Worst role ideas?

[inspiratieloos]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no you're wrong.

Removing players from a game and replacing them with yourself and/or your friends

is SIGNIFICANTLY more bastard than changing a player's wincon.

How is that worse than getting killed?

[quadz08]

Because the other players don't know that anything has changed. Or at least, have to try and determine if it has. That's what makes it bastard.

[inspiratieloos]

I don't really care enough to keep discussing it, I still think it's less bastard than a cult recruiter.

To keep with the theme:

You are the

Hydra

, you share this the avatar [accountname] (password: [password]) with a friend you met on-line, although you don't really know who he is. You can both post and vote from this account. If someone tries to trace your avatar back to you at night they will only find one of you at random. If one of you gets killed the other will continue to try and get justice in their name. If your avatar itself gets destroyed you are still both out.

Partial one-shot bulletproof, this one probably is pretty bastard in combination with the recruiter (if one of the partners gets killed/replaced).

You are the

Owner of the cursed avatar

, you are using the avatar [accountname] (password: [password]) you can't really remember how it came into your possession but for some reason you can't shake the feeling that all it's previous owners are dead. If you (the player) get killed at night this avatar will somehow find itself into someone else's possession before the next morning. If the avatar gets destroyed it is still out.

You are the

Rich kid

, you are using the avatar [accountname] (password: [password]). This 'game' is FUN, you want to keep playing it and daddy can pull enough strings to make it so. Whenever your avatar gets destroyed at night you will be ready to re-enter the game the next morning with a new one. If you yourself get killed you're obviously still dead

Both partial bulletproof.

[saulres]

You are a

Power Role

.

The mod will tell you which role you are.

During the game's confirmation phase, and then during each twilight, you may assign yourself to one player. That player gains your ability until you change your target. If the player dies, so do you. If your player was the lynch, you die then and cannot retarget during twilight.

You have no vote, and you may not post in the thread at all. Your presence will not be made known to other players at all.

You win with the town.

[izakthegoomba]

You are the

Eavesdropper

.

Whenever a private message is sent regarding this game (excluding QuickTopics), you will be sent a quote of it. You will not be informed of the sender or the recipient.

You win with the town.

[saulres]

Wouldn't they always be between the mod and someone else?

Regardless, that's the kind of role I'd like to have

[izakthegoomba]

Wouldn't they always be between the mod and someone else?

Not if I designed the rest of the setup to screw with that role...

[callforjudgement]

I've seen a role like that (that targeted specific players) in an offsite game, which also allowed mostly unlimited PMing between players overnight as long as a copy was sent to the mod.

But then, it also had sixteen factions, so it's not really a good example of a normalish setup…

Meanwhile, to avoid double-posting:

You are

not a dayvig

. You must post something that appears to be an attempt to kill another player during the day, every day you are alive. You win if someone actually falls for it.

[mafia-n00b]

What constitutes falling for it?

[Psyche]

Hm...you have to win Day 1, then. Doing it once, and failing, will make future success impossible. Moreover, you'll be playing the rest of the game knowing full well that no, you will not win.

[callforjudgement]

What constitutes falling for it?

Someone actually believing it worked.

Hm...you have to win Day 1, then. Doing it once, and failing, will make future success impossible. Moreover, you'll be playing the rest of the game knowing full well that no, you will not win.

I think I agree with this assessment. (I have seen actual dayvigs fake dayvig by screwing up the syntax, though, so maybe you'd get one more chance.)

[mafia-n00b]

You are a

numerologist obsessed with the number three

. You have post and vote restrictions. Any post you make must contain at least three words that are three letters long. Every third vote you make must be the third vote on a wagon. You must post exactly three times (no more, no less) on any page with a three in it ... 3, 13, 23, all the 30s, etc. You may not discuss/disclose any of your restrictions. Violations of any of the restrictions will result in a modkill. You win if and only if you are lynched on day 3 or night-killed on night 3.

[saulres]

Can you use

[saulres]

two in'a row?

[mafia-n00b]

Just be to clear, this would be a valid post by

the

above numerologist.

It's

just important to have at least three three-letter words in a post,

you

can

have plenty of other words as well.

[callforjudgement]

You are a

Day PGO

. Whenever anyone votes for you, or otherwise targets you during the day (e.g. with a dayvig shot), they die. (This does not necessarily block the ability they were trying to use, although votes from dead players aren't counted.)

You win with the town. (

Obviously.

)

This… isn't as horrifically bad as I thought it would be, as long as they claim quickly enough on D1. (And it allows townies who are about to be lynched the opportunity to suicide to avoid going to night phase.)

[zoraster]

As a mod, I usually avoid things that make my life hell.

[Xalxe]

Team Mafia?

[mafia-n00b]

You are an

ultimate narcissist

. You can only talk about, vote, or target yourself. You cannot reference, in any way, other players. You win if you make it to endgame.

You are a

townie on double secret probation

. You cannot make any posts between the hours of 8AM and 5PM (you should be in class) or between 10PM and 6AM (you should be asleep) real-world time (time zone determined by mod). Since it is secret, any reference to the post restriction will result in immediate expulsion (modkill). You win when all threats to the town are eliminated.

[Yosarian2]

You

are getting your games confused.

You may only talk about and vote mafia players who are not in this game. That is, if Glork is in this game, you can not make a case against him; you must make a case against PJ instead, and then vote for him, even though he is not actually a player in this game. You may not reference any actual events that happen in this game. When you cast a vote, you may PM the mod to tell him who you would actually like to vote for.

You win with the town.

[saulres]

You are getting your games confused.

This would be so much fun to play.

Only scum would say that

Maybe you think so, but that's not the case this time. You clearly didn't read Tierce's arguments as town would, only as scum would. Or do you think she's 3rdParty?

Vote: Xalxe

[saulres]

You are

An Obsessive Prodder

At least once a real-life day, whenever anyone who's posted in the thread hasn't posted there in more time than the stated prod range -- including the dead players -- you must post requesting the mod to prod them.

You win if the other players never question your intelligence.

[callforjudgement]

You are a

Girl Cop

. At night, you can investigate a player with "Female" in the gender field of their profile, to determine whether they are town or not.

You win with the (

town or third party, probably more interesting as town

).

This one's pretty awful in a number of ways, although it needs a better name. (Especially as if it's claimed, the pro-town reaction is to start persuading all the males in the game to lie about their gender across the site so that they are viable scan targets. And the blatant gender discrimination before that.)

Optional modnote: Has a 50/50 chance of working on Vi.

[izakthegoomba]

Alternative optional modnote: if used on Vi, the universe implodes in a puff of logic. The game ends in a draw.

[Lost Butterfly]

I don't think there's anything wrong with that for a quirky theme game; in fact a similarish role was used in Mafiascum Fantasy Camp. (Admittedly Vi described it as a 'Strange game designed by strange people'

Welcome to Mafiascum Fantasy Camp. I hope you enjoy your stay!

You are Screaming Death Clan, Fate Fanboys,

Town Aligned

.

SpyreX and Reck both felt a growing sense of dread as they waited in line to check in at camp.
'HOW THE FUCK WILL WE PULL THIS OFF?' said xRECKONERx.
'BEATS ME,' said SpyreX. 'WHY DID WE CHOOSE FATE AGAIN? MUST HAVE BEEN MOONBEAM LOGIC.'
They had big shoes to fill. Their fellow Screaming Death Clan member was notorious both for his Mafia play and his aggressive personality. How could they ever hope to capture the essence of Fate?
'Hi, and welcome to Mafiascum Fantasy Camp!' said the receptionist when the two finally reached the front of the line.
'HI,' said SpyreX. 'I'M LOOKING FOR--'
'Oh, you must be the Fate fanboys,' the receptionist broke in. 'We've been expecting you. Please head to Cabin 14.'
'WELL, HOW DID YOU CLOWNS FIGURE THAT OUT?' said Reck.
'Isn't it obvious?' said the receptionist. 'I must say, you've done an astounding job of getting into character. I commend you for your effort.'
As SpyreX and Reck lugged their suitcases toward the cabin, they exchanged baffled glances.
'WHY DID HE THINK WE WERE IN CHARACTER?' asked SpyreX.
'NO FUCKING IDEA,' said RECK. 'THAT WAS SO WEIRD.'

Abilities

Active

WHITE KNIGHT:

You are a one-shot governor who loves defending damsels in distress. Once during the game, you may PM us during the day to protect a player other than yourself whose gender is listed as Female or None. This player will then be declared unlynchable by the mods for that game day. As this is a day ability, you cannot save a player who has just been hammered. Targeting a player with Male in his profile will result in your wasting your shot. But Fate will always assume that a player with no gender set is female...no matter how obvious the evidence to the contrary.

Win Condition:

You win when all threats to the town have been eliminated and at last one pro town player is alive.