Rebellion III, Reign of the Zombies (Game in Progress)

[Zeb The Troll]

It's time to start killing people in Rebellion III, the Reign of the Zombies!


THE RULES

THE CLASSES AND THE ROLES

There are two classes: Nobility and Peasantry. There are also two alignments: Loyalists and Rebels.

NOBILITY

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Emperor – The Emperor cannot be slain at night while any Loyalist Imperial Guardsmen or a Loyalist Captain of the Guard still live. The Emperor’s vote counts thrice. The Emperor cannot be converted.
Heir – The Heir becomes the Emperor upon the Emperor’s demise. The Heir’s vote counts twice. If the Heir succeeds the Emperor, there will be one full day/night cycle between the previous Emperor's death and the coronation of the new Emperor. (If the Emperor is lynched/autolynched, night will pass, and the coronation will happen at the beginning of the next day. If he is killed by Rebels, day will pass and the coronation will happen at the end of the following day phase.)
Royal Investigator – The Royal Investigator has many tools and much training at his disposal and is able to determine a player's class and alignment with a night action.
Captain of the Guard – The Captain of the Guard sends Imperial Guardsment to protect one citizen each night from assassination. From his lofty position, he doesn't actually know the names of the troops he commands. He is difficult to corrupt.
Imperial Guardsmen – The Imperial Guardsmen fight side by side and know each other well. They are difficult to corrupt.
The Court Couple – The subject of much discussion and speculation amongst the upper crust, a pair of Nobles have fallen in love but must keep it a secret. Should one of them die, the other dies as well.
Court Noble

PEASANTRY

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The Gossip – The Gossip has tendrils in several circles and can learn a player's alignment and class with a night action.
Drunkard – The Drunkard thinks he is the Gossip, but people have a grand time giving this person faulty information to see how long it takes to figure it out. When scrying, the Drunkard will be given a random class and alignment.
Lovers– The fates of the lovers are intertwined. Should one die, so too the other.
Peasant

REBELS

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Rebel Leader – The Rebel Leader picks the Rebel Soldiers and the Rebel Spy. The Rebel Leader appears as a Loyalist Peasant when investigated.
Rebel Spy – The Rebel Spy, trained in the same investigative techniques as the Royal Investigator, but somewhat less restricted in information gathering tools, can determine a player's class and role with a night action.
Rebel Soldier

THE ACTIONS

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DAY
The Peasantry, both Loyalist and Rebel, incite a lynch mob each day, choosing to kill one person.

The Nobles, both Loyalist and Rebel, meet in court each day, choosing to execute one person.

All votes are made communally. They are tallied separately.

NIGHT
The Rebel Leader can send his Rebel Soldiers to assassinate one person or to recruit one person to the Rebel Forces.

The Rebel Spy can follow one person to determine that player’s class and role.

The Royal Investigator and the Gossip may each follow one person to determine that player’s alignment and class, but not the player’s role.

The Drunkard can follow one person but, due to his or her drink-addled mind, decides upon a random alignment and class.

The Captain of the Guard protects one person from assassination each night.

ACHIEVING VICTORY

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BY CLASS AND ALIGNMENT
The Loyalists win by eliminating all of the Rebels.
The Rebels win by eliminating all Loyalist Nobles or by placing a Rebel Heir on the throne.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
The Heir wins if his alignment wins and he has succeeded the Emperor.
The Imperial Guardsmen win if their alignment wins and an Emperor or the Rebel Leader is still alive.
The Court Nobles win if their alignment wins and an Emperor is no longer alive.

OTHER NOTES

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RECRUITMENT
To recruit someone, the Rebel Leader must send in the name of a person they choose to recruit and a decision of whether or not to attack if refused. I will then send the person who is to be recruited an invitation. Should the person refuse and the Rebels have chosen to attack, there is a 20% chance of the person being slain, a 10% chance of a random rebel being slain, and a 10% chance of a random Rebel being unmasked in the ensuing battle.

If the person is playing a role with the “difficult to corrupt” description, there is a 20% chance of the attempt automatically failing.

If the person is either the Royal Investigator or the Gossip, there is a 10% chance that a random Rebel Soldier will be unmasked.

If the person is a Court Couple or a Lover, and the recruitment is successful, the Rebels must spend the next night recruiting the other. This second recruitment will automatically succeed.

AUTOLYNCHING
Failure to vote three times will result in an automatic death. Note that this is not necessarily three times in a row. This is to encourage participation and prevent every-other-day voting.

CO-NARRATOR
Please include pingcode20 on all narrator communications (night actions, replies to recruitment offers, etc) since he'll be helping me make sure everything stays running smoothly.

Players

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Akaziel**
Alarra
Atreyu, the Masked Llambie - Executed by Royal Decree, Day 3, Peasant and Loyalist
Bassetking
Captain van der Decken**
Castaras
Crystall Myr*
CurlyKitGirl*
Eldritch Knight*
evnafets
Fleeing Coward - Executed and Lynched, Day 4, Noble and Loyalist
Helgraf - Lover, died with Llama, Day 3, Peasant and Loyalist
Ink
janusnori*
Khaldan*
Korias*
Krursk*** - Autolynched, Day 3, Peasant and Loyalist
Orzel**
PenguinSushi
PirateMonk - Lynched, Day 3, Emperor
Pwenet* - lynched, Day Two, Noble and Loyalist
Shadow*
Supagoof*
Vonriel**
Xykon Fan
Zar Peter - lynched, Day One, Peasant and Loyalist

* = One vote strike. Three strikes will lead to an autolynch.

[Alarra]

Count me in.

[Helgraf]

I got whacked before I could really give this a try last time, so I'll give it another go.

[Ink]

Ok, I'll play. Though I'll be damned if I can remember whether we're supposed to be hunting zombies or werewolves or aliens or pirates or rats or Klingons or outlaws.

[Zeb The Troll]

Originally Posted by Ink

Ok, I'll play. Though I'll be damned if I can remember whether we're supposed to be hunting zombies or werewolves or aliens or pirates or rats or Klingons or outlaws.

Oddly enough, it's none of those. The zombie name comes from last game ending with a zombie kitten rebel heiress being placed on the throne, though the zombies were neither specifically Rebel or Loyal.

[Fleeing Coward]

Count me in

Joins the bandwagon and points at Shadow

[Zar Peter]

I'm in, please!

[evnafets]

Yeah, sign me up again.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Go LLambie!!!!

I'm in if you'll take me.

ooooh, please note the new rules for autolynching. I like them, by the way.

[Zeb The Troll]

Yeah, I think it was Supagoof that planted the idea in the wrap up for YOW and I liked it, so I'm going with it. Once the game starts (right after the JC meetup) I'll re-emphasize it so that no one's caught off guard.

Also, I now have Rose Tinted World stuck in my head. Thanks, Llama.

[Supagoof]

Do I have to bring out the Graklok in lingerie avi?

Oh, and I'm in.

[Castaras]

Originally Posted by Zeb The Troll

Oddly enough, it's none of those. The zombie name comes from last game ending with a zombie kitten rebel heiress being placed on the throne, though the zombies were neither specifically Rebel or Loyal.

Mew!

The translator walks over to Zeb.

Her majesty the mew has said that she will be in.

Meeowww! Mew!

Umm...and that she is hungry and demands to be fed cream and human flesh.

[Bassetking]

*Trees her majesty, and looks pleased with himself*

I'm in, Zeb!

[Shadow]

Count me in again.
Should I bring the hopelessly inept Dead undead slayer back?
He did survive last time....
In fact, that was the only game I ever made it to the end....

[Supagoof]

Supagoof points at Shadow.

Let's make it the only one then where you were dead before it began. You'll have both records!

[Castaras]

Castaras points at Shadow

[Zar Peter]

It already began?

Zar Peter points at Shadow

That's what I call a fast game.

[Vonriel]

I'll join as well.

I point at Shadow. The bugger is just so creepy. I mean, a dead undead slayer? That has rebel written all over it.

[Shadow]

I am humbled and honored that you all believe me to be such a threat that you'd rather kill me before the game starts than play with me.
But what happens when I turn out to be just a simple commoner?
You've killed a great ally and one of your best hopes of finding the rebels....

I think Fullbladder said it best in a PM:

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Originally Posted by Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins

Well, it's risky. We could very take him out. With your current record for creating devastating bandwagons, it's almost certain that he'll be lynched.

*snip*

If you have him lynched, I'll support the bandwagon all the way, of course. It's up to you, O Mighty God of the Bandwagon.

Oh, Mighty God of the Bandwagon....
I really need to make room in my sig for that....

[PirateMonk]

I guess I'm in.

PirateMonk jumps in the bandwagon and points at Shadow.

[Eldritch Knight]

In. I will destroy you all.

[Korias]

Heh. I'm in the mood for something like this. Sign me up if your still recruiting.

[Vonriel]

Yeah, but what happens when the rebels decide to recruit you on night one? Then we have to worry about you all that much more.

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by Vonriel

Yeah, but what happens when the rebels decide to recruit you on night one? Then we have to worry about you all that much more.

Was that directed at me?
No one in their right mind would recruit me in a game like this.
I suck at these!

[Zar Peter]

How about that: Recruit you, than you're no threat to the rebels, than sacrifice you because you get lynched anyway

[Krursk]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Count me in again.
Should I bring the hopelessly inept Dead undead slayer back?
He did survive last time....
In fact, that was the only game I ever made it to the end....

Wait, you're an undead slayer and the emperor/empress/whatever is undead. That makes you a regicidist. Krursk pre-points at Shadow

[Crystall_Myr]

Why not? Count me in.

Crystall_Myr jumps off the bandwagon and points at himself.

[Shadow]

AHA!!!

Take that unanimoty!

(I know. That's not a word....)

[Captain van der Decken]

In .

[Shadow]

The useless undead slayer BUMPs into Van der Decken on his walk to the bakery to get one of the Empress' wonderful pies.

"Hey, watch where you're going, pal. Wait.... I remember you. You're the armorsmith, aren't you?
Hey, do you want to come with me to Cassie's to get some--

--BRAAAIIIINS!!"
The zombiefied undead slayer latches onto Van der Decken's head and begins to feast on the poor chap's hair.
he's not quite bright enough to figure out that there's a skull in the way.