POKÉMON 2.B.A. MURDERER ~ Sign-Up/OOC Thread

[KungFuCutbug]

LOCATION: ???, Unova region

“‘Ey you!”

[That's the first thing you hear when you wake up: a shrill, fast, strongly-accented voice.] “Glad t’ see you're all awake ‘n’ alive ‘n’ all that jazz.”

[Looking around, you find yourself with several others in a dense, thick forest you don't recognize. You can't remember how you got here; as a matter of fact, you can't seem to remember much of anything, aside from your name and your four moves. As you struggle to get ahold of your bearings, you notice that the source of the voice is a diminutive Hoopa Confined, glimmering in the sparse light filtering through the treetops.]

Ringtoss

“Name's Ringtoss! Or if you wanna make it fancy, you can call me somethin’ like... uh... ‘Hyperspace Commander Ringtoss’?” [The Hoopa laughs and clasps its hands together.] “Nah, jus’ Ringtoss works fine. Welcome to a li'l somethin’ I threw together t’ get rid'a my ever-approachin’ boredom. You're all here for a reason—I trust ya know it already since you signed up for this, but in case ya forgot, I'll tell ya real quick.”

“I got a li'l game for ya t’ play. Ever heard'a games like Traitor in the House on the Hill ‘n’ One Night Ultimate Werewolf? My game's kinda like that. You're gonna be here for a few days ‘n’ nights, and I've put hyperspace portals ‘round the barrier so ya can't escape. I've assigned each'a you a role, ‘n’ some'a them can do different things durin’ the day o’ the night. But, o’ course, every good scumhuntin’ game needs some scum. So a few'a you are killers. Ya know each other, work together, ‘n’ get to kill a Pokémon that's not on ya side every night.”

“Good guys: Your goal's to figure out who's killin’ you ‘n’ get rid'a them all. Bad guys: Your goal's to lay low ‘n’ shift the numbers advantage ‘round into ya favor. Simple, right? Been done countless times before, s'tried ‘n’ true!”

“OH! And, and, AAAND ya got an audience!” [Ringtoss happily waves at something that it appears only it can see.] “A couple'a Trainers are recordin’ this. Shout-out to Red Ridin’ Hood in particular for bein’ on board wit’ my li'l social experiment and broadcastin’ it to TEN MILLION'a ya lovely folks! Sure ya fans will love it.”

“One last thing. Above all else, this is just a game. Sure, a couple'a lives may be lost ‘long the way, but people eat that crap up on TV. And besides...” [A wicked smirk spreads across the Hoopa's face as its voice deepens.]

“There's nothing inherently wrong with a game of mafia.”

—

Welcome to Pokémon 2.B.A. Murderer! This murdergame functions fairly similarly to the other game I'm known for hosting, .EXE ~ A Virus Containment Game, with the obvious exception being there's no “innocents turn into killers” mechanic.

• 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.
  

ROLES

Roles are mostly the same as in .EXE because I'm lazy.

Innocent

• 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.
  

Killers

• 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.
  

Ambiguous (could be on either side)

• 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.
  

RULES

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).
    

SIGN-UP SHEET

Pokémon:
Nickname (if applicable):
Moves (up to four):
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed):
Gender:
Skills:
Other:

SLOTS

1. ATV (Custard) DEAD: Orator ~ I love the taste of Poison Powder in the morning!
2. Addie & Sue (Mad) EXECUTED: Hunters ~ I was observing the birds circle in for the kill...
3. Guy (Weirdguy)
4. Mawile (Kennifer)
5. Kye (Geek)
6. Gengar (Matthew)
7. Squirt (Dookie) DEAD: Patron ~ Oh, would you look at that. I've been impaled!
8. Ted (Sub)
9. Sabine (Guma)
10. Lord Helix (Archon) DEAD: Hypnotist ~ I'm a Helix Fossil, and I'm gonna put a spell on you!
11. Isbrand (Kafka)
12. Reynard (Ten)
13. Radar (Chey)
14. Doober (Huney)
15. Fuiji (Zan)
16.

[MadeOfMilk]

Pokemon: Venomoth
Nickname: AATTVVV (a.k.a ATV, or All Terrain Venomoth)
Moves: Disable, PoisonPowder, Leech Life, Stun Spore
Abilities: Tinted Lens
Gender: Male
Skills: Slaying dragons, healing, immunity to poison, being a slot filler
Other: From Twitch Plays Pokemon Red. Speaks in purple.

[madface7]

Pokémon: Plusle & Minun
Nickname (if applicable): Addie & Sue
Moves (up to four): Helping Hand, Electro Ball, Encore, Charm
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Plus & Minus
Gender: Both male
Skills: Cheerleading and teamwork! And also being really cute in general. 
Other: Addie has the Naive nature and is a little quick tempered, and Sue has the Gentle nature and loves to eat. They're best friends!  OK, they might be a bit more than that.

Addie speaks in italicized red while Sue speaks in italicized blue.

[Weirdguy149]

Pokémon: Snorlax
Nickname (if applicable): Guy
Moves (up to four): Metronome, Body Slam, Bulldoze, and Ice Beam.
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Immunity.
Gender: Male.
Skills: Sleeping, eating, general Snorlax behavior. Also worshipping the RNG.
Other: A stowaway from an obscure RP. Not the first time he's done this whole Pokémon thing.

[Kennifer]

let's do this!

Pokémon: Mawile
Nickname (if applicable): None
Moves (up to four): Fairy Wind, Bite, Sucker Punch, Iron Defense
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Intimidate
Gender: Female
Skills: Those jaws on the back of her head? Yeah. She's really good with those. Usually for using Bite. Also due to Steel and Fairy dual-typing, she has a natural immunity to Dragon-type and Poison-type moves.
Other: Adorable until she turns around, isn't she? Oh, and she talks in this color. (which I hope shows up ok if you're on a light theme!)

[artsyGeek]

Pokémon: Lucario
Nickname (if applicable): Kye
Moves (up to four): Aura Sphere, Counter, Calm Mind, and Metal Claw
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Inner Focus
Gender: Female (she/her or they/them pronouns)
Skills:  Martial arts (specifically savate), as well as strategical thinking. Also archery, if that's allowed. 
Other: A Pokemon I have in my Pokemon RP party. Wise and witty, but can come off as too awkwardly formal. Speaks in dark blue. 

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Pokémon: Gengar
Nickname (if applicable): None
Moves (up to four): Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Lick, Mega Punch
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Cursed Body
Gender: Male
Skills: Haunting the dreams of any Pokemon
Other: Quite mischievous and amuses himself quite a bit

[Dookie]

Pokémon: Chimchar
Nickname (if applicable): Squirt
Moves (up to four): Ember, Inferno, Swagger, Disable
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Blaze
Gender: Male
Skills: Clever, cute, and fiery! Also, is a very good climber.
Other: Chim Chim Char. (Talks like this). A character from an obscure RP. Kind of having an identity crisis from the amnesia.

[Subparman]

Pokémon: Teddiursa
Nickname (if applicable): Ted
Moves (up to four): Swagger. That's literally it.
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Pickup (chicks)
Gender: M
Skills: Looking really good while failing at things
Other: I said I'd revive my cringe middle school OCs and here we are... welcome to hell.

[Guma]

Pokémon: Hydreigon
Nickname: Sabine
Moves: Nasty Plot, Dragon Pulse, Crunch, Flash Cannon
Ability: Levitate
Gender: Female (she/her)
Skills: Her four moves, as well as flight
Other: A Pokémon bounty hunter. Not much is known about her and her past. Has a mild German accent. Speaks like this. (color: 9A00B2)

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Pokémon: Omanyte
Nickname (if applicable): Lord Helix

Moves (up to four): Hydro Pump, Surf, Withdraw, Horn Attack
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Shell Armor
Gender: Male
Skills: Being our divine lord and savior (maybe...), 
Other: Speaks in Bold Dark Cyan 

[Kafkaesque]

Pokémon: Alolan Ninetales
Nickname (if applicable): Isbrand Kalea Kimura Shalaqa de Burghess von Steinholtzer al-Karim - but just "Isbrand" will do. (She came up with it herself.)
Moves (up to four): Dazzling Gleam, Ice Beam, Moonblast, Ice Shard
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Snow Cloak
Gender: Female
Skills: Very capable when it comes to ourdoor exploration and survivalism. Inquisitive and perceptive (though she won't necessarily draw a sensible conclusion from what she observes).
Other: Has an, uh, tenuous grasp of reality. She seems to believe she is living in an old-fashioned epic heroic story, in which she is the protagonist, and acts the part. Cares not for the fourth wall. My glorious communications are coloured a beautiful shade of teal!

[TenOfSwords13]

• Pokémon: Lycanroc (Dusk Form)
  

• Nickname: Reynard
  

• Moves:
  

1.  Counter
   
2. Accelerock
   
3. Taunt
   
4. Stealth Rock
   

• Ability: Tough Claws
  

• Gender: Male
  

• Skills: Has an "intense fighting spirit", whatever that means.
  

• Other: Orange text, becaue I see two colours on this guy and I'm not evil enough to use white text. He's normally calm, unless you annoy him. Then anything that happens is not my responsibility.
  

[Huney]

Pokémon: Bidoof
Nickname (if applicable): Doober
Moves (up to four):

• Growl
  
• Defense Curl
  
• Tackle
  
• Rollout
  

Ability: Simple
Gender: Male
Skills: Good at just kinda being there. He's very nice, though!
Other: Talks in dark orange here. Closest thing to brown.

[Zanreo]

Pokémon: ♀️.(aka.Female Symbol)
Nickname (if applicable): Fuiji
Moves (up to four): Petal Dance, TM50 (attacks 2 to 5 times in a row), Thunderpunch, Scratch
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Synchronize (randomly chosen since it's a glitch exclusive to games before abilities existed lol)
Gender: Female
Skills: Has a beautiful singing voice
Other: Speaks in red

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Just giving this a little Pokebump

[CrystalMemoria]

Pokémon: Pheromosa
Nickname: Rosario
Moves: Lunge, High Jump Kick, Bounce, Stomp
Ability: Beast Boost
Gender: Non-binary
Skills: Rosario is very quick, not just in how fast they move, but also how quickly they can spot small specks of dirt!
Other: "Rosario speaks in italics."

[KungFuCutbug]

well the 16th spot never got taken so signups are closed

expect to get your roles later today, and the game will start properly sometime tomorrow

[KungFuCutbug]

the game's started, go go GO

[madface7]

fast

[madface7]

oh look

no one is listening to the "slow down" rule once again

why am i not surprised

[Guma]

I mainly find it an issue when commands are going by too fast. Less so with interactions.

[madface7]

ok I know you did something funny with ringtoss in discord, i need to see what happened when i get home :p

[SmilyCube112]

Pokémon: Sobble.
Nickname: Sora.
Moves (up to four): Pound, Growl.
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Torrent.
Gender: Female
Skills: Doesn't show it in public, but she's resourceful, and has a high amount of determination for someone introverted.
Other: Speaks in a cyan colour, and is generally a quiet 'Mon.

[EeveeGirlChey]

Pokémon: Vaporeon
Nickname (if applicable): Radar
Moves (up to four): Aqua Jet, Aqua Tail, Water Gun, Surf
Ability (Hidden Abilities are allowed): Water Absorb
Gender: Male
Skills: Healing, charisma, melee, can use Surf to go through water if needed.
Other: A nice, loyal Vaporeon. Had a happy life that turned tragic. Speaks in light blue.