[Mafia/WW] A Crazy Idea

[Unavenger]

Welcome to the Crazy Idea mafia, which is my take on the Great/Greater/Greatest idea mafia games. If you don't know how it works, read on!

The Basics of Mafia

Every player is part of one of the game's factions: usually either a member of the town (who are a large faction unaware of who are town and who are mafia) or the mafia (who are a small faction, but are aware of the other members of the mafia, can communicate with each other, and can remove one target from the game each night). The game cycles through days and nights, and each day, all of the players in the game vote between them for one player to be removed from the game. The game ends when only one faction remains, or nothing can prevent this from happening.

A Crazy Idea

You will be dealt three cards. Each of those cards will have a power, and a faction. You must choose one of the three cards and gain that power, then choose a second card and gain that faction. For example, if you draw "Killing Town", "Investigative Mafia", and "Innocent-Looking Alien", you could choose Killing from the first card, mafia from the second card and discard the card saying "Innocent-Looking alien."

Note: Discarded cards, and only discarded cards, are public. All players will get information like this:

"Unavenger discarded Innocent-Looking Alien".

If by some miracle one faction starts with control of the game (for example, 4 town+5 mafia or 9 town), all cards are reshuffled and picks start again. No cards are revealed. This is very rare.

Factions

If there are fewer than 10 players, there will be two factions, the town and the mafia. If there are 10 or more players, alien cards will be added to the deck. If there are 14 or more players, werewolf cards will be added to the deck. If there are 18 or more players, cultist cards will be added to the deck.

The town are your bog-standard town. You're more likely to have lots of allies as town, but you don't get any special abilities.
The mafia and the werewolves are both ordinary mafia-style factions. Each one gets a nightkill, and each one has factional chat.
The aliens don't have a nightkill, but do get a factional chat. Any non-killing role is stronger on an alien than it is on any other faction.
The cult have a factional conversion. Any time the cult use their ability on a member of the town, that player joins the cult. Any time the cult use their ability on anyone else, the cult is informed of the faction (but not the role) of the target.

There is also one Survivor card and one Serial Killer card thrown into the mix. The survivor wins if they last to the end of the day, and the Serial Killer acts as a mafia of one. If you were dealt, but didn't pick, one of those roles, you know none are in the game!

Abilities

The ability on your card may change depending on the faction, so they are grouped under headings here. For example, if your faction is "Alien" and your role is listed as "Innocent-Looking", then you gain the alien's Innocent-Looking role, "Psychotrooper."

If you are a Survivor you gain the listed town ability, and if you are a werewolf or a serial killer you gain the listed mafia ability.

Killing

Town or Alien Vigilante: Once per night, you can choose one target and kill that target.

Mafia Strongman: When you perform the factional kill, it can't be blocked.

Cult Fanatic: When you perform the factional conversion, if you target a member of the mafia, a werewolf or an alien, the target is killed.

Investigative

Town Seer: Once per night, you can choose one target. You learn that target's FACTION.

Mafia or Cult Spy: Once per night, you can choose one target. You learn that target's ROLE TYPE.

Alien Researcher: Once per night, you can choose one target. You learn that target's FACTION and ROLE.

Innocent-Looking

Town Innocent Child: At any point, day or night, you can post "REVEAL: INNOCENT CHILD". When you do, all of the votes on you are removed (although they can be re-added) and I will confirm your alignment as soon as I can. You will be revealed as either town or survivor, as appropriate.

Mafia or Cult Secret Agent: If investigated during the night by a seer, you are listed as TOWN. If you are investigated during the night by a spy, you give NO RESULT. If you are investigated by a researcher, you give TOWN INNOCENT CHILD.

Alien Psychotrooper: Once only, at night, you can use your ability. Whether or not your ability is active, you have the powers of a secret agent above. If you activate your ability, ALL investigations are incorrect.

Protective

Town, Mafia or Cult Doctor: Once per night, you can choose a player. That player is immune to night kills the same night. You cannot target yourself twice consecutively.

Alien Protector: Once per night, you can choose a player. That player is immune to everything the same night. You cannot target yourself twice consecutively.

Roleblocking

Town, Mafia or Cult Roleblocker: Once per night, you can choose a player. That player cannot activate their ability this night.

Alien Mindslaver: Once per night, you can choose a player. That player cannot activate their ability this night. You may activate their ability by attempting to choose a new target for it. If you choose a valid target, you use their ability on that target.

Tracking

Town Watcher: Once per night, you can choose a player. You learn WHO TARGETED that player.

Mafia Tracker: Once per night, you can choose a player. You learn WHO WAS TARGETED BY that player.

Cult Stalker: Once per night, you can choose a player. You learn WHAT ACTIONS WERE TARGETED AT that player.

Alien Overseer: Once per night, you can choose a player. You learn WHO DID WHAT TO that player and WHO WAS TARGETED BY that player, but NOT WHAT THAT PLAYER DID.

(Suppose person A heals person B, and person B roleblocks person C. The following are the investigative results on B:

Watcher: A targeted B.
Tracker: B targeted C.
Stalker: B was healed.
Overseer: A healed B, and B targeted C.

Jack of All Trades

Town, Mafia, Cult or Alien JOAT: You may use your faction's Investigative, Protective and Roleblocking powers once each ever.

Universal Backup

Town, Mafia, Cult or Alien Universal Backup: The first time ever that a member of your faction dies, you gain their powers. If you are the only member of your faction, you immediately gain the role listed on your discarded card instead.

Players So Far

AvatarVecna
Valmark
Logic
Xihirli
Snowblaze
Elenna
gac3
Apogee1
Duck999
flat_footed
Smasher0404
BasketOfPuppies
JoyWonderLove
bc56
Kgato503
trtl
Logan1996
Lord Athos
CaomhinTheCape
Aventine
DukeGod

[AvatarVecna]

Sounds like fun. In.

[Valmark]

Signing in!

[Caerulea]

Not like I have anything else to do.

[Logic]

I'll bite.
In.

[Valmark]

If anyone is interested, there should be around 48 combinations.

[Unavenger]

If anyone is interested, there should be around 48 combinations.

I make it 56: (Town+Mafia+WW+Alien+Cult+Surv+SK) is 7 and (Kill+Invest+IL+Protect+RB+Track+JOAT+UB) is 8. There are also nineteen differently named roles (Vigil, Strong, Fanatic, Seer, Spy, Researcher, IC, Secret Agent, Psychotrooper, Doctor, Protector, RB, Mindslaver, Watcher, Tracker, Stalker, Overseer, JOAT and UB). In a game of infinite size, 42 different role-alignment combinations can appear in one game.

[Valmark]

Yeah, you're right, there were 56, not 48. I think I skipped the cultists by mistake. Or counted only sk or ww instead of both.

[Xihirli]

Ah.
So you made a game for me.
That's so sweet!

[Snowblaze]

In.

@Valmark: you might want to sign up a bit later to avoid self-voting.

[Valmark]

I won't run away from my fears!

[Xihirli]

What, are you going to run away from someone else's fears?

[Elenna]

In

[Valmark]

What, are you going to run away from someone else's fears?

Well duh, there must be a reason if other people are scared of it.

[JeenLeen]

Also in. Need to read the rules more, but sounds fun and crazy.

[gac3]

Haven't read it but I'm in

[Apogee1]

I'm in -- this looks like a lot of fun!

[Duck999]

I'm in. Not sure if it's crazy enough though.

[flat_footed]

In. Looks like my WW calendar just opened up. XD

[AvatarVecna]

In. Looks like my WW calendar just opened up. XD

Honestly thought it was gonna get Valmark lynched.

[smasher0404]

This sounds super awesome. If there is still room, count me in.

[BasketOfPuppies]

I gotta join this.

[JoyWonderLove]

How can I say no to a game with a basket of puppies?

[Valmark]

How can I say no to a game with a basket of puppies?

Joy looks cute when there isn't a tangible risk of her being a cold-blooded murderer out for everyone's blood.

Love ya' :p

[Snowblaze]

Joy looks cute when there isn't a tangible risk of her being a cold-blooded murderer out for everyone's blood.

Love ya' :p

Bit hypocritical coming from you...

[Valmark]

Bit hypocritical coming from you...

Does that mean I look cute? *w*

(I have no actual idea how that emoticon is supposed to be done)

[Snowblaze]

Does that mean I look cute? *w*

(I have no actual idea how that emoticon is supposed to be done)

No, it means you could be a murderer. But sure, you look cute as well if you like.

[bc56]

This looks like a crazy idea.
The great kind of crazy.

If there's still space, I want in.

[JoyWonderLove]

Joy looks cute when there isn't a tangible risk of her being a cold-blooded murderer out for everyone's blood.

Love ya' :p

If it makes you feel any better, I promise that if I do get wolf, I'll take you out last. <3

Does that mean I look cute? *w*

(I have no actual idea how that emoticon is supposed to be done)

No, it means you could be a murderer. But sure, you look cute as well if you like.

See? Even Snowy agrees. Valmark is the cutest wittle axe murderer there ever was.

[Unavenger]

There's always more room! Until the previous game ends in a blaze of badly-written fanfiction AvatarVecna puppetmastering everyone from beyond the grave.