RedSoxFaithful
a vicar in a tutu
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Welcome to the Commonwealth, a post-nuclear apocalyptic wasteland that is now all we have left of what was once known as Massachusetts. It is 2277. Two centuries after the Great War, the Commonwealth is now home to three factions fighting for control of civilization's future. They are the Brotherhood of Steel, the Railroad, and the Institute. Each of their competing interests will become clear as the game goes on, but what is important to know is that each faction is made up of exactly 4 members, each with distinct powers, and that they may communicate among themselves privately (outside of this thread). Each of these factions has been given a list of "safe claims": characters that are not actually in the game, but that they may choose to impersonate as necessary.
Additionally, the Commonwealth is home to many civilians. The civilians have distinct powers of their own; there are a handful of civilians without any powers (vanilla civilians), for balance reasons.
At the start of the game, the player distribution will be 15/4/4/4.
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BASIC RULES AND WIN CONDITIONS:
As standard, during each day period, everyone may cast a vote to kill a single player. At the end of the day, the player with the most votes will be killed. There are no powers in this game that may be used during the day.
During each night period, in addition to all individual player powers taking place, a faction may make a night hit to kill a single player. At the start of the game, this night hit will rotate between the factions. As determined pre-game by RNG, the order will go as indicated in the game's first paragraph: Brotherhood of Steel (Night 1), the Railroad (Night 2), the Institute (Night 3), and then back to the Brotherhood of Steel for Night 4 (and so on).
When the first non-civilian faction falls entirely, the Sole Survivor will be asked to choose between the two remaining factions. After that point, civilians may win alongside the chosen faction. The chosen faction will retain all powers except for their night hits, and will for all intents and purposes act as a set of civilian masons.
The non-chosen, non-civilian faction may only win by themselves; to win, they must make it so that civs may not.
In the case of a 1-1 tie, a non-civ faction will win over civs. If two non-civ factions are left to a 1-1 tie for some reason (or, god help us, a 1-1-1 tie), the game will (unfortunately!) be left to RNG.
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MISCELLANEOUS GAME SPECIFIC NOTES:
-All players, including vanilla civilians, are named. Using a character's name to assume powers is likely a fool's errand.
-The only time you will be notified about being visited at night is for roleblocks; even vanilla civilians will be notified of roleblocks.
-One player, and only one player, the Sole Survivor, has the potential to manipulate vote counts in specific, limited ways. The Sole Survivor is a civilian, and will not have any of those abilities at the start of the game. The Sole Survivor is the only guaranteed character in this game. The Sole Survivor is also the only character in the game whose role will potentially include elements of RNG.
-If the Sole Survivor is not alive to choose between remaining factions, that decision will fall to a second character. (If that character is also not alive, the decision will be RNG'd)
-I have done my best to make this game balanced, but as this is my first game mod gig, and as we're dealing with 3 non-civilian factions in a 27 person game, please understand that this could all go sideways pretty easily.
-Also! There are 27 people in this game, and many have active night powers. Nights will take a little while. Please be patient with me.
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A more detailed set of rules, as well as a player list, will follow this post.
Good luck, and have fun!
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