Wake up! You've got a lot to do today!

Epithet Erased is an ensemble comedy/adventure cartoon series created in partnership between VRV and Brendan Blaber, creator of the "So This is Basically..." and "Welcome to..." series under the username JelloApocalypse. A loose adaptation of Brendan's Roll20 Tabletop RPG campaign Anime Campaign, it's produced in a limited animation style similar to Brendan's aforementioned webseries—excluding a few fully-animated sequences such as the opening, which are produced by Powerhouse Animation Studios—with numerous RPG elements stylistically sprinkled in.

In the world of Epithet Erased, one in every five people has a unique ability called an epithet, granted to them at birth by a random word inscribed onto their soul. While some people get words like "Fire", most of the time they wind up with words like "Coupon" or "Soup". Rumor has it that there exists a magical artifact somewhere in Sweet Jazz City known as the Arsene Amulet, which has the ability to steal epithets, making it the perfect target for thieves, miscreants, and generally not-so-nice folks who'd kill to get new powers for themselves—or take them away from someone else. The question is, who will be the one claim the amulet at the end of the day, and which unlucky sap will end up with their epithet erased?
[Sourced from the Epithet Erased page in TV Tropes]

The last thing you remember is your apprehension. It only took a moment. Perhaps you saw it coming, perhaps not. Either way, there was a warrant out for your death, and the Alliance has never been a group that respects international jurisdiction. Whatever was the case, the results were the same. You were arrested. Summery execution seemed likely, but somewhere along the line, you were singled out. As a result of this, you've ended up in a vaguely culturally insensitive Tiki bar on some island resort in the middle of a vast ocean. Ostensibly, it's quite nice. In practice, you have no idea how you got on the island, and no idea how you're going to get off. An old TV, clearly placed more for the theme of the restaurant than for actual functionality flares to life, and your captor appears on the screen.

Alright, alright. Let'ss get formalitiess out of the way, Floran'ss name iss Sendri, the reasson floran brought you here iss becausse floran iss bored, you're very lucky to be sselected, blah blah, you've got a chance to walk out alive, under normal circumstancess you'd be dead, etcetera. The point iss, you're going to be killing each other, and ssome people are going to judge you as you do sso! Fun will be had by all, but mosstly by uss. Sso, Judgess. Camera guy? Whatever your name iss. Pan over to them, would you?

Seven individuals are on camera. Two look like they've done this before. First, it stops on a person who looks exactly like your mental image of a diplomat.

Thiss iss Markov Margrave. You heard the phrase "dresss for the job you want"? Well, he did. Anyway... moving on.

Margrave remains silent. The camera focuses in on one of the two who seem nonplussed by the situation, who is busy looking like an Off-brand version of the female Tropico Presidente.

Tennysen B. Hayes. She'ss a returning judge, and a closse associate of floran'ss. Anything to ssay to our captivess?

You'll be fun to watch die. I know it.

...Okay! Cool! Yess. She'ss great, floran sswearss. Anyway, moving on...

Next, a faceless pink being, apparently made entirely of plasma and tungsten.

Thiss iss Lithium. She'ss in charge of your food ssupply, and she'll drop off ssome weaponss on the issland, in casse you don't want to improvise.

Hi! Y'all owe me big for not lettin' y'all starve, don't ya forget it!

Next, Sendri indicates a floran who's dressed almost exactly like them, but much shorter.

Thiss iss Liwari. They've alsso done thiss before.

Liwari just salutes. No comment whatsoever escapes them. Sendri moves on to the remaining three, first stopping by an extremely pale woman, dressed in some kind of clerical vestments.

Melisandre Vayar. She'ss alsso done thiss before, but she wassn't able to pay attention that time. She will thiss time.

Wow, it's so weird to be able to SEE all of you! I'm sure you'll all do great.

Alright, lasst two. We'll do thiss rapidfire now. Judgebot 3000, becausse our ssixth judge dropped out at the lasst moment. Floran'ss ssure it will work, if IT ever getss around to fixing the thing.

Sendri passes by the miniature server rack wearing a judge's wig and then indicates the last judge. She's dressed in a stupidly garish uniform, blue and red and gold.


Lasst and probably leasst, Florida Keyes. She holdss thiss issland and demanded to be a judge.

Hell yeah I did! Anyway, if you're going to bleed out, do it somewhere easy to clean up, and try to die close to the bone forest so I can add you to the attractions more easily, and...

Alright, thank you!

It may have been delayed nearly a full month by the move to here, but nearly everything is ready. All that remains... is you.

-RECORDING: Alliance Post #114, (Listed Holder: F. Keyes) 1:32 PM Earth time, 15:43 AM Local time. Recording recovered from Impounded Alliance Vessel (Reg No. #12-538-SZT-TBH)

Well. We've unpacked everything, everything iss sset up. All that remainss iss to round up the people on thiss lisst.

But Sendri, mah weapons only arrived yesterday, Ah haven't marked the crates on the register yet!

You'll have time. We'll all have time. Liwari, get the guardss together. We're ssetting thiss place up properly thiss time. And for the love of all that iss ssane, don't ssign Keyes's petition, you're only giving her attention that she doessn't need. Floran doess NOT need her bothering uss about "terraforming the planet into a ski resort", which, for the record, iss not her dumbesst idea ever, and that ssayss ssomething about the quality of the resst of them.

Yess, Sendri! Floran won't!

Good. Right. Okay. Ssure. Now, obvioussly thiss won't be broadcasst, sso, one of you deal with the broadcasst tower, preferably without desstroying it, it lookss REALLY nice. One of you finish cleaning up Keyes's mess in the bar, and one of you, note down all your betss. Oh, and we really should ssend out those ssearch teamss like... now. Call it in.

On it. I assume you don't want them broken before they get here, of course. But don't expect them in PERFECT condition. Don't worry, don't worry, I'll make sure they don't remember. Keep them fresh and all.

Excellent! We're sset to go.

-RECORDING ENDED.

Yes indeed, it's here. There are 14 slots. For those of you who don't know the rules, they're in the main thread (which will remain locked until the day of the game beginning, and will go up shortly after this one does.)

And so... it begins.

Signups are open!
1: Rebel Cookie, played by TheGeekArtist08. (He's experienced with this sort of thing.)
2: Shin Amon, played by Zanreo. (A Yakuza is like a Mafia, right? You'll fit right in.)
3: Gary Busey, played by MatthewLM. (Agent 47 couldn't kill him. We'll see if the Alliance fares better.)
4: Cool Sendri, played by MadameButterflyKnife. (YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD.)
5: Holly, played by Kennifer. (Not part of the science team, but don't fuck with her.) DEAD: It came as quite a shock. White Hat Gunslinger.
6: Dr. Explosionface Willkillyou, played by TalesofUnder. (Has Dr. as his first name.)
7: Sam-I-Am, played by Dookie. (Has disavowed Senator Ted Cruz for missing the point of his book.)
8: Stezzai Thofee, played by Huney. (Goblins are the gnomes of evil, much as halflings are the kobolds of good.) DEAD: Her eyes and everything else were glazed over. Medic.
9: Model 2-E, played by Madface7. (It's only a model.)
10: Loona, played by Kafkaesque. (Haven't we seen you here before?)
11: Selen(ium), played by Pointmaid. (Burns cleaner than normal Selenium, presumably.)
12: Mettaton, played by Goose007. (it's an ANGRY calculator.) DEAD: This Quisling got Quizzed out. Black Hat Gunslinger.
13: Billionaire Killer Mark February, played by wingedcatgirl. (How many lives must be patented before his bloodlust is sated?!) DEAD: One, apparently. Victim of Circumstance.
14: Monaca Towa, played by Despair's Archon of Memes. (Unrelated to the DDLC Monika. Probably.)
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Replacements: (You can sign up after the last slot is filled. You will be added to the replacement list, and will be dropped in if someone wants to drop out.)

Dear Chef,

Quick note! This gameshow involves [Unreadable], [Unreadable] and [Unreadable], i\if you don't want to [Unreadable], tear this up right now!

Would you like to become a world renowned chef? Someone whos name is known by everyone around the world?

Do you want to have your own restaurant?

Well then you've come to the right place!

Join Hell on a Dish, just by signing your name and abilities! Please write your application on the paper provided.

Try your best, make a good meal, and don't get eliminated!

Oh and don't die. Obviously.

Sincerly,

Addie + The Sh.

Meet The Game-Breakers!

Sam Reyu:



The Magnificent Sam Reyu!

An author avatar of an Idea-Maker called HonidiWebzz. Suffered the fate of being a Mary Sue, and once she started to get the hate of other players, she was killed by the murderer. Soon came back to just call out the murderer and say that they killed them. Luckily, everyone took pity on the murderer and everyone else left alive.

TooToo:



“Hewwo”

A funny baby elephant who was abused in a circus. If you've ever met them before, they will not stop talking about that last part. They got so annoying the host told them to stop. She soon started to overshadow everyone else and started to overshadow even the host, even trying to take the host over, but the host then obliterated them into nothingness. The Shag (Really Audley) has found the remains of TooToo and used it to reconstruct the elephant.

Mentira:



Mentira in his game

Originally as the villain in the Video Game “Far Cry: The Battle Of Freedom,” He was brought in another murdergame, and actually stayed chill for a while. Then, they started talking for other players, but nobody really minded. Then, he not only talked for another player, but turned the completely innocent player into a murderer. Needless to say, the host was not happy, and kicked them out, but Mentira escaped beforehand. He then made snarky comments on the current situation for the rest of the game.

Audley:



Damn that's rare, an actual picture!

A prep student from Reginald University, and almost died in a bombing there. The bombing gave her a dark side, whenever you make them angry.....Not many people would know this though, as in their murdergame they did absolutely nothing, and apparently quit.
They were the murderer. The host was angry at them, and banished them from every murdergame after. That incident was a long time ago, and Audley's powers tried to develop, but because she barely did anything, they never did. Her only power is being so forgettable, she makes you forget things from your memory. The more you forget, the shorter it stays.

Also (Spoilers for BIA 2) This whole thing was her idea. She's holding the other Game-Breakers and The Shag hostage and just wants to see everybody die so she can take the energy from their souls. She wants the murderers to kill, because she gets more powerful every time somebody dies, but she can't kill them.

It's totally criminal that we don't have a thread for this franchise yet. It's a fan favorite of some vocal users like me, so here it is.

Official games, fan games, manga, and merchandise discussions go here.

Rosenkreuzstilette is also allowed because it's too obscure to have its own thread so lol.

Signups / OOC

The lights in Vane Castle were turned off. A regal voice spoke.

Welcome, all. I knew you would be here in due time. Why not sit down, make yourselves comfortable, and maybe have a spot of jade tea? You must feel you deserve it. After all, the NME Hunters’ Organization is massively in your debt.

All of you who stand before me are human. Not necessarily in form, but in spirit. The etymology of the word “human” is simply “Earthly being”. But Natural Monster Entities, or NMEs, are beyond Earth. They are powerful and complelling beings whom you at the Organization have much to learn from.

12 of you truly have sided with the Organization, but 4 are on my side. You know who you are, and you know your job. As for everyone else, try to find and snuff out your killers, but see if it will still be a victory for you, considering they have read your fine print as well. Either way, you will face low-ranking members of my personal army along the way, but you will receive handsome rewards for overcoming them. I have sealed the gate so that you may not escape and no one may come in.

I've seen many people question me. Don't be like them. Not only because I am the King, but also because murder is in the blood of each and every one of us. I guess what I'm trying to say is . . . .

The lights shot on.

(Thanks again to my sister!)

You're in my kingdom now.

The thread where you can announce a cool thing you just got!

Hi! This is similar to "FORUM DID GAIN A PUBLISH!", as it's a part of this forum in which you can say convos, shitpost, and anything that isn't a violation of our laws in this forum. But, you might look at words in this post and all words that follow this; and spot a motif that's in this part of this forum that's not a part of "FORUM DID GAIN A PUBLISH!", or any posts in this forum. That's right, us troubadours ought to skip our Anglo-Saxon's fifth glyph. (Our past human's ABCs start with, obviously, A,B,C.). A law I'm making right now is that turning any TABOO GLYPH into any non-taboo glyph (a list of part of particular symbols past humans did, in fact, put into work in posts similar to this would contain a schwa and that third Arabic digit) is wrong. Also, I would turn happy if you did word your posts to contain a minimum of six words. But, it's not a law. Anyway, happy posting!

Ringtoss

• The forest is divided into nine sections: Northwestern, Northern, Northeastern, Western, Central, Eastern, Southwestern, Southern, and Southeastern. Everyone begins in the Central section and can freely move between different sections of the forest as they wish.
  
• At the beginning of the game, anywhere between 1-4 people are chosen to be the murderers. At night, they will choose one (1) person to kill by PMing me. (The killers will get a Discord group chat, and they can only kill 1 person per night.) What happens next will be decided by a roll of the dice:
  • If the killer rolls higher than or equal to the person they're attempting to kill, the victim will die.
    
  • If the killer rolls lower than the intended victim, the murder attempt fails.
    
• During the day, the Pokémon will investigate the area and discuss who could be a killer. Like .EXE, this game will have a “roll to dodge” mechanic—thanks to Ringtoss's hyperspace tomfoolery, whether you find evidence or not will be determined by a roll of the dice, as seen here:
  

1. Epic Fail - the action was not performed, and backfired horribly
   
2. Fail - nothing happened
   
3. Partial Success - the exact degree of success is established by the GM
   
4. Success - the action was carried out adequately
   
5. Epic Success - the action succeeded in the most positive way possible
   
6. Overshot - though the result was achieved, the action backfired horribly due to disproportionately large effort
   

• At any point during the day phase (barring Day 1 for obvious reasons), you may choose to vote for someone to be executed. Whoever gets the most votes will be removed from the game, and their role will be revealed.
  
• The killers win if the number of survivors are equal or greater than the number of innocents. The innocents win by voting off all killers.
  

• Investigator: +1 to rolls involving seeking evidence or looking for people/corpses. (6's become 5's.)
  
• Orator: +1 vote during the voting phase.
  
• Medic: May choose to protect someone from death during the Night Phase, including yourself; if you accidentally protect a killer, however, they redirect their aggression towards you and you risk death. If the Sharpshooter shoots whoever you're trying to protect, you die as well.
  
• Soulmates: Two players get this role. Whatever happens to one Soulmate happens to both; if one Soulmate dies, gets executed, gets healed, etc., so does the other.
  
• Patron: No special abilities.
  

• Disguise Master: Twice per game, may freely use any non-killer's ability. Otherwise, is a normal Hunter.
  
• Ninja: Once and only once per game, may kill someone without leaving any evidence, not even a body. This kill will not be affected by a roll of the dice and cannot be dodged.
  
• Distorter: Three times per game, may alter any piece of evidence to frame an innocent. This can be done in virtually any way you can think of.
  
• Hunter: No special abilities, aside from killing people.
  

• Sharpshooter: May kill a player of your choosing at night once per game; this kill cannot be prevented by the Medic's protection or the Paranoid's survival techniques, and will not be affected by a roll of the dice. If you are an innocent and you shoot another innocent, however, you will commit suicide instead.
  
• Hypnotist: May non-lethally hypnotize one player per night, making them unable to use their ability. If you are among the killers, you are unable to kill unless you're the only killer left.
  
• Paranoid: Twice per game, may prevent all other players from using their nighttime abilities on you except the Sharpshooter and Ninja.
  

1. General murdergame rules still apply.
   
2. Stylize your votes like "/vote ThisPerson", or "/vote skip" if you choose to abstain. Votes can be freely changed until the end of the day phase or until a majority is reached.
   
3. No cheating. If you are caught cheating, you will be removed from the current round and banned from the next one.
   
4. Editing posts is strongly discouraged, as it can be used to hide important information. You can just as easily make a second post correcting anything that was wrong in the first one.
   
5. Directly quoting anything I PM you, in or out of this thread, without my permission will fall under the "cheating" rule. The first offense will result in a warning, the second removal/replacement and a ban. Creating false PMs is even worse, and will get you banned without a warning.
   
6. Try not to stall. If nobody is killed or lynched over the duration of 2 days and 2 nights total, I will give the victory to whichever side caused a death last (innocents if the last death was a lynching, killers if the last death was a murder).
   
7. Killers can be as simple or as verbose in their decision to kill someone as they want. You can just tell me "I'll kill X in the southeastern section of the forest", or you can write me a paragraph describing the crime in excruciating detail, or anywhere in between.
   
8. Aside from deadlines, day phases end approximately an hour after a majority vote is reached, and night phases end when all roles with nighttime abilities use them.
   
9. Duo characters are allowed. Trios and above, however, are not.
   
10. Legendary Pokémon, Mythical Pokémon, and Ultra Beasts are allowed. However, they cannot have their signature moves, nor can they access alternate forms (such as Black/White Kyurem, Primal Groudon/Kyogre, or Silvally's various Memory types).
    

Two major people have died this month:
—Christopher Plummer, 91, actor with a career spanning 63 years.
—Polly Lou Livingstion, 91, voice of Tree Trunks in Adventure Time and personal friend of Pen Ward's.

May they be at peace.