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  What’s this then? Cultist Simulator is an indie video game created by two-person outfit Weather Factory. Its frequently-janky card-based gameplay isn’t to everyone’s taste but the setting, writing and atmosphere of mystery and discovery are exactly my bag so I’ve wanted to create something based on it for a long time. And here we are! No prior knowledge of the setting is required to play. The flavour does however borrow heavily from the game so consider this a  spoiler warning if you choose to participate.General Information This is a flavour-heavy (but not flavour-solvable), role-madness-kind-of (you’ll see) Mafia game for 16 players. It’s my first game so liable to be wildly imbalanced, but I hope it will be fun. Shellception and Captain Foo both read through it and their feedback and suggestions have hopefully made it slightly less terrible. Any remaining terribleness is entirely on me. No mod bastardry, I promise. Days will last 48 hours, nights will last 24 hours plus or minus whatever seems best to keep the day start times consistent. Day starts will be at approx 10pm BST (= 9pm UTC/5pm EDT). For mechanical reasons it is important that the day start time be as convenient as possible for everyone, so if it’s really bad for you (e.g. you’d normally be asleep or otherwise unable to access the thread) please say so! Eliminations will be by majority vote with hammer once majority is reached. No-elimination days are possible. Rules and Regulations Standard rules apply.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, always remember that your mental well-being is more important than a forum game. While antagonism and deceit are inherent features of social deduction games, there are lines that should not be crossed that may be highly personal. If you feel stressed out, abused, angry, or in any other way discomforted beyond what you feel is part of the game, do not hesitate to reach out and say so. Nobody will think ill of you if you have comments or concerns, or want to leave the game at any point, before the game or during the game. The following users have been suggested as points of contact if you do not feel you can reach out to me: The Traditional Games forum moderators, Leperflesh and Antivehicular; and Mafia regulars VoodooFly, Hal Insandenza, Bifauxnen, Monathin, Wologar, Maerlyn, EccoRaven, CCKeane, Opopanax, Sandwolf and Shellception. Prelude  A solemn night in a candle-lit Mithraeum. Initiates have celebrated the Mysteries here for almost two thousand years. The words change, the gods change, but always, eventually, there is blood. The sixteen inner disciples stand in their places within the complex design inscribed on the floor. The proper words are said. The proper items, procured at great cost, flare blindingly with the Principle of Lantern, a reflection of the Glory that stands above the Mansus. Neville and Enid, hands joined, stare into the shadows, seeing what others do not. All openings are doors, and all wounds are openings. The blessed athame descends. Their leader screams, blind, ecstatic. It is an invocation to the Watchman, guardian of the Tricuspid Gate. Accept him! Take their offerings. Here is a Long in the making! Braziers flare. Pigments sputter. Tools disintegrate. The leader’s back arches as the merciless light falls upon him. Then he collapses to the floor. Maugrim, SELF-aligned Cult Leader, was struck down Night 0 by a sabotaged rite of immortality! quote:Knowledge: You know the Rite Intercalate, which will allow you to transcend the bonds of mortality and become a Long. Successfully enacting this ritual requires a total of 21 of your native Principle, plus 6 of each adjacent Principle. The dismayed cultists stare silently at their fallen leader. One steps forward, checks for life signs: shakes her head. Distrustful glances are thrown. There is no question of disbanding: they have come too far to turn their back on the invisible arts. But it is now clear that some amongst them are inimical to their organisation. Hunters. Infiltrators from the Suppression Bureau. Ysabet steals away with the body. It will never be discovered. The disciples disperse to act out their daytime roles. They will reconvene tomorrow night and, in the throes of their practice, perhaps the infiltrators will make themselves known. Mechanics During the Day phase, each player may take one of the following five actions. Actions must be submitted publicly in the thread and will be processed during the course of the day as mod presence permits, so they cannot be changed once chosen (unless you accidentally choose one that has run out of uses). The limited-use actions are available on a first come, first served basis!  ##study (max 2 per day) ”I never ask the names of my clients,” says Miss Morland, proprietress of Morland’s Bookshop. “But I won’t have more than two of you cluttering up my back rooms at once.” This place took some finding. Hopefully I’ll learn something useful.  ##explore (max 2 per day) There are places within the City where one might seek locations or items of importance to the Occult Arts. But if too many enquiries are made at once, questions might be asked.  ##talk (max 3 per day) I’ll stay behind as the others leave, slipping into the cramped vestry to await a trusted friend. Do I truly trust them? Perhaps they’ll reveal something. (This is the only way to pass items and coins between living players.)  ##work (unlimited) The practice of the invisible arts is expensive. I need coin to further my pursuit, and the world demands that I labour for it.  ##dream (unlimited) I have been my deceased leader’s disciple long enough to know the paths of dreams. I long ago discovered the way to the Wood, where the Velvet holds sway. Someday I’ll travel further yet. ---------------- During the Night phase, players will jointly attempt to enact an occult ritual. Details of this mechanic will be provided once the first night begins. Player List:
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Real talk. I started playing this game again, and I got fairly far in the ghoul event and by fairly far I mean I had created the canvas. But they should just tell you you know the basic stuff someone the game. I kind of hate them for that. And also I don't like how I don't know how to get new... Knowledge , and leveling up. My knowledge is unclear. I shopped it all the books in the game, but that only gets you like level one or two for all your knowledge is.
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Ghoul is actually the one ending I haven’t played but you can study 2 identical lore together to upgrade them. Or do expeditions to find better books Yeah it doesn’t hand you anything on a platter. It took me 3 deaths to notice I could pause the game 
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Maugrim posted:Ghoul is actually the one ending I haven’t played but you can study 2 identical lore together to upgrade them. Or do expeditions to find better books Thing is that, I had like 9 followers but they were all like lantern 2, knives 2 and couldn't pass any expedition encounter. I managed one.
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In, I suppose. We'll see if I've recovered enough mojo to do 3 at once.
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Toalpaz posted:Thing is that, I had like 9 followers but they were all like lantern 2, knives 2 and couldn't pass any expedition encounter. I managed one. Did… did you manage to found a cult? I think that provides the route to stronger disciples. It’s been a while since I played the base game though (the Exile expansion is a completely different game)
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I'm terrible at the game but love the aesthetics and writing, sign me up for this
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So I keep seeing quotes that drop the last ] from a variety of people. What's going on with those/how does it happen so often these days?
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wins32767 posted:So I keep seeing quotes that drop the last ] from a variety of people. What's going on with those/how does it happen so often these days? This one is kinda weird. My working assumption has been that "removing the last ] actually makes it a 'real' post and means people won't have to retype ##vote Wins or whatever, and they generally agree with whatever case/logic/etc was made within the other portion of the quote." Also I'm NOT signing up yet, but following this thread with great interest.
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wins32767 posted:So I keep seeing quotes that drop the last ] from a variety of people. What's going on with those/how does it happen so often these days? Sugar's explanation is accurate. It's just a lazy thing lol. Sometimes to comical effect in the context of its usage in a game.
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I greatly enjoy the flavor and worldbuilding of cultist sim even if I hate the gameplay I don’t wanna play 2 games at once so consider this a tentative signup, but only if I die in somber’s game first
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That’s cool, it feels unlikely that this game will start before most/all of the currently running ones are done.
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Good news I died and can now commit to this
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New player/mod solidarity, I'll actually sign up for this.
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CubicalSucrose posted:New player/mod solidarity, I'll actually sign up for this.  Half full yay
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tastes game i played in was so good i want to murder them as thanks so sign me up. i adored the vibe of cultist simulator despite it having a bunch of obscure annoying mechanics and the dlcs being even more confusing
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Thanks to everyone who signed up so far! I'm excited to run this. However, I'm also away on holiday from Monday to Friday next week and don't want to open my first modded game on my phone, so I'll make it official: the earliest this game will start is now Saturday, 3rd June. So feel free to sign up to some of the other games while you wait!
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Ok now that I have tried, loved, and gave up/uninstalled this game, I'll sign up.
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AnonymousNarcotics posted:Ok now that I have tried, loved, and gave up/uninstalled this game, I'll sign up. I love this post, welcome to the
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I'm back home now and can run this game as soon as it fills. 3 more!
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In an attempt to entice signups, I've added the Prologue flavour and details of the day mechanics to the OP. I'll briefly recap the latter when Day 1 officially starts.
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I join because this has been recruiting for so long. I did not read the OP
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Oooooh Day actions
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Guys, ask Maugrim to give me two roles I can gollum my way through the game
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And we're filled! Love you all, get in Discord folks!
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Reposting from the OP as nobody reads the OP: A solemn night in a candle-lit Mithraeum. Initiates have celebrated the Mysteries here for almost two thousand years. The words change, the gods change, but always, eventually, there is blood. The sixteen inner disciples stand in their places within the complex design inscribed on the floor. The proper words are said. The proper items, procured at great cost, flare blindingly with the Principle of Lantern, a reflection of the Glory that stands above the Mansus. Neville and Enid, hands joined, stare into the shadows, seeing what others do not. All openings are doors, and all wounds are openings. The blessed athame descends. Their leader screams, blind, ecstatic. It is an invocation to the Watchman, guardian of the Tricuspid Gate. Accept him! Take their offerings. Here is a Long in the making! Braziers flare. Pigments sputter. Tools disintegrate. The leader’s back arches as the merciless light falls upon him. Then he collapses to the floor. Maugrim, SELF-aligned Cult Leader, was struck down Night 0 by a sabotaged rite of immortality! quote:Knowledge: You know the Rite Intercalate, which will allow you to transcend the bonds of mortality and become a Long. Successfully enacting this ritual requires a total of 21 of your native Principle, plus 6 of each adjacent Principle. The dismayed cultists stare silently at their fallen leader. One steps forward, checks for life signs: shakes her head. Distrustful glances are thrown. There is no question of disbanding: they have come too far to turn their back on the invisible arts. But it is now clear that some amongst them are inimical to their organisation. Hunters. Infiltrators from the Suppression Bureau. Ysabet steals away with the body. It will never be discovered. The disciples disperse to act out their daytime roles. They will reconvene tomorrow night and, in the throes of their practice, perhaps the infiltrators will make themselves known.  It is now Day 1. As stated in the OP, you may each post one day action in the thread from the following list: ##work (unlimited) ##dream (unlimited) If you post a day action that has already run out of uses, you may post another. You cannot otherwise change your initial choice. Maugrim fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Jun 5, 2023 |
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Votecount for Day 1 Not Voting (16): AnonymousNarcotics, CubicalSucrose, Deadmeat5150, Diqnol, fool of sound, Idle Amalgam, Jen X, Jezza of OZPOS, Johnny Keats, Punkreas, saladscooper, Sandwolf, t a s t e, Tired Moritz, Toalpaz, wins32767With 16 alive, it's 9 votes to execute. There is currently no deadline set.
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