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MRTQ (Mafia Role To Quest) is an unholy fusion of Mafia, RTD, and questing.
I had a plan, but Solifuge totally came up with a better system...

Spoiler: GAME OVERVIEW (click to show/hide)

The idea sounds awesome, if well-executed! This is veering more towards a collaborative/competitive RPG than any of the component games it is coming from, though... keep that in mind when designing it; the largest focus of the game is the elements of suspicion/paranoia/deception created by the players!

I'm working on a refined version of the rules to propose to you, but for now, here's a few ideas:

GAME OVERVIEW:
After everyone chooses their skills and such, divide players into 2 groups: Knights, and Knaves. Knights only know their own role, and must learn who they can trust, whereas Knaves all know one another. Each Round is composed of a single Quest issued by the King. The Knights have a certain number of days to complete this Quest by, and the Knaves are trying to prevent them from succeeding.

During each day, the players will be faced by a Challenge that stands in the way of their Quest. Knights must work together to overcome the Challenge, while the Knaves must try their best to thwart the Knight's efforts, without revealing themselves. Players can publicly work out a strategy for beating the Challenge, or work in silence at their own discretion, but in the end, players must PM their actions in secret to the Game Master. When all players have chosen actions, or when the time limit is up, the GM sends players the results of their actions, followed by the story of what everyone sees happen.

After the day of questing is done, the Knights and Knaves gather in their Camp, to discuss the day. Players who feel suspicious of another player, or who have evidence that another is a Knave may vote against them. If a majority is reached before the end of the Camp phase, the player will be Executed as a traitor. To help the Knights uncover the Knaves, many have access to special abilities that can uncover traitorous actions during the day, etc.

For each Knave executed, and for each Challenge they beat, the Knights earn Victory Points. Conversely, for each innocent Knight who is executed, and for each Challenge failure, they lose a Victory Point. When players accumulate enough Victory Points in their quest, they advance to the final Challenge of the quest. This is the final test of the Knight's mettle, and the last chance any remaining Knaves have to thwart them.

If the Knights succeed in the Final Challenge and complete their quest before time is up, the Knights are victorious. If the Knaves equal or outnumber the Knights, or too many days have passed, the Knaves are victorious.

HOW I ROLL DISE?
As in Roll-To-Dodge, Success and Failure is determined by chance.:
[11-14] An Over-Success is a victory so great that it has unexpected side-effects.
[9-10] A Major Success achieves the best possible result of the roll.
[7-8] A Success achieves the minimum of your goal.
[5-6] A Failure is the least bad outcome of losing.
[3-4] A Major Failure is the worst possible outcome of losing.
[0-2] An Over-Failure is a loss so bad that it succeeds in doing something else entirely.


When you make a character, pick how skilled you are at different sorts of tasks. Skills come from a specific list, and could include things like Strength, Fighting, Athletics, Sneaking, Speech, Searching, and more.

Here are the training levels, and how they affect your Skill Rolls.
UNTRAINED: If you're not trained in a skill, you roll ([1d6] x 2 ) - 1. You have random successes in this category, with lower chances of Over-Success, and higher chances of Over-Failure.
NOVICE: If you're a novice in a skill, you roll [1d6] and multiply that by 2. You have the most random results in this category.
ADEPT: If you're an adept in a skill, you roll [2d6]. You have consistent successes and failures, with lower odds of Overdoing a skill.
MASTER: If you're a master in a skill, you roll [2d6]+1. You have consistent successes, with lower chances of Over-Failure, and higher chances of Over-Success.

*All Role-Powers are automatically treated as Adept Skills, and roll [2d6].

Spoiler: Stuff about roles (click to show/hide)

Sample Roles:
Knight: You are charged with a Quest by your king, and seek to complete it.
You win when the Quest is completed.
You lose when Knaves equal or outnumber Knights, or if the Quest is not complete before time is up.

Unique Knights: (max 1 of each)
◘ Squire: You are pretending to be a Knight, in order to Quest for the King himself. However, your knighthood is a lie, and if you are scryed, you will appear to be a Knave.
◘ White Knight: You uphold your goals in the highest, and consider failure intolerable. Each of your successes are worth 2 VP, and each of your failures cost your comrades 2 VP.
◘ Hospitalier: You seek to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Once per day during a Challenge phase, you may choose to use your action to Aid another player, protecting them from death due to a Lethal Failure.
Spoiler: Aid Results (click to show/hide)
Over-Success: Like Major Success, but your target becomes aware that you Aided them.
Major Success: Like Success, but your target's Skill Check improves by 1 category.
Success: You prevent your target from dying in a Lethal Challenge during this Phase.
Failure: You don't manage to protect your target from dying if they are lethally wounded this Phase.
Major Failure: As Failure, but you interfere, reducing your target's Skill Check by 1 category.
Over-Failure: As Major Failure, but if your target dies, you appear to be the cause of their death.
◘ Paladin: Blessed by the Powers-That-Be, you have prophetic visions. During the Camp Phase, you can focus on a player, and receive a vision of what they really did during the Challenge Phase.
Spoiler: Scrying Results (click to show/hide)
Over-Success: Same as Major Success, but your target will also receive a vision of you scrying them.
Major Success: Same as Success, but you also receive a vision about the True Action taken by your Target during the last Challenge.
Success: You receive a vision stating whether your target is a Knight or a Knave.
Failure: You receive no clear vision.
Major Failure: Same as Failure, but your target is informed that they were scryed.
Over-Failure: Same as Major Failure, but your identity is revealed to the target.

Knave: You seek to thwart the Knights in their Quest.
You win when you outnumber living Knights, or if the Knights don't succeed in their Quest in time.
You lose when the Knights complete the Quest.

Unique Knaves: (max 1 of each)
◘ Fallen Knight: Once a knight, you have since lost your position, and turned to a life of knavery. You still have the noble bearing of a Knight, and show up as one if scryed.
◘ Black Knight: You are a dark-hearted scoundrel, and even when you succeed a Challenge, it gets the Knights no closer to completing their Quest. Your Successes are worth no VP.
◘ Warlock: Your curses can foul even the best of plans, and can turn success into failure. During the Camp Phase, you choose a player to Curse: the curse stays in effect until the next Camp Phase.
Spoiler: Curse Results (click to show/hide)
Over-Success: Same as Major Success, but also applies to a second player at random (can include you).
Major Success: Your target's Successful Skill Checks become Failures of equal magnitude.
Success: The Success of your target's Skill Checks are reduced by one category.
Failure: Your curse is ineffective.
Major Failure: Your target's Skill Checks are improved by one category.
Over-Failure: Same as Major Failure, but it is applied to every player.
◘ Assassin: You see nothing wrong with murdering others to achieve your ends. During any Challenge Phase, you can make a special attack against another player, attempting to secretly kill them.
Spoiler: Assassination Results (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Sample Challenge Phase (click to show/hide)

 Sample Challenge Phase:
You embark from your camp and journey down the mountain road. Soon, you see the great wooden gate of the Dark Fortress, situated in the middle of a 20-foot tall stone wall. A mighty Half-Giant stands imposingly in front of the gate, wielding a Greatclub made from a fallen tree. The gatehouse that controls the Gate sits atop the high wall, guarded by pikemen. and it must be reached to open the gate.

Today's Challenge is to Enter the Dark Fortress. Obvious actions are:
1) Fight the Half-Giant Guard
2) Climb the Wall
3) Defeat the Pikemen Guarding the Gatehouse
4) Open the Gate
◘ First, players propose actions and ways to tackle the challenge in public. Knaves will want to have a good a cover story if they're going to try to thwart the Knights during the Challenge.

P1 (Knight): I'll fight the Half-Giant.
P2 (Knight <Hospitalier>): P1 might need backup, so I'll help him fight the Half-Giant.
P3 (Knave <Assassin>): I'm no good at fighting, so how about me and someone else climb the wall and try for the gatehouse?
P4 (Knight): I can't climb well. How about I just shoot the Pikemen with my bow?
P3 (Knave <Assassin>): If I climb the wall, and you shoot up there, you could hit me... or miss, and the Pikemen will kill me. How about I climb the wall and throw a rope down for you, and then you take out the guards?
P4 (Knight): Okay, fair enough.
P5 (Knight <Paladin>): If P1 and P2 can't beat the giant, I've got an idea for something that might work.
◘ After players discuss how they'll tackle the challenge, they declare their Actions in private to the GM:

P1: I attack the Half-Giant with my sword.
P2: I use my Hospitalier Power to Protect P2, in case he loses against the Half-Giant.
P3: I climb the wall, and throw a rope down for P4, but I'm going to pour oil on the rope so he slips, using my Assassin Power to cover it up.
P4: If P3 makes it up and drops the rope, I climb it. If he doesn't, I'll shoot at the Pikemen with my bow.
P5: I want to use my Speech skill to convince the Half-Giant to smash the door down for us.
◘ The GM then posts the results of the actions:

Spoiler: P1: Fight the Half-Giant (click to show/hide)
Major Failure
The Half-Giant trounces you within seconds, knocking you out cold with a swing of his club. It was a shattering blow, and by all accounts you should be dead... but once you come to, you find yourself back in camp, your head bandaged up, and feeling perfectly fine short of a pounding headache.
Spoiler: P2: Protect P1 (click to show/hide)
Success
The Half-Giant easily knocks P1 unconscious, but you manage to drag him off the field of battle and back to camp, bandaging his wounds before he regains consciousness.
Spoiler: P3: Assassinate P4 (click to show/hide)
Major Success
You manage to scale the wall, and hastily coat the top of the rope using a flask of eel oil. P4 nearly reaches the top when his hand finds the oily length of rope. He loses his grip, plummeting 20 feet backwards and lands with a sickening crunch. P4 is, without a doubt, dead, and no one will be any the wiser.
Spoiler: P4: Climb Rope (click to show/hide)
Success
P3 throws the rope down to you, and using it, you climb up the wall carefully. You try not to look down, but the rattle of a loose stone pulls your gaze earthward, and you find yourself dangling nearly 20 feet above the ground. Nevertheless, you press onward, throwing hand after hand upward in hopes that you'll get to the top of the wall soon. As your hand clamps down on the final foot of rope, it grasps something slick and you lose your grip, and begin to plummet backwards. Just as you begin to wonder why P3 would have greased the top of the rope, you crash into the ground, and everything goes black.
Spoiler: P5: Parley with Half-Giant (click to show/hide)
Over-Success
After the Half-Giant trounces your comrade with a swift swing of his club, you approach him to make a deal. If he helps your party enter the Dark Fortress, you'll give him a share of whatever loot you find, and let him smash things to his heart's content. After a few moments of consideration, the Half-Giant nods his head emphatically, and charges the wooden gate headfirst. He barrels into the door, and it splinters into fragments of wood. Congratulations, the gate to the Dark Fortress is no more! ...but sadly your new Half-Giant friend doesn't stand up afterward. Alas, poor Lumpy. We hardly knew you.
◘ The GM then makes a public report of what happened in the Challenge:

As P3 and P4 run up to the wall, P1, P2, and P5 approach the Half-Giant. P1 makes a valiant stand against him, charging into the fray... but their battle was a short one, as the giant managed to club him into unconsciousness with a single blow. Soon after, P5 approached the giant, and appeared to somehow convince him to charge the wooden gate, which he did with much gusto. The half-giant's headlong charge shattered the gate into splinters, but also seems to have shattered his skull. Ah well, such is life.

With the gate breached, you all prepare to give a cheer, only to notice that P4 was still in the midst of scaling the wall. P3's hand reached down to grasp P4's, but it came too late... P4 lost his grip, and plummeted backwards to the ground below, hitting it with a sickening crunch.

You return to camp, finding P1 laying near the fire, his wounds bandaged up. You deliver the day's tale of mixed success, and settle in for the evening, mulling over the loss of a brave Knight.

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So.
Quite.
Mafia Role To Quest.

What is it?

My friend, it is nothing but the most epic forum game devised by man! An unholy fusion of Mafia, RTD, and everything else!

Game mechanics are as follows:
(For the purpose of this explanation, we will assume the setting 'Knights of the Square Table')
(DISCLAIMER: Rules need development and balancing)

To win: Have the highest running total score.
Players sign up. X players are selected to play. The rest remain in the waiting list.
Playing players are assigned a secret role by PM.
The game is divided into two phases: 'Day' (Or, in this example, Sitting square the table time) and 'Night' (Or, in this example, Questing time!)
During the day, the players are given a quest by the [Square Table]. Evil or neutral players are given their side/counter quest (if any) in secret. The knights may lynch someone (more on that later). During the day, they may not quest, but they may prepare for their quest with RTD-esque actions.
Example: The first meeting of the square table (day 1):
[GM]: The king decrees to the knights that they must find the golden sword of yaargh.
[GM, in PM to player2 (evil knight)]: To prevent the Square Table from gaining power, you must stop the knights finding the sword.
[GM, in PM to player3 (pagan knight)]: You have no interest in the sword. Instead, you must protect the trees of furgle wurgle forest.
Player 1: I will look for a map to the golden sword
Player 2: Me too
Player 3: Me too. As we are all obviously planning in participating, no one needs lynching.
Players 1&2: Agreed!
GM: {4} Player 1 finds a map detailing the route to the cave of screams.
{2} Player 2 finds nothing
{6} Player 3 borrows the scabbard of yaaargh from a church. It will sing in the proximity of the sword!
Player 3: Hmmn, why don't you take the scabbard, Player 2? (Can't get caught doing other quest)
Player 2: Why certainly. (Heh, if I have the scabbard they'll never find the sword)
Player 1: Ok, we're ready for the night. (Golly I'm so lucky to have 2 commited friends!)
GM: It is now the questing phase.

During the questing phase, the players PM their actions to the GM. They may choose to: perform the main quest (the one given in public), perform their side/counter quest (given in PM), or do something else.
Quests have a progress bar. Each player can, depending on their role, equipment, skills, and rolls, add a certain amount to the bar. A normal amount would be 0-3 points per player, with the entire quest being (Amount of players) points long. Thus, if all players participate, the quest is almost guaranteed to be completed. However, evil players may be performing counter quests, which subtract from the bar, and neutral players may be performing entirely different quests, not affecting the bar at all. Even good players may opt not to participate if they fear the quest is too dangerous. The players receive a certain amount of points (depending on role) for each completed quest. In the case of counter quests, the points are awarded if the main quest fails.
Quests will usually last more than one questing phase, giving players a chance to get rid of the players they think are not contributing to the quest.
Example, following on the previous:
Player 1, in PM to GM: Follow map to cave. Use crossbow (Player 1 has the role: Good crossbowknight)  on enemies.
Player 2, in PM to GM: Summon skeletons to stop the rest (Player 2 has the role: Evil Necromancer). Pretend to help.
Player 3, "  "  ": Go protect forest. Use nature magic.

GM (to P1):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

{5} You ride off along the winding path to the cave of screams. You make good progress (+1 to quest bar). Suddenly, 3 skeletons block the road! You fire your crossbow at them {3} {Damage: 4-1=3} You shoot a skeleton, knocking off it's arm. The skeleton is unphased.
The skeletons attack you: {5} {2} {4} The armless skeleton falls over, off balance. The others attack you normally, the first with more vim than the second. {Damage:3-1=2, 6} The first strikes you in the chest, knocking the wind out of you. The second swings clumsily at you. You draw your sword and parry {Damage: 2} You knock off it's arm, and slash through it's head. It falls down.
You strike at the other skeleton {6} You slash at it with blinding speed, striking it down without hesitation.
The third skeleton {2} cannot get up anymore. It appears the force behind these skeletons has gone. You ride onwards, but you have been delayed, and receive no extra quest points.
You get some berries from the side of the road.

GM (To P2):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

{3} you summon three skeletons in the middle of the road to the cave of screams. They are slain by a knight, but you can't see who. {4} You swiftly collect some berries from the road to the cave.

GM (To P3):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

{5} You stand guard by the forest. No one passes you, or seeks to pass. You practice your magic on a rock: {2} Hmmn, it doesn't work.

Spoiler: Old post (click to show/hide)

GM: You return from your journeys to the square table. Alas, you have only collected one quest point. The king is not pleased. It is now day 2.
P1: I was assaulted by skeletons of my path! Someone is a traitor to our cause!
P2: I also was assaulted by skeletons.
P3: I was assaulted by a giant spider. I think that P2 is suspicious for being quick to claim innocence.
P1: There were berries on the road to the cave. Who has collected them? (P1's inventory: Berries)
P2: Ooh, I have. (P2's visible inventory: Berries, Scabbard of Yaaargh)
P3: So? Anyone can collect berries.
P2: Lynch 3
P1: Lynch 3
GM: You decide that P3 is not contributing to the cause. The king listens to you advice, and then kicks P3 off the square table. A new knight is added
P4 (Cowardly knight): Hey what's up?

Obvioulsly there are kinks: This is a simplified example. In reality, more complex defences would exist. And a MRTQ with three players would suck.
Lynching, which I mention at the end of the example, may be performed any day. In the case of lynching or death whilst questing, the next player on the waiting list takes the new spot. The old player is slotted onto the bottom of the list.
The dead players role is revealed, as are his actions. (This is necessary, as otherwise ex-players rejoining would have extra information)

Notes on Questing:
Players do not have to participate in their given quest; an evil player may also participate in the main quest in order to avoid suspicion. This is penalized, of course. See Notes on Roles


Notes on Roles:
Unless mentioned roles can be good, evil, or neutral.

Spoiler: Old postPoints for quests (click to show/hide)

are detailed per role. Please note that these values require the most editing, and are just examples for now. Points may be multiplied for success or failure depending on the length of the quest.
Perfectionist Knight: Has to succeed. +1 to doing the right quest.
Points for success of quest: +15!
Points for failure of quest: -10!
Points for participating in the wrong quest: -5
Points for participating in the right quest (If the quest is not completed immediately, but also not lost): -1
Points for doing nothing: -2

Ordinary Knight: Does what he should do.
Points for success of quest: +7
Points for failure of quest: -3
Points for participating in the wrong quest: -2
Points for participating in the right quest : +1
Points for doing nothing: 0

Cowardly Knight (Never evil): A coward. Likes the idea of knighting, but without the fighting and stuff.
Points for success of quest: +4
Points for failure of quest: -1
Points for participating in the wrong quest: -2
Points for participating in the right quest : 0
Points for doing nothing: +2

Other Knight: Who said that was all the possibilities? Other roles may be used, but I can't think of any right now.

Spoiler: Old post Night skills (click to show/hide)

 Once again, all alignments are possible, unless noted.
These skills are just that- skills. Anyone can attempt to protect a player, but the doctor receives a higher chance to succeed. Role to succeed, you see?

Doctor: Whether by pagan magic, scientific potions, or ordinary first aid, you can heal people. You may select a player to heal during the quest phase. If they 'die', you heal them (with a chance of 5/6 of success- may contain modifiers). If they die again, tough luck... unless a second doctor is healing them.

Cop: You are the master of shadows, or you have a crystal ball, or you are simply a good detective. Either way, you can determine the identity of one knight per quest phase. They do get a 1/6 chance to avoid your gaze. This roll may be modified.

Summoner: You can summon critters to do your bidding, be they skeletons, nature spirits, or angels. These can be commanded to aid you in your quest, attack other players, or protect other players.

Buffer: By music, magic, or cheering, you can improve the abilities of another player. (Frequently paired with coward? Maybe, maybe..)

Spoiler: Skills (click to show/hide)

Hey, pretty much anything, RTD style. These skills can be seen by all players. Can include stuff like blacksmithing, hunting, diplomacy, whatever.

Spoiler: Old post Traits/Hidden skills (click to show/hide)

Traits modify roles. They may be used in both day and night, during the day they will be in the form of a hidden bonus to rolls (You attempt to, say, chop down a tree. Say you have a trait, crazy axe user, giving +1 to axe-using rolls. You roll a 3, but the GM shows an unmodified 4. If you also had a steel axe, giving plus one, it would show 4+1=5)
Traits:

Assassin: You receive a bonus to killing other players.

Element X weakness: You can't stand X, and receive a penalty to damage rolls against it.

Element X strength: You are well protected against X, receiving a bonus to damage against it.

Stupid: You are bad at riddles and the like.

Smart: You are good at riddles and the like.

Combatant: You are good at fighting

Non-Combatant: You are bad at fighting.

Yada, yada, yada. Strengths, weaknessess, ect.
However, also:

Smooth talker: Your lynch votes are counted double. May be paired with talking skills.

These kind of traits are also possible, and far more interesting

Spoiler: Old post Equipment (click to show/hide)

All just examples.
Evidence: You have evidence you went on the right quest. Or not... you can't be sure.
Well-made weapon: You receive +1 to using this weapon.
Well-made armour: see well-made weapon 
Health potion: You can heal your self during the questing phase.
Bandages: You can act as the doctor for one quest phase.
Rune of tracking: You can act as the cop for one quest phase
Bow: You automatically get initiative against close-combat enemies
Crossbow: See bow, -1 to enemy damage rolls

Ect, ect, ect.

Spoiler: Old post Alignments (click to show/hide)

Good player: Main quest only. 50% of players should be this.
Pagan: Does the main quest sometimes, sometimes does a nature-related side quest. Rarely requires a counter quest (only if the table will harm nature)
Monk: Usually performs Main quest. However, if the table is going to perform a sacralegious act, he may perform a counter-quest.
Merchant: Usually performs side-quests. Is in the table for advertising.
Monster-protector: Usually performs counter-quests. Sometimes does side-quest, rarely main quest.
Evil player: Wants to destroy the table. Always gets counter quest.
Pagan clone: Some other group, which has different goals to the pagans but the same ration of counter/side/main quests. Only for large games.

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Summary:
How is it like mafia?
Everyone is pretending to be on the same side. However, some are not. The not on the same side must avoid detection, whilst attaining their own goals. A player may be lynched, if other players think he is on the wrong side.
How is it like a RTD?
Dice. Lot's of dice. There is also the chaoticness of the equipment and skills.
How is it like a quest game?
Not much, really... quests can't be too deep or it will take too long to complete them. But the game is not RTD+Mafia, there is more too it.

How fast would it play?
It would depend on the players. Ideally, only active people would sign up, and 'day' phases would last 2 real days, and 'night' phases would last 1 real day. It would still be slow- a few rounds of the waiting list would be required before your skill could be appreciated. A long term game, therefore.

Could it ever work?
Yes. Yes it could. It might require multiple GMs, and there might be issues with getting enough active players, but it could work... ayup.

Why don't you update VNMBF TO THE DEATH?
You know what, I'll go do that right now.


ALL RIGHT.
DISCUSS, SUGGEST, MODIFY.
Do not attempt to join, yet.

[CloisteredSyrups]

Discuss: Holy carp awesome.

Suggest: I would not suggest making the skills/attributes and such too complicated, the action/suspense of the game gives automatic depth.

Modify: I can't think of any specific thing.

Don't join yet: 

[woose1]

I abandoned the old thread since I have too much on my hands right now.
You're on your own, buddy.

[Org]

I can help.

But I have no Ideas yet.

[Org]

NUKE!
GOTTA KEEP THIS GOING!

[Servant Corps]

If I am going to launch a new Mafia game, I'm seriously considering letting somebody else host Alien Mafia and end up doing RTQ. I even got a simplistic way to handle quests.

[Solifuge]

The idea sounds awesome, if well-executed! This is veering more towards a collaborative/competitive RPG than any of the component games it is coming from, though... keep that in mind when designing it; the largest focus of the game is the elements of suspicion/paranoia/deception created by the players!

I'm working on a refined version of the rules to propose to you, but for now, here's a few ideas:

GAME OVERVIEW:
After everyone chooses their skills and such, divide players into 2 groups: Knights, and Knaves. Knights only know their own role, and must learn who they can trust, whereas Knaves all know one another. Each Round is composed of a single Quest issued by the King. The Knights have a certain number of days to complete this Quest by, and the Knaves are trying to prevent them from succeeding.

During each day, the players will be faced by a Challenge that stands in the way of their Quest. Knights must work together to overcome the Challenge, while the Knaves must try their best to thwart the Knight's efforts, without revealing themselves. Players can publicly work out a strategy for beating the Challenge, or work in silence at their own discretion, but in the end, players must PM their actions in secret to the Game Master. When all players have chosen actions, or when the time limit is up, the GM sends players the results of their actions, followed by the story of what everyone sees happen.

After the day of questing is done, the Knights and Knaves gather in their Camp, to discuss the day. Players who feel suspicious of another player, or who have evidence that another is a Knave may vote against them. If a majority is reached before the end of the Camp phase, the player will be Executed as a traitor. To help the Knights uncover the Knaves, many have access to special abilities that can uncover traitorous actions during the day, etc.

For each Knave executed, and for each Challenge they beat, the Knights earn Victory Points. Conversely, for each innocent Knight who is executed, and for each Challenge failure, they lose a Victory Point. When players accumulate enough Victory Points in their quest, they advance to the final Challenge of the quest. This is the final test of the Knight's mettle, and the last chance any remaining Knaves have to thwart them.

If the Knights succeed in the Final Challenge and complete their quest before time is up, the Knights are victorious. If the Knaves equal or outnumber the Knights, or too many days have passed, the Knaves are victorious.

HOW I ROLL DISE?
As in Roll-To-Dodge, Success and Failure is determined by chance.:
[11-14] An Over-Success is a victory so great that it has unexpected side-effects.
[9-10] A Major Success achieves the best possible result of the roll.
[7-8] A Success achieves the minimum of your goal.
[5-6] A Failure is the least bad outcome of losing.
[3-4] A Major Failure is the worst possible outcome of losing.
[0-2] An Over-Failure is a loss so bad that it succeeds in doing something else entirely.


When you make a character, pick how skilled you are at different sorts of tasks. Skills come from a specific list, and could include things like Strength, Fighting, Athletics, Sneaking, Speech, Searching, and more.

Here are the training levels, and how they affect your Skill Rolls.
UNTRAINED: If you're not trained in a skill, you roll ([1d6]x2)-2. You have random successes in this category, with lower chances of Over-Success, and higher chances of Over-Failure.
NOVICE: If you're a novice in a skill, you roll [1d6]x2. You have the most random results in this category.
ADEPT: If you're an adept in a skill, you roll [2d6]. You have consistent successes and failures, with lower odds of Overdoing a skill.
MASTER: If you're a master in a skill, you roll [2d6]+2. You have consistent successes, with lower chances of Over-Failure, and higher chances of Over-Success.

*All Role-Powers are automatically treated as Adept Skills, and roll [2d6].

[Solifuge]

Sample Roles:
Knight: You are charged with a Quest by your king, and seek to complete it.
You win when the Quest is completed.
You lose when Knaves equal or outnumber Knights, or if the Quest is not complete before time is up.

Unique Knights: (max 1 of each)
◘ Squire: You are pretending to be a Knight, in order to Quest for the King himself. However, your knighthood is a lie, and if you are scryed, you will appear to be a Knave.
◘ White Knight: You uphold your goals in the highest, and consider failure intolerable. Each of your successes are worth 2 VP, and each of your failures cost your comrades 2 VP.
◘ Hospitalier: You seek to protect those who cannot protect themselves. Once per day during a Challenge phase, you may choose to use your action to Aid another player, protecting them from death due to a Lethal Failure.

Spoiler: Aid Results (click to show/hide)

Over-Success: Like Major Success, but your target becomes aware that you Aided them.
Major Success: Like Success, but your target's Skill Check improves by 1 category.
Success: You prevent your target from dying in a Lethal Challenge during this Phase.
Failure: You don't manage to protect your target from dying if they are lethally wounded this Phase.
Major Failure: As Failure, but you interfere, reducing your target's Skill Check by 1 category.
Over-Failure: As Major Failure, but if your target dies, you appear to be the cause of their death.

◘ Paladin: Blessed by the Powers-That-Be, you have prophetic visions. During the Camp Phase, you can focus on a player, and receive a vision of what they really did during the Challenge Phase.

Spoiler: Scrying Results (click to show/hide)

Over-Success: Same as Major Success, but your target will also receive a vision of you scrying them.
Major Success: Same as Success, but you also receive a vision about the True Action taken by your Target during the last Challenge.
Success: You receive a vision stating whether your target is a Knight or a Knave.
Failure: You receive no clear vision.
Major Failure: Same as Failure, but your target is informed that they were scryed.
Over-Failure: Same as Major Failure, but your identity is revealed to the target.

Knave: You seek to thwart the Knights in their Quest.
You win when you outnumber living Knights, or if the Knights don't succeed in their Quest in time.
You lose when the Knights complete the Quest.

Unique Knaves: (max 1 of each)
◘ Fallen Knight: Once a knight, you have since lost your position, and turned to a life of knavery. You still have the noble bearing of a Knight, and show up as one if scryed.
◘ Black Knight: You are a dark-hearted scoundrel, and even when you succeed a Challenge, it gets the Knights no closer to completing their Quest. Your Successes are worth no VP.
◘ Warlock: Your curses can foul even the best of plans, and can turn success into failure. During the Camp Phase, you choose a player to Curse: the curse stays in effect until the next Camp Phase.

Spoiler: Curse Results (click to show/hide)

Over-Success: Same as Major Success, but also applies to a second player at random (can include you).
Major Success: Your target's Successful Skill Checks become Failures of equal magnitude.
Success: The Success of your target's Skill Checks are reduced by one category.
Failure: Your curse is ineffective.
Major Failure: Your target's Skill Checks are improved by one category.
Over-Failure: Same as Major Failure, but it is applied to every player.

◘ Assassin: You see nothing wrong with murdering others to achieve your ends. During any Challenge Phase, you can make a special attack against another player, attempting to secretly kill them.

Spoiler: Assassination Results (click to show/hide)

Over-Success: Same as Major Success, but you also kill a second player at random (can include you).
Major Success: Same as Success, but it looks to others like it was as a result of your target failing a Skill Check.
Success: You successfully kill the player, but it is obvious that it was an assassination.
Failure: You don't manage to kill the player, and no one is any the wiser.
Major Failure: Same as Failure, but it is obvious that there was an assassination attempt on the player.
Over-Failure: Same as Major Failure, but your identity is revealed to the target.

[Solifuge]

Sample Challenge Phase:
You embark from your camp and journey down the mountain road. Soon, you see the great wooden gate of the Dark Fortress, situated in the middle of a 20-foot tall stone wall. A mighty Half-Giant stands imposingly in front of the gate, wielding a Greatclub made from a fallen tree. The gatehouse that controls the Gate sits atop the high wall, guarded by pikemen. and it must be reached to open the gate.

Today's Challenge is to Enter the Dark Fortress. Obvious actions are:
1) Fight the Half-Giant Guard
2) Climb the Wall
3) Defeat the Pikemen Guarding the Gatehouse
4) Open the Gate
◘ First, players propose actions and ways to tackle the challenge in public. Knaves will want to have a good a cover story if they're going to try to thwart the Knights during the Challenge.

P1 (Knight): I'll fight the Half-Giant.
P2 (Knight <Hospitalier>): P1 might need backup, so I'll help him fight the Half-Giant.
P3 (Knave <Assassin>): I'm no good at fighting, so how about me and someone else climb the wall and try for the gatehouse?
P4 (Knight): I can't climb well. How about I just shoot the Pikemen with my bow?
P3 (Knave <Assassin>): If I climb the wall, and you shoot up there, you could hit me... or miss, and the Pikemen will kill me. How about I climb the wall and throw a rope down for you, and then you take out the guards?
P4 (Knight): Okay, fair enough.
P5 (Knight <Paladin>): If P1 and P2 can't beat the giant, I've got an idea for something that might work.
◘ After players discuss how they'll tackle the challenge, they declare their Actions in private to the GM:

P1: I attack the Half-Giant with my sword.
P2: I use my Hospitalier Power to Protect P2, in case he loses against the Half-Giant.
P3: I climb the wall, and throw a rope down for P4, but I'm going to pour oil on the rope so he slips, using my Assassin Power to cover it up.
P4: If P3 makes it up and drops the rope, I climb it. If he doesn't, I'll shoot at the Pikemen with my bow.
P5: I want to use my Speech skill to convince the Half-Giant to smash the door down for us.
◘ The GM then posts the results of the actions:

Spoiler: P1: Fight the Half-Giant (click to show/hide)

Major Failure
The Half-Giant trounces you within seconds, knocking you out cold with a swing of his club. It was a shattering blow, and by all accounts you should be dead... but once you come to, you find yourself back in camp, your head bandaged up, and feeling perfectly fine short of a pounding headache.

Spoiler: P2: Protect P1 (click to show/hide)

Success
The Half-Giant easily knocks P1 unconscious, but you manage to drag him off the field of battle and back to camp, bandaging his wounds before he regains consciousness.

Spoiler: P3: Assassinate P4 (click to show/hide)

Major Success
You manage to scale the wall, and hastily coat the top of the rope using a flask of eel oil. P4 nearly reaches the top when his hand finds the oily length of rope. He loses his grip, plummeting 20 feet backwards and lands with a sickening crunch. P4 is, without a doubt, dead, and no one will be any the wiser.

Spoiler: P4: Climb Rope (click to show/hide)

Success
P3 throws the rope down to you, and using it, you climb up the wall carefully. You try not to look down, but the rattle of a loose stone pulls your gaze earthward, and you find yourself dangling nearly 20 feet above the ground. Nevertheless, you press onward, throwing hand after hand upward in hopes that you'll get to the top of the wall soon. As your hand clamps down on the final foot of rope, it grasps something slick and you lose your grip, and begin to plummet backwards. Just as you begin to wonder why P3 would have greased the top of the rope, you crash into the ground, and everything goes black.

Spoiler: P5: Parley with Half-Giant (click to show/hide)

Over-Success
After the Half-Giant trounces your comrade with a swift swing of his club, you approach him to make a deal. If he helps your party enter the Dark Fortress, you'll give him a share of whatever loot you find, and let him smash things to his heart's content. After a few moments of consideration, the Half-Giant nods his head emphatically, and charges the wooden gate headfirst. He barrels into the door, and it splinters into fragments of wood. Congratulations, the gate to the Dark Fortress is no more! ...but sadly your new Half-Giant friend doesn't stand up afterward. Alas, poor Lumpy. We hardly knew you.

◘ The GM then makes a public report of what happened in the Challenge:

As P3 and P4 run up to the wall, P1, P2, and P5 approach the Half-Giant. P1 makes a valiant stand against him, charging into the fray... but their battle was a short one, as the giant managed to club him into unconsciousness with a single blow. Soon after, P5 approached the giant, and appeared to somehow convince him to charge the wooden gate, which he did with much gusto. The half-giant's headlong charge shattered the gate into splinters, but also seems to have shattered his skull. Ah well, such is life.

With the gate breached, you all prepare to give a cheer, only to notice that P4 was still in the midst of scaling the wall. P3's hand reached down to grasp P4's, but it came too late... P4 lost his grip, and plummeted backwards to the ground below, hitting it with a sickening crunch.

You return to camp, finding P1 laying near the fire, his wounds bandaged up. You deliver the day's tale of mixed success, and settle in for the evening, mulling over the loss of a brave Knight.

[NUKE9.13]

Wow.
Brilliant.
It's a lot simpler too. When do we start?

[Vlynndar]

I've got nothing much to contribute, but both sound awesome.

[Pandarsenic]

I want in on this so much.

[CloisteredSyrups]

One concern....

Inbetween the player's privately giving their actions to the GM, and the GM publicly posting the results of the challenge...

P4: Climb Rope
Success
P3 throws the rope down to you, and using it, you climb up the wall carefully. You try not to look down, but the rattle of a loose stone pulls your gaze earthward, and you find yourself dangling nearly 20 feet above the ground. Nevertheless, you press onward, throwing hand after hand upward in hopes that you'll get to the top of the wall soon. As your hand clamps down on the final foot of rope, it grasps something slick and you lose your grip, and begin to plummet backwards. Just as you begin to wonder why P3 would have greased the top of the rope, you crash into the ground, and everything goes black.

Is this in a private message back to the respective players?

If so, then the message given to the doomed player 4 makes it very clear to that player that P3 is an assassin, despite the roll stating that noone was the wiser...

Thereupon P3 is persecuted by a probably-illegal post by P4

[Pandarsenic]

Simple solution: If Player 4 posts illegally, he's banned from MRTQ. Forever.

[Emperor_Jonathan]

So want on this too.

And whoever posts something like that is a bitch and a sore loser.