NOTW LVI: The Demon Council [Game Thread]

[Arakhor]

They were the people draining strength. I thought that was just one person, but still.

 

[Snerk]

Cool game! Thanks for hosting it Zack. Congrats to the Coup!

Was hard to know what the Coup faction was going for really. On one hand they killed a wolf and really helped the town with the search for the rest of them. On the other hand they where a separate faction and thus obviously had separate VC.

Bit of an anticlimax for town that we lost with a scum lynch after some nice town work. But still nice that we defeated the scum faction.

 

[Arakhor]

We were the Well-Intentioned Extremists, who had the same goal as the town - kill the blood mages and protect the demon council - but we had a decidedly dubious method of going about it.

 

[Zack]

Role PMs

Blood Mages

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BSmith1068:

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Hello BSmith1068, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Medical.

Race: Human/Demon hybrid

Strength: 3

Ability: Healer. During each Day phase, you may target another player. At the end of the Day, their base strength will be restored to its full value.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Heal three different players from injury (i.e. healing someone already at full strength doesn't count).

You are from the Hendarr Republic, otherwise referred to as the Blood Mages. Lady Hendarr sent you, Autolycus, and spaceman98 to destroy the Demon Council in preparation for Lady Hendarr's planned invasion of the Demon Kingdom. The Blood Mages win if all threats to its existence are eliminated and at least one Blood Mage survives the game.

Each Night, one Blood Mage can forge a connection with another player in the game, drawing on their strength and blood in order to cast a spell which will kill a player of the Blood Mage's choice. For example, let's say a Blood Mage draws on Player X's strength. This is used to kill another player, including Player X, or a different player. At the end of the Night, if Player X is still alive, they will lose one strength.

BSmith1068, the half-demon disguised as the Lord Medical, can heal a player who is not at full strength, who will then be restored to their full strength.

Autolycus, disguised as the Lord Scribe, can send anonymous messages to other players, either in private or through public updates (limit one message per phase).

spaceman98, disguised as the Lord of District 6, can inflict a dastardly spell on its target which decreases their strength each time they use their ability.

Here is a QuickTopic where you can discuss things and send orders. Good luck!

The idea here is BSmith can heal the injured player for info and stuff. Got the idea from A Long Story where I could injure people and Winston could heal them.

Autolycus/Al Sipsclar:

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Hello Autolycus, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Scribe.

Race: Human

Strength: 1

Ability: Once each Day and once each Night, you may choose to send a message which will be anonymously delivered to the player of your choice. During the Night, you may alternatively choose to display an anonymous message in the end of night update.

Item: Pen and Paper. This enables your ability.

Personal Goal: Use your ability to anonymously send a message to three different players, and one anonymous message in a public update.

You are from the Hendarr Republic, otherwise referred to as the Blood Mages. Lady Hendarr sent you, BSmith1068, and spaceman98 to destroy the Demon Council in preparation for Lady Hendarr's planned invasion of the Demon Kingdom. The Blood Mages win if all threats to its existence are eliminated and at least one Blood Mage survives the game.

Each Night, one Blood Mage can forge a connection with another player in the game, drawing on their strength and blood in order to cast a spell which will kill a player of the Blood Mage's choice. For example, let's say a Blood Mage draws on Player X's strength. This is used to kill another player, including Player X, or a different player. At the end of the Night, if Player X is still alive, they will lose one strength.

BSmith1068, the half-demon disguised as the Lord Medical, can heal a player who is not at full strength, who will then be restored to their full strength.

Autolycus, disguised as the Lord Scribe, can send anonymous messages to other players, either in private or through public updates (limit one message per phase).

spaceman98, disguised as the Lord of District 6, can inflict a dastardly spell on its target which decreases their strength each time they use their ability.

Here is a QuickTopic where you can discuss things and send orders. Good luck!

I screwed up and Autolycus saw night results he shouldn't have, resulting in his replacement. A freak accident that I apologize to Auto for. Fortunately, Al did a great job in Auto's place.

spaceman98:

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Hello spaceman98, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 6.

Race: Human

Strength: 2

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. In the future, whenever that player uses their ability, they will lose one strength (and they will be notified of this). If they attempt to use their ability when they have 0 strength, they will die and the ability will not trigger.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Use your ability on someone with greater than two strength.

You are from the Hendarr Republic, otherwise referred to as the Blood Mages. Lady Hendarr sent you, BSmith1068, and Autolycus to destroy the Demon Council in preparation for Lady Hendarr's planned invasion of the Demon Kingdom. The Blood Mages win if all threats to its existence are eliminated and at least one Blood Mage survives the game.

Each Night, one Blood Mage can forge a connection with another player in the game, drawing on their strength and blood in order to cast a spell which will kill a player of the Blood Mage's choice. For example, let's say a Blood Mage draws on Player X's strength. This is used to kill another player, including Player X, or a different player. At the end of the Night, if Player X is still alive, they will lose one strength.

BSmith1068, the half-demon disguised as the Lord Medical, can heal a player who is not at full strength, who will then be restored to their full strength.

Autolycus, disguised as the Lord Scribe, can send anonymous messages to other players, either in private or through public updates (limit one message per phase).

spaceman98, disguised as the Lord of District 6, can inflict a dastardly spell on its target which decreases their strength each time they use their ability.

Here is a QuickTopic where you can discuss things and send orders. Good luck!

In a game Visor hosted off-site where I was mafia, we had the option for a permanent roleblock (i.e. make the target vanilla). I used that as inspiration for spaceman's ability, which he was never able to use. More targets for BSmith to heal.

Demon Coup

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Arakhor:

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Hello Arakhor, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 2.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will learn their race.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Use your ability to discover a Blood Mage.

For years, the Demon Council has been hamstrung by indecisiveness and an unhealthy amount of caution. That ends with the Demon Coup. You and Winston Hughes have decided to seize control of the Council for the good of the Demon Kingdom. The Demon Coup wins if all hostile non-town factions are eliminated and the sum of strengths of all living members of the Demon Coup is equal to or larger than the sum of strengths of all other living players.

Each Night, one member of the Demon Coup can attempt a strength-stealing ritual. If the target of this ritual is a Demon, their strength will be stolen down to 1 (i.e. their strength will be reduced to 1 and the initiator of the ritual will gain strength equal to the target's lost strength). If the target is not a Demon, the ritual will attempt to kill the target - if the target's strength is lower than the initiator of the ritual, the target will die, otherwise nothing will happen.

Arakhor, the the Lord of District 2, can scan a player to determine their race.

Winston Hughes, the Lord General, carries much influence with the Council, and all votes of his during the Day count double, and will be reflected as such in the final tallies of the Day.

Here is a QuickTopic where you can discuss things and send orders. Good luck!

Arakhor can discover race, and decide how to use the ritual with this info. Also gets him into the town network with a powerful scan. BSmith scanned as demon, though the ritual would treat him as a human.

Winston Hughes:

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Hello Winston Hughes, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord General.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: Your vote counts double for lynches and items, and will be noted as such in the Day's final tallies.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Use your ability to lynch a Blood Mage.

For years, the Demon Council has been hamstrung by indecisiveness and an unhealthy amount of caution. That ends with the Demon Coup. You and Arakhor have decided to seize control of the Council for the good of the Demon Kingdom. The Demon Coup wins if all hostile non-town factions are eliminated and the sum of strengths of all living members of the Demon Coup is equal to or larger than the sum of strengths of all other living players.

Each Night, one member of the Demon Coup can attempt a strength-stealing ritual. If the target of this ritual is a Demon, their strength will be stolen down to 1 (i.e. their strength will be reduced to 1 and the initiator of the ritual will gain strength equal to the target's lost strength). If the target is not a Demon, the ritual will attempt to kill the target - if the target's strength is lower than the initiator of the ritual, the target will die, otherwise nothing will happen.

Arakhor, the the Lord of District 2, can scan a player to determine their race.

Winston Hughes, the Lord General, carries much influence with the Council, and all votes of his during the Day count double, and will be reflected as such in the final tallies of the Day.

Here is a QuickTopic where you can discuss things and send orders. Good luck!

His ability inspired by this post where someone with a proven double-vote was under suspicion. Because of my own error and Double A requesting a replacement for what turned out to be a very short absence (

), Winston had to play despite his request. Sorry about that.

Town

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Kennigit:

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Hello Kennigit, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Imperial Ambassador.

Race: Human

Strength: 1

Ability: At the end of each Night, you will receive a list of people who physically visited your room.

Item: Security Camera. This item enables your ability.

Personal Goal: Privately message at least two different players who you discover visited you at Night.

You have served as the Imperium's official ambassador to the Demon Kingdom for many years, and have been granted an honorary seat on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Token non-demon.

Sprig:

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Hello Sprig, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 10.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. They will be prevented from dying that phase.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Save the life of a member of the Demon Council.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Did not protect against injuries or strength reductions, only death.

bladescape:

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Hello bladescape, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Protector.

Race: Demon

Strength: 4

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. They will be unable to carry out any Night actions.

Item: Grandsword. This item grants one strength (3 + 1).

Personal Goal: Save the life of a member of the Demon Council.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Winston got all of his strength from bladescape.

KingMorgan:

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Hello KingMorgan, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 4.

Race: Demon

Strength: 1

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will discover whether or not that player physically leaves their room that phase.

Item: Seer Stone. This item enables your ability.

Personal Goal: Witness two different people leave their rooms.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Not a tracker as people seemed to think. Did not see where target went, and it only registered whether or not they physically left their room (which many abilities didn't). The following people physically left their rooms:

Lord Medical (healing, though this was a day ability)
Lord Scribe (sending messages)
Lord of District 3 (protecting)
Lord Protector (blocking)
Lord of District 1 (stealing)
Lord Chef (increasing strength)
Lord Financial (bribing)

Inspired by a similar role in Border of Life, and by getting tracked N1 in two simultaneous games (Takhisis' game on the org and High Society) and N2 in another around the same time (Red Dwarf). Kennigit's ability had the same "physically visit your room" qualifier.

landlubber:

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Hello landlubber, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 8.

Race: Demon

Strength: 3

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will discover their ability, if any.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Discover the ability of a town enemy.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Got a brief description of the target's ability without too many details (e.g. he discovered Visor was a mason, but not the specifics). Scum abilities were designed to not be incriminating, with the possible exception of spaceman' ability.

robbiecon:

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Hello robbiecon, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 1.

Race: Demon

Strength: 1

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will steal their item, if any.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Steal two different items.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Designed to be used as an item scan of sorts, though apparently robbiecon was under the (mistaken) impression that he could not return the items.

Jarrema:

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Hello Jarrema, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 7.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will discover their strength.

Item: Medical Equipment. This item enables your ability.

Personal Goal: Scan someone with greater than two strength.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Winston probably would have been lynched if Jarrema scanned him when his strength got really high.

Takhisis:

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Hello Takhisis, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Spymaster.

Race: Demon

Strength: 1

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. You will discover their Personal Goal.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Scan a town enemy.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

As with abilities, scum did not have incriminating personal goals, again with the possible exception of spaceman. However, a perceptive player might recognize that while town PGs only mention "town enemies," both of the Demon Coup PGs specified "Blood Mage".

Legato Endless:

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Hello Legato Endless, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Chef.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: Each Night, you may target another player. Their strength will be increased by one.

Item: Ingredients. This item enables your ability.

Personal Goal: Increase the strength of at least three times as many members of the town as non-town.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

Counter to the scum's strength reductions.

choxorn and Visorslash:

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Hello choxorn, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 5.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: You know Visorslash is a loyal member of the Demon Council, and you can see his Role PM.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Visorslash lives at least as long as you.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

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Hello Visorslash, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 9.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: You know choxorn is a loyal member of the Demon Council, and you can see his Role PM.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: choxorn lives at least as long as you.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

I still don't understand why Visor claimed vanilla and so stubbornly insisted he had no ability. This role was inspired by a very similar role in Border of Life.

Double A / Internet Flea:

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Hello Double A, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord Financial.

Race: Demon

Strength: 2

Ability: During the Night, use this ability and your vote in the following Day will count as five, and be reflected as such in the tally. You can use this ability once.

Item: You do not have any items.

Personal Goal: Use your ability to lynch a town enemy.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

I think I got the idea for this ability from somewhere, but I can't remember where. Maybe Chronomancy?

Snerk:

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Hello Snerk, and welcome to the Demon Council. You are the Lord of District 3.

Race: Demon

Strength: 1

Ability: You do not have an ability.

Item: Golden Conch. If there is a tie, only your vote is considered (even if it is not for one of the tied parties).

Personal Goal: Use your ability to lynch a town enemy.

You are a Demonlord on the Demon Council. The Demon Council wins the game if all threats to its existence are eliminated, and at least one member of the Demon Council survives the game.

Good luck!

The only item in the game that could be used by someone else (and thus the only one that would go up for vote). This was the game's tie-breaking method.

 

[Zack]

We were the Well-Intentioned Extremists, who had the same goal as the town - kill the blood mages and protect the demon council - but we had a decidedly dubious method of going about it.

Well, you never would have killed a townie. Just made it easier to "convince" them to follow you.

 

[bladescape]

Oh. Wait. I had an item.

...

I legitimately forgot about the sword all game.

 

[Zack]

Hopefully the balance worked out okay. I was worried about keeping two scum factions in a game this small, but I think it worked out okay. Aimed for each faction to have ~1/3 chance of winning, which I think I came close enough to getting, though those odds were probably higher for the town and lower for the coup.

 

[Zack]

Oh. Wait. I had an item.

...

I legitimately forgot about the sword all game.

Ha, I don't blame you. Think I'm going to stick to hosting mafia from here on, handling strength/items/support votes/etc. is rather tedious.

 

[Takhisis]

@Snerk: Wow, a scum faction blending into the town by helping you find the other one. Who would ever think of such a crazy strategy?

Now, Suneruku-chan, you know I love you in a non-homoerotic way, but can't you see how bad a play it is to lynch a claimed and proven scanner in order to test your tiebreaking ability is decidedly not good play?

Oh. Wait. I had an item.

...

I legitimately forgot about the sword all game.

 

[Winston Hughes]

Thanks to Zack for another great game, to Arakhor for being an excellent teammate, and to everyone else for being a pleasure to play NotW with.

Now, it's time for me to keep that promise to my good lady. I'll see y'all in a bit.

 

[Takhisis]

i.e. when Pirate Ship mafia starts…?

 

[Zack]

Oh, and here's the link to the Dead QT.

 

[Sprig]

ahh what a pain. I would have voted winston next.

 

[Arakhor]

Hopefully the balance worked out okay. I was worried about keeping two scum factions in a game this small, but I think it worked out okay. Aimed for each faction to have ~1/3 chance of winning, which I think I came close enough to getting, though those odds were probably higher for the town and lower for the coup.

If Winston had died instead of me, the Coup would have been totally buggered.

 

[Sprig]

Oh. Wait. I had an item.

...

I legitimately forgot about the sword all game.

...

 

[Sprig]

Ahhh so tough when the right move is the wrong move... Not alot we could do about that.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, of Winston hadn't drained Bladescape both times, the game might still have been going on after Al's death.

 

[Sprig]

Maybe but it would have become a Winston vs Me vs IF the next day, While I had already lined up Winston as the Coup person, I don't know if I could have convinced anybody. Maybe causing Al sips death might have help add weight but I had the major disadvantage in that there was no way to test/prove my ability.

Snerk & Bladescape - how much doubt did you have about my role?

The other issue was that I would have asked Robbie to steal from Bladescape. Which might have turned straight into a lynch for Bladescape.

Still fair play to Winston. Congrats.


Now Winston save you self for my games from now on

 

[spaceman98]

Well played Winston, and to Al for being our faction's MVP.

Sorry for letting you down guys. I genuinely thought I could pull lynching Visor off (and I would have gotten away with it to if it weren't for that meddling BSmith )

 

[Arakhor]

What with BSmith and Kennigit dying before I ever scanned them and my own non-town status, my race scanner was essentially an innocence-scanner, not that I realised that of course.

That said, I was highly suspicious of you, Sprig, so I passed up on Snerk having you protect me the very night I died, which was totally in keeping with the result of my actions all game.