WELCOME TO MIGHT, MAGIC, AND MAFIA! (SIGN-UP AND RULES THREAD)

The Flavor
The Night of the Falling Stars has seen much change. The wanderers say they have come from another world. They also claim to have visited other worlds, saving each one as they go. They promise that they shall save ours in the same fashion. Perhaps this is true, perhaps it is not. But from what are we being saved from? Only time shall tell.


The Rules
Day Phases will last 72 hours, or when a simple majority (>50% of living players) of votes is achieved. If a day phase concludes with a tie, the action taken will be randomly determined.

Night Phases will last 48 hours, or when all players that have night actions submit them.

Votes will not be counted unless they have the proper formatting (#lynch <player>, #nolynch, #cancel). You may want to have your vote separate from the rest of your post for visibility, but it's not required.

Mod-kills will be based on a "three strikes and you're out" concept. The following actions count as "strikes":
*Having a post with a "Last edited" notation.
*Not posting for a consecutive 24-hour period.
*Posting after the day phase has concluded, regardless of how it was concluded. To this end, I will attempt to update post count as often as possible, or necessary.

Lynching and/or night kills will only return a player's alignment, not his or her precise powers or role.

There are fifteen "situations" in the game, all based on various locations in Might and Magic games.

At the beginning of each Day Phase, I will randomly determine which situation the players find themselves in.

Each situation has a bit of flavor text, and usually has an effect on the game. I tried to be as true to the source material as possible on both flavor and effects, but my memory may have failed me on some accounts.

Whatever effect a situation may have trumps the usual rules-set, as indicated by the text. I tried to make the text self-explanatory, but if any questions about them arise, direct them to me.

Once a situation has occurred, it cannot occur again, unless all situations have transpired.


Sign-ups
1) ivoryjones, Drog - killed Night 1
2) MrChearile, hero - killed Night 2
3) chana, Terwin III - mod-killed Day 1
4) CAVE_DOG_IS_BACK, Sir Falagar - lynch-killed Day 1
5) Gourd_Clae, villain - lynch-killed Day 2
6) color=#0000FF]rabitZ, hero - lynch-killed Day 3
7) thatbennyguy, hero - auto-killed Day 3
8) Liberty
9) MirrorMasq, hero - killed Night 2

Side note: Once the game begins, I shall alter this list to reflect who is still alive.

Before anyone asks, yes, the avatar of Corak the Mysterious that I'm using right now was in preparation for this game.

*Edit: I'm pretty sure ivory said to sign her up to this game in the host thread. If that's not correct....

author=ivoryjones
Yeah I'm in.

Are we allowed to edit typos? Or do we have to doublepost for that?

Having a post with a "Last edited" notation is considered a "strike", regardless of the reason why the post was edited. Accumulating three strikes will lead to mod-kill. The reasoning is, I want people to avoid editing posts, not to mention experimenting with this particular punishment system. While I might not be able to catch a single post that has been edited multiple times, if you edit a post at all, this is something I can see, and confirm.

Actually, I've heard that if you edit a post fast enough, the notation about when the post was last edited won't be there. If you want to be safe, double-posting is probably preferred.

Also, about this--->
"Lynching and/or night kills will only return a player's alignment, not his or her precise powers or role."

Does this mean when a player's dead, only the alignment is revealed, leaving out the power?

Yes, this would be the case.


*Edit: For a simple example, this post would be considered to have a "Last edited" notation, and would be considered "strike" material.

author=ivoryjones
Oh and about the edit thingy, people could always change their setting so the "last edited..." wouldn't appear. If we state what we fixed in our OP, that'd be alright, right?

Showing "Last Edited" on posts is a user-setting. I have it enabled. In theory, that should mean that I will see when people make edits to their posts whither or not other users have that option enabled. If you want to test that theory while the game is running, and threaten strikes, well...