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Manchu Presents ~
Werewolf 2: The Outbreak

the Cast
- JB as Brother Himmeldenker - a Villager and Mystic, killed during the night
- Wyrmalla as Mr Wilson McMcalla - a Villager, lynched
- Platuan4th as Edward Platuan IV - at first a Villager, turned into a Werewolf
- gunlingerpro as R. Deschain - a Villager, lynched
- WarOne as Moaravius Fofistin - the Werewolf, infected whitedragon
- d-usa as Bob Bobbington - a Villager, survived
- moytak as Mighty Joe Dakka - a Villager, killed during the night
- whitedragon as Mr. White - at first a Villager and Mystic. turned into a Werewolf, infected Plataun4th
- kronk as Mr. Mackey - the Hunter, killed during the night
- mega_bassist as Cody Fettius - a Villager, survived
- timetowaste85 as Timothy Wastel - a Villager, survived

"You heard what happened over the river?" the travelling merchant sputtered.

"In Dakkadorf? Something about murders, I think," the newly elected Bräumeister of Lammheim replied, distracted as he was by carefully counting out pfennigs to pay the merchant for thirteen oaken barrels. "There was supposedly a wanted man hiding out there, although I've heard that about our town, too, and yet no murders here."

"Nein nein!" the merchant hissed, leaning in conspiratorially. "Not just murders, mein Herr, but a terrible curse. The Dakkadorfers, it is said, were whittled down by a pack of werewolves who even now gnaw their bones and drink up the meager beer they left behind."

The Bräumeister of Lammheim laughed and handed the merchant a full purse of coins. The merchant, still distracted by the thought of werewolves, only weighed the purse in his palm before tucking into his belt. He was normally quite a grasping fellow, given to checking and double checking that a payment was in order, but the rumor of Dakkadorf's fate truly disturbed him. To think, for the first time in ages the Count had ordered beer from another village!

"We have no time for such superstitions in Lammheim," the Bräumeister said. "Whatever is going on in Dakkadorf, they failed to deliver the Count's beer on time. Now it's our chance to make an impression. So danke sehr for the barrels. We will put them to good use immediately and good day to you, mein Herr."

And with that curt dismissal, the merchant went off in a huff. The Bräumeister, meanwhile, got about his business. He had heard a few of his fellow Lammheimers talking similar nonsense about werewolves in the last few days not to mention the old story about an outlaw among them. Well, it was time to buckle down and get to brewing. This could be Lammheim's big chance. He whistled merrily to himself as he went to round up a few men to bring in the barrels.

The other villagers found his corpse by the fountain the next morning. It had been clawed and chewed pretty badly but nothing was missing that couldn't be found a few yards off. Whatever did it was after sport not food. It went around Lammheim like lightning -- the curse of Dakkadorf must have spread here!

The Rules

Alignment & Victory Conditions

There are three alignments: Villager, Werewolf, and Hunter. Only you know your alignment at the beginning of the game.

There is at least one werewolf. There may be one Hunter. Everyone else is a Villager. Villagers may also be Mystics.

The Villagers win when every werewolf is dead or when they have brewed thirteen finished barrels of beer.

The Werewolf/werewolves win when the number of living Werewolves equals the number of living Villagers (not counting the Hunter).

Until the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he wins by preventing the Villagers from brewing thirteen barrels of beer until Werewolf victory (assuming he survives). If the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he becomes a Villager including for the purposes of victory conditions. Note: this means the Hunter and Werewolf can both win.

Day, Night, and Lynching

Each turn is split into a Day phase and a Night phase.

During the Day phase:
- all living (not yet eliminated) players may post in the thread
- no dead (eliminated) players may post in the thread
- all living players participate in electing a Bräumeister (by a 60% majority of votes, rounding up to the nearest integer)
- all living players may vote to lynch any living player (by a simple majority of votes)

Note: only a majority (whether simple or 60%) of votes actually cast and NOT players able to vote is necessary.

The Day phase lasts for 24 hours in real time. At that point, the moderator will tally votes (if any) for lynching and electing a Bräumeister. The moderator will announce the results, at which point the target of the lynch, if any, will be considered dead (eliminated). The moderator will announce the alignment and role of the lynched player. If a Bräumeister has been elected he may then send a PM to the moderator appointing any living player as a Guard for any other living player (see below).

During the Night phase:
- all dead players may post in the thread
- no living players may post in the thread
- the Werewolf or Werewolves must send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player they want to kill that night (one per night regardless of the number of Werewolves); if the moderator only receives one PM, the player named in that PM will be considered the target
- the Mystic, if any, may send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player he wishes to investigate (see below)
- the Hunter, if any, may send a PM to the moderator with the name of the living player he wishes to kill (see below)

The Night phase end at the moderator's discretion but not generally before he has received all PMs from players with Night powers and also no longer than 24 hours. If a Bräumeister was elected during the previous Day phase, he must PM the moderator about Guard appointment by the end of that Night phase or forfeit the appointment.

The moderator will announce who, if any one, was killed during the Night phase at the beginning of the next Day phase. The moderator will only reveal if the Bräumeister appointed a Guard if the Guard is killed.

The Bräumeister & Brewing Beer

If a Bräumeister is elected, each living player may declare that they are harvesting either hops or barely during that Day phase. Each player harvests one point of that ingredient for that Day phase. Note: only declared harvesting generates points.

At the end of the Night phase, the moderator will subtract any points harvested by a Werewolf, by the Hunter if he killed during that Night phase, and by anyone appointed by the Bräumeister as a Guard during the previous Night phase. Of the remaining points, each matching pair generates one finished barrel of beer at the beginning of the next Day phase. Unmatched points (leftover ingredients) persist.

The Villagers win (and the Werewolves and Hunter lose) if there are thirteen barrels at the beginning of a Day phase before a Werewolf victory.

If a Bräumeister is not elected, no resource points can be harvested during that Day phase. The Bräumeister must be re-elected every Day phase but the same living player can be elected multiple times in a row or otherwise.

Lycanthropy

Once per game, a Werewolf may convert one other non-Werewolf player into a Werewolf. This is accomplished in lieu of targeting to kill. The target of infection must be successfully targeted during two Night phases, although those phases need not be consecutive. After the second Night phase, the targeted player loses any role assigned at the start of the game and becomes a Werewolf for all purposes, including victory conditions.

If there is more than one Werewolf, one may target to kill while the other targets to infect. No matter how many players have the Werewolf alignment, they can only attempt to kill one target per night.

The Guard

At the beginning of the Night phase, the Bräumeister elected during the immediately preceding Day phase may secretly appoint (by PM to the moderator, as above) any living player as a Guard protecting any other living player during that Night phase. If the Werewolf or Hunter attempts to kill the protected player, the Guard dies instead. If the Guard is killed, the moderator will announce his death at the beginning of the following Day phase along with the identity of the player he was assigned to protect. The Werewolf or Hunter may kill whoever is appointed Guard as if that player was not the Guard.

The Guard cannot generate harvest points on the Day phase following guard duty.

The Mystic

This is a secret role; only the person assigned the role knows he has this role until he is killed. Each Night phase while the Mystic is still alive, he may send a PM to the moderator with the name of one living player. If the Mystic survives that Night phase, the moderator will send a PM in response with the alignment and role, if any, of that player. This includes the Guard role.

The Hunter

This is a semi-secret role; only the person assigned the role knows he has this role until he is killed or his identity is revealed. Each Night phase while the Hunter is still alive, he may send a PM to the moderator with the name of one living player. If that player is not being protected by the Guard, that player will be killed and his alignment revealed the following morning. If the Hunter kills a Werewolf, he immediately becomes a Villager and his identity as the Hunter is not revealed by the moderator. The moderator will reveal the identity of the Hunter at the beginning of the Day phase following the death of the second Villager the Hunter kills. If the Hunter kills, the resource he collected does not count.

Alignment and Role Revelation

The moderator will announce the alignment and role, if any, of a player at the beginning of the Day phase after the he is killed.

Questions

Living players may only post a question to the moderator in the thread during the Day phase and dead players may only post a question to the moderator in the thread during the Night phase. Any players may send a PM to the moderator with a question at any time.

Good Luck~

Dear lord, a Werewolf? IN OUR TOWN?!

Well, I never.

But the show, as they say, must go on.

Fellow Lammheimians, I humbly request that you elect I as the new Braumeister. My family has brewed the finest, er, brew known in the village for generations, only halting briefly when my father mysteriously died whilst I was away serving in our beloved Count's army.

Along with my well known pedigree for brewing, the Count has rewarded me with a number of his, shall we say, surplus armaments with which a guard may protect our fine homes from attack by any mongrels which may skulk about at night and I would be willing to handsomely reward any who is willing to protect our fellow villagers.

As well, were it to become necessary to end the life of one accused of being the beast, I will not hesitate to carry out justice myself.

I care for this village, as well as all those who live in her, and take a threat to the continuance as a personal affront which must be dealt with harshly and quickly!

Vote Edward Platuan the Fourth. A Braumeister who cares!

Fellow villagers! Our count needs beer, and we need to move quickly. I hear a killer is afoot. If we brew beer quickly enough, the count will send his guards to protect us! I'd like to put my humble request in to be your braumeister, as it runs in my family. My father has passed on his delicious recipes for dark stouts, and all men of noble stature love a dark brew. Elect me, and I'll get this made quickly to ensure our survival.

Plantuath, what beer graces your kegs? Mine include a delicious vanilla bourbon stout and other dark brews that would put the likes of Guinness to shame. Can you stand up to that?

My family's estates are known for its proper Irish style stouts, porters, and an ale that is so beloved by the Bishop himself, he makes a visitation to bless the first batch each year.

One might say tis the Holy Grail of Ales.

Ah, so we're both men of the dark beers then. Well then, the Count will be blessed regardless of which of us brews it. Unless you're the beast, and you plan to poison him. Isn't your avatar the green ranger? Tommy was a traitor to his friends, and switched sides so many times, how do we know whether you're on our side or playing both sides? You almost had me with your noble talks...for shame, I'm not so easily fooled.

Or at least it was until recently, I'm sure. You seek to conceal your real loyalties with a new avatar...

Ah, but from his original betrayal, he rose from the ashes like a phoenix, not just to lead, but to lead newer rangers and to mentor and train future rangers as well.

And he returns once again this year to lead a team composed of the greatest rangers of legacy to a grand victory in defense of their home!


Have I no less chance to prove myself honorable and loyal?

Aye. Should our fellow villagers elect you, I'll harvest grain for you. But do me the honor of the same should they vote me in. Also, if we're offer names for ourselves, my fellow villagers can address me as Timothy Wastel. Tim, for short.

Aye, I shall serve the village's best interests either way and shall faithfully serve the Braumeister should I not myself be elected.

I have updated the OP to include your characters' names.

I think you should vote for me as Braumeister, a vote for Bob Bobbington is a vote for the Reinheitsgebot. A beer that will delight anyone whose lips it touches, from the town drunk to royalty like our beloved count.

I have also studied with the monks and botanists across our great continent and I have mastered the skill of growing, culturing, and harvesting only the finest hops that man has ever known. I will put my skill to the use of whoever brews our beer, but I urge you to vote for me so that I can put my knowledge of this fine crop to the best use.

Whatever we do, we should not let one of those guys from the British Isles brew our beer, that would be horrid...

Well, right now their are three of us of noble nationalism (aka, not piss-warm beer drinkers) lobbying for the role. However, friend, Edward and I both brew delicious dark beer. What is your specialty? *eye squint*

Also, if you want further reason to vote for me...I live in Connecticut, right down the road from Rhode Island, where the Pautucket Patriot brews beer. He is, of course, the Willy Wonka of beer. Willy Wonka made amazing (the best) chocolate. I brew stouts which taste like a most luxurious chocolate beer. It goes full cycle into awesomeness. Logic-it is there.

I just heard the news from Dakkadorf that my slightly mentally handicapped cousin Mattatius Wardson was one of the victims.

That makes me ANGRY.

I, MOARAVIUS FOFISTIN WILL REIGN TERRIBLE JUSTICE

in harvesting barley.

I will be harvesting hops to compliment your barley while we wait for a master brewer to be elected.

My phone tried to autocorrect to "hope" I apparently should be harvesting hope.

I ANGRY VOTE FOR PLAT TO BE BRAUMASTER.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....

Mr. Angry, you clearly did not read my logic post. I urge you to go back, read that, and reconsider.

I don't even know what a "bontingist" is, but sounds this Bob Bobbington knows about his ales! However, few things beat delicious dark brew that Edward is promising. I know few things about politics, so I'll stay out of this race.

I will, however, gather some barley whilst you make your arguments.

And me name be Cody Fettius. I used to be a commander in the Count's Grand Army, but now I'm, just a simple farmer.

I am most graciously welcome for Mr. Fofistin's support.

Together, we shall root out the devils that dare to hide as one of us and avenge the death of his cousin, the (in)famous playwright!

Further, I shall gather Hops to complement Mr. Bassist's barley.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Mr. Angry, you clearly did not read my logic post. I urge you to go back, read that, and reconsider.

Sorry I was offered beer from ANGRY ORCHARD by Plat. Couldn't resist.

I can't trust a man who's an ANGRY drunk.

...No offense, Moarivus.

Gentlemen, I have the brewing skills to satisfy all of you!

My latest brew was 15 barrels of this:



A delicious dark ale, with deep complex malty flavors and a wonderful mouth feel. It will satisfy both the angry and the lovers of dark beers!

But can you truly argue against that most blessed of brews?



I promise, this one does not smell of elderberries.

 mega_bassist wrote:
I can't trust a man who's an ANGRY drunk.

...No offense, Moarivus.

I'm only ANGRY when I'm sober.

So the faster we brew the better.

Beer is bad, Mkay? Class, only the simpletons and the weak willed find themselves in drunken stupors, Mkay? Because alcohol is what, class? A drug. And drugs are what, class? Class? Mkay, I'm talking to you, and you need to listen, mkay!

But the town going bankrupt is also bad, mkay? So let's make beer and sell it to tourists, but not drink any of it, mkay?

Mkay, then.

Mr, Mackey doesn't like conflict, mkay! So I will harvest hops, mkay?

Also, Mr. Mackey doesn't like spicey food and drinks, mkay? That vanilla beer sounds more like his style, if it wasn't beer. So I will vote for Timothy Wastel (timetowaste85) as brewmaster!

Also, killing people is bad, like drugs are bad. So Mr. Mackey votes that we shouldn't kill anyone on the first day, mkay?

Mkay, then.

 WarOne wrote:

 mega_bassist wrote:
I can't trust a man who's an ANGRY drunk.

...No offense, Moarivus.

I'm only ANGRY when I'm sober.

So the faster we brew the better.

Agreed. I've heard rumors that the town caused their own demise due to their in-fighting.

I'll also vote Edward Platuan IV as Bräumeister. I've heard his Holy Ail will give you quite the silly walk.

Now, if only I could get my hands on one of those pale ales imported from India...

Whilst I don't think I can ever fully trust someone who is unwilling to partake of the town's wares, I will admit that no one has been acting suspicious enough to condemn to death.

I vote no one hangs tonight.

If we don't kill somebody then we will end up with a higher probability if having another victim die, or even worse join Team Jacob...

 d-usa wrote:
If we don't kill somebody then we will end up with a higher probability if having another victim die, or even worse join Team Jacob...

Are you suggesting that the beast would suggest we kill no one purely to prolong the town's suffering?

Perhaps that is what the beast would say...

I'd rather lose one of our own to the monster than have us hang an innocent!

 d-usa wrote:
If we don't kill somebody then we will end up with a higher probability if having another victim die, or even worse join Team Jacob...

You seem blood thirsty, mkay? And shows about vampires and werewolves and other occult things are bad, mkay? You might as well be playing frogger or other violent video games! You need to stop watching Buffy and start working in the fields, mkay?