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Gypyx's Mini Normal Review, August 2020

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:06 am
by implosion
Gypyx wrote:Hello, i signed up to mod a mini normal, if i didn't mess up anything i must send you the setup?

Anyways here it is

Public info :

All threads have daytalk
Ratio is 10 : 3

Setup :
Town Vengeful
Town Combined Vigilante Hider
Town Ascetic Indecisive Neighbour Doctor
Town Role Watcher Neighbour
Town Mailman
VT *5
Mafia Odd-night Complex PT cop
Mafia Informed (knows that there is an ascetic player in the game)
Mafia Goon

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:06 am
by implosion
Primary: schadd_
Secondary: Something_Smart

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:18 am
by Gypyx
So, here were my thoughts behind the setup

I wanted a setup with

Spreaded town power (to help with consistency / avoid forcing players to just try to stay alive so that they can use thier power)

Farily high kill potential (first time modding, so i'd like to keep that game fairly short, and i like to reward town for having good reads)

Original / underused roles (might be obvious by looking at the setup)

But other than that the setup is fairly random, i tried to keep a small synergy between the roles while still leaving doubt if massclaim happens

And also, this setup isn't the one i originally designed, but while submitting it, i realized that a role was non-normal so i made a quick fix, maybe it is scumsided but i'm not sure

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:37 am
by Something_Smart
Beep boop

How does a vigilante hider work? Wouldn't they die because their target dies?

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:41 am
by Gypyx
Exactly, a suicide bomber basically

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:04 am
by Something_Smart
Idk if I'm supposed to keep my mouth shut until the primary has said his piece but it's schadd so I bet he won't care.

Feels fairly scumsided to me. The vig effectively has the power to dictate the execution for one cycle at the cost of being the NK, which makes it roughly equivalent to one conftown. The role watcher can clear the doctor if the two happen to coordinate. Probably the strongest thing that can happen is if the vengeful gets a kill and then the doctor gets a save, but that seems unlikely because scum will probably know to shoot the ascetic claim when they are on evens.

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:16 am
by Gypyx
I see, i'm trying to find ways to rebalance this but i'll wait for schadd's opinion

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:23 am
by schadd_
yes it is scumsided - in dispersing the roles you've left none of them very powerful

to begin with i would describe mailman as nothing, neighborhood as nothing and role watcher as close to nothing - a good benchmark for these is that they can't really produce alignment-based info on their own (you would think that players are able to sort better in a neighborhood but empirically that seems to not be very true)

vengeful + suicide bomber, with their powers combined, resemble a 1-shot vig

and then theres a slightly gated doctor, which is still strong but not enough to carry here

if you turned the vigilante into just a full ungated vigilante, i'd think we town was still short. adding some other invest power (something small to combine with the mailman? sounds fun) would do it

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:26 am
by schadd_
In post 5, Something_Smart wrote:Idk if I'm supposed to keep my mouth shut until the primary has said his piece
the secondary reviewer has freedom of expression

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:39 am
by Gypyx
Hmmmm, how about this?

Town Vengeful
Town Novice 3-shot Vigilante
Town Ascetic Indecisive Neighbour Doctor
Town Role Watcher Neighbour
Town Combined Mailman Vanilla Cop
Town 1-shot bulletproof
VT *4
Mafia Odd-night Complex PT cop
Mafia Informed (knows that there is an ascetic player in the game)
Mafia Goon

Changes made :

Vigilante Hider -> Novice 3-shot Vigilante
Mailman -> Combined Mailman / Vanilla cop
And add a 1-shot bulletproof

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:42 am
by Gypyx
Or, would a universal backup be a good alternative to some of these changes?

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:36 am
by schadd_
bothered by the fewness of vanilla roles here - it is generally preferred that at least half of town are VTs. you can solve this by putting the BP on one of the roles - vengeful would be a good idea. i'd pass with that change after i saw the role PMs

not really into UB for this setup, i think it is a more meaningful role when there are fewer PRs

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:41 am
by Gypyx
So

Town Vengeful 1-shot bulletproof
Town Novice 3-shot Vigilante
Town Ascetic Indecisive Neighbour Doctor
Town Role Watcher Neighbour
Town Combined Mailman Vanilla Cop
VT *5
Mafia Odd-night Complex PT cop
Mafia Informed (knows that there is an ascetic player in the game)
Mafia Goon

Writing the role PM's

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:49 am
by Gypyx
Just realized i mixed up two roles, i meant to use a traffic analysist instead of a PT cop, i'm changing to that as it doesn't cause much of a difference, i hope you don't mind

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:06 am
by Gypyx
Role Pm's

town 1-shot bulletproof VengefulWelcome to the game ! You are a
Town 1-shot bulletproof Vengeful


If you are executed, you may choose to kill someone during twilight

You also are passively protected from the first kill that targets you

Your goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


When executed :

You have been executed ! You have 24 hours to sumbit someone to kill, or to tell that you don't kill anyone

Town Novice 3-shot VigilanteWelcome ! You are a
Town Novice 3-shot Vigilante


On any night following night 1, and 3 times during the game, you may choose to kill someone

Your goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


Town Ascetic Indecisive Neighbour DoctorWelcome ! You are a
Town Ascetic Indecisive Doctor Neighbour


You are part of a Neighborhood along with [PLAYER] you may talk here at any time

You may, each night, target a player that you haven't targeted last night, that player will be protected from kills this night

You are Ascetic, meaning that every non-kill action that targets you will fail

Your Goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


Town Role-Watcher NeighbourWelcome ! You are a
Town Role Watcher Neighbour


You are part of a Neighborhood along with [PLAYER] you may talk here at any time

You may each night, watch someone, you will know the role of every person who targeted them but not who targeted them

Your Goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


Results :

You saw the following roles visit [TARGET] :
  • You didn't see anyone visit [TARGET]

    You didn't receive any result, your action failed

    Town Combined Mailman Vanilla CopWelcome ! You are a
    Town Combined Mailman Vanilla Cop


    You may each night, target a player, you will both
    - make the moderator send them a private message of your choice, this message will be specified as coming from another player
    -check if the player you target is a Vanilla role or not

    Your Goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


    Results PM :

    [TARGET] is not a Vanilla role

    [TARGET] is a Vanilla role

    You didn't receive any result, your action failed

    Mail PM :

    You received a private message from another player ! It says : [MAIL]

    Vanilla TownieWelcome ! You are a
    Vanilla Townie


    You posess no ability other than your voice and your vote

    Your Goal is to eliminate every threat to the town, you may find the game thread here


    Mafia Odd-Night Complex Traffic AnalystWelcome ! You are a
    Mafia Odd-Night Complex Traffic Analyst


    You are a member of the mafia, along with [PLAYER] and [PLAYER] you may talk in your factional chathere you may also chose perform the factional nightkill

    On Odd-nights (night 1, 3, 5 ect...) you may Target a player, you will learn if that player has access to private communication, your action will fail if you target a Vanilla player

    You win if you wipe out the town, or if nothing can prevent this from happening, you may find the game thread here


    Results PM :

    [TARGET] has access to private communication

    [TARGET] doesn't has access to private communication

    You didn't receive any result, your action failed

    Mafia InformedWelcome ! You are a
    Mafia Informed



    You are a member of the mafia, along with [PLAYER] and [PLAYER] you may talk in your factional chathere you may also chose perform the factional nightkill

    You know that there is an ascetic player in the game, this information will be redacted upon your flip

    You win if you wipe out the town, or if nothing can prevent this from happening, you may find the game thread here


    Mafia GoonWelcome ! You are a
    Mafia Goon


    You are a member of the mafia, along with [PLAYER] and [PLAYER] you may talk in your factional chathere you may also chose perform the factional nightkill

    You win if you wipe out the town, or if nothing can prevent this from happening, you may find the game thread here

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:08 am
by Gypyx
Uhhh, sorry for the size problems, my mistake

Also, i guess i should get a backup mod, where is a good place to ask i someone would want to be a backup mod?

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:13 am
by Gypyx
Nevermind, found the backup mod subforum

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 10:21 am
by schadd_
role PMs good

Q for implo: does rolewatcher give a full rolecop result on the perpetrator or just the component that did the action

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 10:26 am
by implosion
It gives a Full rolecop result (but without saying on who).
Role watcher: target a player. You will receive a list of all roles that target them, or you will be told that your action failed. This ability sees roles, not actions; so, for instance, if a loyal cop targets someone, this role would say that a loyal cop targeted them. If a doctor fruit vendor protected someone, this role would say that a doctor fruit vendor targeted them, but would not be able to tell whether they were protected or vended to.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:05 am
by Gypyx
So... review is done or is there still stuff left to do? (sorry if i sound impatient, i might be overhyped to mod this ^^')

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:55 am
by schadd_
this is ready for signups

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:54 am
by Gypyx
Alright, thanks for reviewing

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:14 pm
by implosion
in putting this setup into signups, i am realizing that this review team has underscore synergy

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:20 am
by Gypyx
Thanks, by the way i'm still looking for a backup moderator (more as a safety measure) and i haven't received anyone interested so would someone here mind giving a hand?