Cue mood music.
In the beginning, there was mith. ...Well, that's not exactly true, there were a bunch of gods like mith. But he was the one who created our world. After him, generations of scummers were born on our site. Some became angels as they died, ascending to the many levels of heaven and into our mythos. Others were bent on corrupting mith's world and were thus cast out, left as devils to try to destroy the site from places unseen. But many were invoked by those who came afterward in hopes of inheriting their power and wisdom...
It is these descendants, fueled by scummers past, who now wish to claim dominion over the site as they know it. While most of the time this is done with a shouting contest and ritual ostracization, this time a few people - no, less than people, but
- are finally willing to take over the site by force. They MUST be eliminated, or there will no longer be a site to vie to control.
mafiascum.net is on the verge of war.
The stakes... COULD be higher, but only to people who aren't addicted to the site.
There is no turning back, for this should be very interesting to watch if nothing else.
Signing Up:
*There are 23 player slots (that you know of).
*Because this game is about scummers (i.e. it's unique to mafiascum.net),
I simply cannot accept players who have not been on this site since at least Jan 01 2011 regardless of offsite experience.
I may make exceptions for people who can prove that they have lurked for months and know who important people are.
*I also require IC status - that means five games completed and nobody will loudly complain if you join the game. If you meet the five-months requirement, you probably meet this.
*I also require you to not be hated by me. If I hate you, you probably already know it.
Flavor:
(because I'm sure at least one person is concerned)
*This game is rated H for 62 Hamsters. That means that I have exercised my prerogative to be candid in my depictions of past and present scummers and will continue to do so.
*However, all flavor is done in good faith. Nothing about this game is intended to libel or defame the people and personalities depicted. This game has been passed through an small army of upstanding moderators and mafiascum citizens, none of whom complained.
*I nonetheless take responsibility for any issues people may have and will address them postgame.
*Seriously, this game won a "what should I run next" poll. You asked for this.
Setup:
*I am the moderator of this game. That should answer most of your questions about how complex this game could get (and replace those questions with worries).
*This setup uses a modified version of the mechanics for SpyreX's POWERFUL WIZARD 2, which is still in the latter stages of design. But that uses a modified version of the mechanics from POWERFUL WIZARD MAFIA. This is a snip from the rules.
--Hawt New Game Mechanic rules:
1.
Battery-Powered Deadlines.
With each vote count I will tell you what percentage of the Day remains. That percentage will decrease according to a number of factors, the most important one being genuine activity. When the percentage reaches 0%, the deadline falls and the Day ends. The average deadline is 9 days per game Day.
2.
Alignment (not Allegiance).
Each role comes marked as one of the nine D&D alignments (Lawful, Neutral, Chaotic x Good, Neutral, Evil). This probably has some ingame significance.
3.
Each role is aligned with at least one Domain. These Domains are described in the next post. Domains will be removed from the game if no living roles are aligned with them.
4.
At Night, players may elect to use any power roles they may have, OR they may choose to Worship a Domain, OR they may wait to Cast using the Faith they would get from having their Domains Worshipped. Power roles in this game are like normal power roles in any other game - if you have one, you would know. Players who choose to Cast should send in a "wish list" of Casts, of which I can mark you down as using the first one that is available to you that Night.
Here is an example of the mechanic using a Sample Role PM featuring someone who is not in this continuity.
~NAME~
GAME:
Mafia MetaMafia
ROLE:
High Priest of Rinnosuke Morichka
DOMAINS:
Austerity
,
Balance
ALIGNMENT:
Neutral Good
ALLEGIANCE:
FACTION:
[REDACTED]
--Abilities:
(Passive)
WHAT IS A MAN
- You will investigate as Mafia to allegiance investigations.
(Active)
Role Cop
- You will discern target player's Role.
(Worship)
Worship
- You will empower target Domain.
(Cast)
Cast
- You may use one of your Casts, provided you have enough Faith.
--Casts:
1)
Conference
- Target player will be Neighborized with you during the next Night.
2)
Vendor
- Target player will receive your choice of the following abilities: {Doctor, Tracker, Role Cop}
4)
Appraisal
- You will discern target player's list of Casts.
7)
Unleash MANLINESS
- You will become unlynchable for the next Day, NK-immune for the next Night, and have a daykill available during the next Day.
You win when it is no longer possible to prevent your faction from being the only one left in the game.
Confirm via PM. I wish you the best of luck.
Each Night, this player has the option of doing exactly ONE of:
*using Role Cop on a player
*Worshipping the Domain of his choice
*Attempting to Cast a spell, although if none of the other players Worship
Austerity
or
Balance
, there will be nothing available TO Cast.
*I reserve the right to flavor up the Role PMs between now and when this game is run. The Sample Role PM will change accordingly if that happens.
*As mentioned above, Days will last an indeterminate amount of time (aiming around 9 days). As I will try my best to provide flavor for this game and there is a bit of background work to be done, Nights will last 3 days each but might take a little longer.
Etc.
*This game, due to my own time constraints and due to the Large Theme mod queue, will probably not run for a couple of weeks yet.
*These players have, at the time I'm
posting
editing, already gone pre-/in. There are no more pre-/in slots available.
**Faraday
**Gammagooey
**hitogoroshi
**Equinox
**Plum
**RayFrost
**Parama
**Sotty7
**ooba
**Debonair Danny DiPietro
**VP Baltar
**MagnaofIllusion
Everything you say and do matters. People will respond in ways you may never see. May those responses be what you intend.
