Playing around with this theme. Think it could work? mada & plot
TOWN of TOKENA game of murder, deception, lying and mob hysteria. Town of Token is a d12 forum game that challenges players on their ability to convincingly lie as well as detect when other players are lying. Players are divided into two main alignments – Town & Mafia but there are 3 neutral players also.
9 TOWN -
3 MAFIA -
2 NEUTRAL -
1 SERIAL KILLERNeutrals/Serial Killer are loners with objectives for their win clause. Serial Killer is a threat to both, and the remaining Neutrals in this game can sway either way throughout the game to meet their objective. Only the 3 Mafia will know eachother. Mafia and Serial Killer kill each night, but the Town and Neutrals can protect eachother if they can manage to work together. The problem is, no-one in the town knows eachother and they could be Mafia or a Serial Killer!
This role playing game has 2 phases, which are
DAY and
NIGHT.
Discussion partakes throughout both phases either the forums or in private message. The moderator must be included in every discussion if it's private. eg: create a message and Add recipient: Hoodlum to a conversation.
The moderator will only view the chat and answer IF there is a question that needs to be clarified and is able to answer where it doesn't give an advanatgeous clue or whatever. The moderator will therefore not answer all questions. The answers you seek are from the other players and what is written by the moderator in the forums.
The moderator is just watching the game unfold and will be giving out MVP awards and such at the end of the gameThe
DAY phase is where the Town come together and choose to lynch the threats to Token Town. Each player can vote against one user in an effort to get them lynched (eliminated) out of the game. The majority of lynch votes against a user gets them eliminated. After a player is eliminated their role is revealed. Was s/he a threat to the Town or was s/he innocent?
When choosing to lynch a player type
LYNCH USERNAME.
(Replace USERNAME with a players name).To change your mind type
UN-LYNCH USERNAME.
You can choose to abstain from lynching.
Then the
NIGHT phase occurs where you use your night actions. Each role has a night action. Some roles are limited to when they choose which nights, others are every night. Types of roles are, Killing, Investigative, Distraction and Defensive.
Most night roles have a target. In this case, send a private message to the moderator and type
TARGET USERNAME.
(Replace USERNAME with a players name).Other roles that don't have a target will be explained by the moderator when you receive your role.
CHOOSING CEREMONY For this particular game, there is a Choosing Ceremony that happens during sign up. You can choose your roles!
in
TOKEN TOWN everyone has a power role. There is a 200 token buy-in cost to go into the winners pool which goes out to the winning players.
Read the roles. Choose your role!
keep your choice anonymous of courseSend me a pvt message of your preference of roles. Favourite to least favourite and I will sort them out by preference, first in first serve, however, I am a corrupt Mayor and can be token bribed. Highest bidder wins. All buy-in and bribe tokens go into the pool. Game starts when all roles are filled.
Bribe tokens will be deducted at the end of the game for role anonymity, if other staff members are playing.Town wins when all mafia and serial killer is dead.Mafia wins when all town and serial killer is dead.Neutrals have a mission, and win when completed. (They can win with either faction).The Serial Killer wins when he is the last man standing.Each faction wins bonus +100 tokens for successful lynch/kill -
You get tokens, he gets tokens, everyone gets tokens!(donated by Hoodlum)
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a cop, just like my father. Law enforcement has always run in the family. As a child, I remember the late nights of Dad coming home and talking to us at the dinner table. "Son, it's my job to keep the streets clean and safe, so you and the good folks in Token can live their lives without fear." My father took pride in his work, and I took pride that my dad was the one who wore the badge. Dad was good at his job. Too good. When the Mafia started feeling the pressure after he found one of their men, the Godfather took a hit out for him. I remember the day the town found him shot on the street in the town square. Everybody pointed fingers, but we all knew the culprits. On that day, the town lost a hero who stood tall for what was right. On that day, I swore a vow to my father to continue his work. The badge that my father wore now sits proud against my chest. There is no mercy for people who try to hurt the innocent citizens. This is my town now.
The Investigator carefully selects the person in question by day, then sneaks off to the house of the accused at night. Peeking in through a open window, he is stunned to see knives lining the walls of the house, blood-stained and gleaming in the moonlight. That's all the investigator needs to see before he leaves quickly. He is convinced he has found a Serial Killer, and makes sure to call him out by day. The "Serial Killer" panics and quickly claims he is a doctor, doing his job. With the help of the Town, the "doctor" is quickly lynched, as the Town crowds around the person as they look for hints of their role. Medical files fall out of the pocket of the dead body, as medication is loosely held in the dead man's hands. One person slowly looks up and points an accusing finger at the Investigator, before loudly and clearly stating: "Lynch him."
The Lookout quickly made his way to the Investigator's house. The Investigator had called out the Godfather earlier that day, and with the Doctor dead, he was in a lot of trouble. He clambered his way up the Investigator's house and crawled along the roof, until he was over the front door, looking down. He was betting someone was going to try and finish off the Investigator tonight for sure, and so he lay down to hide himself as best as he could in the dark of the night, and waited. He waited five minutes. He waited ten minutes. He waited fifteen minutes. He waited twenty minutes. His eyes never left the front door, not even for a split second. After about an hour or two, there was a rustling noise behind the house, and it did not go unnoticed by the Lookout. Carefully, he maneuvered his way across the roof to the back of the house and watched. A shadowy figure emerged from the undergrowth and disappeared through the back door of the Investigator's house. He only saw him for a split second, but he knew from the shape of their head just who that person was. There was a gunshot and a cry of pain. The Investigator had been shot, and the intruder quickly zipped out the back of the house. Less than five minutes later, another figure approached the back. The Lookout knew this person as well, from his height or lack thereof. A minute later, there was a strangled cry from the house and this figure too disappeared. The Lookout hurriedly wrote down who had visited the Investigator on this night and kept waiting, but nobody else came. The next morning, the Investigator was found dead with both a bullet wound and a stab wound. Both mafia and Serial Killer had taken a turn on him. The Lookout quickly consulted his notes to check the names of both people and then exclaimed his findings to the town. The Serial Killer was lynched that day, while the Mafioso was shot dead by the Vigilante, both killed thanks to the Lookout's dedication to watching the Investigator's house all night.
The pain in his knee flared up again. The Veteran scowled at it. He didn't mind the pain, but he could have done without the memories it brought. The cursed Battle of Barrow Hill. He shuddered. So many people died that day. Yes, they had won ultimately, but the price for victory had been high. The Veteran had seen friend after friend fall to gunshots or explosions, unable to save them. After the war he had settled in a small town called Token to find some peace, but it wasn't meant to be. Lately town members have been disappearing, sometimes found brutally murdered in their homes. "Human nature never changes", thought the Veteran. He knew the shape of the world, knew how it worked. But he'd be damned if he accepted it without a fight. Jaw clenched he dismantled and cleaned his old rifle. A fine piece of craftsmanship from years gone by. Old as it was, it still packed a punch. "And so do I", thought the Veteran. "Sooner or later they'll come for me. And when they do, I'll be ready." With a satisfying clicking sound he put the last piece of the rifle back together.
Taking the law into your hands hadn't been the plan. No, not at first. As the Sheriff's right hand man, you were sure that you would bring members of The Mafia and Serial Killer to justice. No villain against the town would escape you or the Sheriff's watchful eye. Gun always at the ready, you were more than ready to rid the town of evil. Until one day, when left at the office alone, you found it. A large envelope with the Sheriff's name on it, stuffed to the brim with cash. Your stomach plummeted when you recognized The Mafia's insignia gracing the seal. Dropping your badge on the desk, you walk away from that life, promising yourself that you would do whatever it takes to deliver true justice to the town of Token, your trusty gun at your side.
The Bodyguard shifted his cigarette from one corner of his mouth to the other and placed his kevlar vest over his undershirt. He was certainly going to need it tonight, he thought. He carefully set the smoldering cigarette in an ashtray as he strapped the vest tight. It had a few dents in it from previous close encounters. He tucked the cigarette back into the corner of his mouth and grabbed his white dress shirt and began to button it. "Gonna be one hell of a night," he chuckled to himself, "one for the record books for sure." He took an extended drag before grabbing his suit jacket. His mother always did say he looked good in pinstripe. But this was going to run smoothly, he told himself. His target and him had discussed the protection plan in depth. No way a single assailant could get him, and that's something the Bodyguard was willing to bet his life on. After checking his pistol he slid it into his jacket pocket. He picked the comb off his dresser and made some minor last minute adjustments to his balding hair. He placed it down and stared into the mirror. He could see his age finally catching up with him as his eyes drifted to his favorite thing on his dresser. He picked up the framed picture of his deceased wife and gave it a quick kiss before putting it back down. He extinguished the cigarette into the ashtray with one hand as he put on his sunglasses with the other. He grabbed the tacked-up picture of the Mayor and walked out of the door.
His first-aid kit dangled from his lanky fingers as he ran to his destination, the full moon beating down on his head. Time was of the essence. The town Doctor was prepared for what he saw inside of the broken-down grey house. He kicked open the door. His father was a Serial Killer, and just like him, he had the odd desire of comfort in the cold darkness of night, but he had taken a different interest in knives.
He knows the smell. The house reeked of blood. He cautiously stepped further into the house, only to see a man splayed out on the floor. The man looked around the room, confused and slightly scared. The Doctor set his kit down next to the twitching man, and proceeded to get his tools.
The man's torso and legs had been torn open. He grabs the needle and string from his kit and swallows down bile, ready to sew together the remains of this death-fearing man. This was the work of the towns new serial killer. The rumours of Token Town are that the good town Doctor is the Serial Killer, but thankfully the victims can dispel those rumours. If they live!
The Godfather was fuming. The Vigilante had gotten a lucky shot on his Mafioso, and he aimed to get the Vigilante back before he could find the mafia's Framer as well. That fool had revealed himself to the town, like he was expecting a parade in his honour for shooting the Mafioso. He instructed the Framer to frame the Jester, in hopes the town investigative found it and decided to lynch him, thus hurting themselves. The Framer nodded and walked out, while the Godfather prepared the very weapon he'd passed onto the Mafioso before. He would get the Vigilante back for this. Before he can leave however, the lovely Escort finds her way into his home. Completely distracted by her looks, he stops what he was doing while the Escort encourages him to share a drink with her. The Godfather decides a drink wouldn't hurt, and humours her request. As they're almost finished with their drinks however, a shot cracks through the house and hits the Godfather square in the shoulder. The Vigilante was taking another guess. The Escort, startled quickly runs out of the house, yelling that somebody had been shot. The next morning, the Escort reveals to the town that she had kept the Godfather home all night and nobody had died. The proven Vigilante confirms he shot the Godfather, and yet there the Godfather was, still alive. Before the Godfather knows it, he's on trial with confirmed townsfolk designating him as the Godfather. The Escort cheekily blows him a kiss, exclaiming "Better luck next time, sweetie." and it's the last thing the Godfather sees and hears before the rope tightens around his neck and he is hung.
He was once a promising street racer. Never strived for wealth or power. All he wanted was to drive without any restraint. Somehow news of him reached the Godfathers ears and his whole life took a turn. The Mafia told him he would just be the getaway driver and in exchange he can get all the cars he wants and drive as fast as he can. Everything went smoothly for a while. He would drive and would not think of what the others were doing. It was just him and the open road. But then one night he got distracted. While he was waiting in his car an Escort caught his eye. She was beautiful. They talked the night and he was on cloud nine, but his night of excitement was cut short. Turns out his Mafia brethren were in a crazy old Veteran's house and they would have needed his help. His foolishness caused the death of a Mafioso . The Godfather wasn't happy. The next day a new appointed mafioso was sent to kill the Escort. He had no choice but to drive him... He had to do it...She was killed. He didn't sleep that night, he was angry, he was ashamed. The Godfather wasn't going to get the best of him, break him, turn him evil. He would try to get the Mafia to kill each other by switching people around at night, to get OUT!
The Godfather wasn't always a wicked man, for a long time he was a welcome member of the town in his youth. He and the Mayor were playmates in their childhood, but a disagreement lead to a bitter rivalry that exists to this day. The young man (Godfather) was known to be an up and coming town member who was generally loved and respected, and had a very good chance of being elected Mayor of the town. His rival (The Mayor) seethed in anger seeing this, as his campaigns were failing to win over the town members. The Mayor hired an Investigator possibly the Sheriff who was his cousin, to dig up some dirt on him, but they failed to find anything damning. Eventually fabricated damning evidence surfaced and horrified and disgusted the town, leading to the banishment of the young man. The young man was angry, betrayed by those he loved and cared for, and promised to get revenge on every single one of them for believing his corrupt rival over him. The Mafia at the time noticed the potential of this young man, and brought him in to the Family. As time went on, the original Godfather became very sick, and with his dying breath, he appointed the young man who became like a son to him. Brimming with a sense of darkness in his heart and a lust for revenge, the young man became the new head of the Family, and returned to his home town with his new-found Family backing him to kill those who turned him into a hard-hearted criminal, and more specifically, the corrupt Mayor.
"I've found evidence linking her to the Mafia!" the venerable Sheriff declared as he pointed to the confused Escort . He then pulled out a handful of crumpled notes, detailing the locations of shady out-of-town meetings at night and written in blood-red ink while starting his 'death to the Mafia' spiel. The Escort tried to defend herself to the best of her abilities, claiming that one would have to be an abject fool to think that those notes could correlate to the Mafia, but fortunately (or unfortunately, in the Escort 's case), the Sheriff's years of experience led him to believe that he really had genuine info. He led the Escort 's execution, and then realized as she breathed her last... she was framed. Her last will held not her words of dedication to the Mafia... just the words of the deceased townsfolk. The Framer noted the irony in the Sheriff's spiel with his fellow Mafia comrades while the rest of the town turned a blind eye to the incognito Mafia, and one of the brave citizens shouted out loud to jail and execute the Sheriff for his mistake. As the meeting for the day concluded and almost everyone went back to their homes, the Framer congratulated himself on what he had accomplished. Who knew where a few old documents could get you?
The Godfather's right hand man, who can gather dirt better than the Investigator himself. Once an Investigator himself, the law was too muddy for him. Either they were the best for them, or the worst, not to mention the pay was awful. But when he joined the Mafia, it all became much clearer. They were either with us or against us, clear cut and dry, not to mention the pay and the connections. When he was an Investigator, it was all jokes about how he couldn't tell a Vigilante from a Transporter, but not now. He commands respect wherever he goes, and no one dare disrespect him. If they did the Mafia would soon have their number, and nothing good comes from that. The Mafia's own private eye, along with his new best buddy the Framer, both worked in harmony together to gather intel and frame a target at the Godfathers command. An Investigator gone wrong, an integral part of a good Mafia team.
Haunted by his past, the Survivor locks himself in a room and just wishes to live.
The Survivor was once a responsible Bodyguard, who protected the Mayor night after night. Until one dark night: the Bodyguard was foolish enough to yield to a beautiful Escort, who dazzled him with her seductive moves. Unfortunately, the next morning, the Mayor was found dead. His killers, the Mafia, went on a rampage soon after and destroyed everyone in their path.
One man from the massacre had survived: the Bodyguard. And ever since that day, he has confined himself to his mind, beating himself up over the fact that he could have prevented all of this from happening, if it hadn't been for that Escort.
To this day, the Bodyguard–now Survivor–keeps four bulletproof vests that represent each party that played a role in the massacre. One for the Town, who all died in the slaughter. One for the Mafia, who led them to their deaths. One for the abandoned souls, who kept to themselves. And the final one for himself, to remind him of his selfishness. He saved himself, and his friends paid the price.
The Survivor's mind is clouded with the thoughts of his past, but one thing is clear for him: he must survive.
He'd been born with a curse. At every waking hour demons whispered in his ears, telling him to do things, terrible things. In the beginning he was strong, he resisted their words. But then one day a town member turned up dead. The next day another one. The members of the town kept dying, always at night, always when he was sleeping. Ready to controlled by any demon who wished to do harm. He tried staying awake, but ultimately he always fell asleep, and the next day a new body were always found. One day, the town charged a man with the murder of his victims. Silently he stood by as they lynched him. He turned out to be innocent, of course. The guilt drove him mad - not only was he a murderer, he was turning the members of the town against each other! The next day he confessed his crime to everyone who would listen. Immediately they brought her to the town square and executed him. 'The town is safe', were his final words. But the next day another town member died. Again the town had executed an innocent person. One man, who'd driven for the execution of the cursed one the most, ended his life out of guilt. He were the only town member he'd caused the death of.
"Oh, he is such a nice guy." This was one of the most frequent things said about the man who lived in the small house at the end of Smithy Road. Always quiet and wellspoken. Always polite. And yet, no one knew him very well. He had no hobbies they knew of, he kept mostly to himself and seemed to have no close friends among the town members. Had any of them watched the man more closely, they might have noticed a few strange things about him. For example, he often went on a little stroll in the middle of the night. He also owned four large freezers, which he kept in his basement. Even more odd, they had locks on them. And if any of the town members had followed the man on one of his nightly strolls, they would have been likely to see a completely different man, a man behind the pleasant mask he showed to gullible town's folk in the sunlight. But of course none of them did. No one suspected him at all. He was safe. And he could continue his work. Oh yes, he had a mission. He would cleanse this town one by one. And when his grand work of art was finished and this town finally purified, he would be free and could finally rest. Finally be at peace. The man smiled contentedly as he donned his cloak and headed out into the night.
Sheriff (TOWN)
Check one person each night for suspicious activity. Any Mafia members except the Godfather, along with anyone that was framed by a Framer, will appear as a Mafia member. A Serial Killer will be found alongside the Mafia.
Investigation Message.
"Your target is not suspicious."
"Your target is a member of the Mafia!"
Investigator (TOWN)
Investigate someone each night for a hint of their role. You will be given three possible roles that your target may be. If your target has been framed, you will be given false information.
Investigation Message.
"Your target is either (____ , ____ , ____ )"
Lookout (TOWN)
Watch someone at night to see who visits them.
If someone other than you visits your target, you will receive the message: "____ visited your target last night!" or "Your target visited ____ last night!"
Veteran (TOWN)
Decide whether or not to be on alert during the night. On alert, you will kill all your visitors. They could be innocent town folk though. You have 3 alerts.
Vigilante (TOWN)
Choose to take justice in your own hands and shoot someone. If you shoot a Town member, you will die from guilt the following night phase. You have 2 bullets.
Bodyguard (TOWN)
Decide whether to protect a person from death each night. If they are attacked, you will kill an attacker and they will kill you, but your target will live.
Doctor (TOWN)
Heal one person each night. If they are attacked, you will heal them, granting them Powerful Defense for a night. You have one self-heal, also granting you Powerful Defense for a night.
If someone attacked your target, you will be notified by the moderator.
Escort (TOWN)
Distract someone each night to block them from using their night ability. If you role block a Serial Killer you will be killed.
Transporter (TOWN)
Choose two people to transport at night, including yourself. You are not able to transport the same person twice. You can not be role-blocked by Escort.
Godfather (TOWN)
Choose to kill someone each night. You can not be killed at night. Your defence is to powerful. If you are lynched the Framer will replace you first.
Attackers will receive a message saying. "Your targets defence was too high".
Framer (TOWN)
Choose a target to frame each night. Framed people will show up as members of the Mafia to a Sheriff, and an investigator will get no accurate clues.
Consiglier (TOWN)
Check a person each night for their exact role. Sort of like an Investigator, but with the addition of the exact role instead of 3 possible roles. You will become the Godfather if you are the last Mafia.
Survivor (NEUTRAL)
Put on a bulletproof vest at night, protecting yourself from attacks. You have four vests to use. Survive the whole game to win. You win when all offensive night kill roles are eliminated.
Jester (NEUTRAL)
Trick the Town into voting against you. Haunt a person who voted guilty if you are lynched, killing them. A Transporter can direct the haunt onto someone else who did not vote guilty, but only if you selected that person to haunt. Jester wins his own game when he is successfully lynched. Game does not finish for the rest.
Serial Killer (NEUTRAL)
Kill someone each night. If an Escort role blocks you, you will kill them instead of your target, even if you didn't select one in the first place. You can not kill the Godfather or anyone with a powerful defense. eg: Someone saved by the doctor, or bodygaurd.
Playing around with this theme. Think it could work? mada & plot
[spoiler=Town of Token][b][size=18]TOWN of TOKEN[/size][/b]
A game of murder, deception, lying and mob hysteria. Town of Token is a d12 forum game that challenges players on their ability to convincingly lie as well as detect when other players are lying. Players are divided into two main alignments – Town & Mafia but there are 3 neutral players also.
[color=green]9 TOWN[/color] - [color=red]3 MAFIA[/color] - [color=purple] 2 NEUTRAL[/color] - [color=blue]1 SERIAL KILLER[/color]
Neutrals/Serial Killer are loners with objectives for their win clause. Serial Killer is a threat to both, and the remaining Neutrals in this game can sway either way throughout the game to meet their objective. Only the 3 Mafia will know eachother. Mafia and Serial Killer kill each night, but the Town and Neutrals can protect eachother if they can manage to work together. The problem is, no-one in the town knows eachother and they could be Mafia or a Serial Killer!
This role playing game has 2 phases, which are [b]DAY[/b] and [b]NIGHT[/b].
[b]Discussion[/b] partakes throughout both phases either the forums or in private message. The moderator must be included in every discussion if it's private. eg: create a message and Add recipient: Hoodlum to a conversation.
The moderator will only view the chat and answer IF there is a question that needs to be clarified and is able to answer where it doesn't give an advanatgeous clue or whatever. The moderator will therefore not answer all questions. The answers you seek are from the other players and what is written by the moderator in the forums. [i]The moderator is just watching the game unfold and will be giving out MVP awards and such at the end of the game[/i]
The [b]DAY[/b] phase is where the Town come together and choose to lynch the threats to Token Town. Each player can vote against one user in an effort to get them lynched (eliminated) out of the game. The majority of lynch votes against a user gets them eliminated. After a player is eliminated their role is revealed. Was s/he a threat to the Town or was s/he innocent?
When choosing to lynch a player type [b]LYNCH[/b] USERNAME. [i](Replace USERNAME with a players name).[/i]
To change your mind type [b]UN-LYNCH[/b] USERNAME.
You can choose to abstain from lynching.
Then the [b]NIGHT[/b] phase occurs where you use your night actions. Each role has a night action. Some roles are limited to when they choose which nights, others are every night. Types of roles are, Killing, Investigative, Distraction and Defensive.
Most night roles have a target. In this case, send a private message to the moderator and type [b]TARGET[/b] USERNAME. [i](Replace USERNAME with a players name).[/i]
Other roles that don't have a target will be explained by the moderator when you receive your role.
[b]CHOOSING CEREMONY[/b]
For this particular game, there is a Choosing Ceremony that happens during sign up. You can choose your roles!
in [b]TOKEN TOWN[/b] everyone has a power role. There is a 200 token buy-in cost to go into the winners pool which goes out to the winning players.
Read the roles. Choose your role! [i]keep your choice anonymous of course[/i]
Send me a pvt message of your preference of roles. Favourite to least favourite and I will sort them out by preference, first in first serve, however, I am a corrupt Mayor and can be token bribed. Highest bidder wins. All buy-in and bribe tokens go into the pool. Game starts when all roles are filled.
[i]Bribe tokens will be deducted at the end of the game for role anonymity, if other staff members are playing.[/i]
[color=green]Town wins when all mafia and serial killer is dead.[/color]
[color=red]Mafia wins when all town and serial killer is dead.[/color]
[color=purple]Neutrals have a mission, and win when completed. (They can win with either faction).[/color]
[color=blue]The Serial Killer wins when he is the last man standing.[/color]
Each faction wins bonus +100 tokens for successful lynch/kill - [i]You get tokens, he gets tokens, everyone gets tokens![/i]
(donated by Hoodlum)
[spoiler=ALL ROLES]
[spoiler=Sheriff (TOWN)]
[color=grey]For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a cop, just like my father. Law enforcement has always run in the family. As a child, I remember the late nights of Dad coming home and talking to us at the dinner table. "Son, it's my job to keep the streets clean and safe, so you and the good folks in Token can live their lives without fear." My father took pride in his work, and I took pride that my dad was the one who wore the badge. Dad was good at his job. Too good. When the Mafia started feeling the pressure after he found one of their men, the Godfather took a hit out for him. I remember the day the town found him shot on the street in the town square. Everybody pointed fingers, but we all knew the culprits. On that day, the town lost a hero who stood tall for what was right. On that day, I swore a vow to my father to continue his work. The badge that my father wore now sits proud against my chest. There is no mercy for people who try to hurt the innocent citizens. This is my town now.[/color]
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[spoiler=Investigator (TOWN)]
[color=grey]The Investigator carefully selects the person in question by day, then sneaks off to the house of the accused at night. Peeking in through a open window, he is stunned to see knives lining the walls of the house, blood-stained and gleaming in the moonlight. That's all the investigator needs to see before he leaves quickly. He is convinced he has found a Serial Killer, and makes sure to call him out by day. The "Serial Killer" panics and quickly claims he is a doctor, doing his job. With the help of the Town, the "doctor" is quickly lynched, as the Town crowds around the person as they look for hints of their role. Medical files fall out of the pocket of the dead body, as medication is loosely held in the dead man's hands. One person slowly looks up and points an accusing finger at the Investigator, before loudly and clearly stating: "Lynch him."[/color]
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[spoiler=Lookout (TOWN)][color=grey]The Lookout quickly made his way to the Investigator's house. The Investigator had called out the Godfather earlier that day, and with the Doctor dead, he was in a lot of trouble. He clambered his way up the Investigator's house and crawled along the roof, until he was over the front door, looking down. He was betting someone was going to try and finish off the Investigator tonight for sure, and so he lay down to hide himself as best as he could in the dark of the night, and waited. He waited five minutes. He waited ten minutes. He waited fifteen minutes. He waited twenty minutes. His eyes never left the front door, not even for a split second. After about an hour or two, there was a rustling noise behind the house, and it did not go unnoticed by the Lookout. Carefully, he maneuvered his way across the roof to the back of the house and watched. A shadowy figure emerged from the undergrowth and disappeared through the back door of the Investigator's house. He only saw him for a split second, but he knew from the shape of their head just who that person was. There was a gunshot and a cry of pain. The Investigator had been shot, and the intruder quickly zipped out the back of the house. Less than five minutes later, another figure approached the back. The Lookout knew this person as well, from his height or lack thereof. A minute later, there was a strangled cry from the house and this figure too disappeared. The Lookout hurriedly wrote down who had visited the Investigator on this night and kept waiting, but nobody else came. The next morning, the Investigator was found dead with both a bullet wound and a stab wound. Both mafia and Serial Killer had taken a turn on him. The Lookout quickly consulted his notes to check the names of both people and then exclaimed his findings to the town. The Serial Killer was lynched that day, while the Mafioso was shot dead by the Vigilante, both killed thanks to the Lookout's dedication to watching the Investigator's house all night.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Veteren (TOWN)] [color=grey]The pain in his knee flared up again. The Veteran scowled at it. He didn't mind the pain, but he could have done without the memories it brought. The cursed Battle of Barrow Hill. He shuddered. So many people died that day. Yes, they had won ultimately, but the price for victory had been high. The Veteran had seen friend after friend fall to gunshots or explosions, unable to save them. After the war he had settled in a small town called Token to find some peace, but it wasn't meant to be. Lately town members have been disappearing, sometimes found brutally murdered in their homes. "Human nature never changes", thought the Veteran. He knew the shape of the world, knew how it worked. But he'd be damned if he accepted it without a fight. Jaw clenched he dismantled and cleaned his old rifle. A fine piece of craftsmanship from years gone by. Old as it was, it still packed a punch. "And so do I", thought the Veteran. "Sooner or later they'll come for me. And when they do, I'll be ready." With a satisfying clicking sound he put the last piece of the rifle back together. [/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Vigilante (TOWN)][color=grey]Taking the law into your hands hadn't been the plan. No, not at first. As the Sheriff's right hand man, you were sure that you would bring members of The Mafia and Serial Killer to justice. No villain against the town would escape you or the Sheriff's watchful eye. Gun always at the ready, you were more than ready to rid the town of evil. Until one day, when left at the office alone, you found it. A large envelope with the Sheriff's name on it, stuffed to the brim with cash. Your stomach plummeted when you recognized The Mafia's insignia gracing the seal. Dropping your badge on the desk, you walk away from that life, promising yourself that you would do whatever it takes to deliver true justice to the town of Token, your trusty gun at your side.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Bodygaurd (TOWN)]
[color=grey]The Bodyguard shifted his cigarette from one corner of his mouth to the other and placed his kevlar vest over his undershirt. He was certainly going to need it tonight, he thought. He carefully set the smoldering cigarette in an ashtray as he strapped the vest tight. It had a few dents in it from previous close encounters. He tucked the cigarette back into the corner of his mouth and grabbed his white dress shirt and began to button it. "Gonna be one hell of a night," he chuckled to himself, "one for the record books for sure." He took an extended drag before grabbing his suit jacket. His mother always did say he looked good in pinstripe. But this was going to run smoothly, he told himself. His target and him had discussed the protection plan in depth. No way a single assailant could get him, and that's something the Bodyguard was willing to bet his life on. After checking his pistol he slid it into his jacket pocket. He picked the comb off his dresser and made some minor last minute adjustments to his balding hair. He placed it down and stared into the mirror. He could see his age finally catching up with him as his eyes drifted to his favorite thing on his dresser. He picked up the framed picture of his deceased wife and gave it a quick kiss before putting it back down. He extinguished the cigarette into the ashtray with one hand as he put on his sunglasses with the other. He grabbed the tacked-up picture of the Mayor and walked out of the door.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Doctor (TOWN)][color=grey]His first-aid kit dangled from his lanky fingers as he ran to his destination, the full moon beating down on his head. Time was of the essence. The town Doctor was prepared for what he saw inside of the broken-down grey house. He kicked open the door. His father was a Serial Killer, and just like him, he had the odd desire of comfort in the cold darkness of night, but he had taken a different interest in knives.
He knows the smell. The house reeked of blood. He cautiously stepped further into the house, only to see a man splayed out on the floor. The man looked around the room, confused and slightly scared. The Doctor set his kit down next to the twitching man, and proceeded to get his tools.
The man's torso and legs had been torn open. He grabs the needle and string from his kit and swallows down bile, ready to sew together the remains of this death-fearing man. This was the work of the towns new serial killer. The rumours of Token Town are that the good town Doctor is the Serial Killer, but thankfully the victims can dispel those rumours. If they live![/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Escort (TOWN)][color=grey]The Godfather was fuming. The Vigilante had gotten a lucky shot on his Mafioso, and he aimed to get the Vigilante back before he could find the mafia's Framer as well. That fool had revealed himself to the town, like he was expecting a parade in his honour for shooting the Mafioso. He instructed the Framer to frame the Jester, in hopes the town investigative found it and decided to lynch him, thus hurting themselves. The Framer nodded and walked out, while the Godfather prepared the very weapon he'd passed onto the Mafioso before. He would get the Vigilante back for this. Before he can leave however, the lovely Escort finds her way into his home. Completely distracted by her looks, he stops what he was doing while the Escort encourages him to share a drink with her. The Godfather decides a drink wouldn't hurt, and humours her request. As they're almost finished with their drinks however, a shot cracks through the house and hits the Godfather square in the shoulder. The Vigilante was taking another guess. The Escort, startled quickly runs out of the house, yelling that somebody had been shot. The next morning, the Escort reveals to the town that she had kept the Godfather home all night and nobody had died. The proven Vigilante confirms he shot the Godfather, and yet there the Godfather was, still alive. Before the Godfather knows it, he's on trial with confirmed townsfolk designating him as the Godfather. The Escort cheekily blows him a kiss, exclaiming "Better luck next time, sweetie." and it's the last thing the Godfather sees and hears before the rope tightens around his neck and he is hung.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Transporter (TOWN)][color=grey]He was once a promising street racer. Never strived for wealth or power. All he wanted was to drive without any restraint. Somehow news of him reached the Godfathers ears and his whole life took a turn. The Mafia told him he would just be the getaway driver and in exchange he can get all the cars he wants and drive as fast as he can. Everything went smoothly for a while. He would drive and would not think of what the others were doing. It was just him and the open road. But then one night he got distracted. While he was waiting in his car an Escort caught his eye. She was beautiful. They talked the night and he was on cloud nine, but his night of excitement was cut short. Turns out his Mafia brethren were in a crazy old Veteran's house and they would have needed his help. His foolishness caused the death of a Mafioso . The Godfather wasn't happy. The next day a new appointed mafioso was sent to kill the Escort. He had no choice but to drive him... He had to do it...She was killed. He didn't sleep that night, he was angry, he was ashamed. The Godfather wasn't going to get the best of him, break him, turn him evil. He would try to get the Mafia to kill each other by switching people around at night, to get OUT![/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Godfather (MAFIA)]
[color=grey]The Godfather wasn't always a wicked man, for a long time he was a welcome member of the town in his youth. He and the Mayor were playmates in their childhood, but a disagreement lead to a bitter rivalry that exists to this day. The young man (Godfather) was known to be an up and coming town member who was generally loved and respected, and had a very good chance of being elected Mayor of the town. His rival (The Mayor) seethed in anger seeing this, as his campaigns were failing to win over the town members. The Mayor hired an Investigator possibly the Sheriff who was his cousin, to dig up some dirt on him, but they failed to find anything damning. Eventually fabricated damning evidence surfaced and horrified and disgusted the town, leading to the banishment of the young man. The young man was angry, betrayed by those he loved and cared for, and promised to get revenge on every single one of them for believing his corrupt rival over him. The Mafia at the time noticed the potential of this young man, and brought him in to the Family. As time went on, the original Godfather became very sick, and with his dying breath, he appointed the young man who became like a son to him. Brimming with a sense of darkness in his heart and a lust for revenge, the young man became the new head of the Family, and returned to his home town with his new-found Family backing him to kill those who turned him into a hard-hearted criminal, and more specifically, the corrupt Mayor. [/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Framer (MAFIA)][color=grey]"I've found evidence linking her to the Mafia!" the venerable Sheriff declared as he pointed to the confused Escort . He then pulled out a handful of crumpled notes, detailing the locations of shady out-of-town meetings at night and written in blood-red ink while starting his 'death to the Mafia' spiel. The Escort tried to defend herself to the best of her abilities, claiming that one would have to be an abject fool to think that those notes could correlate to the Mafia, but fortunately (or unfortunately, in the Escort 's case), the Sheriff's years of experience led him to believe that he really had genuine info. He led the Escort 's execution, and then realized as she breathed her last... she was framed. Her last will held not her words of dedication to the Mafia... just the words of the deceased townsfolk. The Framer noted the irony in the Sheriff's spiel with his fellow Mafia comrades while the rest of the town turned a blind eye to the incognito Mafia, and one of the brave citizens shouted out loud to jail and execute the Sheriff for his mistake. As the meeting for the day concluded and almost everyone went back to their homes, the Framer congratulated himself on what he had accomplished. Who knew where a few old documents could get you?[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Consigliere (MAFIA)][color=grey]The Godfather's right hand man, who can gather dirt better than the Investigator himself. Once an Investigator himself, the law was too muddy for him. Either they were the best for them, or the worst, not to mention the pay was awful. But when he joined the Mafia, it all became much clearer. They were either with us or against us, clear cut and dry, not to mention the pay and the connections. When he was an Investigator, it was all jokes about how he couldn't tell a Vigilante from a Transporter, but not now. He commands respect wherever he goes, and no one dare disrespect him. If they did the Mafia would soon have their number, and nothing good comes from that. The Mafia's own private eye, along with his new best buddy the Framer, both worked in harmony together to gather intel and frame a target at the Godfathers command. An Investigator gone wrong, an integral part of a good Mafia team.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Survivor (NEUTRAL)][color=grey]Haunted by his past, the Survivor locks himself in a room and just wishes to live.
The Survivor was once a responsible Bodyguard, who protected the Mayor night after night. Until one dark night: the Bodyguard was foolish enough to yield to a beautiful Escort, who dazzled him with her seductive moves. Unfortunately, the next morning, the Mayor was found dead. His killers, the Mafia, went on a rampage soon after and destroyed everyone in their path.
One man from the massacre had survived: the Bodyguard. And ever since that day, he has confined himself to his mind, beating himself up over the fact that he could have prevented all of this from happening, if it hadn't been for that Escort.
To this day, the Bodyguard–now Survivor–keeps four bulletproof vests that represent each party that played a role in the massacre. One for the Town, who all died in the slaughter. One for the Mafia, who led them to their deaths. One for the abandoned souls, who kept to themselves. And the final one for himself, to remind him of his selfishness. He saved himself, and his friends paid the price.
The Survivor's mind is clouded with the thoughts of his past, but one thing is clear for him: he must survive.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Jester (NEUTRAL)][color=grey]He'd been born with a curse. At every waking hour demons whispered in his ears, telling him to do things, terrible things. In the beginning he was strong, he resisted their words. But then one day a town member turned up dead. The next day another one. The members of the town kept dying, always at night, always when he was sleeping. Ready to controlled by any demon who wished to do harm. He tried staying awake, but ultimately he always fell asleep, and the next day a new body were always found. One day, the town charged a man with the murder of his victims. Silently he stood by as they lynched him. He turned out to be innocent, of course. The guilt drove him mad - not only was he a murderer, he was turning the members of the town against each other! The next day he confessed his crime to everyone who would listen. Immediately they brought her to the town square and executed him. 'The town is safe', were his final words. But the next day another town member died. Again the town had executed an innocent person. One man, who'd driven for the execution of the cursed one the most, ended his life out of guilt. He were the only town member he'd caused the death of.[/color][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Serial Killer (NEUTRAL)][color=grey]"Oh, he is such a nice guy." This was one of the most frequent things said about the man who lived in the small house at the end of Smithy Road. Always quiet and wellspoken. Always polite. And yet, no one knew him very well. He had no hobbies they knew of, he kept mostly to himself and seemed to have no close friends among the town members. Had any of them watched the man more closely, they might have noticed a few strange things about him. For example, he often went on a little stroll in the middle of the night. He also owned four large freezers, which he kept in his basement. Even more odd, they had locks on them. And if any of the town members had followed the man on one of his nightly strolls, they would have been likely to see a completely different man, a man behind the pleasant mask he showed to gullible town's folk in the sunlight. But of course none of them did. No one suspected him at all. He was safe. And he could continue his work. Oh yes, he had a mission. He would cleanse this town one by one. And when his grand work of art was finished and this town finally purified, he would be free and could finally rest. Finally be at peace. The man smiled contentedly as he donned his cloak and headed out into the night.[/color][/spoiler]
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[spoiler=ROLE ABILITIES & GAME MECHANICS]
[color=green]Sheriff (TOWN)[/color]
Check one person each night for suspicious activity. Any Mafia members except the Godfather, along with anyone that was framed by a Framer, will appear as a Mafia member. A Serial Killer will be found alongside the Mafia.
Investigation Message.
"Your target is not suspicious."
"Your target is a member of the Mafia!"
[color=green]Investigator (TOWN)[/color]
Investigate someone each night for a hint of their role. You will be given three possible roles that your target may be. If your target has been framed, you will be given false information.
Investigation Message.
"Your target is either (____ , ____ , ____ )"
[color=green]Lookout (TOWN)[/color]
Watch someone at night to see who visits them.
If someone other than you visits your target, you will receive the message: "____ visited your target last night!" or "Your target visited ____ last night!"
[color=green]Veteran (TOWN)[/color]
Decide whether or not to be on alert during the night. On alert, you will kill all your visitors. They could be innocent town folk though. You have 3 alerts.
[color=green]Vigilante (TOWN)[/color]
Choose to take justice in your own hands and shoot someone. If you shoot a Town member, you will die from guilt the following night phase. You have 2 bullets.
[color=green]Bodyguard (TOWN)[/color]
Decide whether to protect a person from death each night. If they are attacked, you will kill an attacker and they will kill you, but your target will live.
[color=green]Doctor (TOWN)[/color]
Heal one person each night. If they are attacked, you will heal them, granting them Powerful Defense for a night. You have one self-heal, also granting you Powerful Defense for a night.
If someone attacked your target, you will be notified by the moderator.
[color=green]Escort (TOWN)[/color]
Distract someone each night to block them from using their night ability. If you role block a Serial Killer you will be killed.
[color=green]Transporter (TOWN)[/color]
Choose two people to transport at night, including yourself. You are not able to transport the same person twice. You can not be role-blocked by Escort.
[color=red]Godfather (TOWN)[/color]
Choose to kill someone each night. You can not be killed at night. Your defence is to powerful. If you are lynched the Framer will replace you first.
Attackers will receive a message saying. "Your targets defence was too high".
[color=red]Framer (TOWN)[/color]
Choose a target to frame each night. Framed people will show up as members of the Mafia to a Sheriff, and an investigator will get no accurate clues.
[color=red]Consiglier (TOWN)[/color]
Check a person each night for their exact role. Sort of like an Investigator, but with the addition of the exact role instead of 3 possible roles. You will become the Godfather if you are the last Mafia.
[color=purple]Survivor (NEUTRAL)[/color]
Put on a bulletproof vest at night, protecting yourself from attacks. You have four vests to use. Survive the whole game to win. You win when all offensive night kill roles are eliminated.
[color=purple]Jester (NEUTRAL)[/color]
Trick the Town into voting against you. Haunt a person who voted guilty if you are lynched, killing them. A Transporter can direct the haunt onto someone else who did not vote guilty, but only if you selected that person to haunt. Jester wins his own game when he is successfully lynched. Game does not finish for the rest.
[color=blue]Serial Killer (NEUTRAL)[/color]
Kill someone each night. If an Escort role blocks you, you will kill them instead of your target, even if you didn't select one in the first place. You can not kill the Godfather or anyone with a powerful defense. eg: Someone saved by the doctor, or bodygaurd.
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