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[FallacyofUrist]

The retired thief walked with a cane, a limp to his step. Despite this, he was a jovial fellow, if prone to bouts of madness. But it said a lot about him that he never once allowed his madness to interfere with caring for his children. Zackarie was the oldest, long since having left the house to seek employment in the family business. Jannette was the middle child, and when her age of maturity came, she took an advance on her inheritance and left to seek instruction in the Tower of Tashul, a famed mage's college.

The youngest of the thief's three children was curious Elan. Every night he listened to the thief's tales of adventure and drank in the words deeply. They were amazing to him. One day, inspired by the thief's tales, he sought to go on an adventure of his own. The thief had warned young Elan to not enter the nearby crypts, still being explored by skilled veteran adventurers. Unfortunately, Elan disregarded this warning.

By some miracle, he returned from his dive with nothing more than cuts and scrapes and a large bruise - oh, and a long-forgotten crow mask, once belonging to a shaman, now buried within the crypts. Unfortunately Elan had never gotten the lecture about getting potential magic items identified before attempting to use them in any way.

That night, the mask opened a hole to the spirit realm in young Elan's dreams, and a nightmare crept in...


Rules:
-There will be three Friends, one Best Friend, one Dreamer, and one Nightmare, roles assigned via PM from me.

-No quoting mod PMs (mod posts in the thread may be quoted). No PMing each other. No editing your posts. No excessive dickbaggery.

-There will be one and only one phase: the Dream Phase. During the Dream Phase, all living players may vote in red for other players. The Dream Phase ends when the Nightmare or the Dreamer chooses to use their Awaken ability. The Awaken ability can only be used while a majority (or above) of the living players' votes are on a single player, and using Awaken ends the game. There are no extensions or shortens in effect, although the Awaken ability is similar to a hammer.

Spoiler: Roles: (click to show/hide)

-The Dreamer has the following abilities:
Dream Host: If the Dreamer is voted off, or killed by the Nightmare, the Dreams lose the game and the Nightmare wins the game.
Awaken: Can only be used while a majority of the living players' votes are on a single player other than the Dreamer. If the Nightmare is voted off, the Dreams then win. Otherwise, the Nightmare wins. Awaken must be publicly used.

-The Best Friend has the following abilities:
Protector: If the Dreamer would be killed by the Nightmare while the Best Friend is still alive, the Nightmare's kill is redirected to the Best Friend.
Purge: When the Best Friend is killed by the Nightmare, the vote count is reset, which will interfere with any attempt by the Nightmare to quick-Awaken the Dreamer.
Last Words: If the Best Friend is killed by the Nightmare, the Best Friend may then make one more post with game-relevant information in the thread. This will not allow them to vote.

-The Friends have the following ability:
Last Words: If the Friend is killed by the Nightmare, the Friend may then make one more post with game-relevant information in the thread. This will not allow them to vote.

-The Nightmare has the following abilities:
Dark Spear: Every noon, central/forum time, the Nightmare may daykill a player. They can and should queue up this ability in advance. If the Nightmare does not kill a player within an hour of noon, they forfeit its usage until the next noon. The killed player will roleflip.
Awaken: Can only be used while a majority of the living players' votes are on a single player other than the Nightmare. If the Dreamer is voted off, the Nightmare then wins. Otherwise, the Dreams win. Awaken must be publicly used.
Possession: If the only two players left alive are the Dreamer and the Nightmare, the Nightmare immediately wins and the Dreams immediately lose.

-The Dream Phase (and the game) starts as soon as all the player slots are filled, all players have received their roles via PM, and the mod has made the starting post. Votes made prior to the mod making the start post will not count. If the Dream Phase would start shortly before noon (central/forum time), it may be postponed until after noon so the Nightmare does not get to kill too soon.

-To summarize: the Nightmare is attempting to hunt down the Dreamer with their once-per-day daykill. Additionally, both the Dreamer and Nightmare may use Awaken to hammer the vote count and end the game. To provide a safety net against the Nightmare getting a lucky hit in too early, the Best Friend exists as protection.


Players:
-TricMagic
-BluarianKnight
-EuchreJack
-KittyTac
-notquitethere
-Jim Groovester

[TricMagic]

Who will Awakin the Dreamer?

[ToonyMan]

So if the Nightmare uses Awaken on the Dreamer while the Best Friend is alive it'll be obvious who they are since it's public and the Best Friend will soak the hit instead, yes? This means the Nightmare has to daykill target the Dreamer or Best Friend first before using Awaken, interesting...

[FallacyofUrist]

Oh no, the Best Friend only soaks kill attempts, and Awaken is just a way to trigger the elimination hammer, in a sense.

This little mini-game series is a way for me to experiment with different voting schemes and mini-setups. Could even call it practice for running a Mafia Marathon.

[BluarianKnight]

I'm not gonna lose this one!

IN!

[EuchreJack]

Not exactly sure how the Nightmare can lose. If the game goes on for too long, Nightmare wins.  Nightmare could (and probably should) prepare their entire list of kills ahead of time, and then just play as a Friend.  Eventually, they'll either kill their target or be left alone with the Dreamer.  Unless they can deduct the Dreamer, they should NOT use Awaken, since they win if the game goes on long enough anyways.

One interesting aspect is that unlike regular mafia, nobody can win if the vote is on them.  If the vote is on the Dreamer, the Dreamer loses.  If the vote is on the Friends or Best Friends, if the Dreamer Awakens, all the dreamers lose (including the Friend or Best Friend).  As previously mentioned, time is on the Nightmare's side, so they have little reason to Awaken.

I'm curious about the probabilities on this one, as there is probably an "Optimal" day for the dreams to Hammer their vote.  Too soon and their chances of getting the Nightmare are slim.  But each day that passes increases the chances of the Nightmare getting the Dreamer.

EDIT: It actually comes down to what I'd call day 3, assuming the first day before the first killing is day zero.  Both the Dreamer and Nightmare have a 50% chance of winning, and have to hammer before the vote turns on them.  And the Nightmare might not have killed the best friend yet.  Still favors Nightmare, but then again don't most of these games favor scum?

What happens if all the friends say Awaken?  Nothing.  And then there is a 50% chance of choosing right on day zero.  Should be a short game.
Since time favors the Nightmare, and the Dreams have immunity until end of day 1, all friends should say Awaken, and then try to figure out which player is the Dreamer and which is the Nightmare.  They've got 48 hours or so until the Nightmare can kill the Dreamer, and any other strategy gives less than the 50% chance of victory (since the Nightmare can pick them off one by one with the day kills).
Ironically, in this scenario, the Friends SHOULD aim the vote at themselves, since if they aim at it the Dreamer by mistake, the Nightmare will just say Awaken and win.  Or if they get lucky and aim it at the Nightmare, the Dreamer can Awaken and win.  The interesting thing is that both the Dreamer and the Nightmare are the only ones that CAN'T aim the vote at themselves.

Fun with numbers:
Normal play (not using the Friends Awaken strategy)
Voting right by Dreamers:
Day 0   Day 1   Day 2   Day 3   Nightmare Wins
1 in 6   1 in 5   1 in 4   1 in 3   
            
Missing the Nightmare            
5 in 6   4 in 5   3 in 4   2 in 3   
83%          80%           75%          66% Actually 50%, as the Friend knows they're a Friend, and both the Dreamer and Nightmare will hammer if not on them   
            
Dreamer Dying to Dark Spear            
Complicated by Best Friend, as it essentially either gets burned without exposing the Dreamer, or pushes back the kill result of the Dreamer by one day.

Final? Edit: The real game is getting the game to start on a Friday/Saturday, which triggers by all player slots filling.  Game start on a Tuesday is pretty much Nightmare autowin. 

[KittyTac]

In.

[FallacyofUrist]

I'm just going to rule that if a player can't use Awaken, then they shouldn't fake-use it, as that could cause confusion in the thread.

Two slots to go.

[EuchreJack]

I'm just going to rule that if a player can't use Awaken, then they shouldn't fake-use it, as that could cause confusion in the thread.

Two slots to go.

Spoil sport. 

[EuchreJack]

Having completed a forum mafia-like, I'm wondering how the Town in this setup is to find out information.

[notquitethere]

OK in

[Jim Groovester]

I feel like given the nature of this game I won't be able to play at the intensity it needs but if you're willing to have me I can in, since there are no other games going on right now.

[EuchreJack]

Final? Edit: The real game is getting the game to start on a Friday/Saturday, which triggers by all player slots filling.  Game start on a Tuesday is pretty much Nightmare autowin. 

Total Nightmare move. 

[FallacyofUrist]

Alright. I'll start the game tomorrow, right after noon. Like... 2:15 PM. Gives the town more time for discussion before the first daykill, then.

[FallacyofUrist]

The six presences convene, in their empowered Dream.

A Nightmare is ready to surprise them, in a clever guise to deceive them.

The interloper's victory cannot be permitted, so a tool is fitted to the task.

Voting begins at last, faces hidden under many a mask.

TricMagic (0):
BluarianKnight (0):
EuchreJack (0):
KittyTac (0):
notquitethere (0):
Jim Groovester (0):

Not Voting (6): TricMagic, BluarianKnight, EuchreJack, KittyTac, notquitethere, Jim Groovester

Reminder: The Nightmare can kill once per Central/forum time noon, and is permitted and encouraged to queue up this kill in advance.