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Hey thanks for the invite.

I am going with a halfling arcane duelist bard to give good buffing, spells and solid fighting skills. Look forward to joining and have a roll20 account. A hobbit with lots of swagger and was thinking of having him narrate his awesome deeds as he is doing them.

Won’t be stingy with inspire courage.

If you need a sixth, I would like to add a gnome bard to the group. If not, you can keep me on the bench in case you lose someone. Pinvendor put one of his characters at risk in my game, I should at least offer to reciprocate.

My nemesis was a cat. I forget his name.

Hey you have your own Wowbagger alias!! — cool!!

Hey pinvendor, you are amazing for rescuing this game. It is easy to start a campaign, hard to finish one.

I always encourage DMs to add their own touch to canned adventures. Always nice to make a motivation more clear, add some diplomatic options that may have not been there, throw an NPC in that has flavor to show the characters around, etc.

The ultimate jaded aristocrat.

Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged was - indeed, is - one of the
Universe's very small number of immortal beings.

Most of those who are born immortal instinctively know how to cope
with it, but Wowbagger was not one of them. Indeed, he had come to hate
them, the load of serene bastards. He had his immortality inadvertently
thrust upon him by an unfortunate accident with an irrational particle
accelerator, a liquid lunch, and a pair of rubber bands. The precise
details are not important because no one has ever managed to duplicate the
exact circumstances under which it happened, and many people have ended up
looking very silly, or dead, or both, trying.

To begin with it was fun, he had a ball, living dangerously,
taking risks, cleaning up on high-yield long-term investments, and just
generally outliving the hell out of everybody.

In the end, it was Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and
that terrible listlessness that starts to set in at about 2:55 when you
know you've taken all the baths you can usefully take that day, that
however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the newspaper you will
never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it
describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move
relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the Long Dark Teatime
of the Soul.

So things began to pall for him. The merry smiles he used to wear
at other people's funerals began to fade. He began to despise the Universe
in general, and everybody in it in particular.

This was the point at which he conceived his purpose, the thing
that would drive him on, and which, as far as he could see, would drive
him on forever. It was this:

He would insult the Universe.

That is, he would insult everybody in it. Individually,
personally, one by one, and (this was the thing he really decided to grit
his teeth over) in Alphabetical Order.

When people protested to him, as they sometimes had done, that the
plan was not merely misguided but actually impossible because of the
number of people being born and dying all the time, he would merely fix
them with a steely look and say, "A man can dream, can't he?"

And so he had started out. He equipped a spaceship that was built
to last with a computer capable of handling all the data processing
involved in keeping track of the entire population of the known Universe
and working out the horrifically complicated routes involved.

I would say that if two wizards fire a scorching ray at a wizard with readied actions it is two checks.

If two wizards each fire a barrage of magic missiles, it is two checks.

If one wizard fires two scorching rays that both hit, I would say it is one check as the rays hit instantaneously.

With the two wizards firing scorching rays they can't make the timing exactly right to be instantaneous.

Welcome back Ryuko. No, I am not posting an immortal alien for Kingmaker, though it would be fun.

Good luck with the most original AP written. Can't wait to see how they redo it.

Wowbagger exclaims "AAcckk"
Before falling he manages to quote his favorite cartoon character, Bill the Cat.

Wowbagger votes Leoian as Team Leader
Wowbagger votes Ms. Kevorkia as Team Loser

"Talk to me Leoian, you said you were helping me. Is it one of these intangible helps I can only feel in my soul?"

"OK Leoian, what did you find?"

Wowbagger votes for murder Monk.
Old one lovers are typically trouble.

Plus can't kill a special.

"I can't vote for someone that knows their HP."

Wowbagger votes for Leonian for team loser.

"In this politically correct era, you can't be too careful. Pedro from Napoleon Dyamite was convicted of hitting a pinata of Summer and was convicted as an adult of political libel and assaulting an effigy with intent to discredit. I was convicted of lethal assault by insult when older people died after my biting wit left them speechless."

Vote for Team Leader: The Hollow
Vote for Team Loser: Murder Monk

"How did I end up here? I never heard of lethal assault by insult."

"How did I end up here? I never hea411rd of lethal assault by insult."

Count me in.

This one was much closer. Hamish saved the day as Java App scanned as a virus. Luckily JavaApp asked to be scanned again and established a solid voting record.

Well done and well balanced. With the communication rules, the enabler dynamic, and yes, even the binary program dynamic, it was quite exciting. Kudos to the GM on this one. Well done concept flawlessly executed with great flavor text.

Also, I think the viri hit their targets quite effectively. Having debugger with a good role definitely adds to their power. (Though they scanned wrong more than right this game)

It will be funny if Death to Cats becomes the most famous red herring ever.

Like Hamish says no I meant Health to Cats - that's what you get for having a defective Babblefish. Or using your cell phone autocomplete feature while posting on the road.

"I would prefer to be judged on the result of my scan, though the way you ask that makes me worry that it is erroneous... Still, the odds should be in my favour," says Meowselsworth to Wowbagger, through the digital helmet, leaving rainbow exhaust behind her sweet motorbike as a pair of digital goggles appear over her eyes.

"Well, I have been accused of being antiquated, but one thing I learned is good ole poker skills from humans. This statement seems to be a bluff to me. Putting goggles over your eyes is typically done after bluffs--some even hide behind a hoodie sweatshirt."

Speaking to the cat.

"As you knew the stakes quite well, your role as protector was not worth hiding last round. With the logic bomb going off, two binary pieces going, and the derezz by the viruses, staying silent last round wasn't so important, as the following round was to be decided completely in the voting round. Revealing your role now after votes have been cast for you seems quite suspicious."

"Finally, although I am antiquated, Hamish's words were what was called a deathbed confession. Earthlings put great stock by them as a person faced with his own death was supposed to be the most truthful. I have to put great stock in Hamish's deathbed assertion. The fact that he proved to be a victim makes his assertion all the more powerful."

"Both you and Java came up as a virus. He was quick to vote for UP; you were not and Hamish was anticat too."

"Death to cats was quite short but informative, wasn't it."

"Well, I scanned Meowelsworth, and she was a virus. I guess if we don't all vote for her, it is game over."

Maybe my fellow debugger may want to weigh in here.

Wowbagger votes for Meowelsworth.

"Obviously the virus gets me if we wait. So not the best move I guess."

"Meowelsworth, you were scanned. Query: Meowelsworth, do you want to be judged on the result of your scan?"

"If we would have taken the deal, we would have voted for a clean program and we would all be infected."

Wowbagger pontificates, "If we refuse to derezz any program and let the virus get someone, does it not improve our odds to one out of three instead of one out of four?"

"Well, unfortunately it will be a tough vote this time."

"Correction, for Java App to claim he knew Eidon was the forensic suite, he doesn't have to be anything. For him to make the claim truthfully, it would be a necessary and sufficient condition that he was the enabler."

Wowbagger votes for Uriel Phoenix

Wowbagger accesses his core,
"Given my time is limited--I will reveal debugging results. They may be wrong. I plan on scanning Java App a second time. If I am destroyed before then, he probably is a virus. If not, he may be clean. I think Java Apps early vote for Uriel Phoenix, if it is not suspiciously changed at the end of course, is a good show of faith."

Round 1 = Uriel Phoenix is a virus

Round 2 = Java App is a virus

If alive, Wowbagger votes for UP again.

Great, now the bad guys have the whitehat and lover dynamic.

Now we see if we lynched a virus or a virus plus binary. Is tinker or answerer the other virus?

"For the record, the answerer is not my debugging partner."

"The answerer can only know his allies if he or his ally is infected."

The virus that is part of the binary program does have the luxury of knowing his ally at start.

"My debugging suite revealed UP as infected. Maybe the answerer derezzes with UP. As a revealed debugging suite, this will be my last round.

with the binary role, the viri have a 3 program voting block potentially. So this is the time to stop them.

"Well, Answerer, since you and Uriel Phoenix are friendly and you know he is uninfected from the very beginning, does that mean you are infected?"

"Programs vote for me with no scans. So yes, a single scan is enough. I know I will not get a second."

"I think my 75% is better than what you are going on. And, given I know the votes for me are 100% wrong given my a priori knowledge, well, I have to wonder about the Answerer too."

The Wowbagger program looks unfazed.

"Well, load my scanning of Uriel Phoenix in your memories. When I turn out to be noninfected and my role is revealed, understand that Uriel Phoenix is a virus and the votes for me are strong indicators of infection."

"Looking through my historical database about a werewolf epidemic I came across an intersting case. A scryer once revealed that he had scryed and seen a person that was a werewolf. The villagers lynched and innocent and the scryer was killed immediately by that werewolf the same night. The next evening the villagers did not listen to him, and the werewolf was allowed to continue killing as they lynched another innocent. I see amazing parallels. Maybe I am destined to be Cassandra, another tragic, historical figure."

"There is a 25% chance I am wrong."

"My eight bit processor is immune to hacking. It's antiquity is its best defense."

Wowbagger moves to Uriel Phoenix.

"Out of the Ashes of a healthy program a virus was born. It is all so clear now."

Vote for Uriel Phoenix

Wowbagger enters the portal. His solution is to allow the cars to communicate with each other. Unfortunately his programming is antiquated and he provides a 3000 baud modem for each car. Obviously this is not enough bandwidth to process complex traffic patterns, but it does keep the drivers distracted with commercials and weather updates as well as allow them to download a simplified traffic map to avoid congestion.

"Well, once again I have a special role, but it is not an infected one. Voting for me will help the infected programs."

It is humorous that starting off the voting was taboo last game and heartily endorsed this game :-)

Wowbagger's spouts, "That does not compute. The purpose of PLAYING global tnuclear war is to learn neither side can win. Tinker does not understand and has limited information. Programming must be corrupted."

Wowbagger votes for Tinker.dll

"How about global thermonuclear war?"
I apologize for the Wargames reference to you young uns who don't remember what Sarah Jessica Parker's husband did when he was real young.

"Want to play a game?"

Wowbagger the Internet Protocol.

Wowbagger code has not a single line of documentation and is composed of ported over Fortran 77 and the first edition of IBM basic.

I am in; I am skeptical about including a lovers role.

I had fun until I realized Jin had chosen the aristocrats side. I have played this game about ten times now and it was the first time I was on the bad guys side. Obviously this was a bad time for it.

Moving my apology to make sure it appears in the new page.

As I trolled in this thread I apologize in this discussion thread. Wowbagger being abrasive can be roleplaying in the gameplay thread, but comments in the discussion thread are poor sportsmanship. I am not normally a troll.

My apologies as this game was exceedingly frustrating. Honestly, when I coach kids soccer I never once have yelled at the referees. I have wanted to, but I keep my mouth closed. I should have here, or blamed von Ryuko.

As I trolled in this thread I apologize in this discussion thread. Wowbagger being abrasive can be roleplaying in the gameplay thread, but comments in the discussion thread are poor sportsmanship. I am not normally a troll.

My apologies as this game was exceedingly frustrating. Honestly, when I coach kids soccer I never once have yelled at the referees. I have wanted to, but I keep my mouth closed. I should have here.

Thanks Ingilstadt for that alternative ending.

Alternative lover victory conditions: The lovers and lovers alone win if there ever four or less and two of them are lovers. If the game ends with five or more, the lovers are exposed and do not win as the tragic nature of their love goes unappreciated.

That would guarantee they work to preserve the balance rather than upset the balance.