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Game Thread: Tales of the Desert 1.0 The Crossroads of Ishktar

#1641 User is offline   Sorrit 

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 01:34 AM

View PostEmurlahn, on 24 November 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:24 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:19 AM, said:

View PostTulas Shorn, on 21 November 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Sorry, work got a hold of me for awhile. I'm willing to hammer and hopefully we've done this quickly enough to get a lynch without actions preventing it. I guess we'll see.

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Vote Tennes


I'll mostly be gone next couple of days, should be around a little during the weekend.



Well Tennes has the rest of the weekend to play on the bazaar, put in provisionals, acquire items, cast spells, summon djinn, steal, raid, attack, assassinate, pray, battle, recruit retainers, unlock abilities, yada, yada, yada so I wouldn't hold my breath on getting an actual CF until we get a CF. See PS quote below

View PostPath-Shaper, on 21 November 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

View PostOlar Ethil, on 21 November 2012 - 10:47 PM, said:

vote Tennes


sorry, was in a meeting. Lets give it a go!

When was the last time PS was here? I don't remember him saying he was leaving. he generally lets us know when he knocks off for the night.

around for a couple of minutes more.
I was very much considering what to do, and I arrived upon this

(ye hearken my words!): the freeze starts in 2 minutes.

From there on, one can vote, but votes will only be processed when the clock restarts again.
Nor will I resolve the current phase, or give the OKAY on new provisionals.

In other words: even if you get 2 votes in 2 minutes, resolution of the lynch will be on monday.
In the mean time, you can consider your actions, unleash your speculation, use the bazaar, get your actions in, tidy up your PMs, drink a lot of turkey, and think on the best way to finally get a CF out on thread.



Good point.
Is it possible for Tennes to go on survival overdrive and buy up worship over the weekend and sacrosanct his tile before the new votes are processed? Because that would be annoying as hell.



I believe that is a definite possibility. If the bazaar is still open, it's still day phase.


On the plus side I still have a chance to sell more shit if people would actually loosen their purse strings.

So now I'm all caught up and I have Ano and Emurlahn to play with briefly until it's time to run off to eat dinner.

The downside of not hosting Thanksgiving is that you don't get to have leftover turkey sandwiches for a week :sofa:

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 01:48 AM

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:34 AM, said:

View PostEmurlahn, on 24 November 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:24 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:19 AM, said:

View PostTulas Shorn, on 21 November 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Sorry, work got a hold of me for awhile. I'm willing to hammer and hopefully we've done this quickly enough to get a lynch without actions preventing it. I guess we'll see.

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Vote Tennes


I'll mostly be gone next couple of days, should be around a little during the weekend.



Well Tennes has the rest of the weekend to play on the bazaar, put in provisionals, acquire items, cast spells, summon djinn, steal, raid, attack, assassinate, pray, battle, recruit retainers, unlock abilities, yada, yada, yada so I wouldn't hold my breath on getting an actual CF until we get a CF. See PS quote below

View PostPath-Shaper, on 21 November 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

View PostOlar Ethil, on 21 November 2012 - 10:47 PM, said:

vote Tennes


sorry, was in a meeting. Lets give it a go!

When was the last time PS was here? I don't remember him saying he was leaving. he generally lets us know when he knocks off for the night.

around for a couple of minutes more.
I was very much considering what to do, and I arrived upon this

(ye hearken my words!): the freeze starts in 2 minutes.

From there on, one can vote, but votes will only be processed when the clock restarts again.
Nor will I resolve the current phase, or give the OKAY on new provisionals.

In other words: even if you get 2 votes in 2 minutes, resolution of the lynch will be on monday.
In the mean time, you can consider your actions, unleash your speculation, use the bazaar, get your actions in, tidy up your PMs, drink a lot of turkey, and think on the best way to finally get a CF out on thread.



Good point.
Is it possible for Tennes to go on survival overdrive and buy up worship over the weekend and sacrosanct his tile before the new votes are processed? Because that would be annoying as hell.



I believe that is a definite possibility. If the bazaar is still open, it's still day phase.


On the plus side I still have a chance to sell more shit if people would actually loosen their purse strings.

So now I'm all caught up and I have Ano and Emurlahn to play with briefly until it's time to run off to eat dinner.

The downside of not hosting Thanksgiving is that you don't get to have leftover turkey sandwiches for a week :sofa:


So strategically for anyone not allied with Tennes (if anyone is allied with him) or anyone not in his faction, (especially people who want a lynch) it is a bad idea to sell worship on the bazaar.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:10 AM

I'm actually a bit concerned about the speed lynching going on lately. I know people are desperate for information but to lynch someone before they can come on because they are low posters is wrong on so many levels. I totally understand putting a substantial train on someone just to get them to post or give up info that can help you to determine possibley what faction someone is but to speed lynch someone just to get a CF when you have no idea if they are on your team or not is wrong .

The only reason I can see for a speed lynch is that most if not all of the following either already know their teammates or they know that Tennes isn't one of theirs. Or in Karosis and Spites case they want the target shifted away from them. Any other reason is stupid.


Votes for Tennes Emurlahn, Karosis, Anomandaris, Tellan, Ruse, Olar Ethil, Atrahal, Spite, Tulas Shorn

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:13 AM

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:34 AM, said:

View PostEmurlahn, on 24 November 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:24 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:19 AM, said:

View PostTulas Shorn, on 21 November 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Sorry, work got a hold of me for awhile. I'm willing to hammer and hopefully we've done this quickly enough to get a lynch without actions preventing it. I guess we'll see.

Remove Vote
Vote Tennes


I'll mostly be gone next couple of days, should be around a little during the weekend.



Well Tennes has the rest of the weekend to play on the bazaar, put in provisionals, acquire items, cast spells, summon djinn, steal, raid, attack, assassinate, pray, battle, recruit retainers, unlock abilities, yada, yada, yada so I wouldn't hold my breath on getting an actual CF until we get a CF. See PS quote below

View PostPath-Shaper, on 21 November 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

View PostOlar Ethil, on 21 November 2012 - 10:47 PM, said:

vote Tennes


sorry, was in a meeting. Lets give it a go!

When was the last time PS was here? I don't remember him saying he was leaving. he generally lets us know when he knocks off for the night.

around for a couple of minutes more.
I was very much considering what to do, and I arrived upon this

(ye hearken my words!): the freeze starts in 2 minutes.

From there on, one can vote, but votes will only be processed when the clock restarts again.
Nor will I resolve the current phase, or give the OKAY on new provisionals.

In other words: even if you get 2 votes in 2 minutes, resolution of the lynch will be on monday.
In the mean time, you can consider your actions, unleash your speculation, use the bazaar, get your actions in, tidy up your PMs, drink a lot of turkey, and think on the best way to finally get a CF out on thread.



Good point.
Is it possible for Tennes to go on survival overdrive and buy up worship over the weekend and sacrosanct his tile before the new votes are processed? Because that would be annoying as hell.



I believe that is a definite possibility. If the bazaar is still open, it's still day phase.


On the plus side I still have a chance to sell more shit if people would actually loosen their purse strings.

So now I'm all caught up and I have Ano and Emurlahn to play with briefly until it's time to run off to eat dinner.

The downside of not hosting Thanksgiving is that you don't get to have leftover turkey sandwiches for a week :sofa:


So strategically for anyone not allied with Tennes (if anyone is allied with him) or anyone not in his faction, (especially people who want a lynch) it is a bad idea to sell worship on the bazaar.



I think people are desperate for money so I doubt you can keep people from selling those items as there will be a demand for them every single lynch. It's also a great way to help a teammate if you know who they are while also keeping your anominity intact. But in theory it's good not to sell Worship on the Bazaar but good luck keeping people from doing it.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:20 AM

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 02:13 AM, said:

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:34 AM, said:

View PostEmurlahn, on 24 November 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 01:24 AM, said:

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:19 AM, said:

View PostTulas Shorn, on 21 November 2012 - 11:57 PM, said:

Sorry, work got a hold of me for awhile. I'm willing to hammer and hopefully we've done this quickly enough to get a lynch without actions preventing it. I guess we'll see.

Remove Vote
Vote Tennes


I'll mostly be gone next couple of days, should be around a little during the weekend.



Well Tennes has the rest of the weekend to play on the bazaar, put in provisionals, acquire items, cast spells, summon djinn, steal, raid, attack, assassinate, pray, battle, recruit retainers, unlock abilities, yada, yada, yada so I wouldn't hold my breath on getting an actual CF until we get a CF. See PS quote below

View PostPath-Shaper, on 21 November 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

View PostOlar Ethil, on 21 November 2012 - 10:47 PM, said:

vote Tennes


sorry, was in a meeting. Lets give it a go!

When was the last time PS was here? I don't remember him saying he was leaving. he generally lets us know when he knocks off for the night.

around for a couple of minutes more.
I was very much considering what to do, and I arrived upon this

(ye hearken my words!): the freeze starts in 2 minutes.

From there on, one can vote, but votes will only be processed when the clock restarts again.
Nor will I resolve the current phase, or give the OKAY on new provisionals.

In other words: even if you get 2 votes in 2 minutes, resolution of the lynch will be on monday.
In the mean time, you can consider your actions, unleash your speculation, use the bazaar, get your actions in, tidy up your PMs, drink a lot of turkey, and think on the best way to finally get a CF out on thread.



Good point.
Is it possible for Tennes to go on survival overdrive and buy up worship over the weekend and sacrosanct his tile before the new votes are processed? Because that would be annoying as hell.



I believe that is a definite possibility. If the bazaar is still open, it's still day phase.


On the plus side I still have a chance to sell more shit if people would actually loosen their purse strings.

So now I'm all caught up and I have Ano and Emurlahn to play with briefly until it's time to run off to eat dinner.

The downside of not hosting Thanksgiving is that you don't get to have leftover turkey sandwiches for a week :sofa:


So strategically for anyone not allied with Tennes (if anyone is allied with him) or anyone not in his faction, (especially people who want a lynch) it is a bad idea to sell worship on the bazaar.



I think people are desperate for money so I doubt you can keep people from selling those items as there will be a demand for them every single lynch. It's also a great way to help a teammate if you know who they are while also keeping your anominity intact. But in theory it's good not to sell Worship on the Bazaar but good luck keeping people from doing it.


I understand that I was just pointing out the theory and that strategically it wouldn't be a good idea. However, looking on the bazaar now, there are 8 worship already for sale, so that's a pretty useless point I made.

Also, on the subject of speed lynches, the way I personally rationalize voting Tennes is that if we don't speed lynch Tennes would possibly sacrosanct his tile (and actually still can because of the freeze), and also, he hasn't posted much content or anything at all in the last few days, and hasn't posted in quite a long time (24-ish hours, and the day before was close to modkill) even before the freeze.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 02:54 AM

That's assuming Tennes isn't already on one of the sacrosanct tiles.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 03:02 AM

View PostSilanah, on 24 November 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

That's assuming Tennes isn't already on one of the sacrosanct tiles.


Damn, that is another possibility. So even with the best efforts of many players, Tennes may still survive. Tapper was right when he said that he designed the game to make it difficult for players to die. The only way I can think of killing Tennes if he is sacrosanct is for a General or Warrior to attack him in battle, multiple raiders to raid him and take all his water, or an Assassin to target him with an Assassination.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:33 AM

View PostAnomandaris, on 24 November 2012 - 03:02 AM, said:

View PostSilanah, on 24 November 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

That's assuming Tennes isn't already on one of the sacrosanct tiles.


Damn, that is another possibility. So even with the best efforts of many players, Tennes may still survive. Tapper was right when he said that he designed the game to make it difficult for players to die. The only way I can think of killing Tennes if he is sacrosanct is for a General or Warrior to attack him in battle, multiple raiders to raid him and take all his water, or an Assassin to target him with an Assassination.



I think you pretty much described how anyone is going to die in this game. We need to identify a location of someone we want to kill as a group and then have all the killers migrate to that location and team up against them until we exhaust all their resources. Though there are still healer(s) out there so even this strategy has it's flaws.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:08 PM

The only problem with that strategy is if the lynch target is in the big alliance and no nepeth generals or NP assassins will attack him. It would be up to the warriors (if any) of the khanate and the CoV mages

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:42 PM

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 01:30 AM, said:

View PostEmurlahn, on 23 November 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

View PostTellan, on 23 November 2012 - 05:45 AM, said:

You want to post some original content, Sorrit? Or do you just want to up your post-count by agreeing with quoted posts?


Agree.






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It's original content if you post before you have read what you are repeating. That is the problem of posting before reading until caught up. If I don't comment when something pops into my head it's lost like a wil'o'wisp in the wind. So if it leads to repeated content then I apologize.


On that particular post I was more making joke at Tellan. I do understand what you are saying there: if you comment as you read up, some of your comments are inevitably outdated, but if you wait to make comments until after you've read up, somebody is bound to ask you why you ignored post 485020975 that was 6 pages back.

In your particular case though, you've been doing a lot of "i agree with x" without including any "why". All input, no output. Common and effective strategy, but one that will get you talked about. :D

Edit: talkier -> talked

This post has been edited by Emurlahn: 24 November 2012 - 04:51 PM


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Posted 24 November 2012 - 04:50 PM

View PostSorrit, on 24 November 2012 - 02:10 AM, said:

I'm actually a bit concerned about the speed lynching going on lately. I know people are desperate for information but to lynch someone before they can come on because they are low posters is wrong on so many levels. I totally understand putting a substantial train on someone just to get them to post or give up info that can help you to determine possibley what faction someone is but to speed lynch someone just to get a CF when you have no idea if they are on your team or not is wrong .

The only reason I can see for a speed lynch is that most if not all of the following either already know their teammates or they know that Tennes isn't one of theirs. Or in Karosis and Spites case they want the target shifted away from them. Any other reason is stupid.


Votes for Tennes Emurlahn, Karosis, Anomandaris, Tellan, Ruse, Olar Ethil, Atrahal, Spite, Tulas Shorn


As the person who started that train I will answer. In that specific case it was about equal parts boredom, lurker fishing, 'zero CF' frustration, and prefreeze dragonsex alternative. I'd bet that if it hadn't been for the freeze, there are folks in that list who wouldn't have voted. I personally thought about removing my vote at l-2, but decided the possible info to be gained outweighed the negatives of the potential lynch. I'm not going to believe anyone is lynched unless I personally cut the body down and bury it myself.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 05:48 PM

Just checking in very briefly to post that Hassan the Dreadfather from the 0.66 game is in this one - the silencing mechanic of his djinn from the last game exactly matches what I got hit with earlier in the game.

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Posted 24 November 2012 - 05:50 PM

This was his role PM from 0.66

Path-Shaper, on 10 April 2012 - 05:49 PM, said:

Mage Hassan the Dreadfather
Combat Strength 0; Water Consumption 1; Leadership 5; Life Points 1/3.

You are Hassan the Dreadfather, so called because of your three exceptionally talented (and very, very scary) sons, and your own apparent tendency to respond with excruciatingly slow magical torture to anything that displeases you. If Madeena has a collective nightmare, it is you: mothers scare their children with tales of how you will take them from their beds and abduct them if they do not obey, there are a great many whispers about how you apparently treated your wife and the best known sado-masochistic brothel in the city has a room named after you that has the reputation that two enter upright and only one leaves walking. Whether the non-pedestrian leaves on all fours, on a stretcher to the infirmary or in a coffin is not mentioned.

All in all, you might as well be the fifth Khadi for all that the city cares. The truth is slightly different. Yes, you walk the night looking for prey. Yes, you are a torturer. Yes, your wife died by your own hand. But your prey is the scum that makes the night unsafe, the people you torture only undergo that treatment as punishment by ancient law (the only difference between the public executions that draw hundreds of spectators and your infinitely more private shows is that you use magic as the means). Finally, your wife had plans to assassinate the Khalif and you did what anyone with your strict adherence to the Law would do.

You walk a very, very fine line between right and wrong, and the current conflict between the Cult of the Vultures and their allies in the Beggar's Guild (one of your natural enemies) against the Houses of Agreement and their hired help of the Night Prophet (who is another natural enemy) is likely to push you over the edge into the Abyss of true crime, madness and murder. In a way, you relish your descent into deserved infamy, for you will then finally know you deserve your reputation.

In the game, your production is geared towards supporting your magical abilities, perhaps even producing more than you need. However, for expansion you will have to turn to the bazaar, for which your main source of income is likely your Soul-flaying ability, feeding on the ill-gotten gains of others. On the bright side, you won't need a great amount of magic and may be able to sell your surpluses. Selling your guard ability may also be a secondary source of income, although this may, in the long run, turn out to be counterproductive for your own faction/ side.

Home: The Tower above the Precipice
Building Slots: 20
Occupied Slots: 10
Free Slots: 10

Production:
3 Mystic Altar (Dawn only: produce 3x 2 Magic)
2 Commercial Enterprises (dawn only: produce 2x 500 dinari)
1 Mine (Dawn only: produce 2 Metal)
1 Natural Spring (Dawn only: produce 2 Water)

Workshops:
1 Prayer Shrine (1 Gemstones → 1 Worship; 1 Magic → 1 Worship; 1 Slaves → 1 Worship)
1 Quack (1 Magic → 500 dinari)
1 Transmuter (4 Magic → 1 good of your choice)

Surroundings: 6 Magic, 2 Metal, 1000 dinari per day/night cycle.
Well: 2 Water per day/night cycle.
Storage: 5 Magic, 2 Bricks, 2 Sandstone, 2 Gemstones, 2 Artefacts, 2 items
Courtyard: empty.

Items:
Uhun's Pincer
Imhotep's Sarcophagus

Titles:
Mage: you can use the Summon ability.
The Dreadfather: actions of players with equal or less Combat Strength than you fail in their actions against you.
House of Terror: target a player. The player is guarded for the next phase. You cannot target the same player during the same phase two days in a row.

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The Dreadfather's Soul-Flaying
Phase: any. Cost: 3 Magic.
Target another player. If he has used Theft, Raid or Assassination during this game, you apprehend him if your Combat Strength (including Retainers) is higher than his (including Retainers). Apprehended players can only post in pictures and may not use abilities and cannot vote until they have paid you 2000 dinari for Raiding, 3000 dinari for Theft, and 5000 dinari for Assassination. A player who has been apprehended this game is immune to this ability until the end of the game.

The Dreadfather's Discipline
Phase: NA. Cost: NA.
Each time you use an ability that is not gained through a title, gain 1 Discipline Point. Each time you are targeted by an ability, P-S will give you a Discipline Point.
At any time during any phase, you may pay X Discipline Points to raise your Combat Strength by X until the end of the phase, OR to gain X Magic in your Storage.

Hassan's Choking Coil
Phase: night only. Cost: 1 Magic.
Target another player. He is Guarded. If he targeted you with an action during this phase, he loses 1 Life Point.

Djinn:
Uhun's Pincer

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Uhun, Djinn of Pulled Nails
2 CS
1 WC
2 leadership
- recruitment Cost
Special 1: target a player. Uhun tortures him. He is guarded but may still perform actions from his Retainers. This counts as a use of Uhun.
Special 2: target a player who is guarded. Uhun tortures him for his secrets. The player is silenced (which means he may only post in pictures) until the end of the phase or until he has answered 1 question truthfully. You may ask the player three questions that he must be able to answer with 'Yes' or 'No'. He may answer one of these to be released.
"Highly unpleasant and very painful." Adnan the Innocent, when asked by the Khalif to tell her about his encounter with Hassan the Dreadfather


Imhotep's Sarcophagus
Destroy and pay 4 Magic, 2 Dancers, 2 Slaves and 2 Artefacts to summon Imhotep, Djinn of Nepeth Necromancy.

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Imhotep, Djinn of Nepeth Necromancy
3 CS
3 WC
3 Leadership
- Recruitment cost.
Special 1: whenever Imhotep is destroyed, it creates the item: Imhotep's Sarcophagus.
Special 2: pay 1 Skeletons. Imhotep gains +1 CS permanently (for as long as he is alive)
Special 3: if you can't pay Imhotep's Water Consumption, he gains -1 CS permanently (for as long as he is alive) for each day on which you can't afford his water consumption.
"Imhotep lacks subtlety, but he makes up for it in tenacity - as we learned when we tried to liberate this ancestor of ours." - Prince Tserish


Upgrades:
Upgrade 1: Leadership. 4 Magic, 2 Essence, 1 Artefact
Upgrade 2: new ability (ability restriction). 3 Magic, 3 Worship, 2 Paper, 2 Scribes, 3000 dinari
Upgrade 3: new ability (ability redirection). 5 Magic, 2 Worship, 1 Flame, 1 Artefact, 1 Gemstones, 3000 dinari.
Upgrade 4: new title. 5 Paper, 3 Magic, 2 Scribes, 2 Weapons.
Upgrade 5: upgrade of Hassan's Choking Coil. 4 Magic, 4 Worship, 2 Flame.


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Posted 25 November 2012 - 07:02 AM

View PostRuse, on 24 November 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:

This was his role PM from 0.66

Path-Shaper, on 10 April 2012 - 05:49 PM, said:

Mage Hassan the Dreadfather
Combat Strength 0; Water Consumption 1; Leadership 5; Life Points 1/3.

You are Hassan the Dreadfather, so called because of your three exceptionally talented (and very, very scary) sons, and your own apparent tendency to respond with excruciatingly slow magical torture to anything that displeases you. If Madeena has a collective nightmare, it is you: mothers scare their children with tales of how you will take them from their beds and abduct them if they do not obey, there are a great many whispers about how you apparently treated your wife and the best known sado-masochistic brothel in the city has a room named after you that has the reputation that two enter upright and only one leaves walking. Whether the non-pedestrian leaves on all fours, on a stretcher to the infirmary or in a coffin is not mentioned.

All in all, you might as well be the fifth Khadi for all that the city cares. The truth is slightly different. Yes, you walk the night looking for prey. Yes, you are a torturer. Yes, your wife died by your own hand. But your prey is the scum that makes the night unsafe, the people you torture only undergo that treatment as punishment by ancient law (the only difference between the public executions that draw hundreds of spectators and your infinitely more private shows is that you use magic as the means). Finally, your wife had plans to assassinate the Khalif and you did what anyone with your strict adherence to the Law would do.

You walk a very, very fine line between right and wrong, and the current conflict between the Cult of the Vultures and their allies in the Beggar's Guild (one of your natural enemies) against the Houses of Agreement and their hired help of the Night Prophet (who is another natural enemy) is likely to push you over the edge into the Abyss of true crime, madness and murder. In a way, you relish your descent into deserved infamy, for you will then finally know you deserve your reputation.

In the game, your production is geared towards supporting your magical abilities, perhaps even producing more than you need. However, for expansion you will have to turn to the bazaar, for which your main source of income is likely your Soul-flaying ability, feeding on the ill-gotten gains of others. On the bright side, you won't need a great amount of magic and may be able to sell your surpluses. Selling your guard ability may also be a secondary source of income, although this may, in the long run, turn out to be counterproductive for your own faction/ side.

Home: The Tower above the Precipice
Building Slots: 20
Occupied Slots: 10
Free Slots: 10

Production:
3 Mystic Altar (Dawn only: produce 3x 2 Magic)
2 Commercial Enterprises (dawn only: produce 2x 500 dinari)
1 Mine (Dawn only: produce 2 Metal)
1 Natural Spring (Dawn only: produce 2 Water)

Workshops:
1 Prayer Shrine (1 Gemstones → 1 Worship; 1 Magic → 1 Worship; 1 Slaves → 1 Worship)
1 Quack (1 Magic → 500 dinari)
1 Transmuter (4 Magic → 1 good of your choice)

Surroundings: 6 Magic, 2 Metal, 1000 dinari per day/night cycle.
Well: 2 Water per day/night cycle.
Storage: 5 Magic, 2 Bricks, 2 Sandstone, 2 Gemstones, 2 Artefacts, 2 items
Courtyard: empty.

Items:
Uhun's Pincer
Imhotep's Sarcophagus

Titles:
Mage: you can use the Summon ability.
The Dreadfather: actions of players with equal or less Combat Strength than you fail in their actions against you.
House of Terror: target a player. The player is guarded for the next phase. You cannot target the same player during the same phase two days in a row.

Abilities:

The Dreadfather's Soul-Flaying
Phase: any. Cost: 3 Magic.
Target another player. If he has used Theft, Raid or Assassination during this game, you apprehend him if your Combat Strength (including Retainers) is higher than his (including Retainers). Apprehended players can only post in pictures and may not use abilities and cannot vote until they have paid you 2000 dinari for Raiding, 3000 dinari for Theft, and 5000 dinari for Assassination. A player who has been apprehended this game is immune to this ability until the end of the game.

The Dreadfather's Discipline
Phase: NA. Cost: NA.
Each time you use an ability that is not gained through a title, gain 1 Discipline Point. Each time you are targeted by an ability, P-S will give you a Discipline Point.
At any time during any phase, you may pay X Discipline Points to raise your Combat Strength by X until the end of the phase, OR to gain X Magic in your Storage.

Hassan's Choking Coil
Phase: night only. Cost: 1 Magic.
Target another player. He is Guarded. If he targeted you with an action during this phase, he loses 1 Life Point.

Djinn:
Uhun's Pincer

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Uhun, Djinn of Pulled Nails
2 CS
1 WC
2 leadership
- recruitment Cost
Special 1: target a player. Uhun tortures him. He is guarded but may still perform actions from his Retainers. This counts as a use of Uhun.
Special 2: target a player who is guarded. Uhun tortures him for his secrets. The player is silenced (which means he may only post in pictures) until the end of the phase or until he has answered 1 question truthfully. You may ask the player three questions that he must be able to answer with 'Yes' or 'No'. He may answer one of these to be released.
"Highly unpleasant and very painful." Adnan the Innocent, when asked by the Khalif to tell her about his encounter with Hassan the Dreadfather


Imhotep's Sarcophagus
Destroy and pay 4 Magic, 2 Dancers, 2 Slaves and 2 Artefacts to summon Imhotep, Djinn of Nepeth Necromancy.

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Imhotep, Djinn of Nepeth Necromancy
3 CS
3 WC
3 Leadership
- Recruitment cost.
Special 1: whenever Imhotep is destroyed, it creates the item: Imhotep's Sarcophagus.
Special 2: pay 1 Skeletons. Imhotep gains +1 CS permanently (for as long as he is alive)
Special 3: if you can't pay Imhotep's Water Consumption, he gains -1 CS permanently (for as long as he is alive) for each day on which you can't afford his water consumption.
"Imhotep lacks subtlety, but he makes up for it in tenacity - as we learned when we tried to liberate this ancestor of ours." - Prince Tserish


Upgrades:
Upgrade 1: Leadership. 4 Magic, 2 Essence, 1 Artefact
Upgrade 2: new ability (ability restriction). 3 Magic, 3 Worship, 2 Paper, 2 Scribes, 3000 dinari
Upgrade 3: new ability (ability redirection). 5 Magic, 2 Worship, 1 Flame, 1 Artefact, 1 Gemstones, 3000 dinari.
Upgrade 4: new title. 5 Paper, 3 Magic, 2 Scribes, 2 Weapons.
Upgrade 5: upgrade of Hassan's Choking Coil. 4 Magic, 4 Worship, 2 Flame.



Well looks like we finally figured out who someone actually is. Too bad you all had to speed lynch Tennes right after the freeze. If it's not too late maybe ya'll can remove vote and then speed lynch fener. The fucker deserves to die. (I'm pretty sure I've alted him so this goes for both in and out of game reasons)

vote Fener

#1655 User is offline   Tulas Shorn 

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 07:23 AM

That'd be great except like five of us can't even vote for Fener. And to be able to vote for him we have to give him goods that allow him to make his tile Sacrosanct. See the Catch-22?

Someone needs to get close to his back with a knife.

#1656 User is offline   Atrahal 

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:21 AM

Am I missing something here? What makes Sorrit and Tulas so certain that Fener is the Dreadfather?

I'm not saying it's not the case, but your current reasoning, which appears to be based on the non-vote power, is extremely faulty, because that's not even in the Dreadfather description as one of his powers.

What this establishes is that the Dreadfather is the one silencing people, but it does not automatically follow that Fener is the Dreadfather.

Having said that, I do suspect that Fener is Cult of Vultures :sofa:

In any case, if Fener is in the Desert, that tile is sacrosanct already (though I don't necessarily disagree with the notion of lynching him anyway in order to continually focus him on producing worship)

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 07:17 PM

Here.
Whats up guys?

#1658 User is offline   Anomandaris 

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 07:57 PM

A dead thread is what's up. Fener is suspected as Hassan the Dreadfather, Hassan is likely the one silencing people. We're waiting on PS to unfreeze and to see if Tennes is lynched and if he is what his CF is.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 08:11 PM

View PostRuse, on 24 November 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:

This was his role PM from 0.66

Path-Shaper, on 10 April 2012 - 05:49 PM, said:

Mage Hassan the Dreadfather
Combat Strength 0; Water Consumption 1; Leadership 5; Life Points 1/3.

Djinn:
Uhun's Pincer

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Uhun, Djinn of Pulled Nails
2 CS
1 WC
2 leadership
- recruitment Cost
Special 1: target a player. Uhun tortures him. He is guarded but may still perform actions from his Retainers. This counts as a use of Uhun.
Special 2: target a player who is guarded. Uhun tortures him for his secrets. The player is silenced (which means he may only post in pictures) until the end of the phase or until he has answered 1 question truthfully. You may ask the player three questions that he must be able to answer with 'Yes' or 'No'. He may answer one of these to be released.
"Highly unpleasant and very painful." Adnan the Innocent, when asked by the Khalif to tell her about his encounter with Hassan the Dreadfather





Good job Ruse. That seems to be the exact mechanism used on us.

View PostAtrahal, on 25 November 2012 - 10:21 AM, said:

Am I missing something here? What makes Sorrit and Tulas so certain that Fener is the Dreadfather?

I'm not saying it's not the case, but your current reasoning, which appears to be based on the non-vote power, is extremely faulty, because that's not even in the Dreadfather description as one of his powers.

What this establishes is that the Dreadfather is the one silencing people, but it does not automatically follow that Fener is the Dreadfather.




Atrahal is correct. I was told that Fener was a mage when I was told that I had to pay worship to him before I could use any ablities or vote for him.

There is nothing to connect the silencing action with the "can't vote for him" action. If anything it is evidence that the two actions come from separate players and therefore Fener /= Hassan.

#1660 User is offline   Emurlahn 

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 08:13 PM

View PostAnomandaris, on 25 November 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:

A dead thread is what's up. Fener is suspected as Hassan the Dreadfather, Hassan is likely the one silencing people. We're waiting on PS to unfreeze and to see if Tennes is lynched and if he is what his CF is.


See above post ref: Fener and Hassan.

I almost feel sorry for Tapper. The message boxes must be ungodly full at the moment.

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