Pirate Ship Mafia [Concluded]

[GeneralHankerchief]

Night 2 has ended, no more orders will be accepted.

Processing now.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I was wondering...


Should, or do players want, to know how susceptible they are to conversion to the cause of perfidious Albion?

Obviously, I think, it should not be public knowledge. The rosbifs are listening too. They don't need to know who would be a wasted effort, and who would be a sure thing.
But what of the players themselves?


(Albion, rosbif, lime fruit eaters (limeys) = the English)

[Double A]

They might contact the British saying "I'm avaliable, hook me up with a Marque!" if they were.

[GeneralHankerchief]

The only person aware of anybody's susceptibility is myself. This information is eventually shared with certain roles upon investigation.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Night 2

taka was alone and above deck, humming an old shanty to himself. He missed his mother. Dear old mum, always taking care of him and encouraging his peaceful inner nature... he almost thought about staying for a split-second when offered to join the crew of what would become the most bloodthirsty, drunken, and menacing group of pirates in the entire north Atlantic. Poor old mum. He wondered how she was doing now. Maybe after this was over, he would buy his own ship, and sail out to find her, and the two of them could retire together off the loot he had won. On the other hand, he could also blow it entirely on rum and women in the span of two weeks. Decisions, decisions.

He was seized by the shoulders as two hands started dragging him closer to the ship's edge. Snapping out of his nostalgia for his mother and his yearning for rum and women, taka struggled mightily to break free, and he did, eventually scrambling away from his two attackers. Cursing, the two men drew their swords and pursued, chasing taka in circles on the ship for a while. Eventually, however, they started to gain on him. taka, seeing this, dropped on all fours, and the lead pursuer tripped over him, going flying and landing on his other side.

As the first pursuer was struggling to get back on his feet, taka rose, seized his second pursuer by the hair, and brought his skull in contact with the first man's. Both attackers were now out cold, although taka was too dazed to do anything more than go back below deck and drink some more.

atheotes liked to practice his swordplay. During the operations in Charleston, he finally got to live his fantasy and go toe-to-toe with the enemy, holding his own. He was very proud of this and as a result had taken to sharpening his cutlass - sometimes excessively. He hadn't reached the point where his weapon had a name, but many other sailors on board had a wager going on when he would give in and name it. There was also a side wager about what the cutlass would be called, with the lowest odds being "Georgina".

"Hello, atheotes," two men said as they walked up to him. "Care to practice your sword play with us? You never know when you will find yourself at a numerical disadvantage." Both of them drew their own cutlasses as they were saying this, although atheotes was too excited about what they were saying to notice.

"Sure, that sounds great!" he said, drawing his cutlass.

"We thought you would like it," they said. "En garde!"

The three men sparred for a little while, with atheotes' opponents holding back their blows. However, a couple of minutes in, an unseen signal prompted the two men to ramp up their attack significantly. atheotes, taken aback, struggled to compete with the new ferocity that was coming after him. Panting, he tried to tell them to stop.

"Hey, guys, how about going down a notch, eh? I mean, this could really hurt somebody here!"

"That's the idea," said one of them, disarming atheotes and sending him kneeling to the ground in pain. The other lopped off his head.


Deep within the ship's cabins, a man was sleeping, dreaming the sweet dreams of a certain lovely lady. He was roused by a hand pushing his shoulder repeatedly.

"Mmmph... not morning bell until at least 3 hours from now... leeme 'lone..."

"I can't do that," the second man said. "You will wake up and you will listen to me."

"'less you're the captain, not interested," the first man mumbled.

"I have far more authority than the captain," the second man said in a menacing whisper. "I have the power vested in me by the English crown to arrest you, throw you overboard right now, and go after everyone you love and give them an even more horrifying fate."

This finally woke the first man up. He couldn't do this. He may have been a bloodthirsty pirate, but he still had a soft spot for his loved ones.

"What... what do I do?"

"I am offering you a letter of Marque. Accept it, and work with us. Destroy this foolish ship and its crew. Do this and I promise you leniency, plus a well-paying job and the support of the Crown instead of the opposition of it. What say you?"

The first man thought about it for several seconds. "Yes..." he finally said.

"Good," said the second man, already turning around to depart. "Now go back to sleep. I'll be in touch..."


gibsonsg91921 was sitting above deck, drinking some rum quietly. He couldn't sleep, so he figured that a healthy dose of alcohol would do the trick. Of course, it was getting harder and harder to do so. Being a pirate, gibson had achieved a very high tolerance for the substance over the years, so as a result he was rather drunk, but not completely gone to the point where he was about to pass out.

Four men approached him, cutlasses drawn. They did not mince words. Checking to see that his vision was not starting to blur and there were, in fact, four men approaching him, gibson took another swig of his bottle. "What's this all about, eh?" he slurred, with the men only drawing closer to him in response.

Taking one final swig of his rum, gibson finally drew his own cutlass in response and lunged at his attackers. He fought with fantastic bravery, although not particularly much skill, frequently swinging wildly at the air. Eventually, numbers and sobriety took their toll and gibson passed on. He didn't feel a thing.


Eventually the sun finally rose, and Captain Crazed Rabbit walked out of his cabins, shaking his head when he saw all the bodies. In addition to the corpses, there were also the bodies of johnhughthom and YLC, who had apparently gotten in a drunken argument over which wench in Nassau was the best value and took it too far, killing each other. "This be a bad omen if I ever saw one," he muttered to himself, and then proceeded to gather the remaining sailors to roll call.

"Right, laddies," he said, "the situation be growin' ever worse since last night. The attacks have increased, and so has the body count. Looks like ye'll be needin' to do the vote again to determine who walks the plank. Fer yer own sakes, I suggest that ye get this one right."

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It is now Day 3. The round will last until Monday October 5th, 18:00, US Eastern time.

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Attacked: Centurion1 (n1), LittleGrizzly (n1), taka (n2)

Murdered: LittleGrizzly (n1), atheotes (n2), gibsonsg91921 (n2)

Lynched: woad&fangs

Removed from play: Xehh II, johnhughthom, YLC

Souls aboard (44):
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
A1 Unit
Andres
Askthepizzaguy
Beefy187
Beskar
Captain Blackadder
Centurion1
Chaotix
CountArach
Crazed Rabbit
Cultured Drizzt Fan
Death is Yonder
Diana Abnoba
DisgruntledGoat
Double A
Iskander 3.1
Jolt
Joooray
Khazaar
KukriKhan
Lord Winter
Louis VI the Fat
miotas
pevergreen
Psychonaut
Reenk Roink
ricera10
Sasaki Kojiro
scottishranger
Seamus Fermanagh
shlin28
Sigurd
slashandburn
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
SSNeoperestroika
Subotan
taka
TinCow
Tratorix
White_eyes:D
Yaropolk
Yaseikhaan

[Beskar]

What about result pm's, GH?

Edit: got it now :D

[Askthepizzaguy]

YARRRR!!! Give the man time, you briny sea-dog!

[Subotan]

"Omen" seems like a bit of an understatement. Maybe "bloodbath" would have been better.

[Crazed Rabbit]

So, it seems like we had two mafia attacks, and the British conversion. Or was the attack on Taka the result of one of the mafia? The two people attacking him didn't fare very well.

And why was gibson attacked by vigilantes?! At least those vigilantes seemed to have cleared themselves of being mafia.

CR

[GeneralHankerchief]

All PMs have been sent.

It took me... 12 less minutes than last time, factoring in the writeup as well. Success!

[Askthepizzaguy]

At least those vigilantes seemed to have cleared themselves of being mafia.

Yarrr... it be possible that one be guilty among them, by my count. A letter of marque plus a two man attack by the Brits, and a two man attack by the Mavens... it's possible a Maven did a vigilante hit as cover. However, the majority of that group should be innocent, I agree.

[scotchedpommes]

The only person aware of anybody's susceptibility is myself. This information is eventually shared with certain roles upon investigation.

Which could then be passed on to those investigated.

Nae wise, I'd say.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Which could then be passed on to those investigated.

Well, yes, as you can clearly see by the conversion tonight.

[scotchedpommes]

Hm, there's no indication that information regarding their susceptiblity was passed onto them prior to conversion by those working for the good of the ship. [which is what our gallic officer was enquiring about.]

[Louis VI the Fat]

Taka - limeys?
One honest pirate has been turned into a scummy Englander.
Atheostes - the Maven? Is their hallmark the cutlass?
Gibson - vig killed.

Who killed Gibson and what for?

The only person aware of anybody's susceptibility is myself.

Nothing remains hidden before my penetrating eyes.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Nothing remains hidden before my penetrating eyes.

There were multiple cutlasses (basically, used by everybody) and atheotes ended up dead... I don't see how atheotes was a maven or that cutlasses are a mark of being one. Yarrr....

[Louis VI the Fat]

There were multiple cutlasses (basically, used by everybody) and atheotes ended up dead... I don't see how atheotes was a maven or that cutlasses are a mark of being one. Yarrr....

Sorry, I meant the two attackers on Atheotes.

The English don't strike me as using cutlasses. The cutlass is the piraty weapon of choice. Atheotes was cutlass against cutlass. So I presume that was pirate vs pirate, that is our crew vs maven.
I think the effeminite English prefer to sneak up on somebody from behind and have their filthy way with him. As they tried with Taka.

Did Taka get lucky, or was that an incomplete vig group?


What have you been doing these past two nights, Pizza? Busy organising?

[TinCow]

Hmmm... I didn't expect to get info alerting us when someone had been converted. That'll make it much easier for us to figure out how many we're dealing with.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Sorry, I meant the two attackers on Atheotes.

After re-reading your post and the writeup, I now understand what you meant.

The English don't strike me as using cutlasses. The cutlass is the piraty weapon of choice. Atheotes was cutlass against cutlass. So I presume that was pirate vs pirate, that is our crew vs maven. I think the effeminite English prefer to sneak up on somebody from behind and have their filthy way with him. As they tried with Taka.

Actually, I think you're onto something. In both nights, a sword or swords were used by one of the mafia-attacks. Those could be our Brits. The Mavens however seem to be using cutlasses like us.

Did Taka get lucky, or was that an incomplete vig group?

I see no one defending him. I think he got lucky.

What have you been doing these past two nights, Pizza? Busy organising?

The Captain is aware of my activities. No, I haven't done much organizing. Some, to be sure, but after the first night, everyone pretty much was in groups and I've left their command to the Captain himself. As for me, I'm focusing on my task. Yarrr...

[Crazed Rabbit]

I wouldn't put too much weight on the weapons used yet. This isn't Sasaki's pirate mafia game.

And, if I read the rules right, I believe the attack on atheotes was the Maven crew members. The British special agent can't convert, only the Lieutenant can convert. And only both Lieutenants, together, can kill.

So the attack on Taka was probably just vigilantes, as with gibsong. While that is troublesome, it also means those persons are very likely not to be part of the maven crew. If the people who did participate let me know, I could remove them from the list of possible maven pirates.

CR

[Askthepizzaguy]

A pair of vigilantes, as opposed to four?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Yes, which would explain why it failed rather easily.

CR

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yes, which would explain why it failed rather easily.

CR

Then I am rather curious as to the identity of the solo attacker on Centurion1. Surely a brave and loyal crewman would step forward and claim credit for that attack two nights ago. Yarrr.... come, share a pint with me.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Host's tally:









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[Subotan]

Sorry, I meant the two attackers on Atheotes.

The English don't strike me as using cutlasses. The cutlass is the piraty weapon of choice. Atheotes was cutlass against cutlass. So I presume that was pirate vs pirate, that is our crew vs maven.
I think the effeminite English prefer to sneak up on somebody from behind and have their filthy way with him. As they tried with Taka.

Wait, I'm confused. How could the English kill taka, and convert an able seaman into an agent in the same night?

Also, what other weapons would pirates use? We haven't had anyone killed by muskets...yet.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

My group didn't kill gibson.

[Lord Winter]

Vote: Yaropolk

[Askthepizzaguy]

Vote: Seamus Fermanagh

I don't know where you've been, what you've been doing, or who you've been doing it with. And I can't find ye among the crew that converses every day. Speak up, and tell me what you've been up to, or my vote remains on ye.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I'm going to wait to vote for a bit until there is a clear person we are bandwagoning on since no one seems to have any clue what is going on or who is mafia.

[Louis VI the Fat]

GH - if there's a solo or two men attack, do the participants reveive nothing, or do they get forty / twenty gold?


There's the single man hit on Grizzly, on Centurion, the four man hit on Gibsons, and possibly two men on Taka.

You guys do realise that protection - succesful or not - makes as much money as attacking, right? 40 / 4 = 30 / 3 = 10.
Whereas protection increases the chance of the crew eventually winning, thus being able to actually end up enjoying the money made.



@Subotan - I was probably wrong. See Rabbit's post above. Most likely the English special officer ('godfather') investigated.* One lieutenant converted. And one lieutenant was free to do to whatever perfidious business it is they do. Possibly, join a vig group.
The English now have four players. That means two can kill, one can investigate, and a fourth can convert. Bad news.

If a limey joins a vig or protection group, how they show up in the PM's?

*Watch out for players who show up as 'investigating' at night. They could be our English don.

Vote: Yaropolk

If I may - why?