FIRST POST. OOOH YEAH.

night start?

Evening 0

T'is a cold day musked by a gloomy sky overhead. For the first time in a hundred years the entire city has grown quiet. The masses have gathered to mourn the loss of their king. His noble sacrifice has gone unforgotten. As tiny droplets of rain plummet down to the Earth, all heads are bowed down to pay their respects. But even in this somber state, the Forces of Evil lay down their plans.

With the turn of his hand the lamenting raindrops turn a sickening shade of red. The Demon Lord, Malice, reveals himself to the crowd, glaring over those below him. Instant panic ensues as the people flee and the Knights of the Realm hurry to hide the body of their king from the grasp of the Demon. Upon striking the ground, the bloody tears from the sky set the grass aflame, creating a minute hellfire in the Castletown graveyard. But all is not lost to this demon. With no warning of any kind, the skies open up from their dreary state and shine a bright light that makes the demon's skin smoke and burn. He screams and retreats to darker areas while the Angels fly down to assert their protection. For now, nothing more will harm this city. The people slowly return to gather once more, and decide how they ought to deal with the pending struggle.

It is now Evening 0
Your only task is to decide whether or not to burn the body of King Geoffrey. Doing so may or may not result in unforeseeable consequences. Do not make any attempt to gather claims, information, or raise suspicions regarding other players that may be pertinent to a night plan. This phase is for the burning decision and the burning decision only.

Also, I do believe this is the first game ever to start with Evening 0. AW YEAH.

With 30 Alive, there are 16 votes required to burn the King's body. Default choice is to bury him. You have 72 hours to make this decision.

Vote: Get kinky then bury it.

Vote: Burn it

I don't want any undead nonsense from ol' King Geoff.

@Thymole - King Geoff is an NPC correct?

If so, then I'll vote to burn it.

Vote: Sex

Oh, silly old me. Teehee!

I meant, Vote: Burn King Geoffrey

Silly me.

And by sex, ashrzr is of course referring to necrophilia.

Nah, just an old slip of the brain. Teehee.

Coin flip says bury the body, but I sayVote: Burn the body.

I'll abstain for now, will take some time to think.

King Geoffrey is indeed an NPC, or rather, a hunk of fictional meat at this point.

Vote: Burn!!! He has nothing useful on him apart from being king.

Vote: Burn

Even though I could see some benefits for a proper burial, I am just too afraid of what else could happen.

Vote: Burn
Much more hygienic than handling and embalming the body.

BTW, this is totally ooc but I sort of need to point it out.

Quoted from Rules:

1. Use your brain and don't do anything that you think would be disallowed. Cheating is cheating and if you do so I'll modkill you in whatever way is most disadvantageous for your faction.

I really object to this last part, it seems really vindictive and I can see no reason to punish others for one persons stupidity. The persons faction could basically lose for no fault of their own except the whims of a mod and a stupid ****er on their team.

Much more hygienic than handling and embalming the body.

I can think of much less hygienic actions to be taken.

I will be gone 17-24 March (Spring break). If this will be an issue, feel free to replace me.

Forgot to include this, but would prefer not to be replaced if possible. This game looks like it will be quite fun.

From the OP, it seems like the king's body is precious to the town, but so far the king doesn't seem to be tied to anyone's roles (judging by the lack of bury votes).

So, I'll vote: burn.

Also, I'll be gone from the 16-23. Like Sarn, I'd like to keep playing if you can do without me for that long.

I think burying would be nicer... Since he's the king and all. Vote: Bury.

Vote: Burn practical, and there's no person losing for this.

I'm actually going to Unvote: Sex for now and say -- if anyone has any reason whatsoever why they think the king should be buried, based on their role, they should speak up now. Town and Scum roles alike can... have fun with bodies.

I can't possibly fathom what Town roles could do aside from things like Forensic Investigation. But what good would a role like that do for an NPC?

Regardless, I think we should give people who can manipulate bodies a chance to speak up.

Hehe!

I mean... Unvote: Burn King Geoffrey

Burn: Newt, Ash, Sarn, Scipio, Jill, Popey, Leif, Carol
Bury: Athens, Hernz

Morality at HGMM has fallen a tad from where it used to be. If it wasn't clear, the rationale behind this mechanic is that if you're not buried you can't go to heaven. Just thought I'd make that clear.

I had the idea that the king might be an enabler or lesser enabler that grants bonuses to someone's role. However, since that doesn't seem to be the case, I voted to burn. I assume that if the king is an enabler or something of the sort, then affected players would have flavor about the king.

It seems like burning is a bad thing, since you can't win; that could easily be somehow relayed in this situation, also it's disrespectful ;D.

Would've been so awesome had you named the king Joffrey instead.

And yeah, burn that sonofabitch.

Henrz I am not following you at all

but there's no one losing, and heaven is just a construct of the mind to give us some sort of reference point. ( )

I'm just saying, burning the body, while maybe/b] hindering the town, is almost CERTAIN to hinder the mafia... which is good.

I do agree with CK, he's being quite sexy in his smartness.

I'm 99% sure there's some sort of Necromancer role around, which is much more hurtful than is helpful anything I can think of on the Town side. Still, I don't want to act too quickly.

Acting quickly has a time and a place.

Vote: Burn

Would burning their king's body make the town lose favor with heaven or something? Otherwise, I can't really think of a reason why not to. Since the "burned players can't win" thing doesn't really apply to the king, that makes it seem like there is something special about this particular situation, though.

We could always not burn, see what happens, and then determine whether to burn the rest of the bodies or not. It would be a bit risky, though.

For now, I say Vote: Burn, although I'm not entirely sure it's a good idea.

If it wasn't clear, the rationale behind this mechanic is that if you're not buried you can't go to heaven.

unvote: Burn, vote: Bury
I don't know if it will impact the game at all, and I doubt there's any sort of Necromancer that can influence NPCs in such a way to significantly affect the game.

Vote: Bury
Burning seems far too obvious. There's no downsides that I can see, and that makes me suspicious that it's probably the wrong decision.

BURY HIM CUZ HE'S MOST LIKELY TOWN.
Now we book all of them who voted for burn for bandwagon.

SUSPICIOUS AS F***.

Anyway my question was answered, Unvote: Bury

Vote: Burn

Unvote
Vote: Bury

I was uneasy about burning him from the beginning. I just don't believe that burning/burying only affects whether a player is allowed a faction win or not. Perhaps that is it for real players, but I feel like there has to be some drawbacks to burning the king at least. I don't think Thymole would have thought that morals would be all that kept the king from getting burned.

I'm gonna wait until tomorrow. If no one speaks up then I see no reason to bury him.

Vote: Bury
That person is a very important one, right?

Vote: Bury

If we burn the king we could lose the mandate of heaven. We are already fighting daemons, no need to piss off god too.

What? We don't use torrents, so why are we fighting Daemon Tools?

What exactly is the basis for switching?

This isn't Dante's game, there is no concept of the gods being displeased if we burn a body because mod interference is likely to be minimal. Heaven is basically death so I don't know what you guys are on about.

Lets burn all NPCs please. This action looks like the best one because it is, there is no reason to overthink it.

I have no problem in letting the npc go to heaven.

Vote:Bury

Yes, please give necromancers a body to use, great idea that one.

No mercy for the kulaks. And no fodder for the necromancers.

Vote: Burn.

Vote: Bury

Poor bugger just died. Least he deserves is a proper burial.

And in reply to everyone, just because this isn't a Dante game doesn't mean that this choice is insignificant. You all have heard of conditions, right? You know, those things that my games tend to include a score or so of? Dante is not the only host who uses conditions. He's just the only host so involved in applying conditions during the day based on the behavior of players.

If it wasn't clear, the rationale behind this mechanic is that if you're not buried you can't go to heaven. Just thought I'd make that clear.

What a dreadfully silly belief