[CHALLENGE] October Challenge

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[CHALLENGE] October Challenge

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:20 am

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I've been on a PYP X/Y kick recently. So, let's do this PYP X/Y-inspired challenge.

October ChallengeDesign a setup where:
  • All players initially receive a vanilla role PM of their faction (i.e. VT or goon),
    AND

  • There is at least one power role acquired by a player during the course of the game.


The power role acquired may be temporary (as in Baton Pass's bulletproof).
The power role acquisition may happen before the start of Day 1, as long as it happens after some game-relevant actions (as in Pick Your Poison and Pick Your Power X/Y, and Stack the Deck if the traitor were removed).
Players do not have to flip with their acquired power role, but they must be aware of it (so Chosen Mafia would NOT count, but if Chosen Townies were self-aware, then it would).
I'm pretty generous regarding what counts as a "power role"; it can be something negative utility like miller or beloved princess.
It's always the same. When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die. You don't know whose children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they're always going to have to do from the very beginning... SIT DOWN AND TALK!
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Post Post #6 (isolation #1) » Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:32 pm

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In post 5, Isis wrote:Can the player be informed they received the power role but be uncertain the exact nature of the power role they've received?
Yeah, I guess that's fine.
It's always the same. When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die. You don't know whose children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they're always going to have to do from the very beginning... SIT DOWN AND TALK!
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Post Post #9 (isolation #2) » Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:19 pm

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Yeah that's fine, a shared PR is still a PR.
It's always the same. When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die. You don't know whose children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they're always going to have to do from the very beginning... SIT DOWN AND TALK!
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