The Riftwar [Concluded]

[pevergreen]

Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
In a strange city.

POE, The City in the Sea, st. 1

The wind came from nowhere.
Ringing into existence with the reverberation of a hammer striking doom, it carried the heat of a forge that fashioned hot war and searing death. It came into being in the heart of a lost land, emerging from some strange place between that whis is and that which seeks to be. Angry, it stank of ancient evil, echoing with long forgotten prophecies. In a frenzy the wind spun, swirling out of the void, as if seeking a course, then it seemed to pause, then it blew northward.

The old nurse hummed a simple tune, one handed down from mother to daughter for generations, while she sewed. She paused to glance up from her needlework. Her two small charges lay sleeping, tiny faces serene while they dreamed their tiny dreams. Occasionally fingers would flex or lips would purse in sucking motions, then one of the other would return to quiescence. They were beautiful babies and would grow to be handsome lads, of this the nurse was certain. As men they would haveo nly vague memories of the woman who sat with them this night, but for now they belonged as much to her as their mother, who sat with her husband presiding over a state dinner. Then through the window a strange wind came, chilling her despite its heat. It carried a hint of alien and distroted dissonance in its sound, an evil tune barely perceived. The nurse shivered and looked towards the boys. They became restless, as if ready to wake crying. The nurse hurried to the window and closed the shutters, blocking out the strange and disquiting night air. For a moment it seemed all time held its breath, then, as if with a slight sigh, the breeze died away and the night was calm again. The nurse tightened her shawl about her shoulders and the babies stirred fitfully for another moment, before lapsing into a deep and quiet sleep.

Taken from "A Darkness at Sethanon" prologue by Raymond E. Feist, avaliable freely online at: http://browseinside.harpercollins.co...=9780007229437



Hello, and welcome to the mafia game based on the First Riftwar. The series of books by Raymond E. Feist provide the backstory of this game.


Rules:

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Players vote during the day phase and send in night orders they have (if any) during the night phase. Each phase will last approx. 24 hours. Voting and orders are cut off at the time of the phase ending, so if the day ends at 9:00am, votes on 9:00am count, but those at 9:01 do not. All times will be measured off the host's time, if there is any differences. Players must vote in the format of Vote: Ichigo and if they wish to unvote, Unvote: Ichigo, Vote: Sasaki Kojiro. Voting for abstain and no lynch are not permitted. The host will not, at any stage, provide a tally for the public.

Rules to do with PM's, chatlogs, screenshots and revealing:

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Players may quote PM's in the entireity, but may not provide screenshots of any type in thread or private. Chatlogs of any kind are not to be quoted. This includes but is not limited to IRC, javachat, MSN, AIM et al. Players may reveal their role at any time, either by full role reveal with a quoted role PM in thread, or just saying the function or night abilities. At no point may a person reveal in private, only in this public thread.

Players who are dead:

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Players who have died are encouraged to continue participating, but may not reveal, allude to or in any way mention their role or abilities. Any mention of this will result in the host asking the player to refrain from posting and having their posts removed by the moderators. Dead players are also not permitted to vote, even in jest, unless overtly obvious that it is fake and does not draw attention.

How is this game set up and what are roles like etc etc (AKA FAQ)

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But pevergreen, you overtly attractive man, I don't know anything about this series of books or the world, or even who Raymond E. Feist is! How is this game set up?

Fear not, for each of you will receive a role PM. This PM is your guide, do not delete it. Included in this PM will be your objectives and your character name. Each person will receive a unique role PM with a named character. This name gives you your role and allegiance and you should not give it away lightly. A feature of this game is that if you receive the name of a person, by any method, you may send the host a PM asking for infomation on the character, to which you will receive a reply giving all the infomation you know. There are multiple 'mafia' families and each person has objectives. The game has been thought out to be (hopefully) balanced.

Question 1: Reveals:

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I used to love those books. I'm probably not in, but just in case I get weak *and* stupid, can you clarify the reveal thing? The only way to reveal anything about your role -- name, night ability, anything -- is publicly? Is that correct? (Excluding any night actions which might reveal your role in some way, of course.)

Yes, the only way to reveal anything about your role and its abilities is public. You may reveal your name to anyone you wish, but it may let them know that you could be person x that they need dead.

Why should you play this game?

Each person will receive a unique role PM with a named character. This name gives you your role and allegiance and you should not give it away lightly. A feature of this game is that if you receive the name of a person, by any method, you may send the host a PM asking for infomation on the character, to which you will receive a reply giving all the infomation you know.

(Just in case you didnt read it, plus its a cool feature)

In addition to this, The Riftwar is the first game to feature a new mechanic of gameplay. This is not revealed, but will be easy to spot once the game begins. To my knowledge, it has not happened anywhere in mafia, and is definately the first game on the .Org that it has happened.


This game requires 45 people, a prize will go to the person who recruits the most.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM or post here.

Signups: 43/45
Double A
GeneralHankerchief
Sasaki Kojiro
White_Eyes:D
Beskar
atheotes
death is yonder
Sigurd
Sprig
Captain Blackadder
Joooray
Centurion1
johnhughthom
Iskander 3.1
Yaseikhaan
Elite Ferret
A1_Unit
Chaotix
AskThePizzaGuy
Subotan
Tratorix
Reenk Roink
Csargo (Ichigo)
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
Khazaar
Andres
Greyblades
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Beef187
Karo
YLC
Renata
Major Robert Dump
Crazed Rabbit
Lord Winter
scottishranger
Shlin28
LittleGrizzly
Zain
rhawn
KukriKhan
CountArach