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.
While watching The Emperor's New Groove I had two amazing role ideas:
Kronk: - Third Party - Sets a trap door under a player. - In the day has two levers to pull: Lever 1 and Lever 2 (Pull the lever, Kronk!) - One lever does nothing. The other opens the trap door, causing the person to drop and never be seen again. (WRONG LEVERRRRR) - Wins if they pull the lever that does nothing every day.
Alternative role:
Yzma: - Third party. - Sets a trap door under a player. - They have two levers in the day: Lever 1 and Lever 2. (Pull the lever, Kronk!) - One lever drops the player they chose, never to be seen again. The other drops Yzma. (WRONG LEVERRRRR) - Wins if they never drop through the trap door.
Or just make the trap door a mechanic.
Trap door version 1: - The trap is set at night. - In the day the user has two levers. - One lever does nothing, and no one will ever know the trap was set. - The other opens the door and drops the player, never to be seen again.
Trap door version 2: - Sets the trap door in the day. - When activated, the player drops and cannot participate in that day anymore (talk, vote, day actions, etc.). - They return the next day.
Something good must be here, I just want to see a trap door goshdarnit
- Meeting mafia that won't allow any nudity or blood - Auto kill celeb at the beginning of day (voodoo death message) because she's a naked sIut As long as Censoring man is alive: - Orc, bride and crystal have no effect - All the bleeding people will die immediately - Any self-naked role (like werewolf) when activate, will die at night with janitor effect - Virgin won't stop any dead cause people can't use her blood - Auto kill a random zombie each night cause that role is disgusting - If got drunk at night, will kill the drunk and ignore role-blocking effect
Hypnotist: Anyone who visits Hypnotist gets brainwashed and goes mad. Mad players are unable to vote and their chat is jumbled. Only the Shrink can cure madness. Sided with the town
We need a townsided cthulhu damnit. It would be so useful for the town if maf hits them.
Broker/Mediator -Picks two players each night -The following day, these players will be able to see each others messages and will be silenced to all other players -Can not pick nobody or mafia -If either player dies, the effect is canceled -If the same player is picked twice, nothing happens -Sided with the mafia
I still think that people will prefer to do nothing on dark days (unless the oracle manages to get on mafia), because there's no way to confirm the torchbearer on a dark day.
I've always liked Riddler's Torchbearer/Torchbearer+ for an anti-blinder/LK role. Maybe with some revisions, like being able to see the Torchbearer's vote/speech without being obscured, it could be a really great role. It's also got the benefit of the torch being an item that can be stolen, meaning a thief can swipe up the torch and claim to be the torchbearer.
Idea for a setup: "Shot in the Dark", 3 gunsmiths, an oracle, a lightkeeper, a torchbearer, a hooker, a blinder and a thief.
People have suggested similar roles before and in the end, someone who can see through blindness is just a little too niche. Not to mention, on a dark day, the rest of the town will be blind to, so they can't accurately judge who the firefly is. Then it just ends up that people wait to do anything until the next day anyway.
The original suggestion doesn't mention anything about not meeting, so I'd change it to meet too since it seems more balanced that way.
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Is plumber supposed to be a meeting mafia? It doesn't say that it doesn't attend meetings in the description and it seems pretty weak without meeting.
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foxie please tell lucid this is great for main lobby:
widow
-if lynched, votes will be disabled the following day. - sided with the mafia.
it would be much more than secretary because it'd have a lot of strategy to it
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I think simple roles like rival and mechanic are really good because they can add a tonne of creative setups to the site, even if they're not good for the typical sandbox setup
Here's a slightly edited version of Croned's sprite:
Possible ideas: If there is no party host in the setup (closed role luck or host not knowing), then they should convert to party host. "Nobody is planning any parties, why not forget about the guns and do it yourself?"
Second idea: what if the party guns also work in banquets or jail? Not as necessary of an addition as the first part, though.
