Welcome to ValhallAnts! (Acolytes 1 dead thread)

[Ants!]

u died

 

[Ants!]

OK, so it looks like the bad guys have targeted the clairvoyant for death on the very first night. And that was the only speak to the dead role in the game.

And there are no other players marked for death in this first night phase, so it looks like it might be a little while before anybody joins here. And since the player who had clairvoyant is going to be switching roles with the dead body, that means that there won't be any speaking with the dead role for the rest of the game even with the possibility of revival because nobody is currently playing that role anymore. Lol.

 

[Ants!]

He never voluntarily joined the game but dead-body @VashTheStampede is free to come up in here if he likes.

 

[Ants!]

So far the questing mechanic seems to be working and enjoyed by the players, though I may have made it too hard. We'll see how the rest of the game plays out but right now I'm wondering if I may need to tweak the risk/reward ratio for future games.

 

[Ants!]

@Mark it seems like @VashTheStampede is requesting access lol

 

[Mark]

@Mark it seems like @VashTheStampede is requesting access lol

Alright, I’ll add him.

 

[Ants!]

Hi buddy! :3

 

[Ants!]

So there's no talk to the dead role this go-around thanks to the Clairvoyant being switched with the NPC body lol. And no other Rezzing roles got rolled this time either, so once you appear here there's no going back even if you died a Normal death (sorry yall, the RNG doesn't like us).

 

[VashTheStampede]

 

[Ants!]

Welcome to the gun show.

 

[Ants!]

So one thought I'm having for revision is that the Archer needs to be nerfed. He's loosely based on the Bully, so I gave him 4 arrows just like the Bully had 4 rocks.

The problem with that is...there are plenty of other opportunities for players to get an Injury, giving the Archer the potential to have FOUR kill shots if they only aim for people already injured. That leaves him way OP. So next go-around I'm thinking I'll give him just 2 arrows instead of 4.

 

[VashTheStampede]

 

[Ants!]

Lol. Aint no ogres there this go-around (maybe next game!) but level 4 enemy is a Troll. Close enough I guess.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Ok so my headcanon that Shrek slapped Benzine across the forehead with his dick is probably not official lore

 

[Ants!]

Benzine was a wimp and got bodied by a Level 2 hag.

We can retcon that though.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I'm cursing in the Lost Ruins

 

[VashTheStampede]

I can edit all I fuckin want

 

[Ants!]

It's funny how they're all "omg you guys are giving the acolytes full control of the vote" when little do they know that 3 out of 4 of them already went on quests and can't vote either

 

[Ants!]

The town worrying about the vote now after they all went questing:

 

[Ants!]

I'm dying laughing that it's turned into people using their hard-earned questing money to buy votes.

 

[Ants!]

Better hope the Acolytes kill somebody tonight so we have company, because the SK just got jailed and nobody has the Berserker potion

 

[VashTheStampede]

 

[Ants!]

The acolytes talked briefly about going after the person who is the SK before moving on to somebody else, which would have been funny because then their attack would have had two reasons to fail. It would have been a double-fail.

 

[Ants!]

@Mark can you add @canadaguy ?

 

[Mark]

@Mark can you add @canadaguy ?

I added him… after almost making the mistake of adding him to Zell’s forum, which was the last one I edited because of that bot he’s playing with.

 

[Ants!]

@Mark can you add @Fool's Requiem ?

 

[Mark]

@Mark can you add @Fool's Requiem ?

He’s added.

 

[Ants!]

Well @canadaguy it happened: at the moment, exactly half of the remaining players that can still vote are Acolytes. 6 people can vote, only 1 Acolyte has quested so far. lol.

 

[Ants!]

I'm not sure how I'm feeling about this game so far. I had hoped that by Day 2 they would calm down with the questing and get back to the basics of Wolf, but with the exception of FR and Jon sharing their information there's been basically none of that and nobody seems interested in finding out who is who.

It's fun as hell so far but people seem a little TOO interested in questing and not interested enough in the lynching or making sure the town wins. I'm thrilled that people are enjoying the new features of the game this much, but also I didn't want the game to move so far in that direction that it stops becoming a Wolf game. So before the next game, I need to find a better balance in some way where it still has the new stuff but still feels like Wolf.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I'd like to point out that people don't get notified when they're given access to a thread unless tagged after the fact.

kut said he was a druid. I believe him because of his insistence on trying to quest until death and I just can't see someone claiming that role on the first go.

I wanted to wait to use my kill before questing and fighting, but the desire to beat a level 5 and lord over everyone else was too strong.

 

[Ants!]

I'd like to point out that people don't get notified when they're given access to a thread unless tagged after the fact.

kut said he was a druid. I believe him because of his insistence on trying to quest until death and I just can't see someone claiming that role on the first go.

I wanted to wait to use my kill before questing and fighting, but the desire to beat a level 5 and lord over everyone else was too strong.

So my second post in the thread where I tagged everybody didn't give a notification?

That is good to know.

 

[Ants!]

Lmao Kat was talking briefly in the Acolyte chat of lynching Smacktard, just minutes after he used one of his Love Potions on her.

Btw there are no remaining players that can rez people or talk to the dead, so it doesn't matter what I share in the dead thread now. Ask whatever you like!

 

[Ants!]

Some twists I enjoyed doing in this game:

Making the Flagger part of the Evil team (Mind Bender).

Making the Head Hunter (Vampire Hunter)'s target also on the Evil team, with the rest of the targets team mates KNOWING that the hunters target is on their team and could potentially lose the game for them.

 

[Ants!]

Table so far:

#	PLAYER	TEAM	ROLE	NIGHT 1	DAY 1	NIGHT 2	DAY 2
1	Local Hero	Village Team	Archer	Skips	Quest to Swamp. Rolled a 5. Level 1 Will O' Wisp. Chose not to use an arrow. Chose to fight. Rolled a 5 and got 5 gold and an antidote.	.	Quest to Lost Temple. Rolled a 20. Level 5 Wrathful Angel. Used an arrow (3 left after this). Rolled a 6. Received 20 gold and a Talisman.
2	Fool's Requiem	Village Team	Inquisitor		No Vote	Jailed shortkut, exchanged 2 messages each, let him live	Quest to Swamp. Rolled a 20. Level 5 Gargantuan Serpent. Chose to fight. Rolled a 4 and died, body destroyed.
3	Alu	Village Team	Warrior	Tags #4	No Vote	Declined to change target.	Quest to Cursed Ruins. Rolled a 13. Level 2 Cultist. Chose to fight. Rolled a 5 and got 8 gold and a Love Potion.
4	Smacktard	Village Team	Friar	TAGGED BY ALU FOR AVENGED DEATH, prays for 6 and 9	Quest to Cursed Ruins. Rolled a 3. Level 1 Ghoul. Chose to fight. Rolled a 5 and got 5 gold and a Love Potion.	Prays for 6 and 9 again.	Quest to Cursed Ruins. Rolled a 3. Level 1 Ghoul. Chose to fight. Rolled a 3 and got 5 gold and a Love Potion. Used one of his two Love Potions on Kat, she will not be able to vote for him or use abilities on him for Day 2 or Night 3.
5	shortkut	Solo Killer	Outlaw	Targets #12, rolls a 3, but attack on Benzine fails due to visiting	Quest to Lost Temple. Rolled a 10. Level 1 Golem. Chose to fight. Rolled a 1 and was injured.	Jailed	Purchases two Luck potions and uses them. +2 Luck for Day 2 and Night 3. Quest to Dark Forest. Rolls a 19. Level 4 Angry Willow Tree. Chose to run. Leaves with no injury (had enough Luck to make rolling irrelevant).
6	Tommy Boy	Acolyte	Mind Bender	Skips ability, votes #10	Voted shortkut	Voted canadaguy. Placed redirect going from himself to shortkut. Received 10 gold from dimmerwit and Kat and purchased Poultice.
7	Christina	Acolyte	Vampire	Votes #10	Quest to Dark Forest. Rolled a 1. Level 1 Sprite. Chose to fight. Rolled a 6 and received 5 gold and 1 Luck Potion.	Purchased Healing Salve and gave it and the Luck potion to Kat, gave 5 gold to Tommy Boy, voted canadaguy	Quest to Sky Tower. Rolled a 14. Level 2 Harpy. Chose to fight. Rolled a 1 and was injured.
8	Quagmire	Village Team	Monk	Skips	No Vote	Banished Jawneh
9	Ben	Village Team	Herald	Targets #9	Quest to Sky Tower. Rolled a 10. Level 2 Harpy. Chose to fight. Rolled a 4 and won 8 gold and a Holy Water	Checked canadaguy, gained +1 voting power	Quest to Sky Tower. Rolled a 3. Level 1 Falcon. Chose to Fight. Rolled a 1 and was injured.
10	canadaguy	Village Team	Clairvoyant	Views #1, rolls a 16, Local Hero is on the Village Team	Voted Christina	killed by acolytes
11	Jon	Non-violent Solo	Vampire Hunter	Skips	Quest to Cursed Ruins. Rolled a 10. Level 2 Cultist. Chose to fight. Rolled a 5 and won 8 gold and a Love Potion.	Checked shortkut, "nothing happened"
12	Benzine	Village Team	Orphan	Visits #13	Quest to Swamp (+1 Luck to Orphens!) Rolled a 12. Level 2 hag. Chose to fight. Rolled a 2 and was injured.	Visited Jawneh (again), got 3 gold from him
13	Jawneh	Village Team	Hero	Visited by Orphan, declined to pay them 3 gold	Quest to Cursed Ruins. Rolled a 19. Level 4 Lich. Chose to fight. Rolled a 5. Won 15 gold and a Love Potion.	Paid 3 gold for Orphan's identity	Banished for the day by Quagmire. Quest to Dark Forest. Rolled a 13. Level 2 Shadow Cat. Chose to fight. Rolled a 2 and was injured.
14	dimmerwit	Acolyte	Fanatic	Votes #10	Quest to Swamp. Rolled a 20. Level 5 Gargantuan Serpent. Chose to run. Rolled a 4 and escaped unharmed.	Gave 5 gold to Tommy Boy and voted Local Hero.
15	Kat	Acolyte	Summoner	Back-up votes #13	Quest to Fire Mountain. Rolled a 14. Level 2 wyvern. Chose to fight. Rolled a 1 and was injured.	Gave 5 gold to Tommy Boy. Received a healing salve and Luck Potion from Christina. Uses the healing salve to remove injury. Voted canadaguy
16	Dead body Vash	Village Team	Merchant	Switched number and role with canadaguy

 

[Fool's Requiem]

shortkut is the solo...

 

[Ants!]

shortkut is the solo...

What's even funnier is the acolytes were briefly considering killing him last night, and he's already a role that they can't kill at night so with your protection, their attack would have failed doubly if they had gone through with picking him over canadaguy.

Also, the fact that John as the vampire Hunter checked him last night too, and so you are both vouching for him. And smacktard was asking if he could give his love potion to shortkut when he was in danger of being lynched. Everybody thinks the guy is innocent

 

[Ants!]

The reason why he hasn't been able to attack anybody yet though is because on the first night, he targeted the orphan who was visiting somebody, and on the second night you jailed him.

 

[Ants!]

I'm thinking a simple way to place a limit on people overdoing the questing would be to say that you can't go on a quest two days in a row. It would make sense because you would need a day of rest between quests, and people will probably still do it a lot on the first day since they rarely ever Lynch on day one anyway, so by day two they would probably calm down a bit and focus more on the regular wolf side of things.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Yeah, that might work.

Also, shortkut, if/when you see this, I will no longer worry about feeling like I'm bullying you.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Purple is first word. S _ _ _ t
Black is second word. K _ t

What could it be

I didn't even notice the Ts because they were lowercase and my brain chose to ignore them.

And yet, I was still right fucking there.

K. S.

Kill shortkut.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

One thing I was concerned about, was if we have more people questing all the time, there is a higher chance of a bad guy getting the Poisionous Miasma.

 

[Ants!]

If one of them successfully gets it on a quest, or gets enough to buy one if it appears in the shop, but they'll have to do some questing themselves in order to do that.

 

[canadaguy]

How many times do I have to die before this village does something about the evil in their midst?

 

[canadaguy]

Like, I dunno how bout you quest in the fucking village you ding dongs

 

[Mark]

I'd like to point out that people don't get notified when they're given access to a thread unless tagged after the fact.

kut said he was a druid. I believe him because of his insistence on trying to quest until death and I just can't see someone claiming that role on the first go.

I wanted to wait to use my kill before questing and fighting, but the desire to beat a level 5 and lord over everyone else was too strong.

Yeah, that’s an unavoidable issue with the permissions, because it won’t push out a “new” notification after an individual is granted access.

I'm thinking a simple way to place a limit on people overdoing the questing would be to say that you can't go on a quest two days in a row. It would make sense because you would need a day of rest between quests, and people will probably still do it a lot on the first day since they rarely ever Lynch on day one anyway, so by day two they would probably calm down a bit and focus more on the regular wolf side of things.

The fact that you have people leaning into it is a good thing, though. I’ll tell you the same thing I told Jon when he was working Neon Nexus the first time… it’s those little distinctions between the games that’ll make it stand out in the crowd.

 

[Ants!]

Yeah, balancing/tweaking it later is the easy part, what matters is that they're enjoying it so much, so I call that a success.

 

[Mark]

Yeah, balancing/tweaking it later is the easy part, what matters is that they're enjoying it so much, so I call that a success.

For real… they’re a picky bunch, so, nailing a first round success with just a handful of minor issues isn’t too hateful at all. It took me a while of paying attention to some of games to grasp just how many moving parts there are, it’s gotta be easy to miss details.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

if shortkut wins, I want an alley-oop badge.

 

[Mark]

if shortkut wins, I want an alley-oop badge.

Oh yeah, that’s the other thing, @Ants! … if you want your own set of badges for this game, we can set that up, too.

 

[Ants!]

Awesome! I haven't thought of any yet, but I'll let you know if I do. I'll probably do one for the winning team or something. Vash and canadaguy probably deserve consolation badges.

Chances are one of the players will have a good suggestion for a badge.