The Syndicate

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2017 1:22 pm Who or what caused the doctor to due?

Epignosis chose you as his kill target on Night 2.

Sorry Daisy, but Tranq wasn't your teammate.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:53 pm

Long Con wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:52 pm Fun little things:

Epignosis and Elohcin both randomly getting Metal. We thought they'd get Temp BTSC night 1 and started the first alliance
Glorfindel getting to be Holy. Perfect for that saint of a man.
Sprityo as Spirit. LOL Spirityo!

DH as Darkness... I know he liked that. Why couldn't HE have chosen a Holy??

Fun little things:

Epignosis and Elohcin both randomly getting Metal. We thought they'd get Temp BTSC night 1 and start the first alliance
Glorfindel getting to be Holy. Perfect for that saint of a man.
Sprityo as Spirit. LOL Spirityo!

The final game situation was not what we intended, but half of you had kills, and failed to use them on speedchuck, who openly made an alliance with Holy in the thread early on. That was a big mistake. Our mistake was letting Spacedaisy join the game as a Holy. She should have just been a Fire. Holy was originally intended to be a one-of element with some great power possibilities, and the game couldn't handle two Holies that no one had the wherewithal to lynch or kill, even in the face of obvious advantage-taking.

Spacedaisy and Glorfindel did not end up winning, because Tranq was decided as the Last Man Standing. Both Psionics received a Teammate Win because of it. If speedchuck had won, then Tranq, Glorfindelk, and Spacedaisy would have won as a result. Quin's win would have brought along Tranq and Spacedaisy. This situation was caused by abuse of the Teammate power created by mixing Holy and Psionic, and secondarily by Holy and Spirit switching elements.

The entire game was directed by unlikely coincidence. Both Fires killed by Water before Night 1. Six kills on Night 2 (although S~V~S chose not to use hers for some reason).

Anyway, thanks for playing this experimental game. We learned a lot, and I hope that you'll play Elemental Mafia 2 someday when it comes around. Armed with the knowledge we now have, we are already planning ways to make it better. Suggestions are more than welcome - I think there is a lot of potential with this kind of concept.

Add an Element Triple element brew
Blind Rage Your vote is worth 0 on any player other than your target until your target is eliminated. Your vote is worth 2 on your target.
Blind Vote Players will PM votes in the next lynch
Bomb You become a Bomb for the rest of the game; if you are lynched, someone who voted for you will also die
Boon Receive something you need
BTSC Knowledge You get to know who has had BTSC, and when
Coupler Link two players together by power effects and win condition
Curser Create a curse whose rules your target is required to follow
Deflector Anyone targeting you tonight will be deflected randomly to another target
Dust Storm Each player must vote for three people next lynch
Element Check Find out the elements of two players
Elemental Info Find out three combination results
Exchange Effects that target one player affect the other
Exchange Elements Spirit becomes Holy and vice versa
Fake Message Send a message to another player that appears to be from someone else
Forced Alliance Your target may not vote for you in the next three lynches
Hunger Put the Fear into
Immunity You will be removed from the poll the next day
Kill You may choose a player to kill tonight
Kill Craze Holy kills Darkness; Darkness gains a permanent kill
Kill Survive You will survive the next nightkill attempt
Kills Fire If Fire and Water interact, Fire will die
Lynch Deflect If you get lynched, someone else randomly gets it
Message Sender Send a message to the player of your choice
Null shield Protection from non-lethal effects tonight
Poison Choose a player and they will accumulate an extra vote each day for the rest of the game
Power Redirector Choose a new target for someone's power tonight, if applicable
Power Steal Choose a player and you will control their power tonight
Reborn If you die, you will come back to life after 2 phases.
Restore Balance All standing effects and stored powers are eliminated
Reveal Choose a player, and their action will be revealed in the night post
Role Blocker Target will not be able to use his role
Seduction Your target may not target you with harmful effects for the rest of the game
Showdown Poll You and your target are the only two on the following poll
Silence Target is limited to ten words today.
Teammate You and your target will gain BTSC and win together
Temp BTSC Gain BTSC with your target for the night
Two Lynched Top two in the next lynch will die
Vote +3 Three extra votes in the next lynch
Vote Nullify Make someone's vote worth zero in the next lynch
Vote Remove You may remove two votes from yourself at some point in the game

Mediocrates looked down at the elements on the table before him, elements which had seemingly reached a stasis point, all reactions ceased. Satisfied, he took his notebook and scrawled a final few notes.

The Holy/Psionic reaction has overwhelmed the other elements in an almost parasitic way. Certain reactions may have caused hallucinations; next time around, safety apparatus will be of the utmost importance. Still... some of the insights gained will take time and meditation to fully analyze. Disposal of the elements commencing.

The alchemist swept the elements from the table into a trash bin. As he turned away, a glimmer caught his eye. A fragment of Holy had remained on the table, glimmering and shifting in an uplifting way. As he reached for it, it began to ascend, floating up to the ceiling and through... he could only assume, to Heaven.

Mediocrates yawned, and rubbed his aching head as he leaned over the experiment, ready to take some notes. Unfortunately, the current condition of the elements was... relatively stable. Not much to note.

Perhaps it was time to accelerate this experiment.

The Psionics held a mental conference.

He's half of the only fatal reaction left.

True, but we're the other half.

He could use us to kill... us!

And we could do the same to him. Twice over. Your point?

I don't want to be killed. We need to figure out a way to outsmart him.

Yes. It is what we do best, isn't it?

I was just thinking the same!

If he's going to kill one of us tonight, it seems like the most prudent course of action would be to kill him before tonight.

And that is just what they did.

Mediocrates leaned close to peer at the elements' latest fascinating interaction, when a drop of sweat fell from his forehead on to the tabletop.

"Gross," said Spacedaisy. "You're killing me here! I'm out of here." Earth and Psionic teamed up again, Earth forming into a naturally power-refracting ring of gem-lenses, and Psionic providing a telekinetic power surge. A portal formed, and Spacedaisy stepped through, gone to some other land, realm, or perhaps dimension.

The drop of sweat animated, and showed itself to be a familiar face...

Schunk

Mediocrates blinked his eyes, his vision hazy. A sound had woken him up, a sound from the table in front of him. Schunk

Focusing his eyes, he could see one of the Earth elements, a small shovel in its hands, digging, while the other remaining elements stood around him, sombre and serious. The Earth element, named Bass, wiped angry tears from his rocky eyes, leaning in and digging deeper.

"It's time," said Holy. "My child, you go now to your final rest."

Bass shook his head, "No, it's, it's not deep enough," he looked around, desperate. "I can't-"

"And yet you must," intoned Psionic emotionlessly. Psionic focused on Bass' mind, taking control and soothing him. "Fill it in."

Bass complied, as he had to, shovelling loads of Earth back into the grave he had just dug. Soon, the grave was full again, full of Earth that comprised his body, in a shallow patch of ground that was also Bass. Gravesite, grave, and corpse all in one body, the first Earth silently passed on.

Mediocrates had passed out from the various exotic fumes that came from the element fusions.

The elements looked upon him fondly, and with a little pity, for they knew the deadly results that could come from their interactions. Some looked around and knew that they could completely eliminate another element, but then yawned widely and decided to join Mediocrates for a nap.

Mediocrates felt as though he were sitting around a fire with the remaining elements, though the fire cast little light. The mood was sombre, as though a grave decision had been made.

As the alchemist watched, the last Spirit sample stepped forward, into the fire. As its form was consumed, it dissolved into many coloured wisps of light, that swirled up into the darkness above.

"She's got to go," said Psionic conspiratorially to Earth, as Mediocrates looked on. "I think we can work together on this." Earth nodded, and began to spread itself out across the table.

Psionic focussed its mental energies on the molecules of Earth, speeding up the movement on a subatomic level, and raising the temperature to desertlike levels.

Nutella realized she was sweating, but didn't know how dire her situation had gotten until she was nearly evaporated completely. Panicking suddenly, she ran for the table's edge, but vanished into steam before she could make it.

Psionic winked at Earth, and they high fived as the last Water disappeared from the experiment.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2017 9:13 pm Am I getting a rez?

The sooner night ends, the sooner you find out.

"You're not even a real element!" belllowed Earth, beating a fist to its rocky chest.

Mediocrates blinked. How long had he been out... had he been out? He felt a little like he had just woken up. Several elements had surrounded the two Metal samples, who looked frightened and defensive. Had they always looked like... little people?

"Actually," countered Metal, "there are over one hundred metallic elements on the Periodic Ta-"

"Shut up!" cried out Water, slapping the Metal down with a whiplike tentacle of liquid. "We're talking classic elements here!"

"Oh, what," hissed the other Metal, "like Psionic?! What is that even? And "Holy"?"

"Time for you to go," growled Psionic, stepping forward menacingly.

"Don't even think about touching me," intoned Metal, and something in his voice gave Psionic pause. "We will take our leave of this pathetic experiment on our own terms." Metal took Metal into his arms, and gazed deep into her eyes. "Let's go, baby."

And with that, the two Metals shimmered and shifted, him becoming a titanium and chromium alloy, her shifting into gold with silver and platinum delicately woven across the surface. They began to spin about one another, their forms stretching and twirling, rising into the air in a double helix dance before dissipating into a beautiful shimmering dust. Which Mediocrates promptly inhaled.

Tranq wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2017 12:03 am

insertnamehere wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 11:57 pm I fused with Tranq, which scrambled all actions directed at me. So, if someone tried to kill me last night, that would have been redirected to someone else.

That's pretty cool. Hosts: Can i fuse with myself?

Sure, but you would likely find the results very lame.

Mediocrates had begun to feel a little more clear-headed since he put on the breathing mask during the Dust Storm. However, when the storm ended, he had taken the mask off again, just as a cloud of scarlet red smoke from some chemical reaction puffed right up into his face. Rubbing his eyes and squinting down at the table, the scene that unfolded before him was horrifying. The elements were attacking each other viciously!

Before the alchemist's eyes, Water formed into a miniature tidal wave, and washed over one of the Darkness samples, refracting Light until it winked out of existence. Psionic and Earth came together, forming a lethal predator of stone, smashing one of the Waters so hard that is splashed right off the table. Darkness flowed into Metal, and then again, lashing out blades sharp enough to fatally cut Light and Air!

As the gasses continued to accumulate around the alchemist's head, he could hear a voice whispering... their names their true names you can know you can say hear read the names true names

His head spinning, he tried to grasp the edge of the table for support, but missed, and his head came crashing into the table as he overbalanced. As he moaned in pain, he peered across the table at tabletop level, and he could see within an element, beyond its form, to its very identity... as it grabbed hold of the other Darkness and shook the life out of it, it turned to him and he could hear its true name whispered...

Nutellaaaaa.....

We have a Polls thread now :http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com/viewto ... =20&t=1352

Day 1 Vote Tally:

sig - 13 (S~V~S, Tranq, speedchuck, DrWilgy, DharmaHelper, Elohcin, Sorsha, Jackofhearts2005, nutella, Gman, Golden, Bass_the_Clever, Dom)
No Lynch - 4 (Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, Quin)
Dom - 1 (Epignosis)


Day 2 Votes:

The chaos of the dust storm had finally begun to die down. Mediocrates, watching the events of the day unfold within the storm behind safety goggles and a breathing mask, scribbled frantically in his notebook, trying to keep up with what he was seeing.

Violent, volatile reactions were exploding across the table as elements swirled and crashed into one another. At one moment, it would seem like an element was certainly doomed by some deadly mixture, and the next that element was safe, and two others were in danger of discorporating.

In the end, only two elements were missing, their energy dissipated completely by the dust storm. Light and Spirit, the alchemist scribbled in his notes, there may be an inherent weakness therein to a violent reactive combination noted previously as 'Dust Storm'.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 11:52 pm @HOSTS - If No Lynch wins the majority of votes, will no one die?

I think that the most obvious answer is already obvious enough. If you don't come up with the right answer on your own, then maybe you are the kind of guy who likes surprises!

Mediocrates narrowed his eyes - what was Darkness up to? Shifting and slithering, he never fully trusted the black element, sometimes quite visible, but sometimes he wondered if he could see it at all. The Darkness seemed to be coalescing around Spirit, who watched, stoic and serene.

As the two elements mixed and blurred, dark violet tendrils snaked out across the table, striking the hearts of the other elements. Mediocrates could sense the level of wrath becoming slightly elevated, and he knew, on a primal level, that there would be more death today than there might have been. Perhaps not as much as yesterday - those poor flames, burned out so quickly!

The alchemist was so focused on Darkness and Spirit, that he didn't realize that Air and Earth had gotten into a tussle, and before he could react, a dust storm had swirled and spread across much of the table! Coughing and rubbing his eyes, Mediocrates leaned back in his chair, shaking his head and waiting for the storm to subside.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:57 pm

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:53 pm @hosts, are all interactions specific to the initial user? So if Fire visits water, fire dies. But if water visits fire then fire dies?

To explain further, the user has a different message than the other. Water would be "Water + Fire = The other player dies" and Fire would be "Fire + Water = You die."

There may be variances in how certain elements interact based on the acting element, and there may be instances where the order matters not. More experimentation is my solution. Only through experimentation can answers be truly discovered.

sprityo wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 12:01 am I dont know if anyone asked but, is there a rule on picking the same player? no consecutive picking or no picking a player more than once?

No consecutive picking. No double-targeting. You may combine with the same player/element more than once.

Mediocrates peered close, furrowing his brow as he tried to locate the Air elements he had isolated pure samples of. One seemed to be holding together just fine, laughing, singing, and dancing in the breeze, as the breeze... but where was the other?

It seemed to the alchemist that the other elements had grown resentful of Air's free-spirited ways... and Mediocrates agreed! What was Air anyway - just some invisible thing that supposedly filled the spaces where other things were not? As a scientist, he was inclined to scoff at the notion. Invisible indeed. Those other elements were right to push Air out!

Then something caught his eye, a delightful chase... perhaps evidence of love between elements? One of the Fires was playfully dancing after a Water, while the Water giggled and chased after the other Fire. A slow smile spread across Mediocrates' face as the innocent romantic game played out before his eyes. Fire + Water.... Water + Fire. A slight frown clouded his expression for a moment, as he almost remembered something... something important?

As the three elements collided in a laughing steam, Mediocrates remembered - Fire and Water?! Oh no, nonono, I have to-- but it was too late. The steam cleared, and a tear came to the alchemist's eye as he watched Water peering around, left and right, looking for its lost playmates.

Current Vote Tally:

sig - 8 (S~V~S, Tranq, speedchuck, DrWilgy, DharmaHelper, Elohcin, Sorsha, Jackofhearts2005)
No Lynch - 4 (Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, Bass_the_Clever, Quin) <--(one of these is not voting No Lynch)
Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (???)

Current Vote Tally:

sig - 6 (S~V~S, Tranq, speedchuck, DrWilgy, DharmaHelper, Elohcin)
No Lynch - 4 (Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, Bass_the_Clever, Quin) <--(one of these is not voting No Lynch)
Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (???)

Current Vote Tally:

No Lynch - 7 (Elohcin, speedchuck, Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, DharmaHelper, Bass_the_Clever, Quin) <--(one of these is not voting No Lynch)
sig - 2 (S~V~S, Tranq)
Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (???)

G-Man wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 11:10 am Good morning. Here's the full player list with ISO links. I'll catch up at lunch and probably vote then. Busy night tonight.

Thanks G!

Thanks

Current Vote Tally:

No Lynch - 8 (Elohcin, speedchuck, Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, DharmaHelper, S~V~S, Bass_the_Clever)
Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (???)

Current Vote Tally:

No Lynch - 7 (Elohcin, speedchuck, Glorfindel, spacedaisy, sprityo, DharmaHelper, ???)
Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (S~V~S)

Who is that 7th No Lynch voter?

Current Vote Tally:

Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (S~V~S)
Quin - 1 (sprityo)
S~V~S - 1 (speedchuck)

Elohcin wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2017 2:33 pm When do we send in a name to combine with? At night? Or by EoD?

Send in your combination choice at any time during the day. You have until the lynch is up to change if you wish.

Current Vote Tally:

Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (S~V~S)
Quin - 1 (sprityo)
S~V~S - 1 (speedchuck)

Someone cast a second vote on Golden, but it wasn't in the thread so it's not in the tally yet.

Current Vote Tally:

Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (S~V~S)
Quin - 1 (sprityo)

Current Vote Tally:

Dom - 1 (Golden)
Golden - 1 (S~V~S)

Current Vote Tally:

Dom - 1 (Golden)

A few miles outside outside the bustling city of Syndicate, deep in the thickly-forested foothills of Mount Cerberus, there was a small cabin. Few knew the path that led to the cabin, and that was the way that the alchemist, Mediocrates, wanted it. He had built the cabin at this specific location, not for the tranquility of the woods, and not for the isolation, though that was nice. Mediocrates had chosen this site for the spacious cave system upon whose entrance the cabin sat.

Within the caves, the alchemist had built his laboratory, piece by piece. Glass beakers and tubes of all shapes and sizes were arranged on the many tables, casting strange, flickering shadows on the cave walls in the light of many candles and burners, and the phosphorescent glow of several liquids.

Mediocrates shuffled around the circular table at the centre of his underground laboratory, looking again over the pure elements that he had painstakingly gathered over the last few months. The time had finally come for his experiment to begin. This, he thought, this will be my greatest achievement... my life's work! Finally, they shall respect the name of Mediocrates!

The alchemist began to carefully mix tiny portions of the elements together, leaning close in order to bear true witness to the wonders before him. The sights, the sounds, the peculiar smells... he breathed deeply, and his eyes widened, pupils expanding until they left no trace of his pale green iris at all. His mouth dropped open, gaping in awe and wonder.

He. Could. See. It. All.

Before his eyes, the table seemed to expand, and the elements took on a life of their own. Fickle Fire danced around a cloud of haughty Psionic energy, sinister Darkness slithered and slid across stubborn Metal's smooth surface, as one of the shining samples of Holy he had been able to obtain floated just above the table's surface, serene and pure.

The elements began to speak, to interact, taking on a life more real than Mediocrates' own humble existence. It was all he could do to sit and watch, silently chronicling their tale...