Worst role ideas?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2642 (isolation #0) » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:01 am

How is that a bad role? I'd love to play it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2649 (isolation #1) » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:30 am

Compulsive Townie...

Has to vote every Day?

Can't vote for No Lynch?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2684 (isolation #2) » Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:48 am

Maybe have them count as Lovers while married?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2686 (isolation #3) » Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:59 am

Perhaps, since the gold digger would feel no genuine attraction to the PR, it could work one-way only?

So, if the gold digger dies, the PR suicides, but not vice versa.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2698 (isolation #4) » Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:57 am

Better version (read: not unwinable).

You are a
Magnet
. If someone votes for you, they will not be able to unvote. You win when all threats to the town are eliminated.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2709 (isolation #5) » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:44 am

You are
The Silence
.

You may post in-thread, but your posts will immediately be deleted by the mod, because no-one will remember you.

Each night, you may give someone an Eye Drive - this will cause your posts to be sent to them by PM before they are deleted.

You win when XXX,
The Doctor
, is dead.

You are
The Doctor
.

When you would die for any reason, you will be notified by the mod, and given the choice to regenerate, keeping you alive. You may do this 12 times.

You win when intergalactic peace occurs.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2710 (isolation #6) » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:04 pm

You are
Meransiel
.

Each night, you may suggest a role in the "Worst role ideas?" thead.

You win when at least three of the roles you suggest are actually bad, by some stretch of the imagination.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2716 (isolation #7) » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:45 pm

We've had too many "you don't know your role things" already. The first few were funny. So was "Oh, who cares?".

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2718 (isolation #8) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:43 am

You are
animorpherv1
.

You win when the poetry in your signature equals or surpasses the work of William McGonagall.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2722 (isolation #9) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:09 am

As well as, or instead of, the poetry?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2725 (isolation #10) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:29 am

You just have to get yourself lynched D1.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2727 (isolation #11) » Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:48 am

You are a
One-shot Townie
.

During the Day, you may vote in the thread... but only once.

You win when all threats to the town are removed.

izakthegoomba · Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:46 pm

You are
Planet MafiaScum
.

You win when every slot has been replaced at least once, including the co-mod.

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:04 pm

You are a

WWII Pigeon Handler

. Each night, you can give XXX, a

Carrier Pigeon

a message and the intended recipient.

You are a

Carrier Pigeon

. During the night, XXX may send you a message with an intended recipient. You must then deliver the message to that person. Or somebody else. Or nobody at all. Whatever.

You are a

WWII Soldier

. At some point during the game, a

Carrier Pigeon

may attempt to give you a message. If this happens, you will kill and eat the unfortunate bird. Poor thing.

The setup consists only of these three roles.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2735 (isolation #14) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:55 am

You are an

Paranoid Communications Officer

.

All your posts must be written in robustly encrypted backwards Klingon converted into morse code, with every other sentence concealed with a form of stenography.

You win if you survive two day phases.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2739 (isolation #15) » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:45 am

In post 2736, Xalxe wrote:
In post 2735, izakthegoomba wrote:You are an
Paranoid Communications Officer
.

All your posts must be written in robustly encrypted backwards Klingon converted into morse code, with every other sentence concealed with a form of stenography.

You win when someone figures out what the fuck you're saying.

FTFY

I considered that, but it would be practically unwinnable.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:03 am

You are a

Zombie

.

BRRRAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNS

Whenever someone dies, you will eat their brain. This will be included in the flavour.

You win if you eat the brain of a confused scarecrow.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:16 am

Plus, all the brain-eating may well get them lynched beforehand.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:11 pm

That could be a really good role for a bastard game.

izakthegoomba · Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:57 pm

Not really a survivor, then. At least, not before the modkill.

"Doomed Townie" would be more fitting.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2758 (isolation #20) » Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:06 pm

Nah, I'm just picky.

You are a

Cold Caller

.

Each night, you may barrage another player with PMs which appear to have nothing to do with this game.

You win if you can convince someone to take out some kind of insurance policy.

izakthegoomba · Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:24 am

Yeah, but you'd get replaced after around 4-5 days. Day 1 is almost always longer than that.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2766 (isolation #22) » Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:50 am

You are

callforjudgement

.

You win when you are unworthy of being called "Captain Obvious".

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2771 (isolation #23) » Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:44 pm

You are a

Mafia Vanilla Townie

.

You have no power except your voice and your vote.

You win when all living players are mafia, or nothing can prevent the same.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2773 (isolation #24) » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:42 pm

Oh yeah, I think I saw that somewhere. It's a bit different; the Mafia can't recruit this one.

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:35 am

And this one doesn't have investigation immunity at any point.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2777 (isolation #26) » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:56 am

And this one could really screw with information roles.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2781 (isolation #27) » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:42 pm

You are an

OCD Townie

.

You must vote for someone in your first post.

You win when that player is lynched, AND the town wins. You lose if that player dies by any method other than lynching.

izakthegoomba · Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:29 pm

You are a

Mafia Seductress

.

Once, during the night, you may seduce one player. They will become a one-way lover with you - if you die, so will they, but their death will not cause yours. If they die before you, you may seduce another player.

You win when all living players are mafia, or nothing can prevent the same.

izakthegoomba · Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:50 am

A similar role exists already. The Hammerer passively hammers when someone reaches L-1.

Also, the above has been suggested here, under the name Hammah Slammah.

I probably read too much.

izakthegoomba · Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:21 pm

But with an evil wincon... and an even eviler losecon.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2803 (isolation #31) » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:40 pm

It was pretty early. Are you telling me you've read the whole thread?

izakthegoomba · Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:29 am

Does MS even let us post that often?

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:07 pm

Make it one-shot and it's potentially viable.

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:15 pm

No, it's just bad.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2818 (isolation #35) » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:32 am

Eh, not really very "friendly".

And it's spock-lizard, not lizard-spock.

izakthegoomba · Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:51 pm

You are a

Town Goon

. Your partners are X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, and X.

During the night, you may talk to your partners in this quicktopic.

You win when all threats to the town are removed.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2821 (isolation #37) » Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:13 pm

You are

The Acting Method

.

You win when you read the title of the thread.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2827 (isolation #38) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:14 am

A few more pre-/ins are available for Worst Role Mafia, if anyone's interested...?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2830 (isolation #39) » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:57 am

In post 2829, saulres wrote:
In post 2827, izakthegoomba wrote:A few more pre-/ins are available for Worst Role Mafia, if anyone's interested...?

You know I can't play, but /in to a kibbitzing thread if I may...

Of course!

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2839 (isolation #40) » Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:26 am

Thread won.

izakthegoomba · Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:18 pm

Shameless plug:

You should all totally /in for Worst Role Mafia!

Attempted redemption for the shameless plug:

You are the
Eccentric Politician
.

The current voting system used by this particular lynch mob is First Past the Post, and you're not happy with it. At any time, you may call a referendum for the town to switch to a different voting system.

You win when you successfully change the town's voting system.

Actually, a theme game with different voting systems might be kinda fun...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2851 (isolation #42) » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:22 am

In post 2850, Xalxe wrote:
In post 2849, knox wrote:Has there even been a role that can bring people back from the dead?

Yes.

Many times...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2853 (isolation #43) » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:36 am

Far too often, these roles have arbitrary wincons stuck onto the end of them. That role would be much better as scum...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2858 (isolation #44) » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:39 am

They get pretty badly bastard sometimes. There's this one game I'm planning to run next where [CENSORED]

izakthegoomba · Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:40 am

You are

The cause of much confusion

.

While you are alive, role names will not appear in the normal colours, but will be randomly selected as either green, red, brown, purple, orange, or grey.

You win if you survive to the endgame.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2862 (isolation #46) » Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:43 pm

Maybe have it as scum then. It can't be town, because then the optimal stratagy would be to claim in your first post and ask to be lynched.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2868 (isolation #47) » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:22 am

But who would know?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2871 (isolation #48) » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:22 am

Or Cult Leader with the rule that while any of it's Cultists are alive, the colours are randomised...

izakthegoomba · Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:47 pm

You guys couldn't possibly come up with these, like, three months ago, could you?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2884 (isolation #50) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:50 pm

Survivor is usually considered a bastard role, actually.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2886 (isolation #51) » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:12 pm

A mod would get a lot of hate for putting one in a non-bastard game.

izakthegoomba · Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:42 pm

Well, I would dislike a mod for putting it a game that was advertised as non-bastard.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2896 (isolation #53) » Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:39 am

In post 2895, IceGuy wrote:Innocent Child is a normal role just as Bulletproof is a normal modifier. A Bulletproof Innocent Child is a bad idea, though.

Might as well make it Immortal and be done with.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2901 (isolation #54) » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:02 am

In post 2900, callforjudgement wrote:
You are a
1-Shot Day Vigilante
.

Once in the game, during the night, you can choose a game day that has already happened. That day will be wiped out from history as if nothing had happened on it, and the gamestate recalculated.

You win with the town.

Ok, that's it. Now accepting pre-/ins for Worst Role Mafia 2.

Maybe.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2916 (isolation #55) » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:23 pm

In post 2912, callforjudgement wrote:People typically arrange a code to get around the "can only vote" restriction, unless there's an additional restriction ("can only vote once per 24 hours" gets rid of most of the abuse, although in theory it's still slightly abusable).

I don't understand all the fuss about this. Sure, put in a clause on how often the player can post if you want, but wouldn't it just be easier to say "if you attempt to abuse this (e.g. through a code) you will be modkilled"?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2918 (isolation #56) » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:45 pm

What constitutes "good modding" where post restrictions are concerned?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2920 (isolation #57) » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:13 pm

In a game where you are using them, if that's already bad modding, how does enforcing them reliably make it worse?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2923 (isolation #58) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:14 am

Which is kind of the point of a post restriction? That it harms that player's faction?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2925 (isolation #59) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:33 am

A player whose role is designed to restrict the way in which they can post should abide by that restriction, just as a Vanilla Townie doesn't use private communication. That's not playing like scum, that's playing by the rules.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2928 (isolation #60) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:17 am

In post 2926, callforjudgement wrote:You are a
person who cares more about their meta than winning
. You must attempt to play like scum; if you do not, you will be modkilled. You win with the town.

Reductio ad absurdum?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2933 (isolation #61) » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:48 pm

You are the

Undercover FBI Agent

.

You know there to be a Cult in this game, and it's your job to infiltrate it. If you are recruited into the Cult, you will gain access to the Cult QT, but keep your current win condition.

You win when the Cult is eliminated.

izakthegoomba · Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:13 am

One thing I've noticed about this thread is that the vast majority of the roles are completely unusable. It makes me sad.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2944 (isolation #63) » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:09 pm

Hm. The Reflexive could be used if the player gets run up to give town an extra lynch. The inept would be stupid to use as town, and scum would have a hard time wriggling out of it if they used it more than once.

izakthegoomba · Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:30 pm

In post 2945, Captain Haddock wrote:
In post 2944, izakthegoomba wrote:The inept would be stupid to use as town, and
scum would have a hard time wriggling out of it if they used it more than once
.

A scumbag could survive a day by using it constantly till deadline if the day was nearly over

Yes. If it's unlimited-shot, it's game breaking. I was kind of assuming no sane mod would put that in a game.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2953 (isolation #65) » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:35 am

In post 2950, DeltaWave wrote:Bulletproof Nuclear Bomb - If you get lynched, everyone on your wagon dies. You cannot be killed at night

You win with the town

Someone suggested that as Titanic.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2968 (isolation #66) » Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:15 pm

In post 2967, IceGuy wrote:You win.

FTFY

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2972 (isolation #67) » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:29 am

I lol'd.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 03, 2012 10:51 am

I think that's been suggested at least three times already. And yes, it's practically unenforcable.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 03, 2012 11:26 am

Hammah Slammah.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2993 (isolation #70) » Fri May 04, 2012 5:46 am

Hmm...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2996 (isolation #71) » Fri May 04, 2012 6:12 am

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT

SERIOUSLY

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3004 (isolation #72) » Mon May 07, 2012 4:53 am

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.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3006 (isolation #73) » Mon May 07, 2012 5:15 am

In post 3005, saulres wrote: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...

izakthegoomba · Thu May 10, 2012 10:13 am

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

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3038 (isolation #75) » Wed May 16, 2012 4:52 am

Presumably, they will never have appeared in the game. They will be removed from all votecounts, and all their posts will be deleted. Possibly, other posts/parts of posts referencing them will be removed?

izakthegoomba · Thu May 17, 2012 12:45 pm

You are a

Mafia Jester

. You win if you die by lynching, and your mafia partners go on to win.

Alternatively, a Town Jester...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3046 (isolation #77) » Thu May 17, 2012 1:02 pm

Pure awesome. Can I use that?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3049 (isolation #78) » Fri May 18, 2012 5:06 am

Not exactly practical, considering you'd need to get all the other mods on side. Which would never happen.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3050 (isolation #79) » Fri May 18, 2012 5:07 am

Maybe a better version could die of it dies in any other game?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3081 (isolation #80) » Mon May 21, 2012 6:11 am

In post 3056, callforjudgement wrote:Needs to be "are killed or replaced out" to avoid people with that role just replacing out of their other games. Still pretty Worst, of course.

Actually, I think it's worse if they can replace out to avoid it. That way it can disrupt other games much more easily.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 23, 2012 11:53 pm

You are the

Assassin

.

Your initial target is XXX. If you sandwich one of their posts between two of yours (i.e. you post, XXX posts, you post), they will be killed, and you will recieve a new target. Double-posting does not protect them.

You win when you are the last player left alive.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 24, 2012 12:47 am

Yeah. We should totally do that. CFJ, co-mods?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3100 (isolation #83) » Thu May 24, 2012 1:06 am

You are a

Post-based Jack of all Trades

.

If you make the first post in a day, you will become a doublevoter for that day.

If you make the last post in a day, you may choose to either track or watch someone the following night.

If you make the most posts in any given day, you will get a Vig shot for the following night.

If you make the least posts in any given day, you will be bulletproof for the following night.

If you make a double post, you will show as guilty to all investigations during the following night.

Your first post in each day must start with a player's name other than your own. That player will be made lynch-immune for the day.

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3102 (isolation #84) » Thu May 24, 2012 1:25 am

Now we're going off into full bastard territory...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3105 (isolation #85) » Thu May 24, 2012 1:46 am

In post 3103, inspiratieloos wrote:Give multiple people that 'Post-based Jack of all Trades' role.

How about we give EVERYONE that role, just with different wincons?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3107 (isolation #86) » Thu May 24, 2012 1:53 am

Just modding powers for the thread would be enough.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3112 (isolation #87) » Thu May 24, 2012 9:49 am

In post 2076, mikeburnfire wrote:You are
the modererator
. I'm out, bitches.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3118 (isolation #88) » Sun May 27, 2012 1:58 am

Maybe give the mute some night actions to make things interesting?

izakthegoomba · Sun May 27, 2012 11:42 pm

I want to make a "random fictional characters" theme now. Roles would be characters from completely unrelated fictional products. Movies, books, video games, comics, theatre, folk stories, poems, operas, board games, religious texts...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3133 (isolation #90) » Mon May 28, 2012 2:56 am

In post 3131, callforjudgement wrote:Also, every Upick ever.

Yeah, but with this I could actually design the roles around what I wanted for the game, rather than having to fit in with player-chosen flavour.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3138 (isolation #91) » Tue May 29, 2012 5:10 am

Compulsive, I presume?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3141 (isolation #92) » Tue May 29, 2012 5:33 am

I am very sad that it's impossible to implement. I love that role.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3151 (isolation #93) » Wed May 30, 2012 2:04 am

Or how about a 3rd party role that chooses pre-game what it wants to appear as to investigations and flips?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3155 (isolation #94) » Wed May 30, 2012 2:15 am

Could be survivor, serial killer, or for lulz, jester. Or something else entirely. But for the ultimate prank, ensure the game contain at least one cop, rolecop, follower, and voyeur...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3159 (isolation #95) » Wed May 30, 2012 9:02 am

...how does the "You die if you lose" actually do anything?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3166 (isolation #96) » Wed May 30, 2012 9:51 am

In post 3165, Ythan wrote:So if you win without taking out the survivor you lose.

Looks like it. Optimal play as Antisocial Survivor is probably to stay quiet until LyLo, claim regular survivor, and lynch a townie with the scum. Scum win... except they don't.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 30, 2012 10:16 am

Yeah, but it loses if it dies.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:54 am

Buckshot Rolecop could actually be a nice role if used well.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:08 pm

You are a

Random Reflexive Jack-of-all-Trades

.

When someone targets you at night, you will randomly target them with one of the following power roles:

Cop
Rolecop
Tracker
Watcher
Follower
Voyeur
FBI Agent
Gunsmith
Bladesmith
Flavour Cop
Doctor
Bodyguard
Jailkeeper
Roleblocker
Rolestopper
Neighbouriser
Vigilante
Framer
Tailor
Inventor
Janitor
Backup

You win when all threats to the town are removed, and at least one town player is alive.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:13 am

...that's all you had to say about it?

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:26 pm

Functionally identical to a Mafia Unlyncher, I believe.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:32 pm

Mafia Traitor Unlyncher, then.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:54 am

You are the

Slut

.

Every night you must choose a player to spend the night with. In the morning, due to you amazing lover skillz, they will become hopelessly infatuated with you, and if you die, they will surely be unable to live. However, you were just using them for sex and you don't give a fuck about them really, so the reverse is not true.

At any time, as many times as your wish, you may also fake your own death, causing all your lovers to die immediately. The mod will write a death scene for you and your lovers, but you may choose to return to the game at any time by posting in the thread.

You win if you are the last player alive, or if your death wipes out all players in the game.

Modnote: after one faked death, the loverising power will only be 50% effective, and no further faked deaths will work. Multiple faked deaths will continue decreasing the accuracy of the loverising, halving it each time. A real death will always be effective unless three or more faked deaths have been attempted already, in which case it will do nothing.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:18 am

Brilliant! We could make a "stereotypical sexual characters" theme game!

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:11 pm

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:02 pm

You are a

[redacted to conform with forum rules -mith]

.

During each night, you must [redacted -mith].

On a single night, you may also [redacted -mith].

You win when every living player apart from yourself has been [redacted -mith].

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:19 pm

No, I'm just trolling you, that is the role itself. I believe admins like using tags for edits.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:20 pm

(besides, did you really think mith got to it in under a minute?

)

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:31 am

You are

HIV positive

.

Each phase, day or night, there is a random chance that you will gets AIDS. You will be notified of this, and die two phases later.

Each night, you may choose someone to sleep with. There is a random chance that they will become HIV positive too. This also occurs if someone else's action involves sleeping with

you

. They will then be eligible to pass it on, or get AIDS.

You win with the Mafia.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:23 am

You are the

Sexual Health Professional

.

If anyone targets you, they will be cured of any and all sexually transmitted diseases they are carrying.

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:35 pm

I can imagine. I kinda want to make an all-jester game...

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:39 am

Yes. And I don't mean anything big that people would get worked up about; most likely if I did it, it would be as a marathon that was advertised as bastardmod anyway.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:36 am

Maybe an all-lyncher game would be fun as a marathon, with their targets going in a circle...

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:34 am

I thought DP's famous april fools joke was modkilling everyone Day 1?

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:42 pm

In post 3289, drmyshotgun wrote:can

This word makes it a VT.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:04 am

Yeah, there's some merit to that I guess. But I think in most games it would be equal to a VT.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:38 am

Would work better as a third party.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:50 am

In post 3299, IceGuy wrote:You are the
Grammar Nazi
.

You win when you've corrected at least ten grammar mistakes from other players or the mod.

Too easy. Make it 30 or something.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:50 am

You are

quickly developing Multiple Personality Disorder

.

Each night phase, you will be sent the login details for an alt of the mod. It will be publicly announced that the account is joining the game. You will then be required to control that account in addition to your main account. This will continue as long as at least one account you control is alive. Unfortunately, your personalities have no knowledge of each other - you may not reveal or hint at the fact that you control multiple account. If you do, your brain will go into meltdown and all accounts you control will be modkilled and turned into Survivors.

You win with the town.

Optional modnote: is only one person, in reality. If one personality dies, so do the rest.

Optional modnote: is only one person, in reality. The mod must get mith to grant themselves enhanced powers pre-game, then change the ownership of every post under an alt to the original account. Player is still modkilled if they reveal or hint at the fact that they control multiple accounts.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:04 am

That would be hilarious if I hadn't just had to spend weeks studying it.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:33 am

You are a

Suicide Note Cop

.

At night, you may choose a player to investigate. You will die, and their alignment will be publicly confirmed.

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:45 am

Maybe a weak cop that leaves a note when it investigates scum?

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:27 am

If you require a prod you will be modkilled instead.

This bit made my day.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:15 am

It may be best to claim some kind of town-sided variant? Assuming it comes up as innocent, it should be undetectable.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:11 am

You are

Blacklisted

. I will be seeking a replacement for you. Please cease posting in the game thread immediately.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:36 am

In post 3380, callforjudgement wrote:"fourth party" as I called it in the Worst Roles Mafia game

...you did?

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:29 pm

In post 3401, JDGA wrote:
In post 3399, McStab wrote:You are the
Unlucky Jester
. You win when you are lynched.

modnotes: Alignment changes to survivor when at L-1, unbeknownst to the player.

This would actually be interesting if you told them that from the beginning (and the transformation was permanent). Evil, but interesting.
Is there even any theory for how to get oneself L-1'd but not lynched?
...perhaps they'd need to autowin by surviving the day after being L-1'd instead of the rest of the game.

You are a

Doublevoting Actor Lyncher

.

Your vote counts as double. You may only for people who are at L-2 or L-1.

You win when [Unlucky Jester] is lynched.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:35 am

In post 3416, quadz08 wrote:
In post 3414, Lyrebird wrote:
In post 3413, Ythan wrote:Was expecting a stump joke.

If you get lynched, you become a tree stump. Lose vote and is dead for all wincon purposes, but can still talk

How's that?

Why would you talk? You already lost.

You could troll.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:01 am

Inspired by zor:

You are a

PGOiser

.

Each night, you may target someone. They will become a Paranoid Gun Owner, in addition to their existing role.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:27 am

That would be fun.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:57 am

Mindfuck alert!

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:22 am

Ok, but if we took the idea saulres had, rename it, and make it third party with a survivor-ish wincon...

izakthegoomba · Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:54 pm

You are a

Microorganism

...

You are a

Fungus

...

izakthegoomba · Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:57 am

I believe the second one is called Martyr.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:16 am

You are a

Capricious Psychiatrist

. Once during the game you may target another player at night. If they are a Vanilla Townie, they will become a Serial Killer. Otherwise, nothing will happen, and you may use the power again. You win if the player you turn into a Serial Killer wins. If you die without creating a Serial Killer, you lose automatically.

izakthegoomba · Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:35 am

In post 3483, saulres wrote:You'd have to have a
really
honest player for this one.

You are a
Spirit Guide
. You escort the dead to their final resting places.

You may not look at the game thread at all. Don't search on all of a player's posts, etc.

When someone dies in this game, you will get a 24-hour QT with them. In it, they can tell you whatever they want, but they may not quote from the thread at all, except for the final (lynch) vote count. At the end of the 24 hours, you give them the link to the dead QT and your QT is closed. (If the player flaked, the mod will provide you with the final vote count.)

You then have 24 hours to place one vote. This is compulsory, and you cannot vote "No Lynch".

You win with the town.

A more practical version, perhaps, can read the thread but not post in it.

izakthegoomba · Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:07 am

Yeah, I know. My role is entirely different, and quadz' idea would be awesome in an f2f game.

izakthegoomba · Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:50 pm

We could make a whole game out of "inventive" cop sanities...

izakthegoomba · Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:34 am

Bribe the other mods. Duh.

izakthegoomba · Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:23 pm

You are a

Mod Recruiter

. Each night, you may PM a scummer, suggesting that they mod a sequel to the current game. You win if somebody does.

izakthegoomba · Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:01 pm

In post 3510, borkjerfkin wrote:
In post 3505, Reecer6 wrote:
It'd be pretty cool if you aimed for yourself. Like walking in front of the bullet in bullet time!

DeLorean Driver:
Each night, you may switch the targets of the actions of two players at different points in time. Aligned with town.
It COULD be awesome, IF you could figure out the complex time shenanigans. But then there's driving into the future, the mod needs to use knowledge that doesn't exist yet.

Don't forget that every time you alter the past, you have to spawn off a new thread for the alternate universe you just created.

...and make an alt for every player (isakthegoomba, borkjerfk1n, myth) and post everything they would have posted in the alternate universe, with the correct gaps between posts.

izakthegoomba · Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:37 am

I don't know which of the last two posts I like more.

izakthegoomba · Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:21 am

zor is right about the saying, but that doesn't mean the role should reflect it.

izakthegoomba · Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:01 am

Rings a bell, we may have had that one before. It's pretty borky in the Endgame.

izakthegoomba · Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:13 am

Useful in a no-reveal or bastard game. Potentially fun (for the mod) otherwise.

izakthegoomba · Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:20 am

Exactly. Except it's you that dies.

izakthegoomba · Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:44 pm

And it could have been so fun, too...

izakthegoomba · Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:14 am

cfj is right, but it's a permanent king, which is much worse.

izakthegoomba · Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:31 am

It would take a spectacularly dumbassish VI to get to the point that a start-of-day quicklynch is necessary.

izakthegoomba · Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:57 pm

In post 3595, Guy_Named_Riggs wrote:
In post 3576, YYR wrote:Yeah, just checked. It was an endgame jester (daykilled Day 1 so that's probably why you don't remember).

I claim all the credit of killing that role by the way
(and of course Izak for giving me the role to do it)

Well you had to shoot

someone

.

izakthegoomba · Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:32 am

In post 3615, Toon Fighter wrote:it should be able to evolve!

...have you ever tried to evolve a Magikarp?

izakthegoomba · Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:54 am

In post 3617, Knight of Cydonia wrote:
In post 3616, izakthegoomba wrote:
In post 3615, Toon Fighter wrote:it should be able to evolve!

...have you ever tried to evolve a Magikarp?

...if the slot gets replaced 5 times it turns into a bulletproof vigilante?

That is truly horrible. It makes flaking the correct and pro-town play...

izakthegoomba · Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:04 am

It was a compliment.

izakthegoomba · Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:54 am

Why the hell would I claim that as scum?

izakthegoomba · Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:56 am

You're forgetting that it doesn't work. People really don't look into stuff that hard. And if they do, they never draw a real conclusion and end up getting left behind as the bandwagon rolls on.

izakthegoomba · Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:40 am

I don't buy it.

izakthegoomba · Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:58 am

Well, crap.

izakthegoomba · Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:45 am

In post 3644, pirate mollie wrote:I once ran a game based on a lover's theme awhile ago. I paired a jester with a suicidal lover. the suicidal lover knew that there was a jester but not who they were and had a win condition of keeping the jester alive. it was pretty funny but not to the suicidal lover who was all like, wtf did you give me that role. still not entirely sure he has forgiven me.

Was it advertised as Bastard?

izakthegoomba · Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:38 pm

In post 3652, Telo wrote:Lynchproof Jester

Don't be silly.

izakthegoomba · Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:47 pm

Town Drunk: Innocent Child. Everyone knows you're in the bar every night.

Posting restriction: you can only post when drunk.

(problematic if someone underage gets it though...)

izakthegoomba · Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:41 am

Yeah. Some roles really don't make sense though (except possibly in a bastard game).

izakthegoomba · Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:11 am

Bulletproof Watcher is horribly OP.

izakthegoomba · Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:39 pm

...tournament edition? What would that entail?

izakthegoomba · Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:05 am

UN and Tierce aren't that bad. CyberBob and UN, on the other hand...

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:22 am

It's a shame there isn't a separate Micro list mod. That one could be fun.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:38 am

Probably needs to be "while you are alive, everybody else is voteless". Other than that, awesome!

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:30 am

Normally the king is chosen by a Kingmaker, though.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:21 am

Maybe better if they can only vote for the person at the bottom of the votecount rather than the playerlist? Then, at least the way I format VCs, they could only vote for whoever had gone the longest without a vote on them.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:40 am

You are the Sol Voter.

You may only vote for people who have the letter G in their username.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:45 am

And for bonus points:

You are the Sow Voter.

You may only vote for pigs.

Modnote: A pig is anyone whose username, avatar, title, or sig pertains to pigs in any way... and Cops.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:12 am

You are the

fowl voter

.

You can only vote for players with a

Bird

avatar.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:13 am

Also:

You are the

foul voter

.

Eeeeegh, you're disgusting.

izakthegoomba · Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:32 am

You are the

Maul Voter

.

If you vote for anyone, they will die in the next VC, with death flavour "eaten by tigers".

izakthegoomba · Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:40 am

Probably best if you make it "If you are targeted by a killing action,".

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:21 am

You are a

Jack of ALL Trades

.

If you can find an ability listed on the wiki or used in another game, you may use it here. Each ability must be used during the appropriate phase, with a maximum of one action per phase, and each action may only be used once.

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:46 pm

You are

The Distracter

.

You must fake one or more post restrictions of your choice for the duration of the game; please be aware that your chosen restriction(s) will NOT be enforced in any way, and you are not expected to inform the moderator of their nature.

You win when 7 consecutive posts are purely dedicated to talking about your post restriction(s), AND at least 90% of the players in this game have referenced your restriction(s) in some way.

izakthegoomba · Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:37 am

That made me think of something...

You are the

Tweeter

.

You may not make any post longer than 140 characters. You may not double post. If questioned regarding the length of your posts, you must reply, "that's the character limit, fool".

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:58 am

Better ban the use of the tag that does that too, or people can just quote it.

izakthegoomba · Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:18 am

In post 3912, callforjudgement wrote:You are a
Mafia Goon
. Your partners are XX, YY, and you can talk to them in this quicktopic. You have a factional kill that kills one player each night and can be used by one member of your faction.

Please /confirm in thread with a paraphrase of your role.

I had to read this three times to spot it.

izakthegoomba · Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:21 am

You are the

Rules Lawyer

.

You may not use any of the words or abbreviations present in this role PM, including other forms of said words (plurals, tenses, etc). If you do, you will be modkilled for quoting your role PM.

You win when all threats to the town are eliminated.

izakthegoomba · Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:58 am

How is that worse than a regular Cult Recruiter?

izakthegoomba · Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:26 am

In post 3929, Mehdi2277 wrote:The win con.

Oh. Derp.

izakthegoomba · Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:16 am

Does the Stalker see what action they perform, too?

izakthegoomba · Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:59 am

Should also need to be killed 2-6 times to die. Other than that it's perfect.

izakthegoomba · Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:47 pm

In post 4070, mcqueen wrote:
In post 4069, mastin2 wrote:
Post limitation:
You hav a brokn "E" ky on your kyboard. You cannot typ any word--including bbcod--with that strok. If you violat this post limitation, you'll burn via modkill.

Do you know how many words use the letter e?
This would be an insanely hard post restriction, as it prevents you from using quote tags as a side-effect.

And also from using vote tags. (But not from voting, since
Vot: mastin2
would be valid to all but the cruelest of mods. ) Also, you can't type out the full name of any player with an e in their name.

Most Moderators don't do that. They let you type out player names, votes, etc. But for all other text, the restriction applies.

xcpt th rstriction xplicitly stats that it includs BBCod. Playr nams would prsumably b covrd by dfault.

izakthegoomba · Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:09 am

In post 4078, mcqueen wrote:
In post 4072, izakthegoomba wrote:
In post 4070, mcqueen wrote:
In post 4069, mastin2 wrote:
Post limitation:
You hav a brokn "E" ky on your kyboard. You cannot typ any word--including bbcod--with that strok. If you violat this post limitation, you'll burn via modkill.

Do you know how many words use the letter e?
This would be an insanely hard post restriction, as it prevents you from using quote tags as a side-effect.

And also from using vote tags. (But not from voting, since
Vot: mastin2
would be valid to all but the cruelest of mods. ) Also, you can't type out the full name of any player with an e in their name.

Most Moderators don't do that. They let you type out player names, votes, etc. But for all other text, the restriction applies.

xcpt th rstriction xplicitly stats that it includs BBCod. Playr nams would prsumably b covrd by dfault.

You gave me the worst Post Restriction, while still being able to post, any has ever gotten.

...what was that? I thought you were just a boring role that got kidnapped?

izakthegoomba · Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:18 am

Oooohhh yeah, I forgot how funny that was.

izakthegoomba · Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:47 am

Then you win when you win. Meaning you simaultaneously win 100% of the time and lose 100% of the time. Just list it twice on your win/loss record.

izakthegoomba · Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:20 am

Wait is that I word? I though the longest word had a few hundred thousand characters and the second longest only about 40...

izakthegoomba · Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:46 am

You are the

Win Stealer

.

Each night, the may target a player to attempt to steal a win from them. If they would win during that night or the next day, they will instead lose and you will win instead. If they win as part of a faction (town, mafia, cult, etc.), only they will lose, and the rest of their faction will win as normal.

izakthegoomba · Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:37 am

Not necessarily. Depends whether the lynch actually goes ahead, or they leave with a win when they

would

be lynched.

In post 4150, GuyInFreezer wrote:You lose when you die in any way.

izakthegoomba · Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:17 am

You are a

Compulsive Unlimited-shot Jack-of-all-Trades

.

Each night, you MUST use each of the following actions on a player. You may not use more than one action on one player each night, and you may not target yourself. If there are not enough players in the game to use all your actions, you must use enough actions to assign one to each player; you do not have to use the rest.

Your actions:

Kill
Protect
Roleblock
Track
Lightning Rod (draws actions from the targeted player)
Nexus (randomises targets chosen by the targeted player)
Neighbourise (only effective until you next use this action)

You win with the town.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 01, 2013 6:42 am

In post 4182, Jake from State Farm wrote:
In post 4174, IceGuy wrote:At 12 out of 62 (26 * 2 letters + 10 numbers) characters there are 62^12 = 3 226 266 762 397 899 821 056 possibilities. Assuming you can check an URL a second, that's 102.3 trillion years you're looking at.
actually according to quicktopic. There are over 53 x 1021 (53,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) different possible names.

Sure, but the two-digit number is sequential so you can guess it if you know roughly when the QT is likely to have been created, and the individual letter doesn't ever seem to be different.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 08, 2013 9:14 am

Alternatively:

You are a

Time Bomb

.

At any point during the game, day or night, you may PM the mod to Explode Violently, taking with you anyone nearby at the time. What constitutes "nearby" is determined by complex algorithms, the details of which you are not aware of.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 08, 2013 10:05 am

Nero's isn't a time bomb either. *shrug*

izakthegoomba · Fri May 24, 2013 9:59 am

Yeah, but it's not usually a stump right from the start.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 25, 2013 1:19 am

You could add a rule saying that lying is a modkillable offence!

izakthegoomba · Mon May 27, 2013 10:44 pm

You are the

Realistic Cop

.

You already know who pretty much all of the mafia are, but you don't have enough evidence to bust them. And of course, you're not allowed to share any of your information with the general public - you can only discuss it with your partner, XXX, who is under the same restriction.

You win when all the mafia and their associates are all safely locked up; if anybody dies, you'll lose and be under investigation for years.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 30, 2013 6:25 am

I'll co-mod. I haven't run anything in about a year, which seems roughly appropriate for that kind of game.