Warehouse 13: The Mafia Game (Game Over)

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Image courtesy of Syryana

Welcome to Warehouse 13: The Mafia Game

Game moderator: penguin_alien
Game back-up mod: Cabd
Game reviews: Cabd, Cephrir, and Syryana

Warehouse 13 is the lucky thirteenth iteration of the World's Attic, if most of the items in the attic were Artifacts trying to make your day significantly more complicated. Interacting with this not-so-dusty collection are various Agents, Caretakers, Regents, and innocent bystanders. Those yard sale deals can really haunt you...

Of course, that collection is an irresistible lure to certain unsavory characters. And we've gathered some untold number of Artifacts at a dusty crossroads in South Dakota--a surefire way to attract those with the best of intentions alongside those with the worst. So come see who's shown up to this impromptu melange of oddities. Maybe you'll get to hold an Artifact. And maybe you'll survive the experience.

Game State Information

Living Agents

Spoiler:

2. Tammy**
9. Spiffeh*
11. PookyTheMagicalBear
12. Titus
13. MathBlade
15. Prism
16. Dunnstral**
17. Battle Mage

* = prod

Bronzed

Spoiler:

mastina, Sally Stukowski,

Mafia Goon

, Bronzed Day 1
sangres, Amanda Lattimer,

Vanilla Townie

, Bronzed Night 1
Kitty Trauma Team, Joshua Donovan,

Vanilla Townie

, Bronzed Night 1
DrippingGoofball, Mrs. Frederic's Bodyguard,

Town One-Shot Bulletproof Bodyguard

, Bronzed Day 2
Lady Lambdadelta, Abigail Chow,

Town Mason

, Bronzed Night 2
SirCakez, James MacPherson,

Mafia Detector/Thief

, Bronzed Day 3
Bell, Leena,

Town Mason

, Bronzed Night 3
notscience, Paracelsus,

Mafia Jack-Of-All-Trades

, Bronzed Day 4
borkjerfkin, Walter Sykes,

Mafia Multi-Artifact User

, Bronzed Night 4/Endgamed via poison

Canceled by SyFy

Spoiler:

Modkilled, hopefully empty

Game Episodes

Spoiler:

Morning 1 starts Morning VC 1.01 Morning VC 1.02 Morning VC 1.03 Morning VC 1.04 Afternoon 1 starts Afternoon VC 1.01 Afternoon 1 VC 1.02 Afternoon VC 1.03 Afternoon VC 1.04 Afternoon VC 1.05 Afternoon VC 1.06 Afternoon VC 1.07 Afternoon VC 1.08 Afternoon VC 1.09 Afternoon VC 1.10 Afternoon VC 1.11 Afternoon VC 1.12 Afternoon VC 1.13 Afternoon VC 1.14 Afternoon VC 1.15 Afternoon VC 1.16 Afternoon VC 1.16bAfternoon VC 1.17 Afternoon VC 1.18 Afternoon VC 1.19 Afternoon VC 1.20 Final Afternoon 1 VC Afternoon 1 Bronzing DrippingGoofball replaces quiet
Morning 2 starts Morning VC 2.01 Final Morning 2 VC Afternoon 2 begins Afternoon VC 2.01 Afternoon VC 2.02 Afternoon VC 2.03 Afternoon VC 2.04 Afternoon VC 2.05 Afternoon VC 2.06 Afternoon VC 2.07 Afternoon VC 2.08 Final Afternoon 2 VC Afternoon 2 Bronzing
Morning 3 Starts Morning VC 3.01 Final Morning 3 VC Afternoon 3 begins Afternoon VC 3.01 Afternoon VC 3.02 Afternoon VC 3.03 Afternoon VC 3.04 notscience replaces GreyICE Afternoon VC 3.05 Afternoon VC 3.06 Final Afternoon 3 VC Afternoon 3 Bronzing
Morning 4 starts Morning VC 4.01 Morning VC 4.02 Final Morning 4 VC Afternoon 4 begins Afternoon VC 4.01 Afternoon VC 4.02 Afternoon VC 4.03 Afternoon VC 4.04 Afternoon VC 4.05 Afternoon VC 4.06 Afternoon VC 4.07 Afternoon VC 4.08 Final Afternoon 4 VC Afternoon 4 Bronzing

Game Over Role PMs Night Actions PT links Listing of All Artifacts Miscellaneous Game Flavor Round-Up

Sample Informational PMs:

Spoiler: Town Sample Role PM

"Come on! Not everything in here is dangerous. You got that cuddly little ferret from a cooking pot."

You are Pete the ferret, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Mafia Sample Role PM

"Well, I've got a gift too: getting people to tell me things."

You are Marcus Diamond, a

Mafia Goon

, aligned with the

Mafia

.

The other players aligned with the Mafia are [redacted] and you may communicate at any time while alive in this PT.

During Night 0, [redacted]

Once during each Night phase from Night 1 on, the Mafia have a factional kill. You and your teammates may choose to shoot another player in the game, specifiying who among your number is doing the shooting by posting that information in bold in your factional PT. The most recent bolded action in your PT will be considered to be the team's choice at the end of the Night phase.

Your remaining power lies in your brain, your vote, and the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Mafia win condition: You win when living Mafia players comprise the majority of living players at the start of a game phase or nothing can prevent that result.

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Artifact Listing Information

Mr. Rogers' Front Door (One-Shot Sweater Vendor)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. The target will be given a sweater (this has no abilities in-game).
Negative Effect: In the Afternoon following this ability's use you may not hammer a Bronzing wagon.

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Game-Specific Rules and Information

1) There is only one anti-town faction in play for this game (Mafia). There are four Mafia-aligned players.
2) This game uses a Night phase and a Day phase. The Day phase is split up into two sections: Morning and Afternoon. Morning will have a 48 hour deadline and Afternoon will have a 192 hour (eight day) deadline. Night will be 48 hours.
3) There will be a Night 0 in this game. It will last 48 hours. No factional kill will be available to the Mafia team for this Night phase only.
4) A significant mechanic in this game is the distribution of Artifacts. The abilities they grant are all one-shot and work by the following rules:

Each Artifact has a flavor name taken from the source material, an action (Power) it provides, and a Negative Effect that will activate upon use. Before distribution, the default state of information on all Artifacts is flavor name only. Upon receipt, the recipient(s) will be told its Power and its Negative Effect. At this point a general Power description will also be attached to the flavor name for ease of comprehension, but the description of the Power is the final authority on how it works mechanically. All Powers in the game are non-refundable.

Upon receipt, a player may choose to interact with one Artifact in their possession per game phase. They may either use it or transfer the selected Artifact to another player rather than using it. This counts as the player's Artifact interaction for the night. Transfers may only be performed during the Night phase. If transferred, the recipient will be informed of the Artifact's Power and Negative Effect. They may also use any non-Artifact actions they have from their role, including the factional kill if Mafia. There is a limit of one non-factional kill role action used per player per phase.

Two Artifacts are presented to the Mafia at the start of the Night phase. They pick one to keep by the end of the Night phase (along with a recipient for it, among their faction or elsewhere) and one that will go to the game thread at the start of the Morning, where the living players will vote on the recipient of that Artifact decided by plurality. The Morning will end if a majority vote is reached for the Artifact recipient.

Other Artifact distribution mechanics may be in play throughout the game. A set number of Artifacts were designed prior to game start. If the Warehouse is unable to distribute enough Artifacts during the game for a given phase at any point, a priority list has been designated by the mod for the distribution of remaining Artifacts. Once there are no more Artifacts to distribute, no new ones will be generated and the game will continue without that mechanic in play

5) Elimination in this game will be referred to as Bronzing by the mods and for the purposes of all role- and Artifact-related information. Bronzing is decided by majority vote, defined as (50% + 1) rounded down of living players.
6) There may be mechanics that change the number of votes required to Bronze; these will always be known to the affected players.
7) The page count limit for each Day phase will be equal to 5 x # of living players (mod posts subtracted from the count). After that point, each living player may make a single post that must contain a vote for the remainder of the Day phase. Posting beyond that will result in a mod kill (Canceled by SyFy). This count includes Morning and Afternoon phases combined.
8) Vote counts are intended to be posted at least every 24 hours, more frequently as judged necessary by the mods. Requests for vote counts made in the game thread will not be honored; please PM the mod or post in a factional PT if requesting a vote count.
9) Please note the win conditions specified in the sample Role PMs. They may be slightly different from what is normally seen.
10) If you've actually read all this so far, you now know that the Role PM confirmation phrase is 'Endless Wonder' because I'm corny that way.
11) Day talk will be enabled.
12) In the event abilities used by a Town player and a Mafia player 'clash,' the Mafia player's action will take priority.
13) All flips will be Character Name, aligned with {Town, Mafia}, Town/Mafia [role name], in possession of (Artifact inventory with flavor names only listed) has been Bronzed.

General Rules and Information

General Behavioral Expectations:
• All site-wide rules are to be followed. Loophole hunting is not appreciated--there are no loophole Artifacts in play.
• Personal attacks on any basis are prohibited. Excessive vulgarity will also be stomped upon. When in doubt, err on the side of being civil and respectful.
***If you feel someone has crossed a line into a personal attack, or if you are concerned about another player's mental state, contact the mod and the back-up mod immediately. Whoever sees it first will intervene. Do not escalate in the game thread. I'm not interested in the gamestate becoming toxic.
• Play to your win condition. Gambits, yes; trying to sabotage your faction, no.
• Do not discuss this game anywhere outside the game thread and designated PTs. Do not discuss ongoing games in any spaces for this game. When in doubt, ask the mod before posting or just don't do it.

Game Play, Voting, Bronzing, and Night Actions:
• Do not quote mod communications anywhere in the thread. That includes role PMs and PM exchanges with the mod.

This is my bolded color

(#FF8000) so do not use it for any purposes, particularly impersonating me.
• If you see errors in the vote count or other administrivia, you may PM me or post in the thread (using the bold tag and '@Mod') requesting a fix.
• Claiming to be an anti-town player sharing an alignment with another living player in the game is a modkillable offense regardless of one's actual alignment or whether the statement was intended to be taken seriously.
• When placing a vote, it is not necessary to unvote first or to put your vote on a new line. However, votes must be submitted in bold like this:

VOTE: penguin_alien

or like this: VOTE: penguin_alien or like this:

VOTE: PA

. I will accept any votes in these formats so long as I can tell the intended target from the abbreviation used. If I think it's a vote, it's a vote.
• Bronzings (or decisions to no-Bronze) require a majority of the votes in play.
• No cryptography is permitted. Do not use temporary information (signature, avatar, etc.) to convey game information.
• Discussion may continue in twilight.
• All factional decisions must either be agreed upon by all living members of that faction or be resolved as outlined for that faction. Action control may be proxy'd to another player in your PT by PMing the mod or posting your permission therein.
• Once you are killed, do not post in the game thread. This includes ‘Bah!’ posts.
• Game actions may be PMed to me or posted in bold in the appropriate PTs. If you know you will be V/LA during the night phase, you may send in a conditional night action in advance.
• There exists the possibility of mod errors or disagreements about mod decisions. Unless overridden by list/site mods, my decisions are final. You may take it up with me post-game should you so choose.

Activity Parameters and Mod Communication:
• Prods will be sent out by PM to players who have not posted within the past 48 hours. Players receiving prods have 24 hours to post before I will start looking for a replacement. If the day ends before you can respond in-thread, you must PM me within the allotted time. Don't prodge; you know what I'm talking about.
• Three prods in one game day phase or four prods overall will result in my replacing you.
• If the site had downtime of more than three hours, time will be added to the relevant deadlines to compensate equal to that lost to the downtime.
• While you are welcome to post about any issues that arise in the thread (use bold to get my attention, please) you may also PM me concerning any problems. Use your best judgment here, and I will endeavor to do the same. Questions may be answered publicly if it is something the full game should know. It is likely questions will be answered with "I will not answer that". This also applies to issues with me or my modding or other players. I do not fix tags or formatting issues in non-mod game posts.
• If you go on V/LA, please PM me.
• Night phases will always run their full allotted time unless all living players PM me or post in a PT that they are ready for the night phase to end.
• Alterations to these rules will be announced in-thread and PMed to all players in the event they become necessary either due to unforeseen circumstances or my own oversights.

Violations of these rules will result in a warning for a first offense and a potential forced-replacement or modkill for subsequent offenses depending on circumstances. I reserve the right to skip the warning for particularly willful or egregious violations.

Modkills will happen in a way to punish the player's faction as far as timing and phase progression is concerned. These will only happen after consultations with the listmods. A modkilled player will become a neutral survivor.

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All role PMs have been sent out. Night 0 will begin when 14/17 have confirmed as per their role PMs. Please read the full ruleset before confirming.

Confirmed: 16/17

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Disclaimer: All flavor is for entertainment only. It does not reflect or have bearing on game activity. There may be spoilers for the show within, large and small.

As the sun drops down into the fields to the west, a crowd slowly coalesces at a dusty crossroads in South Dakota. Some greet one another happily, while others are more reserved, assessing the growing mass of characters. A faint barking is added to the cacophony, and the murmur of voices falls off when Trailer reaches the fringes of the group, still barking with seeming urgency.

"What's wrong, Trailer? Timmy down a well?" "Where's a fez when you need one?"

Everyone follows Trailer down the road a few hundred yards until he stopped by a large scrub bush. Half-hidden behind the mass were two shiny figures, one tiny and one human-sized, the latter clutching a wooden door in his metal hand.

"Pete!" "Not that Pete!" "...I thought that ferret got eaten by a coyote years ago?"

The hubbub grows when the larger figure is identified.

"Marcus Diamond!" "What was he up to?" "Is he really Bronzed or will he come back awake?"

"...we should make sure."

With that, several scientifically-minded folks start prodding the Bronze statue of Marcus. Several vengeance-minded folks prod it a bit more vigorously. With their feet. Or maybe they're just kicking it.

"Okay, not faking, definitely dead."

Someone looks thoughtfully at the door on the ground. "That looks like it might be an Artifact. Should we snag that in case we need it?"

While the ensuing debate features voices in favor and voices opposed, the final decision is that corpses, even Bronzed corpses, even Bronzed corpses of real jerks, shouldn't be looted. No desecrating the statues of the dead.

In the fading light, one hesitant voice pops up. "Should we try to unBronze them in that station over there?" indicating a looming Bronzing booth. The others look, first at Pete the ferret, then at Marcus Diamond, and then back at Pete the ferret. As one they move to the Bronzed ferret and convey him over to the station. Only to find that the 'unBronze' knob has been snapped clean off.

It would seem Bronzing is somewhat less than reversible for the time being. On that unsettling note, the sun slips below the horizon, leaving everyone in shadowy gloom. Hardly an atmosphere conducive to making weighty decisions. They would have to wait until morning to decide how to proceed.

Syryana, Pete the ferret, aligned with Town,

Vanilla Townie

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Dandelion Wine, Marcus Diamond, aligned with Mafia,

Mafia Goon

, in possession of

Mr. Rogers' Front Door

, has been Bronzed!

No players will be eliminated during Night 0.

Night 0 starts now and will end in (expired on 2021-02-20 15:05:47)

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Trailer romps happily among the sleeping people. A new day! Time to get up and see what's new!

Some people don't seem overly enthused at the prospect. A cold nose in their ears convinces them that they're better off up and at 'em than sleeping in.

With everyone (more or less) awake, Trailer bounds over to his latest find.

Lucretia's Comb

, up for grabs. "All right, we're adults here. We can decide what to do with this in a fair and reasonable manner. How about we vote on it?"

Left unsaid is that this task is far preferable to dealing with the murderous faction among them who dispatched Pete the ferret and Marcus Diamond. All in good time.

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The Artifact of the Morning is:

Lucretia's Comb

Morning Vote Count 1.00

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-02-22 15:17:03)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to deliver

Lucretia's Comb

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.

Not voting (17): sangres, Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Kitty Trauma Team, Lady Lambdadelta, mastina, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, quiet, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes: borkjerfkin is V/LA
0/85 pages used

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Morning Vote Count 1.01

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-02-22 15:17:03)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to deliver

Lucretia's Comb

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply.

Prism (2): sangres, Tammy
Spiffeh (2): Spiffeh, SirCakez
Battle Mage (1): Titus
SirCakez (1): MathBlade
Lady Lambdadelta (3): PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage, Bell
sangres (1): Prism


Not voting (7): borkjerfkin, Kitty Trauma Team, Lady Lambdadelta, mastina, GreyICE, quiet, Dunnstral

Mod notes: borkjerfkin is V/LA
6/85 pages used
If Morning 1 ended now, the Artifact recipient would be Lady Lambdadelta

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Morning Vote Count 1.03

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-02-22 15:17:03)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to deliver

Lucretia's Comb

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply.

Prism (6): sangres, Tammy, Titus, Prism, Spiffeh, SirCakez
Lady Lambdadelta (3): PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage, Bell
sangres (1): quiet
Kitty Trauma Team(1): MathBlade


Not voting (6): borkjerfkin, Kitty Trauma Team, Lady Lambdadelta, mastina, GreyICE, Dunnstral

Mod notes: borkjerfkin is V/LA
14/85 pages used
If Morning 1 ended now, the Artifact recipient would be Prism

[penguin_alien]

Morning Vote Count 1.04

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-02-22 15:17:03)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to deliver

Lucretia's Comb

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply.

Prism (1): Titus
Lady Lambdadelta (9): PookyTheMagicalBear, Bell, Prism, Balttle Mage, Spiffeh, Tammy, SirCakez, Lady Lambdadelta, sangres
sangres (1): quiet
Kitty Trauma Team(1): MathBlade


Not voting (5): borkjerfkin, Kitty Trauma Team, mastina, GreyICE, Dunnstral

Mod notes: borkjerfkin is V/LA
18/85 pages used
Afternoon will start when my migraine abates in a couple hours

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Prodding GreyICE

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.03

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes bronze.

Dunnstral (3): , SirCakez, quiet, Battle Mage
MathBlade (4): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Titus
Spiffeh (1): Dunnstral
PookyTheMagicalBear(1): MathBlade
Titus (2): GreyICE, sangres
borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh

Not voting (5): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Kitty Trauma Team, mastina, Prism


Mod notes: mastina and MathBlade V/LA until Monday evening
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[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.04

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes bronze.

Dunnstral (4): , SirCakez, quiet, Battle Mage, Spiffeh
MathBlade (5): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Titus, Dunnstral
PookyTheMagicalBear(1): MathBlade
Titus (2): GreyICE, sangres

Not voting (5): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Kitty Trauma Team, mastina, Prism


Mod notes: 35/85 pages used

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Afternoon Vote Count 1.05

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes bronze.

Dunnstral (3): quiet, Battle Mage, Spiffeh
MathBlade (5): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Titus, Dunnstral
Titus (2): GreyICE, sangres
SirCakez (2): mastina, Kitty Trauma Team
Prism (1): MathBlade
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): SirCakez

Not voting (3): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Prism


Mod notes: 37/85 pages used

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Afternoon Vote Count 1.07

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (6): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Titus, Battle Mage, GreyICE
Titus (1): sangres
SirCakez (3): mastina, Kitty Trauma Team, Dunnstral
PookyTheMagicalBear (1): SirCakez
mastina (1): MathBlade

Not voting (3): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Prism


Mod notes: 45/85 pages used

@mod: vc plz when you're able

8) Vote counts are intended to be posted at least every 24 hours, more frequently as judged necessary by the mods. Requests for vote counts made in the game thread will not be honored; please PM the mod or post in a factional PT if requesting a vote count.

Prodding quiet

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.08

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (5): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage, GreyICE
Titus (4): sangres, Prism, SirCakez, MathBlade
SirCakez (4): mastina, Kitty Trauma Team, Dunnstral, Titus

Not voting (2): Tammy, borkjerfkin


Mod notes: 51/85 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.09

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (5): Bell, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage, GreyICE
Titus (5): sangres, SirCakez, MathBlade, Kitty Trauma Team, borkjerfkin
SirCakez (3): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus

Not voting (2): Tammy, Prism


Mod notes: 53/85 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Replacing quiet

[penguin_alien]

To head this off in the interest of clarity, no mechanics in a game I run will ever require or allow anyone to be misgendered. I've been on the other side of that via carelessness on this board and IRL growing up (as a cis person to be clear, not trying to appropriate others' experiences). I'm not interested in causing anyone trauma beyond the normal stress of playing Mafia games. If anyone ever feels otherwise I'm happy to address it as best I can or facilitate a replace-out as needed.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.11

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (3): Battle Mage, GreyICE, Bell
Titus (7): sangres, SirCakez, Kitty Trauma Team, borkjerfkin, MathBlade, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear
SirCakez (3): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus

Not voting (2): Tammy, Prism


Mod notes: 58/85 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.12

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (1): Battle Mage
Titus (6): sangres, SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade
SirCakez (3): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus
mastina (2): Bell, GreyICE

Not voting (3): Tammy, Prism, Kitty Trauma Team


Mod notes: 61/85 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.13

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (1): Battle Mage
Titus (6): sangres, SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade
SirCakez (3): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus
mastina (2): Bell, GreyICE

Not voting (3): Tammy, Prism, Kitty Trauma Team


Mod notes: 63/85 pages used

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.14

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (2): Battle Mage, Bell
Titus (6): sangres, SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade
SirCakez (3): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus
mastina (1): GreyICE

Not voting (3): Tammy, Prism, Kitty Trauma Team


Mod notes: 67/85 pages used

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.15

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
MathBlade (1): Battle Mage
Titus (5): SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade
SirCakez (4): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus, Kitty Trauma Team
mastina (4): GreyICE, sangres, Bell, Prism

Not voting (1): Tammy


Mod notes: 69/85 pages used

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening

Prodding GreyICE

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.16

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (3): quiet, MathBlade, SirCakez
Titus (3): borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalBear
SirCakez (4): mastina, Dunnstral, Titus, Kitty Trauma Team
mastina (6): GreyICE, sangres, Bell, Prism, Battle Mage, Spiffeh

Not voting (1): Tammy


Mod notes: 74/85 pages used

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening

[penguin_alien]

Prodding Lady Lambdadelta; should have done so this morning

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 1.20

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (2): quiet, Spiffeh
SirCakez (7): mastina, Dunnstral, Kitty Trauma Team, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalbear, Titus, MathBlade
mastina (7): GreyICE, Prism, Battle Mage, Tammy, SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Bell
Mathblade (1): Sangres

Not voting (0):


Mod notes: 83/85 pages used (switching to post count here: 2078/2125 posts)

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening
LLD is V/LA.

[penguin_alien]

Final Afternoon Vote Count

Afternoon 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-01 23:59:59)

With 17 players alive, it takes 9 votes to Bronze.

Dunnstral (1): quiet
SirCakez (7): mastina, Dunnstral, Kitty Trauma Team, Lady Lambdadelta, PookyTheMagicalbear, Titus, MathBlade
mastina (9--BRONZED): GreyICE, Prism, Battle Mage, Tammy, SirCakez, borkjerfkin, Bell, Sangres, Spiffeh

Not voting (0):


Mod notes: 83/85 pages used (switching to post count here: 2080/2125 posts)

Battle Mage is V/LA until Monday evening
LLD is V/LA.

Flip incoming

[penguin_alien]

The shadows stretch long, but the assembled people still sway back and forth, unable to decide who to commit to Bronzing. With only a sliver of the sun remaining above the horizon (and Trailer nosing them repeatedly) they finally agree. One consensus choice for Bronzing, in a first stab at eliminating the evil amongst them.

The hapless target squawks angrily as hands push her toward the Bronzing machine. While the target's identity is still hard to discern, the voice is somehow familiar. "I do declare, this is no way to treat a lady! I certainly had nothing to do with any Bronzing ambushes!"

"How do you know they were ambushed?"

"I...uh..." Dark blonde hair becomes clearer to the onlookers. "Don't Bronze me! I thought we were working together!"

The crowd is not dissuaded. The Bronzing machine looms closer. As she is almost fully shoved inside, she gives one last plea. "Are y'all serious about this?"

"As a heart attack!"

With a final push, she clears the threshold and the door slams shut. A push of a button, and Sally Stukowski is rendered in an outraged Bronze.

mastina, Sally Stukowski, aligned with Mafia,

Mafia Goon

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!

Night 1 will not start until I find a replacement for quiet. When Night 1 starts, it will last 48 hours and I will post the deadline here and send it by PM.

[penguin_alien]

DrippingGoofball replaces quiet!

Night One begins now and ends in (expired on 2021-03-05 19:44:32)

[penguin_alien]

Day 2 will launch within 4 hours of Night 1's deadline expiring.

[penguin_alien]

It would seem that people didn't get as much rest overnight as they did the first night, before they'd started teaming up to throw people in the Bronzing machine in the light of day. Or were some folks up and about overnight for a bonus round?

Trailer stretches awake to find his head resting on a Bronzed leg. Yup, definitely some extracurricular activity overnight. But as he turns to alert the group, his right hindpaw hits another chunk of metal. A second Bronzing victim? And then his left hindpaw hits a third solid object...but with a

clink

not a

clunk

. A

Freezing Snowglobe

: something good to bring to the humans!

The rest of the group isn't far behind in noticing the two Bronzed figures. Their elation at eliminating an enemy the day before falls in the face of the new casualties. "That's low, offing civilians!" "She was married to Pete, didn't she suffer enough?" "Her? What about him, years in an interdimensional limbo?" "...talking to Pete can feel a lot like yelling into the void."

"All right, time to get serious. Looks like we're going to have to make some cold, hard decisions this morning..."

sangres, Amanda Lattimer, aligned with Town,

Vanilla Townie

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!
Kitty Trauma Team, Joshua Donovan, aligned with Town,

Vanilla Townie

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!

[penguin_alien]

The Artifact of the Morning is:

Freezing Snowglobe

Morning Vote Count 2.00

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-07 22:46:44)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to deliver

Freezing Snowglobe

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.

Not voting (14): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Lady Lambdadelta, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, DrippingGoofball, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
0/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Morning Vote Count 2.01

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-07 22:46:44)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to deliver

Freezing Snowglobe

to a player.

Lady Lambdadelta (6): Lady Lambdadelta, Mathblade, Battle Mage, Bell, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism
Prism (1): Dunnstral
GreyICE (1): GreyICE

Not voting (6): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Titus, Spiffeh, DrippingGoofball

Mod notes: Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/8
6/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Final Morning Vote Count

Morning 1 will end in (expired on 2021-03-07 22:46:44)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to deliver

Freezing Snowglobe

to a player.

Lady Lambdadelta (8): Lady Lambdadelta, Mathblade, Battle Mage, Bell, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism, Titus, SirCakez

Prism (1): Dunnstral
GreyICE (1): GreyICE

Not voting (4): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, DrippingGoofball

Mod notes: Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/8
7/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.00

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Not voting (14): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Lady Lambdadelta, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, DrippingGoofball, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
7/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.01

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

PookyTheMagicalBear (3): SirCakez, Titus, Battle Mage
MathBlade (2): Bell, GreyICE
Titus (1): MathBlade

Not voting (8): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, Spiffeh, PookyTheMagicalBear, DrippingGoofball, Prism, Dunnstral

Mod notes: Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/8
11/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.02

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

PookyTheMagicalBear (1): SirCakez
MathBlade (4): Bell, GreyICE, Titus, Battle Mage
Titus (2): MathBlade, DrippingGoofball

Not voting (7): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta, Spiffeh, PookyTheMagicalBear, Dunnstral, Prism

Mod notes: Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/8
15/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Prodding Lady Lambdadelta

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.04

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

MathBlade (1): Bell
Titus (5): DrippingGoofball, MathBlade, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage
borkjerfkin (2): Spiffeh, SirCakez
GreyICE (1): Prism
DrippingGoofball (2): Titus, Dunnstral

Not voting (3): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Lady Lambdadelta

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
Titus is V/LA until 3/11
22/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Replacing Tammy

[penguin_alien]

Replacing Tammy

Rescinded, Tammy returns

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.05

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Titus (5): DrippingGoofball, MathBlade, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, Battle Mage
borkjerfkin (3): Spiffeh, SirCakez, Bell
GreyICE (1): Prism
DrippingGoofball (2): Titus, Dunnstral

Not voting (3): Tammy, Lady Lambdadelta, borkjerfkin

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
29/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.06

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Titus (4): DrippingGoofball, GreyICE, Battle Mage, SirCakez
borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh
DrippingGoofball (3): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism
Mathblade (1): Bell
SirCakez (1): Mathblade

Not voting (4): Tammy, Lady Lambdadelta, borkjerfkin, PookyTheMagicalBear

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
34/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Plumbing emergency here at Medea the Alien. I'll get a vote count up before the morning, but I may not respond quickly to issues in the next 12 hours, nor will my backup mod (husband for those who don't follow my life on Page Six). Don't leave me

another shitstorm

a mess to return to here. Escalate to Untrod Tripod if there's an urgent matter. Thanks!

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.07

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Titus (5): DrippingGoofball, GreyICE, Battle Mage, SirCakez, MathBlade
borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh
DrippingGoofball (4): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism, Bell

Not voting (4): Tammy, Lady Lambdadelta, borkjerfkin, PookyTheMagicalBear

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/16
37/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 2.08

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Titus (3): GreyICE, Battle Mage, MathBlade
borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh
DrippingGoofball (7): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism, PookyTheMagicalBear, SirCakez, DrippingGoofball, Bell

Not voting (3): Tammy, Lady Lambdadelta, borkjerfkin

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/16
MathBlade is V/LA until 3/15
Titus is V/LA until 3/15
37/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Final Afternoon 2 Vote Count

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-14 12:31:37)

With 14 players alive, it takes 8 votes to Bronze

Titus (3): GreyICE, Battle Mage, MathBlade
borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh
DrippingGoofball (8--BRONZED): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism, PookyTheMagicalBear, SirCakez, DrippingGoofball, Bell, Lady Lambdadelta

Not voting (2): Tammy, borkjerfkin

Mod notes: Lady Lambdadelta is V/LA
Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/16
MathBlade is V/LA until 3/15
Titus is V/LA until 3/15
37/70 pages used

Flip incoming

[penguin_alien]

Five statues look on as the group debates who will join their number. People drift back and forth, coalescing into small groups that dissolve and reform once more. But slowly, a knot grows.

One man finds himself at the center of that mass, and as it drifts closer to the Bronzing machine, it is unclear how much he is being herded and how much he is walking along with his executioners. But the swirl of people gains focus, until it deposits him at the door to the Bronzing machine.

As he walks in stoically, features unchanging, a voice calls out from the crowd. "Are you a villain?"

Turning around and looking out toward the dimming horizon, he utters two words. "No, ma'am."

DrippingGoofball, Mrs. Frederic's Bodyguard, aligned with Town,

Town One-Shot Bulletproof Bodyguard

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!

Night 2 begins now and ends in (expired on 2021-03-15 22:17:56)

[penguin_alien]

Trailer wakes up to the warmth of the sun on his back. He shakes off the dust settled on his fur from the night before and heads out to check on the small statue garden growing next to the Bronzing machine.

Woof! Rrrruff, ruff!

Soon no one else is sleeping either as they congregate to see what's drawn Trailer's attention this time. A statue that, as the sun crests the horizon, has a jeweled glint in its Bronzed hair. And Trailer is also adorned, but he has a far more modest scarf. Hands quickly relieve him of his makeshift collar. The crowd mourns. But there's a time to mourn, and a time to distribute Artifacts.

And a time to toss people in the Bronzing machine.

Lady Lambdadelta, Abigail Chow, aligned with Town,

Town Mason

, in possession of

Lucretia's Comb

, has been Bronzed!

Morning 3 begins shortly

[penguin_alien]

The Artifact of the Morning is:

Primo Levi's Scarf

Morning Vote Count 3.00

Morning 3 will end in (expired on 2021-03-17 23:54:27)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to deliver

Primo Levi's Scarf

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.

Not voting (12): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
0/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Morning Vote Count 3.01

Morning 3 will end in (expired on 2021-03-17 23:54:27)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to deliver

Primo Levi's Scarf

to a player.

Prism (4): Titus, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, SirCakez

Not voting (8): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, GreyICE, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage, Bell

Mod notes:
2/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Final Morning 3 Vote Count

Morning 3 will end in (expired on 2021-03-17 23:54:27)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to deliver

Primo Levi's Scarf

to a player.

Prism (7): Titus, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, SirCakez, Tammy, Prism, Battle Mage

Not voting (5): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, GreyICE, Dunnstral, Bell

Mod notes:
4/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

With minimal coaxing, Trailer is convinced to sniff an outstretched hand and hardly notices when his scarf is removed. He is then promptly distracted by a thirteen-lined ground squirrel and gives chase. Would that the non-metallized people could find their attention drawn away from their grisly task so easily...

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.00

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:17:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

Not voting (12): Tammy, borkjerfkin, SirCakez, Bell, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
4/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.01

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:17:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

Titus (3): Battle Mage, SirCakez, Prism
borkjerfkin (1): Bell
SirCakez (2): MathBlade, PookyTheMagicalBear

Not voting (6): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, Spiffeh, GreyICE, Dunnstral

Mod notes:
9/70 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.02

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:17:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

Titus (3): Battle Mage, SirCakez, Prism
borkjerfkin (2): Bell, Spiffeh
SirCakez (1): PookyTheMagicalBear

Not voting (6): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, GreyICE, Dunnstral, MathBlade

Mod notes:
14/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Prodding GreyICE

[penguin_alien]

An accusation has been made that I am running an bastard game without advertising it as such. I have passed on a notification of the situation to the listmod (T-Bone in this case) and will wait to hear how they would like the situation handled before proceeding with the game. Lost time will be added on to the deadline in this specific case.

[penguin_alien]

Reopening the game thread. I'll add 20 minutes to deadline. The listmod has confirmed the game may proceed as-is.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.03

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:37:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

Titus (4): Battle Mage, SirCakez, Prism, MathBlade
borkjerfkin (2): Spiffeh, Bell
SirCakez (1): PookyTheMagicalBear

Not voting (5): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, GreyICE, Dunnstral

Mod notes:
15/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.04

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:37:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

Titus (1): SirCakez
borkjerfkin (2): Spiffeh, Bell
SirCakez (3): PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Battle Mage


Not voting (6): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, GreyICE, Dunnstral, Prism

Mod notes:
17/60 pages used

Prodding Spiffeh, checking if I need to look for a replacement for GreyICE

[penguin_alien]

notscience replaces GreyICE. Vote count shortly.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 3.06

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:37:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (1): Spiffeh
SirCakez (6): PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Battle Mage, Bell, notscience, Dunnstral
notscience (2): borkjerfkin, Titus
Dunnstral (2): Prism, SirCakez

Not voting (1): Tammy

Mod notes:
26/60 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Final Afternoon Vote 3 Count

Afternoon 2 will end in (expired on 2021-03-24 18:37:50)

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 votes to Bronze

SirCakez (7--BRONZED): PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Bell, notscience, Dunnstral, borkjerfkin, Prism
notscience (2): Titus, Battle Mage
Dunnstral (2): SirCakez, Spiffeh

Not voting (1): Tammy

Mod notes:
29/60 pages used

Flip incoming

[penguin_alien]

A day of bickering draws to a close. The circling crowd returns to a previous target, one who thought he had been spared, but now learns that it was merely a reprieve.

Agent Steve Jinks protests as he's herded toward the Bronzing machine. "You're making a mistake! I can be very useful to you. Remember, I can tell when people are lying!"

"That doesn't mean you'll tell us the truth!" Angry voices clamor for a new statue.

The closer they draw to the machine, the less outraged Jinks looks. His face takes on a more calculating air. "I can tell you things. I know what's really going on here. You think you know--"

He's cut off as his features blur, shifting into those of a significantly older gentleman. "Well, at least it's not my first trip into the Bronzing machine. Open sky this time, and I'll come up with something."

With a deep breath, he touches his necklace knowingly and resigns himself to a compositional shift. For now.

SirCakez, James MacPherson, aligned with Mafia,

Mafia Detector/Thief

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed!

Night 3 begins now and ends in (expired on 2021-03-25 22:35:15)

[penguin_alien]

The day dawned with a slow lightening of the sky. Overcast and gloomy, a stiff breeze woke the sleeping crowd. Well, those still able to awaken.

Another morning, another statue; this one positioned next to Abigail Chow. "Who would hurt her?" "She made the best cookies!" "How can you think of cookies at a time like this?!?"

Trailer loped up to the diminished (and possibly famished) crowd with a doggy grin stretched wide around a golden...stick? When one of the people tried to grab it to play a game of fetch, Trailer growled lightly and galumped off several yards. He quickly dug a shallow hole and partially buried the stick, some gold still glinting through the dirt. Then he barked, a clear order. No one was getting this stick until an agreement was reached for the recipient.

Hopefully there would still be time for other play with Trailer. Fetch, roll over, shake. Maybe someone would even play dead before the sun set.

Bell, Leena, aligned with Town,

Town Mason

, in possession of the

Freezing Snowglobe

, has been Bronzed!

[penguin_alien]

Tammy may only post votes in the game thread during Day 4. She remains a valid vote target for both the Morning and Afternoon votes. She may not use Day-activated Artifacts. She has been given a PT to record her commentary in during Day 4, and that PT will be made public and locked at the end of Day 4.

[penguin_alien]

The Artifact of the Morning is:

Gold Spike from the Trans-Continental Railroad

Morning Vote Count 4.00

Morning 4 will end in (expired on 2021-03-27 23:21:58)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to deliver

Gold Spike from the Trans-Continental Railroad

to a player. If no one receives that many votes by deadline, plurality rules will apply. Plurality here means whoever has the highest number of votes. If there is a tie, whoever reached that number first will receive the Artifact.

Not voting (10): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes: 0/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Over the course of Day 3 and Night 3, Bell targeted Spiffeh.

[penguin_alien]

Morning Vote Count 4.01

Morning 4 will end in (expired on 2021-03-27 23:21:58)

Spiffeh (1): borkjerfkin
PookyTheMagicalBear (4): MathBlade, PookyTheMagicalBear, Dunnstral, Prism

Not voting (5): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, Spiffeh, notscience, Battle Mage

Mod notes: Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/29
4/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Morning Vote Count 4.02

Morning 4 will end in (expired on 2021-03-27 23:21:58)

Spiffeh (1): borkjerfkin
PookyTheMagicalBear (5): MathBlade, PookyTheMagicalBear, Dunnstral, Prism, Tammy

Not voting (4): Titus, Spiffeh, notscience, Battle Mage

Mod notes: Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/29
Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/28
Titus is V/LA until 3/29
6/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Final Morning Vote Count

Morning 4 will end in (expired on 2021-03-27 23:21:58)

Spiffeh (1): borkjerfkin

PookyTheMagicalBear (5): MathBlade, PookyTheMagicalBear, Dunnstral, Prism, Tammy, Titus

Not voting (3): Spiffeh, notscience, Battle Mage

Mod notes: Battle Mage is V/LA until 3/29
Spiffeh is V/LA until 3/28
Titus is V/LA until 3/29
6/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

A quick discussion, and the group has chosen someone to fetch the golden stick. Their representative moves toward Trailer, who wags his tail just a bit before allowing the spike to be unearthed. Prepared for the exchange, he brings along a regular stick and, upon retrieving the spike, throws that stick for Trailer to fetch. Bounding off happily, the dog leaves behind a crowd with a much less playful task ahead.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.00

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

Not voting (10): Tammy, borkjerfkin, Titus, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, MathBlade, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
6/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Disclaimer: All flavor is for entertainment only. It does not reflect or have bearing on game activity. There may be spoilers for the show within, large and small.

If I have time when I do the transitions, you get flavor. You don't need to read it to know what's happened in the game, nor will it spoil any game activity that isn't public knowledge.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.01

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (1): Titus
notscience (1): MathBlade

Not voting (7): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism, Dunnstral, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
8/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.02

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (2): Tammy, MathBlade
Battle Mage (2): Titus, Dunnstral

Not voting (6): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism, Battle Mage

Mod notes:
13/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.03

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (2): Tammy, MathBlade
Battle Mage (2): Titus, Dunnstral
Spiffeh (1): Battle Mage

Not voting (5): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism

Mod notes:
15/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.04

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (3): Titus, Dunnstral, MathBlade
Spiffeh (1): Battle Mage

Not voting (5): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism

Mod notes:
16/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.05

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (3): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism
Spiffeh (1): Battle Mage
Titus (1): MathBlade

Not voting (4): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear

Mod notes:
18/50 pages used

Prodding Tammy and Dunnstral

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.06

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze

borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (4): Titus, Dunnstral, Prism, MathBlade
notscience (1): Battle Mage

Not voting (4): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience, PookyTheMagicalBear

Mod notes:
22/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

While I appreciate the effort to bring a more sophisticated culture to this game (and from an opossum of all creatures) I must note that I do not allow other games to be conducted in my Mafia game threads.

[penguin_alien]

To me it's a question of respecting the game and other players rather than conveying information. YMMV.

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.07

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze
borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (2): Titus, Dunnstral
notscience (3): Battle Mage, PookyTheMagicalBear, Prism
Titus (1): MathBlade

Not voting (3): borkjerfkin, Spiffeh, notscience

Mod notes:
24/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Afternoon Vote Count 4.08

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze
borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (2): Titus, Dunnstral
notscience (4): Battle Mage, PookyTheMagicalBear, Spiffeh, Prism
Titus (1): MathBlade

Not voting (2): borkjerfkin, notscience

Mod notes:
25/50 pages used

[penguin_alien]

Prodding Dunnstral

[penguin_alien]

Final Afternoon 4 Vote Count

Afternoon 4 will end in (expired on 2021-04-04 13:57:47)

With 10 players alive, it takes 6 votes to Bronze
borkjerfkin (1): Tammy
Battle Mage (1): Dunnstral
notscience (6--BRONZED): Battle Mage, PookyTheMagicalBear, Spiffeh, Prism, Titus, MathBlade

Not voting (2): borkjerfkin, notscience

Mod notes:
25/50 pages used

Flip incoming

[penguin_alien]

Red sky at night, Agents' delight? There isn't much delight here as the dimished group goes back and forth on who the next piece of statuary should be. Trailer circles, whining, but cannot interfere. The decision seems to come down to two distinguished older men. And then it's settled.

Daniel Dickinson is incensed. "Why am I even here? I never wanted anything to do with the Warehouses!" "You know there are multiple Warehouses?"

His look of fury changes into sly malice. "I've forgotten more about the Warehouses than you'll ever know. You think you can stop me? Better Agents than you have tried." He cackles at the threshold of the Bronzing machine. "Like this will stop me? Not for long!"

His rantings are cut off as the door closes. With the push of a button, he is rendered in Bronze, all but a single glint of silver tucked in his hand.

notscience, Paracelsus, aligned with Mafia,

Mafia Jack-Of-All-Trades

, in possession of

H.P. Lovecraft's Silver Key

, has been Bronzed!

In the shadows of dusk, the group seems to take a collective deep breath. "One more to go. Almost there."

They start to drift away from the Bronzing machine. But then, a quick scuffle of feet in the dust, and a cry of indignation. "You can't do this to me! I'm the senior Agent here! This wasn't the plan..." Myka Bering grapples with a shadowy figure, but is quickly overwhelmed by...Pete Lattimer? He shoves her into the Bronzing machine and slams the door. Before anyone can react, he pushes the button to Bronze someone who definitely isn't Myka.

As the door swings open to reveal a Bronzed man in a wheelchair, Pete just shrugs at the shocked crowd. "What? Don't tell me you never wanted to do that."

borkjerfkin, Walter Sykes, aligned with Mafia,

Mafia Multi-Artifact User

, in possession of no Artifacts, has been Bronzed due to poison from Spiffeh!

(to be clear, there was nothing in the game to keep borkjerfkin from dying at the end of Night 4, so I'm calling the game here rather than playing out Night 4; also, the Negative Effect of the Artifact Spiffeh used was to reveal him as the killer if his target was Bronzed by the poison, but his flavor wouldn't have been revealed if not for endgame taking place)

Eleven Bronze statues. Eight breathing Agents. And one dog. They wait, not sure what comes next. The invitation never specified.

And then the sky stops turning dark. It lightens, as though time itself is moving in reverse. The dusty plain fades into a sterile room with machines, medical equipment, and chairs scattered throughout. Ten Agents blink to find themselves restored to the present. Warehouse 15. Delhi, India.

"Welcome back. That's a wrap on this year's Deception Exercise." A short woman with a harried air and data pad looks up from her station. "If you hurry, those bottomless maws down in the conference room might not have finished all the refreshments yet. Unless you're feeling any ill effects from your VR time, feel free to head over there. You'll want something in your stomachs before you face the Regents' review panel." Techs around the room start powering down their stations and, moving in small groups, the newly awakened Agents leave the VR lab.

Until the next training exercise...or invitation.

The Town wins!

Game information to follow, after which the thread will unlock for post-game.

[penguin_alien]

And that's a wrap! Sooner than expected, but somehow that's rather fitting given the show's ultimate fate.

Thanks to everyone for playing, especially those who were kind enough to replace in. Thank you also to the reviewers, cephrir and Syryana. Thanks to Cabd for back-up modding. And thanks to T-Bone for his quick response to issues that cropped up.

This was definitely interesting to watch as the mod with knowledge of the whole set-up. I wouldn't have thought to make the choices some players did (oh hi Prism giving away your starting Artifact Night 0) but they made the game interesting, and part of my point in designing this game was to see what people would do with the tools provided.

Having the groups working together was a primary goal here. That was a significant motivation in having a Night 0 for the Mafia to make decisions; it was intended to give them a chance to mesh before they were put on the defensive. Much like town/the playerbase had a chance to work together in handing out a one-shot power before eliminating anyone Day 1. The page count limit was intended to make replacements easier and keep the game from becoming unreadable. I did look at other Large Themes, both recent ones and ones from a few years past, to get a sense of how many posts were needed for a typical group Day 1 and then gave that plenty of padding. YMMV, but I believe that also ended up working out in town's favor.

The one-shot power roles pretty much worked as intended. I tried to keep in mind utility and balance depending on which faction received any given Artifact, but it was swingy. Negative effects were intended to be mostly minimal enough to not discourage the use of Artifacts entirely, and some could be used as advantages as well.

I'm sure folks have thoughts here, but I personally think Day 3 was where the game swung. If SirCakez had survived to detect/steal the poison from Spiffeh, that would have put another kill in Mafia hands and kept it from being used against them. His death cracked open the weirdness of Day 1 as well. A game where a townie was Bronzed then might have gone very differently.

Thanks again to everyone who made this game happen--it was in the works since 2014, so I'm glad I was able to run it. Posts with game info to follow, then I'll unlock the thread.

[penguin_alien]

Mafia Role PMs:

Spoiler: Walter Sykes (borkjerfkin)

"I hope you don't mind. I let myself in."

You are Walter Sykes, a

Mafia Multi-Artifact User

, aligned with the

Mafia

.

The other players aligned with the Mafia are GreyICE (Paracelsus), SirCakez (James McPherson), and mastina (Sally Stukowski) and you may communicate at any time while alive in this PT.

You know that Myka Bering, Steve Jinks, Benedict Valda, Adwin Kosan, and Daniel Dickerson are not in the game.

Multi-Artifact User:

Cache:

You may use any number of Artifacts in a phase. Artifacts will be used in the order you specify; it is your responsibility to communicate this in a way that is clear to the mod.

Every Night phase, the mod will post the flavor names of two Artifacts in your PT at the start of the phase. Your team will have the duration of the Night phase to decide which Artifact you choose to distribute to a player in the game (whether in your faction or not) and which will be made available to the main game thread during the next Day phase. This may be decided in your PT by majority consensus, but lacking that the final authority for the decision will pass from James McPherson --> Sally Stukowski --> Walter Sykes --> Paracelsus depending on who is alive in the game.

During Night 0, you may not be selected by your faction to become the Mafia Detector/Thief, nor may Paracelsus. You will participate in that decision by vote in this PT. The role specifications are as follows:

Artifact Detector and one-shot Artifact Thief:
Artifact Detector:

During the Day phase, target a player to receive a list of the Artifacts in their possession at the end of the Day (flavor names only).

Artifact Thief:

During the Night phase, once during the game, you may attempt to steal a specified Artifact from the player's inventory who you targeted the previous Day phase (useable in subsequent phases depending on its abilities). Once this attempt has been made, the Artifact detection power will not work for the remainder of the game. If the specified Artifact is not in your target's inventory, you will receive a random Artifact from their inventory if they possess any other Artifacts.

During Night 0, your faction must decide which of you will start the game with the following Artifact:

Farnsworth (Limited Reciprocal Messenger)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. If successful, from that night on you may exchange messages with that player in a limited fashion as long as you both remain alive; your player names will be mutually revealed. Messages are limited to 100 words (don't abuse the definition of 'word' or the action will be forfeit for the given night). On the initial Night of usage include the first message to be sent. Subsequent Nights will alternate sender and receiver (if activated Night 1, for example, the user sends a message to be delivered at the end of Night 1, the target may send back a message Night 2, the user sends another message Night 3 and so on). If a message is not sent on a given night that action is forfeit and the pattern continues.
Negative Effect: At any point the target may choose to stop the message exchange and have the full contents of the exchange published in the game thread with only the sender and receiver names redacted.

Both of these choices are made by plurality vote with the result going into effect at the end of Night 0.

Once during each Night phase from Night 1 on, the Mafia have a factional kill. You and your teammates may choose to shoot another player in the game, specifiying who among your number is doing the shooting by posting that information in bold in your factional PT. The most recent bolded action in your PT will be considered to be the team's choice at the end of the Night phase.

Your remaining power lies in your brain, your vote, and the use of any Artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Mafia win condition: You win when living Mafia players comprise the majority of living players at the start of a game phase or nothing can prevent that result.

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Paracelsus (notscience)

"I am Paracelsus, and I shall live forever."

You are Paracelsus, a

Mafia Jack-Of-All-Trades

, aligned with the

Mafia

.

The other players aligned with the Mafia are borkjerfkin (Walter Sykes), SirCakez (James McPherson), and mastina (Sally Stukowski) and you may communicate at any time while alive in this PT.

You know that Myka Bering, Steve Jinks, Benedict Valda, Adwin Kosan, and Daniel Dickerson are not in the game.

Jack-Of-All-Trades

:

One-shot alternate universe creator:

During the Night phase, select a target. The target may choose to ignore one Artifact's Negative Effect upon use during one of the next two game phases. This may be self-targeted. If the target is able to use multiple Artifacts in a single phase, they will be able to choose which used Artifact's Negative Effect to ignore.

One-shot time travel infliction:

During the Night phase, select a target. During the next Day phase, that player may only post votes in the game thread. They may not used Day-activated Artifacts. They will be given a PT to record their commentary in during that Day phase, and it will be made public and locked at the end of that Day phase. They will still be able to be chosen to receive the public Artifact during the Morning phase or be Bronzed during the Afternoon phase like any other player. That information will be made public in the game thread at the start of the Day phase. All actions they took the Night phase they were targeted will be resolved during the next Night phase's action resolution even if they have been Bronzed in the interim.

One-shot alchemist:

Activate during the Night phase. For that Night phase, no protective or roleblocking roles work for any living players. This will not be made public.

Every Night phase, the mod will post the flavor names of two Artifacts in your PT at the start of the phase. Your team will have the duration of the Night phase to decide which Artifact you choose to distribute to a player in the game (whether in your faction or not) and which will be made available to the main game thread during the next Day phase. This may be decided in your PT by majority consensus, but lacking that the final authority for the decision will pass from James McPherson --> Sally Stukowski --> Walter Sykes --> Paracelsus depending on who is alive in the game.

During Night 0, you may not be selected by your faction to become the Mafia Detector/Thief, nor may Walter Sykes. You will participate in that decision by vote in this PT. The role specifications are as follows:

Artifact Detector and one-shot Artifact Thief:
Artifact Detector:

During the Day phase, target a player to receive a list of the Artifacts in their possession at the end of the Day (flavor names only).

Artifact Thief:

During the Night phase, once during the game, you may attempt to steal a specified Artifact from the player's inventory who you targeted the previous Day phase (useable in subsequent phases depending on its abilities). Once this attempt has been made, the Artifact detection power will not work for the remainder of the game. If the specified Artifact is not in your target's inventory, you will receive a random Artifact from their inventory if they possess any other Artifacts.

During Night 0, your faction must decide which of you will start the game with the following Artifact:

Farnsworth (Limited Reciprocal Messenger)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. If successful, from that night on you may exchange messages with that player in a limited fashion as long as you both remain alive; your player names will be mutually revealed. Messages are limited to 100 words (don't abuse the definition of 'word' or the action will be forfeit for the given night). On the initial Night of usage include the first message to be sent. Subsequent Nights will alternate sender and receiver (if activated Night 0, for example, the user sends a message to be delivered at the end of Night 0, the target may send back a message Night 1, the user sends another message Night 2 and so on). If a message is not sent on a given night that action is forfeit and the pattern continues.
Negative Effect: At any point the target may choose to stop the message exchange and have the full contents of the exchange published in the game thread with only the sender and receiver names redacted.

Both of these choices are made either by plurality vote with the result going into effect at the end of Night 0 or by majority vote with the result going into effect immediately.

Once during each Night phase from Night 1 on, the Mafia have a factional kill. You and your teammates may choose to shoot another player in the game, specifiying who among your number is doing the shooting by posting that information in bold in your factional PT. The most recent bolded action in your PT will be considered to be the team's choice at the end of the Night phase.

Your remaining power lies in your brain, your vote, and the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Mafia win condition: You win when living Mafia players comprise the majority of living players at the start of a game phase.

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: James McPherson (SirCakez)

"Once I was out from under Mrs. Frederic's iron hand and your neurosis, I could see the world more clearly."

You are James McPherson, a

Mafia Goon

, aligned with the

Mafia

.

The other players aligned with the Mafia are borkjerfkin (Walter Sykes), GreyICE (Paracelsus), and mastina (Sally Stukowski) and you may communicate at any time while alive in this PT.

You know that Myka Bering, Steve Jinks, Benedict Valda, Adwin Kosan, and Daniel Dickerson are not in the game.

Every Night phase, the mod will post the flavor names of two Artifacts in your PT at the start of the phase. Your team will have the duration of the Night phase to decide which Artifact you choose to distribute to a player in the game (whether in your faction or not) and which will be made available to the main game thread during the next Day phase. This may be decided in your PT by majority consensus, but lacking that the final authority for the decision will pass from James McPherson --> Sally Stukowski --> Walter Sykes --> Paracelsus depending on who is alive in the game.

During Night 0, you may be selected by your faction to become the Mafia Detector/Thief. You will participate in that decision by vote in this PT. The role specifications are as follows:

Artifact Detector and one-shot Artifact Thief:
Artifact Detector:

During the Day phase, target a player to receive a list of the Artifacts in their possession at the end of the Day (flavor names only).

Artifact Thief:

During the Night phase, once during the game, you may attempt to steal a specified Artifact from the player's inventory who you targeted the previous Day phase (useable in subsequent phases depending on its abilities). Once this attempt has been made, the Artifact detection power will not work for the remainder of the game. If the specified Artifact is not in your target's inventory, you will receive a random Artifact from their inventory if they possess any other Artifacts.

During Night 0, your faction must decide which of you will start the game with the following Artifact:

Farnsworth (Limited Reciprocal Messenger)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. If successful, from that night on you may exchange messages with that player in a limited fashion as long as you both remain alive; your player names will be mutually revealed. Messages are limited to 100 words (don't abuse the definition of 'word' or the action will be forfeit for the given night). On the initial Night of usage include the first message to be sent. Subsequent Nights will alternate sender and receiver (if activated Night 0, for example, the user sends a message to be delivered at the end of Night 0, the target may send back a message Night 1, the user sends another message Night 2 and so on). If a message is not sent on a given night that action is forfeit and the pattern continues.
Negative Effect: At any point the target may choose to stop the message exchange and have the full contents of the exchange published in the game thread with only the sender and receiver names redacted.

Both of these choices are made either by plurality vote with the result going into effect at the end of Night 0 or by majority vote with the result going into effect immediately.

Once during each Night phase from Night 1 on, the Mafia have a factional kill. You and your teammates may choose to shoot another player in the game, specifiying who among your number is doing the shooting by posting that information in bold in your factional PT. The most recent bolded action in your PT will be considered to be the team's choice at the end of the Night phase.

Your remaining power lies in your brain, your vote, and the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Mafia win condition: You win when living Mafia players comprise the majority of living players at the start of a game phase.

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Sally Stukowski (mastina)

"I've got a real humdinger here, and since your organization specialized in "weird" I thought I'd take a chance."

You are Sally Stukowski, a

Mafia Goon

, aligned with the

Mafia

.

The other players aligned with the Mafia are borkjerfkin (Walter Sykes), GreyICE (Paracelsus), and SirCakez (James McPherson) and you may communicate at any time while alive in this PT.

You know that Myka Bering, Steve Jinks, Benedict Valda, Adwin Kosan, and Daniel Dickerson are not in the game.

Every Night phase, the mod will post the flavor names of two Artifacts in your PT at the start of the phase. Your team will have the duration of the Night phase to decide which Artifact you choose to distribute to a player in the game (whether in your faction or not) and which will be made available to the main game thread during the next Day phase. This may be decided in your PT by majority consensus, but lacking that the final authority for the decision will pass from James McPherson --> Sally Stukowski --> Walter Sykes --> Paracelsus depending on who is alive in the game.

During Night 0, you may be selected by your faction to become the Mafia Detector/Thief. You will participate in that decision by vote in this PT. The role specifications are as follows:

Artifact Detector and one-shot Artifact Thief:
Artifact Detector:

During the Day phase, target a player to receive a list of the Artifacts in their possession at the end of the Day (flavor names only).

Artifact Thief:

During the Night phase, once during the game, you may attempt to steal a specified Artifact from the player's inventory who you targeted the previous Day phase (useable in subsequent phases depending on its abilities). Once this attempt has been made, the Artifact detection power will not work for the remainder of the game. If the specified Artifact is not in your target's inventory, you will receive a random Artifact from their inventory if they possess any other Artifacts.

During Night 0, your faction must decide which of you will start the game with the following Artifact:

Farnsworth (Limited Reciprocal Messenger)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. If successful, from that night on you may exchange messages with that player in a limited fashion as long as you both remain alive; your player names will be mutually revealed. Messages are limited to 100 words (don't abuse the definition of 'word' or the action will be forfeit for the given night). On the initial Night of usage include the first message to be sent. Subsequent Nights will alternate sender and receiver (if activated Night 1, for example, the user sends a message to be delivered at the end of Night 1, the target may send back a message Night 2, the user sends another message Night 3 and so on). If a message is not sent on a given night that action is forfeit and the pattern continues.
Negative Effect: At any point the target may choose to stop the message exchange and have the full contents of the exchange published in the game thread with only the sender and receiver names redacted.

Both of these choices are made by plurality vote with the result going into effect at the end of Night 0.

Once during each Night phase from Night 1 on, the Mafia have a factional kill. You and your teammates may choose to shoot another player in the game, specifiying who among your number is doing the shooting by posting that information in bold in your factional PT. The most recent bolded action in your PT will be considered to be the team's choice at the end of the Night phase.

Your remaining power lies in your brain, your vote, and the use of any Artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Mafia win condition: You win when living Mafia players comprise the majority of living players at the start of a game phase or nothing can prevent that result.

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Town Role PMs:

Spoiler: Mrs. Frederic (Tammy)

"I am a woman of infinite surprises."

You are Mrs. Frederic, a

Town Six-Shot Artifact Usage Detector

aligned with the

Town

.

Six-Shot Artifact Usage Detector:
She Sees All:

This ability has six shots. Once per Day or Night phase from Day One onward, you may use a shot to target a player and learn how many Artifacts they have used in the previous [X] game phases. You have a shot to detect the previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 game phases, including the phase in which it is used. You must specify which shot you are using when submitting this action. If used during a Day Phase, the information will be provided at the end of the Afternoon phase. Night 0 counts as a game phase.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Mrs. Frederic's bodyguard (DrippingGoofball)

"No, ma'am."

You are Mrs. Frederic's bodyguard, a

Town One-Shot Bulletproof Bodyguard

aligned with the

Town

.

Bodyguard:
Phoenix:

During the Night phase, you may select another player. If that player is targeted with a killing action that would result in them subsequently being Bronzed, you will be Bronzed in their place.

Tough:

The first time you are directly targeted during the Night phase with a Bronzing action of any type it will fail.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Leena (Bell)

"I know you're not as sure of this as you're pretending."

You are Leena, a

Town Mason

aligned with the

Town

.

Mason:

You may post in this PT at any time during the game. You know that [player B] (Abigail Chow) is aligned with the Town.

Stockpile:

You and [player B] have access to the following ten Artifacts:

Spartan Armor
Wings of Daedalus
Grigori Rasputin's Prayer Rope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Fishing Net
Memory Paper from Johannes Gutenberg's Press
Cinderella's Glass Knife
Miguel de Cervantes' Windmill
P.T. Barnum's Top
Statues of Zeus and Hera

During each Morning, if you and [player B] agree on a target, you may gift an Artifact of your choosing (also to be mutually agreed upon) to that player. You may only receive an Artifact by this mechanic once during the game. You may proxy the decisions to your partner if you expect to be unavailable by posting so here or PMing the mod. If only one of you is living, that player will have sole control of the target choice. If neither of you is living, this mechanic will no longer be in play.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Abigail Chow (Lady Lambdadelta)

"Real, gut-wrenching grief, is not something you can power through or ignore. There's no detours, no shortcuts."

You are Abigail Chow, a

Town Mason

aligned with the

Town

.

Mason:

You may post in this PT at any time during the game. You know that [player B] (Leena) is aligned with the Town.

Stockpile:

You and [player B] have access to the following ten Artifacts:

Spartan Armor
Wings of Daedalus
Grigori Rasputin's Prayer Rope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Fishing Net
Memory Paper from Johannes Gutenberg's Press
Cinderella's Glass Knife
Miguel de Cervantes' Windmill
P.T. Barnum's Top
Statues of Zeus and Hera

During each Morning phase, if you and [player B] agree on a target, you may gift an Artifact of your choosing (also to be mutually agreed upon) to that player. You may only receive an Artifact by this mechanic once during the game. You may proxy the decisions to your partner if you expect to be unavailable by posting so here or PMing the mod. If only one of you is living, that player will have sole control of the target choice. If neither of you is living, this mechanic will no longer be in play.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Artie Nielsen (Battle Mage)

"This is not snag, bag, and nag! When I say go, you go!

You are Artie Nielsen, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You begin the game in possession of the following Artifact:

Tesla (One-Shot Vig)

Power: During the Night phase, select a living player to shoot. You may not use this Artifact Night 0.
Negative Effect: If the target is Bronzed and revealed to be Town-aligned, the user will become a Miller with a Gun and return a guilty result to standard cop investigations and 'has a gun' to standard gunsmith investigations.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: H. G. Wells (Prism)

"Yeah, I foolishly believed that if I could find a way to travel through time, then things would have improved, a utopia would have emerged, but here we are over a century later and things have actually gotten worse! "

You are H. G. Wells, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You begin the game in possession of the following Artifact:

Minoan Trident (One Day phase PT blocker)

Power: During the Night phase, choose a target. If that player has access to any PTs, they will not be able to post in them for the next Day phase (although they may still read posts others make therein and PM the mod to indicate ability usage as necessary; an announcement to this effect will be made in any/all of their PTs). This ability is Double Novice (may not be used until Night 3).
Negative Effect: In the Night phase following this Artifact's usage, you may not post in any game PTs you normally have access to. If you need to indicate an action you may PM the mod. As above, an announcement to this effect will be made in any/all of your PTs.

You have no other powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Pete Lattimer (Spiffeh)

"Avast, me hearties. Let's go snag us some arrrrtifacts!"

You are Pete Lattimer, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Claudia Donovan (PookyTheMagicalBear)

"You're wasting your time, Voldemort. I'm as much a part of this Warehouse as you are, and it won't let you kill me."

You are Claudia Donovan, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Hugo Miller (Titus)

"I was, uh, waylaid, by the Warehouse computer system."

You are Hugo Miller, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Jane Lattimer (MathBlade)

"If I'm wrong, I could lose a lot more than the Warehouse."

You are Jane Lattimer, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Dr. Vanessa Calder (Dunnstral)

"We may be facing an Artifact outbreak."

You are Dr. Vanessa Calder, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Joshua Donovan (Kitty Trauma Team)

"You can't save us both. To save her, you have to kill me. Do it, before I'm pulled back here again."

You are Joshua Donovan, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

Spoiler: Amanda Lattimer (sangres)

"No, no. I'm not his cousin. And I'll be changing the name. I'm his--"

You are Amanda Lattimer, a

Vanilla Townie

aligned with the

Town

.

You have no powers beyond your brain and your vote, plus the use of any artifacts you possess during the game as outlined below:

Artifact Usage: If you receive an Artifact during the game, you will be told its flavor name, its Power, and its Negative Effect. You may use one Artifact per game phase as outlined in its Power description. During the Night phase, in lieu of using an Artifact in your possession, you may transfer an Artifact you hold to another player. If this action is blocked or otherwise prevented, the Artifact will remain in your possession. You will be sent an inventory listing of your Artifacts at the start of each Day phase and will receive an updated inventory if the contents change at any other point.

Town win condition: You win when all players who are aligned with the Mafia are Bronzed (or Canceled).

Please confirm by PM that you understand your role PM and the rules and information provided in the opening game thread posts. Include the confirmation phrase as well.

[penguin_alien]

Night Actions:

Night 0:

Prism transfers Trident Artifact to borkjerfkin (successful)

Mafia pick the Goggles Artifact to go to bork
Mafia designate SirCakez as the Mafia Artifact Detector/Thief
Mafia distribute the Farnsworth Artifact to bork

Day 1:

Masons take Grigori's Prayer Rope for LLD
Town votes Lucretia's Comb to LLD

SirCakez uses his detection on quiet. Result: quiet has no Artifacts

Night 1:

Battle Mage uses Tesla (vig shot) on Kitty Trauma Team: success, Kitty Trauma Team is Bronzed
Lady Lambdadelta uses Grigori's Prayer Rope (doc) on herself: success, but no Bronzing prevented, so negative effect doesn't happen
DrippingGoofball Bodyguards Prism: success, neither is Bronzed
Tammy uses her two-phase usage detector on Dunnstral: Dunnstral used zero Artifacts in the past 2 game phases

borkjerfkin sends message to sangres: success, but they are Bronzed
borkjerfkin kills sangres: success, sangres is Bronzed
Mafia select Neutralizer to go to borkjerfkin: success, leaves the Freezing Snowglobe to the town Morning phase

Day 2:

Masons give Spartan Armor to Bell
Town votes Freezing Snowglobe to LLD

SirCakez checks Spiffeh for Artifacts: Result: Spiffeh has no Artifacts

Night 2:

Bell uses Spartan Armor: successful use, but no protection provided; negative effect that [Any players you target via action in the next Day and Night phases will be announced in the main game thread at the end of the following Night phase as having been targeted by you] goes into effect for Day Three and Night Three, announced at the end of Night Three
Lady Lambdadelta transfers Freezing Snowglobe to Bell: success

Tammy uses three-shot detection on Battle Mage: Result: Battle Mage has used one Artifact in the previous three phases

borkjerfkin uses Goggles on Dunnstral: Dunnstral has zero Artifacts, Negative effect that [If the target is still alive the next time you receive an Artifact, they will receive the Artifact in your place.] means Dunnstral will receive the next Artifact given to borkjerfkin by any means
borkjerfkin uses Neutralizer on PookyTheMagicalBear: pooky has no Artifacts, nothing happens, no negative effect to go into play
GreyICE uses the Alchemist power: no protectives or roleblocks work tonight
borkjerfkin kills Lady Lambdadelta: success

Mafia gives the Key Artifact to GreyICE

Day 3 (check for bork receiving an Artifact that should go to Dunnstral due to NE):

Mason gives Cinderella's Glass Knife to Spiffeh
Town votes to give Prism Primo Levi's Scarf
Tammy uses four-phase detection on borkjerfkin: Result: borkjerfkin has used three Artifacts in the previous four phases
SirCakez does nothing

Night 3 (check for bork receiving an Artifact that should go to Dunnstral due to NE):

Tammy uses five-phase detection on notscience: Result: notscience used zero Artifacts in the previous five phases, but this result won't be delivered until the end of Night 4
Prism checks Spiffeh for PTs. Result: Spiffeh has zero PTs
Spiffeh uses Cinderella's Glass Knife on borkjerfkin: Result: borkjerfkin is poisoned and will die unless targeted by a doctor power before the end of Night 4.

borkjerfkin uses the Trident on Tammy. Result: Tammy may not post in any PTs Day 4
notscience uses his Time Travel power on Tammy. Result: Tammy is 'silenced' but may still vote and gets the PT (that she can't post in)
borkjerfkin kills Bell. Result: Bell is Bronzed.

Mafia gives the Jubilee Grand Poker Chip to notscience

Day 4:

Mod announces who Bell has targeted during Day 3 and Night 3 but not when (Spiffeh) and announces Tammy's restriction

Town votes to give Gold Spike from the Trans-Continental Railroad to PookyTheMagicalBear

Night 4:

Tammy gets results from Night 3
borkjerfkin dies to poison (no doctor Artifact or PR active in the game)

[penguin_alien]

Game PT links:

Mafia PT
Mason PT (Bell and Lady Lambdadelta)
Spectator/Dead PT
Moderator PT
Primo Levi's Scarf Negative Effect PT (Prism)
Time Travel Infliction PT (Tammy)
Bell's Notes PT
Kitty Trauma Team Hydra PT

[penguin_alien]

Finalized Artifacts for distribution:

Spoiler: Mason Artifacts:

Spartan Armor (activated bulletproof)

Power: During the Night phase, you may activate this Artifact to become one-shot bulletproof for the night. This works against Bronzing effects that resolve during the same Night phase they are used.
Negative Effect: Any players you target via action in the next Day and Night phases will be announced in the main game thread at the end of the following Night phase as having been targeted by you.

Wings of Daedalus (self-commute)

Power: During the Night phase, you may use this Artifact to commute for that Night phase. You will be untargetable by any abilities.
Negative Effect: You may not use any power role abilities the following Night phase.

Grigori Rasputin's Prayer Rope (doctor)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target a player. That player will be protected against all attempts to Bronze them for the night.
Negative Effect: If this Artifact prevents a Bronzing attempt, all active power roles (not Artifacts, factional powers, or passive abilities) will fail for players aligned with your faction during that Night phase.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Fishing Net (roleblocker)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target a player. Any actions they attempt during the Night phase will fail.
Negative Effect: During the Night phase you use this Artifact, you will be rendered ascetic.

Memory Paper from Johannes Gutenberg's Press (Artifact duplicator)

Power: During a game phase, select an Artifact revealed to be in a player's inventory at the time of their Bronzing. At the end of the phase, receive a copy of that Artifact for your use.
Negative Effect: You must wait a number of phases equal to the phase number of the the player's Bronzing before the Artifact is ready for use or transfer.

Cinderella's Glass Knife (poisoner)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target another player. If that player is not protected by a doctor power in the next three game phases (Night, Day, next Night) they will be Bronzed at the end of that next Night. They are informed that they have been poisoned and will die at the end of the next Night phase without a doctor's protection applied in the interim.
Negative Effect: If a player is Bronzed due to your use of this Artifact, it will be announced in the game thread at the start of the next Day phase that you are responsible for their Bronzing.

Miguel de Cervantes' Windmill (gladiator)

Power: During the Afternoon part of the Day phase, activate this Artifact by posting in the main game thread:

Gladiate: [player name]

. For the remainder of the Day phase, the only Bronzing votes that will count will be those cast for you or the Gladiated player.
Negative Effect: When this Artifact is used, you will become Hated for the remainder of the Day phase, requiring one fewer vote to be Bronzed.

P.T. Barnum's Top (Afternoon doublevoter)

Power: During the Afternoon of the Day phase, you may use this Artifact by PMing the mod. Once activated you will have a second vote to place via PM to the mod to use for the remainder of the Day phase. This vote will show up in the vote count anonymously.
Negative Effect: For the remainder of the Day phase immediately following activation, you will become Fragile (requiring two fewer votes than otherwise to be Bronzed, always minimum of one vote required).

Statues of Zeus and Hera (one cycle neighborizer)

Power: During a game phase, you may target another player. At the end of the phase you will receive a neighborhood with them for the next two game phases.
Negative Effect: While the neighborhood is open, you and the targeted player are Lovers.

Spoiler: Artifacts up for vote

Night 0:

Orville Wright's Aviator Goggles (Artifact counter)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target a player to learn how many Artifacts are in their possession at the end of that Night phase. This resolves after they have performed all actions for the Night.
Negative Effect: If the target is still alive the next time you receive an Artifact, they will receive the Artifact in your place.

Lucretia's Comb (Loved)

Power: During a Day phase, you may activate this Artifact by PMing the mod a target before any player has been Bronzed. The target will become Loved for the remainder of the Day phase (require one additional vote to be Bronzed) and be informed as such. This may be self-targeted. This may not be used during LyLo.
Negative Effect: Once used, you are an Actor for the remainder of the day, only able to place a hammer vote during the Afternoon. Any other votes attempted will not be recorded as valid. Any pre-existing votes you have placed that Day phase will be left as-is until a new vote is attempted.

Night 1:

Neutralizer (neutralizes one Artifact in a player's inventory)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target another player. If that player possesses an Artifact at the end of the Night, it will be removed from their inventory and from the game. If they possess multiple Artifacts, a randomly chosen Artifact will be affected.
Negative Effect: The Negative Effect of the neutralized Artifact will be applied to you.

Freezing Snowglobe (vote freezer)

Power: During the Day phase, you may PM the mod to use this Artifact to freeze a vote in place. This may be during either the Morning or Afternoon. The frozen vote must be on a player (it cannot be 'Not Voting'). This may not be used during LyLo.
Negative Effect: After using this Artifact during a Day phase, you may not perform any actions the following Night phase (including Artifact usage and transfer, non-Artifact powers, and factional actions)

Night 2:

Primo Levi's Scarf (PT cop)

Power: During the Night phase, you may use this Artifact to target a player. You will be told whether the player has had access to at least one non-notes PT during this game.
Negative Effect: You will gain a PT that only you have access to for the remainder of the game.

H.P. Lovecraft's Silver Key (Night poster)

Power: During the Day phase, you may activate this Artifact to post in the game thread during the following night. Posts will be submitted by the mod but identified as originating with you.
Negative Effect: You will only have 20 posts to use for the Night phase and the subsequent Day phase combined. Posts that only contain votes may always be made without counting against that number.

Night 3:

Gold Spike from the Trans-Continental Railroad (action duplicator)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target a primary player and a secondary player. If successful, any non-Bronzing actions the primary player takes also apply to the secondary player in addition to their own selected target.
Negative Effect: For the duration of the next Day phase only, the primary and secondary player will be given a neighborhood PT together.

Jubilee Grand Poker Chip (Artifact Power and Negative Effect revealer)

Power: If you know the flavor name of an Artifact that has yet to be distributed, you may PM the mod to use this Artifact to uncover the Power and Negative Effect of the Artifact. Anyone who has access to the flavor name of the Artifact will now have access to the uncovered information as well.
Negative Effect: Starting with the game phase this Artifact is used, you will be ineligible to receive Artifacts for two game phases. While transfers of Artifacts to you will only fail, distribution of a new Artifact to you will result in the Artifact instead being removed from the game.

Night 4:

Thomas Wedgwood's Champagne Glass (self-watcher)

Power: During the Night phase, you may use this to activate a self-watch. At the end of the Night you will be told who visited you.
Negative Effect: Players who visited you will be told they were observed but not by whom.

Babel Stones (neighborizer)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target another player. If successful, you will receive a neighborhood with that player for the remainder of the game.
Negative Effect: For the remainder of the game, if your target uses an Artifact during a given Night phase, any Artifact usage you attempt in that Night phase will fail.

Night 5:

Scott Joplin's Cigarette Case (doctor)

Power: During the Night phase, you may choose a target. That player will be protected against all killing attempts for the Night phase.
Negative Effect: If your target's inventory contains any other Artifacts on the Night when you use this, the Negative Effect of one of them at random will be applied to you. This will not consume that Artifact or negate the applied Negative Effect for the Artifact holder.

Telegraph from Telegraph Island (mailman)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target a player and compose a message that the mod will deliver. This message may be no more than 50 words and must be comprised of words quoted from unique game thread posts.
Negative Effect: The message will also be sent to one random player at the start of the next Day phase.

Night 6:

Artifact Tracker Football (tracker)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target another player. Results will be generated saying whom, if anyone, the target visited that night.
Negative Effect: The results will not be delivered to you until the end of the following Day Cycle.

Rosalind Franklin's DNA Sequencer (Artifact copier)

Power: During the Day phase you may choose a target. If that player used an Artifact the previous Night phase or during that Day phase, you will receive a copy of that Artifact to use at the end of the Day phase. If more than one Artifact was used by your target, you will receive the first one they used.
Negative Effect: If you do not use this Artifact during the next Night-Day cycle, it will remain in your inventory but only be eligible for transfer to another player

Night 7:

William Bleckwenn's Stethoscope (Town identifier)

Power: During the Day phase, you may use this Artifact by PMing the mod. Once used, you will be informed that a random player from those living (not including yourself if applicable) is aligned with the Town. This information will not be made available to the player list at large.
Negative Effect: Whichever player is confirmed as town to you will be made Macho for the rest of the game--no protective roles will work on them.
They will immediately be informed that this has happened, but not why.

Robert Louis Stevenson's Bookends (bus driver)

Power: During the Night phase, select two targets. These players will be swapped for the purposes of other night actions targeting them that night.
Negative Effect: If either player is targeted by an ability that would Bronze them that same night, you will be Bronzed in their place.

Night 8:

Vincent Van Gogh's Stormy Night (jailkeeper)

Power: During the Night phase, you may target another player. This player will be roleblocked and protected from kills for the Night.
Negative Effect: You will become a Reflexive Artifact Interceptor for the duration of the Night phase, confiscating any Artifacts that target the player you are protecting. These Artifacts will fail in their Power but still bestow the Negative Effect upon their user. You will add these Artifacts to your inventory at the end of the Night.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Pick-up Sticks (doublevoter for Morning)

Power: You may use this Artifact during the Morning by PMing the mod. Once activated, you may place a second vote for the recipient of that Morning's Artifact by PMing the mod. This vote will show up in the vote count anonymously.
Negative Effect: During the next Morning, you will not have a vote.

[penguin_alien]

Some flavor wasn't publicly available, so for the completionists:

Spoiler: PT headers (hydra and notes)

Bell (Leena) notes PT (The Musings of Leena):

Leena always seems to be thinking far more than she says aloud. Observation, aura-sensing, there's plenty to consider here that might be best left unvoiced to the group at large.

Kitty Trauma Team (Joshua Donovan) hydra PT (Interdimensional Limbo):

Activating Rheticus' Compass without knowing how to turn it off sure did provide lots of time for you to think. And practice talking to yourself. Even in a crowd of people here, sometimes it's nice to have a space to return to those

days

weeks

years of being the only voice in the room. Might help you sort your thoughts out away from the hubbub.

MathBlade (Jane Lattimer) notes PT (Memos of a Guardian):

Heavy is the wrist that wears the Guardianship. And you really didn't think there's be this much need for paperwork. Endless wonder, your ass.

Spoiler: Dead Thread Invites

mastina (Sally Stukowski) dead thread invite:

There's a moment of stillness as you feel the Bronzing process take over your body. But just as the last cold finger solidifies, you feel yourself blink, lifting out of the Sally Stukowski statue. You blink again, and everything goes black.

A third blink, and you open your eyes to a fluorescently lit ceiling. The sudden pressure at your temple eases, and a figure in a jumpsuit moves in and out of your field of vision. "You can sit up now, Agent. How are you feeling?"

"I..." You pause, as your true memories coalesce. "Oh shit, that jackass Paul in IT is never going to let me live this down, is he."

The VR technician shrugs. "Sorry you didn't last long, but at least there should be plenty of snacks left in the conference room if you want to watch the rest of the exercise play out."
She taps a few places on the screen in front of her and nods. "You're clear to go."

sangres (Amanda Lattimer) dead thread invite:

Stretched out on a patch of dirt, you're just falling asleep when a trio of shadowy figures surrounds you. Caught off-guard, you don't even have time to yelp before they've bundled you off and tossed you into the Bronzing machine. You pound on the door, but no one seems to hear before the cold seeps in, rendering you in solid metal.

As the dark swamps out the shadows, you hear a whispered voice, sounding like it's coming from the other end of a long tunnel:

Word on the Street is
Bourbon don't make you smile now
Told you: don't worry

How bout a nice gift
A trident as offering
To you tomorrow?

Anyway enough of that...I was a bit wary of your 2082 considering you never got the opportunity to put into words what your reservations were, but this is all that I can do to ensure that I'm on the level here, and considering mastina's flip I'm pushing any paranoia of you away:

I'm Myka (as I've crumbed all over the thread)
VT; started with Farnsworth (as I've also crumbed in my first post)

The voice fades, and as it falls silent, the darkness begins to lighten. You blink (your eyelids move?) to see a stark ceiling and bright light above you. A tech fusses with a computer screen at the side of your reclined chair. "Welcome back to the 23rd century. A bit less dusty here, innit? Stay still for a minute, I'm getting the final readings for your report."

"Our reports are never that long, are they," you observe ruefully, memories filling in again.

"Hey, some people would kill to be popular like you--remember that bloke in Kinshasa last year?"

"Fair. Screens broadcasting the next game phase yet?"

"Down the hall, usual spot. I'll finish this up and you're all set."

Kitty Trauma Team (Joshua Donovan) dead thread invite:

You were sleeping peacefully, content that an enemy had been eliminated. Visions of equations and sisters danced in your head.

ZAP!

A shock goes through you--someone shot you! Why does this feel familiar...

Your heels bounce along the ground as your assailant drags you over to the Bronzing machine. 'Oh, shit,' is all you have time to think before you're tossed in, and what little feeling you had dissolves into a metallic chill.

Blink. Blink. You open your eyes not to the night sky of the Dakotas but a buzzing fluorescent light. A technician turns away. "You're fine to move now; I've unstrapped you," he says. "Wasn't expecting to have two of you come out just yet."

"What happened? How...oh. Right. Not really Tesla'd this time." The technician snorts.

"You remember that snag-and-bag you went on eight months ago in Lisbon? And how that self-styled Agent 'War Wizard' zapped you trying to take out the robber?" You nod, with a sense of dread. "Well, it would seem history repeats itself. Maybe try not to get assigned to his team on your next foray out?"

"I let him off with a drink last time; I think he gets to do some of my paperwork for this one."

"That sounds quite appropriate. You're cleared to head down to the conference room in the meantime. Enjoy the show!"

DrippingGoofball (Mrs. Frederic's Bodyguard) dead thread invite:

You close your eyes when the metal spreads to your face. Hard and unyielding, all is still.

Until the air pressure around your face changes once more. You find yourself able to crack open your eyes, and reality returns with a rush when you see the sterile lights above you.

The technician puts a hand on your shoulder and helps you sit up. "Feeling all right? Readings all look fine here."

"I think so. I remember the last time I was in here after our trip to Beirut went sideways." Stretching your neck, you ask, "Good enough?"

"I'd say so. Go ahead and join the others in the viewing room, Agent. Still lots more of the exercise to go. And tell Director Zhang they owe me 15,000 rupees now."

Lady Lambdadelta (Abigail Chow) dead thread invite:

Sleep doesn't come easily on a dusty plain. But knowing that someone has your back does help, allowing you to eventually drift off.

The clink of a pebble skittering off a rock is your only warning before three blurry figures hoist you off the ground. Before you can react, you're away from the group, and their destination is clear: the Bronzing machine. Somehow, you're pretty sure they aren't going to be willing to talk this out. As they toss you in and latch the door, you think one of them almost looks familiar...

But then, even as you squint for a better look, everything goes cold and black. Your eyelids stop fluttering, too heavy in their newly Bronzed form. And then they start again as the scene shifts, leaving a dim light before you that grows into the industrial lighting of the monitoring bay.

A technician shines a light in your eyes despite your grumble of protest. "Everything where it should be in your brain, Agent?"

"Close enough that I remember why I avoid getting physicals when you're on duty. Do we have an Artifact that would grow you a bedside manner?"

"Sure, but then I'd speak exclusively in ancient Greek. Not great for sending notes to the insurance companies or our superiors." You sit up, your neck just slightly stiff. "You're clear to head down to the conference room. I'll bet your arrival will shake up the spectators."

SirCakez (James MacPherson) dead thread invite:

Cold. Still. Ten seconds in, and you can remember why being Bronzed was so hellacious. But there's no screaming here, no railing against the world except in your head.

Except.

Blink. And blink again. The prairie melts away, and you see the cross-beams of a laboratory ceiling take over your vision. "...and right. Here I am again."

The technician monitoring your brain waves presses a few buttons, and a machine powers down to your right. "Welcome back. Better run than the last go-round, eh?"

You run a hand through your hair in frustration. "Not how I planned though. Sometimes these exercises just...ugh."

With a sympathetic smile, he says, "Yeah, I'm glad they don't make us do this on our side of things. Too much for my nerves. And I'll take the real world any day anyways. I think you agree, Mr. 'I saved the world twice last year and finally tracked down the very elusive blue and black dress Artifact' Hotshot?"

"White and gold dress," you correct him automatically. "Okay, I'll take the pep talk, thanks. Now I hear this year's snack buffet is supposed to be particularly scrumptious?"

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As you settle down for the night, secure in the knowledge that you helped eliminate two enemies, you don't pay much attention to those setting out their own bedrolls on either side of you. Silence descends upon the plain, and with visions of Bronzing another villain in the morning, you're almost asleep when...

In fluid coordination, the two figures to your left and right leap up, also not yet asleep, and bundle you away. It's only a dozen steps to the Bronzing machine, and by the time your shock paralysis wears off, you're at the threshold. They shove you in, and you catch yourself on the far wall of the booth. You don't even have time to turn around before the chill of the metal sets in. Staring at a blank wall: not how you prefer to spend your time. You can't even blink. But.

Blink. The world fades. Blink. Everything brightens. Blink.

A laboratory ceiling. Your proper memories settle into place. After a short coughing fit, you attract the attention of one of the milling technicians. She comes over and turns off the various monitors attached to your recliner. "Well, rumor has it you had an eventful run in there this time."

"Yeah, at least I didn't draw something boring like vanilla cop. Would have liked to make it a bit longer, but I'm hoping what I gave Agent Spiffeh shakes things up some more in my wake."

"Wake. Ha. Okay, on that note I'm sending you down to the observation room. If you're punning, you're clearly a danger to us poor defenseless lab techs. Go bother your fellow agents and your bosses, if you dare."

Exchanging grins, you and the tech go your separate ways. Until the next training exercise.

[penguin_alien]

Okay, I have to ask. Battle Mage, why did you vig shoot KTT N1? I had theories, but I fully admit the choice both of target and how early you shot surprised me.

[penguin_alien]

Mafia PT released along with Bell's Notes PT and KTT's hydra PT. See the original PT links post for this updated info.