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05-24-2020, 04:59 AM | #1 |
Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
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^What she said!
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05-24-2020, 05:44 AM | #2 | |
Overshadowed Eagle
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea
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I see I've been tentatively signed up for this one? Given how many people are coming back to the Downs over these games, I'd like to opt out for now, to free up space for a returning player. If you feel the game is still small enough when people stop signing up, I'll happily opt back in. Speaking of that limit: you've been talking about only activating the Nightmare Wolf once two wolves are dead, but with only three wolves, I feel like there's a huge risk that the NW will be entirely useless, because the Seer could well already know the identity of the final wolf by the time it activates. hS Last edited by Huinesoron; 05-24-2020 at 05:47 AM. Reason: Misread. |
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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That majority part makes sense, except [see below on revealing the Medium only on DL]. Quote:
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...although that, too, might be fun. But let's think about it from all angles.
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05-24-2020, 06:41 AM | #4 | |||
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With 13-15 players I'm thinking 1 Seer 1 Ranger 1 Hunter 3 wolves 1 Cobbler 6-8 Villagers I suspect we'll get to 16+, in which I will add a 4th wolf. And the regular hunter will become a Beast Hunter. Quote:
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With 4 wolves I'm leaning towards the once 2 are dead, together they become powerful enough to activate the NW powers. I'll think about the Medium more and get more input. I agree it would be better to only explicitly reveal the Medium (or that there was none) at the DL. I could include it in the narration of the lynch. This would allow the dead to still possibly send messages, but it would also give the wolves the chance at night to strategize what that message possibly is. If I explicitly reveal during the Day, I can see how that kills the suspense on that Day. I also see where Mac is going with not explicitly revealing and just having the final vote count. It would be clear if none was chosen. There still might be a message sent from the dead, it could take quite a bit of unraveling. But that could benefit the village side, as if the "possible" Medium was hiding in between 5 other voters. The confusion of unraveling who the Medium was could benefit wolves, but not revealing the Medium could benefit the village as in not putting a "kill me" target on that person's back. I'll think about it some more. Either way, the Medium (or no Medium chosen) won't be known by the Living until the end of the DL, and included in the narration.
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05-24-2020, 06:58 AM | #5 | |
Hauntress of the Havens
Join Date: Mar 2003
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05-24-2020, 07:00 AM | #6 |
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I'm very happy to play again but, like Hui, if it gets too big and someone who didn't get to play in the last game needs the spot then that's fine.
I think that so far I understand about one of these new rules but given that I spend most games faintly confused I can't see that being too much of a problem!
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05-24-2020, 07:04 AM | #7 |
Hauntress of the Havens
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I believe Nog and Brinn still intend to to play again in June. I also sent a message to Nilp (same message to Lhuna, and we happened to cross post through different platforms! ) and Agan saying it would be nice if they were able to come back for a summer game.
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05-24-2020, 07:14 AM | #9 | ||
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Ooh also, look! I finally figured out quote within a quote!
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05-24-2020, 11:17 AM | #10 |
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Sign me up!
Edit: after reading things more closely, I love the new roles! Especially the Medium (I like the idea of keeping their identity a secret). I like Option 2 for the NW, though not allowing them to choose the same person twice in a row might be wise; if they figure out who the seer is they could latch on to them and that would be no fun. The Beast Hunter role also sounds awesome!
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