Zero Escape: VLDR - Winter's Mastery (Game 0ver)

[Schultz128]

There are two sides to every coin.
Much like how there are two faces to every person.

Loyalty/Betrayal
Honesty/Deception
Life/Death
Morality/Mortality

Everyone will see only one of the faces of a person until they are provoked.
It will cause their faces to flip, leaving it up to chance which one will take over, much like a coin, and you're left wondering:

"I wonder...which side will it land on?"

People like this are just kidding themselves over who they truly are. Then again, aren't we all? What is there to be ashamed of?


Doesn't everybody want to be someone else?

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VLDR: Winter's Mastery

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[Game Rules]

1. The most important: respect your host and the other players. Please remember that this is just a game.
   
   
2. This is a role-playing game and I, the host, will be the GM. I will facilitate everything in this game; please always follow my instructions.
   
   
3. This game is both active and time-based. If you are unable to respond to another player's action due to your absence, then I will act on your behalf. I always try to be fair. Consider this a disclaimer: do not complain about actions I took for you. This is often better than simply letting you die because you happened to be offline.
   
   
4. Your primary goal in this game is to escape the facility. Note that some roles may have additional goals, while others don't need to escape at all. In order to escape, you must open the Number 9 Door. You will learn how to do this as the game progresses.
   
   
5. Once the escape door is opened, all players able to leave - meaning not unconscious or otherwise preoccupied - will escape, and the door will close. The game ends immediately afterward. In other words, opening the Number 9 Door marks the end of the game.
   
   
6. You cannot carry more than 5 items on your person, not including hidden or undetectable items that come with a role.
   
   • Unless otherwise stated, every player has the ability to keep one item hidden. This item will not be found during body searches unless you are unconscious or dead.

[Player Rules]

1. Do not, under any circumstances, discuss your role. Do not claim a role, do not list your role's abilities, and do not name your role's win conditions. This includes hinting at or "softclaiming" a role. Some roles may be obvious, but please refrain.
   
   
2. All players will be required to send in a character description after they have received their roles. Reminder that character descriptions should exist within the realm of reality and are purely cosmetic, meaning they will not effect combat or other RNG situations. Other than that, design your character to your liking. You can even play as yourself if you wish.
   
   
3. Do not talk about the game outside of game means. This includes talking to other players, alive or dead, or members not in the game. If you must ramble or rant, my DMs are open.
   
   • Dead players are not allowed to discuss the game with other dead players.
   
   
4. Please bold all of your actions so that they are easy for me to see.
   
   
5. Whenever you send me a message regarding the game, make sure to begin the PM subject with "VLDR", or otherwise I may not see it. Also, whenever you are in a PM chain with other players, be sure to click "Reply to all recipients" when messaging the other players. You do not have to do this for Private Messages/Actions, those should go solely to me.
   
   
6. DO NOT JOIN THIS GAME IF YOU WON'T BE ACTIVE. We're aiming for this game to be completed within 2-3 weeks. The more active the players are, the less time it will take to complete. This game is much more fun when all players are active since the game is turn and time based.

[Phases]
Spoiler:

Discussion - Talk with other players in the thread, vote for various options, etc. Mainly used as filler between other phases.

Puzzle - Separate into groups and solve riddles with your team. Solely in PMs.

Roaming - Explore the facility, interacting with others along the way. Solely in PMs.

Ambidex Game - Choose to ally or to betray your opponents. What you choose dictates if you'll be able to escape, or if you'll be left behind...

[Roles]

There cannot be two of the same role excluding roles that copy abilities. Other than that, it's completely random. If you have any questions regarding your role or the roles of others, please feel free to message me.

To help balance the usage of firearms in the game, all roles that don't start with a firearm in their kit will be inefficient with firearms, meaning that they will never be able to kill someone with one shot unless under special circumstances (i.e shooting an unconscious player). The Maverick, Zero, and Officer roles have gained the "Firearm Proficiency" passive, which enables them to possibly kill a player in one shot. The player is still required to roll a high number for their action for this to occur.

I have also modified a couple of roles to where they differ from the versions in the VLDR Hub. A new role has also been added.

Roles Changed/Added:

• Radical
• Maverick
• Zero
• Officer
• Tachomaniac

Due to the nature of this game, Pair roles are not included.

Spoiler:

Good
Roles whose main purpose is to protect other players or defeat team evil.

Guardian Angel

Glory in compassion

Abilities:

• During Roaming, you may inquire at any time where your target is.

Win condition:

• (Player) is alive by the end of the game [you cannot kill your target].
• If (player) dies, escape without letting his or her killer escape.

Detective

Solving mysteries

Abilities:

• Once per roaming, you may choose a player to track. You may inquire about their location at any time during roaming.
• You sense when someone has been killed.

Win condition:

• Escape without allowing any evil or killing roles to escape [including conspirators].

Automaton

Searching for companionship

Abilities:

• You have inhuman strength, but you are not invulnerable.
• You are unable to kill.

Win condition:

• Escape with (one third of total number of players) others.

Officer

Martial law

Abilities:

• You begin the game with a revolver and one bullet, undetectable until first use.
• You are proficient with firearms, enabling you the potential to kill a player in one shot.

Win condition:

• Escape without allowing any evil or killing roles to escape [including conspirators].

Esper

Morphogenesis

Abilities:

• Every Ambidex Game, you are informed of a role of a living player in your group.
• You can sense when someone is betraying in the Ambidex Game.

Win condition:

• Escape with (one-fourth of total number of players) others.

Believer

Caged bird

Abilities:

• Choose between three people at the start of the game. Your target will escape certain death one time [excluding the Ambidex Game].
• You begin the game with a knife.

Win condition:

• Escape with your target [you cannot kill your target].
• If you die, you will win so long as your target escapes.
• If your target dies, ensure their killer does not escape with you.

Nurse

Luna, M.D.

Abilities:

• At the start of the game, choose three players to monitor. If any of them are killed, you will be informed so and be given the location where they died.
• You are able to tend to others' wounds with great finesse.

Win condition:

• Escape with (one-fourth of total number of players) others.

Vigilante

Swords of Justice

Abilities:

• Every Ambidex Game, you will be informed how many people in your group have killed.
• You start with a hidden scalpel.

Win condition:

• Escape without letting anyone who has killed to escape, excluding yourself.

Tachomaniac
Gotta go fast

Abilities:

• In all confrontation (grabbing an item, combat, etc.) your action is first over all others.
• You start with a Kevlar vest that will remain unnoticeable until death (unless you wish to remove it).

Win condition:

• Escape with (half or more) of the total amount of players.
• Escape without allowing any evil or killing roles from escaping.

Pair
Roles that can't exist without its counterpart; alignment varied!

Conspirator
Keeping secrets

Abilities:

• You and your partner, (player), may communicate via PM at any time other than the Ambidex Game.

Win condition:

• Escape with 3 or fewer others, including your partner.
• If one of you escapes, you both win so long as you have completed your other goal.

Adversary
Friendly competition

Abilities:

• You and your rival, (player), cannot kill one another.

Win condition:

• Escape without your fellow adversary.
• The adversary left behind may still win if his or her rival escapes alone.

Telepath

Imaginary friends

Abilities:

• You and your partner, (player), may communicate via PM at any time other than the Ambidex Game.
• If one of you is incapacitated or killed, so is the other. You feel your partner's pain.

Win condition:

• Escape.
• If one of you escapes, you both win.

Agent/Agent
The Special Office of Internal Security

Abilities:

• You and your partner, (player), may communicate via PM at any time other than the Ambidex Game.

Win condition:

• Prevent the (evil/killing role) from completing his or her win condition, and escape.
• If one of you escapes, you both win so long as you have completed the above goal.
• If your target completes their goal, kill them and escape together.

Neutral
Roles who are just along for the ride - they only care about escaping.

Alchemist

Innovation

Abilities:

• You are able to create special passive items that no one else can create or find. You are given a list of items you can create, or you may tell your host what you wish to make within reason.
• If your items leave your possession, they will automatically activate on whoever takes them, and you start off with a handful of special items.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Maniac
What's yours is mine

Abilities:

• You can steal from and plant items on others with 100% success.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Senior
Wise and stubborn

Abilities:

• Once, you may PM the host and force any option to take place.
• Your vote counts as two in all decisions.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Hacker
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Abilities:

• You are given next pairings during the Ambidex Game.
• Once, you may swap two people before pairings are announced.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Tinkerer
Crazy inventions

Abilities:

• You begin the game with a handful of items.
• You can combine items to create weapons within reason.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Jumper
...Kanny?

Abilities:

• You can hide 3 more items on yourself.
• You consider yourself agile.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Con Artist
Quality knockoffs

Abilities:

• You are able to create copies of items that are in your inventory. The copies will not work upon use.
• Once, you may make a fully functioning replica of an item.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Dancer

Two distractions

Abilities:

• Most private actions you submit will not be announced in front of others, excluding some attacking actions (at host's discretion). The target of your action may not notice either.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Blinded
More than meets the eye

Abilities:

• Your hearing abilities are superhuman - you can hear things happening far away.
• You can keenly hear movement, making it difficult for people to sneak attack you.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Analyst
Trained eye

Abilities:

• Upon receiving a new partner for puzzles/AB Games, you will be given a message describing your partner's alignment.
• Once every Discussion Phase, you may inquire about a player's inventory without having them know.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Boxer
Perfect rhythm

Abilities:

• You cannot get knocked unconscious by a physical attack.

Win condition:

• Escape.

Synthestitch
Tastes like purple!

Abilities:

• Whenever someone is publicly searched, you will be privately informed his or her hidden item(s), if there are any. You're also informed of any hidden items in your surroundings while looking around.
• You will be given details of publicly announced actions (i.e. the item that two people secretly exchange, what someone whispers to someone else, etc.).

Win Condition

• Escape

Wildcard
Roles with flexible win conditions, meaning they can become good, evil, or completely benign in the end.

Doppelgänger

Double vision

Abilities:

• You have no abilities.

Win condition:

• Once you kill someone, you become their role and take all of their items. You cannot win as a doppelgänger.

Armor

Cuirass past

Abilities:

• Covered head to toe in tough armor, you are resilient to physical attacks and are extremely slow.
• Your role is announced to everyone at the start of the game.

Win condition:

• There is a key hidden somewhere in the facility; you must find it and use it to remove your armor.
• Once your armor is removed, you will assume another role. You cannot win as an armor.

Average Joe

∑

Abilities:

• You have no abilities.

Win condition:

• You will assume a new role immediately after the first Ambidex Game. You cannot win as an average Joe.

Lover

Undying affection

Abilities:

• You have no abilities.

Win condition:

• You are deeply attached to (player). Escape with him or her [you cannot kill your target].
• If your target dies, his or her murderer must be dead before you can escape.

Passépartout

Choose your fate

Abilities:

• You are able to choose your abilities from a list given to you every Ambidex Game.
• Each time you choose a new ability, your previous one will be lost.

Win condition:

• You are able to choose your win condition from a list given to you.
• Once you choose your win condition, it cannot be changed.

Zero

Mastermind

Abilities:

• Once every Roaming and Puzzle phase, you may inquire about a player's role. You will be told what his or her exact role is.
• At the start of the game, you may choose to begin with an item in any other role's toolkit.
• If you take a gun from the Maverick or Officer's kits, you will become proficient with firearms, enabling you the potential to kill a player in one shot.

Win condition:

• Ensure that only Neutral and Wildcard roles escape. You do not need to escape.

Evil
Roles whose goal is to hinder the player environment and cause chaos.

Chaotic

Harmony in chaos

Abilities:

• You have no abilities.

Win condition:

• 6 betrays happen in the Ambidex Game, not including when you choose betray.

Radical

Free the soul

Abilities:

• You have an EMP bomb that can be planted during the Roaming Phase. Once you plant it, it cannot be discovered until after the Roaming Phase ends. Players will be able to witness you plant the bomb, though.
• The bomb is deactivated using your blood, the other players will have two attempts to find you and disarm the bomb or 60 hours.

Win condition:

• You win if your EMP bomb detonates. The bomb will knock down everyone's BP by 2.
• If your bomb is disarmed, you must escape with 3 or fewer others.

Challenger
All for one

Abilities:

• You are able to escape certain death one time [excluding the Ambidex Game].

Win condition:

• Be the first person [or a part of the first group] to reach (BP required to escape) BP, and escape.
• If you are not the first to reach (BP required to escape) BP, ensure that the/a person with the highest BP count is dead before escaping, excluding yourself.

Demolitions Expert

Explosive personality

Abilities:

• Once per roaming, you may plant a small explosive device in any room and at a specific location. You cannot plant the SED while someone else is in the room.
• When someone nears where your SED is, it will detonate, and the victim will fall unconscious or die, depending on how injured he or she is.

Win condition:

• Have three of your bombs detonate and escape.

Psychopath
Heart-Ripper

Abilities:

• You begin the game with a knife.
• You become fueled with adrenaline when you need to kill someone, making you more powerful in combat situations.

Win condition:

• Escape.
• For each Ambidex Game where there are no betrays, you must murder someone before you may leave.

Cultist

For Brother

Abilities:

• You are unable to kill outside of the Ambidex Game.
• You may choose one player per phase who will lose all of their role's abilities for the entirety of the current phase. They are not informed of this. You may choose up to two people for this between two Ambidex Games.

Win condition:

• You win if three-fourths of the players are dead [can include yourself].

Killing
Roles who goals are to thin the numbers, or to severely lower the chances of other roles winning.

Cleaver

Four-leaf clover

Abilities:

• You begin the game with your trusty fire axe, undetectable until first use.
• If you have not yet used your fire axe, you will automatically use it as a counter the first time someone tries to kill you unless your attacker is using a gun.

Win condition:

• Kill (one third of total number of players) players.

Assassin

A hired hand

Abilities:

• All weapons you carry will always be undetectable.
• You are agile and can dodge many physical attacks with ease.
• Once per roaming, you may inspect a player. You will be told if your target is a good role or an Agent.

Win condition:

• Ensure all good roles (including Agents) are dead and escape.

Maverick

Escape the past

Abilities:

• You begin the game with a revolver and three bullets, undetectable until first use.
• You are proficient with firearms, enabling you the potential to kill a player in one shot.
• For every person that you kill, you gain a hidden point to your BP count, only you know what your total BP count is. However, if your public BP count goes below 1, you will still die.

Win condition:

• Be the only person to escape.

Vainglorious
Immortal through deeds

Abilities:

• Once per roaming phase you may choose a player to stalk. You may inquire what their location is and additionally, when you inquire you will be told if they are alone or not.
• You begin the game with a scalpel.

Win condition:

• Escape while being the leading cause of death.

Obsessor
My precious

Abilities:

• You are searching for your doll, a random player at the start of the game has it. If the carrier dies, the doll is transferred to the killer.
• You are informed when the doll is transferred.

Win condition:

• Escape with your doll.

Aristocrat

A higher purpose in mind

Abilities:

• You begin the game with three vials of powder: sleep, paralysis, and death, all undetectable until first use. The powder must enter the bloodstream or be ingested to take effect. You use the entire vial upon use.
• You are a frail individual.

Win condition:

• Escape only with players who have successfully betrayed a living player.
• Alternatively, kill (one-fourth total of players) players who have only selected ally and survive to the end of the game.

Predator

It's a jungle

Abilities:

• You are stronger and faster than players who have less BP than you.
• Players who have a lower BP count than you become targeted. If their BP count becomes equal to or higher than yours, they will no longer be targeted.

Win condition:

• Kill (one fourth total number of players) marked targets.
• Alternatively, choose to betray in the Ambidex Game two times and escape.

[Gameplay Terms]
Spoiler: "Private Action" - Actions that you send only to the game host. While others may see the results of your action, they will be unable to predict it. Depending on the circumstances, nobody may even notice your private action.

"Visible/VIS" - Generally large items that could not easily be tucked away in a pocket. Visible items are listed whenever your current physical description is given. You may only carry one visible item at a time.

"Hidden/HID" - Regular items that become more difficult to find when you are searched. They do not show up while you are conscious and being searched. They will show up if you are unconscious or dead and being searched. You may only hide one item at a time.

"Undetectable/UND" - Special items attached to some roles that will never show up while being searched until they are used. They will show up if you are dead and being searched. Once an item is no longer undetectable, it cannot become undetectable again.

"AB Game/AB" - Ambidex Game

"BP" - Bracelet Points



[The Players]

To join, just type "/join" and bold it! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me now!

1. K1llthestory
2. Arckas
3. yauaustin202
4. ChubbyMooshroom9

[Schultz128]

Character Descriptions:

K1llthestory - 'Lizard'

Spoiler: A smaller, weaker looking boy that couldn't be a day under 18. You'd first notice his skittish behavior. Always fiddling with something in his pocket, in his hands, anywhere. That's when the facial features began to take effect. Bright red hair that'd looked to not have been brushed in at least a weak is the most notable thing about him besides his scars. He'd have them dotting his entire body. His face, his arms, his hands, and any other exposed body part would always have a couple of pockmarks or burns covering his skin. His face is somewhat symmetrical, and he looks like he could have been good looking once upon a time if it weren't for his scars. With that said, he's got a smaller nose, small ears, and generally small facial features that compliment his small stature. He wore a ratty, ghetto looking form of what used to be jeans and a sports overcoat with a plain shirt underneath.

Nopingout - 'Renae'
Spoiler: Renae is a young woman, who looks to be as average as they come. Brown hair flows down her shoulders with brown eyes to pair. She appears to be of average height.

TeamMystic - 'Markus'

Spoiler: Markus is a male in his early twenties, standing at moderate height. He has dark brown hair and pale blue eyes. He has two small blue horns coming out the back of his head, a dark blue polo shirt, and dark jeans with black shoes. Markus was enrolled in Full Tech Academy, a college centered around learning much more in technology in every way. His behavior is rather kind at times but he tends not to care much about a lot of other things if they don't interest him.

yauaustin202 - 'Nil'

Spoiler: Nil is a slender, yet fairly muscular, male of average height with a melancholic appearance. He has fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils, similar to a cat's. He has distinctively thick eyebrows. He wears a black scarf and an unbuttoned black jacket with long coattails and a high collar, a white shirt with some kind of icon on it, and black, seemingly thick pants.

Multiuniverse - 'Stevie'

Spoiler: Stevie is a small ecstatic young adult of around 20. Stevie has brown messy hair and is wearing formal looking clothes. He often wears a happy, enthusiastic, and naive face. However there’s more happening inside his head than can be seen from his expression.

tardispaten - 'Alexander'

Spoiler: Alexander is a man dressed in a suit of thick armor. The armor appears to be made of gold and bronze, dressed with red robes similar to that of a monk. The figure has no face, only a helmet with glaring red slits for eyes.

Wiing - 'Gideon'

Spoiler: Gideon is a male in his early thirties of moderate height. He has spiky hair colored a dark purple. He wears black square frame glasses, a white dress coat over a red dress shirt, a black tie, black dress pants, and white dress shoes. He has very pale skin and brown eyes.

Phinerenx - 'Masuoka'

Spoiler: Masuoka is a young male in his early twenties. He wears a light blue t-shirt and a midnight blue wool shirt over it. He wears black Ampere pants and blue and white shoes. He has messy black hair and gray eyes. He's 5'3 and skinny. He usually looks tired and uninterested.

ChubbyMooshroom9 - Calvin

Spoiler: Calvin is a young man in his early twenties, standing at nearly 6 feet tall. He has black hair that reaches down to his neck. He wears a purple and gold suit with a white dress shirt underneath and black gloves to pair. He is an obvious victim of heterochromia, the condition of having two irises of different colors. His left eye is pink, while his right eye is purple. Running away from an abusive household at the age of 6, he taught himself and became a prodigious student. Living on the street was tough, and he wanted to make it a better place, so he strived to do so. Charismatic, intelligent, and always thinking ahead is what made him the man he is today.



Maps:

Floor 1:

Spoiler:

Floor 2:

Spoiler:

[Schultz128]

At the moment, I almost have all characters, but I will be going into work soon. As long as I get all characters sent to me before midnight, then the Game will begin at Midnight EST.

Remember, don't post yet and get those folders ready!

[Schultz128]

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The Puzzle Phase has begun.
Do not post until instructed to do so.

[Schultz128]

The hatch to one of the elevators opens with a solemn hiss, frosty fog seeping out from its core. Two individuals climb up and out.

Those who have escaped may now post.

[Multiuniverse]

That was.... hm

[Multiuniverse]

(TLDR; I did everything while Noping sat and relax)

[Multiuniverse]

Riiiiiiiiiight

[Multiuniverse]

(Hey spoilers!)

[Schultz128]

A second hatch opens, and out crawls a man.

[Schultz128]

Two more souls exit a new hatch.

[Schultz128]

Another hatch opens as a single soul climbs out.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

I did that puzzle by myself

(Mfw guess the right revelations line first try)

[K1llthestory]

The boy crawls out with the sleeping bag from the first test, a few minutes behind the other one. He'd be smaller, weaker, and looking to not have had a good home for a couple of years. He'd fumble with his hand a bit, the one not carrying the cot, and he'd skittishly look around, nervous. His hand swivels side to side, gazing at each of the people assembled in turn before wandering off on his own. When he'd turn his back, you realize from what you thought to be dirt and grime on his face dotted his entire body. It was an array of pock marks, scars, anything that could disfigure his body did. Any further examination was lost as he walked off into the room with the magenta door.

[Schultz128]

The room is a large room, similar to a warehouse. There are 6 elevator chambers aligned on one wall next to each other, 4 of them opened. On another wall is a large metal door with the number "9" painted on it in faded paint. On another wall are three doors: one magenta, one cyan, and one yellow. On the final wall is a computer screen.

The feverish boy attempts to go into the room with the Magenta door, but finds it won't budge.

[K1llthestory]

He checks the other two rooms, similarly.

[Schultz128]

Both are locked as well.

[K1llthestory]

"Fine."

He moves to the computer screen and pokes at it, giving careful scrutiny.

[Schultz128]

It is powered off.

[K1llthestory]

The boy grumbles something under his breath and unrolls the cot. He crawls into it and closes his eyes, uncaring of the others.

[Schultz128]

Another hatch opens and two more souls climb out. One of them is wearing an odd suit of armor.

[tardispaten]

That was...

What?

[Phinerxen]

Uh, hi.

[tardispaten]

So, how many of us are here now?

[Phinerxen]

If I counted correctly, 8, including us.