06 - Gods & Demons Day 1

[Xeno]

Gods and Demons Mafia

In which, whatever happens, you will know a goddunnit, because that’s you.

Welcome to a lushly fertile and picturesque valley, the olive groves standing between fields of opium poppies by the streams. Every now and then, professional gods need to get away to a conference and so it is with you. Here you are, stuck here in fact, for a few days talking, drinking, perhaps attempting to get it on with the locals, and doing this not only with your colleagues from your own pantheon but also with your professional colleagues and competitors from the major pantheon nearby. Welcome, Greek and Indian gods.

Would all of you please choose your clothes and conference name from the lists you will find here and here. It must be different from anyone else’s choice, first in gets the name. It is important that you do this before the close of the day at 9.00 PM AEST.

There is friendly rivalry between the gods, each looking to prove they are from the better pantheon and themselves the bestest god. However, at the opening address of the conference the facilitator, Nestor, has some grim news. Overnight a small group of demons have insinuated themselves into the minds of some of the gods present, both Greek and Indian, and they plan to destroy all of the gods and turn the world over to the forces of deterministic darkness. With a dread feeling you realise determinism means cake, but no pie.

In the interests of saving Free Will between pie and cake the suspicious gods must combine their efforts to destroy all of the demons. There is also a rumour that there may be a killer present, his aim to destroy both gods and demons and everyone else for that matter, or was that a false rumour and the stranger only a misunderstood pacifist? Is there such a god at all?

You decide you should spend the first day getting to know each other and electing a leader. Zeus and Brahma graciously agree to try out this cute idea that Parvati picked up from some Greek bloke she had seduced on a holiday (when she talked to him afterwards). It is agreed that the leader will have 1.2 votes in subsequent decisions in the Council of the Gods.

Choosing powers
The other task for today is to decide what power each god will adopt for the coming night, when the demons may first strike. Being gods, you can have any power you like from lists which may be public, in PM or a combination of the two. Each day you will choose a night power, and each night you will choose a day power. You may choose the same power consecutively if it is available, but not the same target. The list of available powers may be tailored at my whim.

The catch, though, is that all of the magic in the world ain’t what it used to be. The more gods request a particular power, the less likely any given god is to get it, yet it may be that more than one god or even none gets the power for lots will be cast over each god requesting, in a manner which is equitable between people but otherwise known only to a mysterious timeless force called the Game Moderator.

When you request a power, if it is one that operates on another god (as shown in the list) then you must at the same time name the god you wish to target with the power. Send a PM to me in the form

I request <power> with target <name>

Once you send your PM to me, you can not change it at all until the next cycle of requests, in the next night/day. If your target is a god who dies for any reason before your power operates, too bad. If you do not request a power on time, you will have none.

If your power fails to operate either because you were not awarded it or because the target is a demon with a cloak of invisibility, then you will receive the message “Either your power or <name> could not be found”

If your power is blocked or warded off by other protection then you will receive no message (which is a message in itself but saves me some typing). Powers which require no message will receive none, regardless of the result.

Voting
To vote on Day 1 for Top God, please vote in the form:

Top God Vote <name>

Tally
<name1> <total votes> (<voter1>, <voter2+proxy1>)
<name2> <total votes> (<voter3>, etc)

Proxies
<name> <total proxies> (<giver>, <giver> etc)

Subsequently you will use the same form of voting to kill gods, without the words “Top God”.

Note: Each proxy is worth 0.6 votes only.

Voting is compulsory. Failure to vote will lead to a vote penalty of one fifth of the remaining players. Two failures to vote will lead to a complete loss of faith in your godliness and hence to a black hole from which you will not emerge in this game. Worse, it will make you unpopular.

Possible powers
Not all of the following roles will be used in the game. All roles which might be allowed are included here. That is, the set of roles used in the game is a sub-set of the following listed roles. You will be advised day by day which powers are actually available to you for selection.

Available to all Players

• Blocker - Block <name> - The god will be unable to exercise their power, whatever it is, in the corresponding game period.
• Inspector (alignment cop) - Investigate <name> - The god’s alignment will be revealed, god or not (independents and demons are not distinguished from one another).
• Kamikaze - If the kamikaze is killed by any means, then the killer also dies. If there is more than one killer (e.g. a lynch mob) then a randomly selected player from the list of killers will die. This option lasts a game day and night.
• Redirector - Redirect <name1> to <name2> - Any action targetting name1 will instead affect name2. An investigator will get a true result identifying name2, if not blocked. Multiple layers of redirection may exist.
• Seer - See <name> - The god’s alignment will be revealed, demon or not (independents and townies are not distinguished from one another).
• Tracker (action cop) - Track <name> - Any action taken by <name> or targetting <name> that night will be reported, but not the other party involved.
• Vigilante/assassin - Kill <name> - The god is removed from the game at the close of the next game period unless you are prevented.
• Watcher (object cop) - Watch <name> - Any god who targets <name> or is targetted by <name> that night will be reported, but not their action.

Available to Gods only

• Bomb - Arm <name> - If a god is killed by any means, then the named player also dies. This option lasts a game day and night.
• Doctor - Protect <name> - The god can not be killed unless targetted by two or more people.
• Forensic detective - may ask about any god killed in the previous period and will be told who killed them at the end of the next period.
• Lie Detector - Is <referenced statement> true? - Excepting only a statement such as “I am innocent” and variations thereof, any single, specific, simple statement in a referenced post will be advised as true or false, if it is within the GM’s power to do so. You may not ask about your own post.

Available to Demons only

• Corrupt cop - Is told who was investigated by a Inspector/Seer/Tracker/Watcher the previous night, the first available in that precedence.
• Tailor - Conceal <name> - The god will be invisible, unable to be targetted by any action, but a message “Either your power or <name> could not be found” will be returned to someone who did target <name>.

GM-assigned roles
These roles might be assigned by the GM at the start of the game, and are not revealed (other than in their actions) until they are investigated or die.

• Mo/Werewolf - Kill <name> - Independent, has a day/night kill ability respectively. Wins by surviving every other player.
• Lovers - Die when their lover dies, hence it is in their interest discreetly to find and protect their lover.
• Masons - Two gods receive their own project board, to which no-one else may be invited.
• Twins - Sleeping role, revealed to them when their assigned twin is killed but never to other players (including investigators) except as their current alignment. If their twin dies, they become independent in some fashion.
• Yakuza - If the Yakuza is killed then a god previously selected by the GM will switch to the demons, joining their project board and playing as any other demon.

The GM may also assign additional special roles, not useful toward your game objectives, on a daily basis.

Role precedence

1. Block/Redirect
2. Protection/Invisibility.
3. Kill, mutilate, harm or otherwise perturb.
4. Investigate in any form.

Two powers exercised in conflict at the same level will have chance results, equitably determined depending on the situation. It is possible that none, one or both may succeed.

Day is 0900-2100 hrs AEST and night 2100-0900 hrs, i.e. 12 hour periods from 9 to 9. Power requests and actions are final when advised to me, no amendments, and must be PMed to me at least a half hour before close of period.

This is a no-PM game. I can not police it other than by you dobbing in someone (with a copy of the PM) so please comply.

Any questions about the rules may be asked in-thread or by PM. The reply will be by the same medium unless I choose otherwise.

[Xeno]

If you are already up then early registration for the god conference is available. In other words, you may start.

As a reminder, day closes at 9.00 PM AEST and your tasks for today are:

• Choose god name and dress in your finery.
• Elect a Top God who will have 1.2 votes from tomorrow.
• Choose your power for tonight, for which lists will be released in mid-afternoon today.

There is no lynch today.

[Rhys]

I'll be Dionysus, if I'm allowed.

I have to go now, but I'll be back in the late afternoon.

[Lord Blackadder]

Hi Xeno,

I'd like to nominate myself as Hades, god of the underworld.


Sent from my iPad using magic technology app thingie.

[wolty]

I'm so Thor....


Sent telepathically.

[Xeno]

Pleasure and death.

I think we have covered a few bases here.

Avatars? No rush.

[Xeno]

Your Thorness could be recorded wolts but it is supposed to be a Greek or Indian god, please? Hephaestus? He had a hammer. Siva and Poseidon have tridents, I think.

[wolty]

Originally Posted by Xeno

Your Thorness could be recorded wolts but it is supposed to be a Greek or Indian god, please? Hephaestus? He had a hammer. Siva and Poseidon have tridents, I think.

Heh. Will get back to you.


Sent telepathically.

[Rhys]

Originally Posted by wolty

I'm so Thor....


Sent telepathically.

Only a demon would claim to be a god that isn't available...

[Rhys]

Originally Posted by Rhys

I have to go now

Perhaps not.