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Old 03-07-2006, 01:29 AM   #297
Anguirel
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Those of you who are resisting the mass-revelation plan because it seems "devious", or because I'm supposed to be so "experienced", are thinking with your lily livers, not your brains. Like a group of hens waddling round their yard and clucking. And I wouldn't be surprised if the last wolf were encouraging you. That puts Valesse in an interesting

What's certain is that this should be all or nothing. If we go for a safe compromise and leave, say, the Ranger hidden, sod's law and the Wolf's vote will put him or her in very great danger by day. Besides, s/he won't be able to guard the Seer for long anyway, sine s/he cannot guard the same person for two nights running. That scuppers Nogrod's recent plan.

Alright. I'm going to demonstrate, at length, why the wolf is terrified of the mass-revelation and will either be using negative psychology-like Jenny-or hen-burbling-like Valesse-to stop it.

There are eight of us.

The Seer, Ranger and Hunter leaves five.

The Seer has had four dreams. Even if we say two of them overlap with the Ranger and Hunter or with dead villagers, that leaves three options. Hopefully only one will and we'll have two, but that might be going a bit too far.

In other words, the proven innocents will vastly outnumber those who remain unknown, and if we fail today a further Seer dream will simplify things further still.

The Wolf's fate will be utterly, utterly sealed. Ignore Nogrod's ropey Maths and worst case scenarios. The only way the beast can expect to win is by profiting from confusion, because eventually he'll be clearly revealed by process of elimination, as the few remaining unknowns are hanged...

As well as the Wolf, though, there will be another group hesitant about going along with this.

The Gifteds.

I can understand that. They have a lot to lose. The Hunter will never get to use his or her cool ability. The Ranger will be turned into marscapone if we mess up today. The Seer's life expectancy will also be short.

But just remember this. There is a time for subterfuge, and a time for heroics. Delay now is fatal. Hasten and you will have eternal fame and glory. Continue lurking because you don't want to be eaten and...no one will remember your name when the tale of our piecemeal destruction is told.

They'll use standard epithets.

"The Seer who was Blind"

"The Ranger who was Negligent"

"The Hunter who was Frightened of Blood"

Do you want that? Or crystalisation as paladins, saviours, close to the Valar themselves?

Step forward, Gifteds. It's the bravest thing, and the most useful, you can do in this game.
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