Wake88's Large Normal Review, December 2019

[Ircher]

Oh, and don't forget to have a sample citizen role pm in your rules.

[PenguinPower]

I haven't read through all of them, but I noticed your examples for certain modifiers include other roles (e.g. Announcing Motion Detector has an example for an Announcing Doctor). If you are going to provide an example of usage, I would use the role that is being modified.

[PenguinPower]

I don't think it's normal to include the "Neighborhood" line in everyone's role pm. It basically informs everyone that at least one neighborhood exists. That being said, I think it may be okay for you to announce such (that there is at least one neighborhood in the game) in your ruleset in which case you can keep the role pms as-is.

+1

[PenguinPower]

(Also, I'm not sure what the current rules regarding backups and modifiers is.)

I don't believe that modifiers transfer, just the active role.

[PenguinPower]

Ah - but he explicitly states that they do.

[Wake1]

Game Rules

Game Timeline

• Day Phases will last 2 weeks.
  
• Night Phases will last 2 days.

General Rules

• Don't quote your role PM.
  
• This
  is my color (#FBB917). Please don't use it.
  
• Sharing PM or PT communication is forbidden. Paraphrasing is fine.
  
• Keep all game talk in the game thread & PTs.
  
• Do not use encrypted or hard-to-see text.
  
• Don't publicly accuse other players of cheating.
  
• Pretending to break a rule is the same as rule-breaking.
  
• Don't play against your win condition.
  
• Those modkilled become Neutral Survivors and don't win.
  
• I reserve the right to change the rules at any time.
  
• Scum win when their numbers equal or exceed that of the Town's, and all enemy anti-Town factions are dead.
  
• Miscellaneous section is subject to updates.

Activity

• 48 hour inactivity nets one prod.
  
• If prod is ignored 48 hours after prod, forced replacement occurs.
  
• 3 prods = I will start looking for a replacement unless the original player returns.
  
• Be aware of any PMs from the mod.
  
• If you plan to be absent for a long period of time, please give notice.
  
• The preferred way to contact me is via PM.

Votes and Lynching

• Votes must be in the format of VOTE: Player Name.
  
• Unvotes are not necessary to change a vote.
  
• A player will be lynched if a simple majority of the players have voted for that player.
  
• A lynch occurs when half of players +1—rounded down—vote the same person.
  
• Once I have posted your death scene, you may not post. No "bah" posts.
  
• You may change your vote as many times as you wish.
  
• After a lynch has been made, all players including the one who was lynched may continue to post until I lock the thread.
  
• If a majority of votes is not reached by deadline, there will be no lynch for that day.
  
• You may vote not to lynch by saying
  VOTE: No Lynch
  /VOTE: No Lynch.

Behavior

• Harassment of an individual player is NOT permitted. While this is a competitive game, no personal attacks will be tolerated.
  
• Do not discuss this game anywhere else with anyone else unless your role allows you to.
  
• If you die, do not continue posting in game or PT threads. Post only in Dead PT.

Setup

• This game has a Day start.
  
• 'Citizen' will be used in place of 'Vanilla Townie.'
  
  
• This is a Closed Setup.
  
  
• Scum have Daytalk.
  
  
• Deadline extensions may be permitted.
  
  
• Faction Ratio is 32:6:6:1.
  
  
• This setup does not include any non-normal/Variant roles.
  
  
• The game uses a specific version of Natural Action Resolution. It's outlined in 'Miscellaneous.'
  
• There is at least one Neighborhood in this game.
  
• There may be duplicate roles.
  
• Any role may be Town or Scum.
  
• Mod is NOT infallible. If you suspect a mistake, please let me know via PM right away.
  
• Role assumptions are not advised.
  
• ALL PTs will be revealed post-game.

Votecounter

• Use the official [ vote ] and [ unvote ] tags. For example, If you wanted to vote for Thesp, you would type VOTE: Thesp.
  
• Avoid abbreviations. Spell out the player's name that you are voting for.
  
• Don't use the word "Vote" with a colon unless you are actually voting. Even better, use the VOTE: tag!
  
• Don't use the word "Unvote" in bold, unless you are actually unvoting.
  
• Don't vote for multiple different people in the same post.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous

The only results a Cop would get are "Innocent," "Guilty," and "No Result."

A Gunsmith would receive a result of 'This player owns a gun,' 'This player does not own a gun,' or 'No Result.'

In Normal games on mafiascum.net, a Gunsmith gets guilties on all Mafia (except Traitors and Doctors), Cops, Vigilantes, Gunsmiths, Role Cops, Vanilla Cops, Backups of roles with guns and JoATs that have any of these listed powers.

Should an X-Shot ability be used, and that player is roleblocked, he or she will have used up that shot.

Roleblockers cannot be roleblocked.

'1-Shot Bulletproof' status will only protect against one NK attempt during a Night. If two are attempted that same Night on that '1-Shot Bulletproof' player, he or she will die.

There may or may not be a Neighborhood(s).

"Informed" Modifier - This role gives the player information about the setup (pregame, or with timing determined by a role modifier), and is considered Normal on mafiascum.net provided the information given is objective and accurate. The information can be any information about the setup, but should be non-random with regards to what player-slot is being referred to. For example, if someone is to be told that a player is town, it should be noted in the setup specification that the player they are told is town is a randomly chosen vanilla townie, or a specific power role, and not just a randomly chosen town player.

Informed roles should flip with only their role name, and not any private information; an Informed role is effectively an investigative role whose investigation happens passively and automatically, with the actual information being the "investigation result". An Informed Townie should therefore flip simply as "Informed Townie" (with a redacted role PM, if role PMs are included in flips). Similarly, a Rolecop would only see "Informed", and would not get to see the information itself.

If a Commuter is commuting, it is untargettable that night by any means, not even Strongman, Roleblocker or Ninja. Any role that attempts to target a commuting Commuter should be treated as though they are blocked (e.g. receive a "No Result" pm if they are investigative).

All night actions targeting players with Ascetic (excluding NKs) will fail. All information-gathering actions targeting them will return with 'No Result.'

If a 'Jack-of-All-Trades' dies and flips, its 1-Shot abilities will be listed.

A Rolestopper can prevent its target from being affected by anything, whether Night Ability or Night Kill.

'Vanilla Cop,' if used, will return a result of 'Vanilla,' 'Not Vanilla,' or 'No Result.' Targets that yield a result of 'Vanilla' are Vanilla Townies, Mafia Goons, and a Serial Killer with no abilities or modifiers.

"Can the last mafia member, if a PR, kill AND use their role, or must they pick one?" No, the last Mafia member must pick one. He or she cannot use a power role and simultaneously perform a Night Kill.[/b]

Natural Action Resolution

Commute - {Commuter}
Blocking - {Roleblocker > Rolestopper}
Jailkeep - {Jailkeeper}
Protection - {Doctor > Bodyguard}
Miscellaneous - {Neighborizer > Friendly Neighbor}
Kill - {Mafia factional kill = SK factional kill = Vigilante}
Role Investigation - {Cop > Gunsmith > Role Cop > Neapolitan > Vanilla Cop}
Action Investigation - {Tracker > Watcher > Voyeur > Follower > Motion Detector}

The '>' represents internal priority between the roles.

The '=' means that internal priority between the roles is the same.

All Night Kills have the same priority/speed.

A Cop's result of 'Innocent' means that player is Town.

- Updated 8/3/2016

Sample Role PM:

Citizen

Welcome,

[Player Name]

. You are a

Citizen

.

Abilities:

-

Neighborhood:

-

Win condition:

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated, and at least one town-aligned player is still alive.

Please read these rules one more time.

Especially

Miscellaneous.

[/area]

[Flavor Leaf]

1) I figure that, after NAR, whichever NK command was given to me first would resolve first. So if Red team sent in the NK command at 1000 and Blue team sent it in at 1600, the Backup would assume the Doctor/Cop that had the command sent in at 1000.

They have to go simultaneously.

2) I'm going to announce that there is at least one neighborhood in the game in my ruleset for simplicity's sake.

You don’t have too many neighborhoods, this doesn’t need to be announced. If you wanted to do something like this, you could add an Informed to a townies role, but i don’t think it’s necessary.

3) I fixed the Town wincon per your recommendation ircher.

4) How do we fix the Jailkeeper/Roleblocker NAR guys?

Roleblocker will override Jailkeeper, so if they cross target, nobody is protected.

5) Also per ircher's 51 I fixed those examples.

6) Sample Role PM included in ruleset.

7) Is it OK if I have those modifiers transfer, Penguin? I fear if they don't transfer Town would gain too much power from a full Cop.

8) Is it possible to have a Town Encryptor? I figure if Neighborhoods ever got too strong an encryptor could be used for that specific Neighborhood.

I believe this is a thing, but it’s probably moot. I just finished a game where I had 9 neighborhoods, so yours is fine.

[Wake1]

So I could ad more Neighborhoods?

[Wake1]

*Bumping

[implosion]

A smattering of comments:

I would err very strongly against including the "neighborhood: ____" line in role PMs. It's not the way that the neighbor role is conceptualized in normals, typically, and it could have implications about the game especially for players that aren't familiar with site meta or normal game meta.

The standard way to resolve something like a backup (usually universal backup) that could inherit multiple roles is just to have a pre-defined ordered list of what role they will inherit, I believe.

Standard for rb/jk afaik is that they mutually block and neither one does anything, so no protection.

Modifiers shouldn't transfer to a backup; keep in mind that the standardizations of normal roles are standardized absoltuely, and anything in the setup that bends them could come back to bite you extremely hard if someone notices it and says "oh, the backup cop is claiming something inconsistent with normal guidelines, they must be scum".

There's some formatting inconsistency between role PMs. For instance, in the loud roles, some of the loud modifier descriptions have a paragraph break and others don't.

I think the copy pasting from the wiki to explain roles like loud and psychologist (at least I think this is what you did with a bunch of them) is another thing you may want to change. I could imagine that phrasing being very confusing to a new player, because the writing on the wiki was not written to be a summary of how to use a role, it was written as detailed explanations and examples of how they work. For example, if I'm a mafia loud psychologist, and I see a role PM that says "for example, a loud psychologist would..." and I were a new player, I would probably be confused why my role PM says "for example" and is written in the third person when it's talking about my own role. There are other examples of things written in the third person that could be confusing in a role pm, like "The target's night action will not be performed -- that is, the Roleblocker blocks the target's role from working." The mailman PM is phrased weirdly for a role PM. Novice should, instead of being phrased as "A role modifier that doesn't allow power roles to use their ability Night 1/Day 1", be phrased as something like "You cannot act on night 1." There are various other examples as well.

Neighbors' rolenames should simply be "neighbor", rather than "citizen/neighbor". This isn't like, critical, I think, but it's more standard I think. Also has some relevance for e.g. rolecops who would simply see "neighbor" and should not get "citizen/neighbor" which would give away alignment. Similarly 1-shot bulletproof citizen and vengeful citizen and so on should just return "1-shot bulletproof" and "vengeful" though it's fine for them to have those role names since e.g. "vengeful townie" is standard.

Serial killer probably doesn't need the word "purple" in its role name? it's already distinguished from the others by virtue of being a serial killer. Though it's probably fine.

[implosion]

(to be clear, penguin has final power, so if there's anything in the above that he doesn't care about that's fine - it's pretty much just suggestions)

[PenguinPower]

Ok...back from holiday.

I would err very strongly against including the "neighborhood: ____" line in role PMs. It's not the way that the neighbor role is conceptualized in normals, typically, and it could have implications about the game especially for players that aren't familiar with site meta or normal game meta.

Agree.

The standard way to resolve something like a backup (usually universal backup) that could inherit multiple roles is just to have a pre-defined ordered list of what role they will inherit, I believe.

Modifiers shouldn't transfer to a backup; keep in mind that the standardizations of normal roles are standardized absoltuely, and anything in the setup that bends them could come back to bite you extremely hard if someone notices it and says "oh, the backup cop is claiming something inconsistent with normal guidelines, they must be scum".

That's how I viewed it as well. You could assign modifiers to the Backup role itself if you want to nerf it.

Standard for rb/jk afaik is that they mutually block and neither one does anything, so no protection.

He outlines his version of NAR specifically, so I'm okay with it the way it currently is. RB takes precedent over the JK in Newbie queue so as long as it's announced what order things happen, it's fine.

There's some formatting inconsistency between role PMs. For instance, in the loud roles, some of the loud modifier descriptions have a paragraph break and others don't.

Agree. It may seem nitpicky, but some players will overanalyze role pms.

I think the copy pasting from the wiki to explain roles like loud and psychologist (at least I think this is what you did with a bunch of them) is another thing you may want to change. I could imagine that phrasing being very confusing to a new player, because the writing on the wiki was not written to be a summary of how to use a role, it was written as detailed explanations and examples of how they work. For example, if I'm a mafia loud psychologist, and I see a role PM that says "for example, a loud psychologist would..." and I were a new player, I would probably be confused why my role PM says "for example" and is written in the third person when it's talking about my own role. There are other examples of things written in the third person that could be confusing in a role pm, like "The target's night action will not be performed -- that is, the Roleblocker blocks the target's role from working." The mailman PM is phrased weirdly for a role PM. Novice should, instead of being phrased as "A role modifier that doesn't allow power roles to use their ability Night 1/Day 1", be phrased as something like "You cannot act on night 1." There are various other examples as well.

Also agree. I didn't want to be overly strict since it's your game, but since implosion brought it up (and I kinda did with the examples being for different roles), it would be best if they were direct about each role and the actions.

[Wake1]

Game Rules

Game Timeline

• Day Phases will last 2 weeks.
  
• Night Phases will last 2 days.

General Rules

• Don't quote your role PM.
  
• This
  is my color (#FBB917). Please don't use it.
  
• Sharing PM or PT communication is forbidden. Paraphrasing is fine.
  
• Keep all game talk in the game thread & PTs.
  
• Do not use encrypted or hard-to-see text.
  
• Don't publicly accuse other players of cheating.
  
• Pretending to break a rule is the same as rule-breaking.
  
• Don't play against your win condition.
  
• Those modkilled become Neutral Survivors and don't win.
  
• I reserve the right to change the rules at any time.
  
• Scum win when their numbers equal or exceed that of the Town's, and all enemy anti-Town factions are dead.
  
• Miscellaneous section is subject to updates.

Activity

• 48 hour inactivity nets one prod.
  
• If prod is ignored 48 hours after prod, forced replacement occurs.
  
• 3 prods = I will start looking for a replacement unless the original player returns.
  
• Be aware of any PMs from the mod.
  
• If you plan to be absent for a long period of time, please give notice.
  
• The preferred way to contact me is via PM.

Votes and Lynching

• Votes must be in the format of VOTE: Player Name.
  
• Unvotes are not necessary to change a vote.
  
• A player will be lynched if a simple majority of the players have voted for that player.
  
• A lynch occurs when half of players +1—rounded down—vote the same person.
  
• Once I have posted your death scene, you may not post. No "bah" posts.
  
• You may change your vote as many times as you wish.
  
• After a lynch has been made, all players including the one who was lynched may continue to post until I lock the thread.
  
• If a majority of votes is not reached by deadline, there will be no lynch for that day.
  
• You may vote not to lynch by saying
  VOTE: No Lynch
  /VOTE: No Lynch.

Behavior

• Harassment of an individual player is NOT permitted. While this is a competitive game, no personal attacks will be tolerated.
  
• Do not discuss this game anywhere else with anyone else unless your role allows you to.
  
• If you die, do not continue posting in game or PT threads. Post only in Dead PT.

Setup

• This game has a Day start.
  
• 'Citizen' will be used in place of 'Vanilla Townie.'
  
  
• This is a Closed Setup.
  
  
• Scum have Daytalk.
  
  
• Deadline extensions may be permitted.
  
  
• Faction Ratio is 32:6:6:1.
  
  
• This setup does not include any non-normal/Variant roles.
  
  
• The game uses a specific version of Natural Action Resolution. It's outlined in 'Miscellaneous.'
  
• There is at least one Neighborhood in this game.
  
• There may be duplicate roles.
  
• Any role may be Town or Scum.
  
• Mod is NOT infallible. If you suspect a mistake, please let me know via PM right away.
  
• Role assumptions are not advised.
  
• ALL PTs will be revealed post-game.

Votecounter

• Use the official [ vote ] and [ unvote ] tags. For example, If you wanted to vote for Thesp, you would type VOTE: Thesp.
  
• Avoid abbreviations. Spell out the player's name that you are voting for.
  
• Don't use the word "Vote" with a colon unless you are actually voting. Even better, use the VOTE: tag!
  
• Don't use the word "Unvote" in bold, unless you are actually unvoting.
  
• Don't vote for multiple different people in the same post.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous

The only results a Cop would get are "Innocent," "Guilty," and "No Result."

A Gunsmith would receive a result of 'This player owns a gun,' 'This player does not own a gun,' or 'No Result.'

In Normal games on mafiascum.net, a Gunsmith gets guilties on all Mafia (except Traitors and Doctors), Cops, Vigilantes, Gunsmiths, Role Cops, Vanilla Cops, Backups of roles with guns and JoATs that have any of these listed powers.

Should an X-Shot ability be used, and that player is roleblocked, he or she will have used up that shot.

Roleblockers cannot be roleblocked.

'1-Shot Bulletproof' status will only protect against one NK attempt during a Night. If two are attempted that same Night on that '1-Shot Bulletproof' player, he or she will die.

There may or may not be a Neighborhood(s).

"Informed" Modifier - This role gives the player information about the setup (pregame, or with timing determined by a role modifier), and is considered Normal on mafiascum.net provided the information given is objective and accurate. The information can be any information about the setup, but should be non-random with regards to what player-slot is being referred to. For example, if someone is to be told that a player is town, it should be noted in the setup specification that the player they are told is town is a randomly chosen vanilla townie, or a specific power role, and not just a randomly chosen town player.

Informed roles should flip with only their role name, and not any private information; an Informed role is effectively an investigative role whose investigation happens passively and automatically, with the actual information being the "investigation result". An Informed Townie should therefore flip simply as "Informed Townie" (with a redacted role PM, if role PMs are included in flips). Similarly, a Rolecop would only see "Informed", and would not get to see the information itself.

If a Commuter is commuting, it is untargettable that night by any means, not even Strongman, Roleblocker or Ninja. Any role that attempts to target a commuting Commuter should be treated as though they are blocked (e.g. receive a "No Result" pm if they are investigative).

All night actions targeting players with Ascetic (excluding NKs) will fail. All information-gathering actions targeting them will return with 'No Result.'

If a 'Jack-of-All-Trades' dies and flips, its 1-Shot abilities will be listed.

A Rolestopper can prevent its target from being affected by anything, whether Night Ability or Night Kill.

'Vanilla Cop,' if used, will return a result of 'Vanilla,' 'Not Vanilla,' or 'No Result.' Targets that yield a result of 'Vanilla' are Vanilla Townies, Mafia Goons, and a Serial Killer with no abilities or modifiers.

"Can the last mafia member, if a PR, kill AND use their role, or must they pick one?" No, the last Mafia member must pick one. He or she cannot use a power role and simultaneously perform a Night Kill.[/b]

Natural Action Resolution

Commute - {Commuter}
Blocking - {Roleblocker > Rolestopper}
Jailkeep - {Jailkeeper}
Protection - {Doctor > Bodyguard}
Miscellaneous - {Neighborizer > Friendly Neighbor}
Kill - {Mafia factional kill = SK factional kill = Vigilante}
Role Investigation - {Cop > Gunsmith > Role Cop > Neapolitan > Vanilla Cop}
Action Investigation - {Tracker > Watcher > Voyeur > Follower > Motion Detector}

The '>' represents internal priority between the roles.

The '=' means that internal priority between the roles is the same.

All Night Kills have the same priority/speed.

A Cop's result of 'Innocent' means that player is Town.

- Updated 8/3/2016

Sample Role PM:

Citizen

Welcome,

[Player Name]

. You are a

Citizen

.

Abilities:

-

Win condition:

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated, and at least one town-aligned player is still alive.

Please read these rules one more time.

Especially

Miscellaneous.

[/area]

[Wake1]

Bump.

[Flavor Leaf]

Doing the Neighborhood:____ implies the existence of multiple neighborhoods, i believe is why there was the comment on that. I know that saying, “You are part of a neighborhood, the Palace of Darkness.” Or something along the lines just comes across because it doesn’t look like it’s just a list.

I have a lot of experience with high amounts of neighborhoods, and something I always look out for is to not give players any hints on if there will be other neighborhoods or not, because they will look for them, and realize it on their own eventually anyways.

[Flavor Leaf]

Maybe I’m overthinking that.

Backup wise, the specific backups work well. A little less swing involved.

On the topic of the For Examples in the Role pm’s, I think it’s just really wordy, which people tend to get overwhelmed with. I think you could trim the fat, essentially.

Like with Announcing modifier, you have “this is complimentary to the already Normal Loud modifier” or whatever it says isn’t necessary for the Role PM itself.

And really, you could just say something along the lines of “Your target will receive ‘You were targeted by a Vanilla Cop’” after the first line explaining the role.

[Wake1]

Could you show me how to structure it, please? Then I'll format all of them that way.

[Wake1]

I'll simplify the role PMs. In the past I received PMs that didn't even include definitions, so I'd just go to the Wiki. I'll basically trim the fat on them tonight.

[Flavor Leaf]

Announcing Vanilla Cop

Welcome, [Player Name]. You are a Announcing Vanilla Cop.

Abilities: Each Night you can select one player and learn if they are Vanilla or not. "Vanilla" results are given for any role that doesn't have any individual powers (e.g., Vanilla Townie, Mafia Goon, a Serial Killer with no other powers); "Not Vanilla" results are given on all others.

Announcing: Your target will be informed that your role targeted them. They will receive “You were targeted by a Vanilla Cop”.

Win condition: You win when the opposing anti-Town faction has been eliminated, and your faction members equal or exceed the number of living Town members.

Streamlined, says essentially the same thing, and won’t overwhelm anyone. I don’t mind the extra wordiness for explaining the Vanilla Cop part, because the only way to short line it would be to assume everyone knows what Vanilla means, which is why that part is fine, if that makes sense.

[PenguinPower]

They currently block each other out?

Not according to what you have in your rules. The RB would act first, so the JK action would be blocked.

Natural Action Resolution
Commute - {Commuter}

Blocking - {Roleblocker > Rolestopper}
Jailkeep - {Jailkeeper}

Protection - {Doctor > Bodyguard}
Miscellaneous - {Neighborizer > Friendly Neighbor}
Kill - {Mafia factional kill = SK factional kill = Vigilante}
Role Investigation - {Cop > Gunsmith > Role Cop > Neapolitan > Vanilla Cop}
Action Investigation - {Tracker > Watcher > Voyeur > Follower > Motion Detector}
The '>' represents internal priority between the roles.
The '=' means that internal priority between the roles is the same.
All Night Kills have the same priority/speed.

[Wake1]

They currently block each other out?

Not according to what you have in your rules. The RB would act first, so the JK action would be blocked.

Natural Action Resolution
Commute - {Commuter}

Blocking - {Roleblocker > Rolestopper}
Jailkeep - {Jailkeeper}

Protection - {Doctor > Bodyguard}
Miscellaneous - {Neighborizer > Friendly Neighbor}
Kill - {Mafia factional kill = SK factional kill = Vigilante}
Role Investigation - {Cop > Gunsmith > Role Cop > Neapolitan > Vanilla Cop}
Action Investigation - {Tracker > Watcher > Voyeur > Follower > Motion Detector}
The '>' represents internal priority between the roles.
The '=' means that internal priority between the roles is the same.
All Night Kills have the same priority/speed.

OK.

Which way should we have it?

I want to make sure we're good on NAR.

[PenguinPower]

That's your decision. The Normal guidelines just require the interaction between the to be planned during the review. Just update your Resolution list if you are going to have them block each other.

[Wake1]

OK, I'm going to keep it as is. The Roleblocker will block the Jailkeeper.

[Wake1]

Game Rules

Game Timeline

• Day Phases will last 2 weeks.
  
• Night Phases will last 2 days.

General Rules

• Don't quote your role PM.
  
• This
  is my color (#FBB917). Please don't use it.
  
• Sharing PM or PT communication is forbidden. Paraphrasing is fine.
  
• Keep all game talk in the game thread & PTs.
  
• Do not use encrypted or hard-to-see text.
  
• Don't publicly accuse other players of cheating.
  
• Pretending to break a rule is the same as rule-breaking.
  
• Don't play against your win condition.
  
• Those modkilled become Neutral Survivors and don't win.
  
• I reserve the right to change the rules at any time.
  
• Scum win when their numbers equal or exceed that of the Town's, and all enemy anti-Town factions are dead.
  
• Miscellaneous section is subject to updates.

Activity

• 48 hour inactivity nets one prod.
  
• If prod is ignored 48 hours after prod, forced replacement occurs.
  
• 3 prods = I will start looking for a replacement unless the original player returns.
  
• Be aware of any PMs from the mod.
  
• If you plan to be absent for a long period of time, please give notice.
  
• The preferred way to contact me is via PM.

Votes and Lynching

• Votes must be in the format of VOTE: Player Name.
  
• Unvotes are not necessary to change a vote.
  
• A player will be lynched if a simple majority of the players have voted for that player.
  
• A lynch occurs when half of players +1—rounded down—vote the same person.
  
• Once I have posted your death scene, you may not post. No "bah" posts.
  
• You may change your vote as many times as you wish.
  
• After a lynch has been made, all players including the one who was lynched may continue to post until I lock the thread.
  
• If a majority of votes is not reached by deadline, there will be no lynch for that day.
  
• You may vote not to lynch by saying
  VOTE: No Lynch
  /VOTE: No Lynch.

Behavior

• Harassment of an individual player is NOT permitted. While this is a competitive game, no personal attacks will be tolerated.
  
• Do not discuss this game anywhere else with anyone else unless your role allows you to.
  
• If you die, do not continue posting in game or PT threads. Post only in Dead PT.

Setup

• This game has a Day start.
  
• 'Citizen' will be used in place of 'Vanilla Townie.'
  
  
• This is a Closed Setup.
  
  
• Scum have Daytalk.
  
  
• Deadline extensions may be permitted.
  
  
• Faction Ratio is 37:6:6:1.
  
  
• This setup does not include any non-normal/Variant roles.
  
  
• The game uses a specific version of Natural Action Resolution. It's outlined in 'Miscellaneous.'
  
• There is at least one Neighborhood in this game.
  
• There may be duplicate roles.
  
• Any role may be Town or Scum.
  
• Mod is NOT infallible. If you suspect a mistake, please let me know via PM right away.
  
• Role assumptions are not advised.
  
• ALL PTs will be revealed post-game.

Votecounter

• Use the official [ vote ] and [ unvote ] tags. For example, If you wanted to vote for Thesp, you would type VOTE: Thesp.
  
• Avoid abbreviations. Spell out the player's name that you are voting for.
  
• Don't use the word "Vote" with a colon unless you are actually voting. Even better, use the VOTE: tag!
  
• Don't use the word "Unvote" in bold, unless you are actually unvoting.
  
• Don't vote for multiple different people in the same post.

Spoiler: Miscellaneous

The only results a Cop would get are "Innocent," "Guilty," and "No Result."

A Gunsmith would receive a result of 'This player owns a gun,' 'This player does not own a gun,' or 'No Result.'

In Normal games on mafiascum.net, a Gunsmith gets guilties on all Mafia (except Traitors and Doctors), Cops, Vigilantes, Gunsmiths, Role Cops, Vanilla Cops, Backups of roles with guns and JoATs that have any of these listed powers.

Should an X-Shot ability be used, and that player is roleblocked, he or she will have used up that shot.

Roleblockers cannot be roleblocked.

'1-Shot Bulletproof' status will only protect against one NK attempt during a Night. If two are attempted that same Night on that '1-Shot Bulletproof' player, he or she will die.

There may or may not be a Neighborhood(s).

"Informed" Modifier - This role gives the player information about the setup (pregame, or with timing determined by a role modifier), and is considered Normal on mafiascum.net provided the information given is objective and accurate. The information can be any information about the setup, but should be non-random with regards to what player-slot is being referred to. For example, if someone is to be told that a player is town, it should be noted in the setup specification that the player they are told is town is a randomly chosen vanilla townie, or a specific power role, and not just a randomly chosen town player.

Informed roles should flip with only their role name, and not any private information; an Informed role is effectively an investigative role whose investigation happens passively and automatically, with the actual information being the "investigation result". An Informed Townie should therefore flip simply as "Informed Townie" (with a redacted role PM, if role PMs are included in flips). Similarly, a Rolecop would only see "Informed", and would not get to see the information itself.

If a Commuter is commuting, it is untargettable that night by any means, not even Strongman, Roleblocker or Ninja. Any role that attempts to target a commuting Commuter should be treated as though they are blocked (e.g. receive a "No Result" pm if they are investigative).

All night actions targeting players with Ascetic (excluding NKs) will fail. All information-gathering actions targeting them will return with 'No Result.'

If a 'Jack-of-All-Trades' dies and flips, its 1-Shot abilities will be listed.

A Rolestopper can prevent its target from being affected by anything, whether Night Ability or Night Kill.

'Vanilla Cop,' if used, will return a result of 'Vanilla,' 'Not Vanilla,' or 'No Result.' Targets that yield a result of 'Vanilla' are Vanilla Townies, Mafia Goons, and a Serial Killer with no abilities or modifiers.

"Can the last mafia member, if a PR, kill AND use their role, or must they pick one?" No, the last Mafia member must pick one. He or she cannot use a power role and simultaneously perform a Night Kill.[/b]

Natural Action Resolution

Commute - {Commuter}
Blocking - {Roleblocker > Rolestopper}
Jailkeep - {Jailkeeper}
Protection - {Doctor > Bodyguard}
Miscellaneous - {Neighborizer > Friendly Neighbor}
Kill - {Mafia factional kill = SK factional kill = Vigilante}
Role Investigation - {Cop > Gunsmith > Role Cop > Neapolitan > Vanilla Cop}
Action Investigation - {Tracker > Watcher > Voyeur > Follower > Motion Detector}

The '>' represents internal priority between the roles.

The '=' means that internal priority between the roles is the same.

All Night Kills have the same priority/speed.

A Cop's result of 'Innocent' means that player is Town.

- Updated 8/3/2016

Sample Role PM:

Citizen

Welcome,

[Player Name]

. You are a

Citizen

.

Abilities:

-

Win condition:

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated, and at least one town-aligned player is still alive.

Please read these rules one more time.

Especially

Miscellaneous.

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[Wake1]

I trimmed all of the "For example" parts in the role PMs.