[Merrid]

Merrid, on 20 August 2013 - 02:05 AM, said:

Okie dokies, so I've decided to go with what I hope is a sensible, conservative balance. As I've decided to concentrate on giving experience points as much as I can into the Hero XP pool, I want to be able to use all my items and abilities immediately, if necessary (hence the Cheat dice distribution).

So:

Bullets: 5, 2
Aim: 1
Dodge: 4, 3, 2
Luck: 2
Health: 5, 3

Clubs: 2, 1
Diamonds: 2, 1
Hearts: 2, 1
Spades: 2, 1
Cheat: 1, 1, 1, 1

Sanity: 9
Pixie Powder: 2
Golddust: 6
Speed: 5, 2
Attunement: 6


I figure attacking is not really my thing considering that aim, so only a couple of bullet dice, matched by the speed dice. Health quite big dice as I can heal myself and fill them back up (I also considered going 4, 4). The Dodge distribution is designed to give me quite a bit of chance of getting away unscathed, but also lets me use all of the abilities straight away. I kept Luck as one die because of the amount of Dodges I have. You might also notice that I have in total 7 Bullet, Aim, Dodge, and Luck dice - matching the amount of Speed pips I have, so everything can be reset if need be. The card distribution is designed to be able to give me 4 of a kind but also small pairs, and the Cheats are there to bump up the card in case I want to create some of the items early.


Starting Location: Outlaw's Refuge.

I want to help invest in locations, so this was a tough one to decide. In the end, as I'm not a card heavy, I decided to go for one which would not be as heavily contested as say, Betty's Beer Bar or The Fleece Spring (both of which are wanted by 3 factions). Owning this might also help the Gunslinger and the Bank Robber, whichever is in the game, as they can potentially save up the bullets. Owning Mud Street would be the dream, but I don't think I have the necessary strength to help contest that.

Path-Shaper, on 20 August 2013 - 01:50 PM, said:

Noted. Not going for the Longhorn bull, I see?
Please note that the Destroy of Steal the Herd, Distraction, Butcher & Eat and Share the Spoils are NOT equal to the 'killing' that is mentioned on Longhorn and Longhorn Bull.

In other words, if you destroy a Longhorn Bull, you don't gain XP for killing an occupied Temp alt, nor will you gain 1 Health point, but if you kill it (for example through attacks), you do.

Merrid, on 20 August 2013 - 09:00 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 20 August 2013 - 01:50 PM, said:

Noted. Not going for the Longhorn bull, I see?
Please note that the Destroy of Steal the Herd, Distraction, Butcher & Eat and Share the Spoils are NOT equal to the 'killing' that is mentioned on Longhorn and Longhorn Bull.

In other words, if you destroy a Longhorn Bull, you don't gain XP for killing an occupied Temp alt, nor will you gain 1 Health point, but if you kill it (for example through attacks), you do.

I can get it by doing Hearts 2 plus a Cheat die. But I don't quite understand what the Longhorn Bull does. How is it different from a normal Longhorn? Is it just that I gain XP for killing it as well as health?


Also, what is the 'Stock' which is present on two of the locations? I couldn't find anywhere what that is about?

Path-Shaper, on 21 August 2013 - 05:09 AM, said:

The Bull gives xp, yes.

Stock is a maximum quantity of times the ability can be used.

Path-Shaper, on 21 August 2013 - 11:45 AM, said:

Merrid, on 21 August 2013 - 11:21 AM, said:

Question: If I make a Temporary Alt into a Longhorn, but don't do anything with it today, and nothing else happens to it, will that Temporary Alt still be around as a Longhorn on Day 2?

It will be.

Path-Shaper, on 21 August 2013 - 02:24 PM, said:

Merrid, on 21 August 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:

Question the Second: If I now went and attacked (and killed) the Longhorn, would my health rise to [6], [3], or would nothing happen because I have to stick with 8 Health total?

It says 'heal' so only replenishes lost pips.

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 02:59 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 28 August 2013 - 02:53 PM, said:

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:

So: did Meanas see my code saying Rashan is on our side, and his proposal to be Judge and lynch Rashan is a lie in order to protect Rashan, or did he simply not see my code?

Ugh, I don't know what to do.

Telegram him?

I've considered it. It's risky though, as it will make people sit up and take notice. I might just sit tight and hope Meanas is not made a Judge.

I've also been too quick to create those Longhorns, but I'm wary of temporary alts running out before I get to it. But with my pips going down early every day, and a Longhorn TA dying every day, it may not be too hard to work out that I'm the Cattle Thief.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 04:33 PM, said:

Well I do believe Meanas finally gets the message about Rashan

Path-Shaper, on 29 August 2013 - 01:23 PM, said:

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 01:15 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 29 August 2013 - 01:09 PM, said:

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 09:37 PM, said:

Maaaaybe should have asked this earlier - is my Size Up find ability bound by location limits, i.e. if the target is not on the same location as me, will it work?

It won;t work if they're not in reach.

As suspected. This may land me in trouble with Bek if he comes calling with a request for a find. Oh well!

Heh, okay

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 06:36 PM, said:

Oh fiddlesticks. Liosan says he's Corporate Cult. That is so disappointing, plus now I'm in a bit of a bind as to what to tell him. UGH.

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 07:13 PM, said:

Cast, Denul, Fanderay, Hanas, Jalan, Nimander Golit.

I think one of those is our former Card Shark (if they ever existed at all - they must have done, though, Russian Roulette on the first day, right?).

Gah.

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 07:54 PM, said:

Of those who signed in before the Day 1 Russian Roulette on Mud Street was announced, Denul is the only one who visibly showed that he had done actions....bah, that's a completely useless way of going about it. The Russian Roulette ability is a Knack, so the Card Shark presumably doesn't have to pay any Bullets for it.

I think Grasp and Barghast are both of the South, because Lock REALLY wanted to speak to both of them (he asked several times for it to happen). Having said that, though, Barghy appeared uncertain over the whole Lock being a Hero thing.

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 10:02 PM, said:

More Card Shark speculation:

Jalan is not South, but he could be some form of Sanity-sucker because of Lio's loss of Sanity when on the same tile as him.

Cannot be Fanderay, because he wants to be Mayor/Judge today, and that would only see himself lynched if he had no Sanity left.

Hanas has connections with Demelain and Hentos, who don't like me.

Denul wanted friendships with Liosan and Barghast, could be Locomindhive or Enginseer because of his seeming lack of bullets?

Cast does not want to be Judge or Mayor today, or to have any friends. Is that because he has lost all Sanity?

Nimander talked about gambling in several posts.


Either Cast or Nimander, then, it seems. Maybe. This is of course completely ignoring Hentos, Demelain, and Barghast, probably stupidly so.

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 07:12 PM, said:

Either Meanas is signalling me that he needs healing, or he's just being regular old Ment

Likewise, I hope Rashan sees and understands my message about Liosan being at Outlaw's and shoots him up good, in case Lio does come this way.

I suuuuuure hope that Longhorn gets made....

[Merrid]

Merrid Actions Thread:

Path-Shaper, on 23 August 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

Day 1:

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Merrid: Invest Clubs [2], Diamonds [2], Hearts [1], and Spades [1] into the Outlaw's Refuge location.
Merrid: Create Item Longhorn (Hearts [2]). Use alt Anthras.
Merrid: Use Share the Spoils (Bullets [1] and Spades [2]).

Sorted in die size, so as to make action resolution easier.

Path-Shaper, on 23 August 2013 - 09:28 PM, said:

Share the Spoils: Meanas.

Merrid, on 26 August 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 26 August 2013 - 08:32 PM, said:

Merrid, on 26 August 2013 - 07:29 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 26 August 2013 - 02:59 PM, said:

Apparently I can't count and your Magickal pips don't add up to the value aimed for. Any excess points (2) are added as Cheat.

Sorry, I don't understand what you're referring to.

Your pips in the role PM don't add up to the value they should be - you're short a couple (my fault). So, you get to add the ones you're short as Cheat.

Oh I see! I was panicking that I did something totally wrong

Merrid, on 26 August 2013 - 10:34 PM, said:

Okey doke, so:

Day 2:

Use Speed and Attunement dice to reset all used dice (i.e. Bullets [5], and the 6 used cards dice.


Create Longhorn (Hearts [2]).

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 12:55 AM, said:

Day 2:

Use Friendship Cantrip (Hearts [2], use Cheat [2] die.

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 05:46 PM, said:

Day 2:

Use Share the Spoils ability (Spades [2]).


Don't just give me Meanas again please

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 05:50 PM, said:

Oh, and:

Day 2 Investment: Invest Clubs [2], Diamonds [2], Hearts [1], and Spades [1] into Outlaw's Refuge.

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 10:12 PM, said:

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 09:12 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 27 August 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

Spoils gives you Rashan.

Ah good, the invisible man of our game thus far.

Heh, and he actually has as many posts as I do. I can't remember a single thing from them though

[Merrid]

Path-Shaper, on 31 August 2013 - 06:41 PM, said:

Summary:

Merrid, on 30 August 2013 - 09:21 AM, said:

Day phase cycle 3:

Merrid Uses Share the Spoils ability (Spades [2])
Merrid invests Diamonds [2], Clubs [2], Hearts [1], Spades [1] into Outlaw's Refuge.

Movement Phase 1:

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no actions.

Night Phase:

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no actions.

Movement Phase 2:

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no actions.

Merrid, on 01 September 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

Heya, so is there a result from Share the Spoils please?


Also, investment of Hearts at Outlaw's Refuge says 2, but I think it should be 3 (I've invested 1 Heart each day). In fact, one of Clubs or Diamonds didn't go up either.

Start of Day 3 it was 4, 4, 2, 2.

I invested 2 Clubs, 2 Diamonds, 1 Heart, 1 Spade, so it should be at least:

6, 6, 3, 3.

It is currently 8, 4, 2, 7. I presume Rashan also invested some, explaining the higher first and last numbers, but not why the middle two remained the same. Error, or something more sinister?

Path-Shaper, on 02 September 2013 - 09:37 AM, said:

Merrid, on 01 September 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

Heya, so is there a result from Share the Spoils please?

Sorry. There's no-one left of your faction to discover).

Merrid, on 01 September 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

Also, investment of Hearts at Outlaw's Refuge says 2, but I think it should be 3 (I've invested 1 Heart each day). In fact, one of Clubs or Diamonds didn't go up either.

Start of Day 3 it was 4, 4, 2, 2.

I invested 2 Clubs, 2 Diamonds, 1 Heart, 1 Spade, so it should be at least:

6, 6, 3, 3.

It is currently 8, 4, 2, 7. I presume Rashan also invested some, explaining the higher first and last numbers, but not why the middle two remained the same. Error, or something more sinister?

Error.

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 02:04 PM, said:

Alright then, thanks. Now, I know that the Card Shark does exist in this game (the Russian Roulette action), so I am going to presume that Liosan used to be the Card Shark until he lost his Sanity. Of course, there could well be more than one player whose Sanity is gone, so he also might not be. Still, a conversation with Lio is the first port of call.

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 02:15 PM, said:

Day 4:

Use Speed die to reset Bullets [5]. Reset all 6 used card dice with Attunement.

Used Stitches cantrip (Diamonds [1]), to reset Hearts [2] die. Lose 1 pip of Health.


Create Longhorn Bull (Hearts [2] + Cheat [1]).

Create Cooking Fire item (Clubs [2] + Cheat [1]).

Path-Shaper, on 03 September 2013 - 12:05 PM, said:

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 09:37 AM, said:

Could I have the name of the alt you used for my Longhorn Bull, so I know which one to target?

Oh, new question: Do Longhorns follow me around the locations, or will they remain at whichever location they were created on?

They remain at that Location, and to target them, you must be at their Location.
However, you can order them to move where you want, at no cost to you.

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 12:10 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 03 September 2013 - 12:06 PM, said:

Tentatively: Silanah.
If there are 4 (or more) more expensive signings, the Bull won't be created.

Huh, I would have thought it would be first come first served.

Path-Shaper, on 03 September 2013 - 01:18 PM, said:

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 12:12 PM, said:

How do you judge what's expensive anyway? I mean, to others 3 Hearts might not be anything, but to me it's almost prohibitively expensive.

Pixie Powder > Gold Dust > suits (higher amount of total pips > lower amount).
Basically, with 1 XP point you'd be able to double Longhorn production, that's impossible for someone with Spades [6], Golddust [1] as a summon.

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Double only in theory as you've just said what other things get preference. Because if i'm low down on the pecking order then I actually have even less chance of creating two longhorns than even one, because all the alts will be used up already!


Now you might argue that other roles rely far more on summons to play well. But I need longhorns to do the majority of things, especially if I am to fulfill any support role obligations.

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 02:45 PM, said:

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 02:41 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 02:36 PM, said:

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 11:26 AM, said:

Day/Night 4:

Attack Longhorn Bull.

Do I have to give any details for the attack, or is it just killed automatically if targeted? Related to that, do I need more than 1 Bullet to kill it? Also, if it actually hasn't been created, will you be letting me know so I'm not wasting an action (and so that I can put that Hearts [2] and Cheat [1] to better use)?

Killed auto. And I won't resolve if it is an illegal target.

Cool, but does that mean I simply lose my Hearts and Cheat if it hasn't been created?

Yup.

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 03:01 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 02:59 PM, said:

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 02:56 PM, said:

So I can't create a Longhorn later in the game when it's even more crucial as my teammates succumb to injuries because others get priority over the few TAs left, and I lose my most precious cards even if I try? Excellent


The above was said tongue-in-cheek (alright, and perhaps a teensy tiny bit of bitterness).

Instead you can go for the Big Fuck Them Three Ways combo, gather yourself, the bankrobber and the gunslinger on one Location, lasso someone in who can't leave due to the bankrobber's knack, and shoot him dead for XP all around?

It is something I was actually considering earlier, but first I have to hope that my teammates survive this coming night

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 03:48 PM, said:

Day 4 Investment:

Invest Diamonds [2], Hearts [1], Spades [2] into Outlaw's Refuge.


And pray that Rashan invests some Hearts himself.

[Merrid]

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 06:27 PM, said:

You lose 1 Health pip on each of your first 3 health dice (if fewer dice, lose 2 on your first die) during the Night.
You gain 1 health pip from killing the Bull.
You gain 1 health pip from the Cooking Fire.
You gain 1 XP from killing the Bull.

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 08:14 PM, said:

Before I decide what to do with the XP, I wanted to ask a question about Items: Do Items have to be recreated after each use, or once you create them do you just have them (unless they're taken)?


Also, you've made me feel bad about complaining about the Longhorn

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 08:25 PM, said:

Recreation: only after being destroyed for use.

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 08:34 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 08:25 PM, said:

Recreation: only after being destroyed for use.

So I take that to mean that the Cooking Fire and Lasso would be here to stay as it doesn't say they're destroyed after use. Sorry for double-checking, I just want to make sure I understand completely.

Path-Shaper, on 04 September 2013 - 11:50 PM, said:

Merrid, on 04 September 2013 - 10:34 PM, said:

Ok, I'm going to use the XP to make add 1 pip to each of my Hearts dice. So instead of Hearts [2] and Hearts [1], I now have Hearts [3] and Hearts [2].

Noted and updated.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 09:11 PM, said:

Question: Do Longhorns follow me around - if I create one on Outlaw's, and then move to Fleece Spring, will it follow me there, as it is technically an Item of mine (i.e. can I always kill/destroy it?)

Another Question: If I move at the same time as I use the Lasso Item (which is used during the movement phase), is the target brought to my old location or new location (presumably, the new one, as they're Lassoed to me, and I'll be at the new location)?

Another another question: Would my Cloud of Dust ability allow me to move even if someone else is trying to stop me from moving?

Cycle 5, Day Phase:

I am at Outlaw's Refuge.

Create Item Lasso (Diamonds [3]. Use Diamonds [2] and Cheat [1], and pay Bullets [1]. Bullets now at [2], [2].

Create Item Bull Longhorn (Hearts [3]), and pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [1], [2].

Create Item Longhorn (Hearts [2]), and pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [0], [2].

Attack and kill Bull Longhorn (no cost, happens automatically). This restores 2 pips of health to myself and to my faction members (possibly only 1 pip of Health to my faction members, I don't know if my Cooking Fire item also increases the amount of health they get too), and gains me 1 XP.


Movement Phase 1:

Move to Fleece Springs.

Use Lasso on Grasp to bring him to Fleece Springs (no cost). If Grasp has been lynched, Lasso Fanderay.


Night Phase:

I am at Fleece Springs.

Use Distraction ability on Longhorn (Dodge [3]). This destroys the Longhorn and automatically negates the first attack directed at me. Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [0], [1].

Use Size Up Ability (Clubs [2]) on Grasp, and pay 1 Bullet. This does a find on the target. Bullets now at [0], [0]. If Grasp was lynched and Fanderay lassoed instead, use Size Up on Fanderay.

Movement Phase 2:

No movement.

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 01:49 PM, said:

If the answer to my Cloud of Dust question above is yes, it does allow me to move whatever, then I would like to use that ability (Dodge [4]) payment) to move to Fleece Springs, INSTEAD OF the Distraction night action. If it does not counteract being blocked from moving, then I would like to use the Distraction ability.

Path-Shaper, on 06 September 2013 - 02:24 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 09:11 PM, said:

Question: Do Longhorns follow me around - if I create one on Outlaw's, and then move to Fleece Spring, will it follow me there, as it is technically an Item of mine (i.e. can I always kill/destroy it?)

Nope. It is an item only because I didn't want to make it a summon. It occupies a temporary alt so it stays at the alts (creation) Location. You can order the alt around considering it is under your control, though.

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Another Question: If I move at the same time as I use the Lasso Item (which is used during the movement phase), is the target brought to my old location or new location (presumably, the new one, as they're Lassoed to me, and I'll be at the new location)?

Lasso says you cannot move yourself that phase, so this question is irrelevant.

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Another another question: Would my Cloud of Dust ability allow me to move even if someone else is trying to stop me from moving?

No, it won't.

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Cycle 5, Day Phase:

I am at Outlaw's Refuge.

Create Item Lasso (Diamonds [3]. Use Diamonds [2] and Cheat [1], and pay Bullets [1]. Bullets now at [2], [2].

Create Item Bull Longhorn (Hearts [3]), and pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [1], [2].

Create Item Longhorn (Hearts [2]), and pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [0], [2].

Attack and kill Bull Longhorn (no cost, happens automatically). This restores 2 pips of health to myself and to my faction members (possibly only 1 pip of Health to my faction members, I don't know if my Cooking Fire item also increases the amount of health they get too), and gains me 1 XP.


Movement Phase 1:

Move to Fleece Springs.

Use Lasso on Grasp to bring him to Fleece Springs (no cost). If Grasp has been lynched, Lasso Fanderay.

Hmm. See the text on Lasso... either you move to Fleece Spring and Grasp isn't moved, or you move Grasp to Outlaw's Refuge.
I'll give you a choice here, as I won't resolve day + night immediately.

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Night Phase:

I am at Fleece Springs.

Use Distraction ability on Longhorn (Dodge [3]). This destroys the Longhorn and automatically negates the first attack directed at me. Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [0], [1].

Use Size Up Ability (Clubs [2]) on Grasp, and pay 1 Bullet. This does a find on the target. Bullets now at [0], [0]. If Grasp was lynched and Fanderay lassoed instead, use Size Up on Fanderay.

Movement Phase 2:

No movement.

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Wow, that is a fuck up and a half on my part. Alright.

I would like to move to Fleece Springs, and not use Lasso, and don't use Size Up either. I would also like to order the Longhorn to move to Fleece Springs.

So it would be:

Kill the Longhorn Bull.

Move to Fleece Springs. Longhorn also moves to Fleece Springs.

Use Distraction.


And I've just had the thought: Can I kill the Longhorn Bull in the day, before nighttime? If not, then I want the Longhorn Bull to move with me to Fleece as well as the regular Longhorn, and kill him in the night for Health, and destroy the regular Longhorn with Distraction.

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:

Also, invest at night in Fleece Springs: Clubs [2], and Spades [2].

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 02:43 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 06 September 2013 - 02:41 PM, said:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

Wow, that is a fuck up and a half on my part. Alright.

I would like to move to Fleece Springs, and not use Lasso, and don't use Size Up either. I would also like to order the Longhorn to move to Fleece Springs.

So it would be:

Kill the Longhorn Bull.

Move to Fleece Springs. Longhorn also moves to Fleece Springs.

Use Distraction.


And I've just had the thought: Can I kill the Longhorn Bull in the day, before nighttime? If not, then I want the Longhorn Bull to move with me to Fleece as well as the regular Longhorn, and kill him in the night for Health, and destroy the regular Longhorn with Distraction.

It's not entirely free - still requires an atatck with at the least 2 bullets and Aim [1], but okay

It's under Items, and Items don't require bullets to be used Also, when I asked yesterday, you said it just happens automatically (I specifically asked about bullets being necessary to attack and kill the Longhorn successfully, I think).

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 03:32 PM, said:

Also, I still don't know about whether I can kill (as in, simply attack and kill, not use an ability on) Longhorns before night or not. Anyway, I presume that I was wrong and I can't.

In which case, I would like to Move the Longhorn Bull to Fleece Springs, but keep the regular Longhorn at Outlaw's.. So Distraction will only work if I am blocked from moving to Fleece Springs myself (and killing the Bull will only work if I move to Fleece). I still want to attack and kill the Bull Longhorn.

I should have Bullets [2],[2] at night when it comes round to killing the Bull.

Path-Shaper, on 08 September 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 03:32 PM, said:

Also, I still don't know about whether I can kill (as in, simply attack and kill, not use an ability on) Longhorns before night or not.

No, you can't. It takes a normal attack.

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Anyway, I presume that I was wrong and I can't.

In which case, I would like to Move the Longhorn Bull to Fleece Springs, but keep the regular Longhorn at Outlaw's.. So Distraction will only work if I am blocked from moving to Fleece Springs myself (and killing the Bull will only work if I move to Fleece). I still want to attack and kill the Bull Longhorn.

I should have Bullets [2],[2] at night when it comes round to killing the Bull.

You kill the bull, using Bullets [2] and your highest Aim die. You gain 1 XP and may heal [+2] Health pips.
Your investment is proceeded.

Merrid, on 09 September 2013 - 08:19 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 09 September 2013 - 06:01 PM, said:

Merrid, on 09 September 2013 - 04:12 PM, said:

Path-Shaper, on 08 September 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

You kill the bull, using Bullets [2] and your highest Aim die. You gain 1 XP and may heal [+2] Health pips.
Your investment is proceeded.

May I invest the XP into the Hero pool, please?

Yup. That makes it 4 by my count (3x Share the Spoils and 1 XP now).
What did you spend the previous Longhorn Bull xp on?

I added 1 pip to each of my Hearts dice (so they got bumped up from Hearts [2], [1] to [3], [2].

Merrid, on 09 September 2013 - 10:05 PM, said:

Cycle 6



Day Phase:

Create Longhorn Bull (Hearts [3]). Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [3], [2].

Invest Clubs [1], Diamonds [2], Spades [2], Hearts [2] into Fleece Springs. Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [2], [2].

Movement Phase 1:

Lasso Grasp (no cost). This brings Grasp to my location, Fleece Springs.

Move Longhorn from Outlaw's Refuge to Fleece Springs.


Night Phase:

Size Up Grasp (Clubs [2]). This performs a find on Grasp. Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [1], [2].

Attack and kill Longhorn Bull (Bullets [2], Aim [1]). This kills the Longhorn, heals 2 Health on myself and 1 for each of my teammates, and I gain 1 XP. Pay 1 Bullet. Bullets now at [0], [0].

Movement Phase 2:

No movement.

[Merrid]

DAY 2 FRIENDSHIP WITH MEANAS:

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 01:08 AM, said:

Hey Ment (I presume it's Ment),


Khell here. Last night I found out that you were on the Aces, like me. I'm the Cattle Thief, your healer. I don't know anything about you other than that you're also Aces. I don't know the other Aces member, but I may find out during the next night.

So here's what I do. I create Longhorns from the Temporary Alts. When I kill them I either heal myself, earn Golddust, or find out another member of my team, depending on which ability I use. When I heal, I also heal 1 point of health on all my team members. I can also do standard finds. I'm rubbish attacking but good at dodging and surviving attacks. I'm currently at Outlaw's Refuge, slowly trying to build up the investment there (but I have middling cards). I can also earn XP from certain Longhorn kills (not all of them), and I am investing all XP into the Hero pool rather than myself.


I have chosen you as my Judge (obviously), and Denul is my lynch choice.

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 01:32 AM, said:

hey Khell

I'm the Bank Robber. My skills are all about getting wealthy, and restraining people (I can guard). I've also got a few attacks, but they are pretty weak, and my magic dice pool's pretty crap.

I've also got some nifty items I can make, but I'm a bit of a glass cannon, meaning I gotta be sure before I hit. I'm camping out at Fleece Spring right now, getting gold from it, but planning to make a move at night. There's at least 4 other people out there with me right now.

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 09:59 AM, said:

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 02:38 AM, said:

Hey Khell, I'm doing a re-read right now. What's up with Fanderay being so friendly?

That's people's paranoia for you making something out of nothing I honestly have no idea who Fanderay is nor have we ever had any other contact. On day 1 no one was making any move to vote for a Mayor, so I decided to take Fander up on their offer. And from that people just decided that we must be super off-thread comms lovers.

So for all I know Fander could be the other Aces member, but chamces are they are not.



We should come up with a code to use on thread for things like when you need healing, if we're moving to certain locations etc. I'll try and think of something.

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 03:15 PM, said:

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 02:55 PM, said:

The lack of modding during the day is kind of hurting us (and the game). The longer the day goes on without the RNVP being posted, the more jumpy and changeable people will get. I'm almost tempted to be killed off so that I can get up there and help them out.


Okay. If I find out this night who our other member is, I will write their name as a one-word sentence in a post (e.g. "Meanas. I think this guy is awesome."), so look out for that. In all likelihood, I will also initiate a Friendship convo with them, so you'll know that way too. BUT, having said that, it will mean that I won't be able to create a Longhorn that day (both things use 2 Hearts, and I only have one 2 Hearts die - I had to use a Cheat die to do both today). So a better thing might be for me to post a sentence like the one above, you spot it, YOU initiate a convo with that person (if you can), and then you get them to initiate a convo with me, and we can have a sort-of 3-way conversation, with the new guy being the middle man.


If you ever need healing, post: "I'm totally wiped out from work." (a classic Ment-like line ).

I'll try to think of code words for locations too, in case we ever want to group together in a single place.

yeah, it does suck

if you need me to guard someone, post IGMEOY "alt", or smth like that.

I'll try to keep work bitching to a minimum to avoid false alarms,

you sure we've got no interest in keeping Fanderay around?

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 03:48 PM, said:

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 03:35 PM, said:

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 03:25 PM, said:

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 03:15 PM, said:

you sure we've got no interest in keeping Fanderay around?

Like I said, I have no idea really. It would suck if Fander did end up being our other member, but I think at this stage I can't come out in his defence, because then I really would be lynched next in a Culture hunt - so I have to distance as much as possible to hopefully avoid that fate.

yeah, makes sense.

You think Grasp is right re: Lio being the Card Shark?

No, I don't think so. The Card Shark would be pretty terrible in a shoot-out I presume, so I don't see Lio doing that if he was the Card Shark. Rather, what I think is happening is that the Card Shark is taking advantage of knowing that more than one person will be present at that location (and that those people know the identity of the other one on there), so there's more chance of a Wager being struck. In essence, good work by the Card Shark.

Meanas, on 27 August 2013 - 06:08 PM, said:

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 05:43 PM, said:

I'm going to do a type of code which worked pretty well for me previously - just regular words, but misspelled. If you do end up using them, try to use them in a line/sentence separated from the rest of your paragraphs, so it's easier to spot (also, try not to just accidentally misspell them ).

Moving to a Location codewords:

Dead Dane's Deed - adn (and)
Judge Wallace's Office - hav (have)
The Mormon's House - wit (with)
Mud Street - form (from)
Rickety Shack - wich (which)
Betty's Beer Bar - maek (make)
Outlaw's Refuge - ohter (other)
The Fleece Spring - lok (look)

Tonight I am going to try and find our other team member (there are only 3 of us, is that correct?), and invest a bit more in Outlaw's Refuge (not enough to actually take it over, though), so there'll be no healing.


I forgot to say - I also have a night ability which stops my target from being able to move to another location during the night movement phase, might be useful at some point. If you think I should use it on someone in particular, say: "I'm uneasy about [alt name]."

we've got 4 players, cuz someone invested in Fleece Spring, and it wasn't me. Card Shark apparently did Mud street.

You're gonna make me actually check my spelling now? lol.

This post has been edited by Merrid: 12 September 2013 - 08:09 PM

[Merrid]

DAY 3 FRIENDSHIP WITH BEK OKHAN:

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 08:38 PM, said:

Hello friend! I see my new friend Hentos Ilm really wants to lynch you!

Is there any particular information you'd like to share so I know why I shouldn't lynch you?

As a show of good faith, I can tell you that I love Hearts <3 and I can vote and remove my vote without spending bullets during the day

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 08:46 PM, said:

You certainly do love hearts. There can't be too many you haven't talked to as yet. Sound tactic if you can afford it (I, alas, cannot).

I don't know why Hentos is so against me - it's not like he's elaborated on it. Frankly, even if he's done a find or something on me and knows I'm not in his faction, I consider the way he's gone about it really bad play. No case making, no nothing, just endlessly repeating that he finds me vaguely suspicious. Not exactly something I can defend myself against.

I don't really know what kind of information you'd be looking for from me, care to elaborate?

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 08:51 PM, said:

In a game like this, I'd say there aren't many things you can do that are just "bad play." There are so many crazy abilities we know about, and everyone has tons of abilities and/or items to make it pretty hard to know what is good and bad play.

I do love my hearts, and quite frankly, while I have certainly given a lot of information about myself "out there," I am also quite confident that I have a lot of people who think enough of me that I have avoided getting lynched or even discussed as such after the first day. Even crusty old Grasp changed his tune after we chatted at length.

I don't know much about Hentos, either. He really wants to become Mayor right now though. He is working with Demelain to get elected and get you lynched.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:

Yup, those two sure don't like me, and I have no idea why. I would understand it more if I was a power player, but I am not (another reason why I put myself forward for Mayor/Judge on day 1, because I knew if it went sour it wouldn't be the end of the world for my team if they lost me).

You make a point about what can be 'bad play' in this type of game, which I feel just highlights even more how ridiculous Hentos' (and Demelain's) posting is.

Not that you have any reason to believe me, but the whole Merrid/Fanderay thing that people harped on back then was pure hogwash. Nobody was making a move for Mayor voting, so I decided to take Fander up on their offer - I continue to have absolutely no idea who they really are, or what faction.

At this moment, I think I'd like to see Jalan Mayor. I would have initially preferred Barghast, but I don't like his plan at all - not with 3 lynches on the line. Plus I believe he's worked out something with Cast, and they're keeping shtum about it.

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:

Of everyone in the thread, I trust Cast the least. Based on his actions and words, I feel like I have a good handle that he's not in my faction and would enjoy seeing him lynched. However, I think that's the same for both Hentos and Jalan's Mayorships. Everyone wants Cast dead!

A power player is what, someone who can kill people? It seems hard to kill people in this game. I don't even know what a power player is. Maybe I'm one since I keep chatting with people.

As it stands, is there any information you feel comfortable revealing that would make me want to back Jalan and not lynch you? Or any information you can share that would make me want to not back Hentos? Not saying I'm leaning in any one way, just trying to get a good reason to make up my mind.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 09:08 PM, said:

For what it's worth, I think I see two rough blocs developing, which will form uneasy, informal alliances until late into the game.

How long can you walk the edge, Bek?

Lock/Cast/Barghast tried to have their run for Mayor yesterday, now Jalan/Fanderay, probably Rashan and Hanas, will oppose them today. It's about which of the two sides appeals more to you based on what they say about their lynch choices. Hentos and Demelain are trying to form this third bloc, but I think sooner or later they'll be subsumed into one of the other two. Hentos is mainly doing it simply to avoide being lynched himself.


Barghy is very helpful, among those who have a firmer grasp of the game. But he's clearly hiding a lot behind that helpful veneer. There is no way that he is the impartial man that he promotes himself to be.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:

Of everyone in the thread, I trust Cast the least. Based on his actions and words, I feel like I have a good handle that he's not in my faction and would enjoy seeing him lynched. However, I think that's the same for both Hentos and Jalan's Mayorships. Everyone wants Cast dead!

A power player is what, someone who can kill people? It seems hard to kill people in this game. I don't even know what a power player is. Maybe I'm one since I keep chatting with people.

As it stands, is there any information you feel comfortable revealing that would make me want to back Jalan and not lynch you? Or any information you can share that would make me want to not back Hentos? Not saying I'm leaning in any one way, just trying to get a good reason to make up my mind.

I would say a power player is someone who has some very unique abilities (perhaps, for this game, I should say VERY unique abilities ) and is probably heavily focused/very strong in one of the three die columns.


What could I tell you? Maybe nothing yet. But I'll reveal this at least. I can do finds (in lieu of using other abilities), and I can find out what faction Hentos, Jalan, or whoever you want is on, and reveal that to you tomorrow through a telegram. If I'm lynched, I cannot do that

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 09:12 PM, said:

Hey, I'm playing for a team, too. It's not like I'm in a faction by myself!

But you are avoiding the questions =p

Actually, that was because I wrote my post while you were writing yours

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 09:34 PM, said:

Bek Okhan, on 28 August 2013 - 09:25 PM, said:

Not gonna lie, that Telegram you offered is extremely useful.

How many people can you find on? Is this using the Diamonds[6] ability, or something else?

No, it's using one of my own abilities. I can do one find per day/night (but, as I said, in lieu of doing other things which I might prefer to do, which is why I haven't done any finds as yet).

Bek Okhan, on 29 August 2013 - 04:03 PM, said:

I'm interested in your Find + Telegram and would be willing to vote in a way to prove it. Who do you like more of Jalan or Barghast in terms of Mayor? (Not counting Hentos since you're Demelain's lynch target)

Merrid, on 30 August 2013 - 09:30 AM, said:

So? Any ideas on who you want the find on? There's like a half hour left to submit the action (even less if someone hammers).

[Merrid]

DAY 3 FRIENDSHIP WITH RASHAN:

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 10:40 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 10:39 PM, said:

What is up

Ack, sorry about the other Friendship thread, I was too eager. We'll use yours.

As I said then:

I've been trying to get your attention the entire day


Hey, it's Khell here. I'm on the Aces team, same as you. I found that out last night. I'm the Cattle Thief, your healer. I don't know anything about you other than that you're on the Aces.

You need to vote for Jalan at some point today, as he is the least likely to have a Judge who will lynch you. I'd wait until after RNVP is announced to vote if I were you, though.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 10:45 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 10:43 PM, said:

I never could tell when the girls were flirting with me

Where are you located?

I'm currently at Outlaw's Refuge, slowly trying to build up the investment there (but I have middling cards).

So here's what I do. I create Longhorns from the Temporary Alts. When I kill them I either heal myself, earn Golddust, or find out another member of my team, depending on which ability I use. When I heal, I also heal 1 point of health on all my team members. I can also do standard finds. I'm rubbish attacking but good at dodging and surviving attacks. I can also earn XP from certain Longhorn kills (not all of them), and I am investing all XP into the Hero pool rather than myself.

So what's your role and what are you capable of? And who are you in RL (well, Malazan RL )?

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 10:52 PM, said:

I am the Gunslinger, and I shoot people. If you can help me put targets & locations together, I will bring death to them. I was debating moving to your location to help invest or moving into the middle area and start shooting at random people.

I know Barghast was on my location night 1 because of a successful hit

and you haven't figured out who I am? It is I, HiddenOne!

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 10:57 PM, said:

I had a suspicion it was you, HO, but I didn't want to stereotype

Ment is going to 'love' having you on his team haha. I forgot to mention that. Ment is Meanas, and the Bank Robber, so now we know 3 of the 4 members of our team (just the Card Shark missing, and hopefully I can find out who that is at the end of today). He was at Fleece Springs, I think, but may have moved. The Card Shark is almost definitely at Mud Street, and that's where you'll probably find quite a few people.

Bek Okhan, I reckon, is La Rua, and can probably be found at the Mormon House.


Okay, in the next post I'm just going to copy and paste the various codes I gave to Ment so we can communicate with each other on thread. LOOK OUT FOR THEM - Ment did not and that's why he wanted to lynch you at the beginning of today, before he finally cottoned on that I was trying to tell him that you were on our side

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 11:04 PM, said:

Well, I hope I can do you guys some good before I go down. So you want me to go after Bek Okhan?

Are we pursuing the win by means of elimination or investment? If I go haring off to kill, then I obviously can't keep putting cards into my spot.

I think you have improved my day.

What are your thoughts about the cabal at work? Have you identified any of it?


Barghast is dangerous in this game. D'rek, maybe?

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:08 PM, said:

I'm going to do a type of code which worked pretty well for me previously - just regular words, but misspelled. If you do end up using them, try to use them in a line/sentence separated from the rest of your paragraphs, so it's easier to spot (also, try not to just accidentally misspell them ).

Moving to a Location codewords:

Dead Dane's Deed - adn (and)
Judge Wallace's Office - hav (have)
The Mormon's House - wit (with)
Mud Street - form (from)
Rickety Shack - wich (which)
Betty's Beer Bar - maek (make)
Outlaw's Refuge - ohter (other)
The Fleece Spring - lok (look)


If you need healing, post the line, "Crazy day at work", or something along the lines of how bunged up at work you are.

If you want Ment/Meanas to guard someone (that's his ability), post, "IGMEOY [alt name]".

I can also stop someone moving during the night phase, which you might find useful. If you want me to do that, quote one of that alt's posts, and in your reply, put FOUR dots in one of the sentences (....).


I'm also going to have to come up with codes to give you in case I can put together an alt and location, so I can tell you where to move to and who to target.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:12 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 11:04 PM, said:

Well, I hope I can do you guys some good before I go down. So you want me to go after Bek Okhan?

Are we pursuing the win by means of elimination or investment? If I go haring off to kill, then I obviously can't keep putting cards into my spot.

I think you have improved my day.

What are your thoughts about the cabal at work? Have you identified any of it?


Barghast is dangerous in this game. D'rek, maybe?

D'rek or Gust, is my guess (Gust is playing, right?).

I have no real idea about anyone else, just guesses. I can do finds but haven't done any yet (probably should have done, it costs me Clubs, but I've been investing them instead).

I think we're going for an investment in locations route to victory - perhaps a little insane considering other than the Card Shark, we all have shit cards to play with. But right now we're amongst the strongest in terms of the amount of investing we've done. But if you come to my location and start investing, that might free up my cards for a few more abilities.

And actually, thinking about investments, the Card Shark was/is likely at the Ricketty Shack yesterday, as that became ours.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:15 PM, said:

I should also mention, I'm trying to convince Bek to vote for Jalan (he started a Friendship convo with me). So I've promised him that I would do a find on anyone he wants, and give him the result in a telegram the next day.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:24 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 11:19 PM, said:

Is Bek part of the cabal? My gut is screaming at me that there is one but I have been covered badly at work (not a code, sadly) and am beginning to suspect I am outclassed already.

How will we handle the treatment of this convo on thread?

Bek has had Friendships with at least half the players now, so he's 'befriended' a lot of people, which is why his name is not mentioned for lynches. If there is a cabal, it is probably the La Rua, as they are the most likely to all know each other now. And I think Bek is La Rua (though it is still possible that he's another faction, maybe that Locomotive cult, forgotten their name now).


I'm simply going to say that you were as reticent in this convo as you are on thread. I might perhaps put something about how you promised me some info at a later stage, if people ask why I'm not voting for your lynch. But I think that we'll be okay, as Friendships have - perhaps surprisingly - not been questioned very much at all by others.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:32 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 11:27 PM, said:

wonder why that is? finder types like you making contact with teammate, lucky guesses, what? somebody has to have made an unhappy connection by now

I would definitely assume there must be other finders out there making contact. I doubt it will be too much longer before everyone knows who is in their faction. After that, it's about who has the best strategy and, even better, the most luck.

Our faction especially seems quite the team effort - all our skills are best used when in tandem with another's, as we're all a bit rubbish on our own. So we need to keep the communication up even after the off-thread convos end. As I said, I'll come up with codes for people and locations for you to move to, should I need to tell you (or I may just send you a telegram about it ), but it will have to wait till tomorrow as it's almost bedtime here now.

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 11:39 PM, said:

Rashan, on 28 August 2013 - 11:37 PM, said:

no problem, I'm about done for the day myself

Coolsville, speak again tomorrow then. And let's keep our fingers crossed that neither of us is lynched - Meanas is the only one of our trio not being debated for the chop!

The Card Shark has been playing a very good game from what I can tell - just wish I knew who they were already.

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 12:37 PM, said:

I've just remembered that Mud Street is considered a Public location, and if you kill anyone there, you'll become Wanted, so probably not best for you to mosey on over there and start shooting up the place. Not yet anyway.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 12:41 PM, said:

Ok, codes for name and location. I'll carry on the misspelling pattern. If I write a sentence which contains both a misspelled alt name AND one of the misspelled words which are a code for a location, that means that that person is at that location.

e.g. "Rahsan adn Merrid love each other very much." That means Rashan is at Dead Dane's Deed.

It's not complex BUT it does require careful reading of our posts!

I need to somehow get this info over to Meanas as well, but not sure how. I considered asking you to set up a Friendship with him tomorrow, but I think that's risky - there'll be an obvious triangle between the three of us that way. I might risk sending him a telegram, not sure.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 12:44 PM, said:

Finally, this one's important. At the end of today, I will hopefully find our last member, the Card Shark. The code for who it is works like this: I will write their alt name as a single-word sentence, probably in one of my first posts tomorrow if I can fit it in naturally enough.

e.g. "Rashan. Why does everyone suspect Rashan so much?" Look out for it! It took Meanas a couple of goes before he finally caught it

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 12:46 PM, said:

Finally and lastly, are you going to move today? If you join me at Outlaw's Refuge, can you invest Hearts and Spades? That's really what this location is lacking (currently on 2 for each of those). I can bring Clubs and Diamonds up to 5 or 6, but not Hearts and Spades, so without help it still won't be ours come tomorrow.

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 01:07 PM, said:

I can do 5 spades, but used all hearts for this convo. My cards are weak. Barghast at least will immediately figure out what we're doing. I wish we could work with them.

Acknowledged about the Public space, it's too soon to have the whole thread howling for my head (beyond the low poster hate)

Man, I would love to have an ability to tell me where alts are located.

You want me to move to you for a night? My strengths require a target to attack, so we will be wasting time. I want to move into range. Figure out a code for you to call a target.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 01:18 PM, said:

Also, Meanas has an ability which can tell him how many people are at his current location - apparently not who they are, though, but it still might be of use to you at some point. As I said, our team requires a lot of teamwork!

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 02:11 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 02:06 PM, said:

something interesting going on

Thinks there a chance Jalan is right about Lio being our Card Shark?

Hehe, Meanas asked me this yesterday as well. My answer was that I don't think it is Liosan. Liosan called out Jalan for a shoot-out yesterday - I don't see why the Card Shark would do that when they're the worst of any of us four at fighting. I thought that the Card Shark was just taking advantage of knowing where two people would be to make the Wager there Russian Roulette.


However...if Lio's objective was really only to move Jalan and not to really fight him, then maybe he really could be the Shark - which would be a royal pain.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 02:24 PM, said:

I forgot to tell you - Bek Okhan's debating heavily about who to vote for because he doesn't want to waste the Bullets is a façade. He told me that he doesn't have to pay the Bullet cost to vote and remove vote, he can do it as freely as he wants.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 02:35 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 02:27 PM, said:

Are you nervous/jittery today?

I did read your codes about locations and fourth member.

I will move to you, invest remaining cards & target both of them

Awesomesauce. Sorry, I'm just trying to do about four things at the same time, and I have a bad internet connection.

I think perhaps our best bet is to not have a vote happen at all today - there's too much risk that one of our team is on any of the current lynch choices. So I would stall as much as possible unless it becomes imperative for you to vote one way or another.


I'll be away now for 6-7 hours. Hopefully speak later!

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 08:53 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 08:51 PM, said:

your old pal Meanas is voting for a Mayor that is going to see you lynched


Edit: of course it could be a trick

I think It must be because of something Lio told him. He's either trying to stall the lymch trains, or...something else. I doubt he's turned turncoat in any way, but whatever Lio told him must be having an effect. He wants to friend you, but I doubt either of you have the Hearts for it. Any Cheat dice you could use instead?

[Merrid]

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:00 PM, said:

That's sounds reasonable. I have no hearts and few cheat dice. Could there be another way? If Lio was in fact our card guy, then we would need to stall or get Barghy elected right?

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:10 PM, said:

what is he doing

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:12 PM, said:

can you create health dice or only refill partial ones?

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:22 PM, said:

I think Meanas may have been forced to vote for Hentos by someone's ability.


As for your health dice question, as far as I am aware, for you guys I can only refill the pips you have lost, not create new ones. For myself, I can go a bit above that with a special ability.

It's up to you if you think it's worth using your cheat dice to friendship Meanas.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:27 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:23 PM, said:

what if I send him a telegram?

Too risky, people will take notice as it will be the first one of the game. Plus, it won't tell you anything, because it's he who needs to tell you something, not the other way round. So I wouldn't do it.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:32 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:29 PM, said:

so frustrated, I know Ment is cursing me - he already knows I'm on his team? Why would he want to tell me and not you? Is he doing stitched to show me how to recover some heart? That seems like it would draw some attention to the connection as well

No, he did it because he ran out of bullets. He performed Stitches - sacrificed a heart pip in order to reset a used die. In this case, his Bullets die. So that he could then remove his presumably forced vote, and place it somewhere where he actually wants to place it.


He definitely knows you're on his team, yeah. He knows I can't friend him because I already made you friend me, so it's obvious I have no hearts dice left to play with. And I told in our convo yesterday that I've already used my only Cheat [2] die.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:37 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:34 PM, said:

I have 1 Cheat (2) die, or I could use the Stitches power - you think Cheat is the way to go? How do I use it, just send a PM to Taps?

I don't think you necessarily need to do either - I think Meanas is over his little hiccup now. If you feel safe sacrificing 1 pip of health, Stitches might be the better way of going, you never know when the need for that Cheat die will be more urgent. As for how you use it, same as with anything else, just put in your action thread that you've set up a friendship and used your Cheat die rather than Hearts. But as I said, if you did decide to do it, I'd probably go with Stitches (presumably you're in no immediate danger of low health?).

If you did do Stitches, I would say on thread something like, "I'm might curious about what the hell is going on with Meanas, so...Stitches...Friendship with Meanas."

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

And I've just realised if you get in touch with Meanas, and he tells you that Liosan is Aces as well, then there's no need for me to find him tonight, in which case I can use my ability to restore that pip of Health on the both of you.

But that would be only if he does indeed say that Lio is on our side

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:41 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:

You know, I'm the kind of guy that saves all his loot until the end of the adventure to fight the boss. That usually just means you are carrying a lot of treasure when you die.

lol

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 09:43 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 09:42 PM, said:

I guess as long as I can serve as middle man we could communicate a bit. I hope it doesn't out us as a team

You gotta bet big to win big!

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:20 PM, said:

Gah! What's going on? The suspense is killing me!

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 10:34 PM, said:

okay, working - dual monitors engage

1. stitches = bullets for revoting, it was to find out what Lio knew per Grasp (still don't know what it is)

2. he never did pick up on your signaling about me

3.he's voting Jalan, currently at the Shack

4. was told BO is at Mormon's Place, he's channeler. Lock is a wager type (unknown) Grasp may be University

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 10:38 PM, said:

5. Lio is out of sanity points, Lio thinks Lock is Card SHark (Meanas uncertain)

6.Grasp suspects Meanas faction - Meanas told him that Fanderay is on his faction as a deception. Grasp think Ultama is Southern Scion.


I have told him of out plan to invest in our locations. He agrees, is working on Mud Street.

He will blow up Wallace office Night 4. HE wants to coordinate with Card Chark

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:38 PM, said:

Good stuff - and bad Ment for not picking up the code, I did it twice goddamn it. I thought when he backed off on lynching you he understood it - especially after I began a friendship with you!!

Give him the code for saying which alt is at which location.

Does he plan to stay at the Shack?

Does he need healing or can he wait an extra day/night?

As I suspected about BO being at Mormon's - that might be your kill target then HO. But you have to be very careful, a lot of La Rua will be at Mormon's, if not all of them, and they can take your Sanity right down.

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 10:39 PM, said:

standing by now - what shall I tell him from you?

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:41 PM, said:

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 10:38 PM, said:

5. Lio is out of sanity points, Lio thinks Lock is Card SHark (Meanas uncertain)

6.Grasp suspects Meanas faction - Meanas told him that Fanderay is on his faction as a deception. Grasp think Ultama is Southern Scion.


I have told him of out plan to invest in our locations. He agrees, is working on Mud Street.

He will blow up Wallace office Night 4. HE wants to coordinate with Card Chark

Ah, so Lio is an independent now then. Dangerous!

What does he mean by blow up? And if he wants to know who the last member of our gang is, then he'd better look out for my signal tomorrow!

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:48 PM, said:

Having checked over a couple of things, I think Denul is Corporate Cult. He had to do True Grit today - raise his Sanity, which means he was hit by the summoners who are most likely La Rua (though possibly also University). La Rua and Corporate are vying for Mormon's, so that is where he is most likely to have had his Sanity sapped.

You can tell Meanas that assumption.

Tell him I plan to stay at Outlaw's until it's taken over, then I will move on to one of the other locations we need to take over.

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:55 PM, said:

Does he know what location Lio is at? I wouldn't want him surviving a lynch and then removing our health. I wonder if he can be manipulated into moving in a certain direction - say the Mormon's House? Does he know what faction Lio used to be?


Oh, tell him that my convo with Bek Okhan didn't reveal too much. Bek can vote and remove vote as many times as he likes without using any Bullets to pay for it. I also said to Bek that I would do a find for him in exchange for his vote for Jalan, but he hasn't yet got back to me on what find to do.

Rashan, on 29 August 2013 - 11:00 PM, said:

he's moving tonight, farming pixie dust & investing in mud street then going to Wallace's to blow up Nite 4

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 11:31 PM, said:

Not much left to say I don't think (probably something vital we've all forgotten). Just remind him to look out for the code for the Card Shark identity tomorrow!!

Who out of us three will start a Friendship with the Card Shark tomorrow? If I do, then it will cost me another Cheat die. Whoever does needs to make sure Card Shark gets ALL the info we've shared with each other.

After Outlaw's is taken over, I will move to The Fleece Spring. I think the Meanas and the Card Shark, after the Judge Wallace thing, should look at trying to take over Betty's Bar. HO, as the Gunslinger, you're our floater, taking out anyone who threatens us, so it's important we all are aware how to direct you to wherever you're needed.


HO, can you give me a rundown of all your abilities and items? I think it's important that we have as much detailed info on each other as possible.

Rashan, on 30 August 2013 - 01:17 AM, said:

I don't care to be friends with the CS

I will try to stay with you unless I have a reason to move out - I'm offense - I have 3 shots, they are pretty fast & decent damage I have enhanced items this way. so far I get a free shot if I miss the 1st, +2 speed. I'm still trying to figure out how to use them.

I can move to a players location in Day, I can guard if my speed is better than theirs, most is about speed

I can get sanity with a kill, or XP with a speed attack but its item based

Rashan, on 30 August 2013 - 01:45 AM, said:

Apparently MEanas had another 5 bullet die he was hiding when he used the stitch, tricky devil

I would copy my chart but that seems somehow wrong

I can boost my speed on one shot and ignore a dodge - just get me some targets man

Merrid, on 30 August 2013 - 02:28 AM, said:

One of the cheaper cantrips can dare someone to give you their location - Call Out I think it's called. It's not perfect for what you need, but I think it's worth keeping in mind.


At the moment we know the La Rua are likely to be, at least every so often, at Mormon's House. We just need to know who they are. Bek is almost certainly one.


What you can try and do is match investments to what we know about players. So, for instance, if Denul is Corporate Cult, he's likely to be on one of the locations the Cult has been investing in.


If you're sticking with me as I said I'll move to Fleece Springs after Outlaw's. And it may be better for now for you to stick to Wilderness locations because of the whole Wanted thing. In Wilderness you can kill freely.

I can start doing regular finds as well as looking for the Card Shark. The regular find will only work if the target is at the same location as me, BUT that will act as a great locator for you if I do manage to strike it lucky on a find.


Which cards (and how many) are you planning to invest in Outlaw's today?

Merrid, on 30 August 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

Bloody hell I'm an idiot.

Rashan, I've just realised that I can create an item which will move a player to my location! That would be a great way of bringing targets to you, rather than you going to them!

Merrid, on 30 August 2013 - 09:41 AM, said:

If I use my Lasso item to move a player during the Day movement phase, that means at night they will be at my location. If you're there too, you can attack them.

If I decide to bring someone, I will do the misspelled alt name, misspelled word code. If you see it is the same location as us, then in all likelihood that's someone I'm suggesting bringing over to us. To confirm that you're okay with this, quote the post I've done it in on thread, and just reply with whatever. If you're not okay with the choice or the timing of the choice, don't respond to the post at all.

[Merrid]

DAY 4 FRIENDSHIP WITH LIOSAN:

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 10:30 AM, said:

Hi Lio, I have a question for you.

What faction were you in before you became an independent?

Liosan, on 02 September 2013 - 04:44 PM, said:

Hey. Busy this morning but should have some time in a couple of hours if you are around. Let me know what info interests you and we can trade

Sounds good. You first then barghast. Faction alignment trade?

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 04:48 PM, said:

Great. I'll be around then, yeah. How we start this negotiation might be tricky, but I suspect that we can be of mutual benefit to each other

I've been refreshing all day to see if you've messaged me, so you can understand that I do want to talk to you quite a bit

Liosan, on 02 September 2013 - 05:51 PM, said:

Ok, around. So what do you want to trade? Obviously I have info from my prior two conversations, I have information on myself and the happenings of locations I've been. And more.

I'll kick things off by saying I was CC. You're faction? (or equivalent information value?)

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 06:47 PM, said:

Ah, if you're telling the truth you are not the person whom I am looking for. Which at least tells you that I am not CC. Still, in exchange for your honesty - although I don't know if this is of any use to you anymore - I can tell you that Denul is, unless I've been tricked, of the CC.

What happened to you anyway? Too many La Rua around you?

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 07:29 PM, said:

Liosan, on 02 September 2013 - 07:18 PM, said:

Or south, or university. Who knows.

Sorry to disappoint. Thanks for the tip on Denul.

Presumably, health is what you're after. Quite badly, if that Constitution thing is any indicator. I may know where/how you can get some (not from me, I hasten to add, but I learned something early on in this game which would be of value to you).

Now, I reckon this may be some very valuable info to you, so I would require something concrete in return. At the moment, I'm most interested in faction alignments, as I still remain in the dark probably more than most (at least, that's what it feels like). Would you know any for certain that you'd be willing to share?

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 08:18 PM, said:

Liosan, on 02 September 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

well, I can give you what others have told me. how about info on three people.

Hmm, I'd need certainties really. Otherwise it's just speculation, and I can do that myself. How about location information? Do you happen to know who was where on what day in any instance?

Liosan, on 02 September 2013 - 08:42 PM, said:

well, i can tell you that lock told me he was at ddd on the same day that i moved jalan there. lock claimed he would try to take down jalan with a wager.

and i can tell u i lost 5 sanity hanging round mud street day 1, and 3 sanity during my day 2 on ddd and night on judge's doorstep

who can get me health?

Merrid, on 02 September 2013 - 10:22 PM, said:

Sorry for taking so long to reply.

Alright. I have an ability which, if I target successfully, can tell me what used Temporary Alts do. I've only been successful once, but I think it's definitely of use to you. All those who are standing at the same location as the Longhorn when it's killed, no matter which faction they belong to, are granted 1 pip of health. Now, a Longhorn has been killed every day at Outlaw's Refuge, presumably by the Cattle Thief, and that location still hasn't been taken over, so odds are that they'll still be there for today, and that we'll see another Longhorn death there.


Do you have any other info you'd be willing to share about others? I might have other info to share as well.

Liosan, on 03 September 2013 - 01:07 AM, said:

So, Meanas wanted to keep you alive because you are supposedly a great source of information. I would love access to that source.

I have one big prize I'm willing to sell for a steep price. I have another character sheet other than my own. For the 100% confirmed (no speculation) roles and alignments of 4 other players who are not currently dead (3 before getting the sheet and 1 after getting the goods), I will provide this sheet.

Another option is to give me a character sheet in exchange, but other than your own, I doubt you would have that....

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 01:39 AM, said:

Meanas said that did they? How sweet. Bah, you give a person one good tip and they go blabbing to all and sundry.

Your offer is not as juicy as perhaps you imagine, even if I had that kind of info to share with you. A character sheet is not worth much to me without knowing to which player it belongs. Besides, I didn't even get a thank you for the info I've given you already.

I am curious, though. What do you intend to do now? Eke out an existence for as long as you can, or continue to help your old team if possible?

Liosan, on 03 September 2013 - 02:02 AM, said:

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 01:39 AM, said:

Meanas said that did they? How sweet. Bah, you give a person one good tip and they go blabbing to all and sundry.

Your offer is not as juicy as perhaps you imagine, even if I had that kind of info to share with you. A character sheet is not worth much to me without knowing to which player it belongs. Besides, I didn't even get a thank you for the info I've given you already.

I am curious, though. What do you intend to do now? Eke out an existence for as long as you can, or continue to help your old team if possible?

Ding ding ding. You got it boyo. Survival and throwing a bone to my alma mater. I would be willing to betray them for the right price though (for their greater good if I can find them down the road, of course )

Liosan, on 03 September 2013 - 02:13 AM, said:

And here is a juicy tidbit, hot off the press from Bargy:

Night 1:
Barghy: -1 sanity on Fleece
Denul: -6 sanity on Mud Spring
Cast: -3 sanity on ?

Night 2:
Cast -2 sanity on ?
Barghy: -2 sanity on DDD

[Merrid]

DAY 5 FRIENDSHIP WITH MEANAS:

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 12:58 PM, said:

Ok, Khell sincerely hoping you've got some good news.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:02 PM, said:

Sorry for being away - work. I'm just heading home now and will send a detailed message in about half an hour. It's a good news, bad news kind of deal.

Were you asking for healing yesterday, or was that just Ment being Ment?

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 03:12 PM, said:

nope, I was asking. Mucho gracias, since I lost some health to Lio during the day, and I think someone took a potshot at me at night (or might've been more crazies)

waiting on that msg.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:45 PM, said:

I lost some health last night too - I was made to take off one pip of health from 3 health dice (or two from one and one from another). But I healed for two at the same time so only lost one overall.

Alright, so here's the deal: The night before last I tried to do a find for the Card Shark: PS informed me that I have no team members left to find, which either means they were never in the game, or they've gone insane. Now, since we've been seeing Russian Roulette's which is the Card Shark's Knack, I've gone with the assumption that they are now, unfortunately, insane.

And I believe it's Cast. I did a fairly exhaustive trawl through everyone's posts and I came up with him and Nimander as being the likeliest candidates (Nimander because he talked about gambling a few times, I thought it might have been a signal). Cast has several times earlier in the game approached me personally in a friendly manner, which suggests to me that he might know who I am. Cast appears to be insane both because of his posts suggesting as such, and because of something which Liosan told me in our convo yesterday.

Liosan was talking to Barghast at the same time. Barghast appears to know when people lose Sanity in certain locations (possibly the locations they themselves are in at the same time, and this also explains why Barghy talks about Sanity all the time) - Lio relayed what Barghy told him to me and if he was telling the truth Cast lost Sanity points on several occasions, so it doesn't look like it's just an act.

I want to make contact with Cast, and if I can confirm that they are the Card Shark, I want to get them on board to continue helping us. I can counter his Health pips loss, if I create a Longhorn, tell him which alt it is, and he himself kills it. This is also why I asked you to start the conversation, because I need as many Health cards as possible right now (the majority of my actions depend on them).

Alright, on to the second part of what I want to say...

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

My notes on who is in what faction:

I believe Denul is the Locomindhive of the Corporate Cult. They have a severe lack of bullets and a hatred of summoners. He could be the Enginseer of the University too but I think this is less likely.

When Lock (South faction) was alive, they wanted to talk to both Grasp and Barghast pretty badly, several times in a short space of time asking for friendships. So I think at least one, if not both, of those is of the South. I'm more certain with Grasp on that one, as I think Barghast could be University too.

Grasp had a sudden urge to talk to Nimander - I think those two might be in the same faction.


On to the third part - strategy.

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 03:54 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

My notes on who is in what faction:

I believe Denul is the Locomindhive of the Corporate Cult. They have a severe lack of bullets and a hatred of summoners. He could be the Enginseer of the University too but I think this is less likely.

When Lock (South faction) was alive, they wanted to talk to both Grasp and Barghast pretty badly, several times in a short space of time asking for friendships. So I think at least one, if not both, of those is of the South. I'm more certain with Grasp on that one, as I think Barghast could be University too.

Grasp had a sudden urge to talk to Nimander - I think those two might be in the same faction.


On to the third part - strategy.

Since we're comparing notes--I think Grasp might be Uni. The impression I got from talking to Liosan. Thing is, University's really hard to pin down, b/c of the whole Student of tech mix and matching abilities thing.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:57 PM, said:

It is unfortunate that we have lost control of Mud Street (well done of Wallace's Office, by the way). What I want is for Cast (if they are the Card Shark) to remain on Mud Street and see if they can hurt the University from there.

As for us, I know we discussed you going to Betty's and Rash and I going to Fleece Springs now that Outlaw's is ours. However, having taken a close look at our abilities, I think we might be best served all being on the same location. Here's why:

1) I have an ability which can bring anyone to my location.

2) You have an Knack which stops anyone from moving elsewhere before you do.

3) Rashan kills people.


We try and select the University members. I bring them, you keep them, Rashan kills them. We would have to do this at Fleece Springs because Rashan has instructions to go there next, so unless one of us gets in touch with him he won't go anywhere else. At the same time we invest whatever we can into Fleece Springs. Once it's done, we can move to Mud Street (or stay there and continue killing, I suppose)

What do you think?

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:59 PM, said:

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 03:52 PM, said:

hrrm. Why'd you signal that Lio was an Ace yest?

Ugh, I jumped the gun on that one, sorry. I assumed he was the only insane person around for some stupid reason. Luckily, I quickly found out that he was not of the Aces before revealing anything to him. And then I gave him a cock-a-hoop story about him being able to get healing at Outlaw's. After that I signalled to Rashan to target and kill Liosan. But Liosan was killed before he ever even came down

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 04:02 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 03:57 PM, said:

It is unfortunate that we have lost control of Mud Street (well done of Wallace's Office, by the way). What I want is for Cast (if they are the Card Shark) to remain on Mud Street and see if they can hurt the University from there.

As for us, I know we discussed you going to Betty's and Rash and I going to Fleece Springs now that Outlaw's is ours. However, having taken a close look at our abilities, I think we might be best served all being on the same location. Here's why:

1) I have an ability which can bring anyone to my location.

2) You have an Knack which stops anyone from moving elsewhere before you do.

3) Rashan kills people.


We try and select the University members. I bring them, you keep them, Rashan kills them. We would have to do this at Fleece Springs because Rashan has instructions to go there next, so unless one of us gets in touch with him he won't go anywhere else. At the same time we invest whatever we can into Fleece Springs. Once it's done, we can move to Mud Street (or stay there and continue killing, I suppose)

What do you think?

sounds good. I REALLY wanna get out of Mud Street--I took a -3 sanity hit yesterday. I'm down to 5, and contemplating stitching myself up.

it sucks that we lost Mud street, but without our Card Shark, we're SOL on investments--my cards suck, and that night I got control of Mud Street I spent so much I couldn't even re-Attune all my dice. All 3 of us we could probably grab Fleece springs quickly though.

The bright thing: if anyone else has access to Dynamite (the item I used to destroy Wallace's), they can't use it on BBB, because dynamite can't destroy Public locations. So kudos to whomever turned it public.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 04:06 PM, said:

Heh, wasn't me who turned Betty's public, but sounds like a good thing then!

The other advantage of Fleece Springs is that, of course, it's Wilderness, so no Wanted posters for us.

The disadvantage may be that whoever targeted me last night, if they were at Outlaw's themselves, probably now suspects I'm of the Aces, and can guess I'd go to Fleece Springs next. I think the likeliest candidate is Barghast, because I suspect that Liosan may have told to Barghast what I told Liosan about healing at Outlaw's. Basically, I want to bring Barghast to Fleece Springs first

So at the moment we think Grasp and Barghy for Uni?

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 04:19 PM, said:

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 04:13 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 04:08 PM, said:

Also, have you managed to put any XP into the Hero pool yet? I've put in 2 (maybe 3, but I think 2), and kept 1 for myself to upgrade my Hearts a little. I can now create up to two Longhorns in one day (that is, if there's space - according to PS I'm low down the pecking order when it comes to summoners, those who use more cards, pixie dust etc get priority).


Do you need any further healing?

If you could spare some, it'd be nice. Once i stitch myself up, I'm down to 4:1 on health.

I haven't gotten any XP, because I've tried to keep a low profile and avoid shooting. Given we're all doing so much talking, I wish I had some XP to get more hearts, too. I'm pretty indifferent about Wagers, but better cards would allow me to invest more efficiently.

You might be able to get XP if you help Rashan with the killing at Fleece Springs (i.e. both of you target the person I pull in). There's no point in me doing it because I am AWFUL at shooting (I have an Aim of 1).

I had thought you blowing up Wallace's would have been deserving of XP!

Ok, so you're on/will be on 4:1. I'm on 4:2 myself. If you get XP, you could always consider putting it into health pips. Alright. I'm going to see how convincing Cast in starting a friendship with me goes, and then I'll see what I can sort out (there's no guarantee because I might not even be able to summon with only 3 alts now available - we might want to consider reeling in someone we think is a summoner in order to get rid of the competition in that department). But this will have to wait until this evening, after football.

[Merrid]

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 04:23 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 04:06 PM, said:

Heh, wasn't me who turned Betty's public, but sounds like a good thing then!

The other advantage of Fleece Springs is that, of course, it's Wilderness, so no Wanted posters for us.

The disadvantage may be that whoever targeted me last night, if they were at Outlaw's themselves, probably now suspects I'm of the Aces, and can guess I'd go to Fleece Springs next. I think the likeliest candidate is Barghast, because I suspect that Liosan may have told to Barghast what I told Liosan about healing at Outlaw's. Basically, I want to bring Barghast to Fleece Springs first

So at the moment we think Grasp and Barghy for Uni?

I'm not sure what to think of Barg, tbh. His analysis downplays Ace's position-he's done that several times. Not sure if honest omissions, or smth more.

There's also his comment on Russian Roulette-and lo and behold, we got one.

I'm tempted to burn my one big cheat die to do a faction find on him.

As a side note: moving to Fleece gives us a chance to kill the LR who's been investing there.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 04:31 PM, said:

I can also do finds on people, but they have to be in the same location as me. I think that comment just reminded the CS that they could do it, to be honest I actually thought Bargh focuses a hell of a lot on the Aces - Cattle Thief here, Bank Robber there, etc etc, which to me speaks of someone who doesn't care about giving that kind of info away, i.e. not a team member.

If you want to send me a list of preferences for who you want to see us attack that would be good. If we can agree on the list order, then we probably won't need to get in touch again about who to target. Also, did Rash forward you the codes for saying who is where? That's how I'll say who I'm bringing to Fleece.

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 04:39 PM, said:

yeah. I signalled Mud Street yesterday,

And yeah, he talks about us a lot, but when it comes to VCs he constantly downplays us... like saying "they've only got 1 location", instead of 2, and such. so ionno.

I'll think on this list. But don't expect it till evening.

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 10:48 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 10:39 PM, said:

Looks like Barghast is off the University suspect list - or at least he's doing a good impression of not being in that faction. Sounds to me like he's South.

We've got:

Barghast
Demelain
Denul
Fanderay
Grasp
Hentos Ilm
Nimander Golit


We need to get the list sorted so that I can send a signal to Rashan about who to target.

I would go

Grasp
Fanderay
Nimander Golit
Barghast
Demelain
Denul
Hentos Ilm

hrrm seem good.

I'd move up Dem a little-he was all active early on (with a dislike of you), and went really quiet after. NG was pretty constantly not here all game. Changes in behaviour always worry me more. I agree that Grasp is first priority though.

Hentos is a non-entity. How is he still not modkilled?

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 10:54 PM, said:

Yup, the reason I've got Hentos at the bottom because I think they might be modkilled. Demelain's lower down because they genuinely to seem to be paying less attention to the game because of RL issues - I'm always more wary of the higher participants. Denul is low down because I'm thinking they're the Locomindhive, who I don't think will be a huge threat without the rest of his Cult (still, they could be the Enginseer, but I think Barghy may actually be correct for once about something, re Fanderay being the Enginseer).

Alright,

Grasp
Fanderay
Nimander
Demelain
Barghast
Denul
Hentos


I will Lasso Grasp to Fleece Springs in the first movement phase. Actually, I have to check something with PS about that...

Meanas, on 05 September 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 11:04 PM, said:

I think I will also do finds on all the players we Lasso in - in case they survive the night so we know what we're dealing with. I'll inform you who it is by the next day quoting a post from our target, and beginning the sentence with the letter with which their faction begins (i.e. either L, S, U, or C). If I also find out their actual role within the faction, I will also put in a number (or something like 'first', 'fourthly', etc.) corresponding to the order Tapper put them in on the first page, to indicate to you which role they are (e.g. If I say, "Can't do that. First, because...", it means they're the Acquisition Agent of the Corporate Cult).

Okey dokeys?



This will mean that I will basically only have Diamonds and Spades to invest.

Well, hearts are a problem for everyone, so don't worry too much.

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 11:22 PM, said:

Damn, Fanderay is sounding pretty convincing to me...think Barghy's putting on a show about not being Uni, knowing that all his faction-mates are aware that he is on their side?

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 11:54 PM, said:

I think Grasp is either Teslamancer or Texas Ranger.

Meanas, on 06 September 2013 - 12:18 AM, said:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 12:11 AM, said:

So Fanderay is either La Rua or South.

either way helps our case. South and LRs both got hexers aplenty and that kills sanity.

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 12:42 AM, said:

Meanas, on 06 September 2013 - 12:35 AM, said:

could be Iron Worker who upgraded Spades.

also, Card Shark matches, lol

Iron Worker's dead, it was Liosan. But yeah, could be Card Shark

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 12:45 AM, said:

Bah, I'm putting Barghast higher up again - I've just got a bad feeling about him Final list. I'm going to telegram Rashan everything we talked about.

Grasp
Fanderay
Nimander
Barghast
Demelain
Denul
Hentos

Meanas, on 06 September 2013 - 02:43 AM, said:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 02:13 AM, said:

I've got a sudden fear that the person who targetted me last night is going to somehow keep me on Outlaw's I bet it's Barghast!

I got him as my lynchee, just get some people to appoint me judge, lol

[Merrid]

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 01:23 PM, said:

Meanas, on 06 September 2013 - 01:08 PM, said:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 12:08 PM, said:

I'm doing seven actions today, including voting, using up all my bullets At least, that's the theory, if everything works out alright.

I would lynch Cast simply on the chance that it's Brujah.

impressive. I'm gonna do my pixie-gathering ability @ fleece. it'll let us know how many ppl were there at night--I get 1 pixie for every person present @ the location. I'll include a number in my first post after day is announced.

Sounds good. I'm really wishing for PS to come and answer my bajillion questions...

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 01:35 PM, said:

Grasp is on Mud Street and so are you. Presumably that won't be a problem for me getting him over to Fleece, because you're moving too? I hope so.


If something happens and I'm blocked from moving to Fleece, I will say, "What a bad start to the weekend/week" (depending on when I post). You could use that line yourself if something happens to you. If I am blocked, Grasp will be moved to Outlaw's, in which case you and Rashan could come to me on Outlaw's the next day. I can stop Grasp from moving out again before you arrive with another ability.

[Merrid]

DAY 5 TELEGRAM TO RASHAN:

Merrid, on 06 September 2013 - 01:44 AM, said:

Alright HO, this is what Ment and I have cooked up. Basically, we’re all going to have a party on Fleece Springs. You should be on your way there today, as I think you know. Together, we can do a lot of damage.

1) I will reel in a target using my Lasso ability.
2) Meanas’ Knack means they won’t be able to leave Fleece Springs until after he does – and he won’t be.
3) You target and kill them until dead. Meanas may also join you in the targetting and killing. Hopefully it will only take the one night to off them, but even if it doesn’t, Meanas’ Knack means they’re not going anywhere and you can keep targetting them until they expire.
4) Profit!

This is the list we’re going with, so you don’t need to look out for signals from me. We’ve tried to put potential Uni faction members at the top, but really we only have vague ideas:

Grasp
Fanderay
Nimander
Barghast
Demelain
Denul
Hentos

So Grasp is your first target. Once the person at the top of the list is dead/lynched, we’ll move on to the next, unless emergency changes are required.

I will also do finds on all the players we Lasso in - in case they survive the night so we know what we're dealing with. I'll inform you who it is by the next day quoting a post from our target, and beginning the sentence with the letter with which their faction begins (i.e. either L, S, U, or C). If I also find out their actual role within the faction, I will also put in a number (or something like 'first', 'fourthly', etc.) corresponding to the order Tapper put them in on the first page, to indicate to you which role they are (e.g. If I say, "Can't do that. First, because...", it means they're the Acquisition Agent of the Corporate Cult).
Don’t forget to invest in Fleece Springs what you can – Hearts are particularly helpful.

Good luck!


P.S. I think Cast may be our insane Card Shark. Night before last PS told me I had no more faction members left to discover. Ah well.

[Merrid]

JUDGE AND LYNCH CHOICE THREAD:

Merrid, on 22 August 2013 - 12:36 AM, said:

Day 1:

Judge - Fanderay
Lynch - Denul

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 12:53 AM, said:

Day 2:

Judge: Meanas
Lynch: Denul

Merrid, on 27 August 2013 - 10:11 AM, said:

Ooops, forgot it was two lynches. So for lynch Day 2: Denul and Hanas.

Path-Shaper, on 29 August 2013 - 02:06 PM, said:

Merrid, on 29 August 2013 - 10:14 AM, said:

Merrid, on 28 August 2013 - 08:13 PM, said:

Day 3:

Judge: Meanas
Lynch: Denul, Demelain, Hentos Ilm

Hmm, it won't matter, but remove Denul from that list. I only want two lynched if I'm Judge.

oki.

Merrid, on 03 September 2013 - 07:10 PM, said:

Day 4:

Judge: Liosan (so he lynches himself)
Lynch: Jalan

Merrid, on 05 September 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

Day 5:

Judge: Barghast
Lynch: Grasp

Merrid, on 10 September 2013 - 01:47 AM, said:

Day 6:

Mayor: Meanas
Lynch: Barghast

[Merrid]

That's it, Merrid the Cattle Thief over and out!


Aces high!!!