Zelda Mafia Round 2, Night 2

[Cravdraa]

New thread because the old one blew up.

Table of Contents
Day 1
Night 1



The Players

1. Daos
2. Marilink
3. kingeric
4. HotD
5. Wyborn: Postman, Townie, (Day 1)
6. Saria Dragon
7. Shadow_Kirby
8. NintendoGod
9. CuccoLady
10. i_am_nobody
11. That Guy
12. Swordmaster Link
13. X-3
14. Blake: Takkuri Buzzard, Independant, (night 1)
15. ZeldaGirl
16. Mikhail Gorbachev
17. Gearz replaced by Zant Ten
18. Chunky Kong
19. Rayman FREAK
20. TML
21. SilverWind


Greeting! I believe you all know me. That's right, I'm Crav and I'll be hosting this game of Zelda mafia. I've put a lot of effort into it, so I hope you'll all enjoy it.

In "Mafia" the players are divided into two groups; the Town, and the Mafia.
If you're a member of the town you win if, at any point, all of the mafia members have been eliminated. If you are a member of the Mafia, you win if the Mafia ever comprises a majority of the remaining players.

Here's the game works.
The rules of mafia are simple. Each game "day" is divided into day and night.
During the day, the players post in this topic, trying to decide which members of the Town are actually Mafia in disguise.

Each player gets one vote, and whenever one player has a majority of the town's votes, that player is lynched by the town, and is eliminated.

During the day, the town tries to decide who is acting evil, and debates about who to lynch. However, the mafia will try to mislead the town into lynching a town member instead.

Each day lasts until one player is lynched or until the time limit has passed. After a player is lynched, the day ends, and it becomes night. No player may post in the thread during the night. During the night, the mafia chooses one player to hit, and will PM me their choice. That player is killed, and eliminated. Also during the night, some players may have night abilities (detailed after the game begins. If they wish to use these, they PM me with their actions during the night).
Play continues in this day/night sequence until either side's victory condition is met, at which point the game is over.

Players with beneficial night abilities would be best to keep them secret, so as not to become instant nightkill targets for the mafia. Therefore, it's usually best to keep your abilities secret for at least the first portion of the game.

1. Vote by bolding your choice. It should look like this.
Vote: Person

2. There will be NO post editing. If you made a spelling mistake, then so long as it's still readable, then leave it be. I might be a little more lenient about this in the beginning, but once we get on in days, I will reserve the right to modkill you. Sorry, but this is in place so evidence stays put.

3. Please be active. By signing up you're stating that you know this game may take a while, and that the other players are depending on you to play. If you go inactive without any real reason why, I will reserve the right to replace/modkill you.

4. Don't post anything game related during the night.

5. You are not to communicate to other players about this game outside of it unless it's stated by your role.

6. All PMs concerning night skills must be sent to me.

7. Don't quote my PMs. You can paraphrase, but that's it.

8. At the beginning of the game, "Days" will last five actual days, and "Nights" will last two actual days so keep that in mind when going for a lynch, or using your night skills. This may change if I see that we need more or less time.

9. In the last game there was quite a bit of confusion about role playing and it turned into a big mess. So I'm saying this now. IF YOU WISH TO ROLE PLAY IT IS NEITHER RECOMENDED NOR IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO ROLEPLAY YOUR SECRET ROLE! If the mafia know your role then they can pick and choose when they want you dead. This is hardly ideal, so you probably shouldn't do it.

Zelda mafia

Because this game is zelda themed, almost everybody will have a role or item related to the games. This time I've decided to go ahead with the Majora's Mask theme.

Items are a special feature of this game.
Items behave very similar to an ability you might have, but the difference is that items are usually single use, and they can be sent to other players, if you so choose. (This should be done by PMing me what the item is and who you wish to send it to.) Items can only be sent during the night, however, you can send multiple items in one night, if you so choose.
An item can be used the same night as one of your abilities, unless stated otherwise by your role.

By the way, This game also feature a couple of what are called, Hero characters. Basicly the mafia can't win unless all of the heros have been killed.

Status ailments
While playing, you may find that some how or another you've been given a bad status. These are what you need to look out for:

Cursed: You've been cursed. You can't use any abilities for one whole day or night. Tough luck. Hopefully you didn't have anything important to do.

Poisoned: You've been poisoned! It's not life threatening but the next day, you'll only be able to make 5 posts before colapsing and sleeping it off. Better make them count.

Dazed: You just aren't feeling completely all there. You get confused easily. Theres a 33% chance an ability used while you have this condition could miss the target you intend and hit a different player.

Basic mafia
Here's an example of a Night/Day phase.


NIGHT PHASE: There is very little to no talking. All roles with abilities must send their actions to the Game Moderator before the chosen time limit is up, otherwise, they will find their turn skipped.

ACTIONS OCCUR: The Moderator posts and explains what happens, being as vague or specific as they choose. This is where people are declared dead and whatnot, and NIGHT becomes DAY.

DAY PHASE: This is where the game gets interesting. A time limit is set, and a majority of persons still alive must be reached vote-wise on a single person. Once this occurs, that individual will be lynched, killed, and their role revealed. IF no majority is reached, then there is no lynch. Players are allowed to discuss during this phase: and where the whole 'trickery, deceit, and lies' part comes in.

ONCE A MAJORITY IS/ISN'T REACHED: The Moderator, if there is a lynch, reveals the role of the voted out person. DAY becomes NIGHT, and the cycle begins again.


You will all be getting your role PM's soon. If you have a question, DO NOT ask what your role does in this topic (common sense.)
Instead PM me your question and I'll do my best to answer it.

[ZeldaGirl]

Note to mods: Let's keep the other thread stickied, that way if necessary, it will be easily accessed (for references or quotations and the like).

[Cravdraa]

A large vulture flew lazily over Termina Field, enjoying the cool breeze of the night. Far below he spotted a lone traveler. Making a wide sweeping turn, the bird changed it's direction to see where the traveler could possibly be headed at this hour. It was then that something shiny caught his eye. The traveler was carrying something that glinted in the moonlight. Without a second thought, the bird tucked it's wings against it's sides and went into a speeding divebomb. The traveler didn't see him coming until it was too late. Powerful talons gripped his prize and he flew off with sparkling treasure in tow.

He landed on a low branch to admire his catch. It was beautiful. It would look lovely as a decoration for his nest.
Something else flashed in the moonlight.
The vulture's head was taken clean off. His feathers were plucked, his body roasted over a fire and then eaten. By morning nothing remained but a pile of bones.

Blake was the Takkuri Buzzard, Item Horder, Independant

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day 2, 2007

Darling Don't Die! Lethal Courtroom Error?
Reviewing the grim execution one of our citizens yesterday, Town officials found that, not only was he an innocent man, but he'd also been sentenced under an inaccurate vote.
"It turns out that one of the jury votes was counted twice. Boy, were our faces red!
Sadly, there's no way to correct our mistake. The damage is done, and nobody can turn back time. We messed up badly and we're sorry."

This tragic story took a bizarre twist when it was discovered that the man's grave was completely empty.
The graveyard caretaker, Mr. Dampe had this to say.
"Corpses get up and wander off on their own all the time. I see it every night. Nothing unusual."

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Pictograph corner
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Welcome to a new section of our fine publication!
We've recently hired a professional pictographer to take pictographs of interesting people that visit our city and the areas around it. The only problem is that we're on a budget, and hiring the pictographer used up all of our funding. Because of this, we are unable to show you the pictograph he sent in. Instead, we'll do the next best thing: Describe it to you!

Today's picture is a wildlife photo set in a wooded area south of Clock Town. It depicts an enormous bird, perched on a branch and holding a bottle in it's right talon. Somebody, presumably a nature enthusiast, is sneaking up on the bird from behind, carrying sword.

Dawn of Day Two.
(118 hours remaining)

The day will end late Thursday.
With 19 left it takes 10 to lynch.

[Daos]

Carrying a sword? Please don't tell me we have a hero with bad aim again.

[ZeldaGirl]

^What if it's the slasher?


Oh, my mind is BUZZING with questions... let me go off and ponder a moment...

[Wyborn]

Originally Posted by ZeldaGirl

Note to mods: Let's keep the other thread stickied, that way if necessary, it will be easily accessed (for references or quotations and the like).

I was just gonna archive it, but all right.

[ZeldaGirl]

^Well, whatever is easiest. I, for one, plan on going through it for quotations. I don't mind - it's your forum, do as you please.

[Daos]

Well, seems there is more then one independant role this game anyways. I'll have some more later but right now I'm going to bed.

[Tales of CuccoLady]

It could be anything.

It could be Link killing it.

It could be the slasher.

It could be the mafia.

We don't know at this point... but right now I'm pondering why there was only one night kill last night. We probably have another protector character, like Impa was last time... just a theory, mind you.

DOUBLE POST

That said, I'm gonna sleep now too. Or nap. Or whatever.

[ZeldaGirl]

Things on ZeeGee's mind:

1) THERE WAS ONLY ONE MURDER!!! WHAT HAPPENED!?

2) Blake - it said he was an INDEPENDENT. It didn't specifically SAY he was the SLASHER... BUT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE MURDER? Is it possible that the mafia took out the serial killer? Or did the HERO kill him?

3)

Reviewing the grim execution one of our citizens yesterday, Town officials found that, not only was he an innocent man, but he'd also been sentenced under an inaccurate vote.
"It turns out that one of the jury votes was counted twice. Boy, were our faces red!
Sadly, there's no way to correct our mistake. The damage is done, and nobody can turn back time. We messed up badly and we're sorry."

This tragic story took a bizarre twist when it was discovered that the man's grave was completely empty.
The graveyard caretaker, Mr. Dampe had this to say.
"Corpses get up and wander off on their own all the time. I see it every night. Nothing unusual."

Wow, there was an inaccurate vote? Hmm...
Oh, and does this mean Wy will still be able to participate in some capacity?

4)

Today's picture is a wildlife photo set in a wooded area south of Clock Town. It depicts an enormous bird, perched on a branch and holding a bottle in it's right talon. Somebody, presumably a nature enthusiast, is sneaking up on the bird from behind, carrying sword.

...Wait! This is a picture of the murder! The thing is, WHO is doing the murdering? Mafia, hero, or slasher...?

[Mikhail Gorbachev]

Originally Posted by CuccoLady

We probably have another protector character, like Impa was last time... just a theory, mind you.

Last time, if the person I protected was attacked, I would instead be killed. This seems to be a 'great fairy' thing, and whoever was protected with a fairy and attacked survived, like what happened the first time ace was attacked last game. (the mafia was clueless, as well as the the townies)

[SilverWind]

Alright, everyone-- let's take this day fresh, with new evidence having priority over yesterday's craaaaaazy theories.

We're lucky that the hit took out an Independant with (given the description of the character) win priorities that probably wouldn't mesh with Townie goals at all.

There was only one death last night, but this is a bit interesting-- because if there is a 'Slasher' role, either they didn't take action, or s/he or the Mafia were blocked in an attempt. Perhaps it's a bit of a reach, but by Crav's description of the killer (some guy with a sword who bothered to sit down and eat the bird after!) I'm guessing that it's the Mafia that failed. Any thoughts on that?

...You guys write too quickly. :P That's what, five posts before I hit reply?

[ZeldaGirl]

^The hero COULD be Link though... in which case, BOTH the mafia and the slasher failed (unless the slasher just DIDN'T take action... perhaps because he's an inactive player that didn't send any PM's?).

I agree with Fnord, there must be some lucky people out there last night who had bottled fairies protecting them (or some other form).

[SilverWind]

Reading up and trying to gather my thoughts: Re the one death only -- So there could be a fairy involved, or an action was withheld, or someone can't be killed without some sort of special condition, perhaps? (That'd mean some sort of uber ability. <3)

[Cravdraa]

Important

I set up a table of contents in the first post. You can use it to browse the old topic.

[The Missing Link]

Wow... this completely changes my whole thought pattern. Grrr... and I had a really long post written up for today too... and all of that is now down the drain. Poo.

Last time Ganon couldn't be killed at night unless it was the Hero with the Master Sword. I wouldn't be surprised if we had another character like that, and I would hazard the stray guess that--IF there is one--it would be Majora. Maybe you need the Fierce Diety Mask or something. X) But if the Slasher AND the Mafia both put out kills last night, assuming there's only one person immune to night kills (since having two would just be silly!), there'd have been a 9.75% chance of stumbling upon that. Still possible, but it's not likely.

There's also the possibility that the Mafia and the Slasher went for the same target. That would happen with a probability of 5%.

A bottled fairy is a possibility as well, although the odds of that are impossible to predict. We can't say for certain how many bottled fairies there would be in the game. Assuming there's only one, the odds are back to 9.75%; if there are two fairies, that's 19% chance.

There could easily be a Protector role in the game as well. There was a Great Fairy in Round One, and that role could protect a person from being night-killed. That'd also be at 9.75% chance assuming there's one and presuming that the Protector protected someone.

Of course, there could be roles that generally negate other people's abilities as well (not just kills). There's the cursed status effect, although I believed that that would take effect for the next night... *shrug* Who knows what Crav has put into this game!

And of course, there's the silly possibility that the Mafia couldn't come to an agreement (XD) or the Slasher forgot to send in a PM... (Yeah, not counting on this one either...)

All of this assumes that the Hero didn't (or couldn't) make a kill last night, that we only had two parties that were interested in making kills. (Just so no one criticises my mathematics. >_>)

At any rate, all of the possibilities come up to extremely low odds. Which means that--unless I'm missing some obvious solution--we must be extremely lucky here to not have two people die last night...

Originally Posted by Daos

Well, seems there is more then one independant role this game anyways. I'll have some more later but right now I'm going to bed.

Daos, when you wake up, answer me this: "more than one independent role this game"? Please tell me you're referring to the Slasher and not yourself...

[ZeldaGirl]

Crav, It says the pages aren't found...

All of this assumes that the Hero didn't (or couldn't) make a kill last night, that we only had two parties that were interested in making kills. (Just so no one criticises my mathematics. >_>)

I suck at math, so don't worry...

So, are you saying that you do not believe it was the hero that killed Blake? Or am I misreading that (it's late, so that is a good possibility).

[The Missing Link]

EDIT: Actually, come to think of it, the numbers are totally off on this one. I was doing all of my number-crunching assuming that all the kills were out of 20 possible targets... but the Mafia would be loons to target their own (meaning 15 legal kills, assuming 5 Mafia), and the Slasher would be the worst Slasher ever if he targeted himself (meaning 19 legal kills).

So 9.5% goes up to 11.58%. And 5% goes down to 4.9%.

[Cravdraa]

Fixed.