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Golbolco

over 8 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.

deletedover 8 years

Hey lucid

https://epicmafia.com/role/15638

Filibuster
-Will only be lynched if every non-mafia member votes for it
-Sided with the mafia

Simplicity at it's best

deletedover 8 years

yeah i typically have closed-role setup bias in mind when i muse about these things.

cub

over 8 years

error says

eager to hear thoughts. maybe some of those functions would suit another role entirely.

first one is a watcher, second one is the mechanic suggestion, fifth one removes the purpose of putting lk in a setup

Golbolco

over 8 years

error says

eager to hear thoughts. maybe some of those functions would suit another role entirely.

I think a few of them are pretty good and could be developed into entirely separate roles or mechanics. Thanks for the new workload!

Shwartz99

over 8 years

admin says

yeah, i like mechanic too, all i need is an icon and this can be built in an hour

Recolor arsonist/lawyer and change the match to a wrench and the gas can to a toolbox.

deletedover 8 years

eager to hear thoughts. maybe some of those functions would suit another role entirely.

Golbolco

over 8 years

admin says

yeah, i like mechanic too, all i need is an icon and this can be built in an hour

deletedover 8 years

admin says

i think we need an Engineer role, can someone think of what it could possibly do?

creates tripwire alarms which it installs at another player's "house," anyone who visits them triggers a notification that they were caught visiting the next day.

fixes sabotaged items.

gets a prompt when holding the bomb (red wire/blue wire/green wire). if the correct wire is chosen, the bomb is defused. if not, the bomb detonates.

can offer "uproot" option to tree so that they may resume their role as a voting member of the town once per game.

can "fix the lights" after a lightkeeper death.

just spitballing here, really.

admin

over 8 years

yeah, i like mechanic too, all i need is an icon and this can be built in an hour

USA

over 8 years

Engineer

-Can switch received item to a different item of their choice

-Sided with whatever you want

cub

over 8 years

Engineer
https://epicmafia.com/role/15678
- All fabricated items the engineer receives will be fixed.
- The engineer cannot be sabotaged.
- 50% chance to prevent bomb explosions
- Sided with the village.

i don't think village has any way to combat fab/sab currently so here's this

mechanic is a better name but you seem to have your heart set on engines

sl0nderman

over 8 years

names should be the last part of the role you think of lol

admin

over 8 years

i think we need an Engineer role, can someone think of what it could possibly do?

ISamEI

over 8 years

https://epicmafia.com/role/15677
tbh I feel like the prisoner role has some interesting potential while being fairly simple (prisoners can clear each other, but mafia can also cc)

ISamEI

over 8 years

sl0nderman says

https://epicmafia.com/role/15668
oh yeah I thought of this one yesterday

That one sounds funny, but what is half a day?
I think it would be entertaining that when the bureaucrat releases all reports, everyone is silenced. So someone can receive new information that would affect their vote (or pretend to), but other people would not know what until the next day.

Another Useless Village Role:

Prisoner (like Prisoner's Dilemma)
-Vote only counts if all prisoners in a game vote for the same person. Otherwise, vote weight is zero.

Ben

over 8 years

Hey lucid, can you make ">:(" the old angry sad emote because its a very funny emote

sl0nderman

over 8 years

https://epicmafia.com/role/15668
oh yeah I thought of this one yesterday

ToujouKirumi

over 8 years

Any updates on the mobile app lucid?

xxerox

over 8 years

Because people were complaining there are not enough simple town roles that are not usefull.

xxerox

over 8 years

Goat

Sacrafice - When killed / lynched blocks all actions that do not instantly kill a person. (Everything except mafia kill/town kill/ third kill. Roles that randomly visit, do not visit. Day actions next day also do not work except guns and knifes.)

Cult Sacrafice - If culted, Cult wins the game, Goat dies.

Acts like useless Virgin.

admin

over 8 years

Added Forum ISO, just click the little guy icon underneath the topic

Golbolco

over 8 years

SirAmelio says

snipped because page stretcher

A few of these need some edits, I'll go back through them to rebalance and spruce up so that they're more viable.

deletedover 8 years

k but the only important role is support add it

SirAmelio

over 8 years

SirAmelio

over 8 years

Monobear says

Also this didn't fit in the original post so I have to double post

Daisy

-Begins the game with three petals
-Every time it is visited, will lose one petal
-Dies if it loses all three petals
-Wins if it survives with one or more petals

(Systems messages (to self): [Losing 1st Petal] "They love me not...", [Losing 2nd Petal] "They love me..." [Losing 3rd Petal] "They love me not!")

Idea for this came with the intrigue of a 3rd party role that has to win while trying to avoid people visiting it. I figured three visits = death would be fair enough, debated between that or two.

good role