- Posting Speed
- 1-3 posts per week
- Online Availability
- I have a shifting work schedule, so My online times will be random.
- Writing Levels
- Adept
- Advanced
- Prestige
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Male
- Female
- No Preferences
- Genres
- Fantasy, scifi, futuristic modern, fantasy modern, Action/adventure, Mystery, Fan-based,
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Lady Beryl is a mistress of secrets. No one knows how she learns them, only that once she knows a thing it will always be used to her advantage. Blackmail in short. The trouble is none of her victims truly know who she is or how to make it stop, until one of her sources slips up.
Now someone knows how to find to her. But before they can put their new-found knowledge to the test Lady Beryl discovers someone knows and decides to take matters into her own hands. This villain of the dark decides to throw a costume party at her mansion in the hills for a select few. One of whom is her black mailer. Unfortunately for Lady Beryl every single one of her guests has a reason to kill her. So when a storm strikes and the power gets cut, things go wrong.
The land line is out, cell service is rubbish, the bridge is flooded, and Lady Beryl is dead.
Now the guests are left with a body, no way to leave the house, and a murder among them. Who came to talk? Who came with the intention to kill? and who is actually responsible?
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This is a Clue-style mystery in the mechanics only, not the story. It will run much the same way the board game would, but I hope that it will turn into something entirely of our own, which is why I've chosen to place this in the modern section.
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No one will know for sure who did what aside from me. I will be the Narrator. I will hand out clues and keep track of who did what until the end, and make GM posts. I will also control Lady Beryl (and any staff). Lady Beryl will die at an early point during the RP and it is your job to figure out who killed her. Anyone may be the murder!
Also, I may PM someone with a plot twist at various points, so be ready to be adaptable!
This RP is designed to be short term. I do not expect it to last much longer than a month.
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This story takes place in a modern day setting, during a costume party hosted at Lady Beryl's residence, during an extremely bad storm.
In the second post of this thread I will include a map and Character Location listing. This listing will be periodically updated with character locations as they move about the mansion.
There are also secret passageways. When a character enters a room I may PM that player and tell them about the passageway, it is up to them to reveal it or not. If they choose not to and another player enters the room, I will give that person the same opportunity. If two characters enter a room together I will PM the first to enter. If two characters enter rooms on opposite sides of a passageway, I will PM them both.
Once a passageway is revealed, anyone may use it.
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You will all create a character profile and depending on what you include in your profiles I will create clues. I will then PM the clues to you each separately (in rounds) throughout the game and you will work that clue into one of your next posts somehow. How you do this is up to you. However, please don't make it too obvious, write it in a way that the rest of the players can make their own deductions should they find the clue in your post.
Examples
Here are some basic examples of how a clue might appear in game:
Clue given to Person D – The gun was not used to commit the murder. The character sheet states that the handle was pearl inlay.
Person D may post – Character 4 turned and spied something under the couch in the Lounge. They knelt down to investigate further. It was a gun with a pearl inlay handle. Upon further inspection they noted that the barrel was cold. Looking around to make sure no one saw them Character 4 pocketed the weapon.
Reasonable deductions by the rest - Cold gun = if the gun hasn't been used, The murder must have been committed some other way, or Character 4 has pocketed the gun, they must be up to something.Clue given to Person A – Lady Beryl was not killed in the Dining room
Person A may post – Character 1 was in a bit of a panic. She had never expected somebody to actually kill their hostess, even though they had all wanted too. Needing a moment to clear her head she slipped into the dinning room where everything was exactly as they had left it down to Character 3's half eaten piece of chicken. Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves she slipped back out again.
Reasonable deductions by the rest – The dining room is exactly how they left it, no one's been in there since dinner ended. Lady Beryl didn't die there.
Please do not give out false clues! However. You may mislead or redirect.
Clue given to Person B – Character 3 did not kill Lady Beryl
Person B sees that Character 3's sheet says they are wearing heels.
Person B may post – Character 2 tripped over the bag of flour the cook had spilled when the blackout had occurred. Right in the middle of the mess was a very clearly defined outline of a heeled shoe, the tiled floor showing through. Character 2 stepped around the flour and tripped again, catching themselves on the counter. Character 2 winced. They'd nearly put their hand down on a butcher knife. That would not have been a good thing to explain to the others.
Reasonable deductions by the rest - heeled shoe print in flour = Characters 3 and 4 are wearing heels (as listed in their sheets) so one of them was in the kitchen. Wait a minute, the cook spilled the flour when she heard the death scream. For the print to be outlined in the flour 3 or 4 would have had to be in the kitchen when it happened. One of them is innocent.
Or the knife is in the kitchen so it can't be the murder weapon
The above example works on the premise that everyone knows the murder was not committed in the kitchen.
This example is considered misleading and not false for two reasons. First Person B revealed their clue using a trait belonging to two different characters. Second, since in a kitchen a knife is standard equipment this is considered misleading and not a false clue.
Looking at the examples above you can see that making detailed posts is highly encouraged. Not only will this potentially mislead the other players, it will help to hide the real clues. -
You may accuse another character of a crime at any time after the first round of clues has been sent out.
Murder Accusations will consist of the following:
- Who killed Lady Beryl
- The murder weapon
- Where the murder originally took place
I did say this would be like clue ;)
After an accusation is made I will post a list of names in the OOC (this thread) and the first person on that list who can prove the accusation wrong with a clue I PMed them or one on the publicly known list (explained in the next paragraph) must do so in game.
Example:
Character 1 makes an accusation against character 6 saying they used the knife, in the library, to kill Lady Beryl.
Character 2 says they have nothing
Character 3 says they have nothing
Character 4 points out "the knife has no blood on it, it can't have been used!"
Here's where we deviate from the game, Everyone will learn the shared clue. And it will be posted in the publicly known clues section of the second post in this thread. If an accusation is made using a publicly known clue, anyone may prove it wrong.
If no one can prove the accusation wrong (with a PMed clue or pointing out a publicly known clue) I will do one of two things. If ANY part of the accusation is false, I will post a clue to prove it so. Or if the accusation is true I will inform the Accused via PM, and their next post will include a confession.
At this point everyone posts their reactions, and they somehow restrain that character, the police will finally arrive and the game ends :)
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- Standard Iwaku rules apply.
- Players may play one (1) character only
- If you need to leave the RP please let me know so a way can be found to write out your character without spoiling the game for everyone else. (Perhaps they'll be knocked unconscious and their notebook of clues will be left for everyone to find)
- Because this game relies on people posting clues for each other to find, I do ask that players post at least once week.
- Also I may, PM and ask for your character to do something specific (like slip away from the others randomly for a minute or two, or discover that the cook has slipped away). Or if necessary, make a GM post stating something generic like "everybody wandered around for a bit exploring, and were taken by surprise when the power went out" to mask character locations right before the murder. I may also PM you for help implementing a plot twist. Please be prepared to be flexible.
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I will accept up to 6 people to play. There is ONLY one spot left and I will leave it open for only a set period of time.
Character Sheet
Alias: (A type of stone: Ruby, Granite etc.)
Age: (25+)
Height and Build: (Short, thin, muscled etc.)
Eyes and Hair:
Other distinguishing features:
Costume: (please place any images in a spoiler)
Shoe Size and Type:
The weapon they brought with them in case they got the chance to use it / thing they have that can be used as a weapon:
Note: DO NOT include anything other than what I have requested. That is for everyone to try to figure out in game. I may ask for other details via PM that only you and I should know at the begining ;)
I try to be aware of my Rpers posting schedules and will attempt to pace this RP accordingly. Please include your availability at the end of your character sheet so I can figure out an approximate pacing.
There we are, I hope it makes sense and wasn't too long. If you have any questions please ask.
@Midian, @Kura, @Requiem, @Terpsichore, @Endless Masquerade
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