TWG XII: Portal of [incomprehensible]
Isamil
Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23552Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23552Members, Constellation
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<b>Petco</b> was bored. Really bored.
"We're in the middle of no where," <b>Petco </b>thought. "The sentry runes will pick up anything living or dead or worse within 1000 feet. Yet they still insist I patrol here."
He conjured a trio of fireballs and launched them at the wall, being sure to disperse them before they hit. <b>Petco</b> had learned quite well after his last "incident", in which he took out an entire stone column. Not that it mattered; the columns were strictly for decoration. The "people" who had built the portal complex ages ago had no need for masonry. But <b>Petco </b>had, of course, been told to remake the column anyway.
"I assure you, whoever would have need of this place could care less," <b>Petco </b>had told <b>im_lost</b>."We're guardians, not janitors."
"So should we blow up all the columns then?" said <b>im_lost</b>
"Well no," responded <b>Petco</b>. "But the portal will function just fine without this column."
"No one even knows if the portal works anymore."
"Well obviously. I could test it for you if you're interested"
"And the demons would be over it in seconds. Just rebuild the column."
. . .
"Hey <b>Thansal</b>, could you go with me to get the book on higher order detection spells," said <b>Theslan</b>. Nobody was allowed to be in the library alone, for security and to protect the reader from trying to absorb too much.
"Why?" responded <b>Thansal</b>
"I sensed something..odd earlier," said <b>Theslan</b>
"Again? We're very close to a portal that uses energies inconceivable to any of us...with the possible exception of Freak83. <i>Of course</i> it's going to feel strange."
"This was different! We're all required to investigate anything suspicious, so come on!"
<b>Thansal</b> sighed and agreed to go with him to the library. This was defiantly not the first time <b>Theslan</b> had wanted to use that book, and the last time, <b>Theslan</b> found out what was being made for breakfast before the cookmage, <b>Chocolate</b> did.
. . .
<b>Emp_Demon</b>, <b>Eternaly_Lost</b>, <b>Xentor</b>, and <b>Nightstalker</b> were eating in the makeshift dining room. Well, truth be told they were done eating, but they stayed because it provided one of the few times each day where a large group of them was together. They amused themselves by playing lightning bolt ping-pong, which is just as dangerous as it sounds...to regular people. Everybody who had been chosen to guard the portal was powerful enough to level a town in an hour, a city in a day.(this does not mean that the city is 12 times the size of the town, rather, it means that the mage in question would, instead of using conventional methods like fireballs and chain lightning, spend the day channeling a spell to quite simply, level the city.) The lightning bolts could be deflected effortlessly.
"You aren't taking this job very seriously," said <b>Ana</b>.
"I will take it seriously when it becomes serious," replied <b>Xentor</b>, "Ow!" he said. <b>Emp_Demon</b> and <b>Nightstalker</b>had chosen to double attack <b>Xentor</b> as he was talking.
<b>Ana</b> shrugged and sat down on the other side of the room.
<b>Rule stuff-</b>
Number of wolves:3
Rules: Standard with the following changes
New human special role: Priest
The priest can resurrect one(1) dead person(human or otherwise) during
the night or day. The person will come back to life whenever said day
or night ends. If the priest dies before using his resurrect, it will
be gone forever. Because of the possibility that you will return to the game,
talking to other people, dead or otherwise, is forbidden after you are dead,
Wolf buffs:
1.If the seer seers a wolf, the wolves will be told which one of them
was seered. They will receive this information when the seer gets his
response from the host. I'm hoping this will cause some more
interesting strategies to unfold since the wolves will have been
warned that someone out there knows about them.
2.The wolves will be told if the psychic dies. For use in faking a
psychic or seer(or just feeling comfy).
3.The guardian can't protect the same person 2 days in a row. He can
protect them every other day.
Players alive:
1.EMP Demon(CST)
2.Eternaly_Lost(EST)
3.Thansal(EST)
4.Nightstalker
5.Ana(CST)
6.Xentor(EST)
7.The_x5(?)
8.im_lost
9.Petco(PST)
10.Theslan(PST)?
11.Chocolate()?
<b>Welcome to TWG XII!</b> Remember that nothing will happen the first night, you don't need to send me any PMs. I am sending out the role PMs now. This will include PMs for humans.
The roles were picked by random.org's sequence maker. I wrote the story before selecting the roles. Trying to guess the roles from the story is pointless.
Night 1 will end Friday, April 6th at 9 PM EST.
<b>Petco</b> was bored. Really bored.
"We're in the middle of no where," <b>Petco </b>thought. "The sentry runes will pick up anything living or dead or worse within 1000 feet. Yet they still insist I patrol here."
He conjured a trio of fireballs and launched them at the wall, being sure to disperse them before they hit. <b>Petco</b> had learned quite well after his last "incident", in which he took out an entire stone column. Not that it mattered; the columns were strictly for decoration. The "people" who had built the portal complex ages ago had no need for masonry. But <b>Petco </b>had, of course, been told to remake the column anyway.
"I assure you, whoever would have need of this place could care less," <b>Petco </b>had told <b>im_lost</b>."We're guardians, not janitors."
"So should we blow up all the columns then?" said <b>im_lost</b>
"Well no," responded <b>Petco</b>. "But the portal will function just fine without this column."
"No one even knows if the portal works anymore."
"Well obviously. I could test it for you if you're interested"
"And the demons would be over it in seconds. Just rebuild the column."
. . .
"Hey <b>Thansal</b>, could you go with me to get the book on higher order detection spells," said <b>Theslan</b>. Nobody was allowed to be in the library alone, for security and to protect the reader from trying to absorb too much.
"Why?" responded <b>Thansal</b>
"I sensed something..odd earlier," said <b>Theslan</b>
"Again? We're very close to a portal that uses energies inconceivable to any of us...with the possible exception of Freak83. <i>Of course</i> it's going to feel strange."
"This was different! We're all required to investigate anything suspicious, so come on!"
<b>Thansal</b> sighed and agreed to go with him to the library. This was defiantly not the first time <b>Theslan</b> had wanted to use that book, and the last time, <b>Theslan</b> found out what was being made for breakfast before the cookmage, <b>Chocolate</b> did.
. . .
<b>Emp_Demon</b>, <b>Eternaly_Lost</b>, <b>Xentor</b>, and <b>Nightstalker</b> were eating in the makeshift dining room. Well, truth be told they were done eating, but they stayed because it provided one of the few times each day where a large group of them was together. They amused themselves by playing lightning bolt ping-pong, which is just as dangerous as it sounds...to regular people. Everybody who had been chosen to guard the portal was powerful enough to level a town in an hour, a city in a day.(this does not mean that the city is 12 times the size of the town, rather, it means that the mage in question would, instead of using conventional methods like fireballs and chain lightning, spend the day channeling a spell to quite simply, level the city.) The lightning bolts could be deflected effortlessly.
"You aren't taking this job very seriously," said <b>Ana</b>.
"I will take it seriously when it becomes serious," replied <b>Xentor</b>, "Ow!" he said. <b>Emp_Demon</b> and <b>Nightstalker</b>had chosen to double attack <b>Xentor</b> as he was talking.
<b>Ana</b> shrugged and sat down on the other side of the room.
<b>Rule stuff-</b>
Number of wolves:3
Rules: Standard with the following changes
New human special role: Priest
The priest can resurrect one(1) dead person(human or otherwise) during
the night or day. The person will come back to life whenever said day
or night ends. If the priest dies before using his resurrect, it will
be gone forever. Because of the possibility that you will return to the game,
talking to other people, dead or otherwise, is forbidden after you are dead,
Wolf buffs:
1.If the seer seers a wolf, the wolves will be told which one of them
was seered. They will receive this information when the seer gets his
response from the host. I'm hoping this will cause some more
interesting strategies to unfold since the wolves will have been
warned that someone out there knows about them.
2.The wolves will be told if the psychic dies. For use in faking a
psychic or seer(or just feeling comfy).
3.The guardian can't protect the same person 2 days in a row. He can
protect them every other day.
Players alive:
1.EMP Demon(CST)
2.Eternaly_Lost(EST)
3.Thansal(EST)
4.Nightstalker
5.Ana(CST)
6.Xentor(EST)
7.The_x5(?)
8.im_lost
9.Petco(PST)
10.Theslan(PST)?
11.Chocolate()?
<b>Welcome to TWG XII!</b> Remember that nothing will happen the first night, you don't need to send me any PMs. I am sending out the role PMs now. This will include PMs for humans.
The roles were picked by random.org's sequence maker. I wrote the story before selecting the roles. Trying to guess the roles from the story is pointless.
Night 1 will end Friday, April 6th at 9 PM EST.
Comments
"I know how to use a detection spell!" yelled <b>Theslan </b>"It's clear that something is wrong. I'm sensing strange energies, and they aren't coming from the portal."
"Then where would they be coming from?" replied Freak83, with a very skeptical look on his face. "Are you trying to tell me you, using a very potent detection spell, can't figure out where some "strange energies" are coming from?"
"Well...yes," said <b>Theslan</b> (queue spooky music) "It seems to be coming from...everywhere."
"Uhhuh. I will investigate this. You probably simply made a mistake with the spell. It's very complicated, so that is not unlikely. You should go now." Freak83 waved <b>Theslan</b> away.
Theslan turned and began walking out of Freak83's office-which was located directly across from the portal room.
"One more thing," said Freak83. "Please don't mention this to anybody. I really don't need people getting worried over what is probably nothing."
...
<b>Theslan </b> stopped to examine the portal. Its base was a fairly simple obsidian structure, mainly disk shaped with a sloping rise at the edges. Rising up from it was a goldish tripod, above which sat a strange crystal with a highly irregular shape. It was dim, and yet <b>Theslan </b>could feel its power. Maybe it was the portal that had caused his strange feelings, but they had never happend before.
The portal itself was quite small, maybe the size of a dinner table. Rather than walk through it or enter the structure itself, a powerful mage could focus it and teleport himself through it, provided he was in the same room(at least that is assumed, nobody has actually tried using the portal at a distance.) Likewise, things leaving the portal would appear throughout the room.
...
Some hours later, <b>im_lost</b> approached <b>Eternaly_Lost</b> and asked when the last time he had seen Freak83 was.
"Hmm..I believe I saw him at dinner a few days ago. Why?" said <b>Eternaly_Lost</b>.
"I was supposed to meet with him to discuss possible threats to this complex. He isn't in his office."
"Maybe he got lost. This place is fairly large you know."
<b>im_lost</b> sighed.
To Be Or Not To Be Continued
Players alive:
1.EMP Demon(CST)
2.Eternaly_Lost(EST)
3.Thansal(EST)
4.Nightstalker
5.Ana(CST)
6.Xentor(EST)
7.The_x5(?)
8.im_lost
9.Petco(PST)
10.Theslan(PST)?
11.Chocolate()?
As I said, nothing would happen during Night 1. I think you know how this whole voting thing works.
Instalynch is at 6.
Day 1 will end Sunday, April 8th, at 9 PM EST.
Yep, cool, the start of my first TWG!
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Me too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> Need an ally?
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Ok! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
... and who isn't even playing in the game. Oh well.
Day one.
Day one always sucks.
I just realized, did NOTHING happen night one? Including no Seer?
If so then we have NOTHING to go on. Unfortunately I am not going to be around much this weekend.
So.
I am going to Random.org today. Why? you ask?
Well here are a few reasons:
1) If nothing happened this night, we have nothing to go on. Anyone coming forward as a roll is either an idiot or a stupid wolf.
2) Not going to be around, so I want to keep a phantom off me (I will check in at points, so if there are some pretty good arguments I will possibly switch my vote (or if people are bandwagoning, I might switch my vote off of that person).
so, my vote falls on:
1: <b>EMP Demon</b>
heh, the joy of actual random picks, I rolled 5 times, just for the heck of it 1, 11, 1, 11, 7; you will almost never see a run like that in a human generated list of "random" numbers, but if you use something that actualy is rather random it is much more likely.
Also another interesting thing to note is that if Theslan and Thansal both had the same avatars and signatures, we'll all have a hard time telling them apart<i>(obviously)</i>, even they will.
Though here are ways to make the process easier - Look at the last letter of their name.
Thansa<b>l</b>
Thesla<b>n</b>
heh, the joy of actual random picks, I rolled 5 times, just for the heck of it 1, <b>11</b>, 1, <b>11</b>, 7; you will almost never see a run like that in a human generated list of "random" numbers, but if you use something that actualy is rather random it is much more likely. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Heh, I'm guessing I'm #11 so... I'm rather lucky <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
<b>Back on topic</b>:
Eh, I'm going random.org aswell....
<b>Numbers it gave me:</b>
10
11 (man, this number generator hates me)
4
6
8
That makes it think for me: I think <b>im_lost</b> is a wolf.
<b>Which brings the scores to:</b>
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Theslan (1) - Petco
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
PS: is the IRC channel just not working for me or is it that there is noone talking
PPS: From what I deduct from the story, I think I'm being cooked in the kitchen.... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Heh, I'm guessing I'm #11 so... I'm rather lucky <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
<b>Back on topic</b>:
Eh, I'm going random.org aswell....
<b>Numbers it gave me:</b>
10
11 (man, this number generator hates me)
4
6
8
That makes it think for me: I think <b>im_lost</b> is a wolf.
<b>Which brings the scores to:</b>
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Theslan (1) - Petco
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
PS: is the IRC channel just not working for me or is it that there is noone talking
PPS: From what I deduct from the story, I think I'm being cooked in the kitchen.... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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Random.org hates you is right.
Here is my run of it
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11
11
4
1
11
6
4
11
3
1
-
Seeing how you have a vote already, I rolled it again.
8
4
8
9
9
6
5
6
4
11
now 8 9 and 6 are tied, so I will go with #6, as it came up last time.
#6 is <b>Xentor</b>
Note people need to talk on irc some.
it seems to be saying the vote should go to <b>eternaly_lost</b>
Hmmm...aww crap theres nothing to go off of, and noone in channel so ima pick random.org....hmmmm
it seems to be saying the vote should go to <b>eternaly_lost</b>
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You lie, I was in the channel.
EMP Demon
Ana
Xentor
The_x5
im_lost
Theslan
Anyway, random.org gave me (displayed in two columns)
5 11
7 4
9 6
8 11
2 9
9
This almost comes out to be Chocolate, but it actually ends up being <b>Petco</b>. This brings the vote count to:
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Theslan (1) - Petco
Xentor (1) - Eternaly_Lost
Eternaly_Lost (1) - Nightstalker
Petco (1) - im_lost
People who haven't voted yet:
EMP Demon
Ana
Xentor
The_x5
Theslan
Isamil, be prepared to write a story where any of us could end up dying, and then leaving it at a cliffhanger.
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*chuckles* <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
Theslan (2) - Petco, Ana
Petco (2) - im_lost, Theslan
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Xentor (1) - Eternaly_Lost
Eternaly_Lost (1) - Nightstalker
People who haven't voted yet:
EMP Demon
Xentor
The_x5
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If I would die, I would probably get:
1. Attacked by a random number generator
2. Get cooked into a cake
Nothing much else to say, I've got little to go on.
Bloody hell... I had to check that three times to make sure I didn't confuse them and put a third vote on Theslan. I'm gonna have to start thinking of you two as Hans and Slan or something... I read a book called Slan... I think it was Van Vogt, but I don't remember...
I shouldn't write forum posts at 3am... My brain is kinda offline at the moment. Time to go pass out.
Seeing how you have a vote already, I rolled it again.
8
4
8
9
9
6
5
6
4
11
now 8 9 and 6 are tied, so I will go with #6, as it came up last time.
#6 is <b>Xentor</b>
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8, 9, 6, <i>and 4</i> all have 2 occurrences. And since #4 was the last of them to come up, that would put your vote on <b>Nightstalker</b>, would it not?
Hooray for using someone else's random numbers to get a different vote <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> (That, and he's the only one without a vote to begin with. *shrug*)
So my vote sticks where it is (for now)
On a random note.
I am starting to think it is a really good idea to have some sorta mini game that should be over within the first few rounds, if for no reason then to generate interest.
I personally think the game from TWG X was a good one (Yes, I know it really decided the game for humans, but I personally think that was down to VERY skilled humans, not any sort of inherent favoring of them, honestly th wolves were favored in that game, but the humans did great).
mkay, just my 2cp
I probably wont be around much todoy (dono if I wil lbe home before the end of the day, so my vote stands)
Petco (2) - im_lost, Theslan
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Xentor (1) - Eternaly_Lost
Eternaly_Lost (1) - Nightstalker
Thansal (1) - Xentor
Nightstalker (1) - EMP_Demon
People who haven't voted yet:
The_x5
Bloody hell... I had to check that three times to make sure I didn't confuse them and put a third vote on Theslan. I'm gonna have to start thinking of you two as Hans and Slan or something... I read a book called Slan... I think it was Van Vogt, but I don't remember...
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Heh, my brain was offline too, but I was playing half life (yeah, I never played its carrer untill now) and gears of war all yesterday untill 3:30 am <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />.
Anyway, I vote that day one should be a shorter day, atleast for this game. Theres nothing to go on really, so it wouldn't make much difference. Just make sure everyone votes so its not unfair. Thats just my 2 res, meh....
*By clever, I mean something that seems clever to them but will actually get them killed the next day, if not that night. Besides, there's only 7 hours left in this day, and since the days and nights basically always start at the same time (give or take an hour), there's no use in ending the day early.
If the priest decides to resurrect someone, and the priest dies during that same period (getting wolfed when they pick someone at night, or getting lynched when they pick someone during the day), will their resurrection be successful?
The day ends in 2 hours, 15 minutes.
Theslan (2) - Petco, Ana
Petco (1) - im_lost
EMP Demon (1) - Thansal
im_lost (1) - Chocolate
Xentor (1) - Eternaly_Lost
Eternaly_Lost (1) - Nightstalker
Thansal (1) - Xentor
Nightstalker (1) - EMP_Demon
The_x5 (1) - Theslan
People who haven't voted yet:
The_x5