WW: XCVIII ~ Death at the Foot of Taniquetil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

satansaloser2005 · 09-22-2012, 05:54 PM

Oooo, I am loving your wolf setup, my dear. I'm in, though I doubt I'll be very talkative.

A Little Green · 09-23-2012, 01:58 AM

Count me in!

Kath · 09-23-2012, 06:06 AM

Not quite following you Shasta. When the wolves don't know each other only one person dies each Night - and only if a name appears on more than one of their lists. Once they all know each other it reverts to normal - the wolves get a kill each Night unless the Ranger stops them.

Boromir88 · 09-23-2012, 06:53 AM

Sign me up too please.

Galadriel55 · 09-23-2012, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kath

Not quite following you Shasta. When the wolves don't know each other only one person dies each Night - and only if a name appears on more than one of their lists. Once they all know each other it reverts to normal - the wolves get a kill each Night unless the Ranger stops them.

I think what he means is that there's less chance of a name to appear twice on 2 lists than on 3 (when 2 wolves found each other but one is still alone versus all of them alone).

Does the order of the names carry any weight? And what happens if on list1 DownerX is first and DownerY is second, and on list2 DownerY is first and DownerX is second? How do you decide between them? Also, what carries a greater weight, the order on the list or the number o times a name appears (eg.: if DownerX appears as 3rd place on all 3 lists, but DownerY appears twice as 1st place)?

Also, when 2 wolves find each other, do they each still send a dream, or is it a joint dream, or do they not dream at all and it is up to the lone wolf to find them?

Kath · 09-23-2012, 10:18 AM

Ah thanks G55 I see the point now. It does make it slightly harder. However if the wolves who have found each other were allowed to send a list each then they would have a definite kill - as they could simply put the same name on both lists having agreed on it. They could also end up killing their third wolf that way having never discovered who they were. To make up for the perhaps lower kill chance, they are able to share and spread their dreams so it is more likely they will find their third member.

If this still seems drastically unfair then once two wolves have found each other they could put 4 names on the lists.

Yes the order of the names is important but so is how often they appear. For example:

Wolf 1: Shasta, G55, Boro

Wolf 2: Shasta, Boro, G55

Wolf 3: sally, Boro, Greenie

So although Shasta was top of two lists Boro appeared on all three. Therefore Boro would be killed.

Wolf 1: Shasta, Greenie, Boro

Wolf 2: Boro, Greenie, Shasta

Wolf 3: Greenie, Boro, Shasta

Here Greenie would be killed. Assume third place = 1 point, second place = 2 points and first place = 1 point. So Boro overall has 6 points, Shasta has 5 points and Greenie has 7.

Pomegranate · 09-23-2012, 11:00 AM

Ahh, count me in

Sounds exciting.

Nerwen · 09-24-2012, 07:52 PM

Well, it looks like I'll have some time to play now, so sign me up, please.

09-22-2012, 05:54 PM	#1
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	Oooo, I am loving your wolf setup, my dear. I'm in, though I doubt I'll be very talkative. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

09-23-2012, 01:58 AM	#2
A Little Green Leaf-clad Lady Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,571	Count me in! __________________ "But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."

09-23-2012, 06:06 AM	#3
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Not quite following you Shasta. When the wolves don't know each other only one person dies each Night - and only if a name appears on more than one of their lists. Once they all know each other it reverts to normal - the wolves get a kill each Night unless the Ranger stops them. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-23-2012, 06:53 AM	#4
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Sign me up too please. __________________ Fenris Penguin

09-23-2012, 10:18 AM	#6
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Ah thanks G55 I see the point now. It does make it slightly harder. However if the wolves who have found each other were allowed to send a list each then they would have a definite kill - as they could simply put the same name on both lists having agreed on it. They could also end up killing their third wolf that way having never discovered who they were. To make up for the perhaps lower kill chance, they are able to share and spread their dreams so it is more likely they will find their third member. If this still seems drastically unfair then once two wolves have found each other they could put 4 names on the lists. Yes the order of the names is important but so is how often they appear. For example: Wolf 1: Shasta, G55, Boro Wolf 2: Shasta, Boro, G55 Wolf 3: sally, Boro, Greenie So although Shasta was top of two lists Boro appeared on all three. Therefore Boro would be killed. Wolf 1: Shasta, Greenie, Boro Wolf 2: Boro, Greenie, Shasta Wolf 3: Greenie, Boro, Shasta Here Greenie would be killed. Assume third place = 1 point, second place = 2 points and first place = 1 point. So Boro overall has 6 points, Shasta has 5 points and Greenie has 7. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-23-2012, 11:00 AM	#7
Pomegranate Wight Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Home (either of them) Posts: 151	Ahh, count me in Sounds exciting. __________________ But I will run until my feet no longer run no more

09-24-2012, 07:52 PM	#8
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Well, it looks like I'll have some time to play now, so sign me up, please. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.