to build trust. Sharing ATPG's result with me on N1 was great, thanks for that Robbie :P. I guess things could have gone different if Robbie had sent his results to a mafia, but he never did.

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Originally Posted by God Emperor

Romanic was my favorite townie of the game .. very active and on guard :) we had many nice long talks :p

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These talks were great, it looked genuine enough, and you convinced me that you were Town, until I learned that you were talking behind my back with Renata :laugh4:.


Thanks for the game, DE, it was awesome! And that for showing me these great comics!

I hope you all enjoyed it :bow: I can post all the Role PMs (and the overview spreadsheet) if you want to see it...

I honestly didn't really expect there to BE a town network, romanic -- i just had the setup completely wrong in my mind. Even when I learned from GE that there was an investigator role I assumed it must be nerfed somehow -- but I'm not sure GE even really was a godfather.

robbiecon told me that he scanned Renata and sent me the information on the night I died... that's about the only contribution I could have made though, so while it's nice to win, I won't be taking any credit for it.

Congratulations to the rest of the town, though... looks like you did a bang-up job this time, mafia slip-up aside. An advertisement for town networks if there ever was one.

GE was not a Godfather. And the prophet's ability was complicated... He could investigate only on the condition that he shared this result with another player, and he was not allowed to share it with the same player twice. He could easily risk handing very dangerous information to a mafia, like "YLC is Durkon, and innocent". That'd guarantee a kill of a power-role.

My role, I was a poor vanilla :grin:.

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Originally Posted by Diamondeye

Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Red Oracle Guard
"You're the liar!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 5
Abilities: None.

Background:
As part of one of the three tests one must pass in order to arrive at the Oracle, the Green Oracle Guard is the person who always lies, whereas his counterpart, the Red Oracle Guard, always tells the truth. While this riddle is an age-old classic, certain tendencies in today's adventurers has led to a significant risk of work-related injuries (luckily, non-fatal so far). So, uhm, in this alternate storyline, the Oracle has taken mercy on the pair of you and let you take a vacation in Azure city before returning to guard duty. Considering he can tell the future, the fact that you end up locked in a palace with a band of murderers and the Order of the Stick (who were the original perpetrators of the work-related incidents), you take it that your boss isn't too fond of people asking for vacation.

Note that you do not have to adhere to the "truth only"-restriction. Nevertheless, it would be fun to see pulled off :beam:[/CENTER]

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Night 1, someone visited me :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Diamondeye

You are visited this night by a strange oracle. You cannot recall who it is, or how they looked, but you recall quite clearly that it divined the true identity of one of the other people in the palace.

You are certain that AskThePizzaGuy is The High Priest of the Twelve Gods, and that he is innocent.

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I immediately contacted ATPG to inform him. Not sure how well he believed me, this was somewhat odd. I guess that he could have seen me as a possible mafia scanner.

On that night, Yaro used his tracking power on ATPG, and knew about Robbie visiting him, so they talked and Robbie revealed to him (I learned about this on N2). After which Yaro spoke to ATPG, claimed scanner, to protect robbie's identity.

On day 2, I had more talks with ATPG, and he proposed that I should vote for Yaropolk, to reduce the chances that he would be attacked at night, mafia don't kill scummy players, right? :grin:

On night 2, Robbie scanned me, and sent the result to Yaro, and then Yaro PMed me this.

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Originally Posted by Yaropolk

Romanic,

I'm an investigator

You're the red oracle guard
ATPG is the high priest of 12 gods
You got a copy of the high priest result last night.

Convinced? Please tell me what do you know about robbiecon.

Yaro

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My reply to him.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Very convincing. :laugh4:

Actually I knew about your scan result of ATPG because he told me about your PM. What I wasn't sure is if that scan result came from you or another scanner, but now I do.

How does it work? Do you get to choose who also receives a copy?

On robbiecon, I don't know anything about him. My vote is a pressure vote, to get him talking.

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Then Yaro tells me a secret, :lol:

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Originally Posted by Yaropolk

That's somewhat disturbing regarding ATPG. I specifically warned him not to give you my identiy until you're scanned and cleared. Do you have any useful powers?
Robbiecon is another pro town power role, take the pressure off him please.

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The discussion with Yaro continues, my next reply:

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Hmm, I wouldn't worry about ATPG. He talked to me after I told him about receiving a scan result from an unknown oracle. I'm guessing he trusted me because I trusted him first, and he's the reason why I pressured you yesterday.

We wanted to see your reaction, and we also wanted to throw suspicions at a possible Town scanner, to keep the mafia off your back at night.

Anyway- unless you don't trust your scan results, ATPG is cleared right? The PM I received stated that I was certain ATPG was innocent.

Also, Robbie being another pro town role?! Ugh okay, I'll remove my vote.

On my role, I think that the Green Guard will also be around, because we're on vacation together in Azure City. He's likely to be Town, like me, but I'm not certain. In the story, the Red Guard always tells the truth, and the Green Guard always lies, so he could be anti-town, maybe.

However my take is that we are up against the Linear Guild, one of the antagonist group in OOTS, so the mafia roles would be: Nale, Sabine and Thog (or maybe Pompey). We've seen Sabine kill pever last night, and she's likely the one who killed Double A on night 1.

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Then robbie contacted me because I was one of his guard.

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Originally Posted by robbiecon

Hello Romanic,

I know you are the Red Oracle guard. I am The Oracle, and I can prophesize each night. I may choose a target to prophesize about, and someone to hear it. I chose you as the first person to hear it. So you heard that ATPG was The High Priest of the Twelve Gods. I know both of you are innocent.

The person I sent the second prophecy to was Yaropolk, and I investigated you btw.

Yaropolk is a tracker, he sees people who enter other people's rooms, and saw me look at ATPG on night 1. He watched ATPG again last night but no-one approached him.

That's all I have for now, if you are a protector of some kind it would be appreciated, and now that we have 4 confirmed innocents, and only 7 left to choose from, we should be able to make a decent attempt at winning.

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So Robbie was the real scanner, nice plays to protect our scanners :grin:

My reply to him... Notice that I was still worried that ATPG could have been a godfather.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Thanks for the info, and your trust, sending me your first night result :)

When I got that night result, I immediately told ATPG about it (because the PM said he was innocent), and ATPG told me in return that Yaropolk contacted him about his role. We thought that Yaro was a 2nd scanner, but your explanations clear that up.

Now, be careful about assuming that ATPG is Town, it would make sense to have a Godfather around. The same applies to me of course.

About my role, I am vanilla unfortunately, so I can't protect you. Maybe the Green Guard can... I know he's around because my role PM says we're on vacation together in Azure City.

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Robbie's next reply. He chose not to tell ATPG :grin:

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Originally Posted by robbiecon

ATPG is the one guy I haven't gone running to. Although the fact that Yaropolk isn't dead might point towards him being innocent. At the same time, you'd be able to join the dots, so it would have been a risky deed when there's loose ends around.

For now I don't really know what to say. Perhaps Renata is a good enough idea for the lynch. As for Green Guard, well I wouldn't know where to start looking. And the only point me coming out openly and declaring my role would be if I hit a mafiat, but given that I have a few contacts behind the scenes, and it's not a big game, I reckon 3 votes (even if we don't fully trust ATPG) should be sufficient to start a bandwagon.

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Later on D3, I sent this to Robbie, giving away all the knowledge I gathered.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

ATPG: High priest of the 12 moons, scanned innocent by you on N1.
Beskar: Claimed to be an unnamed paladin (privately to me)
Cecil: ...
God Emperor: Claimed being Elan, the bard of OOTS (privately to me), and vanilla.
Renata: Claimed vanilla, privately.
Robbiecon: The all powerful Oracle :P
Romanic: Red Guard, vanilla.
Secura: Claimed Guard Captain, and vanilla (in the game thread).
Seon: Claimed mason publicly. Revealed that his mason partner was Captain Blackadder. His role is Kazumi Kato.
Yaropolk: Tracker.
YLC: ...

Some thoughts:

- Sabine, the N1 and N2 killer, is member of the Linear Guild. They're likely the mafia team, so their roles should be Nale (their leader), Sabine and Thog.

- Since Nale is Elan's twin brother, I think it's possible that GE would be a Godfather, immuned to your power. In my opinion you shouldn't waste a scan on him. Also, I spoke a lot with GE about this game and I have a good feeling about him.

- Beskar's claim: unnamed paladin, is extremely suspicious if you ask me.

For the record, I think it could be dangerous to share this new info with ATPG and even Yaropolk, but you're the Oracle and you see the future, so I'll leave it to your wisdom. :smile:

One question: Did Yaropolk tell you what is role was? I can't find which character would fit as a tracker, except Belkar but he's dead. Putting a name on his role would somewhat validate his innocence, call me paranoid, heh.

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Again I am trying to keep ATPG away from this knowledge, and even Yaropolk. I was definitely paranoid about a godfather.

Robbie's answer.

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Originally Posted by robbiecon

He never said who he was. But the fact he approached me after seeing me scanning ATPG might suggest that he is indeed innocent. So what should we do for the lynch then?

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My next reply to Robbie.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Not sure who to lynch, but I'd be happy with any of these: Beskar, Cecil, Renata, YLC.

Don't worry about the 2 votes on you, I will be around until the deadline and will make sure you are not lynched. Don't claim!

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After Cecil's lynch, I learned from ATPG that YLC was Durkon, so I ran to tell Robbie.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Hi Robbie,

YLC claimed being Durkon, a doctor (makes sense, Durkon is the OOTS cleric in the comics)

Renata claimed Lord Hinjo, and said her strength is high enough to survive some night attack. (not sure that I believe her).

So we have a role for everyone, and we lynched a scum today. Things are going great :)

Most suspicious players are, I think: Beskar, GE and Renata.

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Another PM from Robbie:

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Originally Posted by robbiecon

So anyone in particular you think we should scan? That being both myself and Yaropolk, the tracker. Also, I think I'll send the information to YLC tonight, the doctor claim seems believable, and I can only send info to a person once.

I'd probably scan God Emperor, although there are certainly good cases for all three. Personally I just think Beskar is being Beskar. But Renata has made some uncharcateristic slip-ups.

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Which I never had time to answer, so Robbie picked Renata as the next scan target. And then I received a PM titled "Urgent: OotS - Renata" :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by robbiecon

I scanned Renata, and sent it to Secura.

But Renata came back as Sabine of the Linear Guild!

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My reply,

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Yes!! Awesome Robbie :sweetheart:

My advice: Do not vote for Renata yet, it's better to see where she will place her vote, to gain information about her possible teammate.

We will lynch Renata at the end of the day, but we don't have to show our cards just yet.

Who else knows about this? Yaro?

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My last PM about the game, to ATPG, because he was at work the whole time I was online that day, but I had many talks with ATPG, this resume doesn't show it well because most of it happened on messenger.

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Originally Posted by Romanic

Renata was scanned as Sabine last night. :laugh4:

I asked you earlier to vote GE to see how she would vote, if Beskar and God Emperor were equal candidates, but that's not possible anymore with everyone piling on her.

Considering how I pushed Beskar and how he replied, I think GE is the remaining mafia. He claimed Elan and we're looking for Nale, his twin brother in the story, so it's a plausible cover that would be immune to scans (as a godfather).

And there's this story of GE giving away my role to Renata like 10 minutes after I claimed to him. Renata first said Secura told her about that, but Secura never did, so my guess is that Renata fumbled the ball and had to use her partner, GE, as an alibi.

I think we're good till the finish line. :)

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I also had many talks thru Messenger with God Emperor, ATPG, Renata and some with Secura/Beskar, all very enjoyable and interesting but I won't bother filtering through my logs to show them here.

Robbie's behavior in the game thread is one example why it's a good idea to lurk, for a pro-town power role. He had enough player supporting him behind the scenes, that he shouldn't worry about appearances. Because of it, the mafia never suspected that he was our big guy. I'm all against lurkers, but in this case :2thumbsup:

And about pever's role, it was interesting. Knowing him, I bet he was waiting to revive a mafia !! :grin: Good thing he was night killed before that happened.

I've been using the term "Godfather" to describe a mafia player immune to scan results. Maybe it isn't the right term, but that's what I meant. :embarassed:

What else is a godfather?

A mafia role that cannot be killed until it's partners/underlings are.

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Originally Posted by Secura

A mafia role that cannot be killed until it's partners/underlings are.

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Ahh, of course. :P

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Originally Posted by Secura

A mafia role that cannot be killed until it's partners/underlings are.

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Not 100% true, it is the Leader of the mafia, for example "Dark Samus/Samus" or the recruiting member of the party.

Thanks for the game, Diamondeye.

I can see where there were some balancing elements to the game, and things didn't turn out so well for the mafia to take advantage of those. If a strength victory were possible early, I get it.

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Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy

Thanks for the game, Diamondeye.

I can see where there were some balancing elements to the game, and things didn't turn out so well for the mafia to take advantage of those. If a strength victory were possible early, I get it.

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Just before Cecil's lynch, The Linear Guild had 29 strength to the town's 47.

Now imagine if they had killed someone else but pever (whose strength didn't count either way until he joined up) and pever decided to revive Cecil...

Myeah, I conceived it as balanced. I have to give a serious thumbs up to Robbiecon and Yaropolk for their fine powerroleplay, though.

Role PM:

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Originally Posted by Diamondeye

Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: The Oracle
"Geez, I can peer into the murky depths of the future, and yet I always seem to get interrupted during bath time."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 2
Abilities: Prophesize - Every night, you can learn the true identity of another player. You must target someone else to "hear" the prophecy, and you can never target the same player twice.

Background:
The Oracle is a Kobold blessed with the gift of prophetic powers by Tiamat, the God of Dragons and All Things Scaly. These powers allow the Oracle to accurately tell the future, and that's a useful power - especially when you want to be rich! The Oracle understands the fundamentals of supply and demand, though, and he goes a long way to make sure that his services are exclusive. For that reason, the Oracle is working under the rule that every person can only have one prophecy: one question answered. It occassionally has to stretch it a little, but combined with the three (very cliché) tests that are required to arrive at the Oracle, and the great value of the product (truth!), each prophecy still nets a fine price!

In this alternate timeline, however, Tiamat himself has ordered your presence within the Palace of Azure City. It's not the best place for a kobold, but obviously Tiamat has some reason to believe that your powers are necessary here. Finding the culprit behind this crime might be it - you cannot tell for sure. The Palace is the epicentre of the worship of the Twelve Gods, none of which are too fond of Tiamat, and it is sheltered somewhat from divine and arcane spells alike. You find that entering the Oracular Trance is too hard to do more than once every night, and you cannot tell the future. Your divine insight allows you to discern the true identity of another person, though, but you must share this information with someone else, and the usual restrictions apply. Luckily, you also employ a memory gambit which means that whoever you choose to share your prophecies with will not remember your identity, only the relevant divination.

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Well I'm glad of a town victory, my name is more synonymous with mafia victories. Thanks for the compliments everyone. But I suppose some of what happened was sheer luck. My original plan for Night 1 was to scan Romanic, and for some odd reason I decided to do the complete opposite and scan ATPG (you can never be too sure, even after scanning him, I was still wary that he could turn out as a Godfather).

If it hadn't been for this change-over, Yaropolk would never have seen me. When he approached me, I decided to simply tell him the truth, that I'd scanned Askthepizzaguy, and the result deemed he was innocent. I also think I told him I had sent the result to Romanic, so the underground unit had pretty much been set up already.

I decided to scan Romanic the second night, just so I could be sure, and sent the result to Yaropolk to prove what I was. Then Night 3, I chose Renata, although I was gonna go for God Emperor (not that it would have mattered anyway). Sent the result to Secura, which was another last minute change of mind, as YLC had been my initial target to hear the prophecy. I gub ess I knew Secura was being more vocal in thread, and would have mentioned it, whereas YLC was just about saved from WOG.

Really enjoyable game Diamondeye, Nice job :thumbsup:

Role PMs!

"Belkar, Serial Killer"

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Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Belkar Bitterleaf
"I AM A SEXY, SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!"

Victory Condition: Serial Killer: Outlive every other player.
Combat Strength: 14
Abilities: Murder - every night, you must target another player whom you will then attack and attempt to kill.

Background:
Belkar Bitterleaf is commonly agreed to be the least agreeable member of the Order of the Stick; In fact, the other five members of the party are often barely (un-)able to rein in his murderous tendencies. In the real storyline, Belkar is only tolerated because the Order of the Stick manages to turn his brutal tendencies against the bad guys.
This is not the case in this game: This is the opportunity you have been waiting for to get rid of the rest of the Order of the Stick, as well as anything else that bleeds when you stick a knife in it!
Belkar is not a complete monster, though; he has his (if rather scarce) soft sides: His other profession (apart from mass-murder for kicks and giggles, if you were in doubt), is gourmet cooking, and he looks up to and adores Lord Shojo - yes, you guessed it, the regent of Azure city whom the mafia just murdered - and has a soft spot for Shojo's (now abandoned) cat, Mr. Scruffles.
No-one touches Mr. Scruffles!

Classwise, Belkar is a halfling Ranger/Barbarian, Chaotic Evil and, as he likes to re-iterate when standing on the top of a veritable mountain of slaughtered foes, a "sexy, shoeless god of war".

Note that youre strength is the highest in the game; You are impervious to attacks.

Enclosed in the spoiler below is your cover role. Be aware that you can show up as this role in the writeups when killing (indeed, I advice you to do so).
If you have any questions, feel free to respond to this PM with them - or start a Quicktopic where you can ponder your moves and ask me questions as the game proceeds.

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Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Miko Miyazaki
"My blades will be bathed in the blood of those responsible!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 14
Abilities: Bringer of Justice - every night, you must attack another player in your hunt for the villains.

Background:
Miko Miyazaki is the most powerful paladin of the Sapphire Guard. Her dedication to Lord Shojo and the Twelve Gods is unparallelled, and she is willing to go great lengths and take to desperate measures to protect what she has sworn to keep safe. In the real OotS timeline, this blind devotion to justice, coupled with a self-reliance that rapidly spins out of control, she ends up falling from the ranks of paladins by slaying Lord Shojo himself in a hysteria of paranoid mistrust and completely insane leaps of "logic". In this timeline, however, she is loyal first and foremost to the Sapphire Guard, and she is the Paladin who arrived first at the scene of Shojo's death and avenges him by killing the Dark Elf assassin. Her devotion to justice commands her to keep actively searching for the villains who are behind this first attack, and who undoubtedly are out to destroy Azure City itself.

In short, Miko Miyazaki is a fanatic, in the pursuit of justice and willing to cut a path to it if she has to.

Note that youre strength is the highest in the game; You are impervious to attacks.

"Nale, Mafia"

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Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Nale
"Because no one denies me, Elan. Not father, not you, no one."

Victory Condition: Mafia: The Linear Guild outnumber all other players alive.
Combat Strength: 8
Abilities: Murder - At night, someone from your team must attack another player in an attempt to kill them.

Background:
Nale is the evil twin of Elan, the bard of the Order of the Stick. He's the complete opposite of his brother in terms of personality, being an evil egoist who is adept at manipulating and deceiving people with his natural charisma, and as any villain worth his salt, he is of course plotting to take over the world. His previous attempts have all been failures, though, and the last one was actively thwarted by the Order of the Stick. This failure did however lead Nale to learn of the Gates, a series of powerful constructions that tap into the raw nature of the world and which can grant overwhelming power to those who can control them. One of these gates are in Azure City, more precisely mounted on the throne of Lord Shojo in the form of a large Sapphire.

Nale is the leader of the Linear Guild, the evil counterpart to the Order of the Stick, although they have lately discarded the idea of accurately mirroring the entire Order because it is absolutely impossible to find any competent sidekicks. Therefore, as it is, The Linear Guild now consists of Nale himself, his demonic girlfriend Sabine, and the orc warrior Thok, the dumb muscle of the group.

In appearance, Nale and Elan look exactly alike apart from two minor details, both of which can be amended without much trouble; having to hide your left-handedness is easy enough, and getting rid of the evil goatee is a matter of a close shave. There, you're ready to pose as Elan, your stupid do-good brother!


Enclosed in the spoiler below is your cover role.
If you have any questions, feel free to respond to this PM with them - or start a Quicktopic where you can ponder your moves and ask me questions as the game proceeds.

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Order of the Stick Mafia
Role PM

Character: Elan
(Singing:) "Move, move, move silently across the battlefield..."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 8
Abilities: None.

Background:
Elan is the bard of the Order of the Stick, and very much lives up to that role; he is (almost) always the best at keeping up his (and, occassionally, the party's) spirits, always with a funny and astoundingly stupid remark or a earhanging and extremely annoying ditty of a song, often with lyrics that give away whatever the group is trying to do by blatantly revealing their plan ("bluff, bluff, bluff the stupid ogre"). When it comes to insight and intelligence, Elan isn't a top hitter, but he can be dangerously genre savvy, which is often worth a lot when you happen to be one of the main characters of a work of fiction.

Lately, in order to rescue his beloved Haley from the clutches of his evil twin, Nale, he took a level of Dashing Swordsman, which made him at least half-way competent in melee combat, but he is still sorily lacking other useful skills. In combat, Elan fights with a Rapier (and, due to a bonus from his recently aquired prestige class, his rapier wit). Out of combat, he fiddles a lute and plays with his puppets, whom he is trying to found a religion around, without much succes.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Thog, Mafia"

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Character: Thog
"Thog like breaking stuff!"

Victory Condition: Mafia: The Linear Guild outnumber all other players alive.
Combat Strength: 10
Abilities: Murder - At night, someone from your team must attack another player in an attempt to kill them.

Background:
Thog is an orc barbarian - that would actually be an adequate statement to sum up 99% of his personality in one fell scoop. He's downright stupid, with an only rudimentary grasp of language, he has very little idea that what he is dragged along in is actually evil (indeed, he seems to have a lot of nice qualities; he loves cute puppies, among other things) and he is mainly tagging along because he thinks of Nale and Sabine as his friends (and because they buy him all the icecream he can eat in order to stop him from breaking things). While Thog is meant to be the Evil Counterpart of Roy, the warrior of the Order of the Stick, but he seems to have a certain likeness to Elan, the bard, in that they are both a bit dimwitted, and seem to share certain infantile qualities as well. They even briefly paired up to perform a daring escape from a prison so Elan could get to Azure City and rescue his beloved Haley from Nale.


Enclosed in the spoiler below is your cover role.
If you have any questions, feel free to respond to this PM with them - or start a Quicktopic where you can ponder your moves and ask me questions as the game proceeds.

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Character: Green Oracle Guard
"Oh, you're such a liar!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 10
Abilities: None.

Background:
As part of one of the three tests one must pass in order to arrive at the Oracle, the Green Oracle Guard is the person who always lies, whereas his counterpart, the Red Oracle Guard, always tells the truth. While this riddle is an age-old classic, certain tendencies in today's adventurers has led to a significant risk of work-related injuries (luckily, non-fatal so far). So, uhm, in this alternate storyline, the Oracle has taken mercy on the pair of you and let you take a vacation in Azure city before returning to guard duty. Considering he can tell the future, the fact that you end up locked in a palace with a band of murderers and the Order of the Stick (who were the original perpetrators of the work-related incidents), you take it that your boss isn't too fond of people asking for vacation.

Note that you do not have to adhere to the "lies only"-restriction. Nevertheless, it would be fun to see pulled off :beam:

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Sabine, Mafia"

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Character: Sabine
"... Oh, sorry, I kind of got distracted after you said the word 'three-way'."

Victory Condition: Mafia: The Linear Guild outnumber all other players alive.
Combat Strength: 11
Abilities: Murder - At night, someone from your team must attack another player in an attempt to kill them.

Background:
Sabine is the second-in-command of the Linear Guild, the companion of Nale, and unarguably the evil counterpart of Haley Starshine, the rogue from the Order of the Stick. She's also a very seductive succubus who seems to find her job extremely exciting. It is implied that she tags along with the Linear Guild to further the goals of some greater evil, but she has a personal grudge against the Order of the Stick as well, so there's plenty of reasons to keep in line, at the moment. That pretty much sums up the two major factors of Sabine's personality; Evil and... cammeraderie. And she's good at making friends.

Sabine has the ability to shapeshift into any human form, which is why the palace of the Azure City is now completely closed, putting only a handful of obstacles between yourselves and your goal; Soon's Gate, lodged on the throne in the shape of a Sapphire (and unable to me moved). You had planned for the failure of Zz'dtri in advance, assuming the shape of Hinjo, heir to Azure City and now properly the Lord of the palace.

Enclosed in the spoiler below is your cover role.
If you have any questions, feel free to respond to this PM with them - or start a Quicktopic where you can ponder your moves and ask me questions as the game proceeds.

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Character: Lord Hinjo
"I am the commander of the Sapphire Guard, and I am here to make you pay for your crimes against my city!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 11
Abilities: None.

Background:
Hinjo is the leader of the Sapphire Guard, the Order of paladins serving as Azure City's elite force, originally founded by Master Soon. He is the nephew of the now late Lord Shojo, and the heir to the Sapphire Throne. He is a paladin in heart and soul, proud and noble and with a strong sense of justice. He puts the lives and well-being of his people ahead of his own safety, and in the original timeline, he is willing to sacrifice his own means of escape from a doomed city to save a few hundred civilians. He has every motivation to root out those who would threaten the city that has now fallen under his command, and must assume the heavy mantle of leadership that now befalls him.

Although Hinjo is a very capable fighter, he does not possess any powers that could assist in the apprehension of a criminal in such a case as this; Hinjo has always been more of a battlefield general than anything else, and he is not especially flexible in his thoughts or actions.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Durkon, Pro-town"

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Character: Durkon Thundershield
"I stay 'ere because it's me duty. And bein' a dwarf is all about doin' yer duty, even if it makes ye miserable. ESPECIALLY if it makes ye miserable!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 10
Abilities: Cleric's Oath - Every night, you can choose another player to protect. The attacker will then have to compete against your strength before being able to harm your target (the target will only die if the attacker's strength is higher than yours and the target's combined strength, but if the attacker is stronger than you, you will die).

Background:
Durkon Thundershield is the dwarven cleric of the Order of the Stick; He believes in honor and ideals, and (as all real dwarves) he insists that nothing is more important than doing your duty. Since Durkon is the only member of the Order who possess any kind of healing spells, most of Durkon's duties include looking out for the rest of the party and cure all of their ailments from hangnails through wounds (light, moderate, serious and critical) up to and including death.

In this timeline, not much is different; Durkon is among the strongest people locked in the Azure City Palace, and looking out for the innocent bystanders of a crime, as well as his friends in the Order of the Stick, who are stuck here and in great peril, is still the duty he is performing. Durkon is quite the brave warrior, not counting his fright of trees, and he talks (and even writes) in a somewhat peculiar accent that takes some getting used to.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Haley, Pro-town"

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Character: Haley Starshine
"Winning the battle isn't on the table anymore. Surviving the battle is the priority now, and it's slipping away fast."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 7
Abilities: Sneaky - Every night, you may track another player to find out who (if any) they are targetting.

Background:
Haley Starshine is the second-in-command of the Order of the Stick; in the beginning of their adventures, Haley seemed almost solely concerned with the loot, but throughout their adventures together - helped along by an array of extraordinary events such as having her father kidnapped, finding the love of her life, and losing six bags of gold each the size of a rhinoceros in an explosion - she's developed a more sympathic personality.

When it's down to business, though, Haley's still willing to take to dirty tricks - which probably makes a lot of sense considering that her class is rogue - and in times of crisis, she's ever the one to keep her head cool, get a good look at the situation, and if necessary employ the all-time favourite Plan B of the Order of the Stick: Run away!

When not hindered by emotional distress and linguistic dysfunction, Haley's easily one of the smartest people of the Order of the Stick. She's a cute, redheaded rogue who's ready to put all of her talents to use to further the ultimately good cause of the Order. By employing her skills at stealth and subtlety, Haley is able to follow other people around without being detected. This could be a most useful way of finding the remaining killers in the palace.

"Oracle, Pro-town"

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Character: The Oracle
"Geez, I can peer into the murky depths of the future, and yet I always seem to get interrupted during bath time."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 2
Abilities: Prophesize - Every night, you can learn the true identity of another player. You must target someone else to "hear" the prophecy, and you can never target the same player twice.

Background:
The Oracle is a Kobold blessed with the gift of prophetic powers by Tiamat, the God of Dragons and All Things Scaly. These powers allow the Oracle to accurately tell the future, and that's a useful power - especially when you want to be rich! The Oracle understands the fundamentals of supply and demand, though, and he goes a long way to make sure that his services are exclusive. For that reason, the Oracle is working under the rule that every person can only have one prophecy: one question answered. It occassionally has to stretch it a little, but combined with the three (very cliché) tests that are required to arrive at the Oracle, and the great value of the product (truth!), each prophecy still nets a fine price!

In this alternate timeline, however, Tiamat himself has ordered your presence within the Palace of Azure City. It's not the best place for a kobold, but obviously Tiamat has some reason to believe that your powers are necessary here. Finding the culprit behind this crime might be it - you cannot tell for sure. The Palace is the epicentre of the worship of the Twelve Gods, none of which are too fond of Tiamat, and it is sheltered somewhat from divine and arcane spells alike. You find that entering the Oracular Trance is too hard to do more than once every night, and you cannot tell the future. Your divine insight allows you to discern the true identity of another person, though, but you must share this information with someone else, and the usual restrictions apply. Luckily, you also employ a memory gambit which means that whoever you choose to share your prophecies with will not remember your identity, only the relevant divination.

"Vaarsavius, Pro-town"

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Character: Vaarsavius
"I require a reminder as to why raining arcane destruction is not an appropriate response to all of life's indignities. Quickly, please, before they are out of range."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 10
Abilities: Scry - At night, you can keep watch over another player, detecting anyone who visit them in their sleep.
Disintegrate - You can also choose to attack another player, killing them if their strength is lower than yours. This permanently lowers your strength by 1, no matter the outcome of the attack.

You may only do one action every night.

Background:
Vaarsavius is the elven Wizard of the Order of the Stick, and the most powerful in terms of sheer firepower. The downside of this is V's fragility in close combat, as well as his/her load of weak spots - V is not physically strong or of good constitution, comes off as a distanced loner who often treats others to either a good deal of snarking and sarcasm, or overly long speeches that exposes V's pride more than his/her actual intelligence. V also seems to lack a high enough wisdom score to have developed a moral compass of any consquence, although his time with the Order of the Stick is gradually beginning to repair at least the personal flaws, if not that of his stats.

V is in many ways an egocentric; he/she believes that, given enough time, he/she has the inteliigence and power to solve any problem. Obviously, things don't work out that way, which is why V is lucky to have the Order of the Stick around to help in times of need. V's underlying personality is still determined to do his/her best to solve every problem that the group encounters, however, and when faced by enemies who are out to kill you, logic quite clearly states that the best method of defense is a good attack; permanently disabling your enemies is a good way of making sure that they can never get back at you, and as V has the power to do so, it also falls as his/her responsibility.

Note that you are one of the very few characters in the game to have multiple abilities available to you. You may only use one every night.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Tsukiko, Neutral"

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Character: Tsukiko
"Besides, they were the ones who threw ME into prison for being different — for understanding that a pulse is not a prerequisite for being loved! They all got exactly what they deserved!"

Victory Condition: Neutral: You survive to the end of the game.
Combat Strength: 8
Abilities: Reanimation - Once during the game, you may reanimate a dead player. This forces you to win with the team of that player, and that team only. Note that the player will not actually be restored to life, but that he/she will still be counted when determining if a team has won, and can be lynched again.
Necroempathy - The dead may reveal otherwise forbidden information to you in private. You can ask me to confirm this to them, also in private.

Background:
Tsukiko is a Mystical Theurge and ex-prisoner of the Sapphire Guard. In the original storyline, she ends up teaming up with Xykon and the rest of "Team Evil", where she has plenty of occassions to put her dark magics at work, and partake in her great passion, The Undead. Tsukiko loves the undead - Yes, in that way - because something has convinced her that the living are horrible people, and that, because the undead are the antithesis to the living, they must be good. In the original storyline, one of the reasons she teams up with Xykon - who is a lich - is that she hopes that he will eventually fall for her.

Her outlook on the world taints pretty much all aspects of her personality, and she is not the keenest social interactor, mainly because very few people actually want to have anything to do with her. In this alternate timeline, Tsukiko does not know of the existence of Xykon or his plans to attack Azure city; she has simply broken out from the Azure City prison during the commotion around Lord Shojo's death and is now caught inside the palace, only hoping to escape alive. She cares not who wins, but is willing to ally whoever seems to have the upper hand and put her considerable powers to their assistance.

Note that you are one of the very few characters in the game to have multiple abilities available to you.

Note that your combat strength is high enough to potentially save you from a night attack.

"Daigo, Mason"

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Character: Daigo
"Kazumi... is a pretty name... "

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 6
Abilities: Lovers - You know Kazumi Kato (Seon) to be innocent.

Background:
Daigo was a normal soldier in the army of Azure city, and in the original timeline, one of the few lucky survivors of the attack of Xykon's armies, primarily because he managed to speak his name before dying, thus elevating himself from the role of an unknown person. This near-death episode - where Daigo and Kazumi only survive by telling each other their names - makes them realize that they are meant for each other. Later, they are married. In this alternate timeline, that relation is still present, even if the underlying series of events are not.

If the two of you start a quicktopic to discuss the game, please provide me with a link to it.

"Kazumi, Mason"

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Character: Kazumi Kato
"Wow. I guess having a name really DOES matter. "

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 5
Abilities: Lovers - You know Daigo (Captain Blackadder) to be innocent.

Background:
Kazumi Kato was just an ordinary soldier in the army of Azure City, until - in the original storyline, that is - Xykon attacked the city and killed almost everybody. Kazumi and a fellow guard, Daigo, are saved at the verge of death by pronouncing their names, thus advancing their importance to the story. This also makes them realize their true feelings for each other, and they end up sticking together and surviving, ultimately ending up as a married couple.
In this alternate timeline, that relation is still present, even if the underlying series of events are not.

If the two of you start a quicktopic to discuss the game, please provide me with a link to it.

"Guard Captain, Townie"

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Character: Guard Captain
"You'll never take this city while I'm alive, monster!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 4
Abilities: None.

Background:
The Guard Captain of the Sapphire Guard is very much ready to die for his city. Which is more or less exactly what he does, in the original storyline. At least, he is killed off by one of the tougher enemies. Still, you can't quite shake the feeling that it would be even better to make it through the mess of this alternate timeline completely alive.

"High Priest of the Twelve Gods, Townie"

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Character: High Priest of the Twelve Gods
"Halt, I am the High Priest of the Twelve Gods!

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 5
Abilities: None.

Background:
The High Priest of the Twelve Gods... It sure sounds impressive, doesn't it? Well, unfortunately, it's not. Compared to your fellow NPCs, you hold power beyond imagination, but compared to the large flock of PCs and plot-relevant characters, you're an easily-disposable obstacle in the way of the villains. Well, in the original timeline, anyway. In this alternate timeline, you have been granted a second chance to prove your mettle against the culprits who would dare attack Azure City!

Just make sure to check your dice rolls properly, it might save you.

"Red Oracle Guard, Townie"

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Character: Red Oracle Guard
"You're the liar!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 5
Abilities: None.

Background:
As part of one of the three tests one must pass in order to arrive at the Oracle, the Green Oracle Guard is the person who always lies, whereas his counterpart, the Red Oracle Guard, always tells the truth. While this riddle is an age-old classic, certain tendencies in today's adventurers has led to a significant risk of work-related injuries (luckily, non-fatal so far). So, uhm, in this alternate storyline, the Oracle has taken mercy on the pair of you and let you take a vacation in Azure city before returning to guard duty. Considering he can tell the future, the fact that you end up locked in a palace with a band of murderers and the Order of the Stick (who were the original perpetrators of the work-related incidents), you take it that your boss isn't too fond of people asking for vacation.

Note that you do not have to adhere to the "truth only"-restriction. Nevertheless, it would be fun to see pulled off :beam:

"Sapphire Guard Paladin, Townie"

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Character: Sapphire Guard Paladin
"Wait, stop! What are you doing-!"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 6
Abilities: None.

Background:
One of the standard Paladins of the Sapphire Guard, your sworn duty is to protect the Lord of the City and the Throne room. While you seem to have failed your Lord, you will not fail your people by letting the murderers who are loose in the Palace claim the Sapphire Throne. Due to the fact that this game is taking place in an alternate timeline to the original, your fate is not to be killed by fellow Paladins afflicted by a Symbol of Insanity. You rather hope that you will actually make it out of the Throne Room alive in this timeline!

"That guy with a halberd, Townie"

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Character: That Guy with a Halberd
"Wait — was that oil hot?"

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 4
Abilities: None.

Background:
An ordinary soldier in the Azure City Army, That Guy with a Halberd appears in only a single strip of the ordinary comic. He does so well though, that the readers are asking to have him back! Unfortunately, in this alternate reality, that strip has not even happened - and may never do - but you must fight your best to live to that day, for your moment of glory. Or forge your own moment of glory by helping to apprehend the culprits behind the murder of Lord Shojo!

"Wizard on teleport duty, Townie"

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Character: Wizard on Teleport Duty
"I coulda been a baker, you know."

Victory Condition: Innocent: All enemies of the town are eliminated.
Combat Strength: 3
Abilities: None.

Background:
The Wizard on Teleport Duty originally joins the Order of the Stick because they are given a task by Lord Shojo that requires teleporting them to-and-fro. And for that, you have a NPC, of course! In the alternate timeline, he does end up killed, after protesting that nobody appreciates his services and drowning his sorrows in sake. In this timeline, however, he's still alive. You have a chance to survive this ordeal and finally quit Wizarding and go back to being a baker like you always wanted. You can almost smell the cherry turnovers already...

Unfortunately, the Palace is warded against teleportation spells. It seems your only talents are useless in this situation!

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"Beskar, Serial Killer"

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See, Beskar? I knew we should have lynched you. All that drama about being innocent and annoyed at the suspicion was all an act....

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See, Beskar? I knew we should have lynched you. All that drama about being innocent and annoyed at the suspicion was all an act....

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:laugh4: I misspelled it "beskar" in the filename aswell.

:cry:

I really got shafted by random.org, eh?

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I really got shafted by random.org, eh?

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At least you were large about it :wink:

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Originally Posted by Double A, Night 1 Orders

I target myself with my nonexistant abilities :yes:

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Originally Posted by Double A

I really got shafted by random.org, eh?

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Welcome to my world? :P

Diamondeye: t'was a fun game, lots of effort into the roles (and the TVTrope links!), lots of activity... sorry I didn't get into it, though. :3

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Originally Posted by Secura

Welcome to my world? :P

Diamondeye: t'was a fun game, lots of effort into the roles (and the TVTrope links!), lots of activity... sorry I didn't get into it, though. :3

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Glad you liked it. I think putting a lot of work into role PMs is worth it, but perhaps especially so if when I am hosting my first large game :yes:

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Originally Posted by Secura

Welcome to my world? :P

Diamondeye: t'was a fun game, lots of effort into the roles (and the TVTrope links!), lots of activity... sorry I didn't get into it, though. :3

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Halebard? Shafted? Yes? No? Canada?