18-06-2004 17:26									#31
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Instead of papal elcetions, why not just go straight to the hustings? 'poly's a bit of a rotten borough as it is.

A Famous Five adventure would be fun, and the style isn't too difficult to rip off er, be inspired by.

	18-06-2004 17:30									#32
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Uhmmm... why do you chose warlords, etc, in this game? Isn't it just like Mafia?

	18-06-2004 17:37									#33
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I'm not too fond of a DnD game again either. I'd like:

Papal Elections

	18-06-2004 17:37									#34
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To bADGer:

Vaguely, but it seems that each player can have special abilities, should they choose to use them.

	18-06-2004 17:47									#35
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I'm in... whatever theme would be good...

	18-06-2004 19:00									#36
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Actually, I would rather do the papal elections as well, just to have a change

	18-06-2004 19:12									#37
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quote: DC, are all abilities only one use?

Yes.

quote: This is bad. Warlocks will be priority targets for the assassins and the group. They will die fast.

Well, they'd be a niche character in that case... a risk... but then again, I can see the problem- they're pretty much doomed to die by the assassin's sword... I'll try to think of something else equally powerful and dangerous...

quote: If you are running another D&D based game, I think you shouldn't rely too much on the D&D abilities, esp. ones specific to Forgotten Realms. That will put those who hasn't played the game, at least for several years, at a distinct disadvantage.

??? What exactly do you mean by this... 'abilities'? Like the Bard's roguish/music spell abilities?

quote: there should not be a limit to rogues they are one of the 4 primary classes there should be a limit on rangers, and sorcerors (or a combined limit on sorcerors and wizards) Jon Miller

I took that into consideration and but left the limit at 3 and put a cap on rangers at 3.

Actually, If I do D&D next time, it's going to be in a Tower of High Sorcery, so It would be good if people over-weighted themselves with magic users.

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And the barbarian's power now only keeps him from voting for 2 turns... not 3.

and I improved the Monk..

Monk
(Hand-to-hand fighter. The Monk disdains weapons)
[ONCE per game gains a specific hint about ANYTHING from the Gods... This is a question/answer and must be along the lines of "is X a hint?" or "what does X mean?"]
(ONCE per game the Monk can chose to stay awake for 24 hours and be immune from assassins. However, he will lose the ability to vote next turn.)
[NOTE: Only ONE Monk per group of 20]

	18-06-2004 19:15									#38
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quote: Instead of papal elcetions, why not just go straight to the hustings? 'poly's a bit of a rotten borough as it is. A Famous Five adventure would be fun, and the style isn't too difficult to rip off er, be inspired by.

Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about here, duke of york? ???
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Hmm... so the top 2 are now:

1.) D&D
2.) Papal Elections

hmm...

If I did #2 though, I don't think we would have any special abilities, and I'd have to craft all your characters myself, instead of letting you choose...

Later today I'll scour the thread and see the numbers for each type of game and then determine which should be done

	18-06-2004 19:21									#39
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quote: If I did #2 though, I don't think we would have any special abilities, and I'd have to craft all your characters myself, instead of letting you choose...

That's fine.

	18-06-2004 19:26									#40
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Hustings and Rotten Borough?

No, I have no idea what they mean either.

I meant have a proper election campaign, and, like the paladin was encouraged to suspect evil characters of being the killer, divide the players into political parties.

	18-06-2004 19:30									#41
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I see- well I like that Idea more than papal elections!
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We can even have different powers for Labour/Communist/Socialist/Capitalist/Worker's

if someone could give me a quick rundown on what they believe should be the basic differences between some of the parties (Labour/Workers/Socialist) are quite similar- and suggest a few powers, I think I could get something up for that.

We could either do Parliamentary Elections (Britain) or Presidential Elections (America)

	18-06-2004 19:34									#42
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I'd rather do Presidential Elections, as Parliamentary is a big PITA.

	18-06-2004 19:42									#43
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Presidental elections is a good idea too...

	18-06-2004 19:49									#44
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Dark Cloud, this is very important: do not let people choose their own political parties! You can either assign them one, and a role (candidate, running mate, campaign manager) and have a couple of neutrals (reporters), or make them the opposite side to whatever they'd usually go for in the OT. So all the CPA members would be Republicans and all the Reaganites Democrats.
This must not deteriorate into an extension of the OT political debates! rah would kill it before it even got anywhere.

Good luck.

	18-06-2004 20:09									#45
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As long as people have common sense, we can still pick our own parties. Just don't discuss them, that simple.

	18-06-2004 21:15									#46
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Wutang!!

Presidential elections sound fun . And I think there should be some wild and zany parties created. Like one of the main parties should be about being nude all the time or something .

	18-06-2004 21:40									#47
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I am in.

	18-06-2004 23:50									#48
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If we go with a political theme, let's give everyone the same power: once per game, they can poll the electorate and find out what the vote totals are that turn.

	19-06-2004 00:00									#49
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Ah, good idea... but I think we should have OPEN voting. Basically with modern technology, there should be a poll everyday .

I'll have to see what game we'll be playing and the rules before I decide to join fully.

	19-06-2004 00:30									#50
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quote: Originally posted by joncha If we go with a political theme, let's give everyone the same power: once per game, they can poll the electorate and find out what the vote totals are that turn.

Or we could have different positions in each party. The candidate himself, advisors, PR representitives, organizers, ect... that have different abilities.


If we want to keep the abilities, anyways.

	19-06-2004 06:17									#51
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I think I'll choose the parts each person plays in the campaign: but here's a proto-development rundown of the major political parties:

(Although... I might cut the Communist Party of Apolyton...)

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President of Apolyton

Political Parties

RED Font= Power that is secretly activated. Remember, you can still say "VOTE SENT" even if your character really can't vote that round.
BLUE font = Power that is revealed to all.

The Off-Topic Party (OTF)
(Can negate all On-Topic Alliance votes ONCE)
(Can HIDE in Off-Topic ONCE per game; saving self from killer.)

The Communist Party of Apolyton (CPA)
(Can 'share' votes and request that all players votes are revealed to him/her ONCE)

The On-Topic Alliance (OTA)
(Can negate all Off-Topic Alliance votes ONCE)
(Can HIDE in On-Topic ONCE per game; saving self from killer.)

Lurkers United (LU)
(Can negate 2 votes for self ONCE... drifting into the shadows of the fora.)

The Moderator's Party (MOD)
(Can demand the death of one poster ONCE)

The Society for the Improvement of Spam (SPAM)
(Can make own vote count twice ONCE)

	19-06-2004 11:51									#52
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I am against opening voting. Secret ballots is done to avoid docpiling, and it is working well.

	19-06-2004 11:57									#53
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I'm for secret ballots and (at least for next game) no powers/highly simplified powers.

	19-06-2004 18:44									#54
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Well, how do others feel about hte political party powers outlined above?

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As for the parties themselves, even if you don't like the powers, please choose a party so that I can place you in the correct position

thanks!
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	19-06-2004 19:02									#55
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I like the parties, but I think I'm with Joncha on the power front - no powers or very very simple ones.

I'll join Spam if the name of the party is changed to Society for Postcount Advanced Members. Quite ironic considering my kingly nature, especially it's recent aquisition.

	19-06-2004 19:08									#56
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Ditch the powers.

Where's the Conservative Party?

	19-06-2004 19:17									#57
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quote: Where's the Conservative Party?

That would make the game too bland.

the communists at apolyton, for the most part- appear to be slightly demented and many seem to be just doing it as a joke- therefore they warrant a party... all the parties are meant to be joke-parties

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Okay... so 3 votes against the powers and none for as of yet.
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quote: Society for Postcount Advanced Members

Sounds good to me.

	19-06-2004 21:05									#58
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Can't say that I'm excited about these powers either.

	19-06-2004 23:34									#59
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I'm for the CPA

	19-06-2004 23:52									#60
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Powers complicate the game unnecessarily.

I think Assassins and Mafia should number 16 players and have only one Assassin/Mafia. I'm going to play the next Mafia, since I seem to get kicked out in the first rounds here every time.

So much for the secret ballot eliminating the docpiles.