I love enlightenedbum.

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Arazlam:A Calculator!
Add here, subtract there, take the square root and BAM! There you go! That's all you do all day, because you're the Calculator. Often misunderstood, but easily the most fun job in the game, you want only one thing: To survive. I mean really, what kind of statistical data could you gather from battles of this magnitude?

You do not have a job like other players. Instead your job is and always will be Calculator.
Ability: Arithmetic - Each night choose a number and a simple factor, as well as a reasonable post restriction. All players who satisfy the conditions will gain that posting restriction for one day.
Win Condition: You do not have any faction win conditions. Instead, you win if you survive until the end of the game.

GOOD EXAMPLES: "Anyone who has a post count divisible by 7 must post entirely in italics."
"Anyone whose name begins with a letter divisible by 3 must have at least 3 lines per post."
"Anyone with a number of votes against them divisible by 5 must post only in the form of questions."

BAD EXAMPLES: "Anyone who has posted a post number divisible by 2 has to post entirely in blue." (too many people affected)
"Anyone who has a post count in thread divisible by 5 can only vote for REND." (Restriction is unacceptable)
"Anyone with a post count divisible by 1 dies immediately." (What?!)

Be reasonable. If I have to tell you no, and you don't revise it, your ability will not trigger. No fun!

Enlightenedbum:
Can I expand it a little? Like: Anyone with a prime number of votes or anyone who received more than 5 votes, or anyone who posted more frequently than kime?

Also, awesome: I'm a math dork.

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Arazlam:
Let me put it this way. Make sure it's NOT overpowered, and if I can't be bothered to find all the prime numbers up to someone's post count, be prepared to do it for me.

Primes you can do, but make sure you give me a list of all primes I might have to use.

And yes, feel free to be creative. You got the fun role.

Enlightenedbum:
Can I have any moderate game powers? Like if I choose something suitably restrictive can I do something like: anyone with a number of posts that's a multiple of 37 does not learn their job skill tonight?

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Arazlam:
No, only post restrictions, and that cannot force a vote. The more restrictive you get the more restrictive the post restriction though.

Enlightenedbum:
If I make something really restrictive can I make the post restriction "you must tell the truth?" Or stealth powers like "anyone who made less than three posts yesterday must make five today to satisfy activity requirements?"

I'm using this for all its worth.

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Arazlam:
More power to you.

You must tell the truth is really on the brink. As far as activity requirements, no go. Generally no to that sort of stealth power.

Enlightenedbum:
How about this? Can I use the results of previous days to aim my power? For example for my day 2 power can I say things like "anyone who received a multiple of six votes on day one has to..." if there was only one such player? And if so, do I have to keep my own vote count or will you provide it to me.

Anyway, my power for tonight is this: haiku is the most mathematically beautiful form of poetry. Having 17 syllables total, anyone whose player number is a multiple of 17 must post only in haiku on day 2.

Those players are:
Zandracon
Zanmatto
Lucedes
Scosglen

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Arazlam:
No previous day stuff. If it's vote count, it's today's vote count, etc. Also, keep your own vote count. You're the calculator [/QUOTE]

Enlightenedbum:
But I'm a lazy calculator. I'm the math major who never went to class!

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Arazlam:
I am so glad you got this role.

Enlightenedbum:
Anyone whose avatar is homeomorphic with a sphere...

Yeah, no. Fuck topology.

I'm contemplating how to get complex numbers involved though