Death Note: The Forum Game

[berieber]

I lifted this from a forum elsewhere I frequent because I feel this could become a fun game here too, so let's get playing!

 

How to Play

 

DN:TFG is a forum game that is divided into turns which usually last around 24 hours. Before each round, players will sign up and be added to the player list. Once sign-ups have ended, the GM (Game Master) will choose the Shinigami and Watari from the list of players and announce them on the game thread (the method for choosing these players is up to the GM).

 

The Shinigami and Watari will then choose Kira and L, respectively, from the remaining list of players, and send their selections to the GM via PM (private message). The GM will notify these people to see if they are willing to take on those roles. If not, then the Shinigami or Watari must make another selection and the process is repeated. If the Shinigami and Watari choose the same player, then they will be asked to choose again. If either Kira or L is not selected within a reasonable amount of time, then the GM may randomly assign a person this role at their own discretion and must inform the Shinigami or Watari, respectively, of their choice.

 

Every turn, each player may cast one vote against any living player (including themselves) on the list of players except for the Shinigami. The person with the most votes at the end of the turn will die (if there is a tie, then the GM chooses randomly among those with the most votes). These votes must be publicly posted on the game thread. The GM is responsible for tallying the votes themselves, and votes cannot be changed once cast. In addition to voting, all players may use their roles during the turn, which will be discussed later. The game ends when Kira or L dies.

 

The Results

 

Every turn, the GM will write up the results for that turn. The results should include the following aspects.

 

--A scenario-based story of the occurrences of that turn (optional but encouraged)

--A summary of the turn

--An up-to-date player list with publicly-revealed roles

--Statistics detailing how many players are needed for Force Interrogation and succession, among other things (optional)

--A list of roles/powers that cannot be used for the next turn

 

Chain of events

 

Mid-Turn

 

The following actions occur during the middle of the turn, and are not revoked if they have occurred before a possession, before the Police Chief makes an arrest, or before the Priest or Shinigami negate a possession:

 

--Doctor's healing

--Either of the Police Chief's powers

--Watari's Arrest

--Shinigami's Super Vote

--Detective's investigation

 

Note that these roles do not have a priority over each other, and occur in the order that they are received by the GM during the turn.

 

Turn Results

 

Every turn, the results are determined by the chain of events. These actions have priority from top to bottom, so if any action is made unnecessary by something higher on the list, then it is negated. These actions are all revealed in the results, as well as the results of those actions, unless they are negated.

 

Doctor Operation

Town Kill-

-[shinigami Sacrifice]

-[Protector Protection]

Kira Kill

L Accusation

Murder Attempt

Watari's Injury

Force Interrogation

 

THE ROLES

 

These are the roles that will be used in each round. Not every role has to be used if you so wish.

 

Shinigami - the god of death

1. The Shinigami is announced before the beginning of each round.

 

2. The Shinigami is responsible for choosing Kira at the beginning of each round.

 

3. If Kira does not select a kill, then the Shinigami must choose who dies instead. The GM may choose to say that the Shinigami sent in the kill if they wish.

 

4. The Shinigami cannot be possessed.

 

5. Super Vote: Any turn that Kira is alive, the Shinigami may use his super vote to control the votes of all of the dead players. The Shinigami must publicly announce that he is using this power and the target of his vote in the thread. The GM will then announce how many votes it counts for. The super vote prevents possession in the turn that it is activated. It also negates any active possessions unless the person being possessed has a role that activates mid-turn that has already been used. This power cannot be used if Watari's super vote has already been announced. The Prosecutor cannot interfere with the votes involved in the super vote. Following the super vote, the Shinigami cannot vote for the remainder of the round.

 

Kira - the mass-murderer

1. Every turn, Kira must message the GM with a choice of who to kill. He may also choose a means of death if he wishes. If he does not select a means of death, then the GM may create an appropriate death of their choosing. If neither Kira nor the Shinigami submits a kill, then the GM randomly selects a person to die that turn (with Kira being a possible target) to be the Kira kill.

 

Watari - liaison of justice

1. Watari is revealed before the beginning of the round.

 

2. Watari is responsible for choosing L at the beginning of each round.

 

3. During a turn, Watari may message the GM the name of one player he wishes to injure for that turn. This power has a 70% chance of working and is usable whether or not L is in play. It can be used twice per round.

 

4. Arrest and Interrogation: Once per round during any turn before L dies, Watari may arrest one player for that turn. The arrest is publicly announced in the thread. Watari may also choose to force interrogate this player while they are arrested, but is not required to do so. This interrogation takes place of any interrogation made by the townies, and follows the same rules regarding who is revealed.

 

5. Watari cannot be killed by the town vote. Ghosts possessing Watari can only use his injury power.

 

L - the world-famous investigator

1. Every turn, L can choose to message the GM with a choice of who to accuse but is not required to do so. He may also choose a means of death if he wishes. If he does not select a means of death, then the GM may create an appropriate death of their choosing. If he accuses someone other than Kira, then the GM messages the Shinigami and Kira, telling them the name of an unrevealed player who is not L.

 

Police Chief - just who exactly is in charge here?

1. Arrests: During the turn, the Police Chief may either post on the game thread or message the GM the names of up to three players to arrest for that turn. The GM will then announce these names (not the roles) on the thread. Arrested players cannot vote or use their roles during that turn (votes already made are negated). The Shinigami cannot be arrested, and arresting Kira or L only removes their townie abilities (they may still make kills). After making arrests, the Police Chief must wait a turn before he can arrest anyone again.

 

2. Interrogation: During the turn, the Police Chief may message the GM the name of one person they wish to interrogate. The GM will then message back the role of that person (Kira, L, and Childhood Bullies are shown as townies), and the Police Chief must wait a turn before interrogating anyone else.

 

Detective - the CIA agent

1. During the turn, the Detective may message the GM the name of a player and whether they think the player is Kira or L (not both). The GM then messages back whether the Detective is right or wrong.

 

2. If he is right, then during the next round the Detective will become the Shinigami (if he discovered L) or Watari (if he discovered Kira) if he wants.

 

3. If he is wrong, then the Detective must wait a turn before using his power again.

 

Protector - your friendly neighborhood savior

1. During the turn, the Protector may message the GM the name of one person that they wish to protect from the town vote for that turn. If that person is not voted out, then nothing happens. If they would have been voted out, then the Protector's role is revealed and the vote is canceled, and the Protector must wait a turn before using his power again. The Protector may not use his power on himself.

 

2. After the Protector has used his power three times, his chances of protecting drop to 25%.

 

Murderer - they wouldn't live very long anyway, right?

1. At the beginning of the round, the Murderer is placed in the triads with the townies, but is not considered a townie.

 

2. During the turn, the Murderer may message the GM the name of one person that they wish to attack.

 

3.A. The Murderer has the following chances when attacking a player:

--25% chance of killing the person

--50% chance of injuring the person

--20% chance of failing (nothing happens)

--5% chance of getting caught, which results in the Murderer's death

 

4. If the Murderer kills two people in the same round, then he can become immune to the Kira kill by attacking the people that the Shinigami instructs him to.

 

5. Once he has either killed or injured someone, the Murderer will be killed by a Police Chief interrogation. If the Murderer is interrogated before then, the Police Chief will learn his role but nothing else will happen.

 

Doctor - because “mad scientist” doesn’t sound very professional

1. Healing: Any turn that someone is injured, the Doctor may message the GM and attempt to heal that person with a 60% chance of success. The GM notifies the Doctor immediately on whether he is successful or not. If he succeeds, then the Doctor gains the role and vote of the person he healed for the remainder of the turn. If he fails, then the injured person remains injured for another turn and the Doctor cannot attempt to heal that person again until that person has been uninjured.

 

2. Revival: During the turn, the Doctor may message the GM the name of a dead player that he wishes to revive, with a 10% chance of success. This chance increases to 25% if the target died the previous turn. If he succeeds, then the Doctor becomes immune to the town vote for the remainder of the round. The Doctor cannot attempt to revive the same person twice in the same round.

 

3. The Doctor can only use one of the aforementioned powers each turn, and his role is revealed whenever either of his powers activates.

 

GENERAL ROLES

 

Townies - we the sheeple...

1. Townies (a.k.a. townspeople) are the basic units of the game. Whereas there is only 1 of every other role in the game, there are multiple townies.

 

2. Mini-mob: During any given turn, if three people message the GM, they may choose to injure one living player for the next turn. If they choose different people to be injured, then the GM randomly selects one of the chosen people to be attacked. The Murderer and any dead townies may also take part in this power.

 

3. Force Interrogation: All townies have the ability to force interrogate by messaging the GM a name of their choice. The GM then randomly chooses one of the submitted names as the target. If it is successful, then the target’s name and role are revealed at the end of the turn (L and Childhood Bullies are revealed as townies).

 

Special Townies - Can I really be the hero, dood?

Special townies are specific players who act as townies but also have other powers. They still have all of the townie powers listed above. No player may have more than one special townie power. Kira and L cannot be special townies.

 

Childhood Bullies

At the beginning of the round, the GM will assign 1/3 (rounded down) of all townies to be Childhood Bullies. If a Childhood Bully is killed by Kira, then the GM will message L and Watari the name of one unrevealed person who is not Kira.

 

Special Conditions

 

Ghosts

1. All players become ghosts once they die. Ghosts may still vote, but any other abilities that they had while alive are nullified (except for the Suicidal Ghost and the mini-mob). They cannot be killed again, arrested, or injured.

 

2. Each ghost may possess once per round by publicly announcing their possession on the game thread. The GM will announce both the name and role of the person who was possessed, and the ghost gains both the role and vote of the person that they possessed. If the Shinigami uses his super vote, then all ghosts may possess another time. Possession can also be reset if the ghost is revived by the Doctor and killed again. Ghosts are responsible for knowing if the person they are possessing can use their power that turn or not. Possessions cannot be taken back once the name and role of the person have been announced.

 

3. Only two ghosts may possess each turn, and possession is on a priority basis.

 

4. If the ghost gains any knowledge from using the powers of a living player, that player also gains that knowledge (Detective, Police Chief, etc).

 

5. If Kira, L, or the Childhood Bullies are possessed, they are revealed as townies.

 

Injured

Injured players may not use their role or vote during the turn that they are injured. Their role or vote cannot be used by any means (possession, Lawyer, etc.) except the Doctor. However, the Impersonator may still copy their role. A person cannot be injured two turns in a row unless the injury is prolonged by the Doctor.

 

Revived

Players who have been killed and brought back to life by the Doctor have their roles returned to how they were at the beginning of the round. Kira and L (and any successors) become townies if they are revived.

 

Arrested

A player who is arrested by the Police Chief may not vote or use their roles by any means for that turn unless the Lawyer happens to free them.

 

The next post will be reserved for further information but then I will open up signups so if you wish to play, then you are welcome to. I will oversee the first few rounds and then I'll look at opening it to others.

[berieber]

Post reserved for future information.

 

Anybody wishing to play is free to sign up. Please do not worry about the long intro post, you really only need to find your specific role in all of that when playing, not all of it will be needed.

[Yantelope]

9/10 views = TL;DR

[berieber]

9/10 views = TL;DR

 

I know, I can't cut that down any further, so I had better hope enough of that 1/10 will sign up, once it gets going, it will be fine I hope.

[King Jimmeh]

I'll sign up as I've played Mafia/Werewolf before, but I do think you're using a version that is far too complicated to bring in first time players. Plus, I've seen versions in the past that don't reveal all the powers until the end of the game.

 

Either way, I'll play.

[iLjaG]

Oh. I thought this was just gonna be a thread where we wrote down people's names we wanted to see dead. That would be much more interesting and not w/e this is.

[MagicMagicPony]

Kanji

[c hoertjes]

I'll sign up as I've played Mafia/Werewolf before, but I do think you're using a version that is far too complicated to bring in first time players. Plus, I've seen versions in the past that don't reveal all the powers until the end of the game.

 

Either way, I'll play.

This. But I'm not playing.

[berieber]

I'll sign up as I've played Mafia/Werewolf before, but I do think you're using a version that is far too complicated to bring in first time players. Plus, I've seen versions in the past that don't reveal all the powers until the end of the game.

 

Either way, I'll play.

 

I agree this is more confusing than mafia. This really is a straight copy from the forum I play this on and we have had 50+ rounds where it has evolved to how it is today, hence why it has changed so much.

[King Jimmeh]

Yeah, ya might want to go with a simpler version for those here who haven't played it 50 times

[berieber]

Yeah, ya might want to go with a simpler version for those here who haven't played it 50 times

 

Well I have to see family soon, so I might try to cut it down a bit yeah. Maybe it's a chance to start fresh =p

[brida]

Kanji

[berieber]

Well that is about as simple as it is going to get, so please do actually try this game. If it can run for 50+ rounds elsewhere, it has to be fun surely

[Leyez]

I love Death Note so I would join - but I'm not on here much & I don't get it.

[iLjaG]

Kanji

 

[MagicMagicPony]

haters gonna make you get hit by a truck

[brida]

haters gonna make you get hit by a truck

[c hoertjes]

If this were less complicated, like if you changed it to just mafia/werewolf/vampire or whatever, I'll totes play.

[Toshi]

This is a very complicated sounding game after reading maybe a paragraph, so let me just note I am writing Chewblaha right now.

 

someone tell me if he has a heart attack

[MagicMagicPony]

[Mister Jack]

Its just too complex for our soft little brains.

 

That includes you, D-K.

[brida]

yeah that's my vote too

chewie

 

alternatively

kanji

 

alternatively

sasha

 

alternatively

dreadnaught

[StrifeROKs]

Pony started all of this?

 

...Awesome and believable. It makes me love smoothies even more

[VicariousShaner]

This sounds like Epic Mafia, a game I sometimes have the joy of playing, I think I shall join this fun game as well gentleman.

[VicariousShaner]

So.....When does it start?