Mafia

Night 0

Welcome to Game 9! Here's the roster:

1. Zanic
2. chiefsonny
3. MajorasMask9
4. Shadowwalked
5. Redack
6. Kyon
7. CtR Black
8. #85
9. hezekiah
10. `Roxas`
11. Dragon in the Shadows
12. Helius
13. White Thunder
14. Teskein
15. Trever Leingod
16. Wild Luxray
17. Black Yoshi
18. Count Dooku
19. poptart!
20. Vandy
21. white lancer

This game, as I've said, is a little different than previous mafia games. Let's check the ratio first:

Starting Mafia-Town Ratio: 4-17

Mafia Roles: Godfather, Trickster, Mafioso x2
Town Roles: Cop, Doctor, Vigilante, Psychiatrist, Social Worker, Townie
Townie Colors: Green Townie, Red Townie, Yellow Townie, Rogue Townie, Black Townie

New Roles

First of all, let's look at the new roles (I'll cover the townie colors next):

The Trickster acts exactly like the Silencer of previous Mafia games. The difference is that, instead of silencing a specific person, they silence a specific role. This is a very powerful role, because unless some of the Town also voluntarily silences themselves, the Mafia know who they can kill next. The Mafia could also use it to pretend to be that special role for one round. There can only be one Trickster per game. When they die, their role becomes the Mafia Investigator for reasons of balance.

The Social Worker is a second Psychiatrist, so can talk in the Psychiatrist thread with the other one. They can investigate one person per night. If that person is insane or a rogue townie, the social worker will be told that they "have something to hide". If that person is the Trickster, the Social Worker will be told that they are "extremely manipulative and dangerous". Otherwise the Social Worker will get the result of "Neurotypical".

The Mad Scientist is a third-party role. They exist only if the Black Townie dies. Every night round, they can choose to "conduct surgery" on a Red or Green townie. Doing so will turn that player into a random dead role, and the Mad Scientist will get +2 points (win points, not game points). In addition, they will have a list of people they have conducted surgery on, but will not know who they are (though they'll probably know what role they are unless a bunch of people die every round). They may then choose to make one person in that list insane.

Townie Colors

First of all, unlike previous games, every townie has a specific color. Red townies and Green townies don't know their color, so will see themselves only as "Townie". The first new mechanism of the game is Transformation.

How this works is, when a Mafioso dies, one of the Red Townies will become that new mafioso. When a special role of the Town dies, one of the Green Townies will become that special role. This Transformation mechanic happens even if the townie is dead, which means that for once, death in this game is not final.

Rogue Townies know that they are Rogue Townies. These act the same way as Red Townies, but they have knowledge of being one. Furthermore, if they die, they automatically become normal Mafiosos even if no mafiosos are dead yet.

Yellow Townies know that they are Yellow Townies. Every night, they have the option of choosing whether they want to be a Red townie or a Green townie. If they die without making a choice, their orientation is chosen for them at random. Once Yellow Townies become a specific color, their Transformation will take precedence.

The Black Townie has no powers of their own and is neither green nor red. If they die, they become the Mad Scientist.

Townies of all colors win with the Town, but when they transform, they win with whatever side they've transformed into. When a Townie transforms, they have a random chance of becoming insane, so keep that in mind.

Insanity

Before, we've played with the Insane Cop and the Lunatic (insane vigilante). In this game, any role except red/green/black townies can become insane, to various effects. I will not reveal what they all do here, but if someone who was once insane dies, I will reveal what that insane role was in the next Mafia thread.

The Psychiatrist is the only role that can cure insanity, and also the only role (other than green/red/black townie) immune from insanity. It's worth noting that Mafia members can be insane.

Win Condition

Because of the new Transformation mechanic, it isn't possible for one side to outnumber the other. Winning is instead determined on a points system, where the first side to reach 10 points wins:

For every special role the Mafia kills, they get +1 point

For every mafioso the Town kills or lynches, they get +1 point

For every player the Mad Scientist conducts surgery on, they get +2 points.

If the Mafia kill the Mad Scientist, they get +2 points.

If the Mad Scientist is lynched or killed by the Vigilante, the Town gets +2 points.

If the Town lynches a Godfather, they get +2 points. Note that if the Vigiliante kills a Godfather, the Town only gets +1 point.

As there is no Janitor, I will update the win points every round.

IMPORTANT NOTE

I couldn't think of a way of doing it without it automatically becoming obvious who a role is when they're resurrected (and a way of making it fair to the Mad Scientist), so for the duration of this game, ALL players will appear in the voting area, whether they're dead or not. All the mafia threads will indicate who has died (and there's no Janitor) and preferably who has claimed what. So yes, you can vote for someone who you think is dead, because they very well might not be.

Anyway, Night 0

Two last small things to cover. First of all, Night Talk is ON, so you can talk amongst yourselves during this night round, but cannot vote. Second of all, Dead Talk is also ON, so you can talk here if you are dead, but also cannot vote. Until I fix it, please do not vote if it's a night round or you're dead. If you do I may have to ban you from the forum for the duration of the game.

You have 24 hours to get your night actions in. As it is night 0, no killing actions can be taken. Choose wisely and talk loudly!