Post by Frank on Nov 7, 2008 10:12:07 GMT -5
Welcome to the game; you are Ash
ALIGNMENT: Town
GENERIC: Vanilla
WIN CONDITION: All Deadites have been vanquished, and there is no chance of an exclusive win for any third-party.
BACKGROUND:
In every horror movie, there is a hero: someone brave, ruggedly competent, and blessed with strength of will sufficient to overcome all manner of danger, tragedy, and temptation. The hero might face the loss of a best friend, a parent, a true love, or a trusted mentor, but come the final frame (s)he will be standing tall, possibly atop a pile of dismembered zombies, drenched in the blood of the enemy and ready with one final, devastating quip to deliver as the screen fades to black.
You are not that person.
Many years ago, your father, also called “Ash” short for “Ashley,” was trapped in a similar Cabin in the Woods, with a comparable collection of panicky co-eds. So bad-ass was he that he lost a hand, replaced it with a chainsaw, kicked some demon ass, and found time to kiss the girl. If he were here, he’d handle this Deadite threat with only his stump and his beloved Remington 12-gauge shotgun.
But he isn’t here; you are. You don’t have a shotgun, a chainsaw, or even a particularly sharp fork. You’re not brave and you’re not particularly strong. When the tough get going, you find a handy closet in which to hide. But who knows? You are your father’s kid, after all, and maybe circumstances will find that you can be a hero, after all.
By the way: XXX is not a Deadite. You know this because XXX happens to be your one true love, even if XXX doesn’t know that or even, technically, know your name. While you’d give the world just to sniff creepily at a lock of her hair, you do sense that if she were to visit you at Night, there might be consequences... not all of them good.
POWERS:
1. You have no powers, abilities, tools, tricks, or capacities. You’ll have to muddle by on your community college education and expert training as a stockboy at the local S-Mart. But stay tuned... in a horror movie, everything changes eventually.
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ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES:
Ash’s powers are many. Each is triggered by a specific game event, as described below.
1. There Can Be Only One: At the outset of the game, Ash is completely immune to Night kills by anyone, other than Evil Ash using his Big Bad Mofo Sword. If Predator, Freddy, or the Inqusitive Fool using one of the powers of the Necronomicon attempts to kill Ash, he will simply... survive, though an inexplicable stroke of luck.
This immunity lasts for as long as Evil Ash is alive. If Evil Ash dies, Ash can be killed like anyone else.
2. This is My Boomstick: If whichever Deadite chooses to infest the body of Good Ol’ Reliable Jake should die by any means, Ash will discover Jake’s shotgun, which contains one shell. Ash may then utilize these this shell for a one-shot Night kill.
3. Chainsaw Hand: Ash gets the chainsaw hand in one of two ways: (1) he himself survives any attack by a Deadite; (2) the Virginal Beauty or Vincent (the Dog Who Knows Things) are murdered by a Deadite. In the former case, Ash escapes with his life but not with his hand, which is chopped off and possessed (see the Evil Hand post in the main area). In the latter case, Ash chops off his own hand and replaces it with a chainsaw.
Once he has a chainsaw hand, Ash may do one of the following things per Day/Night cycle.
(1) Submit a Day kill each Day of any half-Deadites (Deadites who have died but are still hanging around, counting toward the Deadite win condition); or
(2) Use the chainsaw to carry out Night kills. Ash can do this only when very, very angry - ie, on a Night following the death of any pro-Town power role other than a member of the Sorority.
4. It’s a Trap! Grab an Axe!: If Ash ever collects more than six votes total, he will become paranoid and find an axe. Once the axe is in his possession, Ash may use it to protect himself and one other player, at Night, for one time only.
5. I Know That BO: If Vincent, the Dog Who Knows Things, investigates one of Ash’s statements, Vincent will recognize Ash and know that Ash is pro-Town.
6. Irresistible to Heroines: Should the Virginal Beauty ever target Ash at Night, she will become the Fallen Virginal Beauty (per her own role description’s Administrative Notes).
7. Sex, Confidence, and Chainsaws: If Ash, once chainsaw-handed, is ever targeted by the Virginal Beauty or the Fallen Virginal Beauty, he gains tremendous confidence and can use both chainsaw-related abilities in the same Day/Night cycle.
8. But I’m a Little Squeamish: If Ash ever kills a non-Deadite with his chainsaw, he will be unable to use the chainsaw to kill at Night ever again (he can still use the shotgun, or use the chainsaw to chop up half-Deadites during the Day).
9. That Guy Looks Like Me, Only Ugly: If Ash is targeted by any power from the Necronomicon, or by any nonlethal Freddy power, he will have as a side effect a vivid nightmare in which the existence of Evil Ash, and the nature of the relationship between them, will be revealed.
ALIGNMENT: Town
GENERIC: Vanilla
WIN CONDITION: All Deadites have been vanquished, and there is no chance of an exclusive win for any third-party.
BACKGROUND:
In every horror movie, there is a hero: someone brave, ruggedly competent, and blessed with strength of will sufficient to overcome all manner of danger, tragedy, and temptation. The hero might face the loss of a best friend, a parent, a true love, or a trusted mentor, but come the final frame (s)he will be standing tall, possibly atop a pile of dismembered zombies, drenched in the blood of the enemy and ready with one final, devastating quip to deliver as the screen fades to black.
You are not that person.
Many years ago, your father, also called “Ash” short for “Ashley,” was trapped in a similar Cabin in the Woods, with a comparable collection of panicky co-eds. So bad-ass was he that he lost a hand, replaced it with a chainsaw, kicked some demon ass, and found time to kiss the girl. If he were here, he’d handle this Deadite threat with only his stump and his beloved Remington 12-gauge shotgun.
But he isn’t here; you are. You don’t have a shotgun, a chainsaw, or even a particularly sharp fork. You’re not brave and you’re not particularly strong. When the tough get going, you find a handy closet in which to hide. But who knows? You are your father’s kid, after all, and maybe circumstances will find that you can be a hero, after all.
By the way: XXX is not a Deadite. You know this because XXX happens to be your one true love, even if XXX doesn’t know that or even, technically, know your name. While you’d give the world just to sniff creepily at a lock of her hair, you do sense that if she were to visit you at Night, there might be consequences... not all of them good.
POWERS:
1. You have no powers, abilities, tools, tricks, or capacities. You’ll have to muddle by on your community college education and expert training as a stockboy at the local S-Mart. But stay tuned... in a horror movie, everything changes eventually.
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ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES:
Ash’s powers are many. Each is triggered by a specific game event, as described below.
1. There Can Be Only One: At the outset of the game, Ash is completely immune to Night kills by anyone, other than Evil Ash using his Big Bad Mofo Sword. If Predator, Freddy, or the Inqusitive Fool using one of the powers of the Necronomicon attempts to kill Ash, he will simply... survive, though an inexplicable stroke of luck.
This immunity lasts for as long as Evil Ash is alive. If Evil Ash dies, Ash can be killed like anyone else.
2. This is My Boomstick: If whichever Deadite chooses to infest the body of Good Ol’ Reliable Jake should die by any means, Ash will discover Jake’s shotgun, which contains one shell. Ash may then utilize these this shell for a one-shot Night kill.
3. Chainsaw Hand: Ash gets the chainsaw hand in one of two ways: (1) he himself survives any attack by a Deadite; (2) the Virginal Beauty or Vincent (the Dog Who Knows Things) are murdered by a Deadite. In the former case, Ash escapes with his life but not with his hand, which is chopped off and possessed (see the Evil Hand post in the main area). In the latter case, Ash chops off his own hand and replaces it with a chainsaw.
Once he has a chainsaw hand, Ash may do one of the following things per Day/Night cycle.
(1) Submit a Day kill each Day of any half-Deadites (Deadites who have died but are still hanging around, counting toward the Deadite win condition); or
(2) Use the chainsaw to carry out Night kills. Ash can do this only when very, very angry - ie, on a Night following the death of any pro-Town power role other than a member of the Sorority.
4. It’s a Trap! Grab an Axe!: If Ash ever collects more than six votes total, he will become paranoid and find an axe. Once the axe is in his possession, Ash may use it to protect himself and one other player, at Night, for one time only.
5. I Know That BO: If Vincent, the Dog Who Knows Things, investigates one of Ash’s statements, Vincent will recognize Ash and know that Ash is pro-Town.
6. Irresistible to Heroines: Should the Virginal Beauty ever target Ash at Night, she will become the Fallen Virginal Beauty (per her own role description’s Administrative Notes).
7. Sex, Confidence, and Chainsaws: If Ash, once chainsaw-handed, is ever targeted by the Virginal Beauty or the Fallen Virginal Beauty, he gains tremendous confidence and can use both chainsaw-related abilities in the same Day/Night cycle.
8. But I’m a Little Squeamish: If Ash ever kills a non-Deadite with his chainsaw, he will be unable to use the chainsaw to kill at Night ever again (he can still use the shotgun, or use the chainsaw to chop up half-Deadites during the Day).
9. That Guy Looks Like Me, Only Ugly: If Ash is targeted by any power from the Necronomicon, or by any nonlethal Freddy power, he will have as a side effect a vivid nightmare in which the existence of Evil Ash, and the nature of the relationship between them, will be revealed.