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Its just like the other apoc games: its a forum RP game where you post your actions and i will tell you what happens! You make the decisions for a character you create and its up to you to try to survive until you can get extracted from the city you are currently blockaded into. When you can be extracted, you must GET TO THE CHOPPAH or it will leave without you! If this happens: Game over. If you take too much damage to live with: game over. If you fail to look after your health in terms of supplies: game over! Basically; you are a NORMAL human being living in a horrible world full of mutation and undeath which you must try to escape from. Look after yourself, and others if you wish, and you may live through the night.

You will have to look for supplies, weaponry, ammunition, shelter, armor and other living people. But be wary! This world is not a kind world; fires have broken out, buildings are unstable, psychopaths roam the streets and ruins. You will need to use your wits to survive, not only just your body!

Rules for supplies, combat, character creation and stats are in their respective spoilers.

To take part in the game, you will have to post up your character and their stats! (I will tell you how to later on in the post.) Once I accept your character, they will start out in a empty building somewhere in town with only the basics on them. You may create a character by spending stat points on stats, strength and the like (which will also be explained in detail later), however you wish! Be warned though, if you create a character too strong in a certain area by purposely crippling them in others, you will be challenged accordingly! You start with a base line of 3 in all stats and you cannot go below that in character creation. The world may have other ideas though, so watch yourself! It costs 1 point to increase a stat once up to 6, 2 points for every increase up to 9, 3 points per increase up to 12 and 4 for every increase up to 16. You cannot go above 16 normally, unless something happens ingame or because of skills. You start with 36 stat points.

You must then choose your skills. Like the original apocalypse, I decided to employ an area of strengths to weaknesses. For every positive skill you take, you must take a negative one in accordance. You may only start with a maximum of 3 skill pairs (1 positive and 1 negative three times) and a minimum of 1 skill pair. You may choose whatever skills and penalties you wish. Choose wisely though because skills are hard to learn in game, but it is possible after time.

You must then spend inventry points for your starting items! I will show a list of items for you to choose from with their point chose along side it. The more higher quality, rare or useful items cost more naturally. Beware of weight limits and ammunition! You start with 2500 inventry points to spend and every character starts out with a cotton t shirt, cotton long pants with side pockets, cotton socks, lace up running shoes, a backpack for carrying items, 4 days worth of food for 1 and three bottles of clean water.

Finally, you must choose a mindset. For details, look in the sanity section.

All other stats, such as age and physical appearance is free and generally unimportant. Try to make your character as life like as possible!

Your mind is as important as your body, if not more so at times! The human minds governs almost everything from traveling, to solving problems, searching for food and killing zombies. The worse your sanity, the worse off your actions will be. (Shaking from fear causes your aim to be off, you may freeze when suprised leaving you open to attack, etc...) You are ordinary citizens, not soldiers, and you are not used to handling large amounts of stress that comes with the zombie apocalypse, and it will change depending on the situation and your actions. (eg. Seeing a person get eaten alive is demoralizing while talking with a friend strengthens your resolve.)

It, like your physical body, takes damage in the form of mental stress and can repair itself if given a helping hand. However, you can only tell how your sanity is holding up by reading what your character does in their actions! So read carefully and look for signs of mental instability and strength. They will be there if its important!

A number of things governs your current sanity level: Your current situation, your actions, your intelligence and (most importantly) your mindset! You choose a mindset when you create a character, and this will affect your sanity very much depending on the other factors. (A cold hearted killer that has escaped from prison wont be as mentally healthy when compared to a optimistic student.) However, your mindset may affect your actions at times, so choose carefully!

If your sanity get so bad, you may loose control of your actions and have a mental breakdown! This is one of the worst things that can happen and will be more likely to happen the worse your sanity gets. They vary wildly and will always cause consequences if they occur. The oppisite is also true however, if your sanity is extremely high, you may find that your character is more confident, braver and positive. This is generally a good thing, but be careful all the same.

How you fight is important to your survival, you may want to go all out in attacking zombies, or it may be better to sneak by them and avoid combat. How this happens is in your choice of movement, of which there is a couple:(In order of agressiveness) All out Assault, Wary but Agressive, Careful and Conservative, Careful Advance, Extremely Cautious Advance.

The more agressive you move, the more receptive you will be to your foes, whoever they may be. The more agressively you move around, the more noticable you are. (All out Assault means speeding along a road when driving and dont care of most consequences while Extremely Cautious Advance means you crawl along at a snails pace and look out for attack in every direction. Careful and Conservative is the middle ground.) If you want to avoid combat if you have a choice, you may want to stick with the more passive movement choices, but if you want to cause maximum damage and dont care of noticability, be more aggressive or you may faulter in combat and may even run from attacks unwillingly! Of course, how well you do depends on many things, do you have a suitable weapon in combat, how good is your clothing in defence, what mode of transport are you using in moving around, etc...

You will also have to make decisions for any NPC's that are willing to obey your commands. You wont be able to make them move how you want though, that is up to them, but you can influence them by giving them guidelines for them to follow. They may also say things about their current situation so to clue you in on how they may react. ("Dont retreat when they attack. Kill 'em all!" generally means they are more aggressive while "I'm getting outta here!" means they are more passive.)

How you post your turn and movement selection for that turn is shown later.

There are other people in the hell that you are currently trapped in! Don't neglect what others can do for you, or against you for that matter. They are living people with minds of their own and may decide to stick with you if you befriend them or make an alliance with them, or they may argue with you, complicate matters or even fight you! Be careful, they may just be bad people or they could be just like you...

NPC's have their own needs to worry about too! They consume supplies, drink water, use weapons, seek shelter and react to situations in their own way. They may pick some stuff up if they want to, and you can ask for them to give it to you, but that wont nesscessarily mean that they will! Some will be hostile to you unless you can convince them otherwise, and some will be totally useless and therefore are a threat to your survival. Still, sometimes you need a helping hand or three so you probably want to keep them alive. NPC's can also learn, just like you, so if they stick with you for some time, they may improve their skills and stats. This takes awhile though, just like you, and you should not depend on it to pull you through.

You can check a NPC's status in a number of ways, but the main way is TALKING TO THEM. Ask them how they are going, its a free action so you wont be penalised for it, and if they are nice enough they will probably tell you. Keep in mind that they are totally capable of lying if they want to! You can observe them without asking them anything to see how they are doing if you type it in your action, but this takes up part of your turn and is not always dependable. Finally, you can forcefully check them at weapon point, if they are conscious and able to react to you, or just check them if they let you or are unconcious, incapable to checking themselves etc... This is the only reliable way to see how someone is doing physically, but its intrusive and not many people will let you do it. It also takes half of your turn.

You can look after your NPC friends yourself if you want, though they will generally do what they think is best for themselves at the moment. They will automatically take food from your supplies if they have none, drink your water if they have none and ask for ammo if they need it. Usually. You can give them stuff to carry for you, or to use, by typing it in your action as a trade action by saying: "I trade..." or "I give..." in front of who you are giving the item to, what you are giving and how much of it you are giving. An example of this is right here:

Your action: "I give mark the medium medkit so he can heal himself, while I stand guard."

My reply: You take your medkit out of your backpack and hand it to mark, looking around you with pistol in hand. He thanks you and sits down, opening the kit. You stand over him and protect both of you while he patches himself up using a guaze pad, a small amount of disinfectant and half a roll of bandage. He packs the kit up and hands it back to you with a smile. "Thanks."

You can also help other people with their sanity by talking with them, doing stuff with them or just helping them out in general. You can see how bad or how good they are in their response. Beware the NPC's that sneer at zombies distainfully while killing them, or one who is twitching occasionally while holding a weapon. Help them out or its a mental breakdown for them and trouble for you. Or you could just kill them. Either way.

The way you play out a turn is simple and looks like the layout below:

Action: Goes here
Movement: Goes here

A real example of this:

Action: I head down the street on foot, looking for anything interesting.
Movement: Careful Advance

Simple no? All trade actions, searching, specific talking guidelines and traveling goes in the Action section. Put the whole thing in a spoiler marked as your turn and you're done! Talking is a free action and can go underneath the action and movement selections. I reply to all characters in a large post with each of your situations seperate and spoilered for ease of reading.

Do not do unreasable actions, impossible actions or actions based of a persons turn that your character doesn't sense is there. Do not edit your turn after you post it. If I see that you edited it, then may the gods have mercy on you! The post wont be counted as a turn as you will not do anything! So please, play nice and think real world.

Your stats tell you the physical capabilities of your character; how strong they are, how much damage they can take, how smart etc... You decide all your stats in character creation as told above and each character will be shown in this post along with their current stats, penalties, inventry and NPC followers that you are aware of. Heres what it will look like:

Name: Goes here
Age: Goes here
Occupation: Goes here
Short Physical Description: Goes here

Strength:
Endurance:
Toughness:
Agility:
Intelligence:
Charisma:

Mindset: Goes here

Skills: Goes here

Inventry: Goes here

NPC company: Goes here

Note that it will not say what your NPC stats are, only what you percieve their physical condition to be and their inventry. So check on them from time to time!

You may make whatever character you like, your name, job, age and appearance are totally up to you to decide! Just no made up jobs, unreasonable creations or active soldiers! You are ordinary people, not modern soldiers! Stick with it!

Your stats will be shown in number form for your primary stats, the bigger the number, the better the stat. Explainations are given below:

Strength: How strong you are. Helps in melee combat, feats of raw strength and carrying stuff.
Endurance: How fit you are. Helps with running, climbing, dodging, fighting and pretty much everything physical and some mental.
Toughness: How tough you are. Helps with taking damage, ignoring pain and partially with sanity.
Agility: How mobile you are. Helps with fine movement tasks (screwing in small screws, electric wiring etc...) and feats of physical agility (balancing on something thin, climbing up a building etc...).
Intelligence: How mentally strong you are. Helps with logic, reasoning, puzzle solving, general knowledge and sanity.
Charisma: How charismic you are. Helps with talking with others, friendships and social interactions.

Try to pick stats that are suited to your character! This is an RP after all!

- Make a character by posting your selections. Be reasonable in what you choose!
- Post your turns in the provided turn layout making sure not to skip anything as edits aren't allowed!
- No unreasonable, impossible actions or actions based off of a character you cant sense! No reacting to the guy across town if you cant sense him!
- Post NPC action guidelines in your action posts, but dont always think that they will react the way you want to!
- Look after your character as well as others! They need food, water and mental support and so do the NPC's! Dont neglect them!
- Remember, if you cant find anything because of mental instability, fix yourself up or have someone else look instead!
- Pick your skills wisely and use them even more wisely! Every skill has a penalty at the start, so dont forget to pick those too!
- Spend every point you can, 'cause they wont be saved for later!
- The least you can carry is 50kg at 6 strength. Any less than that decreases the amount by 10kg a point. Any points in Strength that are more than 8 increase the amount by 5kg.
-Entering and exiting a mode of transport is usually a free action, depending on the situation. Using it to get somewhere is a complete action unless interrupted by something. (ZOMBIES ON THE HOOD! GET OFF DAMMIT!)
- You can store items in modes of transport to take with you if the transport is big enough and has space for what you're putting in it. Too much weight and you wont be able to control it properly and may crash. NPC's will hop on with you if there is room, otherwise they will try to arrange a plan to meet you somewhere or move some items off for them to get on.

Name: Goes here (First and last name)
Age: Goes here (Be reasonable)
Occupation: Goes here (Real world jobs please! No active soldiers!)
Short Physical Description: Goes here (Whatever pleases you the most. No extra items unless they are unimportant and minor. eg eyepatches for a missing eye)

Strength:
Endurance:
Toughness:
Agility:
Intelligence:
Charisma:

(Include total stat points spent! REMEMBER THE BASELINE!)

Mindset: Goes here

Skills: Goes here

Inventry: Goes here (Include total points spent!)

Skills:

Firearms:

Firearms Proficency: Basic knowledge of the workings of firearms in general. Required for further expansion in the firearms tree.

Small Arms Proficency: General knowledge of small arms such as pistols and small smg's. Requires Firearms Proficency.

Long Arms Proficency: General knowledge of long arms such as rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and larger smg's. Requires Firearms Proficency.

Exotic Arms Proficency: General knowledge of exotic arms such as flamethrowers, crossbows and compound bows. Requires Firearms Proficency.

Heavy Arms Proficency: General knowledge of heavy arms such as heavy machine guns, tank guns, rocket launchers and grenade launchers. Requires Firearms Proficency.

Pistol Proficency: You have good knowledge of the workings of pistols. Stacks with Small Arms Proficency.

Rifle Proficency: You have good knowledge of the workings of most types of assault rifles and hunting rifles. Stacks with Long Arms Proficency.

Shotgun Proficency: You have good knowledge of the workings of most types of shotguns. Stacks with Long Arms Proficency.

SMG Proficency: You have good knowledge of the workings of most Sub Machine Guns. Stacks with Small Arms Proficency and Long Arms Proficency depending on the SMG you are using and its current state.

Sniper Proficency: You have good knowledge of the art of the sniper. Helps with long distance shots. Requires Firearms Proficency.

Speed Loader: You have memorized the action of speed loading your weapon and are able to reload twice as fast. Requires Proficency in the specific firearm you are using.

Explosives Expert: You are experienced in the dynamics of explosions and can set and use them safer. Requires Intelligence of 10.


Survival

Urban Living: You know the general in's and out's of the city and are able to find places that most people miss.

Survival Training: You have been taught the basics of survival (making fire, building rough shelter etc...) and can accomplish these easier.

Medical Analysis: You know the basics of medical training and can treat injuries better if you can concentrate.

Medical Training: You have learn how to treat wounds and injuries under pressure. Requires Medical Analysis.

Sharpened Senses (Choice): You have a sharper sense than normal. Helps you in percieving the world.

Analytical Searcher: Your mind automatically makes you search in a more analytical manner allowing you a better chance of not skipping over something when searching. Requires an Intelligence of 10.

Increased Stat (Choice): You have a better physical capability than normal.

Physically Appealing: You are more likely to get on someones good side due to your refined image. Requires a Charisma of 10.

Marathon Runner: You have ran in a couple of marathons before and this allows you to run further than others due to more developed muscle groups. Requires a strength of 6 and a Endurance of 10.

Thick Skinned: You're one tough son of a gun and are naturally hard to injure and are also resistant to disease. Requires a toughness of 10.

Analytical Mind: You naturally think rationally and logically, applying knowledge to the world is easier for you. Requires a Intelligence of 10.


Construction

Basic Builder: You know the basics of building things. Allows for more expansion in the construction tree.

Experienced Designer: You have learnt the engineers art better than most people and can design better and stronger constructions. Requires Basic builder.

Makeshift Builder: You have learnt ways of conserving material and resources when making a construction.

Architect's Insight: You are capable of designing amazing feats of survival engineering! Requires Experienced Designer.

Builders Back: You can make constructions faster due to your more developed muscle groups. Requires Experienced Designer and a strength of 10.

Carpenter's Experience: Your experience in wood working allows you to make more accurate judgements in construction strength where wood is involved. Requires Basic Builder.

Metalworker's Knowledge: Your metal working knowledge allows you to make more accurate judgements in construction strength where some kind of metal is involved. Requires Basic Builder.

Bricklayer's Wisdom: Your past knowledge of brick laying allows you to make mroe accurate judgements in construction strength where brick and cement is involved. Requires Basic Builder.

Design on the fly: You can make effective plans for constructions very quickly in your mind, allowing you to get building sooner. Requires Experienced Designer.

One man's scrap...: You can use items that seem totally useless to others when making items. Requires Basic Builder.

Electrician:  You know your way around electronic stuff and can generally repair and maintain electronic equipment.



Penalties:


No immagination: You find it hard to think up new ideas.

Stubborn to the end: You can't communicate real well with others.

Infuriating: Others find you to be annoying and are more likely to dislike you.

Easily Scared: You get frightened easily and tend to feel fear more than others.

Weak Ligaments: Your ligaments in your joints cant take too much stress and this stops you from carrying too much. (-10 kg weight allowance)

Suffering from Sickness: You start the game under the effects of illness.

Fragile Bones: Your bones are more delicate than normal and tend to break easier than others.

Asthma: You suffer a common breathing problem and require certain medication after large ammounts of physical activity. (You start with 2 puffers of Asthma medication free)

Fear of Guns: You have a chronic fear of firearms and suffer penalties when you are in a situation involving them.

Fear of the Dark: You have a chronic fear of darkness and suffer penalties when in exceptionally dark places.

Fear of Heights: You have a chronic fear of heights and suffer penalties when you can see that you are high up.

Fear of Blood: You have a chronic fear of seeing blood and suffer penalties when you see any coming from bodies.

Fear of Sharp Objects: You have a fear of sharp objects and suffer penalties when you are made to go near them.

Fear of Sudden Noises: You have a chronic fear of sudden loud noises, such as a loud closeby moan or an explosion, and suffer penalties for the rest of the turn when you hear one.

Fear of Fire: You have a chronic fear of fire and suffer penalties when going near it.

Sensitive hearing: Your hearing is more receptive than normal and causes increasing scales of pain when exposed to loud noises.

Bad immune system: You are more likely to catch sickness than others. You also suffer from them worse.

Clumsy: You are a clutz at heart and are more likely to fail at stealth.

Wanted Criminal: Law Enforcement Officers will try to restrain you on sight or worse.

Weakened Stat (Choice): You are physically weaker in an area than others.

Mentally Unstable: You suffer more dramatic changes in your sanity than others.

Random Animal Phobia: You suffer from a random animal phobia. (I choose which animal though. )

Urban dependant: You have no idea what to do in country or wildlife areas and suffer penalties from being in those places.

Bad Driver: You can't drive as well as others and suffer penalties from driving anything.

Can't Swim: You can't swim and require help when traversing water.

Defective Sense (Choice): You suffer a defect in one of your senses.

Practical Thinker: You have problems with solving puzzles analytically and suffer penalties from trying to do so.

Overly Analytical: You have problems with solving practical problems and suffer penalties from trying to do so.

Obnoxious: You generally always think bad of others and look out for yourself first.

Technologically inadept: You dont know how to use and manipulate most technology.

Fear of tight spaces: You have a chronic fear of tight spaces and suffer penalties from being in one.

Defective Eyes (colour or focus): Due to a eye defect, you can only see in black and white or everything is very fuzzy and you require glasses. (You start with glasses in your inventry for free at the start.)

Overweight/Underweight (Choose one): You have a weight problem and suffer penalties from doing physical activities.

Uncoordinated: Your mind has trouble doing more than two things at once. Doing so anyway gives you penalties until you stop.

You must choose ONE and only ONE. This is what mindset your character will have and helps me with their sanity, their reactions to situations and how they may communicate with others.

The Optimistic Student
The Analytical Scientist
The Wartorn Vetran
The Young Rebel
The Cold Hearted Killer
The Family Man/Woman (depending on sex)
The Workaholic
The Spoiled Businessman/woman (depending on sex)
The Vengeful Patriot
The Obsessed Bodybuilder

Choose what extra starting items to have from this list. p stands for points and you have 2500 of them to spend. Spend wisely!


Clothing

Footwear:

Slipon Boots   1kg   250p
Hiking Boots   1.5kg   750p
Steelcap Boots  2kg  500p
Wool Socks   .2kg    200p
Thick padded Socks  .4kg  500p

Legwear:

Cargo pants   1kg  250p
Leather Belt  .5kg  200p
Jeans  .5kg   350p
Scavenged Army Fatigues .5kg  500p
Waist Holster .3kg  350p (Needs a belt)
Knife Holster .3kg  350p  (Straps onto leg)
Small Satchels (3)  .3kg  400p (Needs a belt) (Can hold something the size of one pistol clip each max)
Large Satchel  .3kg  500p  (Needs a belt) (Can hold 4 Assault rifle clips max)

Chestwear:

Cotton hoodie  .5kg  200p
Wool jumper  .5kg  300p
Scavenged Army Shirt  .5kg  350p
Leather jacket  .7kg  450p
Scavenged Army Fatigues (jacket)  .7kg  550p
Relief Vest  .5kg  700p
Relief Pack  .7kg  1000p
Pistol Holster (under arm)  .3kg  350p
Knife Holster (Straps on arm or hangs off chest) .3kg  350p
Scarf  .1kg  100p
Neck Warmer  .1kg  200p
Kevlar Vest  .5kg 1000p

Headwear:

Beanie .1kg  200p
Helmet  .4kg  550p
Swat Goggles  .2kg  200p

Handwear:

Fingerless Gloves  .1kg   200p
Leather Gloves  .1kg   300p


Weapons

Hand weapons:

Screwdriver  .1kg  50p
Hammer  .3kg  150p
Hatchet  1kg  250p
Dinner Knife  .3kg  100p
Cleaver  .5kg  100p
Axe  3kg  400p
Crowbar   1.5kg   200p
Pickaxe  3kg   300p
Brass Knuckles  .1kg   150p
Hunting Knife  .4kg  450p
Combat Knife  .4kg  450p
Truncheon   1kg   400p
Tazer  .3kg  350p
Stungun  .3kg  300p

Firearms:

Pistols:

Beretta 92F (9mm, Semiautomatic, autoloader, 15 round capacity box, small, .6kg) 500p
Colt Python ( .357, Semiautomatic, revolver, 6 round capacity cylinder, medium, 1kg) 600p
Glock 17 (9mm, Semiautomatic, autoloader, 17 round capacity box, small, .6kg) 600p

Shotguns:

Benelli 121 M1 (12-gague, semiautomatic, 7 shell capacity handfed, large, 4kg) 700p
Mossberg (Model 500 ATP6C) (12-gague, single fire, 6 shell capacity handfed, large, 4kg) 650p
Sawed-off Shotgun (12-gague, semiautomatic, 2 shell capacity handfed, medium, 2kg) 600p

Hunting Rifles:

Remington 700 (7.62mm, single fire, bolt action , 5 round capacity handfed, large, 4.5kg) 750p
Winchester 94 (.444, semiautomatic, lever action, 6 round capacity handfed, large, 4.5kg) 750p


Ammunition

9mm x 20 bullets  .1kg  50p
.357 x 6 bullets  .1kg  100p
12-gague shot x 4 shells  .2kg  100p
7.62mm x 5 bullets  .1kg  150p
.444 x 5 bullets  .1kg  150p


Transport and associated utilities

Motorbike with full tank of gas  1000p
Van with full tank of gas   1500p
Can of gas  5kg  500p (1 can fills half a tank on most fuel tanks)


Misq.

Medical Kit  (Small)  (Contains: 2 bandages (3m long each), 1 antiseptic tube, 10 gauze pads (medium size) and tweezers) 1.5kg 500p
                (Medium)  (Contains: 4 bandages (3m long each), 1 antiseptic tube, 20 varied gauze pads, 1 roll of medical tape, 1 tube of eyewash, 1 bottle of antifungal meds, tweezers)  2.5kg  1000p

Portable Radio (Broken)  4kg  700p
Small torch (takes 2 AA Batteries) .3kg  300p
Large torch  (takes 1 9V battery)  .7kg  750p
2 AA batteries  100p
9V battery  .5kg  150p
1 Flint and Tinder set  .1kg   450p
Frying Pan  .3kg   200p
Sauce pan  .3kg   200p
Box of matches   .1kg  100p
Bottle of painkillers  .1kg  350p
Box of nails  .1kg  450p
1 days worth of food  1kg  350p
1 bottle of clean water  .3kg   350p
1 bottle of dirty water   .3kg   150p

Ok, the concept from mafia/werewolf is the same; among the populace is a traitor/s who is killing other people. The other players must find out who this person/s is and kill them, but they don't know who this person/s is. At a set date, the populace forms an angry mob and kills a player as the result of a vote beforehand. At a time before the vote, the traitors will kill a person apiece if they wish. But during all this is the kicker, the fortress must keep working as normally as possible! That means that if anyone was to be killed by accident, then so be it! Anyone starves, so be it! So the players must think twice about killing people like the masons who make furniture, and think again when they want to kill the planters. And check their rekoning when thinking of killing the military who defend the fortress from outside threats!

The tasks that the fortress has will be dispersed at my pleasure as I will be the one who is playing the fort. I will comply to your requests as best as I can, but I dout that we will need siege operators/siege engineers with a pop of 20 max. So think carefully about your choices.

To win, the citizens (people who are innocent) must kill all the traitors. They loose if the traitors win by killing all the innocents.

To help the innocents, there will be special hidden roles that are granted to some players. These are explained in the spoiler below.

Players may whisper to each other as much as they want, but are encouraged to speak openly in the thread.

The traitors DO NOT know who is a fellow traitor, as the resistance (who is explained in the spoiler below) have decided that the best chance of not taking too many loses is that noone else knows who anyone else is.

Feel free to ask any questions in this thread, not in the game thread! GOOD LUCK!

The mayor: Their votes count for two. Known to everyone.

The Sheriff: May protect a person of their choosing until after the vote. If that person is attacked, they will save them and drive away the attacker.

The manager: May investigate a person to see what role they play. Can do so only once until after the vote.

The Bookkeeper: May decide to help a person until a vote. If that person is targeted by the traitor or Freelancer, the person will not die.

Freelancer: May target a person and kill them in the same time that the traitors strike. Can only target one person until after the vote.

Fortress guard: Max 2. They may also protect a person of their choosing, but if the person is attacked, they sacrifice themselves as they aren't as experienced. If the Sheriff dies, one takes his place.

Traitor: Part of the resistance that was sent to the outpost somehow. They kill a single person each a turn if they want, or may lay low if they think the heat is on themselves.

The king of the civilization of the citizens decided that their nation needed to expand to meet other nations, like the humans and the elves. In order to start this, he ordered that a outpost be constructed on the border, in order to expand their lands. However, some of the populace disagreed with the kings decision and wanted to send a message. However, the king was too protected to attack safely. So in order to send the message, they sent a agent/s to the new outpost that the king requested built. They called themselves the resistance and ordered the agent/s to kill in their name. Hopefully, with enough deaths, the king will think twice about expanding...

Things were going to hell in the dwarven outpost. In their midst, there was someone or somepeople killing other citizens! This had been going on for a while, and there had been large losses so far. The mayor sent a letter to the ruler of the nation, begging for help, and he got this in return, which he read out to a meeting of the general populace:

To the mayor,

I am distressed to say that I cannot send any armed help to your fortress as the goblins are attacking our borders and the army is needed there. I will not take any action against this however. In my name, your outpost is authorized to do the following in order:

Lockdown the outpost from the outside so to prevent the traitors from escaping.

Kill the traitors without prosecution.

You and the citizens will have to decide how to do this. I wish you luck.

Your liege.

There was a great chattering and then silence, as everyone looked at everyone else suspiciously. The traitor could be anyone. The mayor ordered that everyone go back to work and the citizens and traitors moved back to work.