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[mastahcheese]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[Jack A T]

This is probably not the best game for me to jump into after a year-long break, considering its experimental nature, but I'm going in anyway.

Oh, and a question about the Changeling power: is it additive (both sides gain what the other had, but keep their own stuff), or trait-switching?

Also, I'm pretty sure I've figured out a very powerful scumteam game start powerset...

[Tiruin]

Well, that escalated quickly.

:<

in
Let's see how this goes.

Taaack!

In. Hopefully I'll be a little more active this go around.

Do we spend our starting points before the game starts or the first night?

You! :O

IN

O_o
You...

Meh, sure. Might as well give Mafia a second shot.

HopINg I'm the last signer-upper.

!!!
...

Well, that escalated quickly.

And here I thought that was a bad thing.
Now all we need is Skyrunner to join in. x3

Also, I'm pretty sure I've figured out a very powerful scumteam game start powerset...

In which all of us try to game the system as scum. xD
Town is gonna have a hard tactical wakeup...

[mastahcheese]

In what situation would rapid escalation be considered a bad thing?

[4maskwolf]

In what situation would rapid escalation be considered a bad thing?

Thermonuclear war.

[TheDarkStar]

In what situation would rapid escalation be considered a bad thing?

Thermonuclear war.

True. Also, what does the "Randomizer" ability do?

[Tiruin]

In what situation would rapid escalation be considered a bad thing?

Thermonuclear war.

Flaming threads?
Honestly, I did doubt it here (and the forum in general) but I've seen that line being used in places where tension escalates quickly.

Given that it's the first post in the general forum format (15 posts per page)...yeah. xD

Honestly-er, I doubted it was a bad thing.

In what situation would rapid escalation be considered a bad thing?

Thermonuclear war.

True. Also, what does the "Randomizer" ability do?

Instead of you TRULY targeting your target, your action can target ANYONE ELSE, EVEN YOU.

[Leafsnail]

I'd like to in if there are still places.  If not I'd like to advise the scum on their abilities if possible

[notquitethere]

Yeah you're included Leafsnail.

I'll be sending out alignments in the next hour or so, so if there are any last minute sign ups, now's the time to shout.

[notquitethere]

Character Creation

The Temple of The Accord admits all manner of being, adventurers from the four corners of the New Land have arrived to seek their fortune in the war against the Djinn. The thirteen of you have gathered in a large vaulted chamber in the catacombs beneath the Temple. The blue eyes of the hooded priest glow and his hollow voice rings out.

"Adventurers, my seers have discovered that amongst you are at least three hidden Djinn but we know not whom. They must be spies sent to hear our war plans. If you wish to join in our lucrative endeavour, your first quest is to root out the menace."

And with that his robes fall to the ground, as if he was never quite there to begin with. The doors to the chamber are locked and all adventurers are trapped until all the Djinn are dead.

I'm just sending out roles now. The game will start on Monday 4PM GMT. If you intend to buy any powers before the game begins, send me your experience point spends before then. You can only buy flaws at this stage of the game, and all points gained by flaws must be spent at the start of the game.

Spoiler: This is the finalised power list (click to show/hide)

Powers (unless stated otherwise, no power can be self-targeting)
1 - Scan (spot how many points a player has.)
1 - Inflate (Pick a power or auto that players can buy: it now costs +1 point to buy that power for the rest of the game)
2 - Count (find out the number of powers and autos a player has)
2 - Point Share (give any number of points to a target)
2 - Randomise
2 - Sap (steal all a player's unspent points)
2 - Protect
2 - Gift (give one of your powers to a target player. Free- and Day- powers remain Free- and Day-.)
2 - Flavour Inspect (e.g., a player with Hardcore and Kill, might turn up as 'You see the man don his fatigues, grab his gun, and grit his teeth as he heads out into the night'.)
3 - Cleanse (All the target's flaws are removed)
3 - Power Swap (swap a random power you have, including Power Swap, with a random power your target has)
3 - Track
3 - Redirect
3 - Block
3 - Bus
3 - Recycle (target player has all their powers and autos cashed for full-point cost. This interrupts all other actions the target might take in a night and can be self-targeted.)
4 - Santa (target player gains a random power)
4 - Curse (target player gains a random flaw)
4 - Changeling (target player gains all your powers/flaws/autos and you get the powers/flaws/autos of your target)
4 - Fortune Teller (Player receives a list of all powers, autos and flaws in play, in alphabetical order)
5 - Ability cop
5 - Alignment cop
6 - Double-Voter (day action)
6 - Vote stealer (day action)
6 - Hide (spend one point to become incapable of taking or receiving night actions for the night.)
6 - infallible alignment cop (can see through Miller and Innocent)
6 - Kill (kills target player)
7 - Convert - Convert to your alignment (scum only)

Autos
x - Free-: When choosing Free-, pick one of your non-auto powers. Free- costs as much as that power and allows you to use that power once in its phase for free. This use doesn't stack with Prolific (if you use prolific to use the same free-power twice in a night, you'd use it three times, not four).
x - Day-: When choosing Day-, pick one of your non-auto night powers: that power is now a Day Only power. This can be taken multiple times for different powers and costs the same number of points as the power it is attached to. Day powers are resolved in the order they're sent in and processed as soon as the mod gets to them (so using them late in the Day might not give you enough time to make use of the results). Unless you have Prolific, you can only use one Day power per day.
1 - innocent (show up as town under inspect)
1 - silent (you can't be tracked)
1 - Clear-minded (you can't be randomised)
1 - Bloodthirsty: get an extra point every time a day ends with your vote on the player that gets lynched.
1 - Thrill-seeker: get an extra point every time a day ends with the number of votes on you equal to or one point less than the player with the most votes)
2 - immovable- you cannot be redirected or bussed
2 - unstoppable (can't be blocked or protected against. Immunities still apply)
3 - Flexible (gets full point cost back for cashed in powers)
4 - Prolific (can use two actions in a phase, can be the same power)
5 - Resurrection (After dying for the first time, you awake alive the next day (missing all night actions and gaining of points while you are dead)
5 - Immune to night kills
5 - Explosive (you kill anyone targeting a kill at you as well as dying)

Flaws - A player can get more points on N0 only by taking flaws. These can be bought off later in the game for twice their initial cost.
-1 - miller. shows up as scum under inspect (town only)
-1 - hardcore (all protects on you fail- cannot be taken alongside night-kill immune)
-1 - dense (you gain no experience points for surviving the day)
-1 - Mercenary (all your powers cost one point to play. Must have at least one applicable power in order to take this flaw)
-1 - Blatant (every time you target a player, it will be announced at the end of the phase that you targeted them, but not what with. Must have at least one other-targeting power to take this.)
-2 - unable to vote
-2 - unreliable (your powers and autos have a 50% chance of failure. Must have at least one power or auto in order to take this flaw)
-2 - magnetic (your powers have a 50% chance of targeting yourself- must have at least one other-affecting power to take this)

[notquitethere]

For your edification, I've created a fuller explanation of the order of resolution, which I'll also place in the OP for future reference.

Spoiler: Action Resolution Order (click to show/hide)

All actions happen simultaenously except where there could be a conflict, all conflict is resolved using the following order of resolution. Where conflict of interpretation remains, precedence will be decided randomly. Players get informed of the results of their actions and any changes that effect them at the end of the phase (so you can't use a gifted power in the same phase its gifted, for instance).

A player always knows the identity of the person they're acting upon. So if Vector alignment inspected Ranger Cado but was redirected onto town Miller Dariush, she'd be informed that 'Dariush is scum'. Or if Dariush uses Gift on Ranger Cado but is randomised to Vector, he'd know that he gave a gift to Vector. In each case they wouldn't know why they didn't hit their intended target.

Inflate
Hide
Bus
Block
Redirect
Randomise
Recycle*
Point Share
Gift/Santa
Changeling
Protect
Sap
Cleanse
Curse
Power Swap
Kill
Convert
Inspect/Count/Scan/Fortune Tell/Track

*It's possible to redirect (or randomise etc.) a recycler, but their eventual target (if they have one) will have all the powers cashed in before that target can use them, except where otherwise unresolvable paradox occurs.

[4maskwolf]

((NQT, can you explain what bus does?))

[notquitethere]

A bus driver targets two players. All actions against player one hit player two; all actions against player two hit player one.

[Tawa]

Can you explain what the downside of mercenary is?

[4maskwolf]

Can you explain what the downside of mercenary is?

You have to pay to use your powers.  Normally you don't have to spend points to use them.  The points to use them are on top of the points used to purchase them in the first place.