The Syndicate

Master Radishes wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:38 am Gg everyone. I had fun.


One thing:

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:37 am 5. There are no elements that I would define as bastard.

You don't define a conversion mechanic that's not public knowledge as a bit bastard? I'm not criticising exactly, as I had fun and I don't think it was dreadfully unbalanced or anything. But I sort of feel any sort of conversion, especially one unknown to town, is bastard, imo.

No, because the player was aware of the possibility of conversion from the beginning and their old wincon was compatible with their new wincon. In practice, it basically works as a lost wolf that can join later, which is not something that is considered bastard.

MartinGG99 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:14 pm Well, we would've lost to scotty anyways.

Town didn't need to kill Scotty to win. That made the last phase intense because town was so close to finding the two wolves they needed to win, but so far in the end.

Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:13 pm

Stick wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:12 pm Ok so i knew my target was a wolf cuz i watched the movie after rand LMAO to know wtf this robin girl was and she’s a wolf walker in the movie

Yeah we deduced it was Robyn from your iso, but it made no sense from our perspective with me being the other wolf-siding 3p

The setup was designed so that Stick could win by townsiding. I guess I didn't count on them actually watching the movie :p

Spec chat: https://discord.gg/nTnQJ8y2
Wolf chat: https://discord.gg/uSaVV2Tq

@Scotty
@Porscha
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@falcon45ca
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Delta
@baker
@MartinGG99



Desperately, the Puritans saw baker dissenting to their methods, and thus they were burned at the stake:

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:15 am You're an ordinary Puritan. Your only weapon is your voice, and beware of the Wolfwalkers! You are a Puritan and win when the Wolfwalkers or any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

Ultimately, the Puritans saw that their numbers were thinning, and thus the remaining Puritans, DrWilgy, Delta, and MartinGG99 were forced to flee Ireland. With that, Moll MacTíre, Mebh Óg MacTíre, and Robyn Goodfellowe have achieved their goals!

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:56 pm

You are Moll MacTíre! You are one of the Wolfwalkers, an ancient tribe that can turn into wolves, and want to protect your home from the encroaching Puritans. You win when the Puritans and any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:54 pm

You are Mebh Óg MacTíre! You are one of the Wolfwalkers, an ancient tribe that can turn into wolves, and want to protect your home from the encroaching Puritans. You win when the Puritans and any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

leetic wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:46 pm

You are Robyn Goodfellowe! You are a young English girl who moved to Ireland with your father, but you would rather hunt than stay put in town. You start out as an independent Survivor, and win by living to the endgame. However, if you are ever targeted by the wolfwalkers, instead of being killed your win condition will change to that of the Wolfwalkers. However, if you are the only Wolfwalker alive, the Puritans automatically win.

Additionally, Bill Goodfellowe was just happy that his daughter was alright:

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:00 am

You are Bill Goodfellowe! You were sent to Ireland from England in order to hunt the Wolfwalkers, but you are more concerned over the well-being of your daughter Robyn. You are Independent, and win if your daughter Robyn Goodfellowe survives to endgame (whether you are still alive or not). You will be sent their identity in a subsequent PM. If it becomes impossible for you to achieve your win condition, you will be removed from the game as well.

Endgame has been achieved. Congratulations to the winners robyn, Porscha, Scotty, and Stick!

Postgame discussion starts now.

Allowed postcaps:

Stick 273
Scotty 241
DrWilgy 235
MartinGG99 190
robyn 149
baker 138
Delta 132
Porscha 98

@Scotty
@Porscha
@robyn
@Master Radishes
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Delta
@baker
@MartinGG99

With two nights of no deaths, many of the Puritans thought it was safe to begin clearing out the woods. However, by the morning they found Master Radishes's corpse mauled...

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:13 am You're an ordinary Puritan. Your only weapon is your voice, and beware of the Wolfwalkers! You are a Puritan and win when the Wolfwalkers or any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

It is now D4. This is effectively a LyLo phase, town must lynch correctly to continue. While there is in theory a sequence of events that would allow the game to continue with a no lynch, it is very unlikely.

Poll for D3:
Host note: @Stick and @MartinGG99 will have their allowed postcaps lowered by five on D4 (if they are still alive at that point in the game) due to posting after phase end. (Note: The postcap lift is unaffected.) In the future, if you notice anything like the thread not being locked at night, please message me privately. Do not discuss this ruling in the game thread; any inquiries can be made to me privately.

@Scotty
@Porscha
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Delta
@baker
@MartinGG99

Flavor to come later, Long Con was vanilla town

@Delta is replacing Garebare2468! Please do not discuss this substitution.

@Scotty
@Porscha
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

Despite the Puritans' paranoia, when they woke up, all of them were still alive. Some even began to doubt that the Wolfwalkers were real after all, but clearly that was Satanic influence at play...

Nobody has died. Still looking for a sub for Garebare.

Allowed postcaps for today:

DrWilgy 191
Stick 187
Scotty 184
MartinGG99 164
Master Radishes 142
Long Con 133
baker 132
robyn 110
Garebare2468 90
Porscha 85

D2 poll:

@Porscha is subbing in for Princess Abigail! Please do not discuss this substitution.

@Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

As the day went on, paranoia still arose over the pagans, witches, and papists that must be walking among the Puritans. And when there was suspicion that DarlingMonroe was celebrating Christmas, clearly they had to be evil for celebrating a pagan holiday!

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:15 am You're an ordinary Puritan. Your only weapon is your voice, and beware of the Wolfwalkers! You are a Puritan and win when the Wolfwalkers or any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

DarlingMonroe has been burned at the stake, they were an ordinary Puritan. N2 begins now and ends in 24 hours. Currently requesting a replacement for Garebear2468, who has failed to meet minimum posting requirements.

Allowed postcaps:

Stick 127
MartinGG99 117
DrWilgy 114
Scotty 112
Long Con 111
baker 104
☆Princess Abigail☆ 103
robyn 100
Master Radishes 94
Garebare2468 90
DarlingMonroe 89

@Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

Over the night, all the Puritans were safe in their homes. However, they would not stop until this Pagan evil was fully exorcised from the land…

Nobody has died. D2 begins now and ends in 48 hours. Allowing DarlingMonroe to play for now since I couldn't find a replacement in time, but heed the 5 posts per day phase rule in the future.

@Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@falcon45ca
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

All the Puritans looked towards their leader, who surely had to be worshipping Satan off the side. After all, he didn't even believe the Wolfwalkers existed, he clearly had to be evil! And thus, the Puritans dragged their leader and burnt him on a stake.

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:10 am

You are the Lord Protector! After conquering the British Isles, you are now focused on colonizing Ireland and you want the forests cleared for farmland and all the wolves killed. As the leader of the Puritans, you have a few special abilities:

• You have the ability to settle tied votes. There are a few ways you can do this: sending a name at phase end, making a list of players from most preferred to least preferred, just letting me assume that if you're voting someone in the tie that would be your choice, etc. If you die, ties will result in no elimination.
  
  At one time during the game at night, you can call a crusade. The next day, the top two people who receive votes will both be eliminated, with you resolving any ties. This will be announced to the thread.
  
  One night, you have the ability to determine if one player is a Puritan or not.
  
  One night, you can protect one player from the Wolfwalkers.

You can only use one ability per night. You are a Puritan and win when the Wolfwalkers or any other potential threats to your faction have been eliminated or otherwise neutralized or if nothing can stop this from happening.

falcon45ca was burnt on the stake. He was the Lord Protector.

However, all was not good. The Wolfwalkers were still out there, and without their leader, could the Puritans still conquer the land?

N1 begins now and ends in 48 hours. Requesting a replacement for DarlingMonroe, who failed to meet the required activity levels.

leetic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:00 pm @Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@falcon45ca
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

Fadó, fadó, there was a town in Ireland known as Kilkenny. Fresh off of his conquest of England, the Lord Protector went to Ireland with some Puritans to tear down the forests, develop the farmland, and get the locals to renounce their papal ways. Little did they know, the land has an ancient protector, the Wolfwalkers, who wouldn't let the Puritans take their land easily...

D1 begins and will end in 48 hours. For the next 46 hours, here are your allowed post limits:

85: Scotty, falcon45ca, Garebare2468
86: Princess Abigail, Stick, DrWilgy
87: robyn, Long Con, baker, MartinGG99
88: Master Radishes, DarlingMonroe

The post has been updated with the allowed postcaps!

@Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@falcon45ca
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468
@baker
@MartinGG99

Fadó, fadó, there was a town in Ireland known as Kilkenny. Fresh off of his conquest of England, the Lord Protector went to Ireland with some Puritans to tear down the forests, develop the farmland, and get the locals to renounce their papal ways. Little did they know, the land has an ancient protector, the Wolfwalkers, who wouldn't let the Puritans take their land easily...

D1 begins and will end in 48 hours. For the next 46 hours, here are your allowed post limits:

85: Scotty, falcon45ca, Garebare2468
86: Princess Abigail, Stick, DrWilgy
87: robyn, Long Con, baker, MartinGG99
88: Master Radishes, DarlingMonroe

Players:
@Scotty
@☆Princess Abigail☆ @Porscha
@robyn
@Long Con
@Master Radishes
@falcon45ca
@DarlingMonroe
@Stick
@DrWilgy
@Garebare2468 @Delta
@baker
@MartinGG99

Rules/mechanics:
1. Phases update at 6:00 EST (23:00 UTC). Days are 48 hours long, while nights are 24 hours long; night 1 will be extended by 24 hours due to Nollaig (Christmas)
2. Each player may only post 85 times in a day phase, but this is lifted at two hours before EoD (4:00 EST/21:00 UTC). Nights are closed.
3. Ties are not resolved randomly.
4. No screenshotting/quoting role PMs/host communications, no angleshooting, no weaponizing the host, no openly playing against win condition, basically all of that standard stuff.
5. There are no elements that I would define as bastard.
6. If you have any questions, ask the host privately; I will provide a public answer if I feel it is warranted.
7. A minimum of 5 game-related (up to the host's discretion, although I am lenient as to what is considered game-related) posts are required each day phase or I will sub you out.
8. Nameclaiming/flavor claiming is banned. All other claiming is allowed.
9. The two main factions are the Puritans (town) and Wolfwalkers (wolves). There may or may not be other factions.

It is now Night Zero. You may use this phase to check in and confirm you have received your role PM (if you haven't received yours, privately contact me ASAP). You are limited to five posts this phase. Day one starts 22 December 6:00 EST (23:00 UTC).