Motley crew of thugs after secret treasure game

[Kalel21]

This game will be strictly limited to one round per day, Monday-Friday, to give all participants plenty of time to respond each time.

There will be eight players. Each of you is a ruthless thug. You've all joined together because you've learned that an ancient Aztec idol, made of jewel-encrusted gold and valuable beyond price, is located in a lost temple hidden in the jungle.

You must work together to recover it, but only one of you can be the winner. At some point, each of you wll have to decide when it's time to double cross the other.

When you sign up, you have 30 points to divide between these four attributes:

Intelligence
Action
Agility
Treachery

For instance, Player #1 might post:

Intelligence-7
Action--8
Agility--10
Treachery--5

Each round, you'll encounter some sort of danger on your trek to the temple and later your search inside it.

To pass each danger without suffering a casuality, you must combine your attribute ratings.

For instance, perhaps you have to cross a section of floor without triggering a booby-trap. The danger might require a total of 10 Intelligence Points and 15 Agility points. You each post which of your abilities you employ. You may only use one Atribute per round. Player #1, for instance, might contribute his Intelligence Points. Player #2 might contribute his Agility. As long as a total of 10 Intelligence and 15 Agility are contributed, then the booby trap is bypassed. If it's less,then one randomly chosen person is killed.

DOUBLE CROSSING: After posting what Attribute you are using for the current round, you may PM me that you are double crossing another player.

I will then generate a random number from 1 to 10 and add it to your Treachery rating. I will add another random number to the Treachery rating of your target. If your total is equal or greater than his, you do away with him. I post publically that he has been backstabbed by an unknown assaliant.

If the target number is higher, you are killed and I post that you were done away with when you were caught trying to betray a comrade.

The game ends when the idol is recovered. At that point, all the survivers have an open gun battle with each other. Random numbers are added to each person's Treachery rating and the highest number wins. If there's a tie, there's a second round. When there is only one surviver, he or she escapes with the idol and becomes wealthy beyond avarice.

Obviously, if there are only a few of you left alive for the final fight, then your chances of winning are greater. But if too many of you are backstabbed too early, there's a good chance none of you will live to find the idol at all. You must all balance treachery with practicality.

The game lasts 10 rounds. It's first come, first serve. When you post that you want to play, please also post how you divide your Attribute ratings.

[JackAssterson]

JackAssterson:

Intelligence: 10
Action: 6
Agility: 6
Treachery: 8

All right, boyz, file in! I got this 'ere plan, see, to nick th' treasure and make awrf wit' it! I needz some guyz 'oo can make lik' a kangeroo and some guyz 'oo kin be in th' thick o' thingz acshun wize.

*cough, cough*

Sorry 'bout that. Ruddy cold's driving me bonkers.

[Melkhor]

Alright, I'm in as well, let's get me err... I mean *us* some gold boys!

Melkhor:

Intelligence: 5
Action: 9
Agility : 8
Treachery: 8

[theanalogkid]

I'm in.

Intelligence: 8
Action: 7
Agility:7
Treachery: 8

[petenliz9]

PETENLIZ9

Intelligence: 3
Action: 9
Agility : 9
Treachery: 9
...Gold ryhmes with mold........

[JackAssterson]

PETENLIZ9

Intelligence: 3
Action: 9
Agility : 9
Treachery: 9
...Gold ryhmes with mold........

Oy! It'z 'ee 'oo iz 'arf man, 'arf oar rang 'oo tan. 'Ee ain't got wut too brayn sells ta rub tugedder, but 'ee iz a gut battrin' ram, har har har!

*cough, cough*

I say, quite the brutish fellow to join our merry band. Once you stop defecating in the corner and leering suggestively at Melkhor, please sign on the dotted line. With a pen, please. A PEN. Sigh. All right, for the nonce, night soil will do.

so hard to find good help these days...

[KitsuShel]

Intelligence: 8
Action: 7
Agility : 8
Treachery: 7


Ohhh, this sounds fun!

[petenliz9]

Oy! It'z 'ee 'oo iz 'arf man, 'arf oar rang 'oo tan. 'Ee ain't got wut too brayn sells ta rub tugedder, but 'ee iz a gut battrin' ram, har har har!

*cough, cough*

I say, quite the brutish fellow to join our merry band. Once you stop defecating in the corner and leering suggestively at Melkhor, please sign on the dotted line. With a pen, please. A PEN. Sigh. All right, for the nonce, night soil will do.

so hard to find good help these days...

Eats contract, then draws crude picture of a boat, some birds and a sunset. Stick figures have names, me..him...you....that guy....man with pen....and woman.

[Melkhor]

Eats contract, then draws crude picture of a boat, some birds and a sunset. Stick figures have names, me..him...you....that guy....man with pen....and woman.

Ookay... Please tell me that guy wasn't in charge of getting our plane tickets... :)

[Kalel21]

We've got 5 out of 8 so far:

JackAssterson
Melkhor
theanalogkid
petenliz9
KitsuShel

Only three slots left. If you've always wanted to be a ruthless, backstabbing thug (and who hasn't?), sign up before all the slots are taken.

[Jackofhearts2005]

Intelligence 5
Action 3
Agility 10
Treachery 12

Don't worry about that high treachery rating.
I just look suspicious, is all.

[Rokk_Krinn]

So is it going to be a race to see if JackA or I backstab one another first? :)

Intelligence: 7
Action: 7
Agility: 6
Treachery: 10

[JackAssterson]

So is it going to be a race to see if JackA or I backstab one another first? :)

'Ey! I be the perfessor in this 'ere lot, so if'n yee be givin' be the ol' shivvy shank I won't be givin' yew yer alegbrar homewoik no mohr!

*cough, couch*

Tut tut, old bean. Such foul behavior just isn't cricket given the dastardly environs yonder MacGuffin lies in. Surely we can work together for a fortnight and snatch the gem afore undue bloodshed turns us widdershins?

[Kalel21]

One more slot to fill, then we're good to go.

[Kalel21]

There's not one more person out there who wants to be a ruthless, backstabbing thug? I find that hard to believe. I've had most everyone on this site pegged as a ruthless, backstabbing thug for years.

[Rokk_Krinn]

There's not one more person out there who wants to be a ruthless, backstabbing thug? I find that hard to believe. I've had most everyone on this site pegged as a ruthless, backstabbing thug for years.

I'm so demanding a refund from you. :tired:

I mean, I may be ruthless and backstabbing but I thought I was a step above a Thug. I'm certainly no Bystander. :)

[Kalel21]

I'm so demanding a refund from you. :tired:

I mean, I may be ruthless and backstabbing but I thought I was a step above a Thug. I'm certainly no Bystander. :)


How about old-school Vet. Thug, with 2 damage up front?

[hail_eris]

Gotta be *some* honor among thieves:

hail_eris
Intelligence: 9
Action: 8
Agility : 9
Treachery: 4

[Kalel21]

THE GAME BEGINS. May the worst man win.

Here's the team:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

KitsuShel: IN8; AC7; AG8; TR7

Jackofhearts2005: IN5; AC3; AG10; TR12

Rokk Krinn: IN7; AC7; AG6; TR10

hail eris: IN9; AC8; AG9; TR4

You all set sail down a dangerous river filled with rapids on a small tramp steamer. A day into the journey, you run aground on a sand bar. While waiting for the tide to rise, your boat is attacked by dozens of huge crocodiles. Not one of the ugly reptiles is less than 12 feet long.

It will take both quick thinking and firm action to fight them off. You need a total of 30 Intelligence and 25 Action to win through without losing a man.

You all have until 4 pm Eastern time tomorrow to post which Attribute you are using. Anyone who fails to post by then is considered to be cowering in fear while the others fight (or subtly hoping you lose so someone gets killed, figuring the odds are it won't be him).

Also, anyone who wants to may PM me that they want to double cross someone else (you must name a specific target) and do away with that person. Remember, you risk death yourself if you do this.

I will post results at 4 pm tomorrow. So no one ever gets to where he feels rushed, I will be fairly strict about waiting until 4 pm each day to post the results of the last round and let you know what danger you face in the next round.

[Rokk_Krinn]

I would like to go on record as saying for once - being this is a bit more complicated of a game and "game-like" enough that I don't want him out of it (as opposed to goofing on him by assassinating him during the Alien Shifter game :) ) - I am not going to try targeting JackAssterson...

...at least not until later (if we both survive that long). :laugh:

[Rokk_Krinn]

I'll also note that if Melk, PetenLiz and I use Action that should free up others to use Intelligence and make the quota just fine.

[Jackofhearts2005]

I'm pretty lazy.

I'll be using my 5 intelligence

[Rokk_Krinn]

I'll use my 7 Action to help wrassle them gators.

(Then we'll cut up some of the tail and have ourselves some Good Eats!)

I accuse anyone who doesn't help us with this as being drinkers of Gatorade!

[hail_eris]

I'm throwing protractors and chemistry textbooks at the 'gators. Take that, you foul beasts!

9 Int directed at the crocodile infestation.

[Melkhor]

Alright, let's make purses outa these critters!

Me and my trusty handguns will add 9 Action to the pot, fighting off the 'gators.

[JackAssterson]

10 INT to save the day!

[hail_eris]

Okay, so that's 24 Int and 16 Act directed at the problem. We still need 6 more Int and 9 more Act...

[petenliz9]

Gator soup, gator sandwiches, gator salad, gator cakes, gator nuggets, gator pie, ok I'll do it, gator paste, gator loaf............

9 Action from me.

[Jackofhearts2005]

As long as either of our esteemed allies choose to offer their brain power, we should get away from these gators just fine.

[Melkhor]

Right! I ain't got an endless supply of ammo y'know, and I'd like ta safe at least a few bullets for any redskins we might run across on the way. So if any of you brainiacs wanna lend a hand and figure out how we get the boat free soon that'd be real nice, 'kay?

[Iron Ham]

I first read the title as "Motley Crue" lolz

[KitsuShel]

Ok, then I'll throw in my 8 INT into the mix.

:)

[theanalogkid]

Don't read anything into my being last, jI was just plating this game called Heroclix! Anyway, even though it does not matter, I will chip in my intellegence of 8.

[Kalel21]

Well, you've all battled your way past the crocs. Tune in at 4pm for chapter 2.

[Rokk_Krinn]

Well, you've all battled your way past the crocs. Tune in at 4pm for chapter 2.

4 pm in which time zone? First Carlos and now you; geez, you Floridians are so EST-biased. ;)

[Kalel21]

4 pm in which time zone? First Carlos and now you; geez, you Floridians are so EST-biased. ;)


Well, Eastern Time is the only real time. :cool:

[Melkhor]

Well, Eastern Time is the only real time. :cool:

Why can't you people learn to use REAL time-zone designators?

I'm in GMT +1 you don't see me raving on about "Danish time" do you? :p

[Rokk_Krinn]

Why can't you people learn to use REAL time-zone designators?

I'm in GMT +1 you don't see me raving on about "Danish time" do you? :p

That's because there's been nothing significant about it since Hamlet's Time. :cheeky:

(I'd say don't tell the Danish gal I've taken out a few times that I said that but I already sass her about it. ;) )

[theanalogkid]

Nice to see we made it through the first hurdle without backstabbing each other.

[batfink]

Kal-el is a smarty pants librarian type, he should be using Greenwich Mean Time. :cheeky:

[Kalel21]

Kal-el is a smarty pants Libraian type, he should be using Greenwich Mean Time. :cheeky:


You misspelled "librarian". :laugh:

[batfink]

fixed it.
I'm still busy reshelving, I can't spend time spelling correctly.

[Kalel21]

fixed it.
I'm still busy reshelving, I can't spend time spelling correctly.

Was there any serious damage to the building or the collection?

[batfink]

Some books were water damaged, but not yours. :grin:
Last Friday I reshelved G-DS, and yesturday I reshelved DS-BR.

[theanalogkid]

Glad to hear. It sounds like it could have been worse.

[Kalel21]

Glad to hear. It sounds like it could have been worse.


Yeah, my book could have been damaged. If that had happened, they might as well just closed up permenently.

[JackAssterson]

Kal-el is a smarty pants librarian type

And here I thought I was the smarty pants library type.

That's what it says on my paychecks, anyway. :sleep:

[theanalogkid]

How many people have checked out Kal's book, batfink?

[Rokk_Krinn]

And here I thought I was the smarty pants library type.

That's what it says on my paychecks, anyway. :sleep:

Do you ever have trouble cashing them when they're made out to "Smarty Pants Library Type"?

[Melkhor]

Do you ever have trouble cashing them when they're made out to "Smarty Pants Library Type"?

Not as long as he's wearing his pants I'd imagine :)

[Rokk_Krinn]

Not as long as he's wearing his pants I'd imagine :)

If Jack's not wearing his pants, the cashier has more to worry about than proper identification. :surprised

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 2:

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

KitsuShel: IN8; AC7; AG8; TR7

Jackofhearts2005: IN5; AC3; AG10; TR12

Rokk Krinn: IN7; AC7; AG6; TR10

hail eris: IN9; AC8; AG9; TR4

After traveling several days down river, you stop at an isolated Indian village to purchase some mules and begin the overland portion of your jungle trek.

But your information about this particular Indian tribe was incomplete—you all had no idea they were cannibals. They plan to “have you all for dinner” this evening. Only some fast talking and a lot of sneakiness will allow you to get away into the jungle and continue your journey.

You need a total of 32 Intelligence and 32 Agility to make your escape without losing anyone.

[Melkhor]

No stinkin' injun's going ta have me fer lunch!

I've got a respectable 8 agility going towards getting us all outta dis one!

[Kalel21]

Oh, and remember--PM me anytime if you want to backstab anyone. Backstabbing takes place AFTER resolving the current round, so whacking one of your companions does not lessen your chances of getting out of the village alive.

[Rokk_Krinn]

Well, if Melkhor, PeteNLiz, JoH and Hail use their Agility that should reach the goal while allowing us to also accomplish the Intelligence part.

So, for the time being I'll pitch in my 7 Intelligence.

[JackAssterson]

10 Intelligence towards our goal! Bwahaha!

[theanalogkid]

I'll pitch in my 8 intellegence.

[hail_eris]

Ha! I used brains on the crocs, let's try some fancy footwork on these locals.

9 Agility used to cure our aboriginal difficulties.

Which, I believe, means that we have 17 Agility and 25 Intelligence accumulated thus far. We need 15 more Agility and 7 more Int to convince the natives to accept our beads and trinkets and let us go on our way...

[KitsuShel]

I'll throw in my 8 Agility.

[Jackofhearts2005]

Somebody (Shel cough cough) doesn't want everybody to survive this round, since me and Petenliz don't have enough intelligence and agility between us to finish this task. :ermm:

[theanalogkid]

Maybe if someone wasn't so treacherous, he would have enough int. or ag. to help.

[Rokk_Krinn]

Somebody (Shel cough cough) doesn't want everybody to survive this round, since me and Petenliz don't have enough intelligence and agility between us to finish this task. :ermm:

Yeah, I can see my post on how we could do this just reminds me of how we're not really playing a cooperative game. :laugh:

[Jackofhearts2005]

Yeah, I can see my post on how we could do this just reminds me of how we're not really playing a cooperative game. :laugh:
True.

I realized I don't really have anything to gain by betraying people now.

However, I also realized that I can use the threat of betraying someone to keep people from doing what Shel is doing.

Granted, with the lowest betrayal rating, it benifits Shel the most for random people to die failing at tasks, but still.

Sidenote: Both me and Petenliz have plenty of ag. to help.;)

[petenliz9]

and hep' I will. We cud 'ave gator kabobs, gator creole, gator stew......and lending 9 agility to help them prepare dinner.

[Jackofhearts2005]

On the off chance that the number I contribute has anything to do with who gets eaten by the natives, I'll throw in my 10 agility.

[Kalel21]

Well, you were fast enough, but not smart enough. Someone is going in the cooking pot while the rest of you make your getaway.

Official results will be posted, as usual at 4 pm EST, along with the description of the next round and the results of any backstabbing attempts that may or may not be made.

[KitsuShel]

Somebody (Shel cough cough) doesn't want everybody to survive this round, since me and Petenliz don't have enough intelligence and agility between us to finish this task. :ermm:

Wait, what did I do wrong? :ermm:

And why am I accused of not wanting anyone to survive?

[KitsuShel]

Oh, dammit. I must've mixed up the stats.

[Kalel21]

Oh, dammit. I must've mixed up the stats.


Oh, sure: that old story. :rolleyes:

[Jackofhearts2005]

Oh, dammit. I must've mixed up the stats.
No, its okay. The only way for you to win is to get very lucky at the end or let people who are better at treachery die before you.

However, don't be surprised if people don't like you "mixing up stats" and take it out on your character. ;)

[KitsuShel]

No, its okay. The only way for you to win is to get very lucky at the end or let people who are better at treachery die before you.

However, don't be surprised if people don't like you "mixing up stats" and take it out on your character. ;)

Hey, at least I was trying. Looking back, I guess I should have chosen more treachery, but figured team work would be the better way to go.

:cheeky:

[Rokk_Krinn]

Hey, at least I was trying. Looking back, I guess I should have chosen more treachery, but figured team work would be the better way to go.

:cheeky:


Yeah, teamwork actually only works if you -use- it instead of setting folks up for a death by not pitching in with the needed Skill.

Sweet-n-innocent isn't working here, Shel. :)

[theanalogkid]

She might be the random one killed. Ah, sweet irony!

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 3:

Wow. Chapter 2 ends with bloody slaughter.

You aren't quite clever enough trying to sneak out of the cannibal village. One of you is caught and ends up in the cooking pot. The randomly chosen victim is: ROKK KRINN, who screams out "I hope you choke on me!" as his life is boiled away.

For several days, you all trek through the steaming jungle, getting closer and closer to the lost temple. But then, one night, treachery rears its ugly head.

JackofHearts2005 tries to do away with KitsuShel. But as he approaches her with his bowie knife held ready, he steps on a twig. The sudden snap awakens Shel, who quickly draws her trusty .38 and puts a slug between JOH2005's eyes.

But when everyone wakes up in the morning, they find hail eris dead with a knife wound in his back. JOH2005 was not the only one who planned a double-cross. But someone else was more successful

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

KitsuShel: IN8; AC7; AG8; TR7

Soon, you all realize that your group is being stalked by a hungry jaguar. You must get the large jungle cat before he gets you. A total of 22 Action and 17 Agility is needed.

[Melkhor]

Alright ya bums, we need ta pull tagether on dis one!

I've still got me trusty, and loaded, guns ready, so that's 9 Action right there fer skinnin' dat big cat.

Now if de brainy professor (Jack) and mr. Average (Analog) do the same while de rest of you lot pitch in with some Agility, we can JUST barely make it, so get moving!

[Melkhor]

Oh, and good riddance to that treacherous git, he got what he deserved!

Never trusted him one bit did I! :)

[theanalogkid]

I'll throw in my 7 agility.

[KitsuShel]

I think this would work:
Me & PetenLiz: Agility

Everyone else Action

Thats equals exactly 22 &17.

[KitsuShel]

I'll throw in my 7 agility.

And with that, we're done. Now we'd need two more people to make up the Agility score, which leave the Action lacking.

Unless we're allowed to change votes, maybe?

[Rokk_Krinn]

Unless we're allowed to change votes, maybe?


Gee, funny how you didn't wonder about that before I got turned into soup d'jour from your betrayal of the skill allotments. :p

[Kalel21]

Unless we're allowed to change votes, maybe?



At some point late tomorrow morning or early afternoon, I'll tabulate everything. Until that moment, you can change votes. (And try to convince others to change votes.)

Remember, guys, you've got 8 rounds left before you reach the idol. At least two of you have to remain alive that long to make it.

On the other hand, only two of you need to remain alive that long to make it. :noid:

Also, remember, any backstabbing attempts are resolved AFTER the round is resolved. PM anytime to try a backstab, but remember that it won't actually happen until I post all results tomorrow at 4 pm.

[hail_eris]

Oh, look! It's a big scary jaguar. Golly, you know what would work great against that? How about not knifing the high stats goody-goody in the back? Whoops - too late! Go get 'em, cat! Get 'em all!

[KitsuShel]

Gee, funny how you didn't wonder about that before I got turned into soup d'jour from your betrayal of the skill allotments. :p

True, I screwed up and now I'm trying make sure I get it right.

:(

[JackAssterson]

I'll throw in my 6 Action and thrash ineffectually!

[petenliz9]

Can I contribute both my attributes to the cause, if so I'm all in, if not then 9 agility. Here kitty, kitty.........................

[Kalel21]

Can I contribute both my attributes to the cause, if so I'm all in, if not then 9 agility. Here kitty, kitty.........................


Just one attribute per person, I'm afraid.

[petenliz9]

BAD KITTY! 9 agilty here...............

[Kalel21]

Oh, look! It's a big scary jaguar. Golly, you know what would work great against that? How about not knifing the high stats goody-goody in the back? Whoops - too late! Go get 'em, cat! Get 'em all!


Gee whiz, getting stabbed in the back by your friends while you were asleep seems to have left you somewhat bitter! ;)

[Jackofhearts2005]

Don't talk to me about bitter.

For someone with such a low treachery rating, Shel's killed at least two of us but I get a "good riddance" when I die. :cheeky:

[Melkhor]

I'll throw in my 7 agility.

I hope the cat eats you for that!

[KitsuShel]

Don't talk to me about bitter.

For someone with such a low treachery rating, Shel's killed at least two of us but I get a "good riddance" when I die. :cheeky:

Well, I didn't kill either one on purpose.

:(

[theanalogkid]

I will toss in my 7 action instead.

[batfink]

How many people have checked out Kal's book, batfink?
Only a few less than checked out LOTR.

[theanalogkid]

So your saying 1?:grin:

[Kalel21]

With theanalogkid changing his attribute contribution in the nick of time, it looks as if you'll bag the jaguar without causalties. Official results (and the results of any backstabbing attempts) will be posted at 4 pm as usual.

[KitsuShel]

Ok, just to make sure the bases are covered, I officially throw in my agility, so we should be at exactly 22 and 17.[/COLOR]

[theanalogkid]

Sorry about the confusion(math is hard). As Shel's avatar has completely hypnotized me, I will do whatever she says.

[Kalel21]

I will do whatever she says.


Shel actually has that effect on all men.

[theanalogkid]

Don't tell my wife that. The avatar is the perfect cover.

[batfink]

So your saying 1?:grin:
Are you looking to get Mod-killed? ;)

[theanalogkid]

Just sayin'. Nice book, but a niche book. If I "randomly" die, you'll know why.

[Kalel21]

Just sayin'. Nice book, but a niche book. If I "randomly" die, you'll know why.


Sigh. True genius is never appreciated in its own time. :cool:

[JackAssterson]

If it had been

Low-Carb Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics and Radio: How Technology and Paris Hilton Changed Popular Fiction in America and Made Me Lose Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days

it would have sold millions.

[Kalel21]

If anyone playing this game is interested (and if I can do it via e-mail) I will e-mail an MP3 file containing an episode of an old-time radio show called "Escape." This episode is titled "Blood Bath," stars Vincent Price and is the best ever "motley crew in the jungle double-crossing each other" story.

I'm not entirely sure if I can send the file via e-mail or not, but I'll be happy to try. PM me an e-mail address if you're interested.

[batfink]

I've heard that one, so now I know the end. :cry:
:Hurridly buys life insurance on players:

[theanalogkid]

I'm listening to it now, Kal. It works fine.Its quite the mood setter. Thanks.

[Kalel21]

I'm listening to it now, Kal. It works fine.Its quite the mood setter. Thanks.


Thanks for letting me know. If anyone else wants to hear it, PM me your e-mail.

[DocDoom187]

That's because there's been nothing significant about it since Hamlet's Time. :cheeky:

(I'd say don't tell the Danish gal I've taken out a few times that I said that but I already sass her about it. ;) )
Danish Girl? I thought you were one of the most eligible gay bachelors.:p




(Steel Trap. ;))

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 4:

Working together like a well-oiled machine, you all expertly track down and kill the huge jungle cat before it gets any of you.

But the machine apparently needs some oil. That night, the femme fatale KitsuShel tries to quietly do away with theanalogkid. But she's not quite fast enough or quiet enough and instead falls to his blazing automatics.

Only four of you left.

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

Nearing the secret temple, you find you must cross a bottomless crevasse. A shaky log bridge lies across the gap--if you can shore this up and cross carefully, you can cross without losing anyone else.

You'll need 18 Intelligence and 17 Agility.

The next round will be resolved at 4 pm Eastern time on Monday. Motley crews of ruthless thugs always take weekends off.

[JackAssterson]

Well, gee. People, the time for betrayals is at the END of the game. The END. Not the bloody beginning when we need stats to even get through the sotted jungle.

Are we even mathematically able to do this one? Argh.

[Jackofhearts2005]

*high fives TAK from the grave*

[theanalogkid]

We are a point of intellegence off, by my math.

[JackAssterson]

We are a point of intellegence off, by my math.

That's what I got as well.

rassafrassa...

[Kalel21]

That's what I got as well.

rassafrassa...


But that's a typo on my part. I'll edit and fix the post.

It will never be impossible to complete a task as long as you are willing to work together.

[theanalogkid]

I will chip in my 8 intellegence, then.

[JackAssterson]

10 Intelligence to the cause!

Petenliz, Melkhor, time for some action. :sleep:

[Melkhor]

Ok, if ya all say ya got this bridge tied down and supported on dis end, I'll take the drooling guy from the shortbus over ta da other side and tied it down there.

8 agility from me.

[hail_eris]

It will never be impossible to complete a task as long as you are willing to work together.
Wait, so the jungle is taking *pity* on the remaining band of cutthroats and hooligans by dumbing things down for them? I cry foul! Hit 'em with natives who have blowguns that shoot snakes, I say!

[petenliz9]

Ok, if ya all say ya got this bridge tied down and supported on dis end, I'll take the drooling guy from the shortbus over ta da other side and tied it down there.

8 agility from me.

Manages to form some drool into spit and watches it spiral down........

9 agilty here

[Rokk_Krinn]

Wait, so the jungle is taking *pity* on the remaining band of cutthroats and hooligans by dumbing things down for them? I cry foul! Hit 'em with natives who have blowguns that shoot snakes, I say!

Or better yet, the blowguns that shoot the snakes that fire army ants from their mouth!

Release the snakes, Smithers!

[Melkhor]

Or better yet, the blowguns that shoot the snakes that fire army ants from their mouth!

Release the snakes, Smithers!

Anything's better than the dancing Richard Simmons robot...

[Kalel21]

It looks like you guys are going to cross the ravine safely. Official results will be posted at 4 pm as usual.

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 5:

You cross the ravine without losing anyone. Astonishingly, no one wakes up the next morning with a knife in his back.

Finally, after days of treking through the seemingly endless jungle, you approach the temple. But before reaching the structure, the cannibals you thought you left behind attack!!! Apparently, Rokk Krinn wasn't enough of a meal to satisfy them.

If you can make it to the temple, which the cannibals consider taboo, they will retreat. But it will take some sharp fighting to get there without losing anyone.

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

It will require 10 Intelligence and 25 Action to safely reach the temple.

[JackAssterson]

Stand back, everyone! I'll think my way out!

*ponders away with 10 INT*

[Melkhor]

Stinkin' injuns, eat lead and die (from malnutrition)! :)

*Both guns blazing for 9 Action*

[Rokk_Krinn]

Yeah, I am rather sparse and full of garlic - probably wasn't to their taste at all. :)

[batfink]

I dunno, I think Rokk tastes like chicken.

[Kalel21]

I dunno, I think Rokk tastes like chicken.


For the love of all that is holy and good in the world, don't ever explain to us how you could possibly know that.

[Rokk_Krinn]

For the love of all that is holy and good in the world, don't ever explain to us how you could possibly know that.

I've already changed all the locks on my house and hired a security service from British Intelligence.

And I'm still scared of batfink. :surprised

[theanalogkid]

I will add my 7 action.

[petenliz9]

9 Action here

[Kalel21]

Well, after all those initial betrayals, the four remaining thugs seem to be playing nice with each other.

Will it last? Tune in at 4 pm for the official results of this round AND a new game factor that activates when you enter the temple that could cause the body count to start rising again.

[theanalogkid]

Dun dun dun. Time for a commercial break. The suspense and feel of a radio show with this is great, Kal. I hope you do more of these.

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 6: After blasting your way through the cannibals, all four of you make it to the temple. The cannibals run from this taboo structure.

You find an entrance only partially blocked by rubble and dig your way in. But a small chamber just inside the temple contains----AN ANCIENT BUT STILL LIVING AZTEC MUMMY!!!!

The mummy demands a blood sacrifice. You cannot go on unless one of you is given to the mummy to have his heart torn out and eaten.

Which of you will it be? There are two ways of determining this.

If three of you can agree upon the same person, then that person is the sacrifice.

Otherwise, a seperate random number from 1-10 will be generated for each player and added to his Treachery rating. The person with the LOWEST score is the sacrifice.

You have until 4 pm Eastern tomorrow in order to decide to sacrifice a specific team member or allow random chance to decide.

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

PETENLIZ9: IN3; AC9; AG9; TR9

[Melkhor]

Well guys, looks like the choice is clear here, it's been fun draggin' him along all across dis bloody jungle, but do we honestly want ta share de loot with a guy who'd be just as happy with a shiny bottlecap?

I say we let drooly go play with the dead injun, I'm sure they'll have lots a fun together!

And besides, I don't trust that shifty glint in his unfocused eyes lately...

I nominate PetenLiz for sacrifice!

[JackAssterson]

I couldn't possibly sacrifice our brave yet dunderheaded compa

*YAH!*

(shoves Petenliz in the mummy's path)

[theanalogkid]

Petenliz it is! It looked like he was going to backstab us.

[Kalel21]

Boy, you guys are ruthless!

Chapter 7: You push Petenliz into the mummy's arms and ignore his death screams as you continue on.

Soon, you come to a narrow hallway. You must step on exactly the right stones when crossing this section, or you will trigger a barrage of poison needles.

You need 8 Intelligence and 15 Agility to get through safely.


THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

[theanalogkid]

I will nimbly step with my 7 agility.

[Melkhor]

I'll out-nimble you with my mighty 8 agility then!

C'mon professor, we're almost dere now!

[JackAssterson]

I think my way out of danger!

10 INT to the cause

[theanalogkid]

Its the only reason we keep you around, Jack.

[Kalel21]

Suddenly, you three are playing just ever so nice with each other after shoving one of your comrades into the arms of a bloodthirsty mummy.

Gee, I wonder if anything will be posted at 4 pm today that might change that once again?

[theanalogkid]

Dun dun dun!

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 8:

You pass through the narrow corridor safely, but then come to a room where the ceiling begins to lower down towards you and the door behind you slams shut.

There is a narrow tunnel exit, but it takes several minutes for each of you to squeeze through one at a time. The last person through the tunnel stands a 50% chance of getting crushed before he gets out.

Who will be last? A random number from 1 to 10 will be generated for each player. The player with the lowest number goes last and stands a chance of getting flattened.

Each player may, if he chooses, permenently sacrifice 1 or more points of his Treachery to increase his chance of not being last. Every Treachery point sacrificed adds 1 to the random number for that player.

Remember, though, that this would hurt your chance of being the winner of the final gunfight after you find the idol in Chapter 10.

You must post publically the number of Treachery points (if any) you want to sacrifice.

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

[theanalogkid]

I am sacrificing 0 Treachery points.

[Melkhor]

Nah, I'm plenty fast as it is. I don't need ta sacrifice nuthin' ta get outta dis one alive! (famous last words if I ever heard them) :)

[JackAssterson]

I sacrifice no treachery. I do, however, hold my rabbit's foot firmly and grease the boots of my erstwhile comrades.

[Kalel21]

Gee whiz, I've got you guys conditioned to respond quickly every day just like Pavlov had his dogs conditioned to drool when he rang a bell.

Will one of you end up a pancake on the floor of the ancient tunnel? Tune in tomorrow to find out.

[theanalogkid]

Woof! Woof!

[Kalel21]

Chapter 9:

You all scrabble for the tunnel exit. After some pushing and shoving, JackAssterson proves to be the last one out. But he squeezes into the tunnel in the nick of time!!!! All of you survive.

In the next chamber, you are suddenly attacked by a flock of large, mutant vampire bats!!! Only quick and hard fighting will get you out of this one!!! You need 13 Agility and 9 Action to fight off the bats without taking a loss.

Remember also that this is the last round where you can backstab someone. After Chapter 10, all survivors shoot it out for possession of the idol. (Ironically, all of you have identical Treachery ratings, meaning you all have an equal chance of winning/losing that final fight.)

Remember also, though, that a sudden burst of backstabbing by more than one of you will leave just one of you alive. One man alone cannot survive the final challange in coming up in Chapter 10.

Is it time to start "accidentally" using the wrong attribute in order to thin out the herd? (But also taking the one-out-of-three chance that YOU are the one killed?) We'll have to wait and see.

THE TEAM:

JackAssterson: IN10; AC6; AG6; TR8

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

[theanalogkid]

I will add my 7 agility.

[JackAssterson]

Whew! 6 Agility for the cause.

[Kalel21]

Remember--no new Chapters on weekends. Chapter 10 will appear at 4 pm on Monday.

[Melkhor]

Alright, looks like all we need ta handle dis pack a flyin' rats is some nice hot lead from my twin automatics...

Ain't it just a cryin' shame that I seem to be all outta ammo then?

Maybe if I think really hard I'll remember where I put that spare clip in time, no?

I'll use my impressive 5 INT to figure out where I put my bullets! :devious:

[JackAssterson]

Ack! Treachery!

*hopes for some well-deserved hoisting on a certain someone's own petard*

[theanalogkid]

Curse you and your sudden but inenavable betrayal!

[Kalel21]

The bats swoop down on you--but the expected volley of gunfire from Melkhor doesn't come. Desperately, you fight your way through the bats.

But one of you doesn't make it. JackAssterson is the randomly chosen victim, falling under the talons of a vampire bat. Laughing evilly, Melkhor withholds the barrage of bullets that might have saved Jack.

The remaining two motley thugs, clothes torn, bleeding from many cuts and abrasions, ammo nearly exhausted, reach the central chamber of the temple. And there it is--the small gold idol, encrusted with rubies, worth a king's ransom back in civilization.

But rising up in front of the idol is the animated skeleton of Hernando Cortes, cursed because of his brutal conquest of the Aztecs to guard the temple for all eternity.

Bullets from your guns have no effect on the skeleton as it come towards you. Snatching up rusty swords from the weapons that lie scattered on the floor, you prepare for your final battle.

You must have a total of 16 Action to defeat the skeleton of Cortes.

No more backstabbing attempts allowed. If you both survive this fight, then you immediately have the final gun battle to determine who treks home with the idol.

Ironically, your odds are fifty-fifty no matter what you do. You can throw the fight with Cortes with a 50% chance of surviving or you can cooperate with each other, defeat the skeleton and then take a 50% chance of the final gun fight.

THE TEAM:

Melkhor: IN5; AC9; AG8; TR8

theanalogkid: IN8; AC7; AG7; TR8

[JackAssterson]

Ah, nertz. So close and yet so far. My bulbous brain availed me not.

Let's see some betrayal!

*waves lil' flag*

[Melkhor]

Alright, we got dis far, an' I ain't throwin no fight to no dead spaniard, I don' care how many injuns he killed!

Let's take down the spook and split the loot 50-50, fair and square, eh?

9 swashbuckling action points to put down Cortez!

[JackAssterson]

Alright, we got dis far, an' I ain't throwin no fight to no dead spaniard, I don' care how many injuns he killed!

Let's take down the spook and split the loot 50-50, fair and square, eh?

9 swashbuckling action points to put down Cortez!

BOOOOOOOOOO!

(works both as a jeer to cooperation AND 'cause I'm a ghost, see?)

[theanalogkid]

I'm going to use my 7 agility to step out of the way and let Cortes eat you and keep 100%. Man what a bunch of thieves around here...

[JackAssterson]

Hooray! Treachery!

*root root root*

[theanalogkid]

I thought you would like that, ghost voice.

[Kalel21]

I'm going to use my 7 agility to step out of the way and let Cortes eat you and keep 100%. Man what a bunch of thieves around here...


But will Cortes kill him or kill you? Tune in at 4 pm Eastern to learn the final fate of our motley crew? Who will become wealthy and who will rot forever in the depths of the lost temple?

[Jackofhearts2005]

Tune in at 4 pm Eastern to learn the final fate of our motley crew?
I like how that's a question.

Same bat time? Same bat channel?

Maybe!

[theanalogkid]

I hope it is. I have to tune to hear Melkor's screams as he becomes Cortez chow! (Positive thinking)

[Kalel21]

CHAPTER 10:

Snatching up swords, you both face off against the skeleton of Cortes. But at a key moment in the fight, theanalogkid backs off and give Cortes a chance to fight.

Luck is with theanalogkid--Cortes drives his sword through Melkhor. theanalogkid then smashes Cortes' skull.

So the quest is over. theanalogkid--sole survivor of the motley crew of ruthless thugs--picks up the idol and gazes at it with greedy eyes. Soon, he'll be back in civilization, rich beyond the dreams of avarice, wildly spending his ill-gotten gains.

The rest of you spend eternity rotting in the jungle. Or, in one case, dissolving in the stomachs of the cannibals. BUT at least you won't have to fill out all those darn tax forms that theanalogkid now has to deal with.

THE END.

[Melkhor]

Curse you!!!! I got so close I could almost taste that gold...

Oh well, at least my strategy was sound, and I did directly cause the death of two other players, so I'm not complaining that much :)

Anyways, great game Kal, you took us all for one HELL of a ride with this one!

[Jackofhearts2005]

Well done, both Kal and TAK. :)

[theanalogkid]

I would like to thank the random number generator for taking out all this scum that was with me:grin: . Great game Kal. I hope you have more of these to run.

[hail_eris]

So who was it that backstabbed me? It was *so* Shel, wasn't it?

[Kalel21]

So who was it that backstabbed me? It was *so* Shel, wasn't it?


No, actually it was Melkhor. So there was some poetic justice at the end there.

[KitsuShel]

Great game.

I only tried to backstab once, JoH, when he was being a meanie poopy head.

:p

[Jackofhearts2005]

Great game.

I only tried to backstab once, JoH, when he was being a meanie poopy head.

:p
So much for "accidentally" killing me, eh? :cheeky:

[KitsuShel]

So much for "accidentally" killing me, eh? :cheeky:

Oh, for the love of mud, I think I meant TAK. Whoever it was that I backstabbed, I only did it once.

I need to take a break from all of these games. :cheeky:

[Jackofhearts2005]

Me too.

If I ever go to a con, I'll be afraid of any hcrealms people I meet trying to kill me. :p

[Kalel21]

I've started a new version of this game, if anyone is interested:

http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=221017