Minigame: Arcana XX The Balance

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Minigame: Arcana XX The Balance



Hello everybody! Eclipse here with another random little minigame for people to play! We are returning to Arcanas as the theme for this minigame. For those who don't know about the Arcanas and more specifically the history the forum shares with them look no further. Well, slightly further, just scroll down a little.

What Are the Arcanas?
The Arcanas we refer to above are what are known as The Major Arcanas from a Tarot Deck. Each Arcana has a card that has the number of the Arcana and the title, as well as an image representing the Arcana. Commonly Tarot cards are used for predicting the future, but besides that the Arcanas are just cool in general. Why do these have anything to do with MMG? Good Question! The reason is simply because in the first major games hosted people were not given abilities like normal! Instead there were unknown abilities that had to be earned by becoming a "Major Player" through effort, at which point you were given the power based on your actions. Surprise! Those hidden abilities were based on the Arcanas and when one became a major player they were assigned an Arcana. Now.... There was a problem......

Arcanas were overpowered as the craziest shenanigans you can think about. In addition to everyone in general being weak due to no base powers, many of the Arcanas offered abilities that were insane in terms of power and use. I will list the ones that I recall below! Just look at this NONSENSE! Also, as a note, it has been forever since the original Arcana stuff happened and I don't quite remember everything exactly so forgive me if I leave a couple powers a little vague or blank. Or if I mis-remember or something.

0 - The Fool:
- Earned by leading a trial to a completely incorrect conclusion
- The Fool can present a theory to the mastermind and the mastermind will tell them what percentage of the theory is correct
- The mastermind will not specify what parts are correct or incorrect.

1 - The Magician: 
- You are no longer required to make movement posts
- You can teleport from any room to any other room, even if the target location is sealed by lock, barrier, or etc.

2 - The High Priestess
- I don't quite remember this one. I think it allowed the holder to revive other players.

3 - The Empress
- Earned with the Emperor
- Had to do with commanding players. Unsure how it worked exactly

4 - The Emperor
- Earned with the Empress
- Had to do with commanding players. Unsure how it worked exactly

5 - The Hierophant
- You can speak with the dead players whenever you like!
- Knowledge they share with you is IC and can be brought into debates.

6 - The Lovers
- Upon earning, declare your Lover.
- When either Lover perishes, the other may sacrifice their life in the others place in order to save them.

7 - The Chariot
- You know all the Arcanas in play, but not who has them
- Once every two days, you may target a player with the chariot. That player has their Arcana permanently destroyed and removed.
- The Chariot is fired globally and can even be fired upon the living while the chariot user is dead.

8 - Strength
- The holder of strength cannot be killed by any 1 person. At least two people must attempt to kill Strength together to kill them.
- Strength can kill two people in the same room with them as if they were only killing one.

9 - The Hermit
- You can investigate/examine things remotely

10 - Wheel of Fortune
- You can rewind time. No, Really.
- The user can revert the game state back an undetermined amount of time. This will prevent murders in that period and reverse actions.
- Also causes strange magical shenanigans. S2 after its use a doorway was sealed by a massive iron door.

11 - Justice
- Justice knows whenever someone lies
- If someone is accused of being Justice, a Justice trial occurs. If Justice is voted for by majority they are executed.
- Otherwise, the true Justice may instantly execute someone who voted them guilty

12 - The Hanged Man
- Upon earning the Hanged Man, declare a partner
- Upon death, the Hanged Man's chosen partner is alerted that the Hanged man is dying. If the partner can locate the Hanged man within a time limit, the Hanged man is saved.
- The hanged man can be saved from ANYTHING. Even if their body is stabbed, burnt, exploded, hanged, drowned, or all of the above. The Hanged man will get "saved."
- The Hanged Man gets a different perspective while investigating. Essentially they get the masterminds notes copy pasta instead of a watered down response.

13 - Death
- When someone earns Death, everyone is alerted to that fact.
- Anyone who wants to kill Death must alert Death to the fact in advance. 
- If someone alerts Death of their murderous intent and fail to follow through in three days then the someone dies.
- Death must also alert their victims for murder and are subject to the same constraints.

14 - Temperance
- Temperance has the restrictions on the use of Paranoia to defend oneself reduced.
- Paranoia allowed one to declare someone to be paranoid against. While in Paranoia you would survive any murder scheme from the declared person.
- If Paranoia was used excessively and did not successfully stop anything, user goes crazy(essentially death).

15 - The Devil
- RIP Memory
- This had to do with framing and trials I think, but I cant remember.

16 - The Tower
- The Tower is alerted whenever a major event occurs as well as the parties involved.
- This includes but is not limited too, murder, earning an arcana, and fights.

17 - The Star
- The Star is told where all secret passageways are.

18 - The Moon
- The Moon globally knows if and who is in or using a secret passageway.
- The Moon can see in the dark

19 - The Sun
- The Sun can reveal all the secret passageways.
- Reveals passageway occupants similar to the Moon, but everyone knows.

20 - Judgement
- Judgement Revives once after death
- After dying, a ghost appears for the Judgement user, allowing them to vote in trial with the ghost UNTIL THEY GET THE CULPRIT WRONG.
- After a short period of time after death, the real body is revived. This means Judgement will have two votes in trial.

21 - The World
- Plot Arcana
- Essentially God Mode.



THE MINIGAME
As you all can see from the title, the minigame has to do with Balance. That is, the balancing of powers so as to be fair in their use. Arcanas have been notoriously known for breaking the balance of games to the extreme. This minigame, is to see how YOU would correct this.

Post below with 1 or more arcanas and say what you would make the power instead of what it is up here(Or if you don't think it needs to be changed). Defend your opinion! NOW GO!

[Pokedude12]

Fool - The user is unaffected by other Arcana effects, and knows which Arcana skills are permanently negated. The user can permanently negate this skill, then target one other negated Arcana skill. That target is usable again.
>Contemplating letting the user gain the skill, but that mixes into Magician territory and being outright unaffected by other Arcana skills is OP in its own right. When Fool recycles a skill, it treats it as though it were unused. The best example is Lovers, which requires a target to work; after using Fool to bring it back, the owner of Lovers can pick a new person instead of being stuck with the same one.

Magician - If the user was under the effects of another Arcana skill(s), the user knows the effects of that skill(s). The user can permanently negate this skill, then gain the effects of one Arcana skill that affected the user.
>This allows two of the same Arcana skills to exist simultaneously. Have fun with an OT3 running around (RIP Lovers). Have a love decahedron by throwing Fool into the mix (lel). Then cry when half the game is dead simultaneously because of one person.

Lovers - The user targets one other player (or NPC, if you want shenanigans). That target and the user have access to the other's inventory or non-Arcana skills (the original user selects one; the inventory effect doesn't let them go over the standard limit individually; i.e. each player can't go above 5 weight on their own). When one of these two characters are killed, the other is killed by this effect; and the culprit of the first's murder is treated as the culprit of this murder. When a player is killed by this effect, any other player who examines that corpse gains a VB labelled as this skill. The user can permanently negate this skill, except when either user is targeted for aggressive actions (i.e. murder, fights, etc).
>The abuse can extend further to threatening bosses if NPCs are selected (lel). It's assumed that the pair can't be changed. The second user doesn't automatically know who used Lovers on them (lel); but when they check their skills or items through the host, they'll find that they had much more than before. The other issue is whether or not items are "transferred" to the other player, because of murder weapon disposal (though executing one Lover insta-kills the other as well). Probably should restrict it to living people so that shenanigans can't be abused too much worse. Lastly, murder itself is an issue for numerous possibilities and reasons.

Chariot - The user can activate this effect up to three times during the game: The user knows which players currently have Arcana skills; and when this effect is activated on the third time, this skill is permanently negated. The user automatically negates the first skill that targets this character and is used by a player that doesn't have an Arcana. The user may KO another player that has an Arcana skill one time before their next attempted KO becomes a lethal attack. When a player KO'd by this effect is examined appropriately (i.e. look at a bruise for blunt attacks), the examiner gains a VB labelled as this skill.
>Both conditions of the skill-negating effect must be met at the same time. It also has only one use per player for the whole game, and the same thing basically goes for the KO effect. It assumes that the user is capable of KOing a player though (i.e. has the items to do it) and that KOs are not allowed normally in that season.

Death - brb, looking for S: Fate's variation. That one informed the user of any deaths (just the event and the victim, not the cause IIRC) and let the user, upon being killed, leave an irremovable message in that room.

Temperance - The user is unaffected by other Arcana effects, and knows which Arcana skills are owned by players. The user can target one active Arcana skill, then permanently negate the target. The user must target the skill's respective owner when negating that skill; and if the user guesses incorrectly, this skill is negated instead.
>The user doesn't know when skills are negated, nor the identities of the owners. The user is updated every time a player gains an Arcana skill, even by the effects of other skills (i.e. Fool, Magician, etc).

Devil - During Investigation Phases (and during Standard Phases, after the user has murdered another player), the user may target up to three items (and various stains, etc). Any player who examines those targets gain a VB labelled as those targets' respective names. The user may permanently negate this skill, then gain one VB pertaining to an ongoing trial or to the plot.
>The examiner gains one VB for each target examined, not three VBs for examining just one. Negating this skill while there are Devil-made VBs does not remove them, so be wary when negating the skill. Alternatively, we could negate those VBs, but also give the examiners another VB labelled as the skill itself if we do that.

Star - The user gains up to three skills for use in boss fights. When the user or another player would be defeated in a boss fight, the user may permanently negate this skill, then restore the defeated player to full health.
>The skills change to match the boss. The last effect is meant to be abused during the final boss, or with the effect of another skill. If the second effect targets another player, it must be a player in the same boss fight as the user. May adjust it to have the user instead gain an opposing player's skill until the end of a fight when fighting other players; won't be random though.

Moon - The user knows which Arcana skills have not yet been acquired. The user is unaffected by other skills while in dark rooms, and can perform actions and investigations accurately while in dark rooms (in addition to moving unhindered). Dark rooms become lit two hours after the user has entered those rooms, and cannot become dark again until three hours pass after being lit by this effect. The user can permanently negate this skill, then negate the actions and movement of all other players in the current room for five minutes; and all players affected by this effect can't be targeted by aggressive actions during this period.
>What's new?

World - The user is unaffected by all other player-owned skill effects. This skill negates any effect that negates this skill's effects or makes its user immune to this skill's effects, and it cannot be detected by other skills. Once per session, the user may select one other Arcana skill and apply its effects as this skill's effect; this effect ends at the end of a session. Once per session, up to an hour, the user may negate all other Arcana skills. Once per session, the user may randomize ownership of all other Arcana skills, except the World and its user. Once per game, the user can target all other players (as many as possible, except those who are AFK); and those targets are automatically killed. If the user does not kill all other living players by this effect, the user dies as well. A player that examines any player who has been killed by this effect gains a VB labelled as this skill.
>The randomizer effect is permanent. Get rid of the second sentence, and the skill should be okay. Maybe. But it's still a troll. Oh, and that last one. RIP.

Note: Each player should have only one Arcana by natural means. They may replace it if they lose their current one. Not sure how to further balance this (except when alliances revive at full power, then RIP balance). Skills refer to the Arcana as a whole, and effects refer to the abilities that an Arcana grants. In the case of Fool and Temperance, the player targeting their users won't automatically know that the latter would be unaffected; they need to pay attention to find out.