TECHNICAL RULES
1- In order for a lynch to occur, a majority vote, rounding up, must be made against a particular lynch candidate. The second that majority is reached, that person is considered dead and may say nothing more game related. ‘No lynch’ is allowed in this game.
2- Twilight is officially defined as the time after a majority has been reached but before the lynch scene has been posted. This isn’t the Webster’s definition, it’s my definition. But of course my definition is oh so more important.
3- If your role says you can talk with other people, you can, but only with whom it says and only when it says. If the role does not say you can talk with other people, all communication about this game MUST stay in this thread until the game is over. You also may not post any out of thread game-related conversation verbatim.
4- As soon as you are dead (reached majority vote or killed in a night scene or day-kill scene), you are dead. You may post nothing game related (not even a suspicion) beyond this point. You may make one ‘Bah’ post, but it should contain nothing that could potentially alter the outcome of the game.
5- Day deadlines may be imposed upon the town if day has lasted too long, players are inactive, or if the mod finds reason to do so. If a majority is not reached before the deadline hits, the person with the most votes is lynched (in case of tie, one of the tied chosen at random).
6- Night deadlines are always imposed. You have until this deadline to get in your night choice, if you have one. If you need night to be extended for whatever reason, PM me and I’ll see what I can do.
7- Important: The mod reserves the right to modify these rules or your role at any time without advance warning. This particularly applies if you attempt to find a loophole in your role or post restriction. So don’t try to do that.
MOD RULES
1- Bold your votes, bold your unvotes. You do want them to be counted, right? In addition, unvote before revoting. It’ll make my life (and yours) much easier.
2-
NEVER
ever quote your role, or any part of any PM I send you. Period. You may paraphrase these PMs unless I tell you not to. Failure to heed this rule will result in a modkill. If you are not sure if your claim counts as quoting or not, by all means ask!
3- If, during any night, you do not wish to make a night choice, please inform me of this. It’ll make night go faster, so you can all get back to your little wild goose chase funhouse.
4- If you are going to be gone for an extended period of time (72 hours or more), I’d appreciate it if you’d post a notice in the thread. You could post a notice in V/LA, but there’s a chance that I might not notice it and end up replacing you for inactivity or something. Yeah, I’m not omniscient, ok?
5- If you are not actually going to be gone, try to post often. Every day would be ideal, but this is probably not possible for many of you, so just try to do so whenever you have spare time and access to mafiascum. Oversleeping townies are a real pain in the rear, y’know?
6- And of course, please be nice to everyone. That includes me. I may be the mod, but I’m a person too. Of course, a few cuss words here and there are nothing, as long as we’re not directly insulting people with them. That wouldn’t be very nice, would it?
7- Don’t edit your posts. No, don’t even think about it. YOU HEARD ME! Just because that ‘edit’ button is crying out to you after you just noticed a glaring Freudian Slip in your post does not mean you should listen to Mr. Edit Button and give him a click. NO!
8- Have you ever heard of people talking invisibly? Does that even make sense? Didn’t think so. That means that invisible, super-tiny, and screwy-character text is not allowed.
9- THE MOD IS YOUR SUPREME DESPOT LEADER! OBEY HIM! The mod may have specific instructions based on certain game mechanics and things like that. Although you may not understand their function, they are there for a reason, so obey them. In addition, there are some rules that I cannot actually directly enforce, so I’ll have to use the honors system. Just obey the rules, and we’ll all get along, and I won’t have to strike anyone down. Ok? Ok.
10- And of course, the exceptions rule. There’s an exception to every rule, and these rules are included. Based on certain game mechanics and whatnot, there is a chance that there may be exceptions, additions, or exemptions to these rules. If something I say in thread or by PM conflicts with these rules, whatever I said will most likely be correct. These rules were designed to be uniform to most games I run and as such may not accurately represent all role mechanics, so read what I have to say in thread and in your role PM carefully. Your diligence will be rewarded.
11- HAVE FUN!! This rule is perhaps the most important. Well, scratch that, number 9 is. Yeah.
12- In the game you are expected to play to further the ends of your win condition. You may
not
perform any actions that harm your chances of winning and/or compromise the integrity of the game.
SPECIAL CARE BEAR RULES
1- Welcome to Care-a-lot! There are a few changes to the usual way things go in order to create a unique Care Bears themed Mafia experience.
2- A lot of powers in this game (called Care Bear Powers) have delayed activation. You will be told in your Role PM what powers you have and when they activate. You don’t know what the powers do and can’t use them until they activate. You’ll get the power description at the start of its activation night. You may use a power on the night it is activated unless its description says otherwise. You may use more than one of your powers on a given night unless their descriptions say otherwise.
3- Here’s a ‘sample’ PM, yours may differ:
UBER Bear
You are UBER Bear. ZOMG Mafia are attacking, better use your uber-ness to get rid of them pronto!
You have a special Care Bear power which will activate
Night 1337
. You presently have the
PWNAGE
Care Bear Power! You may use it once per night to PWN the player of your choice. You win with the town.
4- Here’s a ‘sample’ Power activation PM, yours may differ:
Care Bear Power: L33T H4X0R
It’s Night 1337, and your UBER Care Bear Power has activated! Your power is
L33T H4X0R
. One night of the game, you may use this power to OMG HAX the game, learning everybody’s roles!
5- In this game, the only thing that will be revealed upon a player’s death is their flavor name (that is, what bear they were) and their alignment. You will not learn their ‘role.’
6- The win condition of all pro-town roles is 'you win with the town.' The town wins when all anti-town factions have been eliminated and at least one person with the above win condition remains.
