FakeGod's Nightingale's Tale

[FakeGod]

Nightingale's Tale

Sequel to Through the Looking-Glass

First story was consumed
Through madness and deception

The Wonderland dissolved away
Forgotten story in the seas of time

Second story was betrayed
By the girl in the reflection

No one, not even the Jabberwock
Could reverse the committed crime

Now that we have arrived —
In this third story of mine —

Will the happy ending finally materialize
In the Nightingale's Tale?

[FakeGod]

Setup

Public Knowledge

There are three

Alice

s in this game. At least one of them is aligned with

Town

.
There are no 3rd party aligned roles in this game.
There is only one scum faction in this game.
Mafia member may use any ability he/she has in addition to submitting a night kill.
There is no daychat in this game.

Nightingale

is aligned with

Town

.
All neighborhoods (excluding any temporary neighborhoods) will be locked and become public at end of

Night 4

.
Town and Scum win conditions are public.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned players

alive

.

Scum Win Condition

You win when number of

Mafia

-aligned players

alive

are greater than or equal to the number of

Town

-aligned players

alive

.

Scum Knowledge

None.

Action Order

• Commuter
  
• Roleblocker
  
• Jailkeeper
  
• Rolestopper
  
• Doctor/Bodyguard
  
• Cop
  
• Night kill (mafia, or Vig)
  
• Tracker
  
• Action Counters (watchers, etc)

Roles

AL v2.8,

Alice

the Interceptor

- Ascetic Roleblocker
Louisé Alicea,

Alice

the Dreamwalker

- SCUM Neighborizing Vanillarizer
Solarice,

Alice

the Wanderer

- SCUM Novice Paranoid Gun Owner

Nightingale, Traveler - Named Neighborhood Cop
Cheshire Cat, Trickster - Non-consecutive Night Role Cop

White Rabbit, Timekeeper - D* Unlynchable Townie (* = number the player picks pregame)
Dinah, Saint - VT

Neighborhood: Birds, of Symbols

Eaglet, of Death - D1 Doublevoter
Lory, of Love - D2 Doublevoter
Duck, of Wealth - D3 Doublevoter
Dodo, of Violence - D4 Doublevoter
Monstrous Crow, The Wild Card- N5 Vig

Neighborhood: Cards, of Suits

Ace, of Spades - D1 Doublevoter
Queen, of Hearts - D2 Doublevoter
Jack, of Diamonds - D3 Doublevoter
King, of Clubs - D4 Doublevoter
Executioner, The Joker - SCUM N5 Vig

Neighborhood: Dreamworld (recreated by Louisé Alicea each Night Phase)

Setup Guide

Mafia Neighborizing Vanillarizer
Mafia Novice Paranoid Gun Owner
Mafia (Neighborhood B) N5 Vig

vs

Town Ascetic Roleblocker
Town Named Neighborhood Cop
Town Non-consecutive Night Role Cop
Town D* Unlynchable Townie
Town Vanilla Townie
Town (Neighborhood A) D1 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood A) D2 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood A) D3 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood A) D4 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood A) N5 Vig
Town (Neighborhood B) D1 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood B) D2 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood B) D3 Doublevoter
Town (Neighborhood B) D4 Doublevoter

Sample Role Flip

Salamence20, who was

Queen Alice

,

Alice

past the Last Brook

, and

Town

Double Neighborizer

, has been

lynched

in

Day 6

.

[FakeGod]

Story

Chapter One - of Spades, of Death

14 v 3

Chapter Two - of Hearts, of Love

12 v 3

Chapter Three - of Diamonds, of Wealth

10 v 3

Chapter Four - of Clubs, of Violence

8 v 3

Chapter Five - The Joker, The Wild Card

6 v 3

Chapter Six - Aftermath

2 v 3

[FakeGod]

Role Pms

Name -

AL v2.8

Title -

Alice

the Interceptor

Role -

Ascetic Roleblocker

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

You are

immune

to all non-killing actions.
You may

roleblock

a player during the

Night Phase

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Louisé Alicea

Title -

Alice

the Dreamwalker

Role -

Neighborizing Vanillarizer

Alignment -

Mafia

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

Factional Night Talk, Factional Night Kill

You may via PM pick a player to

vanillarize

during the

Day Phase

. The player will be notified that he/she has become

vanillarized

at the end of the

Day Phase

.
You will also be granted a neighborhood,

Dreamworld

, shared by you and your target. The neighborhood will become locked at the end of the

Night Phase

.
A new neighborhood will be created every time you use your ability.

Scum Win Condition

You win when number of

Mafia

-aligned players

alive

are greater than or equal to the number of

Town

-aligned players

alive

.

Name -

Solarice

Title -

Alice

the Wanderer

Role -

Novice Paranoid Gun Owner

Alignment -

Mafia

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

Factional Night Talk, Factional Night Kill

Any player who targets you during the

Night Phase

will die, but this power is not active during

Night 1

.

Scum Win Condition

You win when number of

Mafia

-aligned players

alive

are greater than or equal to the number of

Town

-aligned players

alive

.

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Role Pms cont'd

Name -

Nightingale

Title -

Traveler

Role -

Named Neighborhood Cop

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

Nightingale

is publicly confirmed as aligned with

Town

.
During the

Night Phase

, you may target a player and learn which

Neighborhoods

he/she has access to.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Cheshire Cat

Title -

Trickster

Role -

Non-consecutive Night Role Cop

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

During the

Night Phase

, you may target a player and learn his/her

role

. You may not use this ability two

Night Phases

in a row.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

White Rabbit

Title -

Timekeeper

Role -

D* Unlynchable Townie

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

Pick a

Day phase

in

pregame

. You cannot be

lynched

in that

Day Phase

. It will be publicly declared at the beginning of that

Day Phase

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Dinah

Title -

Saint

Role -

Vanilla Townie

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have no access to any of the neighborhoods.

Ability

You have no special abilities.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

[FakeGod]

Role Pms cont'd cont'd

Name -

Eaglet

Title -

Of Death

Role -

D1 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Birds, of Symbols

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 1

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Lory

Title -

Of Love

Role -

D2 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Birds, of Symbols

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 2

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Duck

Title -

Of Wealth

Role -

D3 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Birds, of Symbols

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 3

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Dodo

Title -

Of Violence

Role -

D4 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Birds, of Symbols

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 4

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Monstrous Crow

Title -

The Wild Card

Role -

N5 Vig

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Birds, of Symbols

.

Ability

You may kill a player in

Night 5

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

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Role Pms cont'd cont'd cont'd

Name -

Ace

Title -

Of Spades

Role -

D1 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Cards, of Suits

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 1

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Queen

Title -

Of Hearts

Role -

D2 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Cards, of Suits

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 2

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Jack

Title -

Of Diamonds

Role -

D3 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Cards, of Suits

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 3

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

King

Title -

Of Clubs

Role -

D4 Doublevoter

Alignment -

Town

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Cards, of Suits

.

Ability

Your vote is counted as two on

Day 4

.

Town Win Condition

You win when all

Mafia

-aligned players are

dead

, and there is at least one

Town

-aligned player

alive

.

Name -

Executioner

Title -

The Joker

Role -

N5 Vig

Alignment -

Mafia

Neighborhood

You have access to the Neighborhood:

Cards, of Suits

.

Ability

Factional Night Talk, Factional Night Kill

You may kill a player in

Night 5

. This kill doesn't count as the

Factional Night Kill

.

Scum Win Condition

You win when number of

Mafia

-aligned players

alive

are greater than or equal to the number of

Town

-aligned players

alive

.

[FakeGod]

Nachomamma8 - Duck, of Wealth - D3 Doublevoter
notscience - Louise Alicea, Alice the Dreamwalker - SCUM Neighborizing Vanillarizer
Katsuki - Nightingale, Traveler - Named Neighborhood Cop
zMuffinMan - Solarice, Alice the Wanderer - SCUM Novice Paranoid Gun Owner
Natirasha - Executioner, The Joker - SCUM N5 Vig
Brian Skies - White Rabbit, Timekeeper - D* Unlynchable Townie
farside22 - Cheshire Cat, Trickster - Non-consecutive Night Role Cop
Sakura Hana - Queen, of Hearts - D2 Doublevoter
GuyInFreezer - Dinah, Saint - VT
Kagami - Monstrous Crow, The Wild Card- N5 Vig
Mac - Dodo, of Violence - D4 Doublevoter
grapes - AL v2.8, Alice the Interceptor - Ascetic Roleblocker
borkjerfkin - King, of Clubs - D4 Doublevoter
Muffin - Lory, of Love - D2 Doublevoter
SXTLHGaiden - Ace, of Spades - D1 Doublevoter
Cho - Jack, of Diamonds - D3 Doublevoter
lalaladucks - Eaglet, of Death - D1 Doublevoter

[FakeGod]

Day One - of Spades, of Death

[FakeGod]

VoteCount 1.0

Not Voting [17]

- Nachomamma8, notscience, Katsuki, zMuffinMan, Natirasha, Brian Skies, farside22, Sakura Hana, GuyInFreezer, Kagami, Mac, grapes, borkjerfkin, Muffin, SXTLHGaiden, Cho, lalaladucks

With 17 alive it takes 9 to lynch

.

Deadline is May 25, 2015, at Noon PST.
Countdown to deadline: (expired on 2015-05-25 13:00:00)

[FakeGod]

god that ability is truly fucking useless then lol

when you came up with it, did you not think, "hmm, maybe people will suspect the guy who is making everyone vanilla could also be the guy who is neighborising the same targets"?

or was making it virtually useless meant to be a balancing aspect?

as is, i'm super surprised brian didn't just figure it out on his own

i suppose the vanilla aspect was meant to be like a "oh he's included a town one before so this one could also be town" but eh that's stretching it given it's a pro-scum ability that people will be naturally suspicious of (iirc they were also suspicious of the one that was town anyway)

meh

Well, there are two ways for the role to be used, and they're not exclusive to each other: as a scum roleblanker with priority (since it's day resolving) that reveals himself to his target in the night, ns could use the ability on a player right before murdering him in the night. Alternatively, pretend to be a "town" neighborizer with an unfortunate side effect, which means that ns would only use the ability on players who were suspected of VTs already (for example, doublevoters that expired) to manipulate them during the Night phase and set him up for whatever claim gambits he wanted to try out.

I thought it was a terrible mistake for ns to just go ahead and vanillarize a player who claimed a confirmable role, which basically gave away that the vanillarizer was scum and it pretty much meant that ns couldn't vanillarize anyone safely any more.

[FakeGod]

`

The world between the books is a vast, teeming place full of untold adventures.

I met the warring denizens of the Cards and the Birds; I brought peace to their lands.

I met the great Monstrous Crow and Dinah, the saint; we left as friends.

I met the White Rabbit, a fellow survivor; there was much rejoice and celebration.

But somewhere, we made a wrong turn; and we drew her unfortunate attention.

Do not approach the lady in blue and white; her power extends beyond the visible.

Alas, a simple warning will have to do; it is all the time I have.

I can only pray, that my tale will be read.



Sincerely, by Nightingale,

a modest traveler who now meets his end.

Ending

~

Last Journal Entry. . .

notscience, zMuffinMan, and Natirasha, aligned with Mafia, wins the game!

[FakeGod]

My two-cents...

My congratulations to the scum team, especially zMuffinMan, for the win and fantastic performance. Early lynches on the low-numbered scum team usually spell doom in Large games, but zMuffinMan was able to pull out the solo win.

Most of what I have to say are scattered across the Dead PT, but I would like to summarize and recap here on game design and how it turned out.

As you may have noticed, this game heavily revolved around the mirrored neighborhoods. Roles and flavors of each neighborhoods were mirrored with a odd man out each to hint to the scum team, the identity of the town N5 Vig. (and also give chance for town to predict the scum N5 Vig, should the town N5 Vig flip early)

Neighborhoods becoming locked at end of N4 (as opposed to N5) reinforces this "odd man out" idea, and depending on how much was shared in the neighborhoods, give the town/scum a final chance at solving the neighborhoods composition before N5. Opening up the neighborhoods for public also solves the information gate problem DGB always complained about neighborhoods.

Scum team has no Doublevoters, so they actually are not aware of the how roles are consolidated in the neighborhoods at the beginning of the game. Only person who would be able to really guess the setup early on would be the Town N5 Vig slot, which, by stroke of luck, is occupied by town's best setup specc'er. Kagami virtually had the setup solved before her unfortunate early exit.

I did expect the town/scum team to solve the setup by N5 (the neighborhood unlocking is kinda like making the answers public, if that makes sense), and gave each side a role to deal with the opposing side's N5 vig. (town's Ascetic Roleblocker, and scum's Vanillaizer)

Doublevoters were used in place of VTs to nerf the alignment-confirmation aspect of the town rolecop. (Cheshire Cat received role names as is, making it stronger than a usual rolecop who can't differentiate between VTs and Goons) It was necessary to heavily nerf any investigative role that had the power to clear people in this game, because this setup featured a low-number scum team. The fact that this setup has no protective roles also ties in with that idea. In addition, injection of additional votes in play speeds up the day play, which is very desirable in a Large game with its rapid 8-days Day Phase.

Town's rolecop has the non-consecutive night modifier, which meant that should the rolecop figure out the neighborhood composition by N1, (which I thought as highly unlikely but possible), the rolecop would be rewarded by increasing the chance of getting an inno result to 2/6 N1. Rolecop is unable to get a single guilty result in this game, because no scum role has an alignment-telling role name. (except that farside caught ns in his lie anyways) Barring the rolecop figuring out the setup by N1, rolecop would have one more chance at N3 to get a inno result. (hopefully this time having the setup solved)

I would also like to apologize in that I did not take into account the possible interactions between the roleblocker and paranoid gun owner. As I mentioned in the dead PT, in my simulations I had presumed that the roleblocker would simply be shot upon claiming.

I really hope that you found the game interesting and fun. Queen of Hearts didn't have much fun though, seeing as her players kept replacing out on her!!!

(below picture is a courtesy of ElleranS)

Until next time . . .

[FakeGod]

Links to PTs

Dead PT
Mod PT
Dreamworld N1