Gym Leader Choice Pokémafia 2 - Game Thread

[Zori]

Attach Lightning Rod to kokorico

It's like a lie detector but utilizing mod-induced lightning bolts (and potentially amphy-induced lightning bolts) instead

 

[Zori]

Attach Lightning Rod to kokorico

It's like a lie detector but utilizing mod-induced lightning bolts (and potentially amphy-induced lightning bolts) instead

to be clear this is not a part of my role
but I am still FoS'ing koko slightly, although I won't be able to shoot tonight because no badges

 

[Negrek]

I'm not feeling super compelled by a lynch on either Zori or Mr. Ultracool at the moment, but I'm not feeling super compelled to lynch at all--with no deaths the first night, we essentially have another "free night" for inforoles with a decreased information disparity between Town and Mafia. In this scenario I think the downside of mislynching is higher than usual, since the worst case with no lynch is simply "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles," compared to the worst case with a mislynch being "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles, excluding the one we jettisoned." If absolutely forced to choose, I feel worse about Zori than Mr. Ultracool at the moment.

Anyway, I'll claim because I don't have a problem with people knowing, and it sounds like I wouldn't be a prime target atm:

I think mine like a one-shot ability duplicator: with my photography skills, I can choose a person to copy their action. Then, the next night or day phase (it said night or day? Are there day actions?), I will use that action. It could be useful if I know for sure who I am copying, but could also just fail if people fake roleclaim, so I'm a bit hesitant about it (especially now early game). Like I said, it's only a one-shot as well.

Just for reference in case people missed my other post: when I die, I can give two badges to someone of my choosing.

Hmm, so if I understand this right, you'd first use your ability in the night, targeting a person, and then MF would send you a PM saying what the ability you obtained was? Or are you not informed of what ability you get and just automatically use it at the next opportunity? Do you get to pick the target for your copied ability, or is it random, or perhaps aimed at the same player as the ability was originally aimed at?

If you're told the ability you got, even before you use it, this still seems quite powerful for its ability to confirm a claim... and obviously if you copied something useful, it could be quite powerful to get a second instance of it for a night.

rnp if you're telling the truth it was massively unwise to reveal your role like that tbh
-q

yeah let me just grab 8 badges out of my fuckin cookie jar and pull out this power that notifies the mafia of when i'm using it

I'm confused, do you mean the mafia would literally receive a system message telling them that they would all need to target you or have their alignments revealed to you, or just that they would know you'd used it because they would see the trigger phrase?

Also, what's the flavor for your abilities?

 

[Ys_]

Before I forget-- zori

if this is the case, i think it's a bit odd that nobody has presented any other possible candidates. there's rnp i guess, but i don't think anyone's seriously considering yeeting him

Hmm good point. It would be great if that was the case, but eh it's not super likely, I guess.

Btw though, I'd like to hear your own thoughts on the two wagons, when you have time?

 

[RNP]

I'm not feeling super compelled by a lynch on either Zori or Mr. Ultracool at the moment, but I'm not feeling super compelled to lynch at all--with no deaths the first night, we essentially have another "free night" for inforoles with a decreased information disparity between Town and Mafia. In this scenario I think the downside of mislynching is higher than usual, since the worst case with no lynch is simply "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles," compared to the worst case with a mislynch being "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles, excluding the one we jettisoned." If absolutely forced to choose, I feel worse about Zori than Mr. Ultracool at the moment.

Anyway, I'll claim because I don't have a problem with people knowing, and it sounds like I wouldn't be a prime target atm:

I think mine like a one-shot ability duplicator: with my photography skills, I can choose a person to copy their action. Then, the next night or day phase (it said night or day? Are there day actions?), I will use that action. It could be useful if I know for sure who I am copying, but could also just fail if people fake roleclaim, so I'm a bit hesitant about it (especially now early game). Like I said, it's only a one-shot as well.

Just for reference in case people missed my other post: when I die, I can give two badges to someone of my choosing.

Hmm, so if I understand this right, you'd first use your ability in the night, targeting a person, and then MF would send you a PM saying what the ability you obtained was? Or are you not informed of what ability you get and just automatically use it at the next opportunity? Do you get to pick the target for your copied ability, or is it random, or perhaps aimed at the same player as the ability was originally aimed at?

If you're told the ability you got, even before you use it, this still seems quite powerful for its ability to confirm a claim... and obviously if you copied something useful, it could be quite powerful to get a second instance of it for a night.

rnp if you're telling the truth it was massively unwise to reveal your role like that tbh
-q

yeah let me just grab 8 badges out of my fuckin cookie jar and pull out this power that notifies the mafia of when i'm using it

I'm confused, do you mean the mafia would literally receive a system message telling them that they would all need to target you or have their alignments revealed to you, or just that they would know you'd used it because they would see the trigger phrase?

Also, what's the flavor for your abilities?

intimidate, cuzza my Stoutland, and Journey, cuz i actually, yknow, rivalled the main character of bw1 and went on a journey before i became a leader in bw2

 

[RNP]

i would have personally gone for, like, Odor Sleuth or Take Down or, fuckin, i dunno, Retaliate, but far be it from me to criticize the illustrious gm

 

[Mr. Ultracool]

i would have personally gone for, like, Odor Sleuth or Take Down or, fuckin, i dunno, Retaliate, but far be it from me to criticize the illustrious gm

It could be worse; your Meowtland could have, say, Yawn...

 

[Negrek]

I'm not feeling super compelled by a lynch on either Zori or Mr. Ultracool at the moment, but I'm not feeling super compelled to lynch at all--with no deaths the first night, we essentially have another "free night" for inforoles with a decreased information disparity between Town and Mafia. In this scenario I think the downside of mislynching is higher than usual, since the worst case with no lynch is simply "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles," compared to the worst case with a mislynch being "another N0 but Town gets a second swing at all inforoles, excluding the one we jettisoned." If absolutely forced to choose, I feel worse about Zori than Mr. Ultracool at the moment.

Anyway, I'll claim because I don't have a problem with people knowing, and it sounds like I wouldn't be a prime target atm:

I think mine like a one-shot ability duplicator: with my photography skills, I can choose a person to copy their action. Then, the next night or day phase (it said night or day? Are there day actions?), I will use that action. It could be useful if I know for sure who I am copying, but could also just fail if people fake roleclaim, so I'm a bit hesitant about it (especially now early game). Like I said, it's only a one-shot as well.

Just for reference in case people missed my other post: when I die, I can give two badges to someone of my choosing.

Hmm, so if I understand this right, you'd first use your ability in the night, targeting a person, and then MF would send you a PM saying what the ability you obtained was? Or are you not informed of what ability you get and just automatically use it at the next opportunity? Do you get to pick the target for your copied ability, or is it random, or perhaps aimed at the same player as the ability was originally aimed at?

If you're told the ability you got, even before you use it, this still seems quite powerful for its ability to confirm a claim... and obviously if you copied something useful, it could be quite powerful to get a second instance of it for a night.

rnp if you're telling the truth it was massively unwise to reveal your role like that tbh
-q

yeah let me just grab 8 badges out of my fuckin cookie jar and pull out this power that notifies the mafia of when i'm using it

I'm confused, do you mean the mafia would literally receive a system message telling them that they would all need to target you or have their alignments revealed to you, or just that they would know you'd used it because they would see the trigger phrase?

Also, what's the flavor for your abilities?

intimidate, cuzza my Stoutland, and Journey, cuz i actually, yknow, rivalled the main character of bw1 and went on a journey before i became a leader in bw2

Thanks! Does the mafia get notified outside of the thread what your ability means, or do they only know you've triggered it based on the trigger phrase appearing in the thread?

 

[Negrek]

(Speaking of day actions, it occurs to me that it's been awhile since I've seen an MFia game where someone was able to do The Thing. Too bad! I'm feeling all nostalgic now.)

 

[Mawile]

The Thing

The Thing is the gladiator-y thing that showed up in a couple (a few?) of past MFias, right?

 

[Negrek]

The Thing

The Thing is the gladiator-y thing that showed up in a couple (a few?) of past MFias, right?

Yeah! I think I might have been the first person to get to use the role. Good times.

 

[RNP]

they get told "you should visit redneckphoenix tonight".

 

[RNP]

or some flavor-y message

 

[rari_teh]

regardless of negrek’s intentions, i really don’t think you should have answered that, keith

 

[rari_teh]

wait. nvm

 

[RNP]

but, uh, let's, let's see how it transpires.


cool. let's all iso mawile.

 

[RNP]

not for any particular reason i just don't like people telling me what to do

 

[Negrek]

they get told "you should visit redneckphoenix tonight".

Huh, interesting. Thanks!

It's definitely an odd role, but not at all outside the realm of what I would expect from MF. If you're telling the truth about it, then yeah, I think bruh moment was right in that now the cat's out of the bag, it's unlikely we'll be able to take advantage of it. But it would be very powerful, and I wouldn't totally rule it out yet.

Also, if it's true, it implies that all the mafia have some sort of targeting night actions that can be used regardless of badge count, which I don't love. Unless MF was cool with some mafia members auto-failing and having their alignment revealed because they wouldn't have any powers that would allow them to "visit" RNP.

 

[rari_teh]

it’s a valid idea though
mawile has posted quite substantially and yet my thoughts about him are nowhere near solid

 

[rari_teh]

ninja’d