FoL Annual Mash 6
From the twisted minds of @May, @Arete, @Ash, @Chloe, @tutuu, @Zone_Q11, and @Zugzwang
Hosted on the account @FAMHost
Welcome to the Weekly* Monday** Discussion!
* Not actually weekly.
** Not actually on Monday.
To start off this Weekly Monday Discussion, we’d like to extend a huge thank-you to all those who helped make FoLCon 2046 happen, whether as convention organizers, generous donors, aerospace engineers, attendees, construction workers, or just cheerleaders! This has been one of the most ambitious events of the past few decades, and we are endlessly grateful to everybody who allowed us to get away with it. Good job, team!
Secondly, we’d like to discuss a persistent trend we’ve noticed on FoL – the interference of real life. Many of our users have found that their obligations to their career, family, friends, and health lead to incidents where mafia games become deprioritized. We completely understand these impacts are often unavoidable – this is not intended to be a call-out post. Rather, we would like to create a solution to the problem of real life which can support our users going forward. To this end, we are proud to announce our new project…
PLANET FORTRESS OF LIES!
You may have noticed some exciting signs of this project, as we’ve already launched! The FoLCon 2046 convention center, alongside all its attendees (that’s you!), is currently traveling through space, and we are working to reach a new planet on which Fortress of Lies can build its own society governed by the newly-established FoL Council and structured entirely around the play of mafia games, ensuring that real life can no longer cause game deprioritization or integrity issues.
We expect to have landed on the planet’s surface by game start. To avoid any possible problems with out-of-game information, we are not offering opt-outs or return shuttles at this time. Don’t worry – in the unlikely case of serious emergency, we will safely return to Earth as a group in the convention center shuttle. We’re very excited about Planet FoL, and we hope you will be as well. Please keep replies constructive and on-topic.
Rules
- Follow the Global Rules as well as the Forum Game Rules, or else.
- Activity and cordial behavior towards your fellow player is expected. (At minimum, you must make 15 substantive, on-topic, game-related posts per phase.)
- ITAs this game will be partially automated – processing will be done by @Zugbot, but flips will be posted by the hosts. Attempting to manipulate or exploit automated ITA processing in any way is a modkillable rulebreak.
- Have fun!
Phases And Timing
- The game will begin 2026-06-18T22:00:00Z. Rolecards will be sent out before then.
- Day phases will last for 24 hours. Night phases will last for 24 hours.
- All phase changes will happen at 9:00:00 PM
- During the night, the deadline for action submission is 2 hours before SoD (7:00:00 PM). Any action submitted after that time will NOT be processed.
- During the day, actions will open 1 hour after the start of the day (10:00:00 PM) and close 1 hour before the end of the day (8:00:00 PM). Day actions may be pre-queued for a specific time.
- All ITA sessions will last for 1 hour exactly. If you don’t know what that is, consult the next section.
Session 1 lasts from 1:00 AM→2:00 AM
Session 2 lasts from 7:00 AM→8:00 AM
Session 3 lasts from 5:00 PM→6:00 PM - Events may begin at any time, but will be scheduled mainly for times of high activity. Events are subgames where players may win prizes, or even death.
In-Thread Attacks (ITAs)
- All players may use In-Thread Attacks during an allotted ITA session, which will begin on day 2. ITAs allow players to publicly attempt to kill other players. (See detailed explanation below in How ITAs Work)
- By default, you have 1 ITA shot per day. Effects may modify the number of shots you have or any other ITA characteristic.
- To fire an ITA shot, simply ping @Zugbot with
/ITA [player] - At some point, ITAs will be disabled. This will be whenever the hosts deem fit.
How ITAs Work
Instead of having accuracy, ITA shots always hit, and deal damage to a player’s HP. However, each shot still has a chance to kill (i.e. the hybrid or Lumi system).
More information on ITAs
Every player in the game starts with 100 HP unless otherwise noted. ITA shots deal damage (base 10). If a player reaches 0 HP, they die. Additionally, each shot has a chance of a direct hit, which will kill the target regardless of their HP. The chance of a direct hit is based on the target’s current HP.
Damage / Target’s Current HP = Direct Hit Chance
The chance is rolled before the damage is dealt. For example, if a player at 100HP is targeted by a shot with 10 damage, the direct hit chance is 10/100, or 10%. If the shot isn’t a direct hit, then the target’s health is reduced accordingly to 90.
ITA Feedback
Shot feedback:
- “The shot connects.” — We have processed the shot, and its damage has been applied (damage may be 0). The target is at a non-zero HP, and the shot was not a Direct Hit. To be extra clear, this shot DID NOT KILL if you see this feedback.
- “Direct hit! Stand by for flip.” — The shot rolled a Direct Hit and a player died.
- “Hit! The target has died from their wounds. Stand by for flip.” — The target reached 0 HP and a player died.
- “Miss!” — The shot was mechanically stopped, and no damage was dealt.
HP feedback:
A player’s HP is private information. We will not reveal a player’s exact HP to anyone (unless otherwise noted), including the player.
Voting
- There is no majority, only a deadline elimination. Whoever has the most votes at the end of the day will be eliminated.
- All votes must be in the form of
[vote]player[/vote]or[v]player[/v]to be counted. Unvotes should be formatted as[unvote][/unvote]. - You may self-vote. Along with this, no-elimination is a valid vote. In cases where no-elim and another vote are tied at the end of the day, no-elim will have priority in the rand.
- Tied votes will result in a player being eliminated at random from among the tied players.
- MyLo (mis-eliminate and lose) and LyLo (eliminate or lose) will not be announced, and votes will not be locked. This is not in place for a final 3 scenario.
- You may see the votecount as of a specific post by clicking the hammer icon on that post.
The Setup
All roles in this game are based off a user (Character) of FoL, and will feature Abilities & Flavor based on that person, their personality, and memorable moments from their time on the site. These Abilities will be summed up by a Role Name.
| You MAY claim: | You may NOT claim: |
|---|---|
| Your assigned Character, but doing so may carry mechanical risks. | Your Flavor text, a short paragraph describing the person your role is based on, either directly or paraphrasing it. |
| Details about your Abilities, so long as they are paraphrased. | The name or exact text of any of your Abilities. |
| Details about your Role Name, so long as it is paraphrased. | Your exact Role Name. |
This game is Closed. The exact set of abilities, win conditions, and factions in play is unknown. However, the following details are known:
- The uninformed majority faction is called the Town, also known as the Loyalists, who support the Planet FoL project and the government of the council. Its win condition is this:
You win when the Mafia and all other threats to the Town have been eliminated. - The primary informed minority faction is called the Mafia, also known as the Saboteurs, who hope to see the Planet FoL project fail so they can go home. Its win condition is this:
You win if no more threats to the Mafia exist or nothing can prevent that from happening. - Other factions, as well as Neutral roles with their own win conditions, may exist.
- This game is Role Madness; every player has their own, unique ability.
- No alignment conversion, false flips, game-ending jesters, or direct lies in your own rolecard. Everything else is fair game.
Example Rolecard
| OFFICIAL ROLE DOCUMENT, DO NOT QUOTE/SCREENSHOT |
|---|
 discobot Town Dicebot “@discobot roll 2d6” Known for your knowledge of DICE, lengthy analytical TUTORIALS, and generally being an absolutely FORTUNE TELLER beloved by SOME, for this game, you will serve as an example rolecard not dealt to any player. You win when the Mafia and all other threats to the Town have been eliminated. |
Smart Home — Passive
You are automatically added to every player’s role card.
Dice Rolling — Day 2+
Generate a number between 1 and 20 in your role card. Today, your ITA will do that much damage. You may use this action multiple times per day.
Fortune Telling Booth — Even Night
Ask a yes-or-no question. You will receive an answer corresponding to the Magic 8-Ball Fortune that best answers your question, in the judgment of the hosts.
In this role card, your Character is Discobot, your Role Name is Dicebot, and your Abilities are Smart Home, Dice Rolling, and Fortune Telling Booth.
Acceptable and unacceptable claims
An example of an acceptable claim:
I’m Discobot, a robot. I can see everybody’s rolecard, and I can use a day action to make my ITA do 1d20 damage. On even nights, I can ask a yes-or-no question and get an honest Magic 8-Ball response from the hosts. Last night, I asked “is May mafia?” and learned that nobody knows.
This claim repeats exactly the user’s Character, but paraphrases Role Name, Abilities, and feedback. It does not claim any of the Flavor text or exact details about the rolecard.
An example of an unacceptable claim:
I’m Discobot, the Town Dicebot. I have a passive called “Smart Home” that says “You are automatically added to every player’s role card.” My role name is in [color=green] tags. My flavor says I’m an example rolecard that no player actually gets. Last night, I asked if May was mafia and learned “answer hazy, try again” at 4:53 PM.
This claim repeats exactly the user’s Role Name, Abilities and feedback, all of which should be paraphrased. In addition, it discusses the user’s Flavor text (which states Discobot is an example rolecard), exact details of the rolecard formatting (namely, that the role name is in [color=green] tags), and exact timing of action feedback, all of which can be metagamed.
Signups
If you wish to sign up with an alternative account, please consult the hosts beforehand. Alts will only be allowed on condition of their main account being publicly known and stated on the playerlist. If you are unsure which account qualifies as your main, consult the hosts.
- @Arctic
- @soweli
- @benguinedparbecue
- @Marshal
- @HeroShotter9000 (@Hippopablompoyeetus)
- @neil_the_eel
- @beancat
- @Amelia
- @iamagummybear
- @YoubutWorse
- @jason.mrrown
- @Pqwerty
- @Memekingpizza
- @Ruby
- @boredofboredom
- @Hazardwaste
- @Cape90
- @Leafia
- @ACE
- @Kelsier
- @meow
- @thepigeonnyc
- @carbonated
- @spookycat27
- @Kiiruma
- @Mistyx
Backups
Specs
- @Delta
- Willow (@ElizaThePsycho)
- @catbae
- Ishmael (@Aleph)
- @Icibalus
