The Syndicate

Courtesy of Mr. Long "Two Tablets" Con himself:



Thank you for playing, O people of Sin-d'kaht. See you on the other side of Judgement Day.

Bass_the_Clever wrote:This was a cool game. Sorry for messing up so bad. I think I set a record for not posting or voting as my sock.
Epi the night I protected Sam was there no night kill because of that?

I believe so, yes.

Long Con wrote:Night 1 - Death of the Firstborn: "If Moses chooses the Death of the Firstborn, Death gains permanent BTSC with the first dead person. This person is still dead, but can cast a vote. This person cannot cast a vote if Death dies." Metalmarsh (Samson), got the ability to vote and make it count. Also shared Death's win condition?

Correct.

Long Con wrote:Night 7 - Blood: "If Moses chooses Blood, War can force two people to vote one another in perpetuity until one of them is dead. The survivor, the next Day, may only post using words that have been used in dead red." So, this was the reason Lot and Lazarus had to keep voting each other? What about only posting in words that had been used in dead red? Did that happen? Wasn't there a previous pair of people who had been forced to vote each other?

This was why Lot and Lazarus had to keep voting each other.

Yes- the survivor was supposed to use words that had only been used in dead red, but given the way things went, I didn't consider Lot a victor. Lazarus kept not voting as he was supposed to, and so I waited until he missed three votes to punish him. Because this wasn't one of them getting the other stoned or slain, I didn't think it was right to enact the curse.

And even if I had, let's be real: All those massive dead posts Balaam had been making would have given Lot a sufficient vocabulary to work with anyhow.

Long Con wrote:Night 8 - Locusts: "If Moses chooses Locusts, Famine can silence the Heathen with the most posts." What happened with this? Did Famine silence a Heathen?

Famine was dead by then, so no.

Long Con wrote:Night 10 - Pestilence: "If Moses chooses Pestilence, Conquest will be able to substitute a dead name on his faction with a living name from another." MP07, as Conquest 2.0, any word on this? Did it help you?

He won, so I would say yes.

FZ. wrote:^I don't remember what Jacob said, but I think he hinted that he's the reason there was no night, when we lynched a heathen.

And no, we haven't played together. It was a pleasure playing with you, apart from the fact you got me lynched :P . I forgive you . Funny thing is, I think I'm usually a transparent civvie...except for when I'm not and llama and Epi badly want to lynch me.

RUSS VOTED FOR YOU OUT OF NOWHERE






And I still don't know why.

Spacedaisy wrote:I was put in a feud with Mordecai. But I was not told I was force voted which is why I didn't understand why others seem to have been. Epi, can you explain this mechanic?

Moses did it. Blame Long Con. Four of the ten plagues benefited one of the horsemen. Blood let War pick two people who had to vote each other until one of them was dead.

War's normal power was just to add onto people's win conditions.

After Night 1, I only had to care about your target when you kicked the farm.

Ricochet, after about Night 5 I stopped keeping track of Night actions. So few people sent in PMs it wasn't necessary.

The ones I can tell you off the top of my head:

f) No

h) Almost all of them

i) Uzziah. Night 2 I think?

j) Cain learned that Absalom was a horseman. She got silenced and then lynched, so she never got to use this info. Roxy was not a happy camper.

l) Mary M. did take someone off the poll early on, but I forget who it was.

m) Once.

n) Malchus predicted that Cain would be lynched. He was right. He got a curse of choice to use anytime, but he never did.

o) Yes.

Simon is Bass?

Golden wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Rahab - Niju

I thought you were Roxy

I laughed so hard at this!

Dude: How many "tbqh" and "made my nose twitch" posts did you see?

Golden wrote:@MP - it is ridiculous how many of those questions I had preached on. Like, I've only preached maybe 15-20 sermons in my time, and so many questions for from exactly those passages.

I am preaching tomorrow morning.

My passage? The parable of the talents.

Thanks to those who had some real skin in the game. I love a game when I don't know who is winning.

You're all winners.

Wait no, this Biblical Mafia. If you lose, you are cast outside where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

DharmaHelper wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

S~V~S wrote:Oh, so it was Famine? Thank You

Correct. I was surprised he used his one "super power" as soon as he did, but that's DH for you.

Better to use it when I can, and cripple early game discussion, rather than risk not using it and getting NKed.

I was surprised at how a lot of folks chose to use their powers.

While I can't fault you for burning it early, I was surprised. I personally would have waited until Night 3 or 4, hoping that some of the more talkative ones were dead already.

S~V~S wrote:Oh, so it was Famine? Thank You

Correct. I was surprised he used his one "super power" as soon as he did, but that's DH for you.

S~V~S wrote:Thanks. How?

Epignosis wrote:Famine, the Black Horseman
*Secrets*
Famine weakens someone through malnourishment. Famine’s target can only post one time the next Day. Once, Famine may silence up to three people at the same time for the next Day. Famine wins if the number of posts at endgame do not exceed 9,000 posts (4 living horsemen), 8,000 posts (3 living horsemen), 7,000 posts (2 living horsemen), 6,000 posts (1 living horseman), or 5,000 posts (0 living horsemen). If Famine dies, the person with the fewest number of posts will die. Posts made by the host, non-players, and the dead will not count toward the total. Famine does not need to be alive to win.

S~V~S wrote:Epi, why were 4 people silenced Night One?

Nicodemus did it.

Moses
The leader of the Exodus will inflict someone with a plague. *Secrets*
Moses will choose a plague to inflict on someone. The plagues are: Blood, Frogs, Lice, Flies, Pestilence, Boils, Locusts, Hail, Darkness, Death of the Firstborn.

Blood: The river has turned to blood. [War]*
Frogs: The target must mention a famous frog in each post.
Lice: Anyone who votes for the target will take a vote.
Flies: The target will be harassed by flies and off the poll.
Pestilence: Disease has desolated the population, even the fighting men. [Conquest]**
Boils: The target is in so much pain, he may only utter complaints.
Locusts: The crops and fields have been ravaged. [Famine]***
Hail: The targeted will be blocked.
Darkness: This is darkness that can be felt. The Heathens lose BTSC for one phase.
Death of the Firstborn: Mourning and wailing fill the land. [Death]****

*[If Moses chooses Blood, War can force two people to vote one another in perpetuity until one of them is dead. The survivor, the next Day, may only post using words that have been used in dead red.]
**[If Moses chooses Pestilence, Conquest will be able to substitute a dead name on his faction with a living name from another.
***[If Moses chooses Locusts, Famine can silence the Heathen with the most posts.]
****[If Moses chooses the Death of the Firstborn, Death gains permanent BTSC with the first dead person. This person is still dead, but can cast a vote. This person cannot cast a vote if Death dies.]

Abraham
Abraham is the father of nations. *Secrets*
Abraham, the father of Isaac and Jacob, the father of the nation of Israel, may learn each Night the real author behind the account of his choice.

Ezekiel
Ezekiel makes a prophecy regarding who will be stoned the next Day. If the prophecy is correct, Ezekiel will be further empowered. If the prophecy is false, his vote the next Day will be worthless. Ezekiel may choose not to utter a prophecy. *Secrets*
If Ezekiel has this number of correct prophecies, then he gains a one-time use of:
1. Curse of choice
2. Block
3. Protect someone else
4. Send a message to the thread through the Host
5. Dead role check
6. Temporary BTSC with person of choice
7. Resurrection

Disciples:

Simon Peter
[Simon Peter will deny that a vote counted.]
James, the son of Zebedee
[James has BTSC with his brother John]
John
[John has BTSC with his brother James]
Andrew
[Andrew the fisherman will go fishing; if anyone targets him, he will know who.]
Philip
[Philip is willing to help others’ understanding improve; each Night, he may provide someone with the names of three individuals who are not him.]
Matthew
[The former tax collector recognizes compulsion; as such, any time someone is forced to do anything, Levi will know.]
Thomas
[The Doubter will investigate one sentence each Night to determine its veracity.]
James, the son of Alphaeus
[James the Lesser can remove one vote from someone else each Night.]
Simon the Zealot
[The Zealot is determined to eliminate his enemies; for each Day in a row that he votes the same person, his vote increases by one.]
Bartholomew
[“Can anything good come out of voting this person?” Bartholomew may ask the Host one time.]
Thaddeus
[Jude Thaddeus, whose identity is debated by scholars, will search two people each Night as disciples instead of one.]
Judas Iscariot
*Secrets*
The traitor on any Night may search for a member of the Heathens or the Four Horsemen. If he finds one, he joins his target in BTSC and shares the target’s win condition.

"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

In a tie, he who cast his stone first (voted earlier) would be safe from the stoning.

MovingPictures07 wrote:So the moral of the story is that apparently Epi loves invisible vote manipulation.

Samson's vote was completely visible.

Ricochet wrote:And I don't think Epig explained it, but Samson became my "Angel of Death" after he died and he became my first target. He shared my win condition and was allowed to vote, but not post on-topic. He refrained to vote for a while, because all the lynches were straightforward, but the day Isaac and Mordecai got close, we stood by and, under my command, he made it a tie. Unfortunately, that completely backfired on us and got my killed afterwards.

And MM totally outed himself in the BTSC by signing as "MM89-Phone", right after Epig specifically sent us PMs in which he told us NOT to out ourselves.

MM's tale as Samson is so ironic, I can't even. Signed up as sock, still gets killed D1. Gets stuck with me in BTSC, like old mafia chums. Depends his win on me entirely. I lurked in the chat and jumped in his place during the Second Trivia Game, without warning. He gets the win after all, even though he lost D1. Epic.

You didn't get Samson because he was your first target. There was another mechanic in play for that: Moses.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

juliets wrote:Epi, what did those deaths that said "smote by the Lord" or something like that come from? Were they you modkilling?

I am also very curious as to a few of the more random kills this game, like Phinheas's spear seemingly not matching the circumstances in the role listing.

Death (Belshazzar) won the 2nd trivia challenge. The prize depended on the winner's alignment, but it all dealt with the non-participant Malchus. Death won, so that was easy. He dies.

And Rebecca didn't throw her spear, so that made it easier, story-wise.

juliets wrote:Epi, what did those deaths that said "smote by the Lord" or something like that come from? Were they you modkilling?

Divine judgment. Every third civilian lynch meant a civilian would get whacked that night by the good Lord unless Noah saved him.

You (juliets 2) never had to use your role. Your predecessor never did.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'd say everyone who actually posted did at least somewhat well. :P

Yes. About that. I've never seen such inactivity. I quit writing down Night actions because I would have three or four regularly.

I was saddened by that myself. Even with my hectic RL and playing another game, I was able to post once per period as Stephen for a while there.

That's why Famine's win condition consisted of such higher numbers. I thought (given recent games) the post count gave him was reasonable.

XthAtGAm3RGuYX wrote:FUN FACT: All the heathens names were Mordecai, Uzziah, Ruth, Deborah, Esther, Rahab. If you cut out all but the first letters, it spells MURDER.

I did that on purpose.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'd say everyone who actually posted did at least somewhat well. :P

Yes. About that. I've never seen such inactivity. I quit writing down Night actions because I would have three or four regularly.

nutella wrote:do we need to change back the passwords on the socks?

YES

When you are done with your sock, please:

1. Reset the password to sock123
2. Delete all PMs
3. Delete any signature you may have

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
“Come and see.” Revelation 6:7

Conquest, the White Horseman
*Secrets*
Conquest must divide the people into three factions of eleven each on Day 0 (excluding himself). Conquest must then choose which faction will have the most people alive at the end. Conquest wins if he has supported the victorious faction. Each Night, Conquest may switch six living names (4 living horsemen), four living names (3 living horsemen), two living names (2 living horsemen), or zero names (1 living horseman). If Conquest dies, the last living name on Conquest’s chosen faction will die. Conquest does not need to be alive to win.

War, the Red Horseman
*Secrets*
War makes it necessary that others be dead for his targets to win. War chooses ten marks on Day 0 to wage war against. War may choose one person each Night, and, through the Host, inform that target which person (the mark) has to be dead for the target to win. For each slain horseman, one target (the latest onward) will be told that the requirement is no longer valid. War wins if nine of the ten people he has marked are dead. If War dies, then the first living person War has targeted will die. War does not need to be alive to win.

Famine, the Black Horseman
*Secrets*
Famine weakens someone through malnourishment. Famine’s target can only post one time the next Day. Once, Famine may silence up to three people at the same time for the next Day. Famine wins if the number of posts at endgame do not exceed 9,000 posts (4 living horsemen), 8,000 posts (3 living horsemen), 7,000 posts (2 living horsemen), 6,000 posts (1 living horseman), or 5,000 posts (0 living horsemen). If Famine dies, the person with the fewest number of posts will die. Posts made by the host, non-players, and the dead will not count toward the total. Famine does not need to be alive to win.

Death, the Pale Horseman
*Secrets*
Death must choose a dead target each Night. Death wins if: 22 people are dead (4 living horsemen), 24 people are dead (3 living horsemen), 26 people are dead (2 living horsemen), 28 people are dead (1 living horseman), or 30 people are dead (no living horsemen). If Death dies, Death’s current target will be resurrected. Death does not need to be alive to win.

Epignosis wrote:

Belshazzar wrote:

Epignosis wrote:How appropriate: Seven winners.

Feel free to post as yourselves.

Wait, Samson?

Always someone around to ruin the perfect number. Yes, Samson, the dead guy won too.

I had to update the story to reflect the truth.

The Bible can't be wrong you know.

Belshazzar wrote:

Epignosis wrote:How appropriate: Seven winners.

Feel free to post as yourselves.

Wait, Samson?

Always someone around to ruin the perfect number. Yes, Samson, the dead guy won too.

Absalom / thellama73/ War
Balaam / G-Man /John
Barnabas/ Marco / Simon Peter
Bathsheba/ DisgruntledPorcupine / juliets / Noah
Belshazzar / Ricochet / Death
Cain / Roxy / Eleazar
Deborah / timmer / Goliath
Esther / Elohcin / Nebuchadnezzar
Gideon / Simon / Elijah
Hagar / leggyorlyb / Abraham
Isaac / Bullzeye / Devin the Omniscient / Matthew
Jacob / nutella / Joshua
Jephthah / FZ. / Thomas
Job / blindfaeth / Thaddeus
Jonah / Turnip Head / Solomon
Jonathan / juliets / Andrew
Judah / Heiots / DREAM / Isaiah
Lazarus / Bass_the_Clever / Aaron
Lot / Golden / James, the Son of Zebedee
Malchus / rabbit8 / Ezekiel
Martha / Boogs / Philip
Mary Magdalene / Black Rock / MP / David
Mordecai / XthAtGAm3RGuYX / Pharaoh
Nicodemus / DharmaHelper / Famine
Paul / MovingPictures07 / Bartholomew
Pilate / Long Con / Moses
Rachel / Dom / Simon the Zealot
Rahab / nijuukyugou / Judas Iscariot
Rebecca / Mister Rearranger / Phinehas
Ruth / S~V~S / Jezebel
Samson / Metalmarsh89 / James, the Son of Alphaeus
Samuel / spacedaisy / Daniel
Stephen / AceofSpaces / MP / Conquest
Uzziah / Vompatti / Herod

Who slew Samuel?

Poll runs till Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:35 pm

Bathsheba
0
No votes

Lot
0
No votes

Pilate
1
Rahab (6)
9%

Rahab
3
Pilate (4), Lot (8), Bathsheba (9)
27%

The Witch of Endor (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
7
Epignosis (1), Samuel (2), Metalmarsh89 (3), MovingPictures07 (5), timmer (7), S~V~S (10), Deborah (11)
64%


Total votes : 11

1 Rahab’s heart betrayed her, as she had once betrayed her own people. 2 Here, then, are those who were victorious in cleansing the land of Sin-d’kaht: 3 Lot, who salted the graves of his enemies, that no flowers would grow without; 4 Bathsheba, who sought revenge for the deaths of Uzziah her husband and David her king; 5 Pilate, who parted the waters and made Rahab the betrayer speak as a frog. 6 And the heavens turned red and the moon turned to blood, and behold, four horsemen appeared: 7 Stephen, whose name was Conquest, rode a white horse. He wielded a bow and conquered the nations. 8 Absalom, whose name was War, rode upon a red horse. With a great sword, he took peace from the earth. 9 Nicodemus, whose name was Famine, rode upon a black horse, He held a scale and staved the poorest of the earth. 10 Belshazzar, whose name was Death, rode upon a pale horse, and Samson rode with him. They had the authority to claim the lives of thirty souls. 11 In this way did the people of Sin-d’kaht purge the evil among them. 12 And the Lord was pleased and blessed them forever and ever. Amen.

Bathsheba wrote:Epi c'mon I'm dying here.

God is love. And:

5 Then did Judas Iscariot become desperate in his schemes, and he plotted against the righteous alone. 6 He took a bow from Nebuchadnezzar’s armory and also took a handful of arrows. 7 Hiding from atop a building, Judas spotted Samuel, and he drew back an arrow and killed Samuel in the street.

1And there was a man named Lazarus who shriveled and died because thrice he denied the Lord. 2 When Lazarus died, the people of Sin-d’kaht saw Esther as a Heathen, and verily did they seek to stone her. 3 And they did so, outside the city gates, and when she was dead, they beheld a tattoo on her arm. 4 It said, “The nations shall fear Nebuchadnezzar.”

Who slew Stephen?

Poll ended at Thu Jun 11, 2015 7:56 pm

Bathsheba
0
No votes

Esther
4
Pilate (6), Bathsheba (7), Samuel (8), Rahab (9)
40%

Lazarus
1
Lot (10)
10%

Lot
0
No votes

Pilate
1
Esther (5)
10%

Rahab
0
No votes

Samuel
0
No votes

The Rolling Stones (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
4
Epignosis (1), MovingPictures07 (2), Jacob (3), Metalmarsh89 (4)
40%


Total votes : 10

How long shalt a Day be?

Poll ended at Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:51 pm

Forty-Eight Hours
2
Lot (14), Spacedaisy (16)
11%

Twenty-Four Hours
7
Stephen (4), Bathsheba (7), Pilate (9), Jacob (10), Esther (11), Rahab (12), Lazarus (17)
39%

A Thousand Years (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
9
Epignosis (1), S~V~S (2), Metalmarsh89 (3), MovingPictures07 (5), AceofSpaces (6), timmer (8), Nicodemus (13), Balaam (15), XthAtGAm3RGuYX (18)
50%


Total votes : 18

9 While they were marveling at the spear, another spear, from the house of Iscariot, pierced the breast of Stephen, and he fell dead. 10 Jacob saw this and he too fell dead, for he was undone with fear. 11 And the people of Sin-d’kaht had twenty-four hours to lynch a feb.*

*Trans. note: feb is a regional term that refers to any unwanted person, whether domestic or foreign, who might be a threat to the lives of a particular population.

DharmaHelper wrote:Is that the correct use of shalt?

I giveth not a fuck.

1 The death of the Philistine had emboldened the people, and they accused Rebecca of trying to save the foreign giant. 2 “Rebecca testified in favor of Deborah; therefore she must be put to death.” 3 When Rebecca heard this, she girded up her loins and ran to her home. For at her house was a mighty spear. 4 But when she reached thither, she found that her spear was not there. 5 “Woe has fallen upon me this day!” she lamented. “For someone this day has stolen the tool of my salvation!” 6 Rebecca left her home to flee, but the people of Sin-d’kaht fell upon her and stoned her. 7 And after they had stoned Rebecca, they beheld a spear come from heaven and pierce the body of Malchus, who died that same hour. 8 “Did Rebecca throw this spear? How could Rebecca throw a spear after she had perished?”

Who is wicked among you?

Poll ended at Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:19 pm

Bathsheba
0
No votes

Jacob
0
No votes

Lazarus
1
Lot (4)
7%

Lot
1
Lazarus (11)
7%

Pilate
0
No votes

Rahab
0
No votes

Rebecca
7
Stephen (5), Esther (6), Bathsheba (7), Pilate (8), Rahab (9), Jacob (10), Samuel (13)
50%

Samuel
0
No votes

Stephen
0
No votes

Deborah (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
5
Epignosis (1), MovingPictures07 (2), Metalmarsh89 (3), Bass_the_Clever (12), Golden (14)
36%


Total votes : 14