Post by Cicada on Jun 8, 2015 11:02:32 GMT
VENDETTA II
{{There is a lot to read in this thread, but try not to skip anything since there are some new rules! A fair warning, as this is based around murder it will have descriptions of gore, but not anything excessive.}}On the edge of their visions crept the shadows, at the fringes of their hearing they heard the whispers, and the checkerboard pattern beneath their feet seemed to ebb and flow as though they stood atop the waves of some colourless sea. Was this still Skaia? Was this even the Glitch? Those familiar with the workings of horrorterrors might know all too well.IT BEGINS
The events from the past few days - Weeks? Months? - were unclear in their memories, but the skies had gone pitch and the clouds had all vanished. The planet felt naked beneath the blank horizons, featureless beyond the sinking feeling that there was something moving out there, fleeting but still enough to unnerve. Perhaps it was a glitch, perhaps it was all real, but either way, dark forces were at work here. Their tentacles writhed and twitched in the minds of the players that were left, enough to make those unfamiliar with the feeling faint. Even those who had met such eldritch horrors before felt uneasy at the scale of this assault.
What they did remember was coming to Skaia, but surely there should have been more people here? How long had this gone on? Last night one of their ranks had gone missing, a human by the name of Shrike, and all that was left of him were words ingrained in their heads when they awoke; words that informed them that he was dead. Perhaps more concerning, the whispers had told them what had killed him. It had been a group of the other survivors, gripped by the maddening coils of the horrorterrors, driven to such a crime. The most important things now were to discover who the horrorterrors had a hold of and figure out what to do with them.
Your characters are members of a small group on Skaia that have found themselves trapped there by horrorterror shenanigans. Every night, it seems that said horrorterrors have started to get to players' heads, causing them to fall into a lighter version of grimdarkness that recedes when morning comes. While they know who each other are, their identities are unknown to anyone outside of their group. If you're an ordinary player, your goal is to find out who the possessed are and kill them. If you're possessed, you want to kill everyone who isn't one of yours and divert their attention from the real culprits before they find out who you are. There's a catch, though - the possessed are the smaller group, but they will know who other possessed players are and so strategy is their greatest weapon.
Each round there will be a day period (48 hours) and a night period (24 hours). Every morning, I will make a post explaining who died with clues as to who killed them. During the day, players will discuss who the clues point towards (or try to frame a scapegoat if they're possessed) and then vote on who to lynch in the thread. The character with the most votes against them will die the next morning. During the night, the possessed players will discuss who to kill via PM and then PM me with their votes. The same thing happens here - their victim will die in the morning. In addition, any character with a class power may use it during this time. Finally, each player is allowed to ask Shrike one question each night, which he will answer to the best of his ability. Ask wisely, he could give you clues! In the event of a tie, I will use a RNG to determine who is killed. Whichever group is the last standing wins.
RULES
- This is semi-IC. Most posts will be similar to actual RPing, though you're welcome to speculate OOC if it's easier as long as you differentiate it from IC posts. Assume that your character knows anything that you know in regards to the game; the horrorterrors will whisper the contents of the morning posts to them when they wake up. Plus, since this is non-canon, it won't matter later.
- You can sign up as anyone that you'd like, Glitch, canon, or a completely unrelated character! As long as you fill out the form, you're good.
- To simplify things, none of the characters have their powers (besides role ones). You can fly if you want or do aesthetic stuff, that's about it.
- You may have up to five items in your sylladex. Just don't try to kill anyone with them during discussion and you're good.
- While you may share your own class and alliance, please do not share others' classes or alliances unless you obtained them through your class powers! However, keep in mind that if you share any of this information - even if you lie about it - then you may become a target. Speak wisely. Also, no sharing your roles OOC! If you just tell all your friends what your role is, it messes up the game.
- You may share the things Shrike has told you. You may also make things up about him. The choice is yours. No screenshotting what he says, though.
- One character per person! Unfortunately, since this is a mystery game it doesn't work well otherwise.
- I need at least 13 people to play, and the absolute cap is 30 players. Unless we reach 30, I will leave sign-ups open until June 15th!
FORM
Name:
Species: Maybe a short description if they're not canon or in the custom race thread.
Appearance: Clothes, items they may keep on hand, striking features?
Weapon:
Sylladex: Up to five items!
Faction:
Personality: Be as detailed or brief as you want! Just give me enough so that I can write them accurately or don't get upset when I don't play them very well. This is only for morning posts.
ROLES
Rogue - Each night, you may choose a class and a person. That person will switch classes (or classlessness) with the person who currently has the class.
Thief - Each night, you may "steal" someone else's class. You may only steal one class per night, but you gain their powers until morning rolls around. The person you stole from retains their own powers.
Heir - (Automatic) You are safe from the first time someone tries to kill you, but the second time, all bets are off.
Maid - Maids get an extra vote each round, which they will PM to me.
Page - You may give someone else an extra vote each round. Choose wisely.
Knight - Each night, you may choose someone to protect. This character cannot die this round, though the powers of death-affected roles such as Heirs will still activate.
Seer - You may choose someone to investigate each round and I will give you their class and alliance (possessed or innocent). The alliances of the sessionmates and the clown will show up as innocent.
Mage - (Automatic) Upon your death, you will yell out a class and alliance you felt in your gut from the start! The class and alliance of a random player will be revealed. The clown and sessionmates will show up as innocent.
Sylph - Once per game, you may revive a player from the dead.
Witch - Once per round, you may change someone's vote to something else.
Bard - (Automatic) As long as you are alive, two classes per night will be swapped at random. Your own class is not exempt from this.
Prince - Once per night, you may kill someone on your own terms.
Sessionmates - Two players from the same session (not necessarily canonically). They would hate to see the other die and will only win if both are standing at the end of the game. Their victory will not override any other victory, and vice versa. The sessionmates will know who each other are, but they cannot be possessed.
Clown - This character has completely lost it. Their only goal is to be the last one standing. Clowns are always classless, but they gain Prince powers and immunity from possessed votes. The only way to kill them is through public lynch.
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