Role PMs

[Rawkking]

Might as well start this thread so I get started on writing them earlier rather than later.

[summerpigeon]

work, you

[Rawkking]

Going with the village-aligned role, followup secondary role mechanic. Everybody except the neutrals gets a cover role, except for the cultist.

[Rawkking]

In reality you are…

The Cultist

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You used to be a normal member in the tribe of phalla, but then something snapped. Maybe you just couldn’t fit in. Maybe you had to give up your dreams. Maybe you worked yourself to exhaustion. Maybe too many sessions with the peace pipe left you unhinged.

Or…ok, who are we kidding. Whatever problems you had before, they were nothing compared to the strange book you found in a deserted tomb. It drained you of all your humanity, and now all that you want is to destroy.

To do that, you need to die. Preferably while infused with as many angry emotions as possible. Then you can enact the next phase of your plan.

While alive, you have no abilities.

Spirit Ability: However, while dead you will gain the ability to kill one spirit marked player per day. If the person you select isn’t spirit marked, the attack will fail and they will be spirit marked that night.

If you die to the vote, you will be able to target twice as many people with your spirit ability every night. This boost will last for the entire game.

Victory Condition: Die, then cause Armageddon before another game-ending win condition is met. More information will be provided when you accomplish the former.[/quote]

You are…

The Mad Witch Doctor

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A hermit, you live by yourself in a shack a good way’s away from the village, offering your services to those willing to accept them.
Mostly these services involve using drugs. Lots and lots of drugs. Good times.

However, you can’t say they haven’t affected you. Lately you’ve felt a tug[/color] from some other soul out there. At times it worries you. The drugs help with these worries.

Ability: Once per day you may examine someone’s connection to the spirit world, determining if they have been spirit marked.

Spirit Ability:

Victory Condition: Survive till the end of the game.
If you die, you will be unable to resist the tug. In death, you will receive a new goal.[/color][/quote]

(Spirit ability: Once per day, spirit mark two players or kill one spirit marked player.)

You are…

The Demon

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A long time ago the angels and demons made a pact, a binding agreement to not take sides in conflicts of the world of mortals. Magically bound by this agreement you cannot officially pick a side in the conflict between the Village of Phalla and the interlopers from the Mage Guild of Wangshire.

Naturally, that doesn’t prevent you from killing for fun. In the chaos that’s sure to erupt, it’ll be almost impossible to stop you! And if you end up accidentally helping one side or the other, so what? It happens.

However, in the spiritual nexus of this battlefield you have felt another presence[/color], calling to you… its strength is such that it can intimidate even a demon.

Ability: Once per night you will use a physical kill on one living player of your choice.

Restriction: You crave destruction, it's in your nature. You MUST attempt to kill someone every night. If you do not submit an order a random target will be selected.

Spirit Ability:

Victory Condition: Survive till the end of the game.

You can barely resist that presence on the battlefield as it is. If you die it will consume you, and you will receive a new goal[/color].[/quote]

(Spirit ability: Manifest and slay one player with a physical attack).

You are…

The Angels

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A long time ago the angels and demons made a pact, a binding agreement to not take sides in conflicts of the world of mortals. Magically bound by this agreement you cannot officially pick a side in the conflict between the Village of Phalla and the interlopers from the Mage Guild of Wangshire.

You fully intend to honor this agreement, even if the magic involved would force you otherwise. What concerns you is evidence that this turmoil could be hiding a darker threat[/color] which could threaten the entire world.

You and your partner have been dispatched by your master to this part of the world to locate and prevent the apocalypse[/color]…if it is even present here.

The angels are <name1>, and <name2>.

Abilities:
Once per night, <name1> may bless someone with holy water.

Once per night, <name2> may talk to someone and gain a glimpse of their deepest desires.

Victory Condition: Prevent the apocalypse[/color] at all costs.[/quote]

(the weird smilies are from three question marks, their spirit abilities are hidden. Will have to test to make sure they don't show up on the PA forums.)

[Rawkking]

People are going to hate most of these colors with the new forum scheme.

[Rawkking]

Lookat all this procrastination on my our part!

<lunarpigeon> You are...
<lunarpigeon> The Diviner!
<lunarpigeon> Although you would have preferred to continue your studies from the relative comfort of the library, the Mages’ Council has decided to give you a little more field work- and that’s not a decision you contest, at least if you want tenure. Besides, the fresh air will probably do you good, and of course, someone has to keep a watchful eye on the younger students.
<lunarpigeon> You are _very_ good at the watchful part.

You are...
The Nullifier!

Although you haven't got a talent for the big, flashy, kinds of magic, you've nonetheless eked out a prestigious position at the Mage's Guild due to your rather...unique abilities. It's always good to have someone who can get rid of that hailstorm in the basement, or close that pesky demonic portal that someone's opened up in the Dean's bathroom. And it's not as if anyone else has to know you have no idea how you’re doing it, right?

Right?

lunarpigeon> You are...

The Illusionist!

Of course, as a master of deception, you were the Council's first choice for a mission such as this. Within a matter of hours, you prepared a potion that would make you the spitting image of one of these foul-smelling, uncouth savages. You will be indistinguishable from the real thing, and your subterfuge will go unnoticed until it's too late for these tribal morons.

...you crack yourself up. Unfortunately, you don't know how to morph your skin tone and physical appearance, so your disguise will only work if you are without your body...

The Abjurer!
<lunarpigeon> Ghosts have terrified you since you were a small child. The thought of the dead, watching your every move, haunting and preying on the innocent, troubled your dreams for many years. As a result, you have spent much of your time at the Mages’ Guild working on defenses against the supernatural and spiritual. As ghosts do not exist, this hasn’t earned you much but the scorn and humiliation at the hands of your peers.

Then your colleagues discovered the Phalla Tribe.

You are about to become incredibly smug.


You are…
<lunarpigeon> The vigilante!
<lunarpigeon> Sometimes, somebody just needs a good club to the head. A wild animal, a crazed outcast, shaman who’s begun to use their power for evil, or even just feuding neighbors. Delivering this service is your job.
<lunarpigeon> You enjoy this job a lot!

The guard!
<lunarpigeon> Sometimes, people go around trying to club each other in the head. This is pretty bad for the economy. So, it’s a good idea to have someone in the tribe talented enough to knock the spears or axes out of their hands before said hands get all messy. And now you're supposed to protect the tribe against fireballs?

This is a very stressful job.

You are…
<lunarpigeon> The Spirit Guardian!
<lunarpigeon> In your tribe, the spirits of the dead interact with the living on a frequent basis. They can direct your actions, bring wisdom from beyond the veil… and unfortunately, sometimes they’re a little more catty and [italics]violent[italics] about things. As such, you’ve taken it upon yourself to defend others from those ghosts that may have some unfinished business beyond relating
<lunarpigeon> the location of the family spear.
<lunarpigeon> You probably could have picked an easier job.

[Rawkking]

Haven't updated this forum lately enough but it was decided that most spirit abilities would be hidden because hiding meta-game nonsense seems like a good thing.

Spirit Ability: Unknown. You don't think all that much about what you will do when you shuffle off this mortal coil. Let's take life one step at a time, okay?

Self-Aware: You're quite introspective, in tune with your needs and desires, especially of what you're not getting out of life. When you pass away, you believe that you will have the spirit ability of...

Community: You had plenty of close friends in your past life, but you always wished you truly belonged to something bigger, and generally had stronger links with the tribe/guild as a whole. Once per game, you may post a ghost vote, consisting only of the name of the person you wish to vote for. This vote counts double/triple your normal vote. This ability does not prevent you from posting a regular ghost post (which cannot contain information relating to the game). (note: got changed to only double)

Intimacy: While a reasonably respected person in the public, you rarely got truly emotionally close with anyone, even your life partner. In death you try to achieve what you missed out on. Once per game you may PM the host with the name of another player to attempt to establish a permanent communication link, allowing you to communicate freely with this player regardless of whether he or she is dead or alive. The player and you will be informed that the link is established by the host if the ability succeeds.

Renown: Throughout life you have been more than happy to be the worker, helping out others with vital but important tasks. Though you have achieved much in life, somethings you wish you had been more well-known...more important. Once per game, you may post an additional ghost post that can have anything you want in it, including information related to the game, your suspicions, etc. The only thing you cannot include is a red vote: you are unable to vote and unable to mislead others into thinking you can vote.

Vengeance: Your death in this struggle was not necessary, you had so much more to do in life before it was cut short. You may take your frustrations out on the living: once per night for the first three nights after your death you may attempt to kill a spirit marked player. Should you successfully target a spirit marked target, you no longer may use this ability as you come to peace with your death.

Curiosity: There was so much you wished to learn in life, and now that you are dead you fear you have not learned nearly enough, causing you to haunt the living to learn more about them. Once per game you may learn the alignment and role name of a targeted player. However if they are spirit marked they will be much easier to observe, allowing you to learn everything about them.

Haunting: There were others in life who you wanted to...see....observe....be with. But alas it never was to be. Once per night you can pick a player to haunt, causing them to become spirit marked, making them more susceptible to many abilities of the dead.

Revenge: You are furious at how unjustly your life was cut short. You had so much to accomplish! You were destined for greatness!

You have gained a new win condition: slay your slayer. Once per night, target a player. If that player is the one who killed you, you will attempt to kill them. If that player is spirit marked, the kill will be unblockable.

You retain your old win condition, and may achieve victory with either win condition.

Possession: There's so much left to be said! You can't just rest like this! Once per night you may possess a player, effectively attempting to communicate with the living by giving them a post restriction for the entirety of the game day. Outright commands and otherwise blunt post restrictions will be ignored or modified (you can't give someone the vote restriction of "vote for player X" or otherwise impact their voting or targeting with abilities) and post restrictions are otherwise liable to be edited by the host. If a target you attempt to possess is spirit marked stronger post restrictions are less likely to be weakened as you more easily control them.

[Rawkking]

Yes, I wanted to include post restriction powers in this game but was originally going to leave them out as they didn't seem to have any reasonable purpose for the game...then thanks to FecklessRogue's post I realized they were perfect for really indirect communication from the dead. Although I wasn't going to use his idea to the letter he certainly had some influence on the game :^: