Sensible Erection | SENSIBLE HOWLING

Saturday, 14 April 2007

quote [ A werewolf (also lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ]

Day one of Sensible Howling, the game.

Welcome to the gorgeous and peaceful town of Lupensbrusch, in the middle of a generic medieval east European country. This town is known for its high quality of life: you actually have an impressive life expectancy of forty-seven, a third of your children will survive beyond the age of five, and no more than a twentieth of the population dies of starvation during the winter. Also, the town is famous for its excellent turnips.

Heaven on earth, you say? Wrong! Lately strange occurrences have been going on-- cattle horribly mutilated during the night, particularly during the full moon, small kids disappearing from their cradles, and the animals being restless at nighttime. The signs are clear: somebody amidst you has been cursed with lycantrophy. Probably something to do with the gypsies you all burned at the stake just for kicks a couple of months ago. Unless you do something right now you are all doomed.

Don't even think of getting external help: the King uses very expeditive methods of getting rid of werewolves and vampires. Namely, torturing and killing everybody in town. And probably everybody in the towns nearby, for good measure.

You have no idea of how many werewolves there are, but three anonymous notes nailed on the door of the town's church give you some hope:

The first one claims to be from a member of the "Confederacy of the Thorn", a secret organization devoted to depose the King. Now, they know who the other members are, and they were together conspiring when the attacks took place. But they cannot reveal their identities, firstly, because of the whole being tortured and killed by the king's soldiers, and secondly, because if the werewolves know that you are a "Thorner", and that you have a bit more knowledge than the average peasant (that some other people is not a werewolf), you will become a target.

The second note was from somebody claiming to possess "seer" powers, and explaining that he or she can enter the mind of somebody else during the night. So he or she will investigate one individual every night, although the alpha wolf, the leader of the pack, will probably notice her and therefore be immune to her powers.

The third note came from one of you, saying that he or she will devote his nights to secretly follow somebody he or she believes in danger and protect him from werewolves. He or she can also devout his or her energies to protect him or herself.

What to do? Paranoia starts getting the best of you. Do you suspect of somebody? You can vote to lynch the most likely suspect during the day, changing the vote as many times as you want, but when the day is over, your last vote will be the one that will count. If you are some sort of big party-pooping sissy, and you don't want anybody to be executed, you can vote for "no lynch". If the "no lynch" votes outnumber anybody else's, or there are no votes whatsoever, there will be no lynching. If there is a tie, all those tied will die.

A necromancer will examine the rests of those executed, and will determine if they were telling the truth.

Once the night starts, werewolves will get together and decide to kill one of the townies. They will do so somewhere else. The alpha male of the pack's vote decides in case of a tie, but if the alpha dies, the regular wolves will have to untie through any other method.

The game ends when all the members of the other team die. If all the wolves die, the townies win, if there is an equal number of townies and wolves, the wolves will immediately kill the surviving townies and win.

Non-players, please, avoid talking strategy or influence votes in any way.

May the gods take care of your poor soul.

The townies are:

gronk23, the town's poet
endopol, the carpenter
Context, the local drunk
scarshapedstar, the bailiff
Narrenschiff, a mysterious stranger
BobTWC, the mayor
LeavemeAlone, an old retired sailor

Barnabas Truman, the innkeeper
plexer, the apothecary
Jestyr, a grain farmer
thumble, an old warrior
TheCooler, a turnip farmer
solitude, the blacksmith
mouse, the handyman

capnSilver, a swineherd
Nick, the baker
badgerbaiter, a dairy farmer
crad, a gong farmer
remiq, a thief
Avid, the barber and dentist
v21, the town's priest

[games] [by Kimota@4:37pmGMT] [+10 Good]

Comments

Kimota said @ 4:38pm GMT on 14th Apr

gronk23 said @ 4:42pm GMT on 14th Apr
There once was a man from Nantucket...

LeavemeAlone said @ 5:11pm GMT on 14th Apr
I knew a man from Nantucket once. He was a strange fellow, he was. Going around, kicking buckets like there was no tomorrow. Of course, back then, kicking buckets meant you were against the bucketheads, who we were at war at the time. If you even though of putting a bucket on your head, that was a paddlin'. And not those soft ones that they do now. Oh no siree. You'd take one of those to the ass and your teeth would come out. Of course, that was a problem because...

incpenners said @ 5:35pm GMT on 14th Apr
There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose cock was so long he could suck it
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin
If my ear was a cunt I would
Fuck it

Narrenschiff said @ 4:44pm GMT on 14th Apr
...

ragazze said @ 5:44pm GMT on 14th Apr
very.... mysterious

Kimota said @ 4:45pm GMT on 14th Apr
People of the town, you can start talking to each other. If you decide that somebody has to die, make sure that the vote is clear, like this:

I vote for lynching xxx!

In 72 hours, daytime will be over, and the townie with more votes will die (unless there are no votes or enough people votes for a "no lynch"). You can change your vote as many times as you want until then.

You can stay in character and act like a medieval peasant, but it's not really mandatory. Now, be careful out there.

Kimota said @ 4:47pm GMT on 14th Apr
Before I forget, lurkers can comment if they want, as long as they don't talk strategy. It would be unfair for the wolves to allow more people to make suggestions.

eskimonoise said @ 4:58pm GMT on 14th Apr
Nice URL in the main link.
And why have I not heard of half the cast in your little game?
I would have thought Dalej as the village idiot was a sure thing.

Nick said @ 5:28pm GMT on 14th Apr
As all we have to go on so far are the job titles:

I vote for lynching capnSilver!

A swineherd would always have plenty of meat and blood available for the discerning lycanthrope.

solitude said @ 9:58pm GMT on 14th Apr
That's pretty quick to jump the gun. I'd wager a bit on the defensive side even. What are you hiding?

Nick said @ 3:04am GMT on 15th Apr
I was hiding a sense of boredom. Someone has to be killed first, so I thought I'd get things started using the only information we have available. We haven't held a good lynching around here in ages.

Plus capNsilver smells funny.

badgerbaiter said @ 5:12am GMT on 15th Apr
Only a few weeks ago we were burning gypsies.
How quick they forget.

Nick said @ 4:03am GMT on 15th Apr
I hereby change my vote. Partly because Context talks a lot of sense for a town drunk, partly to thank him for changing his vote to not murder me, and partly because BOBTWC seems awfully keen to organise the proceedings and lead us down the lynching path of his choice.

I vote to lynch BOBTWC!

VictorTyne said @ 5:29pm GMT on 14th Apr
+1 GM Appreciation for the interesting scene writeup.

If it goes well, count me in for the next one, since I didn't understand you were doing this *here* and missed out.

gronk23 said @ 5:51pm GMT on 14th Apr
A poem for Crad:

THE GONG FARMER

Here in this dark pit
beneath the castle wall
a whistling turd goes pat
into the slurry's well.

I wait for the last bit,
turn to the boy Tom Tall.
'Go bang it with your bat:
the shitless hour tell.'

The gong he starts to hit:
they hear it in the hall.
I don my stinking hat,
sink boots in faecal hell.

Right fast I scoop the shit
which might your soul appal;
Tom Short hauls up what's shat
and what the bowels dispel.

I feel, in fumes unfit
for humans, something fall
from heaven, something fat
upon my back. What fell?

Despite the gong, the slit
above expels a squall
of faeces from the slot:
my tongue I fain must quell.

Here in this dark pit
beneath the castle wall
a whistling turd goes pat
upon my hat as well.

crad said @ 7:46pm GMT on 14th Apr
It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.

scarshapedstar said @ 6:28pm GMT on 14th Apr
Damn, you're really into this. :P

Jewbacchus said @ 6:39pm GMT on 14th Apr

Context said @ 7:24pm GMT on 14th Apr
I, for one, will be method acting this. What am I again? Oh, right... the town drunk. Better get started...

BobTWC said @ 7:24pm GMT on 14th Apr [Score:2 Funny]
Ehm Ehm ...

Good People of Lupensbrusch, I'd like to welcome you to this town meeting.

As mayor of this town I have heard the rumors that we are being besieged by a plauge of Lycanthropy. First I implore you that we act calmly in this crisis. With patience and clear thinking we will come to the truth of this matter and dispatch the lycantropes within our mist with extreme prejudice.

Now, I know that you have been discussing this issue amongst yourselves before the meeting, but I would officially like to open discussion. Does any one have anything they would like to say on the matter? Please speak up, don't be shy

gronk23 said @ 7:50pm GMT on 14th Apr [Score:1 Underrated]
LET'S LYNCH THE MAYOR!

I vote for lynching BobTWC!

BobTWC said @ 7:59pm GMT on 14th Apr
My Word!

Gronk23, I believe your imagination is running away with you! I'm as upstanding a citizen as my father (whom, as you all know I inherited this position from), and I take great offense at you making such an accusation.

I vote for lynching Gronk23!

For it is obvious that he has lost his mind in accusing a fine upstanding citizen such as myself of any wrong doing.

Dioxin said @ 8:25pm GMT on 14th Apr
I wouldn't put it past the beasts to stage a fake fight between two secret werewolves to throw honest, God fearing folk off the trail.

Plus Nancy Grace says they're both guilty.

gronk23 said @ 8:30pm GMT on 14th Apr
I've written a poem to express my innocence:

Gronk is innocent
dibbledy dobbledy doo.

Dioxin said @ 8:31pm GMT on 14th Apr
Ok. That's the last of my suggestions. Only so much one can do when the narrator is a werewolf.

crad said @ 7:51pm GMT on 14th Apr
Yar, wolves have good noses. You know it's not me!

oh, and sorry about the smell. May'haps if I leave there will be better attendance at this meeting...

solitude said @ 10:02pm GMT on 14th Apr
I'd like to take this opertunity to promote my fine range of high quality steel pitchforks. Now on sale for only 15 silverlings. Buy now while stocks last, to protect yourself from the werewolf menace. As an act of good will I will be donating three of them to the good town of Lupensbrusch.

thumble said @ 10:46pm GMT on 14th Apr
Do they come with torches of the flaming variety?

solitude said @ 11:09pm GMT on 14th Apr
I have tried my hand at doing a flaming variety, but somehow the chemical mixture was a bit off, so it kept exploding. I've had to rebuild the barn three times now this year, so I think I'll give it a rest.

After all I'm a blacksmith and not a chemist.

endopol said @ 11:33pm GMT on 14th Apr
Endopol wishes to say that this upmod was meant merely to foster thoughtful discussion, in this time of crisis, and not an endorsement of BobTWC.

badgerbaiter said @ 2:55am GMT on 15th Apr
Interesting!

Context said @ 7:24pm GMT on 14th Apr
Oh, and I vote we lynch Nick, as he is the first that proposed a lynching. Hic!

BobTWC said @ 7:37pm GMT on 14th Apr
Hmm, yes, Nick...

He was rousing his fair share of rabble before the meeting.

Nick, I've know our good Swineherd here for many years, and not once have I seen any proof that he might be a lycanthrope. Now, outside of his profession what would make you think that he might be one of the shapeshifters beseigeing our town?

Narrenschiff said @ 8:14pm GMT on 14th Apr
Seems to me that Nick's more of the type for grabbing attention. Mayhaps we should focus on the ne'er do wells of the town... starting on the thief, remiq. Just last week he took... some property of mine. From my shack. That's all you need to know.

Context said @ 8:42pm GMT on 14th Apr [Score:1 Insightful]
Though, why would BOBTWC want to defend anyone, unless he wants to defend a fellow wolf? They must know who each other are. So, we could lynch either one of them

plexer said @ 8:56pm GMT on 14th Apr
Good point. A village of wolfmen is no place for friendships BOBTWC [if that is your real name!]

Narrenschiff said @ 9:27pm GMT on 14th Apr
So, BOBTWC, capnSilver, and remiq are on the board.

Context said @ 9:44pm GMT on 14th Apr
And Nick, possibly, because he was fairly quick to suggest a lynching, although I don't think that would weigh as heavily as defending someone else.

Nick said @ 3:57am GMT on 15th Apr
I just likes me some good old-fashioned lynching.

However, I disagree that defending someone should be seen as a sign of definite lycanthropy. Don't forget that we have the Confederacy of the Thorn among ourselves, and they would be justifiably keen to defend each other from being accused of werewolfery.

remiq said @ 4:02am GMT on 15th Apr
So, you say that you're one of them and we should trust you? Prove it.

Nick said @ 4:16am GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Insightful]
I never said that, just that the Confederacy of the Thorn will be as eager to defend one another as the werewolves will. And as a reminder, the Confederacy of the Thorn can't reveal themselves for fear of being executed by the king.

thumble said @ 9:22pm GMT on 14th Apr
Speaking of ne'er do wells, at least our remiq is upfront about his purpose in town. You aren't even from here, Narrenschiff. What is is that you're doing here again?

Narrenschiff said @ 9:27pm GMT on 14th Apr
...research.

badgerbaiter said @ 1:59am GMT on 15th Apr
Interesting

solitude said @ 9:54pm GMT on 14th Apr
The thief seems like a good suggestion. Since we don't really know anything yet, we have no way of telling apart from guessing right? So if we likely kill an innocent, then it'd better be someone who won't be missed right?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 10:16pm GMT on 14th Apr
Won't be missed? A thief adds such character to our quaint village! Also it might not hurt to have an ally capable of sneaking around at night...

solitude said @ 11:10pm GMT on 14th Apr
Good point. But ofcourse we want him to sneak around at night, finding out wether someone is trying to kill someone in their sleep, and not to go off with my grandfathers watch like LAST time. I still want it back damnit!

remiq said @ 1:17am GMT on 15th Apr
I told ya already it was not me!

BTW: I still remember what you told me last thursday. About that precious item you don't belong but you want it reaaaaaly bad. Of course I won't tell anyone about it, but you know... lynched person is really talkative.

remiq said @ 12:52am GMT on 15th Apr
You call me a thief?! My righteous dagger can tell you what I think about strangers accusing town people. You want to fight? Bring it on!

Narrenschiff said @ 7:37am GMT on 15th Apr
Just last week I found a note in my cellar that said "your goods have been stolen by remiq, master thief". 'Twas the only logical conclusion.

Bob LLama said @ 7:39pm GMT on 14th Apr
Just a little more marijuana, and this thread will be AWESOME for me.

crad said @ 7:49pm GMT on 14th Apr
Yar, it helps get rid of the smell of shiet.

BobTWC said @ 8:02pm GMT on 14th Apr
Hmmm, yes...

I'd been meaning to you about your bathing habits. Umm, you do remember where the river is, don't you.

Bob LLama said @ 8:06pm GMT on 14th Apr
Peeeeeeeeeerfect.
Heh he heeh heh eheh. You said 'river'.

crad said @ 10:11pm GMT on 14th Apr
heh heh eh

you said "pee"

Bob LLama said @ 10:12pm GMT on 14th Apr
dude, in french, "crad" is slang for 'nasty'.

that's hilarious.

I want more pocky.

MastaX said @ 7:54pm GMT on 14th Apr
Shit this is awesome, I would have been into it had I known it would be housed here.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 8:16pm GMT on 14th Apr
I vote that we all come back to my tavern and discuss matters over a round of drinks.

gronk23 said @ 9:16pm GMT on 14th Apr
Yea verily! Let's us all be merry and drink at the tavern. Forget our travails and the menacing lycanthropes, and I, Gronk, the town poet, shall regale you with dirty limericks:

There was an old whore from Azores,
whose cunt was all covered with sores
the dogs in the street
wouldn't eat the green meat
that hung in festoons from her drawers.

thumble said @ 9:58pm GMT on 14th Apr
Trying to distract us from the real issue are you, gronk? That's mighty suspicious and hilarious of you.

solitude said @ 10:12pm GMT on 14th Apr
Interesting, and consider Barnabas Truman, trying to get us intoxicated and keeping us from thinking straight.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 10:14pm GMT on 14th Apr
(No, no, I'm just trying to get extra exp for roleplaying; it says on my character sheet that I'm "always ready to make a quick buck"!)

solitude said @ 10:28pm GMT on 14th Apr
Seems awefully defensive. But for now i'll give you the benifit of the doubt... provided you give me a couple of beers, and we shall speak none of it

Barnabas_Truman said @ 9:45am GMT on 15th Apr
Sure, have a round on the house. And by "on the house" I mean "free for now, but at the same time I'm calculating in my head exactly how much I'll need to raise prices tomorrow to make up for it."

Barnabas_Truman said @ 10:17pm GMT on 14th Apr
Bah, that poem alone makes me want to lynch you, regardless of lycanthropic tendencies. Get out of my tavern; you're scaring the customers!

Sgt Harry 'Snapper' Organs.. said @ 8:46pm GMT on 14th Apr
I do so love the idea of an eastern european village with residents called 'Gronk23' and 'BobLlama.' Very Authenticistik.

Bob LLama said @ 8:50pm GMT on 14th Apr
Hey now, I'm no god-damned villager.

I'm some sort of ethereal spirit observing the events unfold while smoking some totally killer 420.

cardinal said @ 3:56am GMT on 15th Apr
HIGH FIVE!

thumble said @ 9:25pm GMT on 14th Apr
I love the fact that the man named Jestyr IS NOT A JESTYR AT ALL!!!

Meanwhile I suggest we lynch Kurt Vonnegut...

...

...

Too soon?

Jestyr said @ 12:54am GMT on 15th Apr
Now be fair. I had no choice in how my parents named me. In the meanwhile, who wants almost bread? Just add one miller!

Bodnoirbabe said @ 8:54pm GMT on 14th Apr
Oh dammit! I didn't know we were REALLY goin to play this! Fuck....I want to play. Can I move to the town?

Tsarist Officer said @ 9:49pm GMT on 14th Apr
Do you have INTERNAL PASSPORT?

Dioxin said @ 9:56pm GMT on 14th Apr
In Peaceful Lupensbrusch, passport interns you!

Context said @ 10:11pm GMT on 14th Apr
I vote to lynch BOBTWC

final answer

badgerbaiter said @ 11:35pm GMT on 14th Apr
Why so interested in eliminating someone so eminent?

solitude said @ 12:29am GMT on 15th Apr
I guess he has authority issues. Obviously a known lycanthrope trait.

solitude said @ 12:30am GMT on 15th Apr
On the other hand, he could just be ranting, since he's obviously drunk beyond all hope.

badgerbaiter said @ 12:34am GMT on 15th Apr
Hard to tell the difference.
Why does he drink,
What is he trying to forget?

solitude said @ 1:44am GMT on 15th Apr
I think I know why...

When asked tomorrow: Where were you last night, he just says he can't remember because he was drunk. So that he doesn't need an aliby, because in fact he was actually out murdering innocent town-folk like you and me.

badgerbaiter said @ 1:57am GMT on 15th Apr
Why do you want me to think that he is a killer? What is your angle? Why is your name solitude? Got a little secret that you dont want to share with other people? Better to stay on your own?

remiq said @ 2:19am GMT on 15th Apr
You're one talkative wolf, aren't ya? He just ask why Context want to lynch mayor. I also want to know that.

badgerbaiter said @ 2:23am GMT on 15th Apr
Who are you protecting?

remiq said @ 2:28am GMT on 15th Apr
I ain't protecting anybody. I want to know answers to that questions.

Narrenschiff said @ 7:39am GMT on 15th Apr
A bit suspcious, aren't we, sir dairy farmer? Goin' around, trying to execute the less talkative among us. Tryin' to knock off those without allies, ya wolf?

badgerbaiter said @ 8:13am GMT on 15th Apr
Then why so excitedly draw up a death list?

Narrenschiff said @ 9:00am GMT on 15th Apr
Mere suspects, sir. We've got a problem on our hands.

Context said @ 6:41am GMT on 15th Apr
Two reasons. One, he was very quick to defend someone, when it is the first round of the game and the only information available to everyone is our professions. Although, the wolves know who each other are, which is privileged information. At this point, I am very nervous about anyone who calls for decisive action, especially if someone is willing to go out on a limb to protect another player, which wouldn't make sense at all, unless they were both wolves.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a hangover to drink away.

Narrenschiff said @ 8:00am GMT on 15th Apr
Hair of the wolf that bit you, eh?

Barnabas_Truman said @ 9:50am GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Funny]
That makes a lot more sense in Context.

CapnSilver said @ 12:48am GMT on 15th Apr
If we're lynching anybody, it should really be Narrenschiff, the mysterious stranger.
Or Nick, for suggesting we lynch someone first. Especially as it's me.

Now there should only be 3 or 4 wolves, as the ideal number is 3 from 11-17 players and then 4 once you hit 27 (both giving the same chance of townsperson win. Yes, I've been reading the example game.)

Also, I don't know exactly how effective these strategies are but I would suggest that Guardian protect themselves (or me) tonight, just on the off chance they're chosen, and that the seer keep in mind that the only confirmed townspeople are the secret society and the guardian until the alpha is killed, as the alpha returns a false positive of Townsperson.

Once the seer is outed, the guardian should be protecting them most nights, except in that situation, smart wolves would begin to pick off the weakest.

The problem with anything that's said or done by anyone, is that you have to consider whether what someone is saying is productive for their team or not. Are they saying what they mean, or are they being tricky, saying the opposite of what they mean? Have they thought of that already and are telling the truth? There is always room for plans within plans.

remiq said @ 1:26am GMT on 15th Apr
In my opinion, seer should tell first checked (and verified human) person about himself and then broadcast who's who to every human he know.

Other option is to make himself known to everybody, so guardian can save him.

solitude said @ 1:46am GMT on 15th Apr
But what if a werewolf proclaims himself seer, and guards the other werewolfs? And what if the verified human is actually the alpha male?

I say trust no-one!

CapnSilver said @ 2:04am GMT on 15th Apr
I suggest that we keep all speculation/strategy talk here, with the wolves and the secret order of water buffaloes messaging each other as they see fit.

I think messaging others like that breaks some kind of bond.

Maybe the seer and guardian should be able to message too? Assuming the seer finds the guardian.

I don't know. I haven't played before, but I tell you, reading that other game is really awesome. It's so entertaining. And I hate forums in general.

thumble said @ 2:24am GMT on 15th Apr
I think SE has a PM system so Sensible Howling should use it in whatever way we think we need to. But it's ultimately up to Kimota.

Kimota said @ 2:56am GMT on 15th Apr
I don't have a problem with secret alliances, so long as you don't start referencing in this post things you have been talking about elsewhere. That would make it all absurdly confusing. And when the game is over, people who started secret communications should explain what they did.

thumble said @ 2:02am GMT on 15th Apr
Far too dangerous for anyone to identify themself to anyone. If we agree that the seer will not be identifying themself to anyone then the wolves can't pretend to be a seer to individuals to manipulate people. Because we all will know that the true seer wouldn't out themself. And if the seer outs themself to all then the guardian's powers are tied up in protecting the seer and wise wolves would be targeting random other people in the hopes of hitting that guardian. I think the best course of action for the seer is to randomly seer till they find a wolf and sway voting subtly during the day.

Also remember that the alpha wolf will be identified as human and also might be able to tell they are being seered.

What a complicated game.

CapnSilver said @ 2:16am GMT on 15th Apr
People are complicated.
Does the alpha know who the seer is when seered? I assume not. But I don't know.

BTW, what the hell is a Gong Farmer?

VictorTyne said @ 2:42am GMT on 15th Apr
Didn't you read the poem?

CapnSilver said @ 2:45am GMT on 15th Apr
No. I saw it and just kept on scrolling the first time.

So: Nightsoil man?

crad said @ 7:43am GMT on 15th Apr
Fertilizer delivery / waste removal expert, at your service

remiq said @ 2:52am GMT on 15th Apr
>Does the alpha know who the seer is when seered? I assume not. But I don't know.
Yes, he will know.

Kimota said @ 2:59am GMT on 15th Apr
Sure. The alpha wolf will know who the seer is if targeted.

gronk23 said @ 6:19am GMT on 15th Apr
But then all the wolves know, and the seer is the next to die. It seems a little unfair, especially if the alpha male appears as a regular villager to the seer.

Maybe we need a little rules clarification, since there are so many possible variations. Obviously Kimota has the final say, but it would be nice to know some things beforehand.

I've read some rules versions that prohibit the protector from protecting the same person two nights in a row. This seems to be a common rule as it removes any incentive for the seer to reveal their identity. It also prevents the protector from consistently protecting themselves.

Will our resident necromancer only be able to tell if the deceased is a werewolf or not, or will they reveal any roles the deceased had?

Um...I can't think of anything else offhand that I want clarified...Anyone else?

Kimota, our good moderator
be it known that I'm not a hater
but the rules should be clarified
and doubly verified
so as not to confuse us all later

remiq said @ 6:23am GMT on 15th Apr
> Will our resident necromancer only be able to tell if the
> deceased is a werewolf or not, or will they reveal any
> roles the deceased had?
Does seer knows only if checked person is werewolf, or also knows the role?

Kimota said @ 6:59am GMT on 15th Apr
Only if it's a werewolf or an innocent.

Kimota said @ 6:45am GMT on 15th Apr
I vote gronk23!

Ummm.. I mean.. thanks for your questions gronk23.

The necromancer will tell any secret the deceased had, including his membership in the Confederacy of the Thorn, and he will do that with both the lynched and the attacked by werewolves.

I've decided to add some risk to the job of Seer, but he can refuse to "see" during the night. I'm a newbie at this too, but I broadly gather that it will actually balance the scales a bit.

It's not written in stone yet, and I can be convinced otherwise, tho.

Kimota said @ 6:50am GMT on 15th Apr
Oh, and the protector can protect anybody as much as he wants. I think that that rule would only make sense in larger groups, where the Protector wouldn't be in so much statistical risk of being accidentally killed protecting somebody else.

Avid, the barber and dentist said @ 9:18am GMT on 15th Apr
Okay, so, between pulling teeth and nose hairs, I overheard you (capnSilver, the swineherd) strategizing. Ordinarily, I wouldn't give the swineherd's bald-headed and toothless jaw-flapping a second thought, except that it follows along with a theory of mine:

gronk23, the town's poet
endopol, the carpenter
Context, the local drunk
scarshapedstar, the bailiff
Narrenschiff, a mysterious stranger
BobTWC, the mayor
LeavemeAlone, an old retired sailor

Barnabas Truman, the innkeeper
plexer, the apothecary
Jestyr, a grain farmer
thumble, an old warrior
TheCooler, a turnip farmer
solitude, the blacksmith
mouse, the handyman

capnSilver, a swineherd
Nick, the baker
badgerbaiter, a dairy farmer
crad, a gong farmer
remiq, a thief
Avid, the barber and dentist
v21, the town's priest

Note the three groups of seven. My arrival to the town was somewhat late, which would be why I'm in the last group. Moreover, to my thinking, the town was not always as populous as these times, and our God, benevolent as He is to all His many creatures, lycanthropic or otherwise, would have added daemons to this town as He added us commoners. The groupings in the Lord's note suggest to me these things, three:

1. There are three daemons among us.
2. There is one daemon in each of the three groups.
3. The seer or seers, members of the ignoble confederacy of the thorn, and vigilante or vigilantes are nearly equally or equally distributed among the three.

Now, I know there is little evidence to support these theories (nor, for that matter, evidence of the benevolence of the Creator), however I propose that we are no worse off testing this theory than that that the wolves amongst us are entirely randomly distributed, and should I be correct, it may well support the victory of good over evil.

I should note in closing, that, should the wolves end my life before I wake, there is no conclusion to be drawn regarding the veracity of my theories.

Also, BobTWC still owes me 2 comely lasses of virtue true and a gold dubloon, for my services rendering a platinium grill and eyebrow trim., even if I die. Just bury them with me.

CapnSilver said @ 12:51am GMT on 15th Apr
Oh yeah, and I vote we lynch NICK.
Mainly as he was the first to start a pogrom and it was for me.

Nick said @ 3:20am GMT on 15th Apr
Oh, great idea. Lynch the town's baker instead of the easily-replaceable swineherd, so that the townspeople slowly starve to death while you and the other werewolves feast on pigs and the rest of us villagers.

CapnSilver said @ 3:34am GMT on 15th Apr
Everybody loves bacon. Even jews and muslims and vegans. They just can't admit it.

"MMmmm, I'd really like a Bread and Egg McMuffin this morning."
"Mmmm, Bacon and Egg McMuffin"

Easy choice dude.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 10:00am GMT on 15th Apr
Even scientists love bacon!

badgerbaiter said @ 2:33am GMT on 15th Apr
Interesting.

Kimota said @ 3:01am GMT on 15th Apr
y the way, try to cast your votes in a new comment, not in a reply of another comment (so I can have them in order)

assbastard said @ 3:21am GMT on 15th Apr
You're all wolves. Give me the $10,000 prize, I've solved the mystery!

Nick said @ 3:44am GMT on 15th Apr
It would have been 407% awesome if Kimota had told everyone they were werewolves.

TheCooler said @ 3:49am GMT on 15th Apr
Only two people are blatantly lycanthropes and I will tell you who. *Takes a big swig of ale* What was I saying?

TheCooler said @ 3:53am GMT on 15th Apr
WHo could make easy prey but a town drunk? I vote for COntext.

remiq said @ 3:57am GMT on 15th Apr
Easy prey? What do you mean?

TheCooler said @ 4:02am GMT on 15th Apr
Well who has the least sense to come in at night when ghoulies and ghosts and werewolves are roaming the night? The town drunk.

Context said @ 6:44am GMT on 15th Apr [Score:2]
You're a town.

TheCooler said @ 3:49pm GMT on 15th Apr
You're a drunk

Trigger said @ 4:16am GMT on 15th Apr
Could I be the horse?

graham said @ 4:31am GMT on 15th Apr
LYNCH THE HORSE

remiq said @ 4:32am GMT on 15th Apr
You still have to lynch a horse.

TheCooler said @ 4:34am GMT on 15th Apr
A werehouse? Now I've seen everything!

Nick said @ 4:35am GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Funny]
Brings new meaning to 'hung like a horse'...

endopol said @ 8:28pm GMT on 15th Apr
ba-da-BING!

badgerbaiter said @ 5:11am GMT on 15th Apr
I vote to lynch mr. Narrenschiff.
Thankyou.

Narrenschiff said @ 7:35am GMT on 15th Apr
That hardly seems fair.

Nick said @ 8:16am GMT on 15th Apr
There's nothing 'fair' about a lynching. The clue's in the name.

remiq said @ 5:16am GMT on 15th Apr
I vote to lynch v21, the town's priest
I think i don't like silent priests.

v21 said @ 4:56am GMT on 16th Apr
*says nothing*

Jestyr said @ 5:54am GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Interesting]
we've got a lot of quiet people about. It'd be interesting to hear some of the less outspoken amongst us before casting our votes.

LeavemeAlone said @ 10:05am GMT on 15th Apr
I vote to lynch Jestyr

Stupid apple polisher. Back in my day, you didn't need to polish your apples. No siree. We didn't need it then, and we don't need it now.

BobTWC said @ 10:43am GMT on 15th Apr
Good people of Lupensbrusch!

I am appalled that any of you could think that I, BobTWC, Mayor in good standing of this town, would be amongst the number of filthy lycanthropes! Did I not open up the town coffers to pay for the lumber we used to burn those gypsies not so long ago? And did I not offer my spacious home for the celebratory pig roast after? You all supported me then, so why the sudden change of heart?

I tell you, good people of Lupensbrusch, I am nothing more than your humble servant, and would never be more than that. In this time of crisis you need a leader, and through the proper channels of heredity, I am that leader. Can't you see that this village will fall if I'm not here to guide you?

In closing, I implore that those who have voted to lynch me please change your vote so that I may lead our people out of this darkness and into a new dawn.

Oh, and by the way..

I reaffirm my vote to lynch Gronk23!!!

For starting all of this foolishness against me in the first place! it is obvious to me that as a member of the werewolfery he is trying to create panic and disorder in this fine village by convincing you to kill you duly inherited leader. Nothing will come of my death but anarachy, pure anarchy.

ANARCHY, I SAY!!!!!

Nick said @ 10:50am GMT on 15th Apr
/makes a batch of cupcakes for people to enjoy while we watch the mayor hang.

I don't feel comfortable being lead, mayor, especially when that leader could easily be a werewolf who's convincing us to turn on the decent human townspeople.

badgerbaiter said @ 11:07am GMT on 15th Apr
But then we would have to vote for a new major, seems like a dangerous job.

Nick said @ 11:16am GMT on 15th Apr
Actually, I think we'd be best off without a mayor. We can either go by the rule of the majority, (and we know that the majority of us are human) or we can go by the mayor's decision, who may or may not be a werewolf.

And I'd like to point out that this is the 3rd or 4th time badgerbaiter has specifically defended BobTWC. Whether you're werewolves or Confederates, I believe the two of you are in cahoots.

remiq said @ 11:25am GMT on 15th Apr
So, shall we kill one of them and then check who's the other one?

badgerbaiter said @ 11:55am GMT on 15th Apr
Wooooooaaaah there.
Just saying simply that killing the mayor would mean lots of administration and nobody likes that.

I like the double act by the way, just trying to understand if it is defensive or aggressive.......

Nick said @ 12:03pm GMT on 15th Apr
I think that BobTWC has been acting suspiciously, and the post of mayor is too important to risk being contaminated. Personally I'd lynch him and then should he turn out to have been a werewolf we call badgerbaiter's lycanthropy a forgone conclusion.

Narrenschiff said @ 12:38pm GMT on 15th Apr
This may work.

solitude said @ 12:12pm GMT on 15th Apr
Yes you paid for the lumber to burn the gypsies. But that doesn't exempt you. It just means you paid for a barbeque. Feasting on gypsy flesh like the filthy lycanthrope you might or might not be. Again, we don't know ANYthing yet.

It might be wise to get some of those who are keeping awefully quiet to speak up. What are they hiding?

gronk23 said @ 4:44pm GMT on 15th Apr
Let's not turn this into a witch hunt...

...oh wait...

BobTWC said @ 12:05pm GMT on 15th Apr
Ok. You got me. I'm the werewolf.

remiq said @ 12:09pm GMT on 15th Apr
Prove it!

badgerbaiter said @ 12:13pm GMT on 15th Apr
Tell us the name of your Alpha

TheCooler said @ 12:23pm GMT on 15th Apr
Tell us the name of YOUR alpha!?!?!

CapnSilver said @ 12:25pm GMT on 15th Apr
It must be YOU!

BobTWC said @ 12:21pm GMT on 15th Apr
This is NOT me!

And could be a major hole in this game. (the ability to change names)

what do you think Kimota?

Nick said @ 12:27pm GMT on 15th Apr
And I was getting all ready to scold you for revealing your identity and spoiling the game. :)

remiq, a thief said @ 12:31pm GMT on 15th Apr
Well, I think it will make this game more interesting.

Nick, a werewolf masquerading said @ 12:42pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:3 Funny]
Indeed.

Nick, a baker. REALLY. said @ 12:42pm GMT on 15th Apr
Damn! >.<

remiq said @ 1:18pm GMT on 15th Apr
I should have mod that +1 Informative.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 8:09pm GMT on 15th Apr
Werewolves don't masquerade, you idiot; VAMPIRES masquerade. Werewolves apocalyp.

Kimota said @ 12:36pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Funny]
That's it! From this moment on, whoever tries to mess with the gameplay will get a very stern pm from me

Yeah. You mess with the bull, you get THE HORNS!!!

Also... I don't know... also, that individual will lose any chance of participating in the next game I start. If I ever do.

Apart from that, take the little doses of anarchic behavior as part of the charm of doing this on SE.

TheCooler said @ 12:55pm GMT on 15th Apr
you know what wou;ld be an easier site to do something like this on? www.gaiaonline.com it may be full of annoying teenagers, emos and furries but that can be easily taken care of

Narrenschiff said @ 1:42pm GMT on 15th Apr
Well, in light of the suspicious activity between badger and Bob, I will go with Context and vote:

I vote to lynch BOBTWC.

remiq said @ 2:02pm GMT on 15th Apr
Yeah, right. Why don't you say that you vote for him because he votes for you?

Narrenschiff said @ 2:16pm GMT on 15th Apr
Well, he didn't vote for me. He voted for Bob.

remiq said @ 2:39pm GMT on 15th Apr
Sigh, I need a sleep. Sorry.

Narrenschiff said @ 3:20pm GMT on 15th Apr
My bad too, Bob voted for that poet guy, I think.

BobTWC said @ 5:58pm GMT on 15th Apr
My current vote is for that swine of a drunk context. See below

Jewbacchus said @ 1:53pm GMT on 15th Apr
May I recommend holding this game in a now defunct post?

perhaps
http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/64292?

remiq said @ 1:59pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:2 Insightful]
Why?

Jewbacchus said @ 5:07pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 Insightful]
i like to suck cock

Jewbacchus said @ 5:36pm GMT on 15th Apr
It's not fun if you don't make something up.

Kimota said @ 5:21pm GMT on 15th Apr
As the bells of the church ringed noon, the Mayor BobTWC realized that he would have to work really hard to avoid winning this elections. As usual, the peasants responded to a crisis giving the sharp end of the stick to the guy on top.

But there were still some hours left until the execution. And in a few hours everything may change."

The votes are:

4 votes: BobTWC (gronk23, Context, Nick, Narrenschiff)

1 vote: Nick (CapnSilver)

Context (TheCooler)

Narrenschiff (badgerbaiter)

V21 (remiq)

Jestyr(LeavemeAlone)

gronk 23 (BobWTC)

Tomorrow night: The Execution.

f00m@nB@r said @ 5:38pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:-1 Overrated]
I am not in the least bit asian.

Nor do I live in Boston.

Despite this, my vagina is horizontal.

BobTWC said @ 5:56pm GMT on 15th Apr
Good people of Lupensbrusch!

I'm shocked, truly shocked that I'm being accused of such a heinous crime! I came to this meeting to be a fair judge and leader. Not only have I been accused of being in cahoots with badgerbaiter, but that I am also somehow trying to control these proceedings. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I have been thinking over long and hard as to how you fine people could turn on me in such a fashion. and I have come to a very hard decision. It has become obvious to me who the party here is that is trying to destroy our fine community. Therefore I hereby change my vote.

I vote to lynch Context!

You sir, with your drinking and carousing, have been a blight on our fair village for far too long. And now, in your drunken stupor you turn on the village that has coddled you for these many years (when any other sensible town would have thrown you out) by calling for the death of there leader. You disgust me, sir! To this fair village I say, let us lynch Context!! Let us rid our home of this pox that has plauged us for too long!!!

To the rest of you who have called for my death, I demand proof. You claim that I am your enemy based on flimsy lies and conjecture. Give these good people of Lupensbrusch something that proves that I am against them! I have served them tirelessly and humbly and now you are trying to destroy what we all have built together!! Enough!!! Show me what your made of gentlemen!! Bring in you proof of my so-called lycanthropy so that I may defend myself from this obvious slander.

I will be waiting for said "evidence" patiently.

Nick said @ 6:48pm GMT on 15th Apr
Mr. Mayor, let me explain. There are four good reasons why my own vote currently belongs to you:

1) The abuse of your position and authority to railroad people into voting with you.
2) Being defended several times by badgerbaiter, who gives no good reason for presuming your innocence and should be viewed with great suspicion if you turn out indeed to be a werewolf.
3) Having Sensible Town being ruled over by a werewolf would have disastrous consequences.
4) The evil and unjust flour tax you imposed on me last year.

Not holding a lynching is not an option. If we sit still and do not root out the wolves in our midst, they will simply kill us one by one until they can overrun the town.

And so, Mr. Mayor, we cannot afford to be idle and make no effort to lynch the guilty while the wolves run amok. It is not up to us to prove you guilty; it is up to you to prove someone else guilty. Show me a good enough reason why someone else could be a werewolf and I will change my vote to them.

If you wait for evidence patiently, it will come in the form of a cowl and a noose.

BobTWC said @ 7:40pm GMT on 15th Apr
As to your points,

1) I have not once abused my power to railroad anyone into voting my way. Where it is true that I have made suggestions on who we should lynch, I have not made any demands nor have I offered and incentives to vote along with me.

2) In reference to the comments made by our good dairyman, I do not know why he has decided to take up my cause. The comments he has made, though appreciated, were in no way affected by me in any way. To make my point clear, there is no alliance between badgerbaiter and I.

3) I agree most whole heartedly with this statement. Seeing as I am not, nor have I ever been, a werewolf, one is not running this town. If this seer in our midst would like to make his presence known, I would be happy to be tested.

4) That tax (which went to the good of the village by the way) was imposed lawfully, not to mention last year. Why, some of that money went to the gypsy burning lumber I mentioned earlier. It happened long before our current crisis, and if you feel that there was wrongdoing with it, I would be happy to have a rational discussion with you at a later time.

I agree that this problem must be dealt with swiftly. We must root these monsters out and destroy them with extreme prejudice. My concern is that we take care of this reasonably and with decorum.

As I have stated before, I believe that Context is the wolf in this hen house. His drunken ways have left him sleeping in all manner of strange locations. This, combined with the weakened state the booze leaves him in, makes him a prime candidate for lycanthrope attack. He has been a blight on our fair town for years and I believe he is stirring the pot now to protect himself from the hangman's noose.

Nick, you are a good man, we have always been able to work out our problems as gentlemen. My good wife is always raving about you cakes and confections. My life is an open book that I am glad, nay proud, to share with anyone.

Narrenschiff said @ 7:58pm GMT on 15th Apr
Sir Mayor, your skills in rhetoric do not go unnoticed, but the unfortunate truth is that no one chooses to be cursed with Lycanthropy. If you are found to be innocent after death, the town will pitch in some leftover gold to see if you can be reanimated into a zombie of sorts.

thumble said @ 8:02pm GMT on 15th Apr [Score:1 WTF]
Can we stitch his lips so he can't talk?

thumble said @ 8:01pm GMT on 15th Apr
I'm inclined to vote in favour of your lynching if only because you're far too wordy, good mayor.

endopol said @ 8:33pm GMT on 15th Apr
How could a werewolf know another werewolf? Don't they reveal to one another their identities on the first night?

thumble said @ 10:39pm GMT on 15th Apr
In a real life game the game starts at night so that wolves can reveal their identities to one another immediately and kill the narrator or another non player character. On the internet the same thing can happen with the game master PMing the important details so we get to start in day.

thumble said @ 8:15pm GMT on 15th Apr
On the premise that a mayor that can't use his political power to protect us from werewolves is a useless figure, and also because he talks too much, and furthermore and finally because all the cool kids in town are doing it, I vote to lynch BobTWC!

Bob LLama said @ 8:38pm GMT on 15th Apr
Whoa!

CS3 is out! Hooray!

Jestyr said @ 10:05pm GMT on 15th Apr
Well, I hereby:

Vote to lynch BobTWC!

on the grounds that this is most likely his fault. That's right, I said it, what everyone's been too scared to say!
Gypsies wander into the center of town, set up there... gypsy... show, or whatever they do, and suddenly there's an effigy! Now, I'm not saying that burning of folks we don't trust is wrong! Far from it! I'm saying burning a people known for their terrible retributive curses is just foolish! BobTWC has admitted to enabling this burning, "Opening the coffers of the town" to facilitate the roast. What's more, when such a terrible curse went into effect, who else but the mayor would be the first one afflicted? Of COURSE their dying curse was cast first upon the mayor, and surely it now spreads from him like a plague.

I'll just be back to my threshing now.

solitude said @ 10:14pm GMT on 15th Apr
There are a lot of suspicious characters saying a lot of suspicious things in this thread. I don't particularly like authority, so bobtwc would be a good choice for a lynching, however badgerbaiter seems awefully on the offensive side. Gronk should die on the merits of his poetry alone. Meriq the thieving bastard is a nighttime figure ofcourse and seems to be hiding more than he is letting on. All very very suspect behaviour. However, more suspect than any of them are those that are keeping really quiet.

I haven't heard anything from LeaveMeAlone, scarshapedstar, plexer, mouse, avid, and v21. Avid a dentist obviously has something with teeth so will be as good a guess as any i think.

I vote to lynch Avid

remiq, the master thief said @ 11:26pm GMT on 15th Apr
> Gronk should die on the merits of his poetry alone.
I agree. Wolves can't write, so do Gronk.

> Meriq the thieving bastard is a nighttime figure ofcourse and seems to be hiding more than he is letting on.
That's my job ya know? This is a last time ya call me Meriq.

solitude said @ 1:04am GMT on 16th Apr
Sorry but that was still for my grandfather's watch you stole. From now on Remiq it is. But I still don't trust ya.

remiq said @ 11:27pm GMT on 15th Apr
> I haven't heard anything from LeaveMeAlone, scarshapedstar, plexer, mouse, avid, and v21. Avid a dentist obviously has something with teeth so will be as good a guess as any i think

I agree. Before we lynch anyone loud, we should burn anyone who's not saying anything.

Avid said @ 2:41am GMT on 16th Apr
I should like to note, that I did speak, at length, in this thread, and before you cast your vote . . .

solitude said @ 3:27am GMT on 16th Apr
Sorry quite right you are. Though only one post, which is still suspect. There are others more worthy of lynching perhaps... Though the teeth thing is still nagging at me.

Some of the other quiet people have interestingly disturbing professions as well. An apothecary has enough drugs and knowledge of them to be able to whip a sedative concoction to keep us dazed while he eats us alive. Though a priest also seems a little bit holier-than-thou.

For now I will vote to lynch plexer

BobTWC said @ 10:26pm GMT on 15th Apr
To all those voting against me who are unaffected by lycanthropy,

It appears the die is cast, but remember this, might it not be possible that those who have started this attack against me may be the foul monsterous beasts you wish to protect yourself from?

Something to think about as you throw me to the wolves, literally

I have made my case. I will be at the chapel of St Marck praying that you will make the right decision.

remiq said @ 2:43am GMT on 16th Apr
If I were you, I would rather try to convince other people to vote somebody else. There are still 11 townies who didn't voted on anyone.

CapnSilver said @ 11:58pm GMT on 15th Apr
I'm swayed by our fantastic leader's arguements. I unvote Nick and vote for Context. It feels like everyone is piling onto the BobTWC bandwagon and I want none of it. I have the sneaking suspicion theres a few wolves in that list there. Unless you're the secret society voting bloc.

Only time will tell.
I mean, Maybe I'm being played. Maybe I'm playing the townspeople. You just can't tell, but you can't tell that about anybody at this stage, really.

Avid, Barber and Dentist said @ 2:44am GMT on 16th Apr
I vote to lynch BobTWC

I should note that a link between BobTWC, the mayor, and BadgerBaiter, the dairy farmer is in keeping with my theory (above) . . .

CapnSilver said @ 2:58am GMT on 16th Apr
Unless you're a mason, they could just as easily be on our side. If you're scum, then, well, you may have just broken the game.

gronk23 said @ 4:29am GMT on 16th Apr
Perhaps I was hasty. Perhaps I took a bit too much poetic license.

Sure the mayor and I have had our differences in the past. Sure he hunted down and lynched a number of my good gypsy friends. But the muse compels me to confess that I used my golden tongue (*ahem*) to take a few liberties with the mayor's daughters, his wife (who hasn't?) Even his cattle on occasion.

But perhaps this is not the forum for he and I to vent our personal disputes. He has shown himself to be the bigger man in backing down from his initial accusation of me, and I take this to be a sign that he is sober-minded. I also confess to being somewhat swayed by his charming allocutions. I therefore retract my vote for our mayor. In these times of chaos we must not add to the disorder by disrupting the social hierarchy. Now, more than ever, we must rely on the bedrock of our town, it's highest office. I am, however, still in favor of random mob violence, so I will add my voice to the mayor's and shout from the rooftops:

I vote to lynch Context

v21 said @ 5:12am GMT on 16th Apr
I vote to lynch remiq.

I say don't get the mayor, because I like his handsome oratory.

But remiq sins for a living, and furthermore wanted me dead.

And the seer should reveal himself only to the humans he finds. It's the only safe way.

remiq said @ 6:17am GMT on 16th Apr
What kind of priest you are?!

badgerbaiter said @ 5:43am GMT on 16th Apr
On a serious note:
Is everyone playing,
There seem to be lots of people who want to play and a few people on the list have not even checked in,
So perhaps we should wait one day and get a full town of people.