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[JanusTwoface]

Sorcerer's Apprentice Mafia III
Dust in the wind; all they are is dust in the wind
-- Kansas, 1977

Somewhere in the wilderness, there exists a small school of Sorcerers, proud and powerful.  Each with his own school of magic, the Sorcerers co-exist in relative peace, each teaching several Apprentices about their trade.  But it seems that some of the Sorcerers may have an ulterior motive...

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

Basic Rules
- PMs between players are allowed, CC the mod
- Votes should be in red
- Unvoting in encouraged but not required
- Vote No Lynch if you don't want to kill anyone
- Use bold text to get the mod's attention
- Do not edit your posts
- Do not quote PMs from the mod

Gameplay
- Days will last 72 hours (2:1 on weekends)
- Nights will last 24 hours (2:1 on weekends) or until all actions have been received
- If no night action is received, you will perform no action
- Extension requests will extend the day by 24 hours, require a simple majority, maximum of 2/day
- Each day players will Vote for one player to be Lynched
- Each night the Dark Sorcerers will choose a Sorcerer to Killed using the most heinous means available
- The Sorcerers win if there are no more Dark Sorcerers alive
- The Dark Sorcerers win if the remaining Sorcerers can no longer win
- If a vote ends in a tie, No Lynch will occur
- Roles will be revealed on death

Lurking Policy
- You must post at least once within each 24 hour period (Saturday & Sunday are a single period)
- After the 1st period without posting, you will recieve a PMed warning
- After the 2nd period without posting, you will recieve a public warning
- After the 3rd period without posting, you will be modkilled
- Warnings *DO NOT* reset, you only have 3 strikes over the entire game
- Only posts in the thread count (not PMs or Scumchat)
- If you have a reasonable excuse, let the mod know ahead of time

Spoiler: Roles (click to show/hide)

Roles
- Each player will be either an Apprentice or a Sorcerer
- Apprentice: each *DAY* they will PM the mod one of the remaining schools of magic to support
- Sorcerer: get more powerful abilities depending on how much support their school has

Schools of Magic
- Each Sorcerer will be associated with a different School of Magic
- The remaining schools of magic will be posted each morning, along with how much support they received the previous day
- Each school will have an associated night action for 1, 2, or 3 Apprentices (with increasing power)
- When an Apprentice assists a school, they will be given a minor (School-specific) ability for the next day (the Sorcerer for that school always has their school's ability)
- If an Apprentice is lynched, their assist will not count for that night

Previous Rounds:
Sorcerer's Apprentice - Dark Sorcerers win!
Sorcerer's Apprentice II - Dark Sorcerers win!

Living Players
- IronyOwl

Dead Players
- Taco Dan the Apprentice (innocent)
- Book the Sorcerer, formerly known as Zathras, Master of Fire (innocent)
- Dariush the Dark Sorcerer, Master of Air
- NativeForeigner, Master of Water (innocent)
- KaminaSquirtle, Master of Earth (innocent) (modkilled)
- Nirur Torir the Dark Apprentice
- Jim Groovester the Apprentice (innocent)
- Toaster the Apprentice (innocent)
- Jokerman-EXE the Apprentice (innocent)
- vadia the Apprentice (innocent)

Schools of Magic
- Earth Magic
- Air Magic
- Fire Magic
- Water Magic

[JanusTwoface]

Summary of changes
- Lurking policy has been changed to 24 hour periods, 3 strikes and you're out
- Remaining Schools will be given with a descriptive name, rather than by color
- Assisting grants a minor ability to the Apprentice (depending on the School)

Does anyone have any comments / concerns about the changes?


Any skill level is welcome, so long as you promise to be active and think you can follow what's going on. 

So far as being active, I have a relatively strict lurking policy (see the Rules section), but so long as you can post one decent post per day / 24 hours, you'll be fine. 

If you haven't played in Sorcerer's Apprentice before, I strongly recommend reading the previous two rounds for the basic idea.

[Jim Groovester]

I'll in.

I think the setup's breakable though. I nearly did it last game.

[JanusTwoface]

Anything breakable in particular?

The schools are different each time, so the same easy win shouldn't always be possible.

[NativeForeigner]

I've heard good things about this. In.

[Jim Groovester]

Anything breakable in particular?

The schools are different each time, so the same easy win shouldn't always be possible.

Well, um, now that you asked I can't quite put my finger on it.

Since the Apprentices cast assists during the day, I think that naturally lends itself to abuse.

[vadia]

I haven't played before and I'd like to be able to vote for Saturday until 1:00 a.m sunday if that's ok, but other than that I'd like to be in.

[Dariush]

One more opportunity to get mislynched on first day? I'm in!

[JanusTwoface]

I haven't played before and I'd like to be able to vote for Saturday until 1:00 a.m sunday if that's ok, but other than that I'd like to be in.

So long as you don't mind the second half of this post, I'm glad to have you.  I'm not sure what you're voting for though...

The game will run in a cycle of 72 hour days (with the possibility of extensions) and 24 hour nights.  During the day, everyone votes on someone to Lynch and the Apprentices send me a PM with which school they will support.  During the night, the Dark Sorcerers (the Mafia equivalent) will choose someone to Nightkill and the Sorcerers will cast their spells.

Another basic explanation of more or less what I just said.

Shiny?

[vadia]

I meant that I'd like a one hour extention vs. lurking on Saturday -- not that I expect to use it, but Saturdays are tough for me due to the sabbath

[JanusTwoface]

I meant that I'd like a one hour extention vs. lurking on Saturday -- not that I expect to use it, but Saturdays are tough for me due to the sabbath

Oh, got it.

Right now, Saturday and Sunday count as a single period.  You only have to post once on either day (although posting more than once is fine as well ) and you'll be fine.  Will that be sufficient?

[vadia]

That would be quite fine.  I just wanted to make sure I could avoid lurking.

[Taco Dan]

Sure. In.

[Zathras]

In. Let's have another limericky game, I say. Haikus are boring.

Also, yay for strict lurking rules! Let them be enforced! I'd like to see what impact they have on activity and if modkills happen and what they do to the game.

Lurking Policy
- You must post at least once within each 24 hour period (Saturday & Sunday are a single period)
- After the 1st period without posting, you will recieve a PMed warning
- After the 2nd period without posting, you will recieve a public warning
- After the 3rd period without posting, you will be modkilled
- Warnings *DO NOT* reset, you only have 3 strikes over the entire game

Regarding the breakability of the game, I think Jim referred to the latest iteration of his fucking goddamned plan last game, which did have some impact in figuring out the scum school (having a sorcerer power of investigation of support helped). It doesn't break it, but it does game the system somewhat. We'll see if it makes sense this game, but I preemptively reserve the right to give him shit for it.

[vadia]

In. Let's have another limericky game, I say. Haikus are boring.

Also, yay for strict lurking rules! Let them be enforced! I'd like to see what impact they have on activity and if modkills happen and what they do to the game.

Lurking Policy
- You must post at least once within each 24 hour period (Saturday & Sunday are a single period)
- After the 1st period without posting, you will recieve a PMed warning
- After the 2nd period without posting, you will recieve a public warning
- After the 3rd period without posting, you will be modkilled
- Warnings *DO NOT* reset, you only have 3 strikes over the entire game

Regarding the breakability of the game, I think Jim referred to the latest iteration of his fucking goddamned plan last game, which did have some impact in figuring out the scum school (having a sorcerer power of investigation of support helped). It doesn't break it, but it does game the system somewhat. We'll see if it makes sense this game, but I preemptively reserve the right to give him shit for it.

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