#(yet) a nother FYF (Playtest Version)

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stone parrot
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hey it's me, the spooky fear guy
...one of the spooky fear guys
who wants to be a fear
now with nan% less soup

I will be running Face Your Fears again, starting May 15th! I would post the script, but... in conversation with @real wyvern and @quasi tulip I have been given permission to run a partially patched playtest version of the next FYF patch. Exact changes to playtest have not yet been finalized but are primarily intended to reign in the overwhelming possibility space currently afforded to Evil.

There will not be a Gardener in play. The game will run with each night* evil letters, sent before dusk and delivered at dawn. Signups will be run manually. Players are expected to commit to being active enough to vote promptly and with intention (1h+/day is a good benchmark), and I reserve the right to refuse players due to activity concerns or for any other game health reason.

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ReserveGame 0

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Signups:

  1. Chum
  2. Hannah
  3. Requiem
  4. Besjbo
  5. Leelou
  6. kisa (Tentative)
  7. clarke
  8. skittelz
  9. Utku
  10. Mullibok
  11. Raphael
  12. Jarhed
quasi tulip
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oh oops sorry didnt realize it was going up today 😳 thanks for offering to playtest! i'm actually very excited about this, because on the one hand we really want to make every patch we release feel like a cohesive game and a notable step forward, but there are a ton of ideas we wish we could just experiment with without the pressure of having it be a semi-permanent change to the script, and that's especially true now when we really want to go hard to make sure that this thing is fun for good and mechanics get you somewhere, even if not all the way to a hard solve

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uhhhhh, i need to talk to mabel but i'll get you the playtest edition asap

heady bane
stiff girder
plain solstice
quasi tulip
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i'm in!

stone parrot
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Playtest changes are finalized! Many thanks to Besjbo and Mabel for this opportunity.

We will be testing buffs to four underperforming Townsfolk and nerfs to four Evil characters that weaken the range of fringe worlds they can create. Full script is here, but I will also be highlighting the changed characters for players familiar with previous editions of Fears.

New ability text will be bolded. Removed ability text will be crossed out.

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The Desolation: Each night, choose a Minion character: the Demon learns them. In X nights (X is the # of in-play minions), they die every night from now on, even if you are dead or poisoned.

The End: Each night*, if both your alive neighbors are Good, one dies and the other can't die tonight, unless you nominated a dead player today. If you nominate a dead player, tonight you don't kill, and learn how many players you have killed.

The Dark: Each night*, choose 2 alive players. If they woke the same number of times last night due to their ability, Evil players' kills on Good players tonight are redirected to them tonight.

The Slaughter (complete rework): If you nominate The Demon or a player who has killed, one of you dies tonight and Evil players can't interact except through killing abilities tonight.

Martin Blackwood: You start knowing 1 of 2 players is a particular Outsider. Each night*, until dusk, choose one: 1) an Outsider is sober, healthy, untwisted, and gets true info and acts even if dead, or 2) they act twice. [-1 or +1 Outsider]

Sasha James: Once per game at night, guess up to 5 players' characters. You learn and gain all Townsfolk abilites you got correct. One of them learns you are in play, and you might register as Good, except to them and those Townsfolk might register as Evil.

Jonah Magnus: Each night*, you learn the alive player who helped Good most today and guess their character: if you guess wrong, they die, if right, you die (once, while 5 or more live). If this kills you, they become the Evil Jonah Magnus.

Archivist: You can't kill interact with other unmarked players. Each night, mark your clockwise unmarked neighbor, mark the last unmarked player you interacted with or tried to kill, then learn and gain all Townsfolk abilites marked or not-in-play. At dusk, if you have all 13, Evil wins. [Other players register as Townsfolk to you.]

solemn flicker
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woah I don't know how great the changes will be in practice but appreciate the buffs for goods and nerf for evils
@stone parrot I am interested to play

stiff girder
quasi tulip
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i honestly hope we overcorrected... i don't think we did

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but we didn't hold back

stiff girder
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I like the slaughter rework

warm escarp
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@elfin dock

plain solstice
elfin dock
elfin dock
warm escarp
stone parrot
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(* they do kill slightly slower in the Archivist worlds that relied on n1 Stranger-Hunt snipes to have enough killing abilities. imo removing those worlds is good actually)

stiff girder
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@stone parrot no longer tentative, I’ll be in 🫡

plain solstice
plain solstice
thorny solstice
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@stone parrot Tentative in pls

stone parrot
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TMA lore ||i mean it's the Not-Them, how much more do i need to say||

quasi tulip
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The tentative in to in pipeline is so real

upbeat siren
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Same as requiem (not hannah)

clear kraken
pastel kiln
ionic edge
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@stone parrot sign me up please, I need an opportunity to lie to Clarke

spice trellis
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@stone parrot would love to play if you have space ^^

upbeat siren
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@stone parrot ok formally in

real wyvern
plain solstice
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omg first clarke game >_<

still field
upbeat siren
plain solstice
stiff girder
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It’s your last Clarke game!

pastel kiln
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We will kill Clarke after this game

elfin dock
stiff girder
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I met Clarke at f3con and unfortunately must report he is a nice man

Ever since then though I’ve been waking up in coughing fits, my voice has been getting more nasally, and I swear my hair is starting to shift shades….?!?! Every time I look into the light now I see a slight tint of ginger. I fear the worst 🫚

plain solstice
quasi tulip
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im so sorry

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its the natural order

primal remnant
candid cliff
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I am very excited to watch this 🥰

clear kraken
upbeat siren
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Where would one check

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Maybe don’t answer that

upbeat siren
stone parrot
candid cliff
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Or actually can be on standby if you need a sub, whatever you prefer

stone parrot
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up to you
I think with this group I’m not terribly concerned about needing a sub so if you want to kibitz I’m happy to take my chances with other recruiting if I have to

pastel kiln
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@upbeat siren quick let’s make someone join just for them to sub out after roles are sent making Jodie play as standby

upbeat siren
upbeat siren
pastel kiln
stiff girder
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Can’t believe in 3 days I’ll be drawing an outsider token, time flies

real wyvern
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SMH can’t believe in 3 days you’ll be drawing a Hunt token, time flies

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There I fixed it 😌

pastel kiln
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I just want to be evil in a text game of fyf

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Is that too much to ask

plain solstice
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Urku real

stiff girder
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just so you know nother this is a perfect game to test out martin -1 🙂

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100% just because you get to test more TF, no other reason 💯

stone parrot
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but there are only four changed townsfolk, which means I can fit them all in perfectly with a Spiral and a Martin +1 🤔

stiff girder
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im finding a 13th

stone parrot
hot flax
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Tentative interest if there was a spot and kibitz if not 👀

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(As in if there is a drop rack me in)

stone parrot
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@heady bane @stiff girder @plain solstice @quasi tulip @solemn flicker @thorny solstice @upbeat siren @clear kraken @pastel kiln @ionic edge @spice trellis @still field

Hello! Game starts tomorrow, so let's get some pregame questions out of the way for a quicker n1! Feel free to answer either here or in DMs.

  1. What name and pronouns would you like me to use for Town Square / flavor text?

  2. Are you willing and able to commit to being active enough to make prompt, informed votes (baseline 1h+/day)? Do you forsee any obstacles to this over the next few weeks?

  3. Have you reviewed the playtest updates? Do you have any questions about the script (playtest changes or otherwise)?

  4. What character are you most afraid to draw?

heady bane
stiff girder
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  1. Hannah, They / Them
  2. Will be active 👍
  3. I have reviewed them, and no questions (fow now)
  4. fucking gerard keay I will LOSE my mind
ionic edge
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Mullibok he/him
Yes. No significant obstacles to checking in that amount of time.
No questions at the moment
A Corruption forced to confront the horror of knowing that Utku is good

clear kraken
plain solstice
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I am like scared of being Gertrude Robinson bc I don't think that gertrude!Requiem ever wins clocktower

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but like nah I'd win

clear kraken
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where do people get these fyf emotes blobhyperthinkfast

quasi tulip
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  1. Besjbo he/him

  2. I get back from vacation (vacation means im less active) Sunday, until then I'll be well above your standards but below my average, and after then its normal

  3. the script changed?!

  4. Leelou

thorny solstice
stiff girder
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we execute kisa on Sunday 🤝

still field
pastel kiln
solemn flicker
spice trellis
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  1. Raphael, any of she/they/fae
  2. I am at a convention with friends this weekend, but checking my phone & voting on time should not be an issue.
  3. All good
  4. Comintern
sick sorrel
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@stone parrot would like to kibitz if possible

upbeat siren
upbeat siren
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Nother constructing the bag with our answers to #4 bet

plain solstice
quasi tulip
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I cant wait to be leelou

solemn flicker
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does that mean Besjbo is going to be Stranger and will pick me every night 😨

quasi tulip
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....yes that's what it means

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|| sasha ||

digital pastureBOT
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@stone parrot The date you set for your game has arrived, and you have enough players. Click Create channel to get your game channel. If you can't or won't start the game now, you can join the queue or cancel the game.
This will time out <t:1747501200:R> (<t:1747501200:f>)

stiff girder
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woahhhg… it’s time… to face… your fears??