Some people asked, so here're copies of the role-descriptions I sent people on turn one, they might help clarify some things that went on during the game (though, of course, I didn't tell everyone the truth about their abilities). Also, there were some extra mechanics not covered here that I tossed in as well.
(personal game-mechanic afterthoughts that might prove advice-full to future hosts:
I probably wouldn't do anything like have the puppet-master character in again; everyone seemed surprisingly resigned to their roles as voting minions of a demonic entity. I was sort of hoping for a witch-hunt, but whatever. That said, right up until the end (owing to a few serendipitous coincidences) there was the possibility of any of the three main sides winning the game, so I guess it wasn't too unbalanced.
The faux-werewolf role was a weird one. In the end, nobody really believed him (though if they had it might have made things more interesting), and, owing to hroon getting turned back into a human after he made his predictions and was killed, there's a good chance nobody would have believed him after that either. And there was always the side of the demons anyway, and the chance that the humans would have to make a deal with the werwolves at some point if the demons got too powerful. But nothing like that transpired, so. But yeah, that probably wasn't the sort of role that was suited to a werewolf game.
Don't know if I'd add any of the spurious role-playing elements (the professions) if I were to do things again: there weren't really important anyway, and I quite like the bare-bones minimalism of werewolf.
Subobjectives (and, indeed, unspecified 'rewards') didn't work. I had envisioned that people would have been given special rewards at the end of the game, but when it's a case that people feel lucky to survive a single night, nobody cared at all to try for those extra goals.
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Chutup, you're a
sociopathic killer!
You can kill anybody who publicly votes to have you lynched that particular day. Just send me a PM, and they will be dead as soon as I see it. You can kill at most one person a day. You won't reveal yourself in the process.
You win the game if you are the only human left alive.
Shinygerbil, you're a
human.
You are secretly
Corpus's lover. You know that they are a
werewolf, and they know that you are a
human. If they die, then you will die of a broken heart, and vice versa.
You win the game if you two are the only two people left alive at the end.
Gummikana , you're a
human intelligencer. Every day you can PM me someone's name. I will tell you the next morning what that person's role is (most saliently: whether they are a werewolf or not, and maybe other info as well).
You are
besotted with
Terry. As a subobjective, if you manage to convince/force terry to agree to marry you before the game ends, you will be given a reward.
December, you are a
human werewolf-tamer. Tamed werewolves can no longer vote or communicate with the brethren, and publicly seem to have just vanished. If you do not have at least one werewolf in captivity by the end of the game, you loose. PM me with anyone's name if you want to try to capture them that night. You can do this at most one time a day.
Xion, you are a
human guard. Each day, you can PM me someone's name. If somebody tries to kill them that night, you will be able to defend them. However, if somebody tries to kill you directly, you will be killed.
Tantan, you are a
human healer. Basically you can choose to resurrect any player that was killed in the last round by any means. You can do this as many times as you want, but once you do it you'll probably become a target for the werewolves
BlademasterBobo, you are a
human liar. Owing to a 'blessing' placed upon you by a witch who you offended with your honest opinion of her accoutrement, every factual statement you make about what has happened in the game must contain one lie. You will be rewarded whenever people publicly act upon your lies.
You also possess a vial of
truth serum. You can use it once on anybody, and ask them one question, which they must answer truthfully. You can even take it yourself should the mood take you
Seth, you are a
human psychologist. You can arrange to have a psychological consultation with anyone, to assess their mental state. If you wish to do this, PM me their name. You can do this at most once per day.
You are
besotted with
Terry. As a subobjective, if you manage to convince/force terry to agree to marry you before the game ends, you will be given a reward.
Joshg, you are a
chaste human. As a subobjective, you will be rewarded if you manage to get to the end of the game while still single.
You have a
brittle shield. You can use this to defend yourself against one whereupon it will shatter. You can also give it to somebody else to use if you want.
Pigbuster, you are a
werewolf dreamtinker. You can affect other people's dreams. At most once per day, you can PM me with three pieces of information: your target's name, the name of a dead person you wish to appear in their dream, and the name of the person you wish them to say murdered them.
The other
werewolves are
Kao,
Jstckr,
Corpus, and
Hroon. If you wish to PM them all privately, send a PM to
"Kao","Jstckr","Corpus","Hroon"
Kao, you are a
guardian werewolf. Once per day, you can give me the name of a person. If the people of the village elect to lynch that person, then you will stand in and save their life (for that day anyway), in the process revealing
yourself to be a werewolf.
The other
werewolves are
Pigbuster,
Jstckr,
Corpus, and
Hroon. If you wish to PM them all privately, send a PM to
"Pigbuster","Jstckr","Corpus","Hroon"
Jstckr, you are a
faux-werewolf. That is to say, you're not really a werewolf at all! But you do a
highly convincing impersonation.
You will never actually kill anyone, and the werewolves can exclude you from their considerations if they find out your faux-ness. You get to vote/whatever with all the other werewolves, and they think that you are a werewolf, as will seers,
but you're not. You count as a werewolf in terms of population-counting, but if humans kill all the *other* werewolves, you win as well! (and if werewolves kill all the humans you loose
).
The other
werewolves are
Pigbuster,
Kao,
Corpus, and
Hroon. If you wish to PM them all privately, send a PM to
"Pigbuster","Kao","Corpus","Hroon"
Corpus, you are an
undemocratic werewolf. You cannot vote in the lynching elections.
You are secretly
Shinygerbil's lover. You know that they are a
human, and they know that you are a
werewolf. If they die, then you will die of a broken heart, and vice versa. You win the game if you two are the only two people left alive at the end.
The other
werewolves are
Pigbuster,
Kao,
Jstckr, and
Hroon. If you wish to PM them all privately, send a PM to
"Pigbuster","Kao","Jstckr","Hroon"
Hroon, you are a
lone wolf. All inspections to ascertain whether you are a werewolf or not will fail.
The other
werewolves are
Pigbuster,
Kao,
Jstckr, and
Corpus. If you wish to PM them all privately, send a PM to
"Pigbuster","Kao","Jstckr","Corpus"
Melly, you are a
puppet-master. You are secretly an embodiment of the
vengeful spectre of democracy. If somebody does not vote on any give day, then you get to dictate how they should vote every day after that. So, each day you must PM me with a list of instructions as to who under your control should vote what on the next day. If somebody does not vote some day, then I will send you an updated list of those under your control.
As a subobjective, you will be rewarded for everyone whose votes you control that gets lynched (See? I said you were
vengeful).
You are allied with the
demons Lazer and
Xotes.
Demons win the game when there are no humans or werewolves left.
If you wish to communicate with your fellow
demons privately send a PM to
"Lazer","Xotes"
Lazer, you are a
succubus. You can PM me the name of one person each day distract. They will be unable to use their abilities that night.
You are allied with the
demons Melly and
Xotes.
Demons win the game when there are no humans or werewolves left.
If you wish to communicate with your fellow
demons privately send a PM to
"Melly","Xotes"
Xotes, you are the
black widow. Anybody who you convince to marry you will die on the night of your wedding.
You are allied with the
demons Lazer and
Melly.
Demons win the game when there are no humans or werewolves left.
If you wish to communicate with your fellow
demons privately send a PM to
"Lazer","Melly"
Terry, you are a
chaste human. As a subobjective, you will be rewarded if you manage to get to the end of the game while still single.
You have a
bludgeon. Anybody who tries to kill you while you have this will be themselves killed in the process (you still die). Feel free to give it to somebody else if you want, just PM me to let me know!
Fifth, you are a
chaste human. As a subobjective, you will be rewarded if you manage to get to the end of the game while still single.
You also possess the
miraculous cure. You can use this on anybody once. If they are a werewolf, they will turn into a human, but if they are already human, they will die.
Annabelle Kennedy, you are a
human pacifist. If a full day passes without a murder occuring, you will be rewarded.
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