Acolytes game 2: day 6

[Ants!]

Oh definitely. Maybe each player role has their own unique set of attributes like strength, dexterity, constitution, wisdom, intelligence and charisma, and some aren't better at certain things than others. Maybe they can even go to a location together in a party.

Possibly something like that, I do want different roles to each have some kind of questing advantage as well. And I'm thinking of making a weapon or artifact for each questing zone designed to help in that area.

I don't want to make the D&Dish side of things TOO complicated though and get too far away from the wolf/mafia aspect of the game, but one thing I might do to achieve better balance besides simply making talismans and similar items rare or limited in quantity per game is to make them not available to randomly generate in the shop at all and can only be achieved through questing, but the quests-helping items can appear in the shop.

For example, you can buy the crossbow, then go use it at the sky tower and win a love potion or something.

 

[Ben]

Possibly something like that, I do want different roles to each have some kind of questing advantage as well. And I'm thinking of making a weapon or artifact for each questing zone designed to help in that area.

I don't want to make the D&Dish side of things TOO complicated though and get too far away from the wolf/mafia aspect of the game, but one thing I might do to achieve better balance besides simply making talismans and similar items rare or limited in quantity per game is to make them not available to randomly generate in the shop at all and can only be achieved through questing, but the quests-helping items can appear in the shop.

For example, you can buy the crossbow, then go use it at the sky tower and win a love potion or something.

I'm just fucking with you on the additional D&D aspects. But that sounds decent, limit the OP items to rewards for questing and make the shop items more beneficial for accomplishing said quests.

 

[Ants!]

Game lasted six game days and eight real days. Lol.

 

[shortkut]

Oh definitely. Maybe each player role has their own unique set of attributes like strength, dexterity, constitution, wisdom, intelligence and charisma, and some aren't better at certain things than others. Maybe they can even go to a location together in a party.

 

[shortkut]

I'm just fucking with you on the additional D&D aspects. But that sounds decent, limit the OP items to rewards for questing and make the shop items more beneficial for accomplishing said quests.

I thought you were trying to trick him into creating an actual campaign

 

[Ben]

I thought you were trying to trick him into creating an actual campaign

 

[shortkut]

Step 1 might be to recruit him to play in a campaign first

 

[Ants!]

How soon does everybody feel like playing again? I haven't decided anything but wanted to get a feel for where everybody is at right now.

 

[Jawneh]

Whenever for me.

 

[Ben]

I'd play Acolytes again.

 

[Christina]

I'll say I thought the same thing, that all items used during the day had to be done publicly. Being able to use shit in private when it's not for purposes of a quest certainly makes shit impossible to counter.

Oh well. We drug it out for far longer than we deserved, so gg Acolytes.

Note to self; Kill Tommy next time.

I may be in the minority here, but I like the idea of not knowing what others could or could not do. Keeping track of the items in store and noting if they have disappeared and what that could mean, could lead other to use something they have just encase and lead to craziness. As well as allow others to bluff at what they have. 1 acolyte buys a talisman but a other acolyte gets found out and lies that they have it. Kind of things. The draw back to the bounty hunter that was not seen sooner was that we were giving him money. Sure you may get a kill out of it, but it allowed him to buy stringer items that protected him, making him near invincible. This is something the merchant can pull off too. A weak character upfront, but late game with enough luck and item strategy could be pretty powerful.

This game becomes the more poker, there is strategy but at the end of the day, you play the odds and hope somebody doesn't show up with a better hand.

Also props to Jawneh for bluffing Zell into giving up his win.

 

[Tommy Boy]

I know Local or Benzine wanted to run a game next, but I will absolutely play the next Acolyte whenever that comes up. And a @VashTheStampede Mafia is in order soon.

 

[shortkut]

How soon does everybody feel like playing again? I haven't decided anything but wanted to get a feel for where everybody is at right now.

I’m good for tonight

 

[Tommy Boy]

Not to bring up the favorite topic lol, but any idea if badges are in order here? Do any exist already?

 

[shortkut]

Not to bring up the favorite topic lol, but any idea if badges are in order here? Do any exist already?

 

[Ben]

Not to bring up the favorite topic lol, but any idea if badges are in order here? Do any exist already?

I don't think there are any yet.

I rattled off a few off the top of my head. I'd take the backgrounds out at some point.

 

[Ben]

Broken record for going to the same place over and over.

 

[Jawneh]

I'm wondering if it would be too good for the acolytes for them to be able to trade stuff amongst them during the night. It makes sense, as they're doing their little congregation then, but balance wise idk if it's good or not.

 

[Ants!]

I know Local or Benzine wanted to run a game next, but I will absolutely play the next Acolyte whenever that comes up. And a @VashTheStampede Mafia is in order soon.

I'm not starting yet that soon lol, I still have some work to do on it and I'm definitely down with playing other people's games in the meantime.

 

[Ants!]

As for badges, I think there needs to be one for the paladin suicide, similar to how there is one for the priest in the other game.

 

[Ants!]

I'm wondering if it would be too good for the acolytes for them to be able to trade stuff amongst them during the night. It makes sense, as they're doing their little congregation then, but balance wise idk if it's good or not.

We let them do that in the first game, and the general feeling after that was it gave them too much of an advantage.

 

[A Vaguely Ambiguous Username]

Do I win as well since my zombie was still kicking?

 

[Local Hero]

Do I win as well since my zombie was still kicking?

Obviously, yes

 

[Ants!]

Do I win as well since my zombie was still kicking?

Yes, but you are basically Jawnehs Pokemon

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I dont understand what happened, but congrats, jawneh

 

[Jawneh]

I did things

Ants liked those things

I win

 

[Ants!]

I dont understand what happened, but congrats, jawneh

Jawneh convinced them that he drank an invisibility potion, when secretly he drank a love potion instead to make it so that Jon couldn't vote for him in the witch hunt. Zell gave up, thinking he had no chance. Jawneh killed shortkut at night, making it one V one which met his win condition.

 

[Ants!]

I already have an idea for the story for the third game. It's going to be fun

 

[Ants!]

I think next game I'm going to have fewer quest areas, like maybe eight at the most. There are going to be a few new ones and a few familiar ones. I'm going to try to make each game different and not use the same areas for every game.

 

[Jon]

I think next game I'm going to have fewer quest areas, like maybe eight at the most. There are going to be a few new ones and a few familiar ones. I'm going to try to make each game different and not use the same areas for every game.

As long as I can keep looking for the procession. They're family now.

 

[Ben]

I think next game I'm going to have fewer quest areas, like maybe eight at the most. There are going to be a few new ones and a few familiar ones. I'm going to try to make each game different and not use the same areas for every game.

The Cursed Ruins started to sound like I was in the wrong neighborhood every time I went there.

 

[Ants!]

I figured I should make a new narrative for return visits. Usually the questing places are like "oh great it's this asshole again".

 

[Ben]

I figured I should make a new narrative for return visits. Usually the questing places are like "oh great it's this asshole again".

I understand. The ruins were getting sore from receiving my giant member every night.

 

[shortkut]

I understand. The ruins were getting sore from receiving my giant member every night.

Rumor had it that they didn’t notice when you came

 

[Ants!]

I've had another thought about the talismans. Rather than just simply making them more rare and only appear in quests, I could also try Nerfing them. Rather than being a passive item that could be held in secret right up to the moment of execution, I could make it something the player has to publicly invoke with at least 6 hours left in the day phase, and it just makes them unable to die in the witch hunt that day. Basically deletes their name from the poll. Like "Ants! invokes his talisman!" And then I post saying he is protected from the witch hunt.

 

[Ants!]

Player	Role	Night 1	Day 1	Night 2	Day 2	Night 3	Day 3	Night 4	Day 4	Night 5	Day 5
Alu	Clairvoyant	Checked Christina, rolled 15, was told she's on the village team	Quested at Wailing Valley, Won 5 gold and Loud Voice Potion	Checks shortkut, rolls a 20, learns he is the Archer	Quested at the Labyrinth, got 3g and +1 to next roll. Put up 5g with local to put a bounty on Smacktard	Revive on Fools Requiem, rolled 9(+1), revived with injury.	Purchased and used holy relic, no effect (benzine already sent to necropolis)	Killed by Acolytes
Ben	Friar	Prayed for Benzine and Quagmire	Quested at Cursed Ruins, Won Giants Potion but can't vote today.	Receives a spear from Quagmire. Gets banned/silenced by dimmerwit.	Quested at Cursed Ruins, learned that dimmerwit targeted him last night	Received a shield from Quagmire.	Used spear on Local.		Quested at cursed ruins, got a cryptic answer about Tommy being an Acolyte. Purchased a love potion and gave it to Jon.	Attacked by Jawneh, failed. Shield breaks.	Quested at the Dark Forest, drank 3 sips of giants potion (all used up now), wins 7 gold and Thornshade. Sells Thornshade.
Benzine	Blacksmith	Targeted by the Acolytes so swapped roles with Dead Body	Gave 5g to Local. Received 2g from Tommy's purchase. Quested at the Labyrinth, Learned Local Hero has no magic abilities. Found a stone fragment.	Received 9 gold from transactions by other players, then is murdered as the second choice by acolytes (shortkut was first choice)		Reanimated by Jawneh.	Made 2 gold for Jawneh when Local bought a lamp. Went to Necropolis, destroyed by Jon.
canadaguy	Fanatic		Quested at Lost Temple, stalemate.	Purchased crossbow. Acolytes kill Bezine (second choice after shortkut)		Acolytes tried to kill Alu, blocked by Local.	Killed in witch hunt
Christina	Monk	Banished Jawneh	Quested at Lost Temple, Gained +1 to Luck until tomorrow's night phase. Found a stone fragment.	Casts Silence on Kat. Buys Obsidian Shield.	Quested at Lost Forest, learned Kat has no magic, cursed (show as Unholy magic in seer checks)	Killed by Smacktard.
Dead Body	Merchant			Made into a Wight by Jawneh. Begins forging Spear.	Destroyed by Jon's holy relic
Dimmerwit	Warlock		Quested at Cursed Ruins, Injured and Cursed (next item used will be destroyed).	Banned/Silenced Ben.	Killed by Tommy's summon spell
Fools Requiem	Paladin	Picked Destroy Evil and Revive	Hit by shortkuts arrow		Used destroy evil on Quagmire, rebounded and died.	Revived by Alu, with injury.	Quested at Cursed Ruins, stalemate. Purchased and used Poultice. Received Loud Voice Potion from Jawneh.	Failed revive attempt on shortkut, rolled a 9	Quested at Cursed Ruins, won 14g and a lantern. Received 20g and obsidian shield from Jon. Purchased a giants potion.	Took 2 sips of giants potion, failed lantern roll. Took 2 sips of giants potion, failed revive.	Quested at Fire Mountain, took 1 sip of Giants potion, lost Obsidian Shield, purchased Giants Potion
Jawneh	Necromancer	Banished by Christina	Quested at Necropolis, Won 13g and sacred sword.	Raises Dead Body as a Wight. Buys Loud Voice Potion.	Quested at Fire Mountain, asked if Alu was the Clairvoyant, got a cryptic yes.	Acolytes tried to kill Alu, blocked by Local. Reanimated Benzine.	Purchased Loud Voice Potion and gave it to Fools Requiem. Used other Loud Voice Potion.	Acolytes killed Alu	Quested at Necropolis, won 10g and a bloodfang dagger	Reanimated Alu. Attacked Ben, failed due to shield.	Quested at Island of Mists, won 10g and a Moonfern.
Jon	Grave robber	Attempted to rob shortkut's grave	Quested at Necropolis, Won 10g and a Blood Scroll.	Attempts to rob dead body. Rolls a 1. Uses blood scroll on shortkut, learns Zell killed him.	Purchased and used holy relic on Dead Body. Quested at Necropolis, can't be targeted at night but bounty will be posted tomorrow.	Couldn't be targeted, Local tried to protect (couldn't)	Quested at Necropolis, can't be targeted at night but bounty will be posted tomorrow.	Rolled 3 digging up Christina, took her Obsidian Shield	Quested at Necropolis, gets +2 on his next die roll but experience a dark death if he dies. Gives 20g and Obsidian Shield to FR. Received a love potion from Ben and used it to protect from Zell.	Dug up Alu's grave.
Kat	Mimic	Declined to infect anyone	Quested at Cursed Ruins, stalemate.	Declines to infect		Infected Local.	Killed when Local died.
Local Hero	Knight	Protected Quagmire	Quested at Haunted Dungeons, gained 5 gold and a Moonfern, will be attacked by a Child Wight on his next quest. Gave 5g to Tommy Boy. Received 5g from Benzine.	Protects Tommy Boy	Quested at haunted dungeons, ambushed by child wight, learned Christina's inventory, put up 5g with Alu to put a bounty on Smacktard	Tries to protect Jon, who can't be targeted, so protects Alu instead. Attacked by Acolytes, learns canadaguy is the fanatic.	Outed canadaguy as Fanatic, killed by spear from Ben.
Quagmire	Blacksmith	Starts making spear	Quested at Fire Mountain, won 6g and a black powder flask.	Gives spear to Ben, begins making shield. Sells black powder flask.	Quested at sky tower, double next roll (injured if failed) and double next vote.	Gives first shield to Ben, starts working on second shield, killed by Tommy's Poisonous Miasma.
shortkut	Archer		Shot arrow at Fools Requiem. Quested at Sky Tower, Learned Jon targeted him on N1. Cursed (can't say "Archer," "Arrow", or "Strong" today or he'll be injured and lose his vote).	Killed and robbed by Zell.
smacktard	Warrior	Targets Tommy Boy			Moved target to Christina	Killed by Zell, revenge-killed Christina.
Tommy Boy	Summoner		Quested at the Island of Mists, learned shortkut did nothing last night. Injured. Received 5g from Local Hero. Purchased Healing Salve from shop. Used healing salve privately.		Quested at Labyrinth, got poisonous miasma.	Acolytes tried to kill Alu, blocked by Local. Used Poisonous Miasma on Quagmire.		Acolytes killed Alu	Quested at Lost Temple, won a mirror shield
Zell	Assassin		Quested at the Labyrinth, learned Local Hero has no magic abilities.	Kills shortkut and takes his 5 gold.	Quested at Swamp, learned Smacktard is not an acolyte.	Killed Smacktard.		Purchased 2 Talismans	Quested at Labyrinth		Quested at Island of Mists, stalemate

 

[Ants!]

Became apathetic about updating it over the weekend when I was on my phone, so it only has days 1 through 5.

 

[Local Hero]

Outed canadaguy as Fanatic,
killed by spear from Ben.

 

[Ben]

This is revisionist bullshit!

I speared you innocently.

 

[Ants!]

It's the retconned version lol

 

[Ben]

It's the retconned version lol

You're the retconned version.