Princess Bride Mafia - Game Over

[Fishbulb]

i was about to vote, but carry on fishbulb, test your powers.

Klatu Barada Nikto

*cue special effects*

Vote: Talitha

[MeMe]

“Now I think you ought to go to sleep.”

“Okay.”

“Okay...Okay. Oh-kay....All right. So long.”

“Grandpa? Maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow.”

“As you wish...”

You have rid your fair Florin of the final

ROUS

(

Talitha

).

GAME OVER – TOWN WINS

!

“See? Didn't I tell you…?”

“Yes -- you're very smart. Shut-Up.”

Full roles/night happenings coming up.

[Talitha]

Waaaah, it's all over. Sorry fellow rodents, I should've played that a lot better than I did.
Well done town.

[MeMe]

Westley

Norinel (formerly Darkblade)

You are Westley. You are trying to find Miracle Max by checking one person nightly (even if you’re already dead). If you locate him while he still lives, you will receive a miracle pill (with chocolate coating, to make it go down easier), which will be used to revive you if you should need it. If you do not locate Miracle Max on nights one or two, you may investigate two people on nights three and four – then back to one person nightly for the remainder of the game.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

To be sent to Westley if he’s found by Buttercup

: You have been reunited with you true love, Buttercup (player), and you are now free to speak to her at night. You have the nightly option to protect Buttercup; if you make this choice and she is targeted, you will die in her stead (unless someone protects you).

To be sent to Westley after he’s been brought back to life

: Miracle Max’s pill resurrected you! However, you are in a weakened state, leaving you unable to vote today. You may talk as much as you want, though.

Buttercup

Macros

You are Buttercup. You long to see your sweet Westley again! By mentioning the full name of a player (no abbreviations) in the same post in which you use the word “love,” you may check that person at night to see if he is your beloved Westley (up to two people nightly). If you fulfill the posting requirement for more than two players, you must choose which to investigate from among them. If you locate him, you will become a mason group and be able to talk with him at night.

clarification addendum: you will be unable to search for Westley on night 1

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

To be sent to Buttercup once Westley is found

: You have been reunited with you true love, Westley (player), and you are now free to speak to him at night. Westley has been given the nightly option to protect you; if he makes this choice and you are targeted, he will die in your stead (unless someone protects him).

Inigo Montoya

mathcam

You are Inigo Montoya. You are searching for the six-fingered man. By mentioning the full name of a player (no abbreviations) at least eleven times during the course of a game day, you will be able to count his fingers the following night (up to two players for nights two & three, one player nightly thereafter). If you’ve fulfilled the requirements for more than two players, you must choose which to investigate from among them. You will, of course, be unable to use your investigative ability night one. For subsequent nights, the deadline for night choices will be stated in the thread. If you do not submit a choice by the stated deadline, you forfeit your investigation.

You are also a one-slash vigilante, able to target someone with your sword once during the game. You may use this ability by PMing me during any night phase with your target.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

Fezzik

massive

You are Fezzik. You like to rhyme! You must rhyme with quotes (using the quote box) from others at least 2 times, in two separate posts daily. Until your two-rhyme requirement is met, you may not vote. Examples of proper rhyming:

There’s a lot of random voting

I’m going to keep my vote floating.

and

That didn’t make any sense at all!

What’d you do, hit your head in a fall?
Restrictions: You may not explain what you are doing nor can you mention the words “poem” or “rhyme” or any variations thereof – I’ll let you know if you’re on thin ice. If you break these restrictions, or if you lodge a vote before your requirement is filled, you will be lynchable with only half the votes required.

Bonus: If you manage to rhyme 5 times throughout the course of a day, you will win the use of a Holocaust cloak for that night. The holocaust cloak can be used to protect a player of your choice or, once during the game, yourself.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

Miracle Max

Fishbulb

You are Miracle Max. You really are a decent miracle man no matter what Humperdinck says. Nightly, you may choose one player to protect from bodily harm – choosing to protect yourself no more than once during the game.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

To be sent to MM once Westley has used him

: Westley, the man in black, was mostly dead. Luckily, you were up to the challenge and have brought him back to the land of the living with your chocolate-covered miracle pill. Way to go! Too bad that making that pill has used up all the skill you had. You no longer have the power to protect, though you still play for a Florin win.

Valerie

Fletcher

You are Valerie, witch…er…

wife

of Miracle Max. Right now you’re pretty much just around to make Max look authentic. I’ll let you know if that changes.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

To be sent to Val once MM is dead/retired

: Miracle Max has retired/died. You’ve been watching him long enough to take over his business without missing a beat. Nightly, you may select one person to protect from bodily harm. You may elect to protect yourself only once during the rest of the game.

Grandpa

Talitha (formerly Dragon Phoenix)

You are Grandpa. You’ve read

The Princess Bride

so many times that you know every character through and through. Nightly, you may check one player of your choice and get a result of “pro-town” or “anti-town.”

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

Vizzini

rite

You are Vizzini, Sicilian genius. Nightly you will choose a person to investigate – with your wits on the case, their secrets will be exposed in the form of “evil” or “good.” Because you love bragging about your superior intellect, you will share your investigation with another player. Submit the names of three players of your choice, and I will use a random method of choosing from the three. That person will receive the name of the player investigated and the result of the investigation – neither you nor your role will be mentioned to the receiver.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

. You’d

think

Vizzini would be evil, right? Nope – he’s a genius

for hire

, and I’ve hired him for the town.

The King

Fishbulb 2 (formerly CRiX)

You are The King. Because you’re not quite as sharp as you used to be, people tend to forget that you’re not just a figurehead and do indeed still wield some power.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

Mod note: Votes count double.

Dread Pirate Roberts III

JereIC

You are The Dread Pirate Roberts. You used to leave no survivors, but ever since you met that Westley fellow and let him live, you’ve given up swashbuckling for the quieter life of the vigilante. Nightly, you can choose to target a person, as long as you’ve FOSed that person in the thread at least two times, in two separate posts. If you’ve fulfilled the requirements on more than one player, you must choose which to target. You will, of course, be unable to use your vigilante ability night one. For subsequent nights, the deadline for choices will be stated in the thread. If you do not submit a choice by the stated deadline, your choice is forfeit.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

ROUS

Dourgrim

You are a Rodent of Unusual Size (ROUS). You may bite a player at night if you have directly followed that player’s posts with one of own at least three times during the previous day (a player posting less than three times in a game day is safe from being bitten). If you have managed to fulfill the requirements for more than one player, you must choose the victim from among them.

Most

victims will die outright. There are some, however, who have been exposed to Rodent cooties all their lives. A bite will transform them into an ROUS rather than killing them. If you transform a player, they will learn your identity and work toward an ROUS win with you. You will remain the sole recruiter, however. If

you

die, no new blood will be brought in. You will, of course, be unable to use your ability night one. For subsequent nights, the deadline for choices will be stated in the thread. If you do not submit a choice by the stated deadline, your choice is forfeit. You are protected from being night-killed tonight only, as compensation for not being able to bite anyone.

Mid-game, the role was amended as it became apparent to me that the conditions made it near impossible to

choose

a victim - rather he was forced to just settle for whomever could be caught. Amendments were that he only had to follow two posts (rather than three) and that if less than half of the players alive made multiple posts on any game day, he was free to pick from among all players whom to bite.

You win if an ROUS is the last standing

Mod notes: Florin peasants transform immediately, non-peasants protected by a doctor will transform the following night; unprotected non-peasants die immediately. Evidence of a bite will be noted in all instances (death, protection, and recruitment).

Prince Humperdinck

Leonidas

You, Count Rugen (mlaker), and the Albino (Werebear) form the mafia group in Florin. Nightly, you will confer with the others and make a decision on whom to target. It is

your

job to make the final decision if a consensus cannot be reached and to send the target’s name to me. All three of you appear guilty when investigated. The Albino is a doctor.

Once during the course of the game, you may choose to block a lynch. PM me during the day, before the death scene is posted, and the life will be spared (even your own). The day will end as usual and no one will be told who/what prevented the death.

You win if at least one of your team is the last standing

Count Rugen, the six-fingered man

mlaker

You, Prince Humperdinck (Leonidas), and the Albino (Werebear) form the mafia group in Florin. Nightly, you will confer with the others and make a decision on whom to target. It is Humperdinck’s job to make the final decision if a consensus cannot be reached and to send the target’s name to me. As second-in-command, if the Prince is killed, the decision-making and communication responsibilities fall to you. All three of you appear guilty when investigated. The Albino is a doctor and Humperdinck can block one lynch.

You win if at least one of your team is the last standing

The Albino

Werebear

You, Prince Humperdinck (Leonidas), and Count Rugen (mlaker) form the mafia group in Florin. Nightly, you will confer with the others and make a decision on whom to target. It is Humperdinck’s job to make the final decision if a consensus cannot be reached and to send the target’s name to me. As low man on the three-man pole, the only way you’re gonna be making the decisions is if the other two members of your crew are killed – and that wouldn’t be a good thing. All three of you appear guilty when investigated. Humperdinck can block one lynch.

You also have standard doctor abilities. Nightly, you may choose one player to protect from bodily harm (you may elect to protect yourself no more than twice throughout the course of the game).

You win if at least one of your team is the last standing

Florin Peasant

(x5)

Sugar, mathcam 2 (formerly jadesmar), Someone, Macros (formerly mikehart), mole

You are a Florin townsperson. You’re nothing special (except in that trite “but

everyone’s

special” way) and you’re not too clean, but you love your country.

You win once all evil elements have been cast out of Florin

To be sent to a peasant bitten by the ROUS Recruiter

: You’ve been bitten by Dourgrim, a Rodent of Unusual Size! Because you’re a tough peasant, the bite hasn’t killed you, but it has

transformed

you into an ROUS. Nightly you will discuss with the ROUS community (currently players) whom to target – choice is limited to Dourgrim’s posting criteria. If a consensus cannot be reached, Dourgrim, the original ROUS, makes the final decision and sends the choice to me. Dourgrim is the sole recruiter – if he dies, all future bites will be fatal with no one else being recruited.

Your win criteria has changed: you now win if at least one ROUS is the last standing

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To be sent to a non-peasant transformed by the ROUS Recruiter

: You’ve been bitten by Dourgrim, a Rodent of Unusual Size! Because you were protected when it happened (night #), the infection didn’t kill you outright, but instead took 24 hours to spread through your system – you have been

transformed

into an ROUS and no longer retain the abilities (if any) of your former identity. Nightly you will discuss with the ROUS community (currently players) whom to target – choice is limited to Dourgrim’s posting criteria. If a consensus cannot be reached, Dourgrim, the original ROUS, makes the final decision and sends the choice to me. Dourgrim is the sole recruiter – if he dies, all future bites will be fatal with no one else being recruited.

Your win criteria has changed: you now win if at least one ROUS is the last standing

[Macros]

suite set up.
pity i ddint live longer originally

[MeMe]

Behind the scenes

:

Night 1

• Fishbulb (Miracle Max) protects Werebear (the Albino)
  
• Werebear (the Albino) protects Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck)
  
• Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa) investigates Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) – receives “anti-town” result
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa) – gets “good” result, Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of Dourgrim, mathcam, and mole
  receives the results
  
• Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) chooses, on behalf of his crew, to target Macros (Buttercup), who dies
  
• Darkblade (Westley) checks to see if rite (Vizzini) is Miracle Max – negative result

Day 1

• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) follows Fishbulb 3+ times (fulfilling bite criteria)
  
• JereIC (Dread Pirate Roberts III) fails to fulfill criteria for vigilante kill
  
• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• mathcam (Inigo Montoya) mentions Someone, massive, and JereIC 11+ times, fulfilling Rugen search criteria
  
• Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) blocks his own Brute Squading

Night 2

• Fishbulb (Miracle Max) protects Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa)
  
• Werebear (the Albino) protects Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck)
  
• massive (Fezzik) chooses to wear his Holocaust Cloak himself
  
• Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa) investigates mlaker (Count Rugen) – receives “anti-town” result
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates CRiX (The King) – gets “good” result, Sugar
  (Florin peasant)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of Dragon Phoenix, Sugar, and Werebear
  receives the results
  
• Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) chooses, on behalf of his crew, to target Fletcher (Valerie), who dies
  
• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) bites Fishbulb (Miracle Max), who dies
  
• Darkblade (Westley) checks to see if Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) is Miracle Max – negative result
  
• mathcam (Inigo Montoya) checks to see if either massive (Fezzik) or
  JereIC (Dread Pirate Roberts III) is Count Rugen – negative result

Day 2

• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) follows mlaker, Someone, rite, Werebear, JereIC, mathcam and jadesmar 2+ times (fulfilling bite criteria)
  
• JereIC (Dread Pirate Roberts III) FOSes Sugar and Leonidas 2 times,
  fulfilling vigilante criteria
  
• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• mathcam (Inigo Montoya) mentions Dragon Phoenix and mlaker 11+
  times, fulfilling Rugen search criteria
  
• mlaker (Count Rugen) is Brute Squaded

Night 3

• Werebear (the Albino) protects Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck)
  
• massive (Fezzik) chooses to cloak Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa)
  
• Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa) investigates jadesmar (Florin peasant) – receives “pro-town” result
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates jadesmar (Florin peasant) – gets “good” result, Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of Dragon Phoenix, CRiX, and Dourgrim
  receives the results
  
• Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) chooses, on behalf of his crew, to target Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa)
  
• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) bites JereIC (Dread Pirate Roberts III), who dies
  
• JereIC (Dread Pirate Roberts III) vigilante-targets Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck)

Day 3

• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) although he failed to follow any player twice, less than half alive players posted more than once, allowing him to choose his bite victim freely
  
• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• Leonidas (Prince Humperdinck) is Brute Squaded

Night 4

• Werebear (the Albino) missed the deadline – no protection or kill choice
  
• massive (Fezzik) chooses to cloak Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa)
  
• Dragon Phoenix (Grandpa) investigates mathcam (Inigo Montoya) –
  receives “pro-town” result
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates mathcam (Inigo Montoya) – gets “good” result, CRiX (The King)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of CRiX, Dragon Phoenix, and jadesmar
  receives the results
  
• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) bites Someone (Florin Peasant) and
  transforms him into an ROUS

Day 4

• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) follows Dragon Phoenix/Talitha, Norinel and Fishbulb 2+ times (fulfilling bite criteria)
  
• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• Werebear (The Albino) is Brute Squaded

Night 5

• massive (Fezzik) chooses to cloak Talitha (Grandpa)
  
• Talitha (Grandpa) investigates Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) – gets “anti-town” result
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) – gets “bad” result, mole (Florin peasant)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of Talitha, mole, and Sugar
  receives the results
  
• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) bites Talitha (Grandpa), who will transform into an ROUS Night 6

Day 5

• Dourgrim (ROUS recruiter) is Brute Squaded

Night 6

• Talitha (Grandpa) transforms into an ROUS as a result of Night 5 bite
  
• rite (Vizzini) investigates mole (Florin peasant) – gets “good” result,
  Talitha (ROUS)
  randomly selected from rite’s choices of Talitha, mathcam, and jadesmar
  receives the results
  
• Someone (ROUS) chooses not to kill

Day 6

• massive (Fezzik) votes before rhyming requirement & and is susceptible to a lynching at half the necessary votes today; rhymes 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• rite (Vizzini) is Brute Squaded

Night 7

• massive (Fezzik) chooses to cloak Talitha (ROUS)
  
• Talitha (on behalf of the ROUS community) chooses to bite mathcam
  (Inigo Montoya), who dies

Day 7

• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• Someone (ROUS) is Brute Squaded

Night 8

• massive (Fezzik) chooses to cloak mathcam2 (Florin peasant)
  
• Talitha (ROUS) chooses to bite mathcam2 (Florin peasant)

Day 8

• massive (Fezzik) rhymes 2+ times before voting, 5+ times and earns cloak
  
• Talitha (ROUS) is Brute Squaded…and thus ends the game.

[Fishbulb]

Great game set-up, MeMe!

Good game, everyone!

[MeMe]

DP getting two mafia investigations right off the bat worried me silly...

[Someone]

I think I did the ROUS in by not making a kill on night 6night and then making on the next. I kinda changed my mind after seeing that the mafia were indeed all dead and that there were no other kills. I guess the best bet would have been to continue not to kill...but somehow my judjment was all screwed up.

[Sugar]

MeMe, thanks for such a

fun

game! I was beginning to suspect that

everyone

was guilty there at the end... but it was sure fun coming up with theories and trying to reason my way out of votes.

*wanders off, humming the movie theme song*

[massive]

Great game everyone! Thanks for letting me survive so long. I thought I was a goner after the first day.

-- massive

[mlaker]

Wow I could come up with

NO

role claims for this game I was hoping to stay longer because this was a cool game! Thanks MeMe!!

[Norinel]

So I was wrong about the ROUS's not recruiting, and I was wrong about the rats getting the townie pm, but I think I mentioned that the townies might have some unknown limitations to counter the pm-clearing. And my plan would have worked, just not as quickly.

Sugar, if you had been the last rat, I'd've respected you more for your not-getting-lynched abilities.

[Sugar]

And if you'd have been scum, I'd respect you more for your townie-lynching abilities

[mathcam]

Wow, I was very surprised to see the game over in the thread title. I thought Talita was our best bet, but I was sure it was going to screw us in the end. Fun as always, MeMe.

Cam

[rite]

Awesome game... best moment was seeing that I was Vizzini, and pro-town, and thinking "Ooh, a challenge... "

[Talitha]

Someone: you were probably on to the right strategy when you chose not to kill. It would've had the town chasing their tails for a while more at least (excuse the pun).
That rabid rodent bite affected my brain I think.

[Werebear]

We didn't have a chance with DP's choices... ROFL. I can't believe I forgot night 4. Great game, thanks for modding!

[Dourgrim]

Great game, everyone. Trying to follow everyone's posts really drove me nuts early on (I sat here for hours at a crack just

waiting

for people to post at times), and I was relieved to finally recruit Someone (pun intended). I think, had I not been the first ROUS to get lynched, I would've been OK... but, as usual, I got myself into trouble by talking too much. If it weren't for the fact that I absolutely

loathe

lurkers, I would've tried it this game.

Well played, Town. Talitha, I thought you were going to pull it off there for awhile... great work. I'm proud of both of my children... erm, descendants... um, recruits, yeah, that's it!

[Werebear]

There is one thing about this game that needs serious discussion.

I wouldn't consider someone posting that they were a Florin Townsperson someone who was quoting an email... but if one person says "What's the fourth word of the second paragraph of your email", if the person responded with that one word, I would consider that quoting, punishable by death.

The game is supposed to be figuring out who's mafia through observation and analysis, not by using email text. Flavor text is great, but a policy should be established that townies get an email saying only "TOWNIE", or each townie email be different, like the ones I used in the HHGG games.

And yes, I'd feel this way even if I wasn't on the shafting side of it. *Grin*

[mathcam]

Plus, the town got almost screwed because of it. Someone

was

a townie, but still managed to do a little biting on the side....

All in all, I agree. Posting a specific letter of an email

is

quoting the mod, not only by the intent of the law, but also by the letter. Just because you're only quoting one letter doesn't mean you're not quoting. But I guess we do have to rely on the

intent

of the law for things like posting the numerical values of certain letters. That's not quoting, but it's using the specific lettering of a PMed role description for an advantage in the game.

I realize this analogy is mostly hackneyed and irrelevant, but if this were "real life" mafia (as opposed to a game), then there would be no role PM. You would know if you were a townie or not, and you certainly wouldn't be able to verify anyone else's townieness by exchanging info from their respective PMs.

Cam

[MeMe]

My feelings on this are well-documented -- I think that it is the players' responsibility to use all information at hand to win...even discussing the content (without quoting) of PMs. The mod should consider how the PMs are worded to make sure this is/isn't a possibility. For example, in my no-frills mafia, two of the townie PMs were identical...but all the others different. If they had been discussed, it was possible that two townies would clear each other and distrust all other claims. That was part of the set-up.

In this game, it was quite deliberate on my part to give the peasants identical PMs for two reasons 1) So that if the ROUS Recruiter realized that the "some have been exposed to Rodent cooties all their lives" in his role referred to commoners, he could more easily target those who had been revealed as such and 2) that townies could identify and "clear" each other...which (to paraphrase mathcam) could possibly screw them later if one were recruited.

Basically...it was part of the game plan that the PMs might be discussed, and, in my opinion, it should

always

be considered a possibility by the mod.

[Fishbulb]

I think it fits fine with the game as well. Sure, you couldn't determine a peasant's peasantness by comparing letters, but you could by how they look, or where they live. So in interest of role-playing, this would be a way to do a little personal investigation to see if they are likely to be who they say they are, but since we can't see them covered in filth, we have to ask what letters are in their PM. Maybe that's a little far-fetched, but if the mod doesn't mind that sort of thing happening and didn't employ necessary precautions to keep it from happening, I don't see what the problem is.

[mathcam]

I certailny didn't mean to question your design, MeMe, and any mod who puts effort into thinking about these scenarios before the game happens certailny get a good hunkin' dose of respect. I just mean that according to the rules, quoting one letter or equivalents

is

quoting and isn't allowed unless the mod has says otherwise. In my quantum game, I even made public exactly how townie roles were formatted so it wasn't an issue. If the mod says it's fine, then obbiuosly it's fine...I guess I was making (or at least attempting to make) more of a theoretical point.

In any case, I don't think it hurt the game at all and it was really fun all-around.

Cam

[MeMe]

I took no offense, 'Cam (or Werebear) -- but because the issue came up I thought I should explain the reason for my decision to send the roles out in this manner.