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A subtle hint works well in practice. Otherwise, we would return to profiles, but that's a stage that has long passed in the multiplayer. In fact, it's much more convenient; don't be afraid to try it.
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As for the ban on non-narrative victories, we simply had a situation where there were too many of them. Even good games weren't being played, and even with a revealed hint)). It was roughly like my first game on your forum, where I was a healer; I was still quite a noob and a beginner (((( unfortunately, that's how it happened, but as far as I remember, there were a lot of non-narrative victories, and as a result, the good games won (a Lizardman, I think), although I don't really remember that game; it was just for show, and I think I asked to have it replaced. Basically, to combat endless non-narrative victories, they introduced the Game Master, who was terribly tired of the passive game)).
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I'll get home and post some examples of hints, as promised.
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Here's a fairly complex hint from the game of Guilds and Kings for Nirtok, whose quest was the song.
17. Nirtok (Woods of Ypres. I was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery) (I was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery) (the hint is highlighted in bold, followed by the Game Master's explanation in the log).
Friend follows friend,
Pikes and clubs go,
Clovers and hearts.
And this is, in my opinion, the most difficult hint in this game. In fact, it refers to Karatygin, who described the funeral of his acquaintance, a card player:
"Karatygin attended the funeral of a famous card player, a Cossack officer named S. When asked how he liked the funeral, Karatygin replied:
- It was magnificent. First, the Cossacks rode by with pikes, then the musicians with tambourines, then the clergy with crosses, then S. himself with hearts, followed by ladies, aces, jacks, and finally, twos, threes, and fours..."
Only Nirtok has a song about a funeral.
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Here's a chain from the game of Fly, where Noname chose the singer John Fogerty.
Buddha, guitar
Buddha and Guitar is the musical group Nirvana. Nirvana -> musical genre - Grunge -> Mark Arm was something of a founder of grunge and was the vocalist of the band Green River. -> Green River is also a well-known song, which, surprisingly, was performed by John Fogerty.
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A hint for Eugene, who chose Till Lindemann.
Baptism of Rus', Windows.
The Baptism of Rus' - 988. Windows Millennium, that is, 1000. In total, 1988. On August 28, 1988, during an air show at the Ramstein air base, several planes collided. I thought for a long time about how to encode 1988, and as a result, I came up with this crazy combination.
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Here's one from Diablo, the game of Kuroneko.
A hint for lazycat, who chose Spear.
Sutter Cane was killed - The Shining of the Final Partnership
Jeleb killed Sarina with the fire of the hydra in Sarina's location. Since the antagonist runs to the monsters in the game, and not the monsters to him, I often described the killing of mobs as if it were an NPC who came to them. It was possible to guess.
Hint. The Final Partnership = the last alliance. The leader of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men of Middle-earth is Gil-Galad, whose name means "Shining Star." Gil-Galad's weapon was the spear Aeglos, "Snow Spike."
I tried to make the hints a little easier than usual. Lazycat guessed it himself this time.
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The Disorder of the Nourishing One of Four
Aiden attacked Geralf with a grotesque. Geralf's passive ability, which blocks killings and counterattacks, activated. But Aiden is not blocked on even nights, so his killing goes through. And he himself should have died from the counterattack, because Noname chose ice, not a sword, and Aiden's defense was reduced by Endugu the night before, and he only had immunity to physical and poison. But Tiriel protected him from the ice. So, depending on the circumstances, there could have been two corpses or none, but there was one. The spider made a very unfortunate choice of victim for the second time.
Hint. The Nourishing One of Four is the four-legged goat Amalthea, who nursed Zeus on Crete. Disorder is the disorder of roads, paths, i.e., a labyrinth, also located on Crete. In the labyrinth lived the Minotaur, whose weapon is the Labrys axe. In principle, the Labrys is a symbol of Crete, and the weapon of Zeus /but only one of them/. The hint was collectively taken, both in the topic and in the mafia chat, but no one pushed it.
The hint was for
Axe, which was chosen by the player Spider.
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The Semi-Blind Food of the Colorless
Hint. Colorless = gray. The food of the gray one is the food of the wolf. Semi-blind = one-eyed. This is about Odin, who is one-eyed and will be eaten by the wolf Fenrir on the day of Ragnarok. Odin's weapon is the spear Gungnir. Lazycat took the hint for himself again without any difficulty.
Spear (spear) lazycat
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A hint for the player who chose the crossbow.
The Inventor of the Human Advocate
Hint. Human advocate = defender of people, which is how the name Alexander is translated from Greek. Inventor = inventor. An inventor associated with Alexander is Heron of Alexandria. He is considered the first to describe the crossbow.
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