Brickdoctor

I attack Angry Crab from the Back Row.

It's not that you weren't committed, because this is Day One when it's hard to be committed. You just went to the extreme. It's the fact that you suggested a random vote after other people had been accusing one another. There were suspects at that point, so a random vote wouldn't really make sense. The only thing I could see someone gaining from a random vote is if some other Scum had been accused and the person was trying to divert attention away from them.

You must have some sort of opinion concerning the other suspects, and one little gut feeling of an opinion is always better than a random vote. Unless, of course, you're Scum and don't have an opinion because you already know who's Scum.

I attack Angry Crab from the Back Row.

QM Note:Since it's emboldened, I assume you want to perform that action. You won't know if you don't try.

QM Note:I know that was meant as a joke, but I'm going to answer it anyways. In-universe, your character doesn't know of the Health of the walls. They're just there so that you, the player, know that I'm not just deciding on a whim when a wall's had enough and comes crashing down.

"Who knows? This fort was built during the Orcish Invasion. We have little knowledge of the strength of its walls."

"Perhaps 2 Rounds."

I like fish. I walk down to the water and attempt to shoot a fish with my bow.

In my mind, the most suspicious thing I've noticed was Roger's embellished and ridiculous suggestion. Now first off, let me make it clear that I do not suspect him because of excessive roleplaying acting. Yes, it's distracting and suspicious, but something - instinct - tells me that that's not a good reason on its own to lynch someone. The suggestion of a random vote, as has been said, is odd. I don't see anyone as being prominently suspicious right now. Mehmet and Fritz Willpatrick seem to just be two dedicated, proactive people who are trying to have a bit of fun. Patrick is suspected for his declarations of innocence; Mehmet was accused of spam posts. Both are allegedly just post made for the sake of joking around. I don't support such behavior in this situation, but it's not something to lynch someone on. There are, however, those who have noticeably acted oddly. The two who's actions have been the oddest to me are Roger and Ophelia. Between those two, I suspect Roger more because his odd action had no relevance to the conversation into which it was interjected, so it to me appears to be one of those statements made to look helpful, but really aren't, and at the same time, it could have been meant to distract. Ophelia's reasoning for her odd action is partially understandable. I Vote: Captain Roger Goodenarde (Professor Flitwick).

QM Note: It's been more than twenty-four hours and volcanicpanik hasn't posted, so I'll choose his action for him. I believe he is close enough to the battle that the best move for him would be to stay put. QM Note:There are creative ways to get down safely. For example, you could have spent 1 Ether to create a gust of wind with your Sapphire that would blow upwards and create a soft landing on the North Wall. Results of Round One of the Battle for Bric'Bay Fort: Xander Unth'or moves to the South Tower >Arthur Justus Regulus VII and Isabella del Toboso (Catapult) vs. Brobric Scout A - Critical Hit (Hit) Spag Bitterstalk drinks Mead >Alexandre le Chevalier vs. Brobric Elven Archer - Aim Althior Emorith moves down to the Second Floor of the North-East Tower Arasmyth RuGard does nothing William Harkenshire does nothing All Free Hits fail as all non-targeted enemies have melee weapons, not ranged ones. You watch as the first wave of elves attacks from the forest. As they reach the treeline, the night sky is ripped apart by an explosion as the two Fire Bombs are triggered. All enemies lose 10 Health, and the forest catches on fire. Xander, you move to the South Tower. Arthur and Isabella, you load the catapult with small stones and fire. The stones spread out into a cloud, striking every one of your enemies. 2 Damage is dealt to your target and 1 Damage is dealt to the rest of the enemies. Spag, you consume a bottle of Mead, which bestows upon you the Encouraged effect. Alexandre, you Aim carefully at your target, and the resulting shot grazes the elven archer for 1 Damage. You move down to the Second Floor of the North-East Tower, Althior, while you two hold your positions, Arasmyth and William. The burning forest causes an additional 1 Damage to all combatants outside the fort, which, right now, consist only of elves. In the light of the dancing flames, the battle continues... Enemies: Brobric Elven Scout A Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 8/20 Special: Spotter - The Elven Scout relays information to his allies concerning the current state of the fort's defenses. Siege weapons and Archers will deal 150% Damage during the next Round. Drops: nothing Brobric Elven Scout B Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 9/20 Special: Spotter - The Elven Scout relays information to his allies concerning the current state of the fort's defenses. Siege weapons and Archers will deal 150% Damage during the next Round. Drops: nothing Mounted Brobric Elven Scout Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 14/25 Special: Flank - The Mounted Elven Scout races around the heroes, changing his target to a different part of the fort. Drops: 1 Horse Brobric Elven Lead Scout Type: Humanoid Level: 4 Health: 14/25 Special: Spotter - The Elven Scout relays information to his allies concerning the current state of the fort's defenses. Siege weapons and Archers will deal 150% Damage during the next Round. Drops: Telescope Brobric Elven Archer Type: Humanoid Level: 4 Health: 13/25 Special: Grappling Hooks - The Elven Archer uses his bow to shoot ropes over the wall or tower being attacked, enabling his allies to scale the wall. Drops: nothing Party: Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 1 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 2 Health: 10/10 Gold: 0 Inventory: Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1), Sword (WP: 3), Buckler Shield (SP: 2), Bedroll, Potion Isabella del Toboso, Level 1 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Golden Dagger (WP: 3), Standard-Issue Sword (WP: 1), Venom, Potion, Bedroll Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 1 Mage (Flipz) Power: 4 Health: 4/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Serpentine Staff (WP: 3), Opal (Ice), Potion, Bedroll Crude Counterweight Catapult Operated by Arthur and Isabella Level: 2 Health: 10/10 Ammunition: Stones (unlimited) Party Members Unable to Attack: Althior Emorith, Level 14 Mage (K-nut) *Party Leader* Power: 19 Health: 18/18 Ether: 17/18 Gold: 5 Inventory: Dragoro (WP:5), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), Opal (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Potion x2, Tonic, Shovel, Bedroll, Grand Tonic, Smelling Salts, Mead, Nostrum, Remedy, Healing Staff Arasmyth RuGard, Level 7 Mage (Kadabra) Power: 11 Health: 11/11 Ether: 11/11 Gold: 3 Inventory: Sapphire Staff (WP: 4; Wind), Robe of Magi (SP: 1), Scroll of Sealing, Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (Lightning), Potion, Smoke Bomb, Smelling Salts, Water Bomb, Grand Tonic William Harkenshire, Level 5 Ranger (volcanicpanik) Power: 9 Health: 10/10 Gold: 0 Inventory: Mockthril Longbow (WP: 4; Fire), Potion (2),Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Mead, Smelling Salts, Pickaxe Xander Unth'or, Level 9 Barbarian (posades) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 17 Health: 16/16 Gold: 30 Inventory: Pongcanis Club (WP: 8), Enigmatic Hammer (WP: 3), Robe of the Pongcanis Champion (WP: +1Front Row; SP: +1Back Row), Mead, Potion, Grand Potion, Phoenix Essence Spag Bitterstalk, Level 1 Barbarian (Kenghis Ghan) *Encouraged* Power: 8 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Crude Splinterwood Club (WP: 3), Standard-Issue Halberd (WP: 1;Total Damage doubled against mounted enemies and enemies scaling walls, Potion, Mead Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, move, heal, or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone have acted. After the end of the first Round, your positions are as shown below: "Those flames aren't a danger right now, but they're getting closer to the fort."

QM Note:You're on the Third Floor. You have to go down to the Second Floor first. (or you could jump)

Why vote randomly? Just because you don't know who's lying? You must have some sort of opinion. Even voting for someone because of the way they're roleplaying acting is better than a random vote.

Something - instinct, shall we say - tells me that stating a willingness to change a vote if something more concrete comes up isn't exactly new and isn't really strong justification for what you yourself are admitting is a random vote. It's more of an excuse for what I honestly think is voting like a sheep. (and I'm not saying I've decided you are one, because something -instinct - tells me you aren't one to normally act like that) I thought we had already decided against a random vote.

I'm referring to the thing about the brother who died from the Spanish flu. I can only assume that that's a fact, and we certainly didn't need to know it.

QM Note: Yes, we can.

The statement to which you replied also stated that it was a joke when it said that it wished we could all be friends. I don't think Johnson actually wants that. After all, without disagreement, we'd lose a big part of our ability to analyze behavior and voting patterns. I don't see how this statement is helpful. It seems to apply to the conversation at first glance, but it's really just a slightly humorous opinion on random lynching - which none of us want and probably do not plan to do anyways - embellished with some facts we don't need to know and an accent that is clearly roleplaying acting.

I don't think that's a reason to continually claim innocence when no one's accusing you of anything, even if you are 'playing with us'. Especially after you just accused someone of starting Today with spam statements, which were in all probability stated with similar intentions.

Congratulations!

Votes have many uses beyond lynches, and I wouldn't underestimate their power. Unlimited unvoting is definitely a plus. I doubt anyone's going to go around voting and unvoting lots of different people just because they can. Wishy-washy voting is a Scum tell that's easy to spot; players should recognize that they risk being killed if they do it, so they should have good reasons if they continually vote and unvote.

QM Note:You and Isabella agree on a target. You can also decide what kind of ammunition to fire. (right now you've brought stones to the top of the tower, so you may fire one large stone, multiple smaller stones, or something from your inventory or something that would realistically be close by to be fired, such as a piece of wood) Since Dharkan has stated that he will not be participating in this Round, you can make those decisions yourself.

That doesn't mean that the design can't have changed in the three or four years since the concept was presented. I also wouldn't say that 7754 was "not very complex". Certainly not as complex as it could have been, but not simple.

Oops. Fixed; thanks.

QM Npte: As JimB pointed out in Rules and Discussion, Spag is unable to attack this Round. Oops.