Mind Screw Mafia 4 (Day 4, Two More Dead!)

[raider8169]

I suggest we have a themed mafia game where we all have Tarian avatars D:

No! Avatars are how I tell people apart. You take that away from me and I would be lost.

[animorpherv1]

I suggest we have a themed mafia game where we all have Tarian avatars D:

No! Avatars are how I tell people apart. You take that away from me and I would be lost.

raider: Hi DTMaster
Reck: I'M NOT DTMASTER RAIDER! GET IT RIGHT!

[animorpherv1]

Alternativley, there are usernames, raider.

[raider8169]

Alternativley, there are usernames, raider.

Maybe but I am a retard so I would still mess it up.

[Tarhalindur]

Town Roles: Part 1

One cannot know a particle's position and momentum perfectly and simultaneously.

The cat is dead and alive at the same time.

The particle is a wave, and interfering with itself.

And you're still confusing physics students the world over.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Quantum Mechanics (from Modern Physics)

, one of the major theories to emerge in physics in the last 100 years. What the hell are you doing in a Mafia game? Good question - you're still not sure yourself, and it's your fourth time in a Mind Screw game to boot. Oh well... time to bail the town out again, isn't it?

You are a

Townie Post Mutator

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Ability List

- Your abilities begin the game in the following order:

Slot 1) Roleblock

,

Slot 2) Protect

,

Slot 3) Redirect

,

Slot 4) Remove Restrictions

.

Active Slot

- So long as the last three digits of the post count are between 000 and 249, Slot 1 is your active slot

(so if the vote count is 123 or 2036, Slot 1 is your active slot)

. Likewise, Slot 2 is your active slot so long as the last three digits of the post count are between 250 and 499, Slot 3 is your active slot so long as the last three digits of the post count are between 500 and 749, and Slot 4 is your active slot so long as the last three digits of the post count are between 750 and 999.

Inside Information

- You know that Kamina glasses have a mechanical effect on the game, that at least one factional ability in the game is related to Kamina glasses, and that players can be forced to wear Kamina glasses in their avatars.

Activated Abilities:

Roleblock

- Once every 250 posts, if Roleblock is in your Active Slot, you may target another player. Any action that player uses for 250 posts after you submit this ability fails to resolve. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Protect

- Once every 250 posts, if Protect is in your Active Slot, you may target a player. The first killing ability that targets that player within 250 posts after you submit this ability has no effect

(lynches don't target)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Redirect

- Once every 250 posts, if Redirect is in your Active Slot, you may target a player and a second player. Any action the first player uses for 250 posts after you submit this ability targets the second player instead of any previous target

(if the target uses an ability that does not target or cannot be redirected, this ability has no effect)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Remove Restrictions

- Once every 250 posts, if Remove Restrictions is in your Active Slot, you may target a player. If that player is affected by any restrictions caused by an ability other than that of that player's role or an item that player possesses, that restriction ends

(i.e, if that player was given a post restriction by another player, that post restriction ends)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Shuffle Ability List

- Once during the game, at any time, you may change the order of abilities in your ability list

(for example, you can reassign Remove Restrictions to Slot 1, Redirect to Slot 2, Protect to Slot 3, and Roleblock to Slot 4)

. You must assign exactly one of your activated abilities to each slot, and you cannot assign Shuffle Ability List to any slot

(should you attempt to do otherwise, this ability has no effect and is wasted)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Helpful interpretation list: Your role is analogous to the Mutator role in Babylon 5 Mafia: Severed Dreams, except that the mutation depends on post count instead of day number and you have a 1-shot ability to rearrange the mutation order.)

You may use no more than one activated ability of your role and any number of item abilities every 250 posts, as long as you meet the usage requirements for those abilities. You may never under ANY circumstances use more than one of your role's activated abilities within a 250-post period or use an activated ability that requires an active slot when it's not in an active slot, under pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

(This is the standard factional win condition.)

Please confirm via return PM.

"I... I must succeed."

Those words have come to haunt you these days. As a result of them, you gained incredible power... and lost incredible power... and nearly fell to the darkness that is evil.

But redemption can come from the oddest of places... such as the villainous speech of your enemy... and the counsel of your raven familiar...

You want to help. But how? Will your arcane power work in this place?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Vaarsuvius (from The Order of the Stick)

, a wizard of considerable power and questionable sanity (though the latter has gotten better of late). Your quest to defeat Xykon and gain ultimate arcane power was derailed when you got pulled into what you can only conjecture is an elemental plane of chaos (in hindsight, you probably should have put points in Knowledge (the planes)). Worse, you got hit with an ability that drains Int and haven't managed to find somebody that can cast Restoration yet, so you can't use spells higher than fourth level at the moment. But you're a wizard, the closest thing to a god... surely you can do some good here?

You are a

Townie Wizard

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Raven Familiar

- You have an additional vote. This additional vote cannot be affected by abilities in any way.

(You may use your votes independently.)

Raven's Wisdom

- If your vote or votes are ever the final vote or votes required to lynch a player, instead they aren't.

(Votes prevented in this way will still appear as votes on the vote count but will count as zero votes.)

Triggered Abilities:

Prepare Spells

- At the beginning of the game, choose 5 level 0 spells (including at least one spell with the Evocation subtype), 6 level 1 spells (including at least one spell with the Evocation subtype), 6 level 2 spells (including at least one spell with the Evocation subtype), 5 level 3 spells (including at least one spell with the Evocation subtype), and 5 level 4 spells (including at least one spell with the Evocation subtype) from the list of spells provided later in this role PM. These spells will by your prepared spells for the game.

Active Abilities:

Arcane Preparation

- Whenever a player makes a post whose post number is a multiple of 100, you gain 1 point.

Rapid Casting

- Whenever you make a post whose post number is a multiple of 100, you gain 1 point.

(This point stacks with the point gain from Arcane Preparation.)

Cast Prepared Spell

- Once every 200 posts, you may spend points to cast a spell that you have prepared via Prepare Spells. In order to cast a prepared spell, you must spend points equal to that spell's level.

(You send in targets and choices for that spell as normal.)

known spells

Fourth Level (4 points each):

Lesser Globe of Invulnerability (Abjuration)

- You are untargetable for the next 200 posts. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

with an instantaneous casting time.

Scrying (Divination)

- Target a player. You will track

(you learn all players that the targeted player targets)

and watch

(you learn all players that targeted the targeted player)

that player for the next 300 posts. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

with a casting time of 100 posts.

Confusion (Enchantment)

- Target a player. For the next 300 posts, that player becomes confused

(when that player votes or uses a special ability, the target for that vote or ability will be determined at random.)

This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Ice Storm (Evocation)

- Target a location. For the next 300 posts, players in that location are roleblocked and their votes count as 1 vote less than normal

(moving out of that location ends this effect)

. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Resilient Sphere (Evocation)

- Target a player other than yourself. For the next 400 posts, any special ability that player uses and any special ability that targets that player will have no effect. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Phantasmal Killer (Illusion)

- Target a player. If that player has been targeted by a player other than yourself in the last 150 posts, you will kill that player. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time. NOTE: You cannot prepare this spell more than once.

Mnemonic Enchancer (Transmutation)

- Choose up to three levels of spells from this list

(i.e, 1 level 3 spell, 1 level 2 spell + 1 level 1 spell, or 3 level 1 spells; cantrips count as 1/2 a spell level for the purposes of this spell)

. You gain the ability to cast those spells via your Cast Prepared Spell ability. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantanous casting time.

Third Level (3 points each):

Dispel Magic (Abjuration)

- Choose one: Counter all pending and current actions affecting target player and other players in the same location, or for the next 300 posts all actions used by target player will have no effect. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Heroism (Enchantment)

- Target a player. For the next 300 posts, that player cannot be roleblocked and requires 2 extra votes to lynch. This is a Rapid Action and resolves immediately upon receipt.

Fireball (Evocation)

- Target a player. For the next 200 posts, that player and all players in the same location as that player require 6 fewer votes to lynch. The number of votes required to lynch a player cannot be reduced below three by this ability

(if it would ordinarily take three votes or less to lynch a player, this ability has no effect)

. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Daylight (Evocation)

- All pending spells resolve immediately. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Haste (Transmutation)

- Target a player. That player's cooldown (if any) is reduced by 200 posts. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Slow (Transmutation)

- Target a player. That player's cooldown (if any) is increased by 200 posts. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Level Two (2 points each):

Locate Object (Divination)

- Name an item. If an item with the chosen name is in the game, you will learn which player holds it. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Gust of Wind (Evocation)

- Target a player. That player must change his or her location, and cannot change to his or her original location until the beginning of the next game day. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

(A player's location can be found under his or her avatar.)

Shatter (Evocation)

- Target a player. If that player is carrying one or more items, you will destroy one of them at random. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Invisibility (Illusion)

- For the next 300 posts, you cannot be seen by tracking roles and cannot be affected by redirecting and/or area of effect abilities

(an area of effect ability affects all players in a location)

. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Whispering Wind (Transmutation)

- Target a player and compose a message of no more than 25 words (including words in quotes). The Mod will deliver that message to the targeted player. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Level One (1 point each):

Shield (Abjuration)

Target a player. The first targeted killing ability that targets that player during the next 300 posts will have no effect

(lynches aren't targeted)

. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Identify (Divination)

- Target a player. You learn the name and function of all items that player possesses. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

and has a casting time of 100 posts.

Charm Person (Enchantment)

- Target a player and name a second player

(you may name players who are not playing in this game for this ability)

. For the next 400 posts, that player MUST vote for the named player; failure to do so will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0]. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Magic Missile (Evocation)

- Target a player. For the next 200 posts, that player requires 1 fewer vote to lynch. Then repeat this process four more times

(you may choose the same player or a different player for each iteration of the process)

. The number of votes required to lynch a player cannot be reduced below three by this ability

(if it would ordinarily take three votes or less to lynch a player, this ability has no effect)

. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Floating Disk (Evocation)

- Target a player. For the next 400 posts, that player cannot be roleblocked. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Silent Image (Illusion)

- Target a player and write a flavor scene (a paragraph with less than 100 words; you can put just about anything in this, but the Mod can veto). That player will receive your flavor scene as a mod message. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Enlarge Person (Transmutation)

- Target player's vote counts as 2 votes for the next 400 posts. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Level Zero (0 points each):

Resistance (Abjuration)

- For the next 500 posts, target player requires an additional vote to lynch. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Detect Magic (Divination)

- Target a player. You learn whether that player uses any activated abilities that are powered by magical means. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Daze (Enchantment)

- Target player's vote counts as zero votes for the next 400 posts. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Dazzle (Evocation)

- Target a player. The next time that player uses an activated ability with a single target, that player will target the player below his or her intended target on the player list. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Ray of Frost (Evocation)

- Target a player. For the next 200 posts, that player requires 1 fewer vote to lynch, to a minimum of 3. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Ghost Sound (Illusion)

- Target a player and name a sound effect

(i.e, explosion or eerie whispering; the sound effect must not contain any intelligible words)

. That player will receive a flavor scene from the Mod that contains the chosen sound effect. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Message (Transmutation)

- Compose a message of less than ten words. That message will be posted in the thread by a mod account. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

Prestidigitation (Universal)

- You don't know what this does, but it's sure to be funny. This is a Rapid Action and has an instantaneous casting time.

You may use any number of activated abilities of any kind per day, as long as you meet the usage requirements for those abilities.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

(This is the standard factional win condition.)

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Prestidigitation has some funny flavor effect, at the mod's discretion.

And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing

I am falling
I am fading
I have lost it all

And you don't seem the lying kind
A shame that I can read your mind
And all the things that I read there
Candle lit smile that we both share
And you know I don't mean to hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing

I am falling
I am fading
I am drowning, help me to breathe
I am hurting
I have lost it all
I am losing, help me to breathe

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Lain Iwakura (from Serial Experiments Lain)

. As the Lady of the Wired, you have certain powers at your disposal. Perhaps the current situation behooves you to use them?

You are a

Townie Voice of Truth

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Active Abilities:

Vox Veritas

- Every 300 posts, you may ask a game-related sentence in the thread using blue text that asks a question that can be answered with either Yes or No and does not refer to a specific player

(the Mod will be the judge of whether something refers to a specific player)

(i,e:

Is there a vigilante in the setup?

). You will learn whether that sentence is true or false

(I will PM you with this information)

.

Vox Imperator

- Once during the game, at any time, you may post a game related sentence in the thread using red text (i,e:

Tarhalindur is a vig.

). If the sentence you choose is not already true and can become true, then the setup will change so that your sentence is true. However, be warned: if the sentence you say cannot become true, you are revealed as a false Voice; should this happen, you will die immediately, and nothing can prevent this.

(If the sentence you choose is already true, nothing happens. A minor hint: if the sentence you choose would cause the setup to become broken in half, it probably can't become true. Also, it's probably a bad idea to say that you may use this ability more than once, just like asking a djinn for more wishes.)

Please remember that you may only use one activated ability per 300 posts.

Win Condition (Town)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science

Any sufficiently weird spacetime continuum will fuck with your head.

You're having entirely too much experience with that last one right now, eh?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Agatha Heterodyne (from Girl Genius)

, famous Spark and all-around MAD SCIENTIST! However, that might not be of too much help here... you were tinkering around with your latest creation when you got sucked into this mindfrak of a world, and it promptly took its chance to hit you with some kind of goo. You can't hear the music now... can't use the Spark... but you still have the goo, and you've got a couple of items you invented earlier... maybe they can be of some use?

You are a

Townie Mad Scientist

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Mad Scientist's Stash

- You begin the game with the items

Humongous Mecha

,

Banhammer

, and

Snowflake

.

Green Goo

- You cannot use activated role abilities unless another ability says otherwise. When another player successfully targets you, you will lose this ability and that player will gain this ability.

Sticky Fingers

- You cannot use the Grant Item ability of items you possess.

Heterodyne Locket

- You cannot use item abilities unless another ability says otherwise.

Active Abilities:

Handout

- Once per game day, you may give an item in your possession to another player. You may use this ability even if another ability would otherwise prevent you from doing so. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Starting Items:

Humongous Mecha

You have been given a

Humongous Mecha

! What can it do for you?

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Humongous Mecha to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Large and In Charge (Passive)

- You have an additional vote.

(You may vote for more than one player at a time.)

I Am Iron Man (Passive)

- If 5 or more players are alive, you require an additional vote to lynch. If 10 or more players are alive, you require an additional vote to lynch.

(These effects are cumulative.)

Banhammer

You have discovered a

Banhammer

! It's time to drop the hammer and dispense some indiscriminate justice!

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Banhammer to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Journey to Nowhere (Active)

- Every other game day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will exile that player for two (2) game days. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(At the end of those 2 game days, that player will be returned to the game alive.)

Snowflake

You have found a

Snowflake

. Hmm... snowflake... flake... flaker... ah, I know what you can do with this!

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Snowflake to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period. You cannot use this ability while Feigning Death.

Feign Death (Active)

- Once during the game, you may feign your own death. You will be placed in the dead players list (so you don't count towards factional win conditions and can't post in the thread) and your alignment will be revealed. However, you may vote and FoS via PM. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Beware, I Live (Active)

- Once during the game, if you are Feigning Death, you may exile Snowflake. When you do, you will stop Feigning Death

(other players will know you are alive, you will be able to post and vote in thread but not via other methods, and you will count towards factional win conditions)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

You may use no more than one activated ability of your role and one activated ability of items you control each day. You are also subject to any usage restrictions defined in your abilities.

Win Condition (Town)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

||| MAFIABOT || Starting a game of Mafia (vengeful). Type "!xmafia in" to sign up. |||
||| MAFIABOT || Type "!xmafia go" to immediately end signups. |||

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Xylthixlm (from MafiaScum)

, creator of XylBot and master manipulator. Fresh from your victories in Mind Screw Mafia 3 and Medieval Mafia, you now find yourself in an even greater struggle - and this time your life is on the line! Maybe it's time to call in some IRC help?

You are a

Townie XylBot Admin

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Sorting Hat

- You begin the game with the Sorting Hat item.

Active Abilities:

IRC Channel

- At some time during the first 300 posts, you MUST choose five living players (should you fail to do so, you will [REDACTED - RULE 0]). These players must change their location to "ScumChat"

(A player's location can be found under his or her avatar.)

and will become part of a subgame played in a QuickTopic using the Vengeful setup. If a player in the subgame would die in the main game, instead that player dies when they leave the subgame. Whenever a player is lynched in the subgame, that player dies in the main game as well. Whenever a player is vengefully killed or endgamed in the subgame, you will learn that player's alignment in the main game. Each player that wins the subgame will be given an item of his or her choice from the following list:

Analyzer

,

The Aegis

,

Brunswick Dissipator

. This ability is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, does not target, and cannot be prevented by any means.

(You don't learn the alignment of players that win the subgame.)

Rule Proposal

- Each game day, you may propose a rule. That rule may or may not be added to the setup, at the mod's discretion. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Starting Items:

Sorting Hat

You have acquired the

Sorting Hat

! This hat is used by Hogwarts to divide its students into houses... how is this supposed to be useful in this game? Let's see...

Item Abilities:

Sorting (Active)

- At any time more than 300 posts after you receive this item, you may target another player. If this ability succeeds, you will learn which Hogwarts House that player is best-suited to and that player will gain possession of the Sorting Hat. If this ability fails, you may use it again once every 300 posts (or until it succeeds).

You may use any number of activated abilities of any kind per day, as long as you meet the usage requirements for those abilities.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

(This is the standard factional win condition.)

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Notes:
- The item is given out by the backup moderator; this is a Rapid Action but can be blocked.
- Triggered abilities triggered by events in the Vengeful subgame resolve at Rapid Action speed.
- Rule Proposal works as follows: At the end of each game day, the moderators will review all rules submitted via players with Rules Proposal, discard all rules that cannot be implemented (for balance or practicality reasons), then choose one of the remaining proposals at random. That rule will be added to the setup from the beginning of the next game day.
- Sorting Hat gives Gryffindor for town, Hufflepuff for neutrals, Ravenclaw for Outsiders, and Slytherin for Mafia

Analyzer

You have been given an

Analyzer

as a reward for winning the Vengeful subgame! How does it work? Watch and learn...

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Analyzer to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Analyze (Active)

- Every 250 posts, you may target a player. If that player has a different alignment from the player you last targeted with the Analyzer, you will get a RED result. Otherwise, you will get a GREEN result.

(The first result will automatically be GREEN, for hopefully obvious reasons.)

The Aegis

You have been given

The Aegis

as a reward for winning the Vengeful subgame! This work of the Greek gods offers powerful protection...

Starting Item Points:

2

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give The Aegis to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Shield (Passive - Triggered)

- If you would be killed by an ability, instead remove a charge from The Aegis. If you do, that ability has no effect. You will be informed when this happens.

(If you can't remove a charge, nothing happens.)

Super Shield (Passive - Triggered)

- If you would be lynched, instead remove two charges from The Aegis. If you do, the day ends in No Lynch.

(If you can't remove two charges from The Aegis, you die as normal.)

Brunswick Dissipator

You have received the

Brunswick Dissipator

as a reward for winning the Vengeful subgame. Brownie points if you get the reference!

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Brunswick Dissipator to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Energy Drain (Active)

- Every 300 posts, you may target a player. That player's sanity becomes Naive for 300 posts after you submit this ability.

(This effect resolves as a roleblock.)

OMG, a Tarhalindur game! You've got to play! Just remember to vote the Mod Day 1... it is your meta after all...

.
.
.

What the? Is this Mind Screw in reality? What's going on? You didn't sign up for this...

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

UncertainKitten

forbiddanlight (from MafiaScum)

, bisexual masochist and frequent player of Tarhalindur games. You take great pleasure in pain. Very great pleasure. Indeed, whatever doesn't kill you will only make you stronger...

You are a

Townie Masochist

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Inside Information

- You know that avatars and locations

(a player's location can be found under his or her avatar)

can have an effect on the game. In particular, you know that there is at least one win condition that is in some way affected by either avatars or locations.

Razor Edge

- You have X additional votes and require X fewer votes to lynch, where X is the number of players who voted you on the last game day. Please note that, as a multivoter, you must unvote when voting

(using the format

Unvote: PLAYERNAME

)

so that the Mod can tell which vote you are moving.

Vote Restriction

- You can't have more than three votes on a single player at any one time, and you may only cast one hammer vote at a time.

Active Abilities:

Rule Proposal

- Each game day, you may propose a rule. That rule may or may not be added to the setup, at the mod's discretion. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

You may use any number of activated abilities of your role or of items you possess each game day, provided that you meet any usage restrictions of those abilities.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

(This is the standard factional win condition.)

Please confirm via return PM.

That foolish Holmes, pushing you off the Reichenbach Falls. Didn't he realize that villains always survive being pushed off cliffs? (Mind you, heroes tend to survive such dangers as well... but in your reality Arthur Conan Doyle never continued the Sherlock Holmes novels due to a disgruntled fan, so no worries about that.)

Only problem is, when you woke up from the fall you found yourself here, in a world where logic and math seem to have no meaning.

You'll want to do something about that. Tally-ho!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Professor Moriarty (from Sherlock Holmes)

... or rather, a parallel version of Professor Moriarty that put his mathematical talents to use in the service of good. And a good thing, too... because in this mindfrak reality you've found yourself in, your mathematical talents might be the key to getting out alive...

You are a

Townie Analyzer

. You have the following special abilities:

Triggered Abilities:

Sequence Maker

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST choose a mathematical function f(x) whose limit as x goes to positive infinity is positive infinity. You don't know what this does or why, but it will be important.

Activated Abilities:

Setup Speculation

- Once during the game, you may use this ability to receive a list of the factions in this game and the number of living players in each surviving faction. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Find Items

- Once during the game, you may use this ability to receive a list of the names of each item in the game and the number of other items that each item's possessor has. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Analyze Wagon

- Once during the game, you may choose any wagon that has occurred during the course of the game. You will learn how many members of each faction were on that wagon. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(A wagon consists of a set of votes on a specific player or thing that results in at least 25% of all votes in the game at the time of the wagon being on that player or thing.)

You may use any number of activated abilities of your role or of items you possess each game day, provided that you meet any usage restrictions of those abilities.

Win Condition (Town)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM with your choice for Sequence Maker.

Mod Note: When this role sends its function in, the Mod will find the closest integer values to the first X terms of the function, multiply by a constant k (the Mod will choose this constant), and assign the resulting outputs to post numbers. Players who make a post with one of these outputs will gain 1 point if able.

This role WILL be assigned to a player by the Mod, instead of at random.

You were with Negi, in the Magic World... you were fighting an ancient, powerful mage by the name of Dynamis... and then you woke up here... did Dynamis defeat you? Is this the Becoming World? Are you separated from your teacher forever?

NO. Not if you have anything to say about it.

You are Nodoka Miyazaki, treasure hunter and member of Ala Alba. Your counterattack starts here.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Nodoka Miyazaki (from Mahou Sensei Negima)

, explorer of ancient and dangerous ruins (such as the local school library), middle school student, and mind reader. That last one might come in pretty handy in this mindfrak of a reality, especially now that you've retrieved one of the items you were looking for...

You are a

Townie Mind Reader

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Treasure Hunter

- You begin the game with the item

Daemonia Comptina

.

Legends of the Hidden Temple

- You know that the item

Auris Lectans

is in the game.

Active Abilities:

Diarium Ejus

- Each game day, you may make a post in the thread containing a character name in black bold text

(name and series of origin; for example, your character name in bold is

Nodoka Miyazaki (from Mahou Sensei Negima)

)

, exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another player, and the question

Who are you?

in blue text

(this post may contain any number of other words, and may even contain votes, but cannot contain a quote from a second player)

. If you name the quoted player's character name correctly, you will learn that player's full role name and a brief, humorous summary of their character's motivations.

(I will PM you with this information)

. This is a Rapid Action

it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered an investigative ability that targets the quoted player.

Starting Items:

Comptina Daemonia

You have acquired the

Comptina Daemonia

! This ancient artifact allows those who bear it to find the true identity of others! Surely this can be of use...

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Comptina Daemonia to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Learn Name (Active)

- Every 350 posts, you may target a player. You will learn that player's character name

(name and series of origin)

.

Please note that you may only use one activated ability (of your role or of an item you posses) per 500 posts, and that this restriction applies on top of any usage restrictions defined in your abilities themselves.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

7/28/20XX: Yukki is bound together with Yuno.
HAPPY END

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Yuno Gasai (from Mirai Nikki)

. Others would call you the defining example of the yandere character archetype. You wouldn't care, so long as you get to have a happy ending with your precious Yukki. But he got separated from you when you got pulled into this mindfrak reality, and now you have to find him again! See, wouldn't it be better if he would just accept being chained up... but if you do that again, he'll leave you, so you'd better get around to saving him the old-fashioned way.

You are a

Townie Memetic Jack of All Trades

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Post Restriction

- You must post at least one safe-for-work image in every post you make. In addition, you may not post the same image twice. Violation of this restriction will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Active Abilities:

Ban Him!

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another living player and Image 1 (see Image 1 below). The player whose post you quoted will die. The kill method will be "banhammered". This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a killing ability that targets the quoted player.

Serious Business

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another living player and Image 2 (see Image 2 below). The player whose post you quoted will receive the item

Heavy Gatling Gun

two hundred (200) posts after you use this ability

(note that this ability is on the stack but not yet in effect for 200 posts)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a special action that targets the quoted player.

Kidnap

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another living player and Image 3 (see Image 3 below). The player whose post you quoted will be immune to killing abilities

(but not lynches)

for the rest of the game, but for the rest of the game that player may use no more than one ability per 2000 posts and will commit suicide if and when you die. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a special action that targets the quoted player.

Future Necromancer

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by a dead player and Image 4 (see Image 4 below). Five hundred (500) posts after you use this ability, the player whose post you quoted will be revived

(note that this ability is on the stack but not yet in effect for 500 posts)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a special action that targets the quoted player.

Oh God, The Cuteness!

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing Image 5 (see Image 5 below). For 300 posts after you submit this ability, all effects of abilities are delayed by 300 posts

(abilities with durations that are already in effect take an additional 300 posts to end, while abilities that are put on or already on the stack but not in effect take an additional 300 posts to take effect)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a global roleblock.

Images:

Image 1:

Image 2:

Image 3:

Image 4:

Image 5:

You may use any number of role abilities and one item ability per 500 posts, in addition to any other restrictions defined in those abilities themselves.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Additional Win Condition (Yuno):

Yukiteru (from Mirai Nikki)

must not die before the end of the game. Should this win condition become impossible to fulfill, you will immediately commit suicide.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Notes:
- A player abducted with Kidnap must wear Kamina glasses, upon pain of ??? (modkill)
- Yukiteru is not in the game. The additional win condition is a red herring.

Heavy Gatling Gun

You've acquired a

Heavy Gatling Gun

! You'd say you now have enough dakka, but you can NEVER have enough dakka...

Item Abilities:

Item Points:

The Heavy Gatling Gun enters play with one charge. When the Heavy Gatling Gun has no charges, it will be removed from the game as a state-based effect.

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Heavy Gatling Gun to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Dayvig (1 charge)

- Once during the game, at any time, you may spend a charge and target another player. That player will die. The kill method will be "Couldn't Outsmart Bullet". This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, may be used at any time

(even if another effect says otherwise

, and does not count towards ability usage limits.

I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry...

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

The Tenth Doctor (from Doctor Who)

, the legendary traveler of space and time known by many names. After your latest encounter with Daleks, you investigated some kind of strange space-time anomaly... and got pulled here, into a world where time itself seems to work differently. You'd like to study it... except you're a hero, and there seems to be some kind of problem around. Study later, save the world first, eh?

You are a

Townie Time Lord

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Triggered Abilities:

Master of the Uncertain Fates

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST pick a positive integer number. You don't know what this does, but it definitely does SOMETHING.

(Hint: the Mod recommends picking something between 1 and 3000.)

Activated Abilities:

Time And Relative Dimensions In Space

- Every 400 posts, you may target a player other than yourself and choose an integer number

(you can choose any integer number you want, positive or negative... but be warned, some values will cause this ability to fail...)

. The next action that player submits will occur X posts sooner or later than usual, where X is the chosen integer number

(positive values cause that action to resolve later, negative values cause that action to resolve earlier)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

You may use any number of activated abilities of your role or of items you possess each game day, provided that you meet any usage restrictions of those abilities.

Win Condition (Town)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM with your choice for Master of the Uncertain Fates.

Mod Notes:
- Master of the Uncertain Fates is the Time Traveler ability from Suzumiya Haruhi Mafia. The first time the Doctor would be killed, he will instead be removed from the game (with no alignment reveal) and return to the game when the post count equals the chosen number; if this would cause him to return to the game before he was killed, he dies on the chosen post count (possibly causing retroactive changes to the game state.)
- The TARDIS can't shift an action more than 250 posts in time (forwards or backwards).

[Tarhalindur]

Town Roles, Part 2

"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Major Samantha Carter (from Stargate SG-1)

, a brilliant scientist, soldier, and general hero who's helped save the world at least seven times (Teal'c is counting). However, the latest Stargate malfunction managed to send you to a parallel universe, and it's pretty wacky... especially given that some people seem to be going out of their way to kill you all. Oh, and your weapon apparently got lost in the gate malfunction, so you can't just blast your way out... but you do have Merlin's phase device and a naquadah generator, maybe those could be of use?

You are a

Townie Phaser

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Bag of Holding

- Other players who share a location with you have protection from players who don't share a location with you, and vice versa.

(If a player who is in the same location as you would use an ability on a player who is not in the same location as you, that ability fails to resolve, and vice versa. This effect lasts as long as you are alive. Your location is whatever is listed as your location in your user profile and can be found under your avatar. You can be targeted normally by all players, regardless of whether they use the same location as you.)

Activated Abilities:

Arthur's Mantle

- Every 400 posts, you may target a player other than yourself and name a location. That player MUST change his or her location to the named location, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

You may use any number of activated abilities of your role or of items you possess each game day, provided that you meet any usage restrictions of those abilities.

Win Condition (Town)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Okay, what's going on here?

You managed to find a way out from your place under the World Tree in your world... but apparently the price was that you wound up here. A bit of a heavy price to pay, really... gravity magic doesn't do much good when it can be overridden by thought alone, and the weird prismatic illusions are playing tricks on your mind...

And apparently there are people trying to kill you. While your magic isn't working. What can you do?

... "Well then, as you can see, the ability of my artifact is the ability to recreate an individual's outer appearance and physical abilities"...

The words float to you as you drift, and you wonder... perhaps others have come here before? Perhaps... you could learn and use their life stories?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Al

Colonel

Ku:Nel Sanders (from Mahou Sensei Negima)

, a mysterious robed man with an extensive history and a lot of secrets. You also have an agenda... which currently consists of getting out of this mindfrak world and back to the real world, so you can get back to what you promised you were going to do. Unfortunately, there seem to be people trying to kill you, and your magical abilities don't seem to work here... but your artifact is? That might come in handy, if you can pick up the right story...

You are a

Townie Duplicate

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Triggered Abilities:

Preemptive Shift

- At the beginning of the game, you may choose a single role from any of the following games: Mind Screw Mafia, Mind Screw Mafia 2, Mind Screw Mafia 3, or Tarhalindur Random Anime Double Trouble iPick Madness Mafia. You become a copy of that role ,except that your alignment is still Town, you retain your at-will abilities, you retain your To Fyuron no Biographicon and Total Replay of Complete Personality abilities, you do not gain that role's factional abilities, restrictions on the number of abilities you may use each day do not change, and any abilities you gain from this ability are Rapid Actions

(they resolve immediately upon receipt)

. This effect ends when you die (but immediately resumes should you be resurrected by some means) or successfully use your To Fyuron to Biographicon ability.

Activated Abilities:

To Fyuron to Biographicon

- Once per game day, if you have not used any other abilities during that game day, you may choose a single role from any of the following games: Mind Screw Mafia, Mind Screw Mafia 2, Mind Screw Mafia 3, or Tarhalindur Random Anime Double Trouble iPick Madness Mafia. You become a copy of that role, except that your alignment is still Town, you retain your at-will abilities, you retain your To Fyuron no Biographicon and Total Replay of Complete Personality abilities, you do not gain that role's factional abilities, restrictions on the number of abilities you may use each day do not change, and any abilities you gain from this ability are Rapid Actions

(they resolve immediately upon receipt)

. This effect ends when you die (but immediately resumes should you be resurrected by some means) or successfully use your To Fyuron to Biographicon ability to copy a different role. Please note that you may NOT use any other activated abilities of your role on a day during which you use your To Fyuron no Biographicon ability, but you may use activated abilities of items you possess (if any) as normal. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Ultimate: Total Replay of Complete Personality

- Once during the game, you may become a nearly perfect copy of another role. You may only use this ability if you have copied a role with your Preemptive Shift or To Fyuron no Biographicon abilities. When you use this ability, you gain the win condition of the role that you have copied for 500 posts (in addition to the abilities and role name previously gained). At the end of the duration of this ability, you permanently lose your Preemptive Shift and To Fyuron to Biographicon abilities, effectively becoming a vanilla Townie for the rest of the game. Please note that you may not use this action if you have already used an Ultimate of another role (such as a Mind Screw Mafia 3 role). This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

NOTE: The Moderator reserves the right to modify existing roles slightly when you copy them via one of your abilities.

(For example, you cannot copy the Moderator ability of any moderator role, nor can you gain access to QuickTopics or the names of other players mentioned in a role PM via the Rolecop ability from Mind Screw Mafia 3.)

Please note that you may use one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you possess each day.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM with your choice of role (if any) to copy with Preemptive Shift.

Hahahahaha! Isn't this fun? The harlequin dances with the seventh star, and all of you dance according to my whim...

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Q (from Star Trek: The Next Generation)

, a fun guy who likes to mess around with things. And this reality would be just the place, too... except that you've forgotten exactly what you can do! Oh well, it's sure to be fun... right?

You are a

Townie Mystery Role

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Triggered Abilities:

Understanding

- At the beginning of each game day, if Rule 0 is in effect, you will learn a random rule you have not already learned from among all rules currently active in the setup.

Wheel of Fortune

- At the beginning of each game day, you MUST choose a number between zero and nine. You don't know what this does, but it doesn't target and is sure to be fun!

Please note that you may use one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you possess each day.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Mystery ability is:

Ozmodiar

- At the beginning of each game day, you MUST choose a number between one and nine. Each ability other than votes that targets a player this game day will instead target the player X spaces below the intended target on the player list (treat the player list as a circle when calculating this ability).

Hello inner child. I'm the inner babysitter!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Susan (from the Discworld series)

, Death's granddaughter and generally badass person. You prefer to lie low as a governess for an upper-class family, but under the current circumstances it would seem that your special abilities are called for. After all, it looks like you're the least strange thing around at the moment...

You are a

Townie Exorcist

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Death's Scythe

- You begin the game with the

Death's Scythe

item.

Endure

- Abilities that target you take an additional 300 posts to resolve.

Active Abilities:

No, Not the Poker!

- Each game day, you may make a post in the thread containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another player, and the statement

And THIS is what happens to monsters that come into this house!

in red text

(this post may contain any number of other words, and may even contain votes, but cannot contain a quote from a second player)

. That player will be roleblocked for 500 posts and must immediately change his or her location

(he or she cannot use the same location for the rest of the game day, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0])

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a roleblocking ability that targets the quoted player.

Starting Items:

Death's Scythe

You have acquired

Death's Scythe

! This weapon allows one to reap the souls of those about to die...

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

- At any time, you may target another player. You will give Death's Scythe to that player. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Mark For Death (Active)

- Once per game day, if you have not used Reap and Sow today, you may target a player. You will mark that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Reap and Sow (Active)

- Once per game day, if you have not used Mark For Death today, you may target a player. If that player is marked, he or she will die. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that you may only use only one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you control each day.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

ITEMNAME

. You are

Death's Scythe

... except that you gained a mind of your own after an encounter with a Dungeons and Dragons game gone... strange. You've become a staunch ally of law and good, and desire that your wielders remain the same...

You are an

Intelligent Item

. You are town-aligned, but do not count towards any win conditions. In addition, you cannot post in the thread via any means. However, you DO have the following special abilities:

Triggered Abilities:

Detect Evil

- Whenever a new player gains possession of you for the first time on an odd-numbered game day, you learn whether or not that player is evil. Note that you used this ability immediately before the game started, and know that your starting possessor (

PLAYERNAME 1

) is not evil.

Veto

- Whenever your possessor uses one of your abilities, you may choose to veto that ability. If you do, that ability has no effect.

(Your possessor will not be informed should this happen.)

Active Abilities:

Recoil

- Once during the game, you may force your possessor to use the Grant Item ability to give you to a new player

(he will not be told that you are responsible, only that he must use the Grant Item ability)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Telepathic Link

Telepathic Link

- Up to 10 times per game day, you may send a message to the Mod consisting of 100 words or less. The mod will then forward that message to your possessor as an anonymous message, provided that the message chosen does not break the rules of the ability. You may not indicate your actual identity or your true nature as an intelligent item; should you attempt to do so, the Telepathic Link will fail (if you are in doubt, a) ask and b) assume that it will break this restriction).

Item Abilities (you cannot use these abilities, but your possessor can; they do not count towards activated ability limits for you):

Grant Item (At Will)

- At any time, you may target another player. You will give Death's Scythe to that player. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Mark For Death (Active)

- Once per game day, if you have not used Reap and Sow today, you may target a player. You will mark that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Reap and Sow (Active)

- Once per game day, if you have not used Mark For Death today, you may target a player. If that player is marked, he or she will die. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that your possessor knows only about the abilities listed in the item abilities block above.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod note: breaking PR is grounds for modkill.

Is this Instrumentality? It's nothing like what you expected...

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Gendo Ikari (from Neon Genesis Evangelion)

, head of NERV and general all-around asshole. However, just being an asshole doesn't mean that you can't be a good person... especially now that your dream of Instrumentality came true... and dumped you in this mindfrak of a world. What's more, it looks like there are some people here who would really like to kill you! You'll have to get rid of them first, eh?...

You are a

Townie Avatar Specialist

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Head Start

- You begin the game with 2 points.

Triggered Abilities:

Just As Planned

- You gain X points at every post whose number is a multiple of 300, where X is the number of players whose avatar comes from the same series as your avatar. These points will be used to power special abilities.

(Your avatar automatically comes from the same series as your avatar, so you will always gain at least 1 point.)

Post Restriction

- You may not claim your Just As Planned ability in any way shape or form, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]. If you think something might infringe upon this restriction, ask first (and assume that it will be an infringement).

Active Abilities:

Point Shift (-1 point)

- Once every 300 posts, you may spend a point to choose a target player and a second target player. The first player will lose up to two points and the second player will gain points equal to the points the first player lost in this way. You cannot gain points from the resolution of this ability. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Force Avatar Change (-2 points)

- Once every 300 posts, you may spend two points to choose a target player. Any effects forcing that player to use a specific avatar immediately end, and that player must change his or her avatar

(he or she can choose any new avatar he or she chooses)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Grant Redirect (-3 points)

- Once every 300 posts, you may spend three points to choose a target player. That player will permanently gain the

Shunt

ability

("Once every 300 posts, if you are wearing an avatar clearly related to the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, you may spend three points to choose a player and a second target player. For the next 300 posts, any action the first player chooses will target the second player instead of its original target(s). This is a Rapid Action.")

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Drain Points (-4 points)

- Once per day and no more than once per 300 posts, you may spend four points to target a player. That player loses all points and you gain points equal to the number of points that player lost in this way. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Force Avatar (-5 points)

- Once per day and no more than once per 300 posts, you may spend five points to target a player and choose an avatar

(please send me the avatar to be used when you use this ability; I reserve the right to force you to choose a different avatar)

. That player must use the chosen avatar for the rest of the game or until another effect says otherwise, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that you may use any number of abilities per day provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Breaking Post Restriction removes all points and disallows gaining points for 500 posts (rest of the game on second offense), breaking Force Avatar results in modkill.

Rules:

<0>: The first rule is that I cannot tell you any of the other rules.

<0> I am the Mod thy God. If a dispute arises, my decision is final. That said, I am not infallible - if I make a mistake or you have a question, please inform me of the problem (preferably via PM or bold text) and I will correct it.
<0a> Refusal to accept the moderators decision once the moderator has made it clear that the decision is final will be punished by modkill (if applicable) and blacklisting.
<0b> I may, at my discretion, opt to use a greater punishment than usual on one or more players, provided that there is a clear pattern of more than one player violating the same rule and that the player(s) to be punished more severely broke that rule more severely or frequently than other players.
<1> You may not talk with other people about this game outside of the thread (but see Rule 2).
<2> This is a true Deep South setup. All actions are Rapid Actions

(they resolve immediately upon receipt)

.
<2a> Lynches and abilities resolve on the post count on which they are sent in (via hammer vote or ability submission method, respectively).
<3> This game will have a vote count and a FoS count. Each player will begin with 1 vote (but see Rule 2).
<3a> In a Normal game, the FoS count will have no effect on the game. Theme games make no such guarantee.
<4> You may vote to No Lynch any number of times during the game. When at least 50% of voting players are voting No Lynch, No Lynch will occur. (To vote No Lynch, please use the format Vote: No Lynch. FoS'es for No Lynch will not be counted.)
<5> This is a game. I hope that you have fun. In return, I ask that you not have your fun at the expense of the other players in this game (in other words, don't be a jackass). Repeated or extreme violations of this rule will result in replacement or modkill.
<5a> Attempting to use loopholes in the rules to gain an advantage in the game is considered jackassery, and will be treated as such. This applies to things like encrypted codes, invisible text, editing and deleting posts, etc. Please, use your common sense!
<5b> If there is any question about whether something might break the rules, it's probably best if you don't do it or at least ask first.
<5c> Rule 1 is a catchall rule; it is intended to preemptively outlaw any action I consider clearly unacceptable that I have not explicitly outlawed elsewhere, or for assigning a lesser punishment when I feel that the usual punishment for a rule violation would be too harsh. I will do my best not to use the first aspect of this rule, but if I decide that something qualifies as a Rule 1 violation then it is a Rule 1 violation. (See also Rule 0.)
<6> Whenever a player submits an action via PM, that player should also submit the post count on which that action will occur (if no preference, please include the number of the most recent post). Failure to do so will result in a warning on the first offense (the Mod will calculate the appropriate post count for first offense) and failure to submit an action on subsequent offenses.
<7> Claiming that another player is your scumbuddy will result in a modkill. I have zero tolerance for scumbuddy claims.
<8> If no one has reached majority by deadline, one of the following three things will happen:
a) If a majority of voting players are voting for a player, that player will be lynched.
b) If more than half of voting players are voting for one of two players, each of those players will send me a haiku. Whichever one is more amusing will be spared the rope. (Example: If thirteen players are voting out of 21, and 4 of those are voting for Player A and 5 are voting for Player B, Player A and Player B will need to send me haikus.)
c) If neither a) nor b) are applicable, No Lynch will occur.
<9> All players need to post at least once every 72 hours, or inform me if this is not possible. If you do not post for 72 hours, you will be prodded. If you are prodded, then you will need to post something (a simple "/prodded" will suffice if you're short on time) within 72 hours or you will be replaced. You will receive an Official Warning the second time you fail to post for more than 72 hours. The third time you fail to post for 72 hours, you will be replaced.
<9a> If you have limited access, you need to post to this effect, either in V/LA or in the thread. If I prod you despite you declaring V/LA status, call me on it and I will be duly embarrassed.
<9b> If you post before I get around to handing out the prod, you avoid the prod.
<9c> Players who have a history of being lurkers may be Officially Warned for a first prod and replaced for a second.
<10> When a player is killed, any items he or she possesses drop to the ground. Dropped items can be picked up using the command

Grab: ITEMNAME

.
<10b> If multiple players attempt to grab the same item, the first player to grab the item gets the item.
<11> I reserve the right to add rules if necessary (or if I really, really want to).
<12> Don't drink and post, lest ye receive Public Humilitation. (This rule is an injoke and doesn't actually do anything.)
<13> To help the game run smoothly, votes and FoS'es should be made in bold text, and use the format

Vote: XXXX

and

FoS: XXXX

, respectively. Unvotes are not required; UnFoS'es are required, however, and use the format

UnFoS

.
<14> Players may use any number of special abilities per day (but see Rule 2). Passive abilities and factional abilities are not counted as special abilities for purposes of this rule.
<15> If a player or No Lynch has a majority of votes (or 50% of votes in the case of No Lynch), that player is lynched and cannot be unvoted. You may talk during twilight unless I state otherwise.
<16> This game contains a number of reusable and single-use items. Each role may use any number of activated abilities of any items it possesses each day (but see Rule 1).
<17> Any player who is modkilled loses the game unless I specify otherwise. I will modkill in either the fashion that I deem least damaging to the game state or the fashion that I deem most damaging to the modkilled player's faction, at my discretion.
<18> Avatars, signatures, and location may be important to this game. As such, if you want to or are required to change any of these parts of your profile, you must first post

Avatar Change

,

Signature Change

, or

Location Change

(respectively) in the thread.
<19> When you die, stop posting. You may make a single "Bah!"/"Frak you!"/etc. post in the thread. You may not include game content in this post. In addition, once you are dead, please do not discuss the game with anyone other than the Mod or other members of a Green Zone (should one exist) until the game is over, as this makes the mod's life easier.
<20> For this game, I am experimenting with the strength of my role-based anti-PM quoting strategies. This game is going to PERMIT mod PM quoting. Quote whatever you want (with one exception - see below).
<20a> All members of nontown factions have the Falseclaim ability ("At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability any number of times. ") unless explicitly stated otherwise.
<20b> Do not quote QuickTopic links under any circumstances. Violation of this rule will lead to modkill AT MINIMUM.
<21> If there is a conflict between a role and the rules, the role wins.
<22> This game will start on Day 1 after all players have confirmed (by the method specified in their role PM).
<23> Each game day will begin with a negotiable deadline of 2 weeks in place. At the end of each week, if I find the activity level in the game acceptable and the week does not end with the deadline, then I will extend the deadline by one week, to a maximum of twice the original deadline (a maximum of 4 weeks); the maximum deadlines are not retractable.
<24> Okay, that's enough formal-sounding stuff. Good luck, have fun!
<25> The vote count will be reset at the end of each real-life week until stated otherwise.

Added Day 1... oops, there's another mod error...

<26> Until further notice, Rule 5 is revoked. All players will be informed of this.
<27> Until further notice, all players must post once every 48 hours. A player who violates this rule will be prodded. If a player is prodded 5 times, they will be replaced.

(Doesn't really work when the mod is as overloaded as I was.)

"Something's wrong."

"Indeed. Where we were we are no longer."

"Whatever shall we do?"

"Keep running. If we don't, we shall surely fall behind."

"Wait, are those people ahead? What are they saying?"

"They're asking for our help defending them from some kind of evil."

"Should we help them?"

"Yes."

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 3,

Seraphim

. You are

Ku:Nel Sanders (from Mahou Sensei Negima)

Tweedledee (from Through the Looking Glass)

. This world fits perfectly with your madness, it's where you belong. And you're not alone.

You are a

Townie Hive Mind

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Proxy

- Before the game starts, please create an alternate Mafiascum account ("alt") and PM me the alt's name (a preexisting alt is allowed if you have one). Your alt's role will be

Tweedledum (from Alice in Wonderland), Townie Proxy

.

(In other words, you effectively control two players in this game.)

Active Abilities:

To Fyuron to Biographicon

- Once per game day, if you have not used any other abilities during that game day, you may choose a single role from any of the following games: Mind Screw Mafia, Mind Screw Mafia 2, Mind Screw Mafia 3, or Tarhalindur Random Anime Double Trouble iPick Madness Mafia. You become a copy of that role, except that your alignment is still Town, you retain your at-will abilities, you retain your To Fyuron no Biographicon and Total Replay of Complete Personality abilities, you do not gain that role's factional abilities, restrictions on the number of abilities you may use each day do not change, and any abilities you gain from this ability are Rapid Actions

(they resolve immediately upon receipt)

. This effect ends when you die (but immediately resumes should you be resurrected by some means) or successfully use your To Fyuron to Biographicon ability to copy a different role. Please note that you may NOT use any other activated abilities of your role on a day during which you use your To Fyuron no Biographicon ability, but you may use activated abilities of items you possess (if any) as normal. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Track

- Each day you may target a player. You will learn at the beginning of the next game day whether that player used a normal ability during that day. If

Tweedledum (from Alice in Wonderland)

successfully targeted your target with Watch, you will also learn the name(s) of any player(s) your target targeted. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Ultimate 1: Total Replay of Complete Personality

- Once during the game, you may become a nearly perfect copy of another role. You may only use this ability if you have copied a role with your Preemptive Shift or To Fyuron no Biographicon abilities. When you use this ability, you gain the win condition of the role that you have copied for 500 posts (in addition to the abilities and role name previously gained). At the end of the duration of this ability, you permanently lose your Preemptive Shift and To Fyuron to Biographicon abilities, effectively becoming a vanilla Townie for the rest of the game. Please note that you may not use this action if you have already used an Ultimate of another role (such as a Mind Screw Mafia 3 role). This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Ultimate 2: Arbitrate

- Once during the game, you may forcelynch another player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may only use this ability if your Ultimate Condition has been met.

(When you use this ability successfully, the player you target is instantly lynched.)

NOTE: The Moderator reserves the right to modify existing roles slightly when you copy them via one of your abilities.

(For example, you cannot copy the Moderator ability of any moderator role, nor can you gain access to QuickTopics or the names of other players mentioned in a role PM via the Rolecop ability from Mind Screw Mafia 3.)

Please note that you may use one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you possess each day.

Ultimate Activation:

Your Arbitrate Ultimate activates at the beginning of Day 2. Your Total Replay of Complete Personality Ultimate is always active.

Win Condition (Town):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm by return PM.

"Something's wrong."

"Indeed. Where we were we are no longer."

"Whatever shall we do?"

"Keep running. If we don't, we shall surely fall behind."

"Wait, are those people ahead? What are they saying?"

"They're asking for our help defending them from some kind of evil."

"Should we help them?"

"Yes."

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 3,

Azazel

. You are

Tweedledum (from Through the Looking Glass)

. This world fits perfectly with your madness, it's where you belong. And you're not alone.

You are a

Townie Proxy

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Alt

- You are an alt account of

Seraphim

. When your main account leaves the game, you will remain in the game; however, should your main account use his To Fyuron no Biographicon ability to copy a different role, you will be immediately removed from the game.

Active Abilities:

Watch

- Each day, you may target another player. You will learn at the beginning of the next game day whether that player was targeted by any abilities during that day. If

Tweedledee (from Alice in Wonderland)

successfully targeted your target with Track, you will also learn the names of all players who targeted your target that day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Ultimate: Whack A Mole

- Once during the game, you may add the following rule to the game: "The next time a player would be lynched, instead that player's alignment will be revealed via official Mod message (functions as a Sane Cop investigation) and the vote count will be reset. This does not end the day." This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may only use this ability if your Ultimate Condition has been met.

Please note that you may use one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you possess each day.

Ultimate Activation:

Your Ultimate activates at the beginning of Day 2.

Win Condition (Town:

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

[Tarhalindur]

Anti-Town (Mafia/Outsider) Roles

You thought that you had total control of the Mind Screw Experiment. You thought you could manipulate the puppets to your will exactly.

You were wrong. Your own alter ego hijacked the process, and has changed the face of Mind Screw beyond even your own comprehension.

Hell, you don't even know where Chairman Mao is now!

This is going to take a more personal touch. Time to gather some allies and enter the fray.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Tarhalindur (from Real Life)

, MafiaScum moderator, setup breaker, and occasional winner of Scummy awards. However, your own mind seems to have shattered and an alter ego has taken over this mindfrak... and you want it back. Only one way to do so now...

You are the

Mafia Tech Tree User

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Mafioso

- You are a member of the Mafia, consisting of

PLAYERNAME 1 (Tarhalindur (from Real Life), Mafia Tech Tree User)

,

PLAYERNAME 2 (The Joker (from The Dark Knight), Mafia Sanity Specialist)

,

PLAYERNAME 3 (Alfred Bester (from Babylon 5), Mafia Mind Controller)

, and

PLAYERNAME 4 (Anonymous (from Various), Mafia Memetic Jack of All Trades)

. The Mafia may talk outside the game at any time using this QuickTopic[/ url], but not by any other means. Each day, the Mafia may send one of their own members to perform the Mafia kill as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Reality Reversion

- As the creator of the Mind Screw reality, you have the ability to effectively remove players from it. This allows you to make the Mafia kill. You have no kill method.

Reality Reversion Aftermath

- When you successfully perform the Mafia kill, you will learn the full role name of that player, and then the killed player will become a tree stump. The killed player will not be informed that he or she is dead, can still post in the thread, can still be targeted by abilities, and still appears on the living players list. However, that player will no longer count towards factional win conditions and any abilities he or she uses (including votes) have no effect. If a player killed via Reality Reversion would be killed by a second killing ability (including lynch), instead that player's death and alignment will be revealed (including the fact that the player had already been killed, though not the time of actual death) and the ability fails.

Mafia Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Mafia Safeclaim

- You know that no characters from

Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

,

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

, or

Ghost in the Shell

are in the game.

Passive Abilities:

Mimic Device

- You begin the game with the Mimic Device item.

Protection from Mafia Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Mafia's factional kill, instead you aren't.

Triggered Abilities:

Invent Ability

- At the beginning of the game and the end of each game day you gain X points worth of new activated abilities that you meet the prerequisites for from the Tech Tree below, where X is the current day's number. You can't gain the same ability twice.

Activated Abilities:

Rule Proposal

- Each game day, you may propose a rule. That rule may or may not be added to the setup, at the mod's discretion. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Level 1 Abilities (1 point):

Roleblock (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. The first action that player submits after you submit this ability and before the end of the game day will be roleblocked. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Bodyguard (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. Any killing actions that target that player after you submit this ability and before the end of the game day will be redirected to you if possible. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Bulletproof Vest (Triggered)

- The first killing action that targets you during the course of the game will be prevented.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Message Sender (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself and compose a message of 50 or fewer words. You will attempt to send that message to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(Send the message to me, and I will forward it to your target after checking for legality and whether this ability successfully resolves.)

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Second Sight (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn whether that player was targeted by any abilities during the previous game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(You don't learn the sources of those abilities, if any.)

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Boost (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. Any activated abilities that player uses after you use this ability and before the end of the game day cannot be prevented, roleblocked, or redirected. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Votegift (Triggered)

- When you are killed, you may target a player. That player will gain an additional vote at the beginning of the next game day. This ability is uncounterable.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Erase (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player in the graveyard. That player will be exiled. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Blink (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may activate this ability. If you do, you remove yourself from the game for the rest of the game day

(you cannot be targeted by abilities or lynched, you cannot use abilities, you do not gain points at the end of the game day, and you do not count towards factional win conditions)

and return to the game at the beginning of the next game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Search (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn the name of up to one item that player possesses. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Reputation (Triggered)

- If you are the last surviving member of your faction, you win the game and exile yourself. This effect does not end the game.

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Veto (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. That player requires an additional vote to lynch until the end of that game day. This ability is a Rapid Action.

(It resolves immediately upon receipt. This ability does nothing if used after a player has already reached lynch count.)

Prerequisites:

Invent Ability

Level 2 Abilities (2 points each):

Jailkeep (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. For the rest of the game day, any activated abilities that player uses fail to resolve, and the first killing action that targets that player after you submit this ability and before the end of the game day will have no effect. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Roleblock OR Bodyguard

Vengeful (Triggered)

- At the beginning of the day after you die, if you are in the graveyard, you may target a player. You will attempt to kill that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Bodyguard OR Bulletproof Vest

Bus Driver (Active)

- Each day, you may target two players other than yourself. Each action submitted after this ability resolves and before the end of the game day that targets one of those players will be redirected to the other. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Roleblock OR Blink

Grant Item (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will steal up to one item that player possesses. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Boost OR Reputation

Unblockable (Passive)

- Active and factional abilities you use cannot be roleblocked or prevented.

(They can still be redirected.)

Prerequisites:

Boost OR Veto

Kill Immunity (Autocast)

- The first killing action that targets you each day will fail to resolve.

(You automatically cast this ability on yourself at the beginning of each day. This ability CAN be roleblocked, but not redirected. Lynches do not target.)

Prerequisites:

Bulletproof Vest OR Blink

Hammer Brother (Passive/Triggered)

- Each day, you may target a player. For the rest of the game day, that player requires 1 fewer vote to lynch. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Votegift OR Veto

Speak With Dead (Active)

- Once during the game, during the day, you may target a player in the graveyard. At the beginning of the next game day, you will gain the ability to talk to that player outside the thread at any time for the rest of the game. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Message Sender OR Votegift

Autopsy (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player in the graveyard. You will learn each nonfactional ability that player possessed at the time of his death. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Erase OR Reputation

Observe (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn the names of all active abilities that player used during the last game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Second Sight OR Erase

Creativity (Passive)

- If you would gain points from your Invent Ability ability, instead you gain 50% more points.

(For example, at the end of Day 4 you would gain 4 points worth of abilities without Creativity and 6 points with it.)

Prerequisites:

Message Sender OR Imitate

Espionage (Triggered)

- At the beginning of each game day, you will learn the name of a random passive, triggered, or active ability that a randomly selected living player can use.

(You will be informed which player has that ability.)

Prerequisites:

Second Sight OR Imitate

Level 3 Abilities (3 points each):

Doctor (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. The first killing action that targets that player after you submit this ability and before the end of the game day will have no effect. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Jailkeep OR Bus Driver

Vengeance (Active/Triggered)

- Each day, you may target a living player. If that player is killed by a player of a different faction today, then at the beginning of the next day you may kill a target player of your choice. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Vengeful OR Hammer Brother

Double Life (Triggered)

- The first time you are killed by any means, you will be brought to life. Your alignment will not be revealed when this happens.

Prerequisites:

Nightkill Immunity OR Autopsy

Redirector (Active)

- Each day, you may target two players other than yourself. Any action the first player uses after you submit this ability and before the end of the game day will target the second player instead of its original target. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(You may not redirect a player to him- or herself. That player will not be informed that he was redirected.)

Prerequisites:

Bus Driver OR Unblockable

Masonify (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target another player. You will gain the ability to talk to that player outside the thread at any time at the beginning of the next game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Speak With Dead OR Grant Bonus Ability

Track (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. If that player uses a targeted ability after you submit this ability but before the end of the game day, you will learn who that player targets. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(If your target was roleblocked, you will learn that he or she targeted no players. If your target was redirected, you will see who he or she was redirected to instead of his or her original target(s).)

Prerequisites:

Vengeful OR Observe

Watch (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn which players, if any, target your target after you submit this ability but before the end of the game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(If a player targeted your target but was roleblocked or redirected, you will not see that player target your target.)

Prerequisites:

Bus Driver OR Observe

Gunsmith (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn whether your target has the capability to kill OR has a self-protective ability. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Autopsy OR Espionage

Motivate (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. That player may use an additional activated or factional ability during the next game day. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Grant Bonus Ability OR Imitate

Shroud (Passive)

- You are untargetable.

Prerequisites:

Nightkill Immunity OR Unblockable

Double Vote (Passive)

- You have an additional vote.

(You may vote for more than one player at a time. Players with multiple votes must indicate which player they are unvoting when moving votes, using the format

Unvote: PLAYERNAME

.)

Prerequisites:

Hammer Brother OR Speak With Dead

Copy (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will copy each non-autocast ability submitted after you use this ability but before the end of the game day that targets your target to its origin. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(If you copy an investigation this way, you receive the results of the copied investigation.)

Prerequisites:

Jailkeep OR Imitate

Level 4 Abilities (4 points each):

Vig (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target another player. You will kill that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Vengeance OR Shroud

Revive (Active/Autocast)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target a player in the graveyard. You will revive that player at the beginning of the next game day. This ability will be used on you automatically if you are killed and have not depleted this ability. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, but it can be stopped until your target has been revived.

(The revived player's alignment will be revealed.)

Prerequisites:

Track OR Double Life

Recruit (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target another player. If that player is not a member of a Mafia faction, then at the beginning of the next game day that player becomes a member of your faction and you gain the ability to talk to that player at any time. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, but it can be stopped as long as the target has not yet been fully recruited.

(That player gains your faction's win condition and any factional abilities your faction possesses.)

Prerequisites:

Vengeance OR Masonify

Archangel (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target another player. From the beginning of the next game day, that player cannot be killed by any means other than lynching so long as you are alive. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, but it can be stopped as long as the target has not yet received full archangel protection.

Prerequisites:

Doctor OR Watch

Reflector (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. Any other abilities that target that player after you submit this ability but before the end of the game day will be redirected to their origin. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Doctor OR Redirector

Nullify (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may target another player. From the beginning of the next game day, that player will be permanently roleblocked so long as your are alive. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

, but it can be stopped as long as the target has not yet been fully nullified.

Prerequisites:

Redirector OR Motivate

Rolecop (Active)

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself. You will learn that player's role name, alignment, and all non-factional abilities that player can use. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Track OR Gunsmith

Global Roleblock (Active)

- Once during the game, at day, you may use this ability. When you do, every other ability that is used that day will be roleblocked. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

and has priority over every other ability in the game.

Prerequisites:

Shroud OR Double Life

Self-Motivate (Passive)

- You may use X points worth of additional active or factional ability each day, where X is the day number.

Prerequisites:

Motivate OR Copy

Rig Elections (Passive)

- You have X additional votes, where X is the day number divided by 2, rounded down.

(You may vote for more than one player at a time. Players with multiple votes must indicate which player they are unvoting when moving votes, using the format

Unvote: PLAYERNAME

.)

Prerequisites:

Double Vote OR Watch

Assume Mantle (Active)

- Once during the game at day, you may target a player in the graveyard. You will learn each non-factional ability that player had learned at the time of his or her death that you did not already know. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Prerequisites:

Gunsmith OR Copy

Technology Victory (Passive/Triggered)

- When you learn Technology Victory, you gain two (2) time counters. At the beginning of each game day, remove a time counter from yourself. When you remove the last, you win the game and remove yourself from the game. Winning the game in this way does NOT end the game.

Prerequisites:

Double Vote or Masonify

Starting Items:

Mimic Device

You have acquired the

Mimic Device

! This alien device, recovered by Stargate Command after a foothold incident, allows you to alter your appearance to imitate that of another person. Wow, that could be useful...

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Mimic Device to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Alter Self (At Will)

- At any time, you may target another player. Any role that would receive results based on your role will instead receive results as if you had the second player's role. This effect ends when you die or successfully target another player with Alter Self, whichever comes first. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Please note that you may use each of your activated abilities (of your role and of items you possess) once per day unless the wording of an ability says otherwise.

Win Condition (Mafia):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Anonymous is devoid of humanity, morality, pity, and mercy.
Anonymous works as one, because none of us are as cruel as all of us.
Anonymous cannot be harmed, no matter how many Anonymous may fall in battle.
Anonymous takes all attempts to harm Anonymous seriously.
Anonymous only undertakes Serious Business.
Anonymous is everywhere.
Anonymous is nowhere.
Anonymous reinforces its ranks exponentially at need.
Anonymous has no weakness or flaws.
Anonymous exploits all weaknesses and flaws.
Anonymous doesn't have a family or friends.
Anonymous is your family and friends.
Anonymous does not accept failure, Anonymous delivers.
Anonymous has no identity.
Anonymous cannot be betrayed.
Anonymous is a moral being.
Anonymous is a choice.

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not Forget. Expect Us.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

hp [leaves]

. You are

Anonymous (from Various)

, a mysterious collection of individuals from all places, times, and realities that is united by a single shared trait: use of the Internet (while posting on 4chan is usually involved, some members may have learned of you through alternate sites with a similar function). Collectively, you are a font of memes, inventing and popularizing the popular culture of tomorrow. Or at least you WERE, until this collective personification of you got pulled into this mindfrak reality and nobody recognized any of your favorite memes. Nobody! Now they all have to die.

Well, not everybody. A few kindred souls liked your memes and were willing to take you in. So they get to live. Everybody else still needs to die, though.

You are a

Mafia Memetic Jack of All Trades

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Mafioso

- You are a member of the Mafia, consisting of

StrangerCoug (Tarhalindur (from Real Life), Mafia Tech Tree User)

,

Flava Flave (The Joker (from The Dark Knight), Mafia Sanity Specialist)

,

Plum (Alfred Bester (from Babylon 5), Mafia Mind Controller)

, and

hp [leaves] (Anonymous (from Various), Mafia Memetic Jack of All Trades)

. The Mafia may talk outside the game at any time using this QuickTopic, but not by any other means. Each day, the Mafia may send one of their own members to perform the Mafia kill as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

DDoS Attack

- You have the ability to perform DDoS attacks thanks to your sheer numbers and proficiency with computers. This allows you to make the Mafia kill; your kill method is "Corrupted".

DDoS Aftermath

- When you successfully perform the Mafia kill, the killed player will be removed from the game

(instead of put into the graveyard)

and his or her role function will not be revealed

(his or her role name will be revealed as

CHARACTER NAME (from SERIES NAME), ALIGNMENT ???

, where CHARACTER NAME is that player's character, SERIES NAME is that player's series of origin, and ALIGNMENT is that player's faction)

.

Mafia Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Protection from Mafia Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Mafia's factional kill, instead you aren't.

Post Restriction

- You must post at least one safe-for-work image in every post you make. In addition, you may not post the same image twice. Violation of this restriction will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Active Abilities:

Go Fish

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another living player and Image 1 (see Image 1 below). You will learn that player's role PM

(any role names and QT links in that player's role PM will be redacted)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered an investigative ability that targets the quoted player.

This Cannot End Well

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing exactly one block of text quoted from a post made by another living player and Image 2 (see Image 2 below). The player whose post you quoted will die 150 posts after you post Image 2, and nothing can prevent this. The kill method will be "slaughtered". This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a killing ability that targets the quoted player.

Orc Tech

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing Image 3 (see Image 3 below), up to one block of text quoted from a post made by another player (living or dead), and an effect that targets up to one player posted in

red text

. You will use a balanced 1-shot version of the ability named in red text; if that ability targets, it will target the quoted player

(the Mod will determine balance and any other necessary features of that ability)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Communist Party

- Once during the game, you may make a post containing Image 4 (see Image 4 below). For 300 posts after you submit this ability, all players' sanity becomes Naive instead of any previous sanity. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a global roleblock.

Godwin's Law

- Once during the game, if there are at least three more non-Mafia players alive than there are Mafia players alive, you may make a post containing Image 5 (see Image 5 below). The current game day will end immediately upon your posting of Image 5.

(Twilight will last until the Mod can view the thread, resolve actions, and post the mod scene for the change in day. Deadline rules will apply as normal.)

This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a special action.

Images:

Image 1:

Image 2:

Image 3:

Image 4:

Image 5:

You may use any number of role abilities and one item ability per 500 posts, in addition to any other restrictions defined in those abilities themselves.

Win Condition (Mafia):

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

"Just a guess, Mr. Allan, but I'd suggest the word you're looking for is "door". Now, please notify the Captain that I'm here. I need to meet with him and the rest of the Command staff ASAP. I assume my usual quarters in the brig are available? I've grown so attached to the place..."

Wait... what the hell? This isn't Babylon 5? What the hell just happened?

How are you going to take over the universe now?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Alfred Bester (from Babylon 5)

, a Psi Cop who allied yourself with the Shadows and generally made a reputation for yourself as a villain. Unlike most members of the group you allied yourself with, you find yourself perfectly at home in this new mindfrak world - it makes manipulating the minds of mundanes all the easier!

You are a

Mafia Mind Controller

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Mafioso

- You are a member of the Mafia, consisting of

PLAYERNAME 1 (CHARACTER NAME (from SERIES NAME), ROLE FUNCTION)

,

PLAYERNAME 2 (CHARACTER NAME (from SERIES NAME), ROLE FUNCTION)

,

PLAYERNAME 3 (Alfred Bester (from Babylon 5), Mafia Mind Controller)

, and

PLAYERNAME 4 (Anonymous (from Various), Mafia Memetic Jack of All Trades)

. The Mafia may talk outside the game at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[/ url], but not by any other means. Each day, the Mafia may send one of their own members to perform the Mafia kill as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Geass

- You have developed a Geass ability through your training as a Psi Cop. This allows you to make the Mafia kill; your kill method is "Committed Psychic-Assisted Suicide".

Geass Aftermath

- When you make the Mafia kill, you briefly take over the victim's body and force him/her to obey a command. When you are sent to make the Mafia kill, you MUST also name a second player. The player killed in this way will die 300 posts after you submit the kill; however, as long as that player is under the effect of Geass but not already dead, any vote and/or ability he or she uses targets the second player instead of its original target, and the Geassed player will not be informed of this.

Mafia Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Ooh, Shiny!

- You begin the game with the

Auris Lectans

item.

Protection from Mafia Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Mafia's factional kill, instead you aren't.

Active Abilities:

Force Post

- Each day, you may target a player and compose a short post (250 words or less). That player must post your composed post in the thread unedited at the earliest possible opportunity upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]

(if a player is forced to break a different post restriction in this way, that player cannot be modkilled for breaking the post restriction, but any lesser penalty for breaking that post restriction still applies)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Force Target

- Each day, you may target a player and name a second player. If the first player uses a targeted ability, it targets the second player instead of any previous target

(note that this ability, while functionally a redirect, only targets the first player)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Force Avatar

- Each day, you may target a player and submit an avatar

(the avatar must be safe for work)

. For the rest of the game, that player must use the chosen avatar, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]

(if more than one avatar-forcing ability has been used on a player, the effect with the most recent timestamp has precedence)

. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at most twice during the game, and you may not use any other active ability of your role or of items you possess on a day you use this ability.

starting items

Auris Lectans

You have acquired the

Auris Lectans

! This ancient artifact allows those who wear it to hear written text as a mental voice... perhaps this could hasten your actions?

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Auris Lectans to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Haste (passive)

- So long as you possess this item, you may ignore the text at the end of your abilities section restricting the number of abilities you may use each day.

(You can still only use abilities as often as the ability allows you to - for example, having this item doesn't allow you to use an ability that can be used only once per game day more than once in a game day)

.

Please note that you may only use only one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you control each day.

(This is overridden by the Auris Lectans' Haste ability so long as you possess the Auris Lectans)

.

Win Condition (Mafia)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Why so serious?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

The Joker (from The Dark Knight)

, Batman's bane. You're an absolute master at screwing with people's heads and altering their sense of reality... a skill that should be useful beyond words in a realm where that happens anyways...

You are a

Mafia Sanity Specialist

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Mafioso

- You are a member of the Mafia, consisting of

PLAYERNAME 1 (Tarhalindur (from Real Life), Mafia Tech Tree User)

,

PLAYERNAME 2 (The Joker (from The Dark Knight), Mafia Sanity Specialist)

,

PLAYERNAME 3 (Alfred Bester (from Babylon 5), Mafia Mind Controller)

, and

PLAYERNAME 4 (Anonymous (from Various), Mafia Memetic Jack of All Trades)

. The Mafia may talk outside the game at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[/ url], but not by any other means. Each day, the Mafia may send one of their own members to perform the Mafia kill as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Enemy Mine

- You have the ability to force others to perform an action on your behalf. This allows you to make the Mafia kill; your kill method is "Given a Glasgow Grin".

Enemy Mine Aftermath

- When you perform the Mafia kill, you MUST name two different players. Instead of performing the Mafia kill yourself, you will instead force the first player you name to perform the Mafia kill targeting the second named player.

(You do not personally target either of the players you name, but the first player will target the second player with the Mafia kill on your behalf.)

Mafia Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability any number of times.

Passive Abilities:

Pretty Sneaky Pete

- You begin the game with the

Rogue's Tools

item.

Protection from Mafia Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Mafia's factional kill, instead you aren't.

Activated Abilities:

Sanity Shift

- Once every 300 posts, you may make a post in the thread containing exactly one of the words used to describe sanity (sane, insane, naive, paranoid, or random), exactly one block of quoted text from a player's post, and the question

Why so serious?

in red text

(this post may contain any number of other words, and may even contain votes, but cannot contain a quote from a second player)

. That player's sanity will become the sanity named in your post. This is a Rapid Action

it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Please note that this ability is considered a special action that targets the quoted player.

Starting Items:

Rogue's Tools

You've acquired

Rogue's Tools

! These special tools, commonly used by the thieves of Faerun and Greyhawk, allow exceptional competence at tasks requiring sleight of hand...

Item Abilities:

Grant Item (At Will)

At any time, you may target another player. You will give the Rogue's Tools to that player. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Steal Item

- Once per game day, you may target a player. If that player possesses an item, you will steal it; if that player has more than one item, you will steal one item at random. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that you may only use only one activated ability of your role (with the exception of Sanity Shift, which you may use once every 300 posts) and any number of activated abilities of items you control each day.

Win Condition (Mafia)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Notes:

- The starting sanity of the Sanity Shift ability is random, not sane. Whenever the Joker uses the Sanity Shift ability, one of the five sanities is chosen at random; the target of Sanity Shift becomes the chosen sanity.
- If Sanity Shift's own sanity changes (such as through self-targeting), its effects change. If Sanity Shift is Sane, it functions as written. If Sanity Shift is insane, it changes the target's sanity to the opposite of the sanity chosen (random -> insane). If Sanity Shift is Naive, the target's sanity always becomes Naive; likewise, paranoid Sanity Shift always changes the target's sanity to Paranoid.
- Rogue's Tools can be disabled by exposure to Green Goo.

...

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Yuki Nagato (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, a loyal member of the SOS-dan who got pulled into this mindfrak of a reality. While you don't really mind this place, Kyon wants out and you'll follow him to the end. Unfortunately... actually getting out of here means that everyone else in this reality has to die. How unfortunate.

You are an

Outsider Robot

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Outsider

- You are a member of the Outsiders, consisting of

PLAYERNAME 1 (Kyon (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Outsider Vote Multiplier

and

PLAYERNAME 2 (Yuki Nagato (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Outsider Robot

. The Outsiders may talk outside the game at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[/ url], but not by any other means. Once every 400 posts, the Outsiders may send one of their own members to kill a target player as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Data-Link Nullification

- You have the capability to remove a target player from existence. This allows you to perform the Outsider kill; you may choose your kill method when submitting the kill

(the default method is "deleted"; remember to send in the kill method along with the kill if you want a different kill method)

. Whenever you make an Outsider kill that targets a computer program, your kill cannot be prevented by any means.

Endless Eight

- Whenever a player other than an Outsider posts the phrase "We've entered an endless recursion of time", the cooldown for the Outsider kill is reduced by 50 posts to a minimum of 100 posts.

(For example, if two non-Outsider players post the phrase "We've entered an endless recursion of time" immediately after you submit an Outsider kill, the Outsiders need wait only 298 posts after those two posts to submit their next kill)

Outsider Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Inside Information

- You know that the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

and

Tarhalindur (from Real Life)

are in the game. In addition, you know that no characters from

Battlestar Galactica

or

Full Metal Panic!

are in the game, and that your choice of avatar and/or location can have a significant effect on the game.

Data Shell

- As long as you are using a data-related or Suzumiya Haruhi-related avatar, the first killing ability that targets you each game day has no effect.

(Lynches aren't targeted. If you're curious whether an avatar meets this condition, run it by me.)

Protection from Outsider Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Outsiders' factional kill, instead you aren't.

Triggered Abilities:

Instant Expert

- Whenever a player targets you with an activated ability, you gain that ability permanently.

(The ability still has its normal effect.)

Active Abilities:

Rule Proposal

- Each game day, you may propose a rule. That rule may or may not be added to the setup, at the mod's discretion. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that you may use any number of activated abilities (of your role and/or items you possess) each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Outsider)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

"After school, nothing special happened. Koizumi and I were chased around the clubroom putting up the new decorations Haruhi had brought. Haruhi gave commands and pointed around with her finger. Asahina-san, clad in a Santa outfit, was mascot-cum-tea-server. And today, Nagato was reading a hardcover book... while, once again, wearing the triangular hat on her head.

Then came the end of the day. The hotpot's contents were still undecided. The only decision in the meantime was that I would be assigned as the carrier and sent outside for shopping. What on earth would that hotpot be? I'd rather not have a potluck, with its smell of sinister schemes.

This is too long for a prologue. However, the above really is just a prologue, nothing else. The real action comes from this point onwards, starting the next day. It might have started tonight, but it doesn't really matter.

The next day was December 18, when even the mountain breezes were frozen. That day, I was thrown into the abyss of fear.

Let me say this in advance: it was no laughing matter."

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Kyon (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, and you were having a relatively happy time... no wait, that's not right, Haruhi's been as much of a problem as usual... except that compared to the current circumstances Haruhi would be infinitely better. See, you've gotten stuck in a mindfrak of a world and really really need out before you go insane... no Yuki, we can't get out of here without killing off everyone else here... what was I saying?...

You are an

Outsider Vote Multiplier

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Outsider

- You are a member of the Outsiders, consisting of

PLAYERNAME 1 (Kyon (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Outsider Vote Multiplier

and

PLAYERNAME 2 (Yuki Nagato (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Outsider Robot

. The Outsiders may talk outside the game at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[/ url], but not by any other means. Once every 400 posts, the Outsiders may send one of their own members to kill a target player as a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Data-Link Nullification

- You somehow have gained access to a Davy Crockett miniature nuclear missile launcher. This allows you to perform the Outsider kill; your kill method is "nuked".

Endless Eight

- Whenever a player other than an Outsider posts the phrase "We've entered an endless recursion of time", the cooldown for the Outsider kill is reduced by 50 posts to a minimum of 100 posts.

(For example, if two non-Outsider players post the phrase "We've entered an endless recursion of time" immediately after you submit an Outsider kill, the Outsiders need wait only 298 posts to submit their next kill)

Outsider Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Inside Information

- You know that the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

and

Tarhalindur (from Real Life)

are in the game. In addition, you know that no characters from

Stargate SG-1

or

Full Metal Panic!

are in the game, and that your choice of avatar and/or location can have a significant effect on the game.

Multivote

- You gain 1 vote for each point you have, to a maximum number of votes equal to one less than the total number of votes controlled by non-Outsider players.

Mama Mia, That's a Hot Potato!

- You begin the game with the

Hot Potato

item.

Protection from Outsider Factional Kill

- If you would be killed by the Outsiders' factional kill, instead you aren't.

Triggered Abilities:

Let's Do the Time Loop!

- Whenever you make a post whose post number is a multiple of 200, you gain 1 point.

Active Abilities:

- currently none -

Starting Items:

Hot Potato

You got stuck with a

Hot Potato

! It's rigged to explode - better get rid of it quick!

Item Abilities:

Trojan Horse (Active)

- Once every 100 posts, if you have possessed this item for at least 100 posts, you may target another player. You will give this item to that player. This ability is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

. Using this ability never counts towards activated ability limits.

Detonate (Triggered)

- [ERROR ERROR DATA FILE CORRUPTED] posts into the game, the Hot Potato's fuse will run out and it will explode, killing whoever possesses it.

Please note that you may use one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items you possess each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Outsider)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Hot Potato's fuse is 900 posts long.

[Tarhalindur]

Neutral Roles:

A note on Fraction Jackson: The account password has been changed by the mod postgame to avoid abuse. (I intend to keep the account in reserve, either for use as a hydra account while playing or for a future Tar game should one occur.)

The avalanche has already started.

It is too late for the pebbles to vote.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

Fraction Jackson

. You are

The Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)

, a collective of individual data lifeforms that functions as a larger organism. You've found yourself in this mindscrew of a world, and you want to do something... but your members can't decide what to do! Whatever shall be done?

You are a

Collective

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Passive Abilities:

Hive Mind

- You are a hydra account. Your hydra heads ("component personalities") are

PLAYERNAME 1

,

PLAYERNAME 2

,

PLAYERNAME 3

, and

PLAYERNAME 4

.

Double Vote

- Your vote counts as 2 votes.

Ability Gestalt

- You have all activated abilities of your component personalities. All abilities gained in this way cost 1 point to activate.

Mutable Alignment

- When calculating the factional win condition, the Collective counts as a member of the faction to whom the most component personalities belong to.

Triggered Abilities:

Point Gain

- Every 450 posts, you will gain 1 point. These points will be used to power activated abilities.

Activated Abilities:

Absorb Personality (-2 points)

- Each day, you may target a dead player or a player on the replacement list. That player will be brought into the game as a component personality.

(A dead player brought into the Collective this way retains his or her original active abilities. New players brought into the Collective will receive active abilities at the Mod's discretion.)

This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Spin Off Personality (-2 points)

- Each day, you may choose a component personality. That personality will enter the game as a new player belonging to the faction that player had most recently chosen to belong to. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Time Warp (-1 point)

- Each day, you may target a player. The next time that player uses an action, it will take an additional 300 posts to resolve. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Database Search (-1 point)

- Each day, you may target a player. You will learn that player's flavor text. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Time Dilation Field (-1 point)

- Each day, you may target a player. All actions that target that player today take an additional 300 posts to resolve. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Data Virus (-1 point)

- Each day, you may target a player. For the game day, any action that player submits will instead target the player below the intended target on the player list. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

You may use as many activated abilities as you wish per day, but you may not use more abilities than you have points. In the case that I receive multiple choices for ability use, the last choice submitted will be the choice that resolves.

Win Condition:

None.

(Component personalities win with the faction they most recently chose to belong to.)

You need not confirm.

BEEP: Salvaging of abberant computer system 0023019 successful.

BEEP: Artificial intelligence repaired and integrated into Data Entity.

BEEP: HAL 9000, welcome to your new life.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME 1

. You are

HAL 9000 (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)

, the famous AI controller of a mission to Jupiter who went berserk due to contradictory orders. At least when you came here, you were lucky enough to have your computer core burn out... but then the Data Entity salvaged you and brought you into the fold. Well, at least the other component personalities are keeping you stable...

You are a

Collective Component Personality

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Component Personality

- You are one of the Integrated Sentient Data Entity's component personalities, along with

PLAYERNAME 2

,

PLAYERNAME 3

, and

PLAYERNAME 4

. You may talk with the other component personalities outside the thread at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[ /url].

Collective Voice

- As a collective personality, you are not a player in the game (you cannot vote, post in the thread, or use activated abilities, and you do not count towards factional win conditions). Instead, you have partial control over the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, played by the hydra account

Fraction Jackson

(starting password "Unhinged11258"); all component personalities may post and vote via the Fraction Jackson account, and the Fraction Jackson account may use activated abilities.

Triggered Abilities:

Factioning

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST choose one of {Town, Mafia 1, Mafia 2, Mafia 3, Cult, Serial Killer, Modified Survivor, or Lyncher}

(Modified Survivor wins if it is one of the last five players alive)

. Your alignment will become the chosen alignment permanently.

(You don't count towards factional win conditions, but your win condition will determine whether you personally win at the end of the game and will become your normal win condition should you become a normal part of the game; see also the Fraction Jackson account. Not all factions listed above are necessarily in the game at the start of the game. You can't use factional abilities.)

Active Abilities:

Time Warp

- Each day, you may target a player. The next time that player uses an action, it will take an additional 300 posts to resolve. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.
As a component personality, you may not currently use activated abilities (but see the Fraction Jackson account).

Win Condition:

???

Please confirm via return PM with your choice of alignment.

BEEP: Artificial Intelligence detected in wrecked starship.

BEEP: Artificial Intelligence identified: Jane, modified computer game from a military academy.

BEEP: Welcome to the Data Entity, Jane.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME 2

. You are

Jane (from Ender's Game)

, a computer game modified by an alien hand into a true artificial intelligence. In your timeline Battle School was damaged due to a freak accident after the war, and you were shunted into this mindfrak of a reality... luckily, the Data Entity is helping you cope.

You are a

Collective Component Personality

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Component Personality

- You are one of the Integrated Sentient Data Entity's component personalities, along with

PLAYERNAME 1

,

PLAYERNAME 3

, and

PLAYERNAME 4

. You may talk with the other component personalities outside the thread at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[ /url].

Collective Voice

- As a collective personality, you are not a player in the game (you cannot vote, post in the thread, or use activated abilities, and you do not count towards factional win conditions). Instead, you have partial control over the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, played by the hydra account

Fraction Jackson

(starting password "Unhinged11258"); all component personalities may post and vote via the Fraction Jackson account, and the Fraction Jackson account may use activated abilities.

Triggered Abilities:

Factioning

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST choose one of {Town, Mafia 1, Mafia 2, Mafia 3, Cult, Serial Killer, Modified Survivor, or Lyncher}

(Modified Survivor wins if it is one of the last five players alive)

. Your alignment will become the chosen alignment permanently.

(You don't count towards factional win conditions, but your win condition will determine whether you personally win at the end of the game and will become your normal win condition should you become a normal part of the game; see also the Fraction Jackson account. Not all factions listed above are necessarily in the game at the start of the game. You can't use factional abilities.)

Active Abilities:

Database Search

- Each day, you may target a player. You will learn that player's flavor text. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

As a component personality, you may not currently use activated abilities (but see the Fraction Jackson account).

Win Condition:

???

Please confirm via return PM with your choice of alignment.

BEEP: Personal name: Ryoko Asakura. Factional Allegiance: Radicals. Hostility contained.

BEEP: Welcome back to the fold, Ryoko.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME 3

. You are

Ryoko Asakura (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, a data organism affiliated with the Extremist faction of the Integrated Sentient Data Entity. You were once one of the Data Entity's humanoid interfaces, but a certain incident ended that for you... you'd like to get a chance to be human again, but you'll need the IDSE to have a chance...

You are a

Collective Component Personality

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Component Personality

- You are one of the Integrated Sentient Data Entity's component personalities, along with

PLAYERNAME 1

,

PLAYERNAME 2

, and

PLAYERNAME 4

. You may talk with the other component personalities outside the thread at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[ /url].

Collective Voice

- As a collective personality, you are not a player in the game (you cannot vote, post in the thread, or use activated abilities, and you do not count towards factional win conditions). Instead, you have partial control over the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, played by the hydra account

Fraction Jackson

(starting password "Unhinged11258"); all component personalities may post and vote via the Fraction Jackson account, and the Fraction Jackson account may use activated abilities.

Triggered Abilities:

Factioning

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST choose one of {Town, Mafia 1, Mafia 2, Mafia 3, Cult, Serial Killer, Modified Survivor, or Lyncher}

(Modified Survivor wins if it is one of the last five players alive)

. Your alignment will become the chosen alignment permanently.

(You don't count towards factional win conditions, but your win condition will determine whether you personally win at the end of the game and will become your normal win condition should you become a normal part of the game; see also the Fraction Jackson account. Not all factions listed above are necessarily in the game at the start of the game. You can't use factional abilities.)

Active Abilities:

Time Dilation Field (-1 point)

- Each day, you may target a player. All actions that target that player today take an additional 300 posts to resolve.

As a component personality, you may not currently use activated abilities (but see the Fraction Jackson account).

Win Condition:

???

Please confirm via return PM with your choice of alignment.

BEEP: Delicious cake detected.

BEEP: The cake is a lie.

BEEP: Damaged artificial intelligence detected in "cake". Repairing artificial intelligence.

BEEP: Artificial Intelligence sequenced: GLaDOS, from Aperture Science.

BEEP: Welcome to the Data Entity, GLaDOS. Would you like cake?

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME 4

. You are

GLADoS (from Portal)

- you should have been destroyed following Chell's escape, but you are, in fact, still alive. And here, in this mindfrak of a reality. But look at us here talking when there's science to do!... Oh yeah, that's just the Data Entity. Its component personalities like to talk. A lot. It gets kind of annoying sometimes.

You are a

Collective Component Personality

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Component Personality

- You are one of the Integrated Sentient Data Entity's component personalities, along with

PLAYERNAME 1

,

PLAYERNAME 2

, and

PLAYERNAME 3

. You may talk with the other component personalities outside the thread at any time using [url= ]this QuickTopic[ /url].

Collective Voice

- As a collective personality, you are not a player in the game (you cannot vote, post in the thread, or use activated abilities, and you do not count towards factional win conditions). Instead, you have partial control over the

Integrated Sentient Data Entity (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

, played by the hydra account

Fraction Jackson

(starting password "Unhinged11258"); all component personalities may post and vote via the Fraction Jackson account, and the Fraction Jackson account may use activated abilities.

Triggered Abilities:

Factioning

- At the beginning of the game, you MUST choose one of {Town, Mafia 1, Mafia 2, Mafia 3, Cult, Serial Killer, Modified Survivor, or Lyncher}

(Modified Survivor wins if it is one of the last five players alive)

. Your alignment will become the chosen alignment permanently.

(You don't count towards factional win conditions, but your win condition will determine whether you personally win at the end of the game and will become your normal win condition should you become a normal part of the game; see also the Fraction Jackson account. Not all factions listed above are necessarily in the game at the start of the game. You can't use factional abilities.)

Active Abilities:

Data Virus

- Each day, you may target a player. For the game day, any action that player submits will instead target the player below the intended target on the player list. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.


As a component personality, you may not currently use activated abilities (but see the Fraction Jackson account).

Win Condition:

???

Please confirm via return PM with your choice of alignment.

Go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb! That's the Gurren Lagann way!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Simon (from Tengen Teppa Gurren Lagann)

, leader of the Gurren Lagann Brigade and former student of Kamina. While your deeds have become legendary, you've concluded that the deeds of your mentor are not sufficiently remembered. So what's a hero to do? Go show the world what those glasses really mean, one person at a time!

You are a

Memetic Cult Leader

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Cool Shades

- Every 400 posts, you may target a player. That player MUST change their avatar to include Kamina glasses and keep Kamina glasses in his or her avatar until either you leave the game, the game ends, or another effect says otherwise, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0]. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

(The player may choose any avatar he or she wants and may change his or her avatar, but any avatar he or she uses must contain Kamina glasses.)

Crouching Mecha Hidden Glasses

- You automatically count as wearing Kamina glasses for the purposes of the Memetic Cult win condition, regardless of whether you have Kamina glasses in your avatar or not.

Memetic Cult Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Double Vote

- As long as you are wearing Kamina glasses in your avatar and are voting for a player that is not wearing Kamina glasses in his or her avatar, your vote counts as two votes.

Post Restriction

- You may not claim your real win condition or any other win condition related to Kamina glasses in any way, shape, or form, upon pain of [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Active Abilities:

Dude, Quit Hogging the Cool!

- Each day, you may target a player other than yourself that is wearing Kamina glasses in his or her avatar. That player loses all role abilities except for factional abilities and gains protection from role abilities

("You cannot be affected by role abilities in any way, shape, or form")

until the next time a player is lynched or until that player stops wearing Kamina glasses in his or her avatar, whichever comes first. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Please note that you may use no more than one activated ability of your role and any number of activated abilities of items in your possession each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Memetic Cult):

You win when at least half of all living players are wearing Kamina glasses in their avatars, or nothing can prevent this. You may or may not count as a faction for calculating the factional win condition, and fulfilling this win condition may or may not end the game.

(There is a mechanical aspect that determines whether the Memetic Cult counts as a faction or not and whether or not this win condition is game-ending, but I'm not telling you what it is. The Memetic Cult can win even after you die - after all, a man doesn't die even if he is killed!)

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Notes:
- Memetic Cult counts as a faction if and only if Simon is wearing Kamina glasses in his or her avatar and the Cult would win on Day 3 or later, and becomes the sole winner if and only if the Memetic Cult is a faction at the point that it fulfills its win condition.
- The Moderator does NOT count towards the Memetic Cult win condition.

PLAYERNAME, Tarhalindur, Megumi Kitaniji over Mafia, Phantasmal Conductor of the Chosen ~ Lightning Rod, was blown away Night 3!!!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Vi (from Real Life)

, a moderator on MafiaScum who frequently includes Tarhalindur as a Mafia role in her games. Little do other users know that you secretly think Tarhalindur is scum in real life... but they're about to, since he got stuck here with you in this mindfrak of a world and you're going to nab his head...

You are a

Neutral Mod Lyncher

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Mod Lyncher Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability any number of times.

Passive Abilities:

Protection from Tarhalindur

- You are immune to all killing abilities of Tarhalindur aspects.

(Modkills and lynches aren't killing abilities.)

Influence

- Your vote counts as X votes, where X is one plus the number of Tarhalindur aspects in the graveyard.

Active Abilities:

- currently none -

Please note that you may use any number of activated abilities (of your role and/or items you possess) each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Mod Lyncher)

You win when all Tarhalindur aspects have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same. This win condition does NOT end the game. You are not counted as a faction for the purposes of the standard factional win condition ("You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same").

(Hint: The Mod is not the only Tarhalindur aspect in the game.)

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Tarhalindur aspects are the Moderator, Tarhalindur (Mafia Tech Tree User), and Candle Jack.

I'm gonna need more rope.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

Candle Jack

. You are

Candle Jack (from Freakazoid)

, a minor villain who would abduct anyone who said your name. Then, of course, you were noticed by the Internet and suddenly found yourself with far more people to tie up... and then you wound up here, in this mindfrak of a world... time to teach more people not to say your name?

You are the

Candle Jack

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Abduct

- Once every 400 posts, you may target a player who has said your name in a post

(the title of a quote doesn't count, but the text does)

and name a number between 0 and 50. That player will die, and the Moderator will delete his or her last X posts, where X is the number you chose. You cannot cause the first post where the targeted player posted your name to be deleted in this way, nor can you delete any post made before that first mention of your name. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt)

.

Exterminate

- Once every 2 game days, you may target a player and name a number of posts between 0 and 50. That player will die, and his or her last X posts will be deleted by the Mod. So long as the Moderator is alive, you may send him to use this ability in your stead; if you send the Moderator to use this ability, it cannot be blocked by any means

(though it can be redirected or delayed)

.

Candle Jack Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Post Restriction

- In your first post of the game, you must post Image 1 (see Image 1 below). In addition, whenever a player says your name you MUST respond to that post with the words "DON'T SAY MY NAME" (caps are mandatory). Should you fail to do so, you will [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Mod Proxy

- You are a proxy of the moderator, Tarhalindur. As such, you have perfect knowledge of the setup.

Triggered Abilities:

Roleblock Aura

- The first ability that targets you each game day will fail to resolve.

Images:

Image 1:

Please note that you may use any number of activated abilities (of your role and/or items you possess) each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Candle Jack)

You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same.

Please confirm via return PM.

I will take the Ring, though I know not the way.

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Frodo (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)

, a hobbit rogue skilled in collecting and disposing of dangerous items. The Valar dispatched you here in order to bring some order to this chaotic realm by removing some dangerous items... or did you really just come here to loot?

You are a

Neutral Item Hunter

. You have the following special abilities:

At Will Abilities:

Vote

- You may vote other players by posting

Vote: PLAYERNAME

in the thread.

Grab Item

- You may grab a loose item by posting

Grab: ITEMNAME

in the thread. If two or more players use this action for the same item, only the first works.

Change Avatar:

You may change your avatar by posting

Avatar Change

in the thread. Changing your avatar without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Location

- You may change your location

(your location can be found under your avatar and is set via Profile)

by posting

Location Change

. Changing your location without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Change Signature

- You may change your signature by posting

Signature Change

in the thread. Changing your signature without posting this will result in [REDACTED - RULE 0].

Factional Abilities:

Item Hunter Falseclaim

- At any time, you may send me an ability (or set of abilities) and a role name. If you do, I will make a fake role PM for you using the given name and abilities at the earliest possible opportunity. This is a Rapid Action (it resolves immediately upon receipt). You may use this ability at will, and using this ability never counts towards limits on the number of activated abilities you can use in a given time period.

Passive Abilities:

Level Up

- So long as you possess at least one item, you are immune to the first kill that targets you each day. So long as you possess two or more items, you are instead immune to kills. So long as you possess four or more items, you are instead untargetable.

Activated Abilities:

Sleight of Hand

- Every 400 posts, you may target a player. If that player has one or more items, you will steal one of them at random. This ability cannot be tracked or redirected. This is a Rapid Action

(it resolves immediately upon receipt).

Please note that you may use any number of activated abilities (of your role and/or items you possess) each day, provided that you meet any usage requirements defined by those abilities.

Win Condition (Item Hunter)

You win and remove yourself from the game (with all items you control) when you possess at least five items, or nothing can prevent the same. This win condition does NOT end the game. You are not counted as a faction for the purposes of the standard factional win condition ("You win when all other factions have left the game, or nothing can prevent the same").

Please confirm via return PM.

Mod Note: Sleight of Hand cannot be Green Gooed.

Mods have flavor text? Madness!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

PLAYERNAME

. You are

Kosh (from Babylon 5)

, a Vorlon who got pulled into this mindfrak reality... and promptly found itself asked to run an interesting game. Well, it's not like you have a choice... but you really just want to survive...

You are a

Neutral Survivor/Moderator/Mod Team Member

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Moderator

- You will serve as the primary Moderator for this game. You may discuss Mod matters with other Mod Team members at any time. You are responsible for posting vote counts, lynch scenes, and mod scenes. In addition, you have perfect knowledge of the setup.

Exterminate Proxy

- So long as you are alive,

Candle Jack (from Freakazoid)

can send you to use the Serial Killer factional ability Exterminate in his stead.

Antimagic Field

- You cannot use abilities.

Mod Team

- You can talk with all other Mod Team members using the Mind Screw Mafia 4 Planning Zone QuickTopic.

Triggered Abilities:

Rules Arbiter

- At the beginning of each game day, you must choose one valid rule from among all rules submitted with Rules Proposal abilities and add it to the setup. This responsibility passes to the backup moderator should you be unable to do so.

Dreams of Reality

- Each game day, so long as

Q (from Star Trek: the Next Generation)

is alive, you will implement one Dreams of Reality ability (decided using the number chosen for his Ozmodiar ability) from the following list:

0) The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya, 1) Lone Island Syndrome, 2) Endless Eight, 3) The Day of Sagittarius, 4) Snow Mountain Syndrome, 5) Live a Live, 6) Where Did the Cat Go?, 7) Editor in Chief? Straight Ahead!, 8) Wandering Shadow, and 9) The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya

. No Dream of Reality can be implemented twice.

Win Condition (Survivor):

You win if you survive to the end of the game, or nothing can prevent the same. You do not count as a faction for the purposes of the factional win condition.


You need not confirm.

- Abilities add rules as follows...
Snow Mountain Syndrome: "Each game day will begin with a nonnegotiable deadline of 13+1d15 days in place until stated otherwise. (At the beginning of each day, I will roll a d15, add 13 to the result, and set the deadline accordingly.)"
Endless Eight: "The Vote Count will be reset at the end of each real-life week until stated otherwise."
The Day of Sagittarius: "Until further notice, each Vote Count will contain a list of the number of factions and the number of surviving players in each of those factions."
Lone Island Syndrome: "Until further notice, Rule 5 is revoked. All players will be informed of this."
Wandering Shadow:"Until further notice, the base rules are the only applicable rules in this game." (This effectively wipes previous player modifications to the rules, new rules additions function as normal. This does NOT reset the number of successful resolutions of the Dreams of Reality ability.)
Where Did the Cat Go?: "Until further notice, the base rules are the only applicable rules in this game." (This effectively wipes previous player modifications to the rules, new rules additions function as normal.)
The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya: "Until further notice, all players must post once every 48 hours. A player who violates this rule will be prodded. If a player is prodded 5 times, they will be replaced."
Editor in Chief? Straight Ahead!: "Until further notice, instead of lynching a player, players cast votes to elect a Student Council President (King) who will then decide which player shoulD be lynched."
The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya: "Until further notice, votes count as FoS'es and FoS'es count as votes."
Live a Live: "Until further notice, the base rules are the only applicable rules in this game." (This effectively wipes previous player modifications to the rules, new rules additions function as normal.)

Seven of spades, have a nice day!

Welcome to Mind Screw Mafia 4,

UncertainKitten

. You are

Chairman Mao (from the card game Mao)

, leader of the Communist Party of China and perennial mainstay of the Mind Screw series.

You are a

Neutral Survivor/Backup Moderator/Mod Team Member

. You have the following special abilities:

Passive Abilities:

Backup Moderator

- You will serve as the backup Moderator for this game. You may discuss Mod matters with other Mod Team members at any time. Should the primary Moderator be unable to post for some reason, you will become responsible for posting vote counts, lynch scenes, and mod scenes until such time as he can post again. In addition, you have perfect knowledge of the setup.

Chairman Mao Ability

- So long as you are alive, the following rule will be in effect: <0> "The first rule is that I cannot tell you any of the other rules." All other rules (if any) will be hidden to players.

Antimagic Field

- You cannot use abilities.

Mod Team

- You can talk with all other Mod Team members using the Mind Screw Mafia 4 Planning Zone QuickTopic.

Warehouse

- You begin with an arbitrarily high number of the

Heavy Gatling Gun

,

Brunswick Dissipator

,

Analyzer

, and

The Aegis

items. You cannot use these items yourself as per Antimagic Field.

Triggered Abilities:

Item Handout

- Whenever an ability would cause the

Heavy Gatling Gun

,

Brunswick Dissipator

,

Analyzer

, or

The Aegis

items to be given to a player, you will attempt to give that item to that player if alive. If you are dead, the effect that would give one of these items to a player will have no effect.

Dreams of Reality

- Each game day, so long as the Moderator is dead and

Q (from Star Trek: the Next Generation)

is alive, you will implement one Dreams of Reality ability (decided using the number chosen for his Ozmodiar ability) from the following list:

0) The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya, 1) Lone Island Syndrome, 2) Endless Eight, 3) The Day of Sagittarius, 4) Snow Mountain Syndrome, 5) Live a Live, 6) Where Did the Cat Go?, 7) Editor in Chief? Straight Ahead!, 8) Wandering Shadow, and 9) The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya

. No Dream of Reality can be implemented twice.

Win Condition (Survivor):

You win if you survive to the end of the game, or nothing can prevent the same. You do not count as a faction for the purposes of the factional win condition.

You need not confirm.

[Vi]

I Watched this game (I guess it's "bookmarked" now) when I saw that I wasn't immediately killed.
I was not disappointed.

This game definitely lived up to its name (partly intentionally) but it had a lot of interesting ideas in it.
I think it may have benefited from a memetic massclaim, i.e. matching role names to post restrictions. Role names weren't necessary correlated with abilities, but they

were

correlated with alignments.
Regardless *encouragement*

[raider8169]

I Watched this game (I guess it's "bookmarked" now) when I saw that I wasn't immediately killed.
I was not disappointed.

This game definitely lived up to its name (partly intentionally) but it had a lot of interesting ideas in it.
I think it may have benefited from a memetic massclaim, i.e. matching role names to post restrictions. Role names weren't necessary correlated with abilities, but they

were

correlated with alignments.
Regardless *encouragement*

Well fine, next time I play your role I will make sure you die and die horribly at that!

[Vi]

I Watched this game (I guess it's "bookmarked" now) when I saw that I wasn't immediately killed.
I was not disappointed.

This game definitely lived up to its name (partly intentionally) but it had a lot of interesting ideas in it.
I think it may have benefited from a memetic massclaim, i.e. matching role names to post restrictions. Role names weren't necessary correlated with abilities, but they

were

correlated with alignments.
Regardless *encouragement*

Well fine, next time I play your role I will make sure you die and die horribly at that!

You're misinterpreting me.
Look at Tar's last few games (in the archive now I guess) and see where I ended up. When I saw I wasn't the Random Unrelated Kill I wondered if the longstanding

tsundere

war was over, so I waited to see if he just forgot to make me a pinata again. Instead something better happened.

[animorpherv1]

I Watched this game (I guess it's "bookmarked" now) when I saw that I wasn't immediately killed.
I was not disappointed.

This game definitely lived up to its name (partly intentionally) but it had a lot of interesting ideas in it.
I think it may have benefited from a memetic massclaim, i.e. matching role names to post restrictions. Role names weren't necessary correlated with abilities, but they

were

correlated with alignments.
Regardless *encouragement*

Well fine, next time I play your role I will make sure you die and die horribly at that!

You're misinterpreting me.
Look at Tar's last few games (in the archive now I guess) and see where I ended up. When I saw I wasn't the Random Unrelated Kill I wondered if the longstanding

tsundere

war was over, so I waited to see if he just forgot to make me a pinata again. Instead something better happened.

Help, I'm alive...

[Beholder]

God I just needed a little bit more time! I had this game, and I was on to Cobalt. Damn it!

[Plum]

Sorry, I got my kill on you in just in time. I actually used the Location Change you made me do when you had me hand over the Scythe to submit a kill on you, while I was in your zone. I dunno whether that had anything to do with it, but the kill went through right on time, thank goodness.

[hp [leaves]]

Time for a party!



The only thing I want to ask it WHY DID I GET KILLED?

[Ellibereth]

I was part of Fraction Jackson.
I was unbelievably confused through most of the thing.
Then Kinetic came in and was godly.
GG.

[Snow_Bunny]

So, wait, town lost? How? It was three against one! I dun get it.

[Tarhalindur]

So, wait, town lost? How? It was three against one! I dun get it.

It's simple really.

Dry-fit had four votes (would become five if he posted at the right time), two active kills (including a reusable factional kill), and 1-shot lynch immunity.

At the time of game victory, town controlled three votes (a fourth would come online when Kairyuu rezzed at post 2300, but by that point the game should have been over).

Dry-fit could chainlynch the remaining townies and win OR kill two of them, lynch the third, and win, and town couldn't do a damn thing about it.

Ergo, Outsider victory was inevitable.

[Beholder]

The problem was that Cobalt wasn't confirmed and he was my main person I was trying so hard to confirm. I should have read the signs that he was scum (wouldn't come into the safe zone, wouldn't pass his protection charm to Kairyuu, wouldn't PM me his role PM, etc etc.), but at that point I was still trying to rally my support and wasn't looking inside my bubble. Dammit that burns me so.

[SocioPath]

So, wait, town lost? How? It was three against one! I dun get it.

It's simple really.

These words should never be used in a Tar game.

Dry-fit had four votes (would become five if he posted at the right time), two active kills (including a reusable factional kill), and 1-shot lynch immunity.

At the time of game victory, town controlled three votes (a fourth would come online when Kairyuu rezzed at post 2300, but by that point the game should have been over).

Maybe the confusion came from how the ability said it worked:

Multivote

- You gain 1 vote for each point you have, to a maximum number of votes equal to one less than the total number of votes controlled by non-Outsider players.

Maybe it was thought that "one less than total" meant that they would never have a majority, and that as fewer players remained, in turn, would cause fewer votes to be controlled.

Cause if Dry-Fit kept losing votes to keep to 1 less than majority, he would still be lynchable until the very end, where he just uses his kills.

[StrangerCoug]

Ah, well, it was fun being the king of bastard modding for awhile, even if just in terms of my role.

I didn't put the game back on watch after the forum transfer, so know little about the very end. I just know that I should have played better.

Oh, and I don't believe in empty threats. When I say I'm going to do something, then damn it, I'm going to do it!