New Roles

JonSnowalmost 8 years ago

Hello everyone! I would like to ask the people who are interested in this event to participate and contribute as much as possible.

In order for 2 new roles to be added to em, the community has to work together to refine the ideas that are going to be mentioned below. We have to collectively select 2 of the best ideas and make sure their version is the best one possible. The next step would be to come up with some sort of artwork for the selected roles. Lucid mentioned something about rewarding the users behind the artwork that would get selected in the end for those 2 roles.

Jack the Ripper (originally Hypocrite)

  • Jack the Ripper hates anyone who kills.
  • Jack the Ripper only wins when the game ends and all murderers are dead.
  • If Jack the Ripper receives a gun or knife and kills someone with it, he will not consider himself a murderer.
  • To Jack the Ripper, murderers are killing roles or any other player that has successfully eliminated someone else (shot, stabbed, blown up, etc.)
  • If a player survives one of these actions, Jack the Ripper will not consider the attacker a murderer. (~Jennings)

Cat Lady

  • Chooses one player every night. The player is instantly alerted that a cat is at their door. They have two options: Kill the cat, and let it go. If you kill the cat, you are roleblocked and the Cat Lady doesn't know who was visited. If you let it go, the Cat Lady learns your role.
  • Sided with the mafia. (~Her)

Robinhood

  • Visits two people, taking all items from the first and giving them to the second (cannot visit self either way)
  • Action fails if trying to steal from a mafia
  • Sided with the village (~Torreador)

Vice President

  • If the president dies, takes their place
  • All townies immediately receive a message of their new president
  • Attends mafia meetings, and makes them anonymous
  • Cannot win if they are the vice president (~Alyssa)

Gossiper

  • Chooses one person every night.
  • Will see some whispers this person receives/makes.
  • Gossiper's action does not count as a visit.
  • Sided with the mafia. (~Soluciones)

(revising) the Seer

  • Knows all mafia from the beginning of the game.
  • If lynched at the end of the game, the last mafia can guess who the Seer is for autowin.
  • If the Seer dies, they will appear as a random (non-mafia) role in the setup and their will will always be blank. If dead, the mafia can still attempt a guess to the Seer's identity at the end of the game.
  • If there are multiple Seers in a game, only one Seer will know the mafia at any given time.
  • If there are two mafias and multiple Seers, the knowledge of the mafias will be split between them.
  • Sided with the village. (~Shwartz99)

Whistleblower

  • Once per game can force someone to vote someone else. Vote cannot be OT'D if it is a hammer. Sided with maf (Will create more tension in selfing/hammering based setups (~Moldyches)

Soldier

  • If they are the last man standing against a single mafia or third party, the village wins.
  • Sided with the village. (~XFire)

PowerTown

  • Each night chooses a power role from the options provided to him. (the mods should determine the list)
  • Night meeting goes accordingly
  • Sided with the village

PowerMafia

  • Each night chooses a mafia role from the list.
  • Night meeting goes accordingly
  • Sided with the mafia
Poll
What is your favorite role mentioned in this thread?
Cat Lady36%50
Vice President18%26
the Seer15%22
Robinhood8%12
Soldier8%12
Jack the Ripper4%6
Whistleblower4%6
Gossiper2%4
SteelixMegaover 7 years ago
LioneI
Army
LioneI
LioneI
LioneI
Made the hamburger icon.

blave is not the only one with good artwork
Reiyoover 7 years ago
buff werewolf, let werewolf eat granny and guise into her
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Alyssaover 7 years agoedited
(honestly though blave made most of the icons for the roles we use today, besides the new roles and 100% thankful for all that he's done in the past!! think he deserves a bit more appreciation imo)
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Alyssaover 7 years ago
Where's blave when ya need him!
GrannyPixelover 7 years ago
I wish I was good at art to help make the Gunslinger / Sharpshooter fit with the other roles.
gameshowmasterover 7 years agoedited
shayneismyname
shayneismyname
Please add these
https://epicmafia.com/role/16782
https://epicmafia.com/role/16433
https://epicmafia.com/role/16603
https://epicmafia.com/role/54664
https://epicmafia.com/role/17580
Check these out. All suggested by Nearbeer, who made Emjack. He's god a great mind.
Doomsayer seems like it would be a lot of fun and hectic. I also like Atomic Bomb. (Here's my similar role to it: https://epicmafia.com/role/13584) I think Translator may be a bit too complex.
wilIover 7 years ago
Two more in the vein of visits.

Hypnotizer: participates in mafia meeting (same as other 2)
Target a player - they visit the kill along with the mafia. Their original effects won't be changed.

Doesn't kill a town if mafia kills granny.
If cop will visit 2 ppl.
Tracker see's them as visiting the kill.

Split-personality? Possessed villager?
Appears to self as blue, if lynched appears as blue (or ghoul if you're feeling flavorful.) Visits the night kill.

If none including doc saves. Visits randomly.

Town sided.
adminover 7 years ago
shayneismyname
shayneismyname
Please add these
https://epicmafia.com/role/16782
https://epicmafia.com/role/16433
https://epicmafia.com/role/16603
https://epicmafia.com/role/54664
https://epicmafia.com/role/17580
Check these out. All suggested by Nearbeer, who made Emjack. He's god a great mind.
yea, these are all pretty good, leave it all up to Golbolco which one gets built first!
shayneismynameover 7 years ago
shayneismyname
Please add these
https://epicmafia.com/role/16782
https://epicmafia.com/role/16433
https://epicmafia.com/role/16603
https://epicmafia.com/role/54664
https://epicmafia.com/role/17580
Check these out. All suggested by Nearbeer, who made Emjack. He's god a great mind.
wilIover 7 years ago
New role: Small-time boss.

Doesn't visit at all.
Can be carolled (Unsure about ninja) and counts for majority on the kill.

Doesn't get roleblocked by commuter.

(Maybe can't be roleblocked at all? I imagine him summoning a gang to beat up people. )

Nothing gimmicky with bombs.

Alternatively call it a ninja trainee.

Solo operative. Counts as 3 votes during the mafia meeting. Can only be roleblocked if last alive. Otherwise lets mafia have 2 not killing and 1 killing.
adminover 7 years ago
added a change so you should no longer see players exceeding the number of players designated for a game

let me know if you ever see this bug again, or if i've introduced some unintended bug because of the fix
ookamiover 7 years ago
Just update graphical mode April 1st. That way, the people who want it updated are happy, and the people who think its a joke don't really get to complain about it.
shayneismynameover 7 years agoedited
Why not allow us to pick multiple decks at once for guised games?
Songinover 7 years ago
Ally
there’s nothing wrong with improving graphical mode and making it an actual option to play in though, i actually think that’s worth being a priority since it’s been available for so long and hasn’t been improved
This except the part about it being a priority. I'd rather it be a side project instead, as there's more important site features that need fixing/created/updated
deleteddeletedover 7 years ago
there’s nothing wrong with improving graphical mode and making it an actual option to play in though, i actually think that’s worth being a priority since it’s been available for so long and hasn’t been improved
deleteddeletedover 7 years ago
Golbolco
Graphical mode should be default and the text box should be enlarged and made opaque. No more text mode.
absolutely not u have gone too far golbolco !
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SteelixMegaover 7 years ago
Golbolco
Graphical mode should be default and the text box should be enlarged and made opaque. No more text mode.
eughhh I would have an aneurysm playing only graphical mode
gameshowmasterover 7 years ago
Partycrasher bug: Not sure if this is intentional but gunned still get "You received a gun!" message on nights without party. Maybe make them only appear on party/blizzard nights somehow?

https://epicmafia.com/game/6780305


I also don't think it should appear without party host/snow queen, maybe it can just convert to party host or something like admirer

"There are no parties to crash, so you decide to throw one yourself!"

Role dependencies would probably be beneficial to implement period. Admirer can't appear without necessary roles, party crasher can't appear without ph/snow queen, etc. There's probably a number of them that could be implemented.
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Takialmost 8 years ago
mac
graphical mode is bad and id rather it be removed or improved than put an ugly picture behind the text-mode, making everything illegible. if you're yearning for a TOS aesthetic please STOP because it is FUGLY
Clearly you don't know the graphical meta. You soft your claim by going next to them. Profit! Won so many games. You should be kissing the graphical mode.
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shayneismynamealmost 8 years ago
Another odd bug, user sisty01 saw a user sodessa in the game even though that person was not in the game. So, to her it looked like 13 people were in a 12p game.
https://gyazo.com/f3f62a6bc73d73cfe07e99882b96c06d
macalmost 8 years ago
graphical mode is bad and id rather it be removed or improved than put an ugly picture behind the text-mode, making everything illegible. if you're yearning for a TOS aesthetic please STOP because it is FUGLY
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shayneismynamealmost 8 years ago
Also, there is a random bug happening lately wherein someone will die, yet they will appear in-game (as in, not in the graveyard). This is incredibly confusing. Not sure what is causing this.
shayneismynamealmost 8 years ago
Revamping graphical mode would be by large, large margins a much bigger job than adding new roles. I didn't mean to get into a big thing. I initially replied bc I thought you were joking and didn't want the admin to accidentally thing that a revamped graphical mode as anything anyone really wanted.
megalmost 8 years ago
shayneismyname
meg
shayneismyname
meg
graphical mode could be fun if it was improved somehow
Are we playing the same game? I know you mean well (perhaps you are being satirical?), but of all the things that could be improved upon on the site (including things that are outright broken) you pick a meme function that no one uses?
no one uses graphical mode because its outdated, hence why we should update it and make it an available feature that could make the game more than just text based chat mafia
A "text-based chat mafia" is why people come here, though. If they want a less serious, more graphic based option, there are ready alternatives.
Main lobby players rely on text and quoting for their reads and scum hunting. Using a graphic based interface, even if it was vastly better than the current graphical mode, would likely be more of a hindrance than a help. Even in unranked and sandbox, no one is interested in an improved upon graphical mode.
EM is a "text-based mafia game." That is the very core of what the site is. There are a myriad of things that could be done to improve the site, as well as make it easier and more intuitive to newcomers (which is its biggest weakness imo). So I just think it's funny that a side function should be a priority.
so additional ideas are off the table now? ok lets keep bringing up the same 5 functions lucid can improve on and not talk about anything else. there are many ways to improve the site and graphical mode could easily be one of them. yes a "side function" now but if updated i think it has potential to be interesting. kind of how TOS is but obviously still more focused on the text-chat base of the game.
Golbolcoalmost 8 years ago
Just put some pretty artwork behind the text box, there's no need to turn the game into a point-and-click or anything. Just because something is text-based doesn't mean it should lack graphics at all.
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