As written in the Threshold Thread:
Roles:
Santa
Mall Santas
Grinche
Ebenezer Scrooge
Local: a congregation among Mall Santas before Christmas turns into an uproar due to rumors of the real Santa among the group. Real Santa? But he doesn't exist! What's next, the Grinch comes over to try to steal Christmas?
Mall Santa: no power townie role, but is given a role that they 'want' to be i.e.
You are a Mall Santa. Your biggest wish is to become a Doctor
May send a letter(PM) to any person asking Santa for that present.
(real) Santa
In two days, you make your grand trip to give gifts to everyone, but you don't know who is naughty or nice and even if you knew, you don't know what they really want.
First off, the N/N list. Use your two days to learn about the others. Then, on Christmas Night, you will make a list to mark who you think is naughty or nice. Naughty people get coal (nothing) while Nice people get a present.
As far as what gifts to give, the others are sending letters around trying to reach you. If you receive one you will give that person the give (role) they wish for. Everyone else will be given a generic random one-shot gift.
Though try not to die. If you do, everyone will morn you for the following day. If you die before you can finish your trip, well, then no one will be given anything!
Note that the # of 'santas' will equal the # of mafia. More than one 'santa' will have appropriate names (Santa's Helper, Ms.Clause, ext) but will work identically to Santa. Note that the Santa that has your letter must be alive to deliver your present, and that reaching more than one santa does nothing special.
Grinch (may be more than one)
The mafia (group). At night you can kill a player. Along with that, you learned that the real Santa is out there giving gifts and the others are trying to send Letters out. Go ahead and join in. You also have your own wished-for role after all. Maybe the fool will give you something.
But what if someone gives YOU a letter, thinking you're Santa. Well , JOY! You have two options:
- you can Watch and see what Santa gives them or
- you can Steal, thus taking whatever Santa gives and claiming it for yourself.
You get to use everything you Steal ON TOP OF YOUR MAFIAKILL (even all at once), but be wary: the poor sap won't see you but will know their gift was stolen, and may figure out who took it.
(yes, Steal Vig, and boom, double kills.)
Note that Santa-given powers work normally: aka. you can't use it on top of of the mafiakill
Also note that if more than one Grinch has a letter, they will have to decide who will make use of it.
Scrooge
You hate this Christmas mess but that ghost of Jacob Marley told you to come here. He said specifically "Write at least one letter a day, but no more than two. After the second day, another Ghost will appear to guide you."
You don't like ghosts but you don't like angry ghosts so you will follow. Send one or two letters. Why? You dare annoy a ghost with questions? BAH!
After two days, this may occur:
If only Mall Santas receive your letters, nothing will occur. BAH! Who cares about all this. Well, the killings are something to care about. So long as you Survive, that's all that matters. (Survivor)
If Santa receives a letter, the Ghost of Christmas Future will visit you. Oh.. no.. you don't want it to end like this. You can change! You'll be good! You'll even help Santa and the Mall workers save Christmas! (pro-Town)
If Grinch receives a letter, the Ghost of Christmas Past will visit you. Why, now you remember why you hated all this stuff in the first place. Nevermind not caring, you wish Christmas ended RIGHT NOW! Oh...you found someone who wants to help (join Mafia)
If Santa AND Grinch receive a letter, the Ghost of Christmas Present will visit you. What's this? This isn't about me.. this is showing what Christmas has really become, a hive of lowlifes killing each other in malls just to pick up a worthless overpriced toy for a spoiled brat! Yes, you hated the whole Christmas thing but this..this is too much even for you. Well, best way to solve it is to get rid of it all. OF EVERYTHING! (SK. Obtains a kill and gift if Santa deems him Nice.)
That's the roles. You have a third party that may become a Survivor, Townie, Mafia, or SK. You have a Santa that needs to decide who should get a gift or not (thus trying to give to townies and not give to scum). You have a town that's trying to find Santa so they can get a permanent role without sending a letter to the mafia, and you have a mafia that wants letters so they can either play it safe and learn of what role people have or risk it and steal the role.
The role stealing is a gamble. If I sent a letter to ONE person and found that I didn't get a gift (not even coal) then I know who one of the mafia is. If I sent the letter out to many though, well.. then I'm not sure. Still, being able to inspect one person (why care about being a cop? Scrooge hunting) while roleblocking another WHILE KILLING...but the risk! Watching is much safer.
The scrooge bit I like since it is somewhat chaotic.
Btw, this wouldn't be a bastard so ALL of these rules will be known at the start. The matter is the players trying to read each other and, thus, figure out who to send the letter to/who to gift to. For Scrooge, it's reading AND deciding who they want to try to be.
Note: the letter is a standard letter, so no embellishing:
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Dear Santa,
I have been a very good scumhunter this year. Please send me what I want for Christmas. I promise it will be very helpful.
Thank you.
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No other PM is allowed.
Possible roles:
Cop
Role Cop
Doctor
Vigilante
Bus Driver
Redirecter
RoleBlocker
Signups:
1. Mr.Person
2. Zai
3. Cheddarius
4. Pandarsenic
5. Kashyyk
6. Webadict
7. Mephansteras
8. RedWarrior0
9. Sonearage
10. Leafsnail
11.
12.
13.
Required Rank: C or Above
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