The Syndicate

A game for 12 players based on Brandon Sanderson's The Emperor's Soul

10 Civs - Find the threats to town and remove them. You win once all non civilians are removed from the game.
2 Mafia - Deceive and survive the town's hunt. You win once you've hit vote parity.

**Disclaimer!**
This game will contain information/names/concepts from the novel, but will not contain spoilers for the book. I'd think of this more of the aroma you get by walking near the restaurant rather than going inside and seeing the food for yourself. As a fan, I hope I can do these books justice.

On Sel, in the Selish system of the cosmere, certain individuals from the Rose Empire possess an ability called Forgery. With this power, they can use a specially crafted stamp to imprint a new past on an object, causing the stamped object to reflect it's new present and undergo a transformation.

Two expert thieves are attempting to steal the Moon Scepter. However, one of them, Wan ShaiLu, is a master forger. Through deception and the use of forgery, Wan ShaiLu and the Imperial Fool have concealed themselves among other Imperial Citizens, Arbiters, and Guards. Will the thieves succeed in their plot?


Power roles:

The BloodSealer
Employed by the Arbiters of the Rose Empire, by using a form of forgery called 'Bloodsealing' a BloodSealer may place wards to monitor an individual in the night. Once a player is warded, if ever a warded player either is the target of a night action OR preforms a night action, you will be informed. You will not be informed of what the actions were.
Example response: 'The ward placed on DrWilgy has alerted you!'

The BloodSealer's Skeletal
Bones Reanimated by the BloodSealer's power, the Skeletal may select an individual at night, if that individual at night has received a ward from the BloodSealer (even during the same night) they will die. This power may only be used successfully once.

The Skeletal will know the identity of the BloodSealer.

Wan ShaiLu
A master of both forgery and infiltration. You currently possess the following Soulstamps:

Searching Soulstamp: You may target a player in the night. You will discover if they are or aren't a vanilla civilian.
Diminishing Soulstamp: You may target a player in the night. Their vote will not count during the next day phase. This will have no affect if it threatens vote parity.
Reacting Soulstamp: You may target a player in the night. If warded, their ward will alert.
Disabling Soulstamp: You may target a player in the night. Their ability use will be blocked.
Silencing Soulstamp: You may target a player in the night. During the next day, they will have a stricter posting limit.

Wan ShaiLu may utilize one of these Soulstamps each night. A Soulstamp may only be used once.

Imperial Fool
Must preform the night kill action while alive. You have a keen eye for Shai's Soulstamps. If Wan ShaiLu is removed from the game, you may steal 3 of their Soulstamps and utilize them. Stolen soulstamps may be used a second time if Wan ShaiLu had already used them. Remaining SoulStamps will be confiscated by the town.

*Learning the bloodsealer's secrets!*
Once per game at night, the mafia may submit a player name alongside their role (either BloodSealer or Skeletal) and if the submitted player has the role that was submitted, that player will die!*

This racket will have a 70 post maximum per day cycle. Exceeding this (or any other posting restriction) will result in penalty.

Ties will be decided at random.
Yeets will result in a flip.
Day/Night cycles are standard 48/24.
Thread will be locked at night.
Votes should be made both in poll and in thread
There WILL be a hammer enacted for this game.
*Players shall not discuss further following hammer. Discussion following hammer if I'm not around to lock the thread may result in penalty*
Votes WILL NOT be changeable.
No BTSC unless indicated otherwise via dm.
No angleshooting/excessive ATE.
- This includes the use of discussion regarding communication with host and other non players.
Self-Voting will not count
No editing/deleting posts
Off topic discussion should use OT
Non players should use np
Dead players should use dead
Please refrain from using host color. I've called dibs.

Example Vanilla Civ message:

Congrats! You are a vanilla civilian! Eliminate the threats to the town!

If flavored roles are given out, mafia too will be given an alias.

**Keep in mind as games I host fall into the realm of experimentation, thus I have attempted to work the numbers to be balanced to the best of my ability, this however does not MEAN that this game is balanced.**

Please feel free to dm me regarding any questions on the setup.

*btw, there's been some minor changes between this game's post in the game queue and what's above. Just wanted to point that out and avoid potential confusion.

Woah, this is a brandosando I’ve never heard of. Premise sounds awesome.

Shoot. Think I need to add this to my read list

My month looks hairy. I could switch to /in if needed but am sub right now

I’m trying to do one at a time, but it isn’t easy with so many great games in sign ups.

Imma sub right now, but might switch to in as other games get going.

You know I'm going to do this at some point lol, even without the cute l'il ghosties.

I am contractually obligated to play all the cosmere games

@Stick plssssss

They are a stick.

Hi does this start as soon as it fills?

Come on come on come on, everyone, sign up for this game.

We need only 3!!

Stick wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:18 pm Hi does this start as soon as it fills?

Should be starting around then. Will not be starting on a weekend though.

Well I'm dead again. So in

Makes me wonder which syndicater has the quickest mortality rate

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:06 am Makes me wonder which syndicater has the quickest mortality rate

I think, *THINK* , it might be me.

This sounds like a good question for @Marmot

Kate wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:38 am

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:06 am Makes me wonder which syndicater has the quickest mortality rate

I think, *THINK* , it might be me.

I love your Ernie avatar <3

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 11:47 am This sounds like a good question for @Marmot

We haven't gotten that far in tracking stats, but I sure would love to know.

My guess would be someone in the realm of sig/falcon/hollowkatt or perhaps MacDougall/JaggedJimmyJay

If I’m mafia this game, I’m gunning for Kate n1

You know, to get her into the record books

Scotty wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:36 pm If I’m mafia this game, I’m gunning for Kate n1

You know, to get her into the record books

Kate wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 10:53 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:36 pm If I’m mafia this game, I’m gunning for Kate n1

You know, to get her into the record books

I'll write up a game in the near future with the one rule of 'Kate will be unyeetable n1.'

DrWilgy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:56 am

Kate wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 10:53 pm

Scotty wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:36 pm If I’m mafia this game, I’m gunning for Kate n1

You know, to get her into the record books

I'll write up a game in the near future with the one rule of 'Kate will be unyeetable n1.'

I will play that game.

This game is turning into sign up hell. Bless.

Recruiting time!

Fine. I hate myself.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:43 pm Fine. I hate myself.

Welcome to Costco Cosmere

I love you

Just 4 more!

/in with extreme slank cover. I'm going to a wedding next weekend and will be out of town Thurs-Sun.

/in with extreme slank cover. Me and Marmot are getting married next weekend and will be out of town Thurs-Sun.

Yay!

This is a very nice playerlist...

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:49 pm /in with extreme slank cover. Me and Marmot are getting married next weekend and will be out of town Thurs-Sun.

I'm eloping to Norway it'll be lovely!!!

Syn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:02 pm This is a very nice playerlist...

I thought about making a joke about how you're a terrible person and shouldn't join but it isn't true at all.

Marmot wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:39 pm

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:49 pm /in with extreme slank cover. Me and Marmot are getting married next weekend and will be out of town Thurs-Sun.

I'm eloping to Norway it'll be lovely!!!

Does Dizzy know? I hope you two can be together on your special day.

Also hell yeah elopement. Best decision my wife and I have made. Where in Norway?

We need TWO people come on!

I hate myself #2.

Marmot wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:41 pm

Syn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:02 pm This is a very nice playerlist...

I thought about making a joke about how you're a terrible person and shouldn't join but it isn't true at all.

u right

@DrWilgy

12 is a magic number

(Nine is, too, but we’re talking about 12 here and we don’t have a Cloud 12 emoji).

It's not 16, but 12 will do.

I'll set up the hub this evening.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:30 pm I hate myself #2.

Hi