FurryPanda
7th Mar 2009, 05:20 AM
The Salem Witch Trials
The year is 1692. The town is Salem. The mood is dark, since last night, little Abigail Parris died of convulsions and speaking in tongues, the third child to do so in as many days. The people are paranoid, and there's only one logical conclusion for the townsfolk to have come to: there are witches thinning out the population.
The Game
The object of this game, for the townspeople, is to find and kill the witch. The object of the game for the witch is to kill all the townspeople.
Once applications close I will run a random number generator to select the witch and the angel, and an NPC will be killed by the witches.
Someone- probably an NPC- will get all of the townspeople to come into the courthouse, and the accusations will begin. A player, who will be randomly selected or related to the NPC, will start the process by saying something to the effect of "I accuse so and so, on account of they have octagonal ear lobes." Accusations can be much more creative and verbose of course.
The next person can then do one of three things: they can accuse someone else, including the first person, they can defend themselves if they were accused, or they can agree with the first speaker. Each player will be able to speak during the accusation process once, and after the first speaker, whom I will select, it is a free for all. Conversations can be had in the background with other townsfolk at any time of course, just make sure that your character has accused or is planning on it.
Once the mob has decided who they will put on trial, the accused will have an opportunity to speak, and any townsfolk who would like to speak for them, against them, or against the whole ridiculous notion of witchcraft, is welcome to, as many times as they want. Then everyone will vote, in the thread, as to whether they are innocent or guilty.
If the accused is found innocent, then the townspeople will get a week of real time to walk around town and mull things over. If the accused is found guilty, they will be hung or burned, and then the townspeople will have a week to wander around, until night falls.
When night falls, I will contact the witch and the angel. The witch will pick someone to kill, and the angel will pick someone to save. If they pick the same person, then the person will live through a harrowing incident in the night. If they pick different people, then the townsperson will die the next morning. Night will last one or two real life days, and will have no posts in the thread.
The entire process repeats in the morning, until either everyone is dead, or the witch is killed.
At any point characters can converse freeform with one another, and at times when the people are not accusing or trying, there will be time given for freeform RPing around the town.
The Parts
There are three types of people in Salem:
The townsfolk: These are nice, normal puritans, just trying to live their lives.
The Angel: This is a nice normal puritan, who happens to have the power to save one life each night. They are randomly selected, and no one knows who they are.
The Witch: This person might seem like a nice normal puritan, but they have the power to kill one person each night. They are randomly selected, and no one knows who they are, though everyone would love to find out so to end the reign of terror of this supernatural brat.
The Rules
-No GMing. Unless you are the game host, or have worked it out in PMs, don't make other people's characters do stuff.
-All forum and roleplay rules apply
-Keep cursing to a minimum. You're playing as a puritan, what possible reason could they have to swear during a witch trial?
-I don't mind spammy OOC posts too much, but try and keep it to a minimum.
-No double posting. No exceptions.
-One character per player
-Characters can be male or female, but must be human and over the age of 15.
-If you don't post during the accusation part without letting me know in advance, that counts as an accusation against yourself. If you don't post in a fortnight, without telling me that you'll be gone, your character will be killed off. A brief OOC post saying you're sorry you can't post is fine, but something to say you haven't dropped off the face of the internetz.
-If you are the witch or the angel and you don't answer your witch/angel PMs within 46 hours, I will select randomly, if this happens two RP days in a row I will switch the witchiness or angel powers to someone who would probably have the same picking style as you.
-If you are NOT willing to be the witch or angel, PM me when you send in your app.
Applications
Please include the following in your app:
Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Brief Biography:
Picture (can be sim or otherwise):
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
The year is 1692. The town is Salem. The mood is dark, since last night, little Abigail Parris died of convulsions and speaking in tongues, the third child to do so in as many days. The people are paranoid, and there's only one logical conclusion for the townsfolk to have come to: there are witches thinning out the population.
The Game
The object of this game, for the townspeople, is to find and kill the witch. The object of the game for the witch is to kill all the townspeople.
Once applications close I will run a random number generator to select the witch and the angel, and an NPC will be killed by the witches.
Someone- probably an NPC- will get all of the townspeople to come into the courthouse, and the accusations will begin. A player, who will be randomly selected or related to the NPC, will start the process by saying something to the effect of "I accuse so and so, on account of they have octagonal ear lobes." Accusations can be much more creative and verbose of course.
The next person can then do one of three things: they can accuse someone else, including the first person, they can defend themselves if they were accused, or they can agree with the first speaker. Each player will be able to speak during the accusation process once, and after the first speaker, whom I will select, it is a free for all. Conversations can be had in the background with other townsfolk at any time of course, just make sure that your character has accused or is planning on it.
Once the mob has decided who they will put on trial, the accused will have an opportunity to speak, and any townsfolk who would like to speak for them, against them, or against the whole ridiculous notion of witchcraft, is welcome to, as many times as they want. Then everyone will vote, in the thread, as to whether they are innocent or guilty.
If the accused is found innocent, then the townspeople will get a week of real time to walk around town and mull things over. If the accused is found guilty, they will be hung or burned, and then the townspeople will have a week to wander around, until night falls.
When night falls, I will contact the witch and the angel. The witch will pick someone to kill, and the angel will pick someone to save. If they pick the same person, then the person will live through a harrowing incident in the night. If they pick different people, then the townsperson will die the next morning. Night will last one or two real life days, and will have no posts in the thread.
The entire process repeats in the morning, until either everyone is dead, or the witch is killed.
At any point characters can converse freeform with one another, and at times when the people are not accusing or trying, there will be time given for freeform RPing around the town.
The Parts
There are three types of people in Salem:
The townsfolk: These are nice, normal puritans, just trying to live their lives.
The Angel: This is a nice normal puritan, who happens to have the power to save one life each night. They are randomly selected, and no one knows who they are.
The Witch: This person might seem like a nice normal puritan, but they have the power to kill one person each night. They are randomly selected, and no one knows who they are, though everyone would love to find out so to end the reign of terror of this supernatural brat.
The Rules
-No GMing. Unless you are the game host, or have worked it out in PMs, don't make other people's characters do stuff.
-All forum and roleplay rules apply
-Keep cursing to a minimum. You're playing as a puritan, what possible reason could they have to swear during a witch trial?
-I don't mind spammy OOC posts too much, but try and keep it to a minimum.
-No double posting. No exceptions.
-One character per player
-Characters can be male or female, but must be human and over the age of 15.
-If you don't post during the accusation part without letting me know in advance, that counts as an accusation against yourself. If you don't post in a fortnight, without telling me that you'll be gone, your character will be killed off. A brief OOC post saying you're sorry you can't post is fine, but something to say you haven't dropped off the face of the internetz.
-If you are the witch or the angel and you don't answer your witch/angel PMs within 46 hours, I will select randomly, if this happens two RP days in a row I will switch the witchiness or angel powers to someone who would probably have the same picking style as you.
-If you are NOT willing to be the witch or angel, PM me when you send in your app.
Applications
Please include the following in your app:
Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Brief Biography:
Picture (can be sim or otherwise):
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.