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Golbolco
almost 10 years

Bug and role fixes thread: https://epicmafia.com/topic/80934?page=1

How to make a role: https://epicmafia.com/topic/80958?page=1

Role interaction: https://epicmafia.com/topic/81045?page=1

Suggestions for the website: https://epicmafia.com/topic/81096?page=1

Moderator functionality suggestions: https://epicmafia.com/topic/81127

Report suggestions: https://epicmafia.com/topic/81126?page=1

UI suggestions: https://epicmafia.com/topic/88317?page=1

This is a dedicated thread for users to bounce around and brainstorm on ideas for new roles, items, game mechanics or anything else to improve and build upon our beloved Mafia game.

Back in 2015 Sims made a thread asking if anyone had any ideas for roles since Lucid was looking to make some new ones (found here: https://epicmafia.com/topic/71173?page=1) That thread's dead now, but it's always good to try to bring the community together and come up with new stuff for the game.

Some of you might know my reputation for designing new roles and my passion for Mafia. EpicMafia is a pretty cool website and can always use some new stuff to spice up and remix the usual game formula, and I know a few of you have ideas of your own.

NOTE: If you're here to complain about Sandbox moderation or the site mods, please don't.

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ChefCrackhead
over 9 years

cub says


ChefCrackhead says


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NOTE 4: I don't think quoting things over and over again is going to make Lucid pay more attention to your stuff. Maybe try rewording it and adding to it if you feel like it was overlooked the first time?





I literally answered his questions chief. I'm not trying to draw attention for my idea.
Ben
over 9 years

admin says

ok, why not both. Gypsy and Butterfly. i'll build it as soon as good icons come around


cub
over 9 yearsedited

Golbolco says


ChefCrackhead says

Something went wrong there with editing my own post. Suggestions for name/sprite improvement are welcome.


You could call it Prankster/Trickster and go with the old fool icon:


thats not the old fool icon dafool would be ashamed
fick
over 9 yearsedited

i can't wait to have poser as my profile pet
deletedover 9 years
will profile pets be optional for the people who don't want them
Golbolco
over 9 years

ChefCrackhead says

Something went wrong there with editing my own post. Suggestions for name/sprite improvement are welcome.


You could call it Prankster/Trickster and go with the old fool icon:
admin
over 9 years
ok, why not both. Gypsy and Butterfly. i'll build it as soon as good icons come around
cub
over 9 yearsedited

ChefCrackhead says


ChefCrackhead says









NOTE 4: I don't think quoting things over and over again is going to make Lucid pay more attention to your stuff. Maybe try rewording it and adding to it if you feel like it was overlooked the first time?

ChefCrackhead
over 9 years
Something went wrong there with editing my own post. Suggestions for name/sprite improvement are welcome.
cub
over 9 yearsedited
clockmaker is a neat role implemented incorrectly, although i don't think you need to make clockmakers to make good roles

butterfly is easy to make, isn't it? it's simple, yet novel

simple/easy doesn't always mean bad, but it doesn't always mean good either

i also have friends ive tried to introduce to epicmafia but couldnt get into it because there are too many roles. i don't think there's ever too many roles, but i do think bloat is always something to avoid
ChefCrackhead
over 9 yearsedited

ChefCrackhead says


admin says


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ChefCrackhead says

Prankster/Trickster/Magician/Joker or any name

-sided with village
-gives out random (real) item (gun,vest,crystal,bread,key,knife,bomb,snowball) every night to a random player
-appears as villager to self
-does not appear to visit


sure, decide on a name + icon


actually, can you describe how this is useful?


It's intended as more of a wildcard/surprise role, I don't think it'll ever be useful in ranked games. Think of it as a sleepwalker that hands out an item.

I'll name it Magic Man. I'll update this post with an icon later, it'll probably be a mix of illusionist and dreamer if you're still interested in implementing it.

edit: here's the icon

Pretty much a flipped illlusionist with sleepwalker color scheme and a fancy red collar. I tried to make it look like he's grabbing something from his hat.


admin
over 9 years
well, i've also learned that easy to build isn't necessarily bad. has clockmaker really added anything to the site?
cub
over 9 years

admin says

@cub not satisfied with sidekick and monkey?


when youre adding good, unique roles, the next step isnt going back to copycat roles

sidekick and monkey are good, justice also isnt that bad despite being another mistletoe

recently youve been saying youll add all kinds of amateur suggestions people make in this thread though i assume just because they look easy to make
Golbolco
over 9 years
@Lucid I think Cub has something she wants you to see: https://epicmafia.com/topic/80934
coolkidrox123
over 9 years
You know another fun role?

Weeb.
Golbolco
over 9 years

ChefCrackhead says

It's intended as more of a wildcard/surprise role, I don't think it'll ever be useful in ranked games. Think of it as a sleepwalker that hands out an item.


I feel like the role could actually belong in the right kind of ranked setup, but it might be pretty specialized and limited in use.

In unranked setups and Sandbox though, I think it could be really fun.
ChefCrackhead
over 9 years

cub says

sleepwalker only exists for ranked games, an unranked sleepwalker is as pointless as an unranked sleepwalker

there have been enough valid role suggestions throughout the thread, there are way too many "make my role" posts now with far less practical roles

lucid is just going by what looks easy to make which doesnt add a lot to epicmafia


My apologies for thinking up a fun role for this super serious website.
admin
over 9 years
@cub not satisfied with sidekick and monkey?
gameshowmaster
over 9 years

ChefCrackhead says


admin says


admin says


ChefCrackhead says

Prankster/Trickster/Magician/Joker or any name

-sided with village
-gives out random (real) item (gun,vest,crystal,bread,key,knife,bomb,snowball) every night to a random player
-appears as villager to self
-does not appear to visit


sure, decide on a name + icon


actually, can you describe how this is useful?


It's intended as more of a wildcard/surprise role, I don't think it'll ever be useful in ranked games. Think of it as a sleepwalker that hands out an item.

I'll name it Magic Man. I'll update this post with an icon later, it'll probably be a mix of illusionist and dreamer if you're still interested in implementing it.




If I may, I would like to suggest Gypsy since gypsies are strange creatures who go out and sometimes give strange objects.
cub
over 9 years
sleepwalker only exists for ranked games, an unranked sleepwalker is as pointless as an unranked sleepwalker

there have been enough valid role suggestions throughout the thread, there are way too many "make my role" posts now with far less practical roles

lucid is just going by what looks easy to make which doesnt add a lot to epicmafia
ChefCrackhead
over 9 yearsedited

admin says


admin says


ChefCrackhead says

Prankster/Trickster/Magician/Joker or any name

-sided with village
-gives out random (real) item (gun,vest,crystal,bread,key,knife,bomb,snowball) every night to a random player
-appears as villager to self
-does not appear to visit


sure, decide on a name + icon


actually, can you describe how this is useful?


It's intended as more of a wildcard/surprise role, I don't think it'll ever be useful in ranked games. Think of it as a sleepwalker that hands out an item.

I'll name it Magic Man. I'll update this post with an icon later, it'll probably be a mix of illusionist and dreamer if you're still interested in implementing it.
coolkidrox123
over 9 years
There should be a rabbit pet to represent admin's old avi gg
coolkidrox123
over 9 years
@Admin

Bard
Created bycoolkidrox1237 months ago
in the morning they can choose someone to play a tune to and that person falls asleep that night.
this leads to that person to be role blocked
this leads to that person not being able to join their faction's chat because they are asleep.
cub
over 9 yearsedited

cub says

in fact, here's a full revamp of the clockmaker time system

the current meta is 2 town 1 mafia kill to win, and you gain an extra life if you kill town n1 which is your most likely kill so that's silly and basically gives cm 2 lives and an easy-peasy wincon

clock starts at 6, wins on 12, dies on 9, life on 3

killing town adds 1 hour
killing mafia adds 2 hours
killing third removes 3 hours

fastest victory is killing all 3 mafia, followed by 2 mafia 2 town, 1 mafia 4 town, or 6 town

killing 3rd party n1 gives extra life, allowing sidekick to be used as a sacrificial extra life for cm while risking alerting the town that there may be a clockmaker

killing 3rd under any other circumstance becomes a risk to winning, giving clockmaker something to actually avoid while competing with village for the mafia is his primary goal

additionally, clockmaker has to avoid town+mafia as his first two kills, so it must be town+town or mafia+mafia, again making clockmaker use his clock instead of blindly killing

it all works out perfectly and it's as simple as 1 2 3

this will make clockmaker significantly harder which is a good thing, it's an easy mode killer right now


how about finally fixing clockmaker so its not an autovested killer with an early game wincon
Sportsfan666
over 9 years

ChefCrackhead says

Prankster/Trickster/Magician/Joker or any name

-sided with village
-gives out random (real) item (gun,vest,crystal,bread,key,knife,bomb,snowball) every night to a random player
-appears as villager to self
-does not appear to visit


I was considering something similar to this, but with a bit of a twist since it would be a trickster sort of role. I think it should also have negative possibilities. Maybe you get a gun, maybe you get blinded. Maybe fiddled or you get a fab gun, etc. Maybe you get a vest or you get poisoned. It could either be a single meeting that determines a random (either good or bad) item/action, or you could have an action with a predetermined set out positive actions (items, etc) and a separate action with a predetermined list of negative possibilities (blinded, poisoned, fab items, whatever.)

Just my two cents.