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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.

Golbolco
over 8 years

admin says

@cub i'll build the deceiver too, need an icon. deceiver + bride, final roles for this month


"But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."

Also, fixed Butterfly sprite:
admin
over 8 years
@cub i'll build the deceiver too, need an icon. deceiver + bride, final roles for this month
cub
over 8 years
evil people like me exist to ruin everything
deletedover 8 years
sad :(
cub
over 8 years

arials92 says

This is just a suggestion and by no means has to be done but I've just been thinking about it for a bit.

If i remember correctly, back in the day when you edited your page bio, i feel like there used to be more freedom with editing and personalizing it (or maybe i'm just imagining it). but I think it would be cool if we could get that back or in general. Like being able to use html tags and whatnot to personalize the bio.


that would allow xss

and trust me, even if you tried to remove script tags we'd find a way
quiche
over 8 years

admin says


quiche says

Has the butterfly been fixed from trying to convert people to mafia?


oh, what's the bug? butterfly should reset everyone to their original role if it dies


It was this game: https://epicmafia.com/game/5544337. Furansu's n1 meeting said "Convert into a mafia?" When there wasn't any converting role in the game.
deletedover 8 years
This is just a suggestion and by no means has to be done but I've just been thinking about it for a bit.

If i remember correctly, back in the day when you edited your page bio, i feel like there used to be more freedom with editing and personalizing it (or maybe i'm just imagining it). but I think it would be cool if we could get that back or in general. Like being able to use html tags and whatnot to personalize the bio.
admin
over 8 years

quiche says

Has the butterfly been fixed from trying to convert people to mafia?


oh, what's the bug? butterfly should reset everyone to their original role if it dies
cub
over 8 years

admin says

i think i'm done adding new roles after Bride. just fixed the bleeder, mistletoe messages being on the previous day. please let me know if this isn't fixed


mosey on over to https://epicmafia.com/topic/80934 and add some features to improve user experience
Golbolco
over 8 years
I'll help post some of my favorite mafia roles too then:

Plumber: https://epicmafia.com/role/1459

A role that interacts with leaks and whispers, something that in my opinion is long overdue.

Decoy: https://epicmafia.com/role/1114

This one's sort of a self-driver. It's different from toreador and driver enough that I'd consider it.

Librarian: https://epicmafia.com/role/13337

This one's a Golbolco role (wowee self-advertising). It forces everyone to talk only in whispers (with leaks included) for a day. I need to make the sprite better though.

Harbinger: https://epicmafia.com/role/12653

I really like this one, it's sort of an anti-virgin role. Once a game during the day it can choose to disable all night actions the next night and makes the following day a forced-lynch day. That could prove really useful and is balanced as the mafia won't be able to act either.
cub
over 8 years

sl0nderman says

Also, I think that there should be a focus on making more mafia roles after all the village roles that have just been added.


https://epicmafia.com/role/11366

Deceiver
- Visits one person every night.
- The deceiver will appear to visit that person instead of their actual visits.
- Sided with the mafia.

similar mechanic to ninja but instead of hiding visits, redirects them. voting no one will have no effect. choosing to visit someone in the deception meeting will make it appear as if the deceiver (and mafia, if he led the kill) visited that person instead of the mafia target

its not a sandbox role
quiche
over 8 years
Has the butterfly been fixed from trying to convert people to mafia?
deletedover 8 years
They can only vent one person in a day, so no, not an overpowered vent.
admin
over 8 years
i think i'm done adding new roles after Bride. just fixed the bleeder, mistletoe messages being on the previous day. please let me know if this isn't fixed
cub
over 8 years

Jimbei says

Spirit
-Every night can chose one player
-Will posses them
-Can use their gun for them, can talk for them, and can see any whispers involving them
-Doesn't attend mafia meetings
-Sided with the mafia

So basically the spirit can use a persons gun(unless they use it first), can vent the person and any whisper will look like a leak to them.


so its an incredibly overpowered vent

each individual thing this role does could be a separate role
sl0nderman
over 8 years
Also, I think that there should be a focus on making more mafia roles after all the village roles that have just been added.
To help start that off, here's an idea that I totally didn't steal from someone who doesn't play anymore:

https://epicmafia.com/role/15625
Golbolco
over 8 years

sl0nderman says

I've made a thread illustrating some advice for role makers. Check it out and it may help you to improve your created roles:

https://epicmafia.com/topic/80958


I'll add that link to the OP.
sl0nderman
over 8 years
I've made a thread illustrating some advice for role makers. Check it out and it may help you to improve your created roles:

https://epicmafia.com/topic/80958
deletedover 8 years
Spirit
-Every night can chose one player
-Will posses them
-Can use their gun for them, can talk for them, and can see any whispers involving them
-Doesn't attend mafia meetings
-Sided with the mafia

So basically the spirit can use a persons gun(unless they use it first), can vent the person and any whisper will look like a leak to them.
sl0nderman
over 8 years
I think no matter how you implement this, the Virologist is just going to be an overly complicated zombie.
deletedover 8 years
i'm 100% behind these changes.
cub
over 8 years

Golbolco says

Here's a role made by Error (with consultation from moi) in the chat box just now:

Virologist:

-Every night, the Virologist visits one player to infect them with a pathogen.
-The pathogen spreads when infected players visit non-infected players or non-infected players visit infected players.
-The pathogen is undetectable and doesn't do anything to the infected.
-Roles that do not visit will not become infected from doing actions on infected players.
-Doctors, nurses, surgeons, monks, and quacks cure players of infection.
-If visited by a shrink, the virologist converts to doctor. If visited by a quack, the virologist converts to poisoner.
-Wins if all living players are infected.
-Cannot win if killed/lynched.


i dont actually agree with this and i dont think it can ever be properly implemented without being autowin or autolose but for the sake of ideas here's a revision

Virologist
- On the first night, selects a player to infect
- If that player veggies, choose again the following night
- Visiting or being visited by an infected player spreads infection
- Medical roles can cure the infection until everyone is infected
- If visited by a shrink, the virologist becomes a doctor and the infection is cured
- If visited by a quack, the virologist becomes a poisoner and the infection is cured
- After everyone is infected, the village is alerted and has one day to find and lynch the virologist before they all die

system message
The village is sick! Find the virologist before everyone dies!
coolkidrox123
over 8 years
edited :

Loan Shark
Created bycoolkidrox1236 months ago
Each day can loan a room to one player who can then choose another player to room with
In exchange for the room, the player gives the Loan Shark their voting right
If the player that rented the room gets killed while inside the room the killer must pay the renter's debts by giving the Loan shark their voting right. Therefore revealing to the Loan Shark (and maybe the other players) who the killer is.
The renter can choose to repay their debt to the loan shark on a later day but each day they leave it off the debt will rise and once they finaly pay their debt the loan shark gains the amount of votes that the player was in debt for.
Wins if all players in the game used or were in one of his rooms once in the game. (similar to alien)
desta
over 8 years
is justice supposed to not visit? checked me out when i was loudmouth, but no message appeared that someone had visited me
deletedover 8 years
ok