Click here to download the Abyss rules (PDF)You will need a copy of this document to play, so please let Arachne (
arachne@diamondpantheon.com) know if you cannot download it for whatever reason.
This thread is intended to be a place for questions about the rules of Abyss.
A brief overview of the rules:1. There are two phases: Normal and Treachery.
2. The object of the game is to access and activate the Descent Pore Array. The reward will be divided among all those who complete the game round.
3. There are two dynamic types of things in the game:
elements or
furnishings (always underlined) and
loot. These things may have different appearances, but will always fall into certain classes or archetypes.
4.
Furnishings can be interacted with during normal phase, usually by applying a piece of loot or accessing the
furnishing directly. It doesn't really matter what you do with it; it simply matters what elements you choose.
5. Loot can be searched for during normal phase - you will announce your intent to search,
roll 2d10 and look up what loot that gives you on a chart, and then you have that item. Your find will not be announced but you can certainly announce it. However,
you cannot search more than the player who has searched the least this phase. All search counts will be approximately equal.
6. During treachery phase, you can choose to kill up to half the players. Kills always succeed and are resolved simultaneously. The game announces who died and who made a kill, but not who killed who.
7. If you kill a player, there is a chance that their items will be destroyed. Any items not destroyed may go to one of their killers.
8. If an item is left in a
furnishing at the time when treachery begins, that item might be destroyed.
9. You can talk to any player at any time during the normal phase only, as long as you cc the Game Master in the private message.
You cannot talk about the game at all during treachery phase - you should report any player doing so.
10. You can also trade with other players, in public or in secret. Again, cc the Game Master in all messages.
[url=http://www.diamondpantheon.com/rules/Abyss_DP.pdf]Click here to download the Abyss rules (PDF)[/url]
You will need a copy of this document to play, so please let Arachne (arachne@diamondpantheon.com) know if you cannot download it for whatever reason.
This thread is intended to be a place for questions about the rules of Abyss.
[b][u]A brief overview of the rules:[/u][/b]
1. There are two phases: Normal and Treachery.
2. The object of the game is to access and activate the Descent Pore Array. The reward will be divided among all those who complete the game round.
3. There are two dynamic types of things in the game: [u]elements[/u] or [u]furnishings[/u] (always underlined) and [i]loot[/i]. These things may have different appearances, but will always fall into certain classes or archetypes.
4. [u]Furnishings[/u] can be interacted with during normal phase, usually by applying a piece of loot or accessing the [u]furnishing[/u] directly. It doesn't really matter what you do with it; it simply matters what elements you choose.
5. Loot can be searched for during normal phase - you will announce your intent to search, [url=http://diamondpantheon.com/abyssdice.php]roll 2d10[/url] and look up what loot that gives you on a chart, and then you have that item. Your find will not be announced but you can certainly announce it. However, [b][i]you cannot search more than the player who has searched the least this phase.[/i][/b] All search counts will be approximately equal.
6. During treachery phase, you can choose to kill up to half the players. Kills always succeed and are resolved simultaneously. The game announces who died and who made a kill, but not who killed who.
7. If you kill a player, there is a chance that their items will be destroyed. Any items not destroyed may go to one of their killers.
8. If an item is left in a [u]furnishing[/u] at the time when treachery begins, that item might be destroyed.
9. You can talk to any player at any time during the normal phase only, as long as you cc the Game Master in the private message. [b][i]You cannot talk about the game at all during treachery phase[/i][/b] - you should report any player doing so.
10. You can also trade with other players, in public or in secret. Again, cc the Game Master in all messages.