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[Tack]

"Normally, you would all be commanded to fall upon your swords" says the Daimyo, as he walks backwards and forwards along the tatami.
"However, The Oda clan needs generals to lead our armies, and you are all we have. My brother Nobuhiro is attempting to assassinate me, and has hired ninja from among the Hattori to do so."

"Ninja which reportedly have spent years infiltrating my trust, and now lie amongst you as serpents in the nest! I will not allow serpents into my home, and I will not allow traitors to step upon my tatami! Therefore you will stay at my doorstep until the three men disloyal to me have been weeded out and given the most dishonorable of deaths."
"Those loyal amongst you will do this because this is the way of Bushidō, those disloyal will remain here because attempting to leave will result in immediate capture and execution."

"Of course, if you wish to take your own life, you are given leave to do so. I shall wait inside, guarded by my samurai, until all that remains are honorable men and sated crows"

Spoiler: Standard rules (click to show/hide)

 - Don't PM other players.
 - Never quote the mod.
 - Days last 48 hours, weekends don't count.
 - Nights last 24 hours or if everyone gets their actions in quickly
 - Extends and Shortens are both Majority rules.

Spoiler: Game-specific rules (click to show/hide)

 - At any time during the day, you can choose to take your own life in honorable suicide.
 - This will immediately end the day and cause the majority vote to be lynched as well.
 - If you are the majority vote, no lynch, but at least you got to die like a warrior

 - If you have been terrified, it is your perogative to withold from voting.
 - You may try to convince people that you were terrified.
 - Should you cast a vote accidentally, it will be counted, yet you will die the next night.

Spoiler: Roles (click to show/hide)

1. Samurai (modified doctor)
Action: During the night you can choose to protect someone, which will defend them against any hostile actions. However, once you have chosen a person to protect, you are then bonded to them and can only protect that singular person until game end or they die by some other means. However, you will get a chat with them.

2. Metsuke (cop)
Metsuke were the secret police of the Japanese during the sengoku era. Their usual duties were investigating and confiscating any illegal weapons amongst the peasantry.
Action: During the night you can choose to inspect someone. You will be told their alignment and any abilities they may have.

3. Geisha (Jailkeeper)
Artists, dancers, musicians and servants, these women were trained from an incredibly young age to influence the minds and hearts of men. Some of the more notable Geisha of that time had incredible political power.
Action: During the night you can choose to enthrall someone. They will be unable to take any actions that night, but will be immune to any actions taken against them.

4. Lord (Vanilla Townie)

1. Ninja (Vanilla Mafia)

2. Oni-Ninja (Modified blocker)
Oni were usually featured in Noh theatre as large demons who ate humans and brought bad luck wherever they went. Someone clever with a mask could easily profit from that fearsome reputation.
Action: During the night you can choose to terrify someone. This will prevent them from using their ability that night, or casting a vote the next day.

1. Komusō
These monks were known around Japan for their belief that true enlightenment came with the removal of an individual persona. Thus they wore large baskets over their heads, concealing their identity. Naturally, this creates some skepticism towards them.
If you are inspected or killed, it will be revealed that you were a mendicant monk, however your alignment as Town/Mafia will not be revealed.

2. Arquebusier (Night-Kill)
When guns arrived in Japan, they were incredibly expensive, and only the most wealthy (or christian) of samurai could afford them.
Action: Once a night, you can make a kill. However with every kill, one random person will be informed of your role.

11/13 slots full:
WhitiusOpus
Andrew425
TheDarkStar
4maskwolf
Tiruin
Jack A T
Persus13
GUNNINANRUNNIN
Mastahcheese
Nativeforeigner
darkpaladin109
NotQuiteThere

0 reserves:

[WhitiusOpus]

What experience level is required to join this? If you're accepting newbies, I'm in. If not, PTW.

[Andrew425]

It's been a while, but sounds fun so if you'll let me I'll join

in

[TheDarkStar]

Since I died in the BM, IN.

[Tack]

Newbies.

Go ahead. At the heart of it, it's a pretty basic game, so you shouldn't have too much problems.

[4maskwolf]

*frowns at the game's composition*
Am I reading two cops, one bizarro doctor, 4 vanilla townies, 2 vanilla scum, one voteblocker mafia, and three... what are they, exactly?  They aren't third parties, but...
Where do they bet placed?  Are two of them randomly chosen as town and one as scum, or what?  Also, the doctor is... If what I just said about the neutral roles is true, then the scum could wind up with a day 2 win:
Day 1: mislynch precipitated by a ritual town suicide.
Night one: scum blunderbuss and mafiakill, misskill by town blunderbuss, terrify.  Just for shits and giggles, let's add in the doctor trying to protect scum.  That makes it a *counts* 3 town to five mafia scenario, with one townie being unable to vote.
Just sayin.

[Tack]

Sorry about the typo. Numbers are just listing. There's:

1 'bizarro doctor'
1 cop
8 vanilla townies

1 voteblocker mafia
2 vanilla mafia

2 roles which will be randomly assigned to either scum or town.

[4maskwolf]

Numbers are just listing. There's one of each.

oh, okay, that's a little better.  But still, when you say "could be assigned to either side", what does that entail?

Also, I'm reading 7 roles, if there is one of each, 7 players...

[mastahcheese]

I think he means one of each special role.

IN

[4maskwolf]

I think he means one of each special role.

IN

hmmokay.

Still reading...
how many vanilla scum are there?

[mastahcheese]

Town:
1 Samurai
1 Metsuke
8 Lords

Mafia:
2 Ninja
1 Oni Ninja

Can the Neutral roles only be applied to the "vanilla" roles, or literally anyone? Could there be a gun-toting samurai?

[4maskwolf]

Town:
1 Samurai
1 Metsuke
8 Lords

Mafia:
2 Ninja
1 Oni Ninja

Can the Neutral roles only be applied to the "vanilla" roles, or literally anyone? Could there be a gun-toting samurai?

*reads the game again*
*looks at the neutral power roles*
*wonders how cheese knows the mechanics of numbers from reading the OP*
*looks at the monk*
Monk is only useful for mafia.  As town, it will just draw suspicion down on your head.
*looks at blunderbuss guy*
Operates as town vigilante or extra scum kill.
*pokes the town doc*
Weak as all hell, compared to a jailkeep or a normal cop.
*examines scum roleblocker*
holy shit that's powerful.  Maybe let them vote but if they do they die at the end of the day?

Just to be clear, was this setup cleared with an experienced player?  If it was, I'll just shut up, but if it wasn't I feel obligated to say a few more things about this setup.

[mastahcheese]

*wonders how cheese knows the mechanics of numbers from reading the OP*

You didn't read the flavor-text, did you?

[Tack]

Certainly wasn't.

Problem is that some of the roles are crazy powerful if made town only - and the limitations of trying to keep some semblance of historical accuracy.

Welp, I'll just switch this to a discussion topic, get it tinkered back towards balance and then make a new one and ask Meph to scrap this.
Sorry all.

Can the Neutral roles only be applied to the "vanilla" roles, or literally anyone? Could there be a gun-toting samurai?

I thought it might be putting too many eggs in a single townie basket.

[mastahcheese]

But...

I got my hopes up.

If you simply make the Oni's power a one-shot, then that'll do wonders for balance.