there are three types of threads. the main thread, the dream threads that are created during the game, and the limbo thread.
we start in a main thread, all of us. this thread (like all of them) is private so that we can be removed from it when we are brought into a dream thread/limbo.
there are multiple 'levels' to the dreams, like in Inception. they max out at four, as the level after that would be limbo (though limbo is
not
a dream thread).
when someone is majority voted with a
Dream
vote, they and all the players on that wagon are removed from the thread they are currently in, and brought into the lynched player's subconscious, one level deeper than before. (main thread goes to dream level 1, dream level 1 would go to dream level 2)
you can not see the levels above you, but you can see the dream created from the thread you're currently in. if i'm in dream level 2, and some players created a dream that went to level 3, i can see
only
the dream level 2 thread and that level 3 dream. (but i could not see a different level 3 dream happening from a different dream level 2 than the one i'm in, hypothetically). i can post in level 2, but not in level 3, i can only see it. i lose visibility in dream level 1 as soon as i move to dream level 2, and i can't see the main thread. whether you can post in a thread is reflected in the first post, and should always be checked.
lynching a player in the main thread or the limbo thread results in them flipping and dying. lynching a player in any dream thread sends them immediately to limbo. a player can only be lynched in the main thread
once
in the entire game.
players in limbo are not dead, not flipped. however, they are treated as dead only for the purposes of win conditions. dreaming players are still considered alive for win conditions.
it is not possible to lynch any players in a thread if that thread contains dreaming players.
mod, check my understanding. dreaming players cannot read the thread they left, but they are still 'in' that thread due to this rule.
fourth level dreaming is special. these players are able to see and interact with players in limbo. each player in the 4th level dream can bring back one limbo player with them, when they move up to a higher dream.
mod: can players choose to spend perception to move up a dream level without a kick being initiated?
players start with 100% perception.
please also confirm this part for me.
moving up one level of a dream costs 20% perception. 2 is 50%, etc. it's in the opening post.
moving from a 4th level dream
straight
to the main thread costs 100% perception, but moving only from a 4th level dream to a 3rd level dream costs 20% perception (as they are moving up 1 level).
this is not explicitly stated, which is why it's only a guess.
a kick can be publicly executed on a player who is currently dreaming. (by being majority dream voted, as explained, or being on that wagon). this means, you are in a thread and someone else is asleep, and one dream level deeper than you. (for example, you're in dream level 1 and there is someone in your thread who is one level deeper). that dream will be forcibly ended. (including all subdreams, of course) all players within those dreams must attempt to escape by spending perception, and move up levels to safety. if someone does not have enough perception to escape, they move to limbo.
2 or less players in any thread, with no dreaming players in that thread, is grounds for an automatic kick that will move them up one dream level (provided they can pay the perception cost)
i've omitted some exact numbers for things, and other info from the first post, such as how to recover perception.