Alignment: Just a Dreamer
Role: An Unpopular Indie Vtuber
Factional Abilities:
Where do you live again? (1-shot, passive)
Given your reclusive nature, the first time you would die, you instead avoid death, thanks to your killer having the wrong address and killing your neighbor instead. (The neighbor is not a player in the game, they were just some guy named Greg)
Host Note: For the purposes of counting subscribers, dead players do
not unsubscribe and continue to count for the ratio of subs / living players. This role also does not count for the total number of living players. If there are any references within the rolecard contradicting this, this note takes precedence.
Win Condition:
Fulfill your Dreams.
If 85% of living players are subscribed to you, then you've made it as a VTuber! You exit the game with a win.
Rolecard:
You're really antisocial, and really hate the idea of leaving the house and meeting people. All you want in life is to make it big so you can play games for a living rather than get a real job. Then, it strikes you. Even though your looks aren't the greatest, in the modern day, anyone can become a vtuber! Soon enough, you'll be raking in the subscribers and dough for your lazy at-home lifestyle. First step: decide your [vtuber name]! (Submitting this is a mandatory N0 action).
General TL;DR:
Being shy, you refuse to leave your house or let others in. You can release videos for others to view. Videos can contain whatever message you would like. Subscribing is free, watching is only free for subscribers with a 1-action roleblock penalty for the relevant phase for non-subscribers. You should create incentive for viewers to watch. You can gain perks using your popularity, including rewards from youtube and causing social media brigades. And, as always, remember to like, comment, and subscribe!
Passive abilities:
0A. Anyone may become a subscriber of your channel. All they have to do is state their intention to subscribe to [vtuber name] in the forum, or in dm to the host at any time. They may unsubscribe at any time.
Upon subscribing, the subscriber will be notified "You have successfully subscribed to [vtuber name] and may unsubscribe at any point by contacting me with the intention to do so".
Youtube will inform you of your subscriber count and who they are at the start of each night.
If a new person has recently declared their intention to subscribe but is not on that list, you should refresh the page and the count will update (by linking the relevant post to the host).
The notification will look as follows:
"Your current subscriber count is [#]. They are [list of players]". If applicable, the notification will also include [player(s)] have unsubscribed. Dead players are considered as still being subscribed.
0B. Youtube's powerful AI algorithm is what decides who your videos reach.
The algorithm will recommend your video, every time you post one, to
all your subscribers and, randomly, to 20% of non-subscribers.
The exception is that the algorithm will recommend your video on D1 to 60% of non-subscribers and your video on N1 to 40% of non-subscribers
0C. Because of your past life experiences, you're shy and don't want to meet anyone; an antisocial king (or queen)!
So, you refuse to answer the door. As a result, you cannot be targeted by night actions that would reasonably involve opening the door for anyone, nor can you choose to let them target you. They will have visited your house, if that matters ex. for lookout or trapping purposes. You will be notified that "Someone unknown had knocked on your door in the dead of night. What a creep! I hope they're not a stalker" and the visitor will be notified that "Try as you might, you were turned away at the door when trying to perform [action]".
The exception is that you may be targeted by some types of roles.
All investigative actions against you will receive <this> image unless otherwise stated in their role card.
Those who have a reason or incentive to break your door down will do so.
Those who have the ability to enter through other means such as a power or through a window will do so.
However, you may still be sent mail, since even introverts need to be sent doordash and ubereats every once in a while. This is done without ever meeting the delivery-person face to face however; instead, you only receive the item at start of next phase.
0D. Additional character traits that may or may not end up mattering (probably not, but you know what? it'd be damn funny if it does)
You don't touch grass
You have no forms of social media except youtube, ever since the 8th grade when your classmates bullied you over an instagram selfie :c not cool
You wear thigh high socks at home
You have a 3080 in your PC.
Your room usually has the lights off, but is still bright enough to see decently enough thanks to all the RGB lighting.
You may choose to reveal your identity if you so wish, though it is worth noting that vtubers don't usually do that.
Popular as you may (or may not) be, you cannot defy YouTube's terms of service, which are subject to change on a whim (at the host's discretion). See? It's written right there in the fine print, in the terms of service.
Active abilities:
1. Creating videos.
As a vtuber, it is your job to create videos. That is, messages that are broadcasted to other players in the game. This ability may be used during both the night and day phase up to once per phase, because vtubers are known to have awful uploading and sleep schedules.
(1A) To use this ability, simply inform the host that you want to send out a video and provide [the video contents] and [the video title].
[the video contents] can contain text, links, videos and images
These videos will appear to those chosen in the algorithm (0B) in the following format: would you like to view [vtuber name]'s latest video, [the title of the video]?
If the recipient would be roleblocked by watching the video, they also receive the message "Warning: Watching vtubers is hazardous to your free time".
The time of broadcast will be as soon as possible, unless you specify otherwise. You may queue a video's release to be in a future phase. This consumes the use of your ability for the current phase, but not the phase where the video is released.
You cannot prevent anyone from having the option to view the video. They may choose not to watch it on their own, but the internet is a free platform and anyone is free to watch a video if they so choose.
(1B) Anyone may watch the video, by telling the host they wish to do so at any time. They may even watch past videos, or choose to delay watching the video.
The viewer will receive [the video contents]
However, everyone knows that when you watch vtubers you lose track of time and your life is sucked away. They lose one action the phase they choose to watch the video (night or day being separate phases), using it instead to watch your video. If they have multiple night actions, they lose only one at random. After watching the video, they will be informed of the following, whichever is applicable
User performed no actions this phase: "You spent so much time watching [vtuber name]'s video, but luckily for you, it didn't matter because you weren't doing anything [today/tonight] anyway!"
One attempted action this phase: "Because you spent so much time watching [vtuber name]'s video, you lost track of time and have not performed your action!"
Multiple attempted actions this phase: "Because you spent so much time watching [vtuber name]'s video, you lost track of time and have not performed your action of [failed action]!"
Exceptions
The first video watched by a player will not roleblock. Instead, it will inform the viewers who chose to watch your video, "You chose to watch [vtuber name]'s video in the background but almost ran out of time to do anything else this phase".
Die hard fans (subscribers) on the other hand? Well, if there's a will, there's a way. Subscribers can watch your video at no cost to them (this includes people who subscribed after watching the video but before their actions were processed).
You may also choose someone to collab on a video. This ability can only be used once it is D3 or later and only once every 2 phases.
You unlock this ability immediately if you achieve a silver subscriber milestone before D3.
You will gain a temporary anonymous chat with them for the duration of that phase only.
The next video release will be portrayed as having come from a collab between the two of you, changing the message received (1A) by those selected by the algorithm (0B) to "Would you like to view [vtuber name]'s latest video collab with [player]?" even if the final message was entirely your own. The exact contents of the final message must still be sent by you, the vtuber, to youtube for publishing.
The collaber will not by default have access to the video; they must view it after having it randomly suggested to them by the algorithm, or being a subscriber.
2. Cancel culture.
With popularity comes power - social media power that is! A simple word from someone as influential as you is enough to send people brigading on your behalf. How effective this is depends on your fans. This ability may only be used on even numbered nights. Using it will post a video (replacing ability 1) with the title of "[target] called me a [lighthearted derogatory term of your choice]!" and the [video contents] must in some way give a reasoning for the audience to dislike [target] whether it be true or not (this should be strictly non-serious and / or directly game-related and the game hosts are able to reject any submission without needing to provide a reason).
You as a vtuber may designate yourself as a player the [target] with this ability.
The Night of the cycle you post the video, you must choose a subscriber to brigade a [target] player, which has the possibility of a variety of results depending on the subscriber's abilities. The subscriber does not need to have watched your video to be selected.
The mechanism for such is as follows:
A successful brigade happens after rolling a die with [total # of living player] sides, and it landing on a value [# of subscribers] or less.
The [brigader] receives the following message: "You are so overcome with rage over a twitter post [target] said about [vtuber name], that you stormed over to their house!"
If the [brigader] has an applicable night action, it is used on the [target].
If they have multiple abilities, they will perform one at random.
If there are no applicable actions the [brigader] can use then the [target] is roleblocked.
If this ability is used to target you, they will break down your door to enter as they have a motive.
3. Merch.
Vtubers need to incentivize people to watch their videos and subscribe. Truth of the matter is though, with how inundated the market is, you gotta draw the viewers in with things besides just your personality.
3A You may create merch at any time, by saying the name of the merch and what abilities it has if any. However, you cannot use your own merch. What kind of fisherman would eat their own bait? It's like that. Kinda. Okay, not really, but that'd be really egotistical of you. This ability has no cooldown. You may only hold 2 items of merch at a time, though they may be unique. You may recreate merch you had held in the past if you like. The merch must follow youtube guidelines:
It cannot have killing power (you don't want to risk the image associated with your v-tubing persona, after all!) and must have a reasonable power level as determined by youtube (the hosts).
It must be thematically appropriate (items that would realistically be given or sold as merch. Provide at least 1 real world example of such merch if it seems unrealistic).
The ability that the merch has, if any, must be reasonable for the item. For instance, glow sticks can produce light, possibly one so bright it blinds people, but an autograph cannot be used to kill people.
It is heavily recommended, but not mandatory, that the player provides flavor text for the item as well.
They must be single use consumables, but may enact some effect over time.
Youtube's guidelines are fickle and so your merch may be rejected at any time for any reason (or none at all)
3B You may host a giveaway video featuring a piece of your merch at most once in every 3 videos. You may not host a giveaway in a cancel culture video. All players viewing the selected video are put into a lottery with a single winner. The featured merch will be given to the winner of the giveaway. They will be provided the name, ability and flavor text of the item as applicable. You will be provided the name of the recipient.
4. Subscriber Milestones:
Once you hit [25% of living players] subscribers rounding up
You will receive a bronze plaque from Youtube. It is purely cosmetic.
Congratulations! You just hit your first big milestone! As a result, your sponsorships are increasing, and with it, the money you have to work with. You may now use your host a giveaway ability (3B) once in every 2 videos as long as you maintain at least 25% of living players as subscribers.
Once you hit [50% of living players] subscribers rounding up
You will receive a silver plaque from Youtube. It is purely cosmetic.
Wow! You're doing great! You just hit another big milestone. As a result, your popularity is increasing by leaps and bounds, and with it, the weight of your words. You may now use your cancel culture ability every cycle as long as you maintain at least 50% of living players as subscribers.
Once you hit [75% of living players] subscribers rounding up
You will receive a gold plaque from Youtube. It is purely cosmetic, but it's also really shiny, and fills you with pride at what you have accomplished.
By this point, you'll have really die-hard fans, and it's a vtuber's job to reward people for watching your content. You may now directly specify and give to a subscriber any merch that you so wish as long as you maintain at least 75% of living players as subscribers.. You may only give one person one item per night.