Role Madness A Certain Magical Mafia II - Game Thread
I think this was a source of confusion for most players. Your "affiliation" was what was important here. Those affiliated with SCHOOL acted as Lynchpins. Likewise, for the other Town, those affiliated with Necessarius were the lynchpins. Science-side roles were mostly weaker, but could blend in with the rest more easily. Magic-side roles were a lot stronger, but to get full access to their role, they needed to out themselves by declaring their magic name to the thread.
Index was the core town role, which makes sense given she's the titular character, given that she had a very strong investigation and was hard to kill. To counter this, scum had unlimited access to a roleblock and a busdrive. I think if the Mafia had managed to get Reloaded or Pot Goblin lynched the game would have been very close. But after Day 2, where Flower was lynched quite a lot more easily than she should have been, the Town really took over, and had a pretty easy win by the end.
Index was the core town role, which makes sense given she's the titular character, given that she had a very strong investigation and was hard to kill. To counter this, scum had unlimited access to a roleblock and a busdrive. I think if the Mafia had managed to get Reloaded or Pot Goblin lynched the game would have been very close. But after Day 2, where Flower was lynched quite a lot more easily than she should have been, the Town really took over, and had a pretty easy win by the end.
I actually really am proud of the setup, and I kinda wish I'd held it until some players got a bit more used to Mafia and specifically my games, because I think some were overloaded with the amount of info to parse. A lack of familiarity with the theme probably didn't help either, but I don't regret that.
Basically, the core idea of the series is that Science and Magic essentially exist independently of each other, so I wanted to reflect that with the seperate towns. The Science side needed SCHOOL to live through the game, and the Magic side needed Necessarius. Touma, of course, needs to save everyone, as he's the protagonist, so for him to win, both Science and Magic towns need to win as well.
Mafia needed to be able to adapt throughout the game. Hence why they had no role that was strictly tied to them. If they were getting thinned out, Othinus was a behemoth who could only be stopped by an Index redirect or a Kanzaki kill.
For the Indies, Vento hates Science, so her thing was, if she were targeted by Science-side characters, she'd be able to retaliate. Her main magic is to punish those who show hostility towards her, hence how her whole mechanic works. It's a shame Divine Punishment never came into effect, but it was quite conditional. Fiamma, on the other hand, his power is to scale up one better than whatever he's facing. For him to beat Othinus, he needs to fail a kill on Index, which for flavour, would give him the forbidden knowledge she holds which gives him the capability of killing Othinus. Otherwise, he needs to get rid of Vento, and Touma. Mostly to balance the books, as Vento was already very Anti-Town. Fiamma killing Touma once satisfied that part of his wincon, so Touma coming back was the least harmful role towards the town that could still hurt them.
Basically, the core idea of the series is that Science and Magic essentially exist independently of each other, so I wanted to reflect that with the seperate towns. The Science side needed SCHOOL to live through the game, and the Magic side needed Necessarius. Touma, of course, needs to save everyone, as he's the protagonist, so for him to win, both Science and Magic towns need to win as well.
Mafia needed to be able to adapt throughout the game. Hence why they had no role that was strictly tied to them. If they were getting thinned out, Othinus was a behemoth who could only be stopped by an Index redirect or a Kanzaki kill.
For the Indies, Vento hates Science, so her thing was, if she were targeted by Science-side characters, she'd be able to retaliate. Her main magic is to punish those who show hostility towards her, hence how her whole mechanic works. It's a shame Divine Punishment never came into effect, but it was quite conditional. Fiamma, on the other hand, his power is to scale up one better than whatever he's facing. For him to beat Othinus, he needs to fail a kill on Index, which for flavour, would give him the forbidden knowledge she holds which gives him the capability of killing Othinus. Otherwise, he needs to get rid of Vento, and Touma. Mostly to balance the books, as Vento was already very Anti-Town. Fiamma killing Touma once satisfied that part of his wincon, so Touma coming back was the least harmful role towards the town that could still hurt them.
I gave y'all the GF, with NO mech!
I feel I was MVP worthy for once in my life!
Also @Fujishiro I really was like way fucking cooked when I started playing 5D chess with my read on you D1. Think I was awake for over 48 hours and let's just say I wasn't quite right in the head lmao.
Apart from UwU (mostly) and Pot, I was generally right about most
GG to everyone and good targeting from @York spared a lot of pain!
I feel I was MVP worthy for once in my life!
Also @Fujishiro I really was like way fucking cooked when I started playing 5D chess with my read on you D1. Think I was awake for over 48 hours and let's just say I wasn't quite right in the head lmao.
Apart from UwU (mostly) and Pot, I was generally right about most
GG to everyone and good targeting from @York spared a lot of pain!
I will forget this game existed. First I got offed in the OLF game because I was inactive at times due to being, let me check, drunk and going to bed and being on a business trip. Then I got rightfully pissed off and my mind was busy with that other game just to forget about this one and having that used against me here and get offed again. And when I defended myself my team just bussed me to then just give up and do nothing with their gained cred and not even post anymore. That was absolutely disgusting as shit and I hope I never have to go through this again.
When I‘m busy or asleep I‘m fucking busy or asleep and that doesn’t fucking mean I‘m scum or shit, that’s me having a fucking life.
When I‘m busy or asleep I‘m fucking busy or asleep and that doesn’t fucking mean I‘m scum or shit, that’s me having a fucking life.
I gave y'all the GF, with NO mech!
I feel I was MVP worthy for once in my life!
Also @Fujishiro I really was like way fucking cooked when I started playing 5D chess with my read on you D1. Think I was awake for over 48 hours and let's just say I wasn't quite right in the head lmao.
Apart from UwU (mostly) and Pot, I was generally right about most
GG to everyone and good targeting from @York spared a lot of pain!
I feel I was MVP worthy for once in my life!
Also @Fujishiro I really was like way fucking cooked when I started playing 5D chess with my read on you D1. Think I was awake for over 48 hours and let's just say I wasn't quite right in the head lmao.
Apart from UwU (mostly) and Pot, I was generally right about most
GG to everyone and good targeting from @York spared a lot of pain!
You played very well Mango,
I can’t shake that off because it was so fucking hurtful. There is no way to defend yourself against that stuff. And when I finally got back to this game I was on my way home, on a train, hard defended myself while I was also waiting in the cold for the next train, had a back injury and was in pain after carrying luggage, was already not feeling well and got a fucking cold and I still get called a thrower when I invest effort despite all of that. I won’t forgive that, that’s inexcusable.
Unfortunately I wasn't in the team chat at the time, had I known you were my team mate and one of the more powerful ones I may have been able to do something, but hey it's a new day, take your anger and rage and allow it to fuel your revenge, I know a remedy that prevents colds, I haven't been sick since 2021
Just get some cough candy and eat those once a month
Just get some cough candy and eat those once a month