Role Flips!Your campaign advisor slides into the room, almost reverently. He's here to report the race has finally started in earnest - while your poll numbers are still low, several influential backers pledged their support once they met you. He delivers some final papers for you to sign, and slips out of the room.
You add your name to the papers, and stop to think about the coming race. Your advisors had convinced you to run as a Republican, since you'll be unable to beat an incumbent for the nomination, but you couldn't give less of a damn about conservatism. Or liberalism, for that matter. You were in this game for one thing, and one thing only - to win. And, quite frankly, it's looking like it's going to be a cakewalk - your competition looks to be a bunch of right-wing nutjobs with no popular appeal. Useless as leaders, but if you can get their endorsements...
You flash a quick smile at the mirror, and very nearly swoon at the face looking back.
Getting their endorsements shouldn't be a problem - victory is yours. You can already taste it.
You pick up the papers, and slide your coat casually over one shoulder before striding out of the room. It's time to get to work.
You are
The Cult of PersonalityYou are a Cult Leader!Issues: Social “Moderate”, Economic “Moderate”, Religous “Moderate”
Cult:
Wincon: Rule of the Free World. Become the super-winner. This is the ONLY way for you to win. In addition, you get no points for issuesWincon: Puppetmaster: Become the VP Candidate. Have Your presidential nominee Super-Win, and you will automatically convert him (if not already converted), and achieve victory yourself.
Cult of Personality - You may convert people during the night. They win if you win. If you are killled, they revert to their previous roles - however, they themselves will be told the opposite, that they will die if you are killed. Followers cannot vote for you, but they can speak in Cult Chat.
http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/b9udtspBjKEhZEvery follower, alive or dead, gives you an additional point in the final tally, assuming you are still in the race.
You look out at your audience, smiling as you turn back to the camera. You finish up your report on the recent candidates for the nomination, launch a couple jabs at the sitting president to elicit some guffaws from the crown, and recline as the commercials start to run, Your secretary approaches your desk, looking harried, to deliver the paperwork you requested.
She looks up at the board. “Who do you think’s gonna win, sir? And can they really beat the incumbent?”
“I’ll be honest, doll - I don’t think any of this lot have a chance at winning a school board election. And it gets worse - there’s evidence some of them are secret liberals.”
“No!” she exclaims, her hand flying to her mouth.
“Yes - and not just liberals, but Arch-Liberals.”
“What can we do?” she asked, her voice nervous. “Can we reveal them to the public?”
“Like I said, doll, even if we out them, there’s no chance any of this lot will beat the incumbet. No, I’ve got a better idea.”
“You don’t mean-” she began.
“I do.” You say. “I’m going to enter the race. Even if I don’t get the nomination, I might be able to tweak things to give us a chance of victory.”
“Should we prep a time slot tomorrow for you to announce your candidacy?”
“No... not yet. For now, I’m gonna do some work, lay some seeds, and keep the pressure on right here from this news program. But let the boys know I’m getting prepared - when I make my announcement, I want it to be pitch perfect.”
“Can do, boss!” She places your coffee on the table, and you smile. Those bastards will never see you coming.
You are:
The Dark Horse
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Super-Conservative, Economic Super Conservative, Religious Moderate
Dark Horse - You’re such a non-candidate that no one even knows you’re playing... yet. While this has some benefits, it also has drawbacks - you have limited funding and you get no air time so you can only make, at most, one post per day, you may not get to participate in debates, and you can’t use your abilities or vote. But make no mistake - you are definitely in this race, and with attention diverted from you, you can become a real contender later in the game. Votes on you do not appear in the vote list, your name will not be on the player list, and you can not be voted out. As a night action, you can choose to “Announce your Candidacy” - this will eliminate this ability come morning. Don’t wait too long though - if you do, you might miss your opportunity. (If you do not announce your Candidacy by the end of Night Two, it will happen automatically.)
Master of Spin - You really know how to turn weaknesses into advantages. Day Action. Remove a vote from yourself. That vote is attached to the person who put it on you instead. Any votes against you for the remainder of the day from that person will count as a vote against themselves. (PM Host with the name of the target)
You look at the face staring back at you from the mirror. You look old. Your campaign manager looks concerned, and asks if you’re alright. You turn back to him, signing the papers and signalling for him to leave.
When he does, you sigh. So many years pushing terribly conservative legislation - some mornings, you almost believe this face is yours. But this is what it’s all been for - all those dead abortion doctors. All those deported foreigners. All those tortured maybe-terrorists-maybe-not. You’ve been responsible for at least part of their suffering, but if you can pull this off it will all be worth it.
You are going to take the bastards down from the inside.
There’s only one problem - a Super-PAC has formed to support your candidacy, one you have almost no control over. You pick up the phone, calling your partner to let him know to be careful - he hasn’t been under as long as you, which means he can take bigger risks but could also prove a liability. Still, if you’re going to take it all, you’ll need to work together - and he’ll look good on the VP ticket, if it comes to that. Now you just need to insure your supporters don’t take him down before the campaign even begins...
You are:
The Deep Sleeper
You are a Secret Liberal!
Issues: Social Liberal, Economic Liberal, Religious Liberal
Deep Sleeper - You will always appear Arch-conservative on every issue when being inspected.
Out of Control Super-PAC - You get an an additional vote each day. It is automatically placed, at random, on someone other than you. You can not control this.
Your campaign advisor smiles as he heads into the room. “You’re well ahead of the pack, Mii - and you’ve got a lot of respect in the party. I think our odds are looking pretty good.”
You smile at him. You’ve been doing this a long time, and you’ve picked up quite a few tricks... and you are owed quite a few favours as well.
“Well, remember - my main goal here is to keep things civil. Insure the best candidate wins.” you reply.
“And to utterly destroy anyone that steps out of line?” you campaign manager asks, chuckling as he hands you some papers to sign.
“But of course!” you laugh. “What use is civility if those who stray from the proper path aren’t punished for their transgressions!
You are:
The Party Faithful
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Super-Conservative, Economic Super-Conservative, Religious Conservative
Filibuster - You may cast infinite votes for no lynch, so long as they are all in separate posts. You are also the only person who knows how to guarantee a no lynch - As long as their are as many or more no lynches as other votes, total, no one will be lynched.
Mudslinger - Single Use Action. You may eliminate a player during the night.
Your campaign advisor drops to his knees and offers a quick prayer to the Lord. “By God’s grace sir, our poll numbers finally seem to be rising!”
“Yes,” you respond. “But then, God has chosen me to take the presidency, has he not? It is not surprising that he would sway the minds of the common folk to our cause.”
The man gets back to his feet. “That as it may be, sir, this is going to be a long and dirty campaign... if God’s willing we’ll come through, but are you prepared to do what we will need to do in order to win?”
You nod. “I will bring all the power of God’s righteous vengeance down on the fools and pretenders, worry not. Restoring what made this country great is worth any price - we are all sinners, and when we are done here we will all need to ask God for forgiveness. But we will do and say anything it takes to see his will is done.”
You are:
The True Believer
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Super-Conservative, Religious Arch-Conservative, Economic Moderate
Dirty Campaign Tactics - Single Use Night Action. You may eliminate a player during the night.
Religous Fanatic - You may investigate two players a night - you will gain knowledge of their stance on religion. You can double-vote against players you have discovered to be conservative, moderate, or liberal on religious issues.
Your campaign advisor looks down at the poll numbers. “Do you think we really have a chance?”
You shrug. “Do the math. The economy is in the shitter, and we’re the only ones here who seem to have any idea how it works. Of course we’re going to win this.”
The campaign advisor looks doubtful. “Still, should I...”
“Feel around for our potential as a VP candidate? Sure, go ahead. But I’m not ready to throw in the towel just yet, even if I AM polling poorly. There’s plenty of time for things to change. I know I have a reputation for shooting down ideas - I know I’m not popular among the party faithful because of it. Well, that and my staunch opposition to the war on a couple recreational drugs, and my belief that half these fuckers are nutjobs. But I’m right, damn it, and I’ll do what I need to do to insure the stupidity these assholes like to spout doesn’t cause too much trouble for the country I love so much.”
You are:
The Libertarian Maverick
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Liberal, Religious Conservative, Economic Arch-Conservative
(Power of No) (Economist) (Better as a Sidekick)
Better as a Sidekick - As a vice presidential candidate, you may take up to two night actions, and you will gain an additional night action ability when and if you are selected for that position. The exact wording for certain abilities may changes. Unfortunately, as a regular candidate you may only use each of your abilities a single time.
The Power of No - Target players actions are prevented this night - Even attempting to adjust the issues. Their first vote on any player does not count on the next day. (If they unvote and then revote, it will be successful)
Economist - You may investigate two players a night - you will gain knowledge of their stance on economics. You can double-vote against players you have discovered to be conservative, moderate, or liberal on economic issues.
Your campaign advisor looks eagerly at you. “All the information you requested, sir, right there. Infiltrating that Dairy Queen was easy as pie - the waiter was, in fact, spitting into your food.”
You shuffle through the papers. “Ahah! I see why... he’s a closeted gay, eh? Out the fucker, let social derision take care of him. That will teach him to spit in my food. Also explains why he spit in my food... whatever. Take care of it.”
Your advisor nods, and turns from the room. You steeple your fingers, and think about what to do next. Clearly, this is just a sign of the cultural decay this country has undergone in the last twenty years. All the kids having sex with everyone and everything. Men, goats, who the hell knows. They probably don’t even know, their so high out of their minds. Hell, just last night the camera you planted in your daughters room caught a boy sneaking in through the window and getting up to a bit of hanky panky with her. You confronted her with the video though, made her sit there and watch through the whole thing with you, and the fact that she cried the entire time made you pretty damn sure she wasn’t going to do it again. And frankly, that’s what this country needs right now - someone to set them straight. To set some rules, some discipline. And you’re just the guy to do it.
It helps that you’ve got informants in every opposing campaign in the field, of course. True party faithfuls. Righteous young men. You’ll know what your opponents are up to even before they do... and you’ve got enough information that a few words in the right ears can give them a heads up if they’re going to hit trouble. You don’t like most of them, half are pansies and half are enablers of bad behaviours, and one of them is even a goddamn papist, but for the good of the party...
You are:
The Party Stalwart
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Arch-Conservative, Religious Conservative, Economic Moderate
(Nixonian) (Culture Warrior)
Culture Warrior - You may investigate two players a night - you will gain knowledge of their stance on social issues. You can double-vote against players you have discovered to be conservative, moderate, or liberal on social issues.
Nixonian - You are adept at spying on your political rivals to get a feel for what they are doing. As a night action, you watch target player - you see what they do, who they do it to, and everyone who visits them during the night (though you don’t get to see the actions performed by the visitors)
You’re young. You’re hopeful. And you’re going to destroy the conservative party from the inside. You were supposed to talk to your campaign manager tonight, but you cancelled at the last minute to talk to your one ally on this side of the curtain - and old party faithful you simply could NOT believe held liberal sympathies. The thought of the two of you, changing everything! If you could discredit them enough during the general election campaign, why, the whole party could be brought down with you... the President would be able to do anything he wanted!
You finish up the phone call, and look down to the papers slid under the door. You sign them, and walk out, handing them to the secretary. As soon as those were submitted, you were actually in the race... a new face, brought up by the recent conservative rush, riding the anti-establishment wave. Poor fools just don’t know where that wave is going to get them! And if your opponents try to take them down, well... you’ve got a LOT of money available to you. In addition to your conservative donors, the Democrats are funneling a ton of cash into your primary fun. It’s going to take a dedicated effort to knock you out of this race.
Truth be told, you don’t either - and you don’t particularly care. You’re actually more of a moderate, personally... but hell, this is the ride of your life, and you’ve got the chance to change everything. No way you’re going to pass that up!
You are:
The Washington Outsider
You are a Secret Liberal!
Issues: Social Moderate, Economic Moderate, Religious Liberal
Down but not Out - You may recover from seeming death a single time.
Your campaign advisor has told you that your polling poorly. So be it. You can still come back, and even if you don’t - whether you win or not doesn’t matter as much as whether the party wins. In fact, you’ll gladly fall on your blade if you think doing so will help secure a conservative presidency.
Hopefully, it won’t come to that. You’ll help the true party members along where it will serve the party’s purposed, but you won’t hesitate to remove those who threaten it’s future.
And now that your papers are signed, your candidacy is official... its time to get to work.
You are:
The Martyr
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Super-Conservative, Religious Super-Conservative, Economic Conservative
Spindoctor - You can protect someone from attempts to kill them during the night.
Take the Bullet - You may sacrifice your life to return to life another player that was JUST lynched or night killed. You can not have made a post since the players death.
Your campaign advisor reports that your leading the polls. Perfect. You thank him, hand him your official candidacy papers to submit, and turn to the TV to watch your announcement one last time.
Flawless.
All the big names were already coming out to throw their names behind you. Your campaign is rolling in cash - a good chunk of it your own money and a few million your father dropped into the coffer. You look at your “competition” and laugh - you’ve got this thing in the bag. All you need to do know is hold it steady, avoid any stupid slipups, and hope nothing rocks the boat. Because you’re a rising star, and frankly you’re the only one here with a real chance at beating the president. You may only pay lip service to most conservative ideals, but you know what’s really important - beating the other guys. Winning. First, your fellow nominees - and then the damn Democrats. Ah, how you’ll revel in your victory once you’ve knocked their arrogant, entitled asses down a few notches...
You are:
The Chosen One
You are a Conservative!
Issues: Social Moderate, Religious Moderate, Economic Conservative
Charismatic - You may sway an additional issue (or the same issue an additional time) each night.
Ultra-PAC - You may double vote a single person. This empties your coffers, and will be inactive on the following day (after which it can be used again).
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