MAFIA

[Rae]

Honestly I don't think Discord is the best way to run a game, in the interest of being a "hall monitor" especially. Too much potential for message editing/deletion, even in an optimistic view.

I meant using discord for night chats, but keeping the main aspect of the game (day discussion/voting) on the forums. Sorry, thought that was clear.

 

[Eru]

I meant using discord for night chats, but keeping the main aspect of the game (day discussion/voting) on the forums. Sorry, thought that was clear.

o rip my bad. I guess that's more or less the same thing as PMs functionally, then. Would be up to the GM if they want to do it that way as opposed to PMs, of course. ^^

 

[Joan]

Discord has been suggested before, and while that would certainly be convenient for people who can use Discord, I'll take a flooded inbox over people potentially having to bow out because they can't use Discord, honestly. Other GMs may choose to do things differently, which is fine, but I personally want to keep this as open to everybody as possible.

 

[esoteric]

I have spent way too much time playing Town of Salem, but I don't regret it so count me in.

 

[Elle Joyner]

So... Any eta on the next game? Just wondering.

 

[Joan]

So... Any eta on the next game? Just wondering.

I need to sit down and get together role suggestions and figure out where I'm going with those. Sorry I haven't done it earlier @_@ I keep meaning to, but it's been rough this past while.

 

[Canadian Cat]

Take your time, we can wait.

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

I agree with @Canadian Cat . Take all the time you need making the roles. There is no rush.

 

[Joan]

Apologies! I typed up a role list that evening and just had to add descriptions, but the file derped and erased my progress. I will get the tentative role list posted sometime tomorrow, however!

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Bad derpy file. I am excited to see the tentative list though.

 

[Joan]

@CloudyBlueDay
@Kimberlyn
@Elle Joyner
@Starlighter
@Kiilgore
@Anguissette
@Dipper
@Daz
@LuckycoolHawk9
@Lusterine
@Canadian Cat
@A.O. Taku
@IntrusivePenDesperateSword
@esoteric

Right. Here is our tentative role list! Please let me know if anything seems unbalanced or needs changing, because I'm not the best judge of this sometimes. I did wind up going with some vanilla townies, but if that's a problem, again, let me know. Also, do let me know if any of the descriptions are confusing or redundant.

Town roles
Mayor: The mayor may reveal themselves anytime during the day phase. After they are revealed, their vote counts as 3 votes.
Detective: The detective may visit one person every night. They learn the faction--town, mafia, or neutral--of the person they visit.
Doctor: The doctor may protect one person from being killed every night. They have two self-heals.
Escort: The escort may visit one person each night. The person they visit can not use their night ability and will be told that they were blocked.
Lookout: The lookout may visit one person each night. They will see who visits that person. The Lookout has a night chat with the Tracker.
Tracker: The tracker may visit one person each night and see who that person visits. The Tracker has a night chat with the Lookout.
3 normal townies

Mafia and Neutral
3 mafiosos: The mafia vote on who to kill each night.
Executioner: The executioner gets a randomized target at the beginning of the game. Their goal is to make sure that person is lynched. If their target dies at night, they become a Jester. The Jester's goal is to be lynched.
Survivor: The survivor's goal is to survive throughout the game. They get three self-heals that they can use at night.

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

@Joan Would the Executioner role be a randomized townie or is it entirely randomized where it could be the survivor or one of the Mafioso?

 

[Joan]

@Joan Would the Executioner role be a randomized townie or is it entirely randomized where it could be the survivor or one of the Mafioso?

I quite honestly hadn't thought about that (probably due to the fact that I'm pretty sleep-deprived right now, honestly), but I'm leaning toward randomized townie for balance purposes. I'm completely open to suggestions here, though.

 

[LuckycoolHawk9]

Also, I am really excited to see my vanilla townie return. ( Statsically, there are 14 unique option and 3 of them being vanilla, but I have never not been Vanilla Townie when it was an option, so I expect it.) Also, cool.

 

[Joan]

Oh! I forgot something!

I was considering having a special mafia role but wanted to ask yall first. I personally enjoy having them in the game, since I think it spices things up a bit, but I also understand if yall would prefer not to have that in this game.

 

[Elle Joyner]

What would that role be?

 

[Kiilgore]

The main thing that may seem a little too unbalanced is the tracker-lookout knowing who each other are, two towns that already have a power role know each right away. But It does depend on the special role.

 

[Elle Joyner]

Maybe tracker/lookout don't know each other unless they unanimously choose to use one night move to see each other? Then there's more fairness to it, since they effectively lose a move.

 

[Canadian Cat]

....
#Cat4Mayer2018

 

[Joan]

What would that role be?

I hadn't gotten that far yet, or I would have said. I mostly wanted to confirm that yall would be interested in such a thing in the first place.

The main thing that may seem a little too unbalanced is the tracker-lookout knowing who each other are, two towns that already have a power role know each right away. But It does depend on the special role.

The tracker and lookout are just a renamed cat and bat. From what I heard about the Cat and Bat, it wasn't unbalanced and was very enjoyable for the players involved, but if there are serious concerns about balancing it now, I can adjust things. Tagging @Kimberlyn and @Elle Joyner since they were the ones with those roles previously.