Elements Mafia 49 - by ddevans96

[Kuroaitou]

It's seemed like a wonderful day. Slightly breezy, but not cold. You usually never walked along this path, but you couldn't help but notice a small sign lying cracked onto the ground, and curiously decided to read it:

DO NOT SPEAK BEFORE THE ONE WHO INVOKES THE MAFIA...

-or there will be consequences.

...You wonder why you stepped into this place at all.

[ddevans96]

Elements Mafia 49 - Chaos Unleashed

Late in the 28th century A.Z, a rogue government experiment, housed deep in the mountains, has gone terribly wrong. Designed to bring the dead back to life, it has instead killed the people working on it, and created two mutant zombies. Stealing the clothes of the dead scientists, they plan to blend into mountain life, ultimately creating an army of zombies out of a nearby village, with the intent of conquering the world. Meanwhile, the shady government behind these zombies has far more sinister goals.

Chaos has been unleashed upon the world, and the inhabitants of this village could be the last hope.

Spoiler for Rules (read these):

1) No posting during the Night Phase whatsoever. Any player who posts during the Night Phase will be warned, and upon the second offense will be removed from this mafia.
2) Do not post, chat, or PM anything related to this mafia if you have been killed, removed, or withdrawn from this mafia, with the exception of a minor post, containing no game information, upon your death.
3) All secondary roles, targeting, and actions are to be messaged during the Night Phase, unless stated otherwise.
4) No player may No Vote or choose not to make a voting post for two consecutive days without a viable reason. Holidays, funerals, and the like count as viable reasons. Mafia on other sites, just forgetting, boredom, and the like do not. If you wish to withdraw, post in this thread, but do NOT reveal any game information. Players without viable reasons will be removed from this mafia.
5) Do not quote PMs, under any circumstance. Furthermore, no one is permitted to declare themselves to be a mafia, either publicly or through PMs.[/b]
6) Post in this topic if you want to sign up. No need for any role selection, everything is randomly assigned.
7) You are allowed to talk in chat about mafia, but please remember general chat rules and mafia rules.
8) Ties will be resolved randomly, if any occur.
9) You are not allowed to edit and/or remove your post. Instead, EBWOP (meaning edit by way of post) will be in effect. This means, instead of editing or deleting your posts, just post it against with any necessary changes. Any posts breaking this rule will result in the post being deleted by the moderator on sight.
10) Any flaming, trolling, or cursing, apart from abbreviations containing curse words commonly used in either mafia or real-life slang, will not be tolerated. Appropriate actions will be taken if any of this occurs.
11) The moderator and host have the final say in any dispute. Do not argue with, or impersonate, the moderator or host.
12) When PMing the host for anything associated with Mafia, please include "Mafia" in the subject line. Otherwise, your PM may accidentally be ignored or overlooked.
13) Disputes with, and private questions for, me should be handled through PM. If you notice that I have made a simple mistake or if you have a question, you may address them in the thread.
14) As a guideline, your actions should be primarily motivated by this mafia, whenever possible (the early game, where information is scarce, is a likely exception), and not on previous mafias or other interactions. Using behaviors from previous mafias as a scumtell is encouraged, but revenge and grudge kills for events in past mafias and other events is highly discouraged.
15) Breaking any rules, especially those in bold, is subject to punishment at the discretion of the moderator and host, potentially including removal from this mafia, banning from future mafias, or banning from other forum games.

Spoiler for Roles (read these too):

Key:
[ER] - Every Round. Can be used every round.
[EoR] - Every other Round. Can be used every other round (you must wait a round to use it again)
[#U] - Limited Use. Can only be used the given number of times (for example, 2U means two uses)

Zombies: The Zombies plan to take over the world by transforming everyone else into their kind. 10% (rounded down) of players will be Zombies.
*Conversion [EoR]: As a group, the Zombies may target one player. This player is converted into a Zombie, and joins the others in the next Night Phase’s selection.

The Zombies win when they have a majority of the players remaining, and nothing can stop them from converting the remainder of the players.

Lich: The initial Zombie, or one of them if there is more than one, will start as a Lich. You may use both of these abilities on the same night if desired.
*Protect [2U]: Target a vanilla Zombie. They cannot be killed during this Night Phase.
*Transfer [1U] Target a vanillla Zombie. They gain Lich and you gain Vanilla.

*Vanilla: All other Zombies have no special ability.

Government: The Government portrays itself as a force of good trying to rid the world of the evil Zombies, but in reality, they too have malicious intent. 20% (rounded up) of players will be Government.

*Assassination [EoR]: As a group, the Government may target one player. This player is killed, and their death is revealed at the end of the Night Phase.

The Government wins when they have a majority of the players remaining, and nothing can stop them from killing the remainder of the players.

Agent: One member of the Government will start as an Agent.
*Agent [2U]: Target one player. Their role, but not faction, is revealed to you.

*Vanilla: All other Government has no special ability.

Villagers: The villagers are the majority of the players. They want to defend their home, and the world, from both the zombies and the corrupt government. Some of them have special abilities of their own. The villagers win when there are no Zombies or Government remaining.

*Priest [EoR]: Target one player. If they are a Zombie, they are killed, and one their allies is revealed to you. If they are not a zombie, this does nothing.

*Sniper [2U]: Target one player. They are killed at the end of the next Day Phase, alongside the lynch target.

*Doctor [EoR]: Target one player. They cannot be killed or converted during this Night Phase.

*Journalist [ER]: The host will give you the names of three players. One, and exactly one, of these will be Government.

*Traveler [EoR]: Target one player. Your role is revealed to that person. If you target a Zombie, you are killed.

*Tracker [ER]: Target one player. If they target anyone during this Night Phase, their target is revealed to you.

*Matchmaker [EoR]: Target two players. Their roles (but not names) are revealed to each other.

*Vanilla: All other Villagers have no special abilities.

Role priority, when needed: Lich Protect/Doctor > Assassination > Agent > Sniper/Journalist/Priest/Matchmaker/Traveler > Conversion > Lich Transfer > Tracker.

Spoiler for Note regarding lore:

I will write lore for every death. If you have any preference for how you would like your death to be written, PM me at any time beforehand, and I will incorporate it if possible. No guarantees, however.

If anything looks missing, illogical, imbalanced, or out of place, let me know.

[ddevans96]

Signup timer: Signups have ended!

Signup list:
1) UTAlan
2) qwerter
3) eljoemo
4) gusxz
5) iancudorinmarian
6) linkcat
7) Christopaz
8) CrockettRocket
9) MeowMeowCat
10) Zawadx
11) theelkspeaks (Zombie Journalist, Night 2 Priest)
12) Physsion
13) rob77dp
14) kirbylover314
15) Frozengaia (Village Vanilla, Day 1 Lynch)
16) RootRanger (Village Priest, Night 2 Government)
17) savvy14112
18) dawn to dusk
19) Treldon
20) Kuroaitou
21) jonathancrazyj
22) Coffeeditto
23) Aknelo
24) mathman101
25) skyironsword (Village Vanilla, Day 2 Lynch)
26) Dm
27) godisnowonline
28) flyingcat
29) Zblader
30) Ge0metry v1.2

Rule Changelog: No further rule changes will be made in the last 48 hours of signups.
June 5, 2045 GMT: Edited rule 14 for clarity of intent, fixed miscalculated government percentages (25% ---> 20%, rounded up)


EDIT: For the purposes of closure, I have decided to post my Excel file regarding this game to this thread for reference. It contains the full log of the game up until, but not including, the round I decided to cancel it, as well as a couple fun quotes I saved for reference and amusement.

You can view it here, or just the game log as a picture in the spoiler below. A legend is also in the spoiler below.

Spoiler for Game Log:

o = player voted this round, empty means no vote this round
x = ability is cooling down this round
L/G/P/S = method of death - lynch, government, priest, sniper
P kirby = indicates the Lich ability 'Protect' was used on kirby, to differentiate from the Lich having a second ability, 'Transfer'
numbers on bottom = players voted this round over players alive

Everything else should be self-explanatory, but I welcome questions in PM if something is unclear.

What this spreadsheet does not explain is why I ended the game. I have discussed it in chat, but I'll put it in a permanent setting here.

In the fifth night, the zombies chose to infect a member of the government - which one, I fail to remember. I realized that a single government being converted, by my rules, exposed all the government to the zombies, thus giving zombies a huge advantage at the expense of the government, making the game extremely imbalanced. At the time, I was strongly against any rule being changed mid-game, so I chose to end it rather than play out the inevitable. If this happened again today, I would amend the rule for balance purposes and continue the game.

The spreadsheet uses usernames of participants at the time the game occurred. For clarity, the following username changes have been made since.

Spoiler for Name Changes:

MeowMeowCat ---> Solaris
Frozengaia ---> Espithel
Zblader ---> ZephyrPhantom

[UTAlan]

Rules? Where we're going, we don't need rules!

In.

[DoubleCapitals]

Dammit UTA (In.)

[Espithel]

I don't think that the Toyotomi Role is really going to be that useful - like really, all I do is protect someone if they talk a lot. No one ever talks. What's the point of that?

Further more, I disagree in your opinion that Tokugawa is really that bad - I mean, you get to protect someone and reduce thier voting power to 0. Like, that's better than ol' Hideyoshi, for sure.

But I really don't like that Nobunaga ability. Like, "summon demons to attack and brainwash people." What does that mean? That sounds like cultafia. Cultafia is bad.


(in)

[gusxz]

In

[iancudorinmarian]

inb4 reading rules.

Silly ddevans. In.

[Linkcat]

In.

[Christopaz]

Time to put my seduction skills to the test.

In.

[CrockettRocket]

In

[Solaris]

In, thanks