Mini 590: War in Heaven (Over!)

[Mr. Flay]

There's a War going on in Heaven. Some of the angels are revolting against the Creator, who is nonetheless unwilling to directly intervene and kill any of his creations without cause. Therefore, the twelve of you will have to determine for yourselves who are the guilty parties, through trial and tribulation.

• In Servorum
  :
• nulli
  
  
  
  In Memoriam
  (9):
• Coron, a loyal
  Cherub
  , was cast out during the first Æon.
  
• populartajo, a loyal
  Ophan
  , was killed in the second Æon.
  
• Max, a loyal
  Cherub
  , was killed during the third Æon.
  
• kabenon007, a loyal
  Cherub
  , was driven out during the fifth Æon.
  
• Musher333, a loyal
  Arel
  , was cast out during the sixth Æon.
  
• Firestarter, a loyal
  Cherub
  , was driven out during the seventh Æon.
  
• Mellowed Man, a loyal
  Ophan
  , was killed in the eighth Æon.
  
• q21, a loyal
  Cherub
  , was driven out during the ninth Æon.
  
• goborage, a loyal
  Seraph
  , was killed in the tenth and final Æon.
  
  
  Vis Vires (3):
  
  
• vIQleS, a
  Fallen

  Arel
  
  
• pojedinac,
  Fallen

  Seraph
  
  
• Natirasha, a
  Fallen

  Cherub
  , was cast out during the fourth Æon.

The war is over; see page 26.

[Mr. Flay]

This is a Semi-Open setup, with Split Roles/Motives. What follows are

possible

town role PMs:

You are a

Seraph

, one of the strongest angels of Heaven. As described in the rules, there is no 'lynching' or 'night' in this game; instead, you may

Hurt: player

or

Heal: player

to bring them closer/farther from being cast out of the game. With your flaming sword, you may choose to inflict 2 damage instead of 1 with an attack on another angel, by mentioning the blade in your attack's optional descriptive text. Doing so will increase your recharge time to 36 hours, rather than 24.

You begin the game with 10 HP. You win if all fallen angels are cast out, and at least one loyal angel survives.

Note:

If you must be replaced, 1 HP will be automatically subtracted from your role as punishment, unless you have a

very good reason.

If you think you this will be a problem, you may request /out of the game now without penalty. Otherwise, please confirm by PM or in thread that you understand this rule, and are ready to play.

You are an

Arel

, one of the angels of Heaven. As described in the rules, there is no 'lynching' or 'night' in this game; instead, you may

Hurt: player

or

Heal: player

to bring them closer/farther from being cast out of the game.

You begin the game with 10 HP. You win if all fallen angels are cast out, and at least one loyal angel survives.

Note:

If you must be replaced, 1 HP will be automatically subtracted from your role as punishment, unless you have a

very good reason.

If you think you this will be a problem, you may request /out of the game now without penalty. Otherwise, please confirm by PM or in thread that you understand this rule, and are ready to play.

You are a

Cherub

, one of the angels of Heaven. As described in the rules, there is no 'lynching' or 'night' in this game; instead, you may

Hurt: player

or

Heal: player

to bring them closer/farther from being cast out of the game.

You begin the game with 8 HP. You win if all fallen angels are cast out, and at least one loyal angel survives.

Note:

If you must be replaced, 1 HP will be automatically subtracted from your role as punishment, unless you have a

very good reason.

If you think you this will be a problem, you may request /out of the game now without penalty. Otherwise, please confirm by PM or in thread that you understand this rule, and are ready to play.

You are an

Ophan

, one of the all-seeing angels of Heaven. As described in the rules, there is no 'lynching' or 'night' in this game; instead, you may

Hurt: player

or

Heal: player

to bring them closer/farther from being cast out of the game. In addition, you may choose to

Observe: player

(via PM) for 48 hours. Concentrating in this way will prevent you from conducting any other actions except talking in thread, but you will see if your target does anything secretly. You may not target the same player consecutively with this ability.

You begin the game with 6 HP. You win if all fallen angels are cast out, and at least one loyal angel survives.

Note:

If you must be replaced, 1 HP will be automatically subtracted from your role as punishment, unless you have a

very good reason.

If you think you this will be a problem, you may request /out of the game now without penalty. Otherwise, please confirm by PM or in thread that you understand this rule, and are ready to play.

[Mr. Flay]

Rules

1. Ethical:
   
   
2. Do not discuss the game
   by any means
   outside of this thread unless your role PM explicitly says that you may.
   
3. Don't quote any PMs/private communication directly in thread. Likewise, once you are cast out,
   stop talking
   ; you can say your piece once the game is over.
   
4. Don't edit/delete your posts, even if you have the privileges to do so. It violates the integrity of the game and can screw up the game thread. I will take care of duplicate posts or formatting errors upon request.
   
5. Treat this game as a commitment, to me and your fellow players. If you're going to be gone more than 72 hours on a non-weekend, let us know. I reserve the right to replace you, but the other angels have the right to cast you out first.
   
6. Lying is a sin
   ;
   pretending
   to break a rule (quoting a fake role PM, for example) will garner the same punishment as actually breaking that rule.
   
7. If you have to think about whether or not you're breaking the rules when you're about to do something,
   ask
   !
   
8. I reserve the command/color-combination for my own use; any other colored text is fine for you to use.
   
9. Remember, it's a game. It's supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be interactive. Do your part.
   
   
   Mechanical:
   
   
10. The Mod is still God (literally, in this case). There are some unusual features in this game; most are public, but not all. Feel free to PM me or ask in thread if something is confusing; I reserve the right to ignore the question or give misleading answers if it would compromise the game.
    
11. There are no 'lynches' or 'voting' in this game for thematic reasons. Instead, you may either
    Hurt: player
    or
    Heal: player
    , once every 24 hours, to move them closer/further from being 'cast out' of the game.
    These actions must be in bold, and must use exactly that verb (the : is optional).
    Feel free to describe your attack or defence in
    italics
    afterward, though!
    Cool points if you can use a dead language...
    
    
12. I will not provide damage tallies more often than every 12 hours, but will try to provide them every 24-48 hours if changes in health have occurred.
    
13. Once someone reaches 0 HP, they will be cast out of Heaven (no Healing will help at that point) as soon as I return to the thread to pass Judgment; after that, they may no longer interact with the game thread or players in any way not specified by their role PM.
    
14. Healing may not take someone more than 1 point above their original total HP. You may not Heal (or Harm) yourself.
    
15. Damage levels are preserved even after someone is cast out! A sample tally will look like:

    First Damage Tally of the First Æon:

    
    Michael has taken 3 damage.
    Gabriel has taken 2 damage.
    Azrael and Belial have both taken 1 damage each.
    
    

    Metatron, Lucifer, and Vassago are all undamaged.

16. This is a Nightless game, and should need no deadlines. If you anger your God through excessive sloth, I will very...
    upset
    (this includes someone deliberately standing aside from the conflict)
    .
    Replacements also incur my wrath; any role that needs to be replaced will lose 1 HP immediately.
    
    
17. Any questions about player damage tallies (like vote counts), overall game mechanics, or prods/replacements for players, mention it in thread. You may preface them with
    God:
    to catch my eye, if that helps.

[Mr. Flay]

Roles have gone out; feel free to ask any questions you have about the rules or mechanics at this time.

Clarifications thus far:

• Remaining
  HP will not be shown, for obvious reasons; instead, damage
  taken
  will be shown in the tallies.
  
• You may not Heal (or Hurt) yourself.
  
• Fallen angels have additional parts of their role PMs not made public.

[Coron]

/coronfirm.

[Max]

God: just to confirm, this set-up cannot be broken in any way

I know you will have considered this but I'm double checking after all it is an unusual mechanic.

/confirm

[Mr. Flay]

Are you asking or telling? I am not aware of any method it can be broken, obviously.
I have specifically unbroken the 'stand someone aside' tactic suggested by Pooky in the similar 2007 Marathon Day game. There are other factors I have accounted for as well.

[q21]

/confirm

[kabenon007]

/confirmage

[goborage]

/confirm

[Max]

God: are mafioso able to talk:
pregame?
during the game?
Or not any of our business?

[Mr. Flay]

Who am I to tell what those who have walked away from my guidance have or have not done for themselves since their departure? I cannot say.

[Natirasha]

/confirmatored.

[Firestarter]

/Confirm

[pojedinac]

/confirm

[vIQleS]

/confirmith

[populartajo]

/confirm

[Mr. Flay]

In a blinding flash of light and a peal of thunder that makes even your holy ears ring, the skies open up and a proclamation rolls forth:

MY CHILDREN... WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO ME? AFTER UNCOUNTED AGES, DISSENSION AND RANCOR POISON YOUR RANKS. YOU MUST CLEANSE YOUR OWN HOUSE... I LOVE YOU ALL

When the flash is ended, a cloudy mist rolls in, enveloping the group of you and obscuring your once familiar faces and forms from each other. In the mist and with the thunder echoing in your ears, you realize that your very own brethren have fallen from grace.

The game has started; it is now the first æon. No one is currently damaged.

[Natirasha]

Heal: kabenon007

Because, I'm a lover, not a fighter.

[goborage]

So how are we going to go about this?

I think we should stick with a vote system of sorts. When someone gets a majority of votes we can all damage him at once and effectively lynch him.

[Coron]

Hurt: max

Cuz I'm a fighter not a hurter. Also, I don't think we should wait for a majority to hurt people cuz I'm sure he mafias have powers of hurting people, so the stalling would be to their advantage.

I however do agree that a system for recording top suspicions would be nice.

[goborage]

Heal: kabenon007

Because, I'm a lover, not a fighter.

I don't get why you would do this when we have zero info. You could be healing scum for all we know.

mod

: does our HP cap, or can we have more HP then what we started with?

[Natirasha]

Hurt: max

Cuz I'm a fighter not a hurter. Also, I don't think we should wait for a majority to hurt people cuz I'm sure he mafias have powers of hurting people, so the stalling would be to their advantage.

I however do agree that a system for recording top suspicions would be nice.

AGree on all points. I think the system for recording suspicions could just be a votecount, though.

[Mr. Flay]

mod

: does our HP cap, or can we have more HP then what we started with?

Rule 13 should be clear on this subject.

[populartajo]

I agree, we just should vote and then when we decide the scummiest person, lets hurt him until he cant stand up.
So, I suggest that the people who alread hurt should heal his choice.