[Path-Shaper]

Game Mechanics

1 - General Structure
Players may begin posting as soon as the mods announce that the game has started on the thread. The game begins during the day. The day ends when when a sufficient number of people have voted to lynch a player (remove that player from the game) or voted to end the day without a lynch. Many games also have time limits on the days, and if no consensus is reached when the time expires, the day ends with no lynch (36 hours is the time limit for the present game). When the day phase has ended, night begins. The mods will then post a scene reporting the outcome of the day. Players may continue posting in the thread (unless they've been voted out) but no voting is allowed. Night ends when the mods post the morning scene reporting the outcome of the night actions. Day and night phases continue to alternate until the game ends.

2 - Day Phase
During the day, players may post in the thread and vote. Some roles may have special powers which can be used during the day. See later posts for a list of roles.

2.1 - Voting Mechanics
To vote for a player: bold that player's name.
To vote to end the day without a lynch: bold the word night.
To change your vote: bold the other player's name (or bold night).
To remove your vote without casting a new vote: bold the phrase remove vote.

2.2 - Voting Restrictions
You may only vote during the day phase. You can only have one vote outstanding at any time. You may not vote for yourself. You may not edit a vote into a post. You may not edit a vote out of a post.

2.3 - Bold Restrictions
The use of bold should be limited to voting. If you want to emphasize a players name or another word, you can underline the word or post using a different color

2.4 - Majority Defined
A majority means either more than half of the active players voting for one player's lynch or half or more of the active players voting to go to night without a lynch.

2.5 - Ending the Day
The day ends as soon as a majority is reached (or, if the game has a day time limit and the players fail to achieve a majority, once the time limit has elapsed). Anyone lynched is no longer an active player and must not post in the thread. Votes can no longer be withdrawn and new votes cannot be cast until the night phase ends.

2.6 - Evening Scene
The mods will post a scene shortly after the day ends to report the results of the day actions. If the day ended with a player's lynch, the mods might also reveal information about the lynched player, such as the player’s alt or alignment. This is the mods’ choice, and they’ll explain what, if any, information will be revealed in the game rules. There are no hidden clues in the evening scenes.

3 - Night Phase
During the night, players may post in the thread but may not vote. Some players will have the ability to perform special actions. Once again, the mods decide which roles will be included for their game, so be sure to fully read the game rules and any role descriptions which may be included.

3.1 - Performing a Night Action
If your role includes the ability to perform a special action at night, you need to PM the mods to indicate the action you wish to take. Most, if not all, roles have the ability to "withhold" their powers (i.e. take no action). This will be made clear to the roled players, and, usually, to all other players as well. If you chose to not perform your allowed action, you must PM "no action" to the mods. Most games have a time limit on nights (12 hours is the time limit for the present game). All players must PM their night actions to the mods within this timeframe. Players are strongly encouraged to send their night actions as soon as possible. You may also send in a PM for your special action during the day phase, this is very strongly encouraged.

3.2 - Contingent PM
If you send in a PM during the day phase, you may choose to list alternative actions contingent on the manner in which the day ended. If none of the contingencies you list actually occur, your PM will be disregarded, and you must send a new PM to the mods (example: if Meanas is lynched I kill Kaschan, otherwise I kill Hood's Path).

3.3 - Provisional PM
You may choose to send a provisional PM if you want to further consider your night action but do not want to extend the night if all other roled players have decided upon their actions. Provisional PMs must be clearly marked as such. A provisional PM will not be acted upon by the mods until it becomes a 'definite PM.' A provisional PM becomes definite as soon as ( a ) you confirm your choice with another PM, ( b ) all other roled players that need to send night actions have done so, or ( c ) the time limit for the night has expired.

As a courtesy to other players we ask that you confirm your provisional PM as soon as you are able.

3.4 - Last Resort PM
In extraordinary circumstances you may be allowed to send in a last resort PM. A last resort PM will not be acted upon by the mods until ( a ) you confirm your choice with another PM or ( b ) the time limit for the night has expired. Should you need to send a last resort PM, you must first seek the mods approval by explaining the circumstances that necessitate such a PM. Last resort PMs are accepted only at the discretion of the mods.

3.5 - Failure to PM
If not all PMs are received within the time limit, everyone who has failed to send in a PM will be considered to have taken no action. In addition, those who failed to send in a PM will be warned by the mods or may risk further penalties.

3.6 - Changing a Night Action
PMs to the mod can be changed at any point before the new day is announced. A PM is considered to be changed only after the mod receives and has read the PM. The player bears the risk that the mod will post the morning scene after the player has sent in a new PM but before the mod has actually read it.

3.7 - Abusing the Time Limit
If the mods have included a night time limit, it begins as soon as the previous day ended, regardless of when the mods posted the evening scene. However, this time limit is a maximum limit, and all players should send in PMs as soon as they feel comfortable doing so. Players (and mods) prefer shorter nights, as people are anxious to see who may have died and to begin voting again. If the mods feel that a player is abusing the time limit by unreasonably stalling, they may force the player to take no night action or take other appropriate action.

3.8 Preventing Night Actions
Except where expressly noted, no night actions prevent any other night actions sent in from taking effect.

3.9 - Morning Scene
The night phase ends when the mods post the morning scene. The mods will post the scene shortly after all night action PMs have been received. The scene will report any player deaths that occurred during the night, and might also reveal information about the lynched player, such as the player’s alt or alignment. There are no hidden clues in the morning scenes. As soon as the scene is posted any players who have been killed at night will no longer be active players and can no longer post in the thread. The time limit for the new day will begin with the morning scene.

Section 4 - Endgame
The game will continue to alternate between day and night phases until the game ends. The game can end after either a day or night phase.

4.1 - Winning Conditions
The game ends once one faction has reached its winning conditions, which the mods will state in a later post.

Mafia is a team game. Once one faction achieves its winning conditions, all members of that faction have won whether or not they are active players when the winning conditions are achieved.

4.2 - Ending Scene
The mods will post an ending scene and declare the game over shortly after one faction achieves its winning conditions. If for any reason it becomes impossible for either faction to achieve its winning conditions, the mods will declare the game a draw.

The game is only over when a mod posts the ending scene. Even if you know (or believe you know) the result of the game before then, you may not post in the thread unless you are an active player.

4.3 - Calling the Game Early
The mods reserve the right to end the game at any time before a faction achieves its winning conditions provided there are compelling reasons to do so. In general, the mods will end the game early as soon as one faction's victory becomes inevitable.

4.4 - Spoilers
When the game is over, the mods will reveal the alts and roles of everybody who played and also give everyone access to the spoiled spectator threads on the discussion board.

RULES

All players must:

A1) Have an account on malazanempire.com/forums

A2) Log in and view the thread and the discussion board anonymously at all times, unless they have informed the mods that this is not possible for technical reasons

A3) Post at least once every 24 hours. Any player who has not posted within the last 24 hours will be automatically modkilled, whether or not the mods announce this on the thread.

The mods may grant extensions to this limit in some cases (if so, they will give details in a later post). However, if they have not posted on the thread to announce an extension before the 24 hour limit is reached, no extension will be granted, whatever may have been said elsewhere. Please contact the mods as early as possible if you wish to request an extension.

A4) Send in role prescribed night actions (including the desire to take no action) within the time limit

A5) Treat everybody else playing with courtesy and respect

A6) Make any edits the mods request of them as soon as possible, whether or not they believe that the posts need to be edited.

A7) Contact the game mods as soon as possible if they feel you are at risk of breaking a rule or fear they or another person may have already done so.

Players must not:

B1) Act in any way intended to reduce the chance of their faction achieving its win conditions. (However, should all surviving members of a faction agree that they wish to resign and end the game early, they may do so by PMing the mods privately, without stating their intentions on-thread until the mods post to announce that the game is over.)

B2) Discuss the game with any other living players outside this game thread except when told they may do so in their role PMs.

B3) Reveal any information about the game at all in any other thread than this one, or in any other forum (including message boards and chat rooms) where it may be seen by a living player.

B4) Give anybody access to any of their accounts (including game alts, if the game is using them), either here or on the mafia discussion board.

B5) Attempt to obtain advice about the game from anybody not currently playing.

B6) Post information on the thread relating to another player's past or current activity on (or absence from) the board that would not otherwise be available to anybody reading the thread.

B7) Quote, in whole or part, PMs from (or other private conversations with) the mods on the thread, or discuss the timing of any PMs sent to the mods.

B8) Post on the thread at any time after they are dead until the mods themselves post on the thread to announce that the game is over. Any posts accidently made after death should be immediately edited blank.

B9) Make any bets about the game.

B10) Offer to break any of these rules or any other rules the mods have set in place for the game, encourage others to do so or help to conceal the fact that rules have been broken.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW

C1) Failure to comply with the rules may result in any punishment the mods deem appropriate, including, but not limited to: a request to edit posts; formal warnings on thread; "modkilling", lashing, spanking, paddling, the rack, thumbscrews, waterboarding, time-out, death and/or ending the game prematurely in favor of one faction or none. Except where clearly stated in the rules, the mods are free to respond to any rules violation in whatever manner they wish. In all cases the mods' decision on these matters is final.

C2) Feel free to PM your thoughts (or questions) to the mods. We love to hear them!

C3) The mods reserve the right to amend the rules during the game if we realize we've forgotten to cover something.

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As well as running the game on this thread, the mods are also responsible for administering the spoiler thread on the discussion board. Anybody not actively involved in the game (whether spectators or dead players) can request access to this thread by PMing the mods. Please not that while in general the mods will be happy to let anybody have access to this thread, they do reserve the right to refuse access to anybody for any reason. Accordingly, please do not ask anybody other than the mods for access to the spoiler thread or give yourself access to it, even if you have the power to do so.

Once given access to the thread, spoiled spectators should also take note of the following rules, and must not:

D1) Share any information from the spoiler thread with living players, or post such in a forum where it may be seen by living players.

D2) Offer any advice, hints or strategy to living players.

D3) Make personal attacks on players in the game or on posters in the spoiler thread itself

D4) Post on the game thread before the mods announce that the game is over.

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Special Rules:
Special rules in effect for this game:

E1) No player may voluntarily reveal his own role or parts of his role PM before the start of day 3. Any player who does is considered to be mod-killed immediately. This includes partial or fake reveals. Abilities that require you to reveal in order to use them, can thus not be used before day 3 starts. If a player intentionally reveals and runs the modkill to bring information across to the other players, the player the information is on will become immune to lynch until the start of day 3.
Just. Do. Not. Reveal.

E2) Not every role has a name associated with it. Players are encouraged to keep their role name to themselves. It is forbidden to ask for a player’s role name during a reveal. Note how the reveal of a name is subject to the rule for reveals (E1) and is subject to modkills.

E3) Having fun is mandatory. Don’t spoil it for others.

E4) Play for your current faction at all times, even though it may change. Don’t play with an eye for what you think the future may hold. Do what is best for your faction.

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Rules and pointers concerning abilities:

F1) Every ability, even if it is knowing another player’s role/alignment, is described as a Power. There are Night Powers, Day Powers and Passive Powers. Passive Powers are always in effect (unless expended), Day Powers can only be activated during the Day Phase, and Night Powers can only be activated during the Night Phase.

F2) Bullet Proofs and Heals save only against a single kill action. If you are targeted by 2 kills and have 1 BP, you are going to be very dead.

F3) Recruitment Proofs and Recruitment Immunities: some roles are permanently immune to recruitment attempts: these have a recruitment immunity. Some other roles have one or more Recruitment Proofs. Just like a Bullet Proof, these protect you against a single recruitment action.

F4) The Guard ability also blocks some passive powers during the Phase in which the Guard ability is used. If a Passive Power is affected by a Guard, it says so in the player’s role PM.

F5) If multiple recruiters target the same player, the biggest faction recruits first, and after that, the player is recruited by the smallest faction. In case of a tie, a tiebreaker known to the mods is applied. The player only learns faction specific information from the faction he is last recruited by.

F6) Coroner Finder is in effect: you'll learn player, alt and the faction the player was aligned to at the moment of death.

F7) Actions are resolved in the following order (note: all or none of these abilities may be in the game): Guard, Find, Heal, Recruit, Kill. Other abilities not named will be accorded a special place by the mods in this order. If your Role PM suggests a different priority order for one or more abilities, believe your PM.

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Victory Conditions:

G1) The Republicans win if they are the last faction remaining in the game.

G2) The Brutii win when they are the last faction remaining in the game.

G3) The Julii win when they are the last faction remaining in the game, but cannot claim victory while both Marc Anthony and Octavian are alive.

[Path-Shaper]

A Tyrant is Slain

“Today, a group of senators stabbed Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar to death. These noble senators, who did so for the good of our fine and glorious Roman Republic,
have now gathered in the Senate to determine the future of our beloved Republic.

While this committee remains in session, martial law reigns in Rome! Stay at home, citizens! Keep your children away from the streets! Every morning and every evening, come to the forum, where I, the towncrier, will tell you of the day or night’s proceedings, but by no means should you gather in arms to interrupt this council of the most noble of Roman men!”

[Path-Shaper]

The game will start in 1 hour.

[Path-Shaper]

The game is on.

A few helpful tips and pointers.

* The factions mentioned in the victory conditions are the ONLY factions. Everyone is aligned at the start of the game.
* Everyone is roled, and there are a lot of funky roles. When in doubt, remember that. Expect madness.
* There are no alternate victory conditions, but naturally, there are multiple ways to achieve the stated victory conditions.
* We have a couple of players who are new to the Malazan Mafia community, so be civil.
* Everything that happens from here on, is in your hands.

And naturally: feel free to send your thoughts, conspiracy theories and reactions to Spoiler Heaven, as well pleas for mercy .

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 05 January 2009 - 08:12 AM

[Korlat]

Primo!

(I looked that up specially )

[Kaschan]

Korlat, on Jan 5 2009, 12:05 AM, said:

Primo!

(I looked that up specially )

That's still just jumping in and yelling "first!", like this is 4chan or something ...

[Thyrllan]

Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam.

[Path-Shaper]

It is day 1.
You have 35 hours and 35 minutes, or thereabout (the forum is incredibly slow for me).

20 players have not voted: Shadow, Emurlahn, Serc, Tennes, Ruse, Kaschan, Liosan, Fener, Galayn Lord, Omtose, Gamelon, D’riss, Mockra, Hood’s Path, Ampelas, Kessobahn, Korlat, Silanah, Rashan, Thyrllan

This post has been edited by Path-Shaper: 05 January 2009 - 08:27 AM

[Emurlahn]

O mores, O temporis

and so forth.

[Emurlahn]

Path-Shaper, on Jan 5 2009, 10:03 AM, said:

* We have a couple of players who are new to the Malazan Mafia community, so be civil.

actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

[Emurlahn]

Fit caedes omnibus locis

vote Kaschan

This post has been edited by Emurlahn: 05 January 2009 - 08:48 AM

[Thyrllan]

Emurlahn, on Jan 5 2009, 10:37 AM, said:

Path-Shaper, on Jan 5 2009, 10:03 AM, said:

* We have a couple of players who are new to the Malazan Mafia community, so be civil.

actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea<br />

Fallaces sunt rerum species.

This post has been edited by Thyrllan: 05 January 2009 - 08:49 AM

[Path-Shaper]

It is day 1.
You have 35 hours and 12 minutes.

11 votes needed for a lynch, 10 votes required to go to night.

1 player has voted for Kaschan (Emurlahn)

19 players have not voted: Shadow, Serc, Tennes, Ruse, Kaschan, Liosan, Fener, Galayn Lord, Omtose, Gamelon, D’riss, Mockra, Hood’s Path, Ampelas, Kessobahn, Korlat, Silanah, Rashan, Thyrllan

[Korlat]

Kaschan, on Jan 5 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

Korlat, on Jan 5 2009, 12:05 AM, said:

Primo!

(I looked that up specially )

That's still just jumping in and yelling "first!", like this is 4chan or something ...

Salve to you too .


Perhaps you'd like it better if I said it was a deliberate attempt to juxtapose the mindless and asinine nature of the meme in question with the appearance of sophistication derived from using Latin?

[Rashan]

Hmm RP or subtle code? could i be arsed reading it even, let alone translating... no.

[Emurlahn]

Rashan, on Jan 5 2009, 11:09 AM, said:

Hmm RP or subtle code? could i be arsed reading it even, let alone translating... no.

vir prudens non contra ventum mingit

[Thyrllan]

Rashan, on Jan 5 2009, 11:09 AM, said:

Hmm RP or subtle code? could i be arsed reading it even, let alone translating... no.

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.

[Serc]

Ahem, not everybody can speak Latin,... so translations, please.

[Korlat]

They're all famous proverbs - Google is my friend .

(Note these are loose translations):

Omnia iam fient fieri quae posse negabam = Everything I said was impossible shall now come to pass.
actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea = The body cannot be guilty unless the mind is complicit.
Fit caedes omnibus locis = Let there be slaughter everywhere!
Fallaces sunt rerum species = Things are not as they appear.
vir prudens non contra ventum mingit = A wise man does not piss into the wind.
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores. = You stick to your ways, and I'll stick to mine.


I particularly like the vir prudens one - Kudos to Emurlahn . Sorry to ruin your fun guys.

[Emurlahn]

Hmmm, silentium est aureum apparently.

I saw Silanah un-anonymously logged in and reading the thread a few times before, and no post.

ergo

remove vote
vote Silanah

qui tacet consentire videtur