Elements Mafia 70 - by Linkcat

[Linkcat]

Elements Mafia

Started by Mastermind79, Continued by killsdazombies, Implosion, ddevans96, icedoldbro, Demagog, Purity_Riot, Dragoon1140, killsdazombies, 1world24, RavingRabbid, majofa, TStar, killsdazombies, mesaprotector, Regen2k9, Kuroaitou, whatifidogetcaught?, UnderneathTheLens, RootRanger, killsdazombies, Elbirn, ji412jo, dawn to dusk, eljoemo, Zawadx, killsdazombies, theelkspeaks, iancudorinmarian, DoubleCapitals, Dm, Espithel, killsdazombies, skyironsword, Submachine, Coffeeditto, mathman101, Naesala, Ginyu, Linkcat, Solaris, Ryli, killsdazombies, fabian771, and Linkcat.

Spoiler for How to Play Mafia:

All of the players in the game are collectively referred to as the Town. The Town is split into two factions. There is a minority faction, the mafia (False Gods), and a majority faction, the innocents (Elementals). The False Gods start the game with the knowledge of who the other members are, and their goal is to kill all of the Elementals. The Elementals start the game not knowing who is a False God and who is a fellow Elemental, and their goal is to kill all of the False Gods.

The game is split into two phases. It generally starts with a Night Phase, in which the False Gods choose one member of the Town to kill. This is called the Nightkill. Also, players may use abilities given to them by their roles during this phase. Following each Night Phase is the Day Phase. During the day, the Town may choose to lynch one player through the use of votes. Each player gets one vote, and the person with the most votes at the end of the day is lynched and removed from the game. This cycle continues until either all of the False Gods are dead, or the number of False Gods is equal to or greater than the number of Elementals at the beginning of a Day Phase. This is called reaching parity.

How to determine who is mafia and who is innocent is entirely up to the players. As a False God your job is to blend into the Town and direct lynches onto Elementals without giving yourself away. As an Elemental your job is to use logic, reason, tells, intuition, and any abilities you may have to determine who the False Gods are and lynch them. An inactive town will easily fall prey to the mafia, so try to generate as much information as possible. In the game of mafia you have two main weapons; your voice and your vote. Use them wisely.

Spoiler for Common Mafia Terminology:

Village - Town
Villager - Innocent
Civ - Innocent
Wolf - Mafia
Scum - Mafia
Alignment - Primary Role
Rand/Roll - Having a role assigned to you.
PR/Power Role - Roles that are very useful to the town - usually includes cop and medic
Cop - A role that has the ability to determine the alignment of another player
Medic - A role that has the ability to protect other players from the Nightkill
Shoot - To use an ability that would kill another player
Claim/Roleclaim - To say that you have a specific role
Civvy Central - A group of confirmed innocents
Scummy - Acting like a mafia
Towny - Acting like an innocent
Town-Cred/Town Points - Factors that make it more likely that a player is innocent
Read - How scummy or towny you think someone is
Tunnel - Having tunnel vision on a single player
Hammer - Casting the final vote needed for a lynch
Bus - To throw a fellow mafia member under the bus to get town-cred
Breadposting - Shitposting
EBWOP/Edit By Way Of Post - Making another post with changes instead of editing a previous one.
RQS - Random Question Stage, a common way to start games where one player puts forth a survey of questions for every player to answer
WIFOM - Wine In Front Of Me - The dilemma that arises from trying to predict whether someone has made an optimal but expected choice, or a suboptimal but unexpected one

General Mafia Rules

1.   Do not post, chat, OR PM ANY revealing information if you have been killed/removed from this mafia. You are allowed one death post that contains no information or commentary about the players.
2.   You are not allowed to edit or remove your post. Instead, EBWOP will take effect. This means you must post again with the correct fixes.
3.   Directly quoting or providing proof in any way of any PM sent by the host will result in an instant modkill and referral to the FGO.
4.   You are not allowed to directly quote any PM sent by another player, unless you are quoting it to a fellow mafia member confirmed by the host.
5.   You are not allowed to request to be modkilled in the thread. If you PM the host requesting to be modkilled, the host must find a substitute or modkill you at the end of the phase.
6.   All players' actions should be primarily motivated by winning the game. Throwing the game or outing your teammates for no strategic value is not allowed.
7.   The host has the final say in any dispute. Do not impersonate the host.
8.   Any flaming/trolling will not be tolerated.
9.   Players' actions should be motivated by this game's events solely. You may look at past mafias to determine behaviors for better reads, but keep personal affairs out of the game.
10. Anything said within the context of the game, including promises, bets, etc, stays within the game. Players can lie, deceive, and manipulate, (but not cheat) in any way they like. Slander within the context of the game is usually not meant as a personal offense.
*Any use of the word PM by the host or FGO refers to any method of communication outside of the game thread and the blab chat.

Breaking any of the above rules may result in a modkill as determined by the host, or a ban from future mafias or forum games in general as determined by the Forum Game Organizer.

[Linkcat]

Elements Mafia Classic

Based on Mafia 34 by Elbirn. Heavily modified by Linkcat, Coffeeditto, and killsdazombies.

Game Rules

1. The game will start on Night 0, which will be followed by Day 1. Phases will be a minimum of 48 hours. You may post during the Night.
2. Only the last PM sent from the Mafia stating the Nightkill will be counted. The Nightkill is factional and cannot be tracked or roleblocked, but still counts as an ability that targets.
3. If the lynch is tied, No Lynch will occur.
4. You are allowed to vote for No Lynch.
5. Declaring your intent to vote without using the proper format is a valid way to vote.
6. Town wins if all the Mafia are dead. Mafia wins if they achieve parity at the beginning of a Day. Ash is not counted for parity.
7. The Day will not end until both the timer has ended and 5 minutes have passed since the last vote. If any sort of endless voting loop occurs that affects the lynch, there will be No Lynch. The day will be ended at the host's discretion if there is any vote swapping trolling/juggling.
8. If you do not post for three consecutive phases, you will be modkilled.
9. Players may communicate anywhere outside of the thread. If there is discussion in the chat, it is customary to post chatlogs in the thread.
10. I reserve the right to make any changes to the roles or rules in order to maintain the integrity and balance of the game.

Primary Roles

False Gods

The False Gods start the game as a team. Their goal is to kill all of the Elementals. Each Night, they perform a Nightkill on an Elemental of their choosing.

Elementals

The Elementals are the townsfolk of the game. Their goal is to kill all of the False Gods through lynching and the use of abilities.

Golden Nymph - EoR
Precognition - Target a player. Reveal their Primary role to you. You cannot be protected from the Nightkill. One Elemental always starts with this secondary role.

Secondary Roles

All Secondary abilities are activated by PMing your action to the host during the Night Phase. You may not target yourself with any ability. If an EoR ability fails, you may use it again on the next Night. If an OU ability fails, you may use it again.

Key:
ER - Every Round.
EoR - Every Other Round.
OU - One Use.
Passive - Triggers Automatically.

Information Roles

Firefly - EoR
Bioluminescence - Target 3 players. A random Primary Role from those players -- but not the players themselves -- will be publicly revealed from those players if at least two of them survive the Night and the ability resolves on all living targets.

Psion - ER
Psionic Link - Target a player. Any secondary abilities they have are revealed to you.

Dragonfly - ER
Fly on the Wall - Target a player. You see who they target and who targets them this Night.

Pharoah - ER
Pharoah's Curse - Target a player. If you die in the Night and they are a False God, their roles are publicly revealed. If you are lynched, they die as well. Only affects one player at a time.

Iridium Warden - ER
Guard - Target a player. Their ability fails, they are unaffected by other players' secondary abilities, and you learn the names of any abilities used on them.


Offensive Roles

Toadfish - OU
Inflate - Target player dies two Night Phases from now. The target is notified at the beginning of the second Night Phase.

Otyugh - OU
Devour - Target player dies and your role is revealed. If you eat a Toadfish, you die during the next Night unless protected.

Mind Flayer - ER
Psionic Wave - Target a player. They cannot use their ability this Night.

Pharoah - ER
Pharoah's Curse - Target a player. If you die in the Night and they are a False God, their roles are publicly revealed. If you are lynched, they die as well. Only affects one player at a time.

Iridium Warden - ER
Guard - Target a player. Their ability fails, they are unaffected by other players' secondary abilities, and you learn the names of any abilities used on them.


Defensive Roles

Guardian Angel - ER
Heal - Target any player including yourself. They are protected from the Nightkill and any further Offensive Roles. This ability fails if the target was protected by a Guardian Angel on the previous Night.

Schrödinger’s Cat - OU
Dead and Alive - If you are killed during this Night or the next Day, you survive and your secondary role is revealed.

Graboid - OU
Evolve - You cannot be targeted or vote until you Evolve. You do not count for parity if you are burrowed.

Antlion - EoR
Burrow - Evade all targeting this Night.

Phoenix - Passive
Ash - If you die and you are an Elemental, you may still vote, but you may not talk in the thread, send PMs, or or communicate in any way with another player. No other player may communicate with you in any way other than a personal message on the forum that contains only text.  You may not attempt to use your vote to communicate with other players. If you die and you are a False God, you may still post and communicate with other players. Ash is not counted for parity.

Iridium Warden - ER
Guard - Target a player. Their ability fails, they are unaffected by other players' secondary abilities, and you learn the names of any abilities used on them.

Role Roles

These roles do not disappear when you use them. You will be revealed as having both roles when you die.

Crusader - OU
Endow - Target a player. You gain their secondary ability. Passive abilities trigger immediately. Can be used again if the ability fails.

Vulture - OU
Scavenger - Gain target dead player's secondary role.

"Fun" Roles

Fate Egg - Passive
Hatch - You receive a random secondary role, and you are disguised as that role if investigated or revealed. You receive your first role at the start of the game, and it changes into a different role at the start of every Day Phase.

Role Priority

Fate Egg
Antlion
Graboid
Mind Flayer
Iridium Warden
Guardian Angel/Crusader/Vulture/Schrödinger’s Cat/Pharoah
Nightkill
Toadfish
Otyugh
Golden Nymph/Firefly/Dragonfly/Psion
Ash

Signup List

1. JonathanCrazyJ
2. InsignificantWeeaboo
3. shockcannon
4. dawn to dusk
5. Coffeeditto
6. Kuroaitou
7. DoubleCapitals
8. iancudorinmarian
9. Submachine
10. MasterWalks
11. Naii_the_Baf
12. Mobian
13. PlayerOa
14. mathman101
15. RootRanger

Spoiler for Spoiled Signup List:

1. JonathanCrazyJ Antlion, Nightkilled Night 4
2. InsignificantWeeaboo Fate Egg, Vulture, Lynched Day 4
3. shockcannon Otyugh, Lynched Day 2
4. dawn to dusk Vulture, Golden Nymph, Nightkilled Night 3
5. Coffeeditto False God, Mind Flayer, Lynched Day 3
6. Kuroaitou Psion, Modkilled Night 1
7. DoubleCapitals Golden Nymph, Nightkilled Night 1
8. iancudorinmarian
9. Submachine False God, Psion, Lynched Day 5
10. MasterWalks Iridum Warden, Nightkilled Night 2
11. Naii_the_Baf
12. Mobian
13. PlayerOa
14. mathman101
15. RootRanger Phoenix, Lynched Day 1

Signups have ended.

Phase Links
Night 0
Day 1
Night 1
Day 2
Night 2
Day 3
Night 3
Day 4
Night 4
Day 5
Night 5
Day 6

This is a simple ruleset with nothing funky going on, just some good old Elements mafia. If you haven't played mafia before, don't be afraid to sign up, it's a lot of fun. The most important thing is to be active. It doesn't matter what you say as long as you're talking about the game at least some of the time. The game will not start unless at least 10 players sign up. If you would not like to play but would be willing to host, and have hosted a mafia before, please contact me.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

In if Submachine chills out

[InsignificantWeeaboo]

In

[shockcannon]

I've already won, but I suppose we'll go through the motions anyways.


Edit: Why is graboid OP in this also?

[rob77dp]

... considering it.

Game Rules #8 has me leery.

My considering joining probably has some others leery.

[dawn to dusk]

[08:53:00] ‹dawn_to_dusk› I will be playing mafia
[08:53:09] ‹dawn_to_dusk› O shit gotta post this in the thread because I'm talking about mafia in chat
[08:53:16] ‹dawn_to_dusk› :^)

[Coffeeditto]

I'd love to play.

[mathman101]

I'm thinking about joining.

However I know with my limited time availability that I will be playing fairly casually and some people do not appreciate that stance. By that I mean mainly just voting off of intuition and minor communicating in thread, barely skimming most posts with substantial amounts of text, and I won't be searching chat or other locations not in this thread for mafia talk.

[Kuroaitou]

I'm in, but disclaimer: I may be very inactive during discussion on some days due to my intense schedule of working multiple jobs for this month.

[DoubleCapitals]

We don't have to play like mafiascum peeps. Maybe elsewhere but we burned a lotta people out.

Including me. Also college is still my #1 bitch so

qwerter (1) - DoubleCapitals

[iancudorinmarian]

IN!!!