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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7144267" data-attributes="member: 79141">Session 17 Interim - The Preliminary VoteWe dealt with this via email so we could come back to our second convocation session with the initial vote in the bag.  I decided to alter the vote numbers to make the count a little closer, for dramaturgical purposes.  But I forgot to alter the later count (or estimate) made by Dame Constance Baden, so I hope the players aren't keeping track!  Here is a bunch of 'readaloud' text from the adventure that I simply sent my players.  Apologies for cribbing this straight from the adventure.  Note that I had already sent out details of each of the portals from the gallery, as the players visited the gallery but did not interact with the portals for fear of disturbing their hosts and being forced into a contest! (They are a cautious bunch.  Understandable under the circumstances.)Into the NightThe conspirators discuss, then cast a preliminary vote, all the while conscious of the murder that has just taken place.The mood of the convocation has turned wary. Some theories are bandied around, including that a spy has infiltrated them, that this is some sort of mind game by Nicodemus, or that someone’s trying to kill people who would vote for a different faction.  (Everyone was fairly sure Erskine would vote Arboretum.) Amielle Latimer jokingly suggests it could be 'the ghost pirates', and eagerly tells the story of how a crew all perished at the hands of the clergy when their ship was set ablaze just off Mutravir Island.  (Some say you can still hear their screams...)Most people gather in the trophy room or the dance hall to have large group discussions, with a few people getting up the courage to go in small groups to visit the Portal Gallery.All the while, Nicodemus is peeling officers away one by one and talking to them.  (Some of you go now; the rest, along with any remaining officers will be seen after the initial vote.  We'll deal with this in-session, obvs.)Preliminary Vote.At midnight, Nicodemus asks everyone to gather again in the Main Hall. Erected on stage is a metal plate with the names of the five factions painted on it, as well as “Other.” Beside it is another plate with small magnetic tags, each of which has the name of one of the Obscurati officers.Erskine's magnet has been placed on Arboretum, to discourage any further shenanigans.Nicodemus asks people to file through, pick up their named magnet and cast a vote. He reminds them this is just preliminary, and that tomorrow night everyone will be able to cast a new vote, and that other proposals might be added between now and then.Count.The players voted Miller's Pyre as a bloc of six, with Rumdoom (as Kiov Hetman) abstaining, on the basis of 'insufficient evidence'.  He was encouraged to revisit the portal gallery.  Rumdoom did this in order to draw out staunch advocates of different factions - making himself a target for their advances.Everyone is asked to vote, even if they just vote Other. Nicodemus goes first, placing his magnet on Miller’s Pyre. Vicemi Terio goes next, telekinetically placing the twenty-five magnets for himself and the majority of the Ghost Council on Other. He explains that after the final vote, the Ghost Council will endorse whichever faction has the most votes.Including your votes, the result is:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Arboretum. 4 votes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Colossus. 12 votes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Miller’s Pyre. 14 votes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Panarchists. 7 votes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watchmakers. 5 votes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Other. 8 votes, plus 25 ghosts.</li> </ul>The “Other” votes are cast by the representatives of the minor factions. (This is when discussion of those factions really hots up.)Dining on AshesAfter the vote, people go back to various conversation spots to keep on politicking and debating. One proposal that starts to gather a fair bit of support is a compromise — designed by Dame Constance Baden — called MAP. It mixes elements of Miller’s Pyre, Arboretum, and Panarchists, as well as Long Now, Trekkers, and Sky League. Dame Constance estimates they can get 24 votes easily, and if it gets the Ghost Council and Vicemi that’s 49 out of the necessary 57.Unfortunately, those in the Colossus and Watchmaker factions are strongly opposed to Miller’s Pyre, and shrug off accusations that they’re just worried they’ll end up with less power in the new world order.I'll post the debate email later, along with an interesting email exchange between my players.</blockquote>

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