Ghosts WW

[Fortuna]

It's amazing how long someone can hold a grudge, or remember a wound, or seek for vengeance. Equally, the endurance of human love, laughter and kindness often surpass all expectations. In some places, at some times, these feelings can endure beyond death, holding a person to a semblance, a mimic, of life. Sometimes these half-lives are so strong that they can touch on the lives of the living, and sometimes the living are so greedy, so insane, that they reach out to touch the dead.

In an ancient house older than the hills, when the stars align with the planets in symbols of forgotten tongues, the living and the dead walk together.



This will be a standard WW game, in many ways, but there are a few unusual roles. My IT issues should be over now, so hopefully this game will last.

Team Good
Townsperson: A townsperson has no particular powers, and merely wants to get on with their lives.
Archivist: With knowledge ancient beyond knowing, the archivist can recognize unusual activities for what they really are. Once per night, they may scry someone and learn if they are an Occultist (including the Psychic), a Spirit, or someone else.
Descendants: History has its little jokes sometimes, and the distant relatives of the Spirits have gathered here, as if by chance. If a spirit and their Descendant bond, then both know the other's identity.
Groundskeeper: Years upon years of experience with the house has left the groundskeeper with knowledge of byways and passages otherwise forgotten, and these may be used once per night to keep someone safe from any attacks.
Innocent: Millenia have passed since this Spirit died young. Even in death, cheer and warmth seem to exude from them, and the Innocent's host is immune to lynching while the Innocent is bonded to them.
Singer: The music of the dead is ethereal, transcendental, and enchanting. Once per night, the Singer chooses someone to infuse with this music, and they may take no action that night. This has no effect on Spirits.
Guardian: Good is not always nice, and the Guardian understands this fully. Once per two nights, the Guardian may make a night-kill.
Team Bad
Occultist: The Occultists aim to control both the house and the spirits, and are unlikely to be stopped in this task. They vote on night-kills.
Psychic: The Psychic, while a fraud, is still an incredible reader of people, and may determine one person's role per night. They also vote with the Occultists on night-kills.
Madman: The Madman is bound to reality only by his refusal to accept it as real, and the perceptions of those he comes in contact with are often distorted. Once per night, he can pick one person. Any night actions that that person takes are directed against a random other person.
Speaker with the Beyond: While almost as mad as the Madman, the driving force of the Speaker with the Beyond is simple and pure hatred for all that is not from the realms that he has achieved rapport with. When the Speaker with the Beyond, or their host, dies, one person involved in the killing is instantly slain by the terrible backlash of power.
Mourner: The Mourner is a tragic being, driven by despair and sadness. Those touched by the Mourner feel a tiny part of themselves die. Once per night, the Mourner may touch a person. That person is forever after "dead" inside, counting as dead for the purposes of the Singer's music and being unaffected by the Innocent's power (if they vote against the Innocent's host, the power is broken for that day, and the Innocent cannot protect them.)

Spirits
Spirits are slightly unusual roles, in that they have an additional ability beyond their normal ability. Once per night, each Spirit chooses a person to "bond" to. The person (or "host") is informed that a Spirit has bonded to them, and the host and Spirit may PM each other freely until the Spirit bonds to someone else. If two Spirits attempt to bond to the same host, they both "bounce" to a random person.

This is a no-PM game, but OOC discussion is fine. Anyone interested?

EDIT: Player list.

1. Aemoh
2. Murska
3. Castaras
4. billtodamax
5. Logarr
6. Siriq
7. Calamity
8. TheLaughingMan
9. Sanity702
10. Internet Flea
11. Tydude
12. Fleeing Coward
13. Lex-kat
14. hobbitkniver
15. Strategos
16. cd4
17. Shadowcaller
18. smuchmuch
19. rakkoon
20. Robert Blackletter
21. Teron
22. Duneyyr

[Aemoh]

In, says I.

[Murska]

Joining...

[Castaras]

Sounds interesting... when are you planning on starting the game? (So I can work out whether I can join or not)

[billtodamax]

In, says I!

[Logarr]

This sounds pretty fun, count me in!

[Siriq]

Count me in!

[Calamity]

I wanna be in too!

[TheLaughingMan]

Sure okay.

[Wizibirb]

Shamble shamble.... In.... shamble shamble

[Internet Flea]

I'll join too.

[Tydude]

I'll join! How many people do you want to get?

[Fleeing Coward]

Count me in

[Fortuna]

Yay! People!

Sorry for the slow response, it took so long to get approval that I nearly gave up.

Strictly speaking, the game should start in the next few days, but I suspect that with this few people it really won't play well. I'll see about getting an extension on recruiting.

[Lex-Kat]

I'll join. :smallsmile:

[hobbitkniver]

I'll play and how many people were you hoping for?

[Strategos]

Sign me up please.

[cd4]

I think I'll join this game.

[Shadowcaller]

I guess I will join this game.

[smuchmuch]

Interested. I like ghosts.

[rakkoon]

Ghost Raccoon reporting for duty Sah !

[Robert Blackletter]

In says I....................................

[rakkoon]

Mah homicidal soul mate is back! Yay

[Robert Blackletter]

Oh yeah baby!

[rakkoon]

Hmm, 20 players...

[Teron]

I'd like to join.

[Tydude]

I'd like to join.

You might be too late.

[Teron]

The thought occured to me, but the schedule in WW central doesn't have this game marked as being limited to twenty players and Random_person hasn't said anything even though the player list in the first post is up to twenty. Besides, it can't hurt to ask, right? I don't mind if he turns me down.

[Duneyrr]

I, too, would like in if possible.

[Fortuna]

That's 22, which should be marginally enough. Recruitment will close in 24 hours, at which point I will generate roles and post the opening narration.

[rakkoon]

Yay, there's a ghost party and we're ALL invited!

[Teron]

By tonight, I'll be trapped in an RV, lost in a wild place marked on no sane man's map.

I expect to have computer access again on Monday.

[rakkoon]

Hmm, sounds very wolfy to me!

Oh we haven't received our roles yet :smallredface:

[Fortuna]

In the depths of the countryside are strange deeds done, where the moon bites through the frosty air and shines...

On a cottage, where the groundskeeper shudders in his sleep and turns over.

On a hut, where the archivist stares blankly out into the night.

On a castle, where a small group of idiots perform ritual sacrifice to open a gateway into the afterlife.

A random person, dies this night. His final sound will be screaming...



Or laughter.


Random_person was slaughtered by the occultists. He was the narrator. Day one begins and ends after this weekend.

[billtodamax]

Rakkoon! *points*

[rakkoon]

That's a badger, you silly Shadowcaller, have you ever set foot outside a city?

@V I was talking about the animal Billy saw in the bushes. My avatar is cool!

[smuchmuch]

Rakoon. :smallmad:

...Um... Okay, I admit, It does look a lot like a badger...

Remind me to rework heavily on this avatars at somme point.

Random point at Strategos

[Murska]

Climbing the last few meters to reach the barren summit of the nearby hill, a traveller stops, leaning on his stick, and gazes on the village below. His eyes seem to hold a strange flame to them as he takes in the view, the forests, fields and the sparkling stream joining the river.

After a moment he takes one more step, closes his eyes and breathes in deeply. Soon, he opens his eyes again.

"Ahh. This looks to be just the spot, I can feel it."

He starts the trek down to the stream, aiming to take a break and maybe eat something.

(Sanity is overrated.)

[Robert Blackletter]

hobbitkniver

[TheLaughingMan]

TheLaughingMan. Who knows what might hide behind all that badassness? :smalltongue:

[cd4]

Robert Blackletter as I don't trust the chainsaw.

[Internet Flea]

:smallsigh:
TheLaughingMan is making this too easy.

[Tydude]

Internet Flea for picking on easy targets.

[Lex-Kat]

Murska, always a wolf.

What? Someone had to say it. Reinholdt's not here. :smalltongue:

[Duneyrr]

Did TheLaughingMan really point at himself?

[Siriq]

Duneyrr for aboveness

[hobbitkniver]

Strategos for random. Thanks, I always forget that.

[Internet Flea]

^ Needs to be in red.

[Aemoh]

*points at Tydude*

For ze day 1 random.

[Castaras]

*blink* I didn't sign up (I asked a question about signing up, didn't get an answer in time so didn't sign up in the end), yet I got a role? *points at self*

[Lex-Kat]

Well, your in now. :smallamused:

[Shadowcaller]

Castras, I think it's against the rules to point against yourself, but if you like out of the game I suggest you PM the narrator about it.

Now Aemoh to match his random point.

[Fleeing Coward]

Lex-Kat for stealing my day 1 point :smalltongue:

[Lex-Kat]

*blink* I didn't sign up (I asked a question about signing up, didn't get an answer in time so didn't sign up in the end), yet I got a role? *points at self*
Castaras, becasue she wants out, it's day 1, and I think it only right that we help her.

[Fleeing Coward]

Ok, Murska then :smalltongue:

[Lex-Kat]

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq237/Lex-kat/Emoticons/emot-doh.gif

[Castaras]

Castras, I think it's against the rules to point against yourself, but if you like out of the game I suggest you PM the narrator about it.

Now Aemoh to match his random point.

I surely haven't been out of the loop for pointing at yourself to be outlawed? :smalltongue:

'tis a valid move as far as I recall. :smallsmile:

[Lex-Kat]

I've seen a couple of games where it doesn't count.

[Internet Flea]

I surely haven't been out of the loop for pointing at yourself to be outlawed? :smalltongue:

'tis a valid move as far as I recall. :smallsmile:

I'm just enjoying the fact he told you to stop pointing at yourself and said nothing to TheLaughingMan. :smallbiggrin:

[Wizibirb]

INTERNET FLEA!!

I swear its not because he is above me.

[Teron]

Well, I'm back a bit sooner than expected. But by all means, continue with the not voting for me.

Castaras, I guess?

[Fortuna]

DAY 1 END!

The castle is the home of tragedy and comedy, laughter and sadness. Today, sadness dominates. With one suicide, and another attempt, we here at the castle are obviously under a shadow.

The stars have aligned. The dead walk, the living lie, and I go between them. This is a random person from Ghost Network, signing off.


Summary: TheLaughingMan was lynched. He was the Innocent's descendant. Night 1 begins now and ends in roughly 48 hours.

[TheLaughingMan]

Wait what.

:smallmad:

Internet Flea, you've made my list.

[Internet Flea]

Wait what.

:smallmad:

Internet Flea, you've made my list.

List... list... Wait! I forgot to put you on my Rebellion list for voting for me on Day 2! I knew I was forgetting something.

But realistically, you started today's vote. You should put yourself above me on that list of yours.

[TheLaughingMan]

List... list... Wait! I forgot to put you on my Rebellion list for voting for me on Day 2! I knew I was forgetting something.

But realistically, you started today's vote. You should put yourself above me on that list of yours.

I'm always number one on my lists. :smallamused:

Wait....

[Fortuna]

Night 1 Ends!

Dead silence throughout the castle. As people shuddered andd tossed and turned in their beds, the air was thick with... not a noise, but the absence of a noise. There was no laughter in the air.

Suddenly, a cry rang out. Only a quiet cry, but a cry nonetheless. As those who heard rushed to the door, it fell open, and Castaras toppled out. A knife in hand and a knife in the back, and a quiet howling of wind as though a spirit cried out in anguish.


Summary: Castaras, a Townsperson, was killed. Day 2 begins now and ends in roughly 72 hours.

Perhaps I wasn't 100% clear in the OP. A spirit does not have the option of bonding each night: they must bond. If you don't tell me who you want to bond to, I'll pick at random.

[Robert Blackletter]

Teron For the mostly random day two point

[billtodamax]

Shadowcaller

[Wizibirb]

Billtodamax for perpetuating the evil cycle OF DOOM!

[Shadowcaller]

Yup, there have been quite a few games where pointing against yourself is against the rules, anyhow, Fleeing Coward until a better target presents itself.

[Tydude]

cd4 for no reason at all.

[Internet Flea]

Tydude, for picking on people who pick on easy targets. :smallsmile:

[Murska]

Internet Flea for... you get the drill.

[Duneyrr]

Murska for being above me

[Calamity]

Sanity702 to be different.

[smuchmuch]

Since it's day two and we don't have much to go one till now, everyone has been pointing at random till now. But someone has to start a bandwagon sooner or later if thinhgs are to advance.

So: Fleeing Coward.

[Logarr]

Smuchmuch, for being above me

[hobbitkniver]

Logarr for random.

[Fleeing Coward]

smuchmuch I agree but I'm not going to bandwagon against myself.

[Strategos]

The brown haired man in black shuffled a deck of cards, a close inspection would reveal that they were Tarot Cards. "My, my things are quite interesting aren't they? A haunted castle? Murders in the night? It sounds just like something out of a play. But who plays what role?" He shrugs. Well, I guess we have to leave such things to fate." He turns to smuchmuch "Wouldn't you agree?"

[rakkoon]

Fleeing Coward for the other bandwagon

[Fortuna]

I apologize for not making this clear earlier: the following roles are spirits.

Innocent, Singer, Guardian, Madman, Speaker with the Beyond, and Mourner.

[cd4]

Tydude in retaliation.

[Fortuna]

Because I'm nice, Night 2 is postponed until after the weekend. One time only, autolynches will ensue if you don't pay attention!

[Duneyrr]

billtodamax, then.

[Siriq]

billtodamax JUST BECAUSE :smallconfused:

[Lex-Kat]

Fleeing Coward

[cd4]

This is a warning that I will be posting rather sporadically over the next week or so as I am going on holiday. Please do not autolynch me, I would prefer if you didn't kill me by night or day either.

[Teron]

Billtodamax

For the record, I'll be away for a couple days, though I shouldn't miss a full day phase.

[Aemoh]

*points at billtodamax*

For ze break.

[Fleeing Coward]

Even though I shouldn't be complaining since I'm second on votes, where are all those late votes on billtodamax coming from?

[billtodamax]

Search me.

Fleeing Coward.

Sorry, but I kinda want to live.

[Fleeing Coward]

Sorry billtodamax, I want to live too even though I don't like where that bandwagon against you sprung up from.

[Lex-Kat]

Search me.

Fleeing Coward.

Sorry, but I kinda want to live.
*Searches Bill* I found..... a pineapple!! Where did you get this? Where were you on the 6th of August? Have you ever been to Indianapolis on a hot summer day?

[billtodamax]

It's not mine! I don't know! Probably in school! I've never been to Indianapolis at all!

:smalleek:

[Calamity]

Fleeing Coward because this bandwagon against billtodamax seems to have come out of nowhere and I don't trust it.

[Teron]

Fleeing Coward because this bandwagon against billtodamax seems to have come out of nowhere and I don't trust it.
Given that smuchmuch's "hey guys, let's get some wagons going" seems pointlessly suicidal, none of the candidates today are particularly likely to be wolves. To be safe, I ignored smuchmuch's pick, but on further consideration I suppose the billtodamax wagon is slightly more likely to be wolf-driven than the FC one.

On the off chance that's the case, I'll go with Fleeing Coward after all.

[Internet Flea]

Well the only way I see the billtodamax thing making sense is if a spirit bonded late and their message was only passed at the extension. That being the case, I have to ask; are the Descendants all good guys, or are they aligned with their respective spirits?

[Murska]

Billtodamax.

[Fleeing Coward]

Have no idea about the other decendents but I know as the Singer's Descendent I'm definately not evil :smallmad:

[Wizibirb]

changing to Aemoh, for two reasons

1) I do not like how fast the billtodamax wagon popped up

2) because The dice roller told me to.

[Fleeing Coward]

I'm switching to smuchmuch not that it'll do me much good.

Are the wolves in contact with each other this game or do they all start seperate?

[Duneyrr]

Should this be a concern? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9238929&postcount=623) I don't know if we're actually still playing.

[Thufir]

I PMed Random_person asking for a copy of the rules so someone could carry on the game in his stead. He hasn't replied.

[Duneyrr]

Well, I guess that ends my first ever Werewolves game. At least I didn't lose.

[rakkoon]

Yay Duneyrr, you survived!

* pats on shoulder *

Now, about your role

*starts mumbling while steering Duneyrr away from the group*

[TheLaughingMan]

This keeps happening. First Kroy, then Ender, and now Random Person?

[rakkoon]

Kroy's gone? But I loved lynching him :smalleek:

[hobbitkniver]

It must be the summer ending. Is there any reason that we couldn't pick the game back up besides getting someone who wasn't previously involved or having someone suicide to run it?

[Duneyrr]

No one knows all the roles OR rules. There's too much in the dark.

[Internet Flea]

Well, the rules are posted, and we could probably just PM a new narrator our roles, so it's not entirely unsalvageable.