The Syndicate

Standard Jack Rules


Special rules
1) This is a draft game. One player will randomly be selected to be the mafia don. That player will then hand pick his mafia from the player list and pm it to me. They gain immediate BTSC. After the mafia is determined, I will provide a list of power roles based on Fire Emblem character classes and name a random player to start the draft. The starting player will assign a power role to a second player by posting his decision to the thread like "Epi, you are a knight." Then, the second player will assign a role to a third player and so on until all players have roles. Then, we will have Day 1. The draft period is considered Day 0 and will last until 48 hours have passed and all roles have been selected. Trying to extend Day 0 by not picking will result in penalties to your faction.

2) In addition to their publicly listed class power(s), all players will start with a secret backstory and related power, generally a one shot or passive ability. Two players with the same class will never share the same backstory. The mafia has their own backstories that replace the townie ones but they will be told what their townie backstory would have been as a safeclaim.

3) All players start at level 1 unless otherwise specified. All players that are voting at the end of the day gain a level. All players who submit their night action in the first 12 hours of the night gain a level. At level 10, you will promote to a new class, gaining new powers.

4) All townies will be randomly assigned to the nations of Goodguyia, Allyia, Nomadia or Badguyia if their backstory does not specify one. Scum are all from Badguyia. This is mostly flavor but some powers are affected by what country you are from.

5) At night, all flying players will resolve their actions first. Then, all horse riding characters will resolve their actions. Then, all infantry will resolve their actions. Roleblocking a player who has already resolved their action will have no effect, etc.

6) All players have one or more weapons. If you have multiple weapons, you must choose one each night. Swords > axes > lances > swords. Anima magic > light magic > dark magic > anima magic. If you use a weapon to target a player with a weapon yours beats, you have a 25% chance to self guide (be unblockable and unmisdirectable). If you use a weapon to target a player with a weapon that beats yours, you have a 25% chance to fail. If you miss your night action and have multiple weapons, you will use the same weapons you used last night. IIf you miss your night one action, your weapon choice will be randomized.

7) Bows are not weak or strong against other weapons but have a 100% chance to self guide against fliers. Bows allow players to retroactively effect actions of fliers that have already resolved. Example: 8) Staves are not weak or strong against any other weapons.






Originally made for 21 players but can accommodate more.

Wow, a hand drafted mafia team and civ POWER ROLES. It's like gym class all over again.

Love the concept of this game; have no idea about the theme. How long do you anticipate this game runs for? I see after 10 levels (which is basically 10 day phases) we get new powers. So it's a pretty long game?

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:35 pm Wow, a hand drafted mafia team and civ POWER ROLES. It's like gym class all over again.

Love the concept of this game; have no idea about the theme. How long do you anticipate this game runs for? I see after 10 levels (which is basically 10 day phases) we get new powers. So it's a pretty long game?

One level per day and night phase each so 5 days before average promotions. No longer or shorter than any other 21 player job.

In a nutshell, the story of every Fire Emblem game is "Once upon a time, the seemingly peaceful nation of Badguyia up and invaded the nations of Goodguyia and Allyia out of the blue with an army of people in black armor with menacing looking helmets. The prince of Goodguyia slowly recruits a ragtag army of brave peasants, surviving Goodguyia and Allyia soldiers, his childhood friends, enemy defectors and mercenaries with hearts of gold to defeat the king of Badguyia as well as Actual Bad Guy, who was the mastermind behind the invasion all along."

I've never seen nor played in a draft game. Sounds wild.

If you aren't sure how to set up the sign-ups poll, lemme know (or is this meant to be private sign-ups?).

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:46 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:35 pm Wow, a hand drafted mafia team and civ POWER ROLES. It's like gym class all over again.

Love the concept of this game; have no idea about the theme. How long do you anticipate this game runs for? I see after 10 levels (which is basically 10 day phases) we get new powers. So it's a pretty long game?

One level per day and night phase each so 5 days before average promotions. No longer or shorter than any other 21 player job.

In a nutshell, the story of every Fire Emblem game is "Once upon a time, the seemingly peaceful nation of Badguyia up and invaded the nations of Goodguyia and Allyia out of the blue with an army of people in black armor with menacing looking helmets. The prince of Goodguyia slowly recruits a ragtag army of brave peasants, surviving Goodguyia and Allyia soldiers, his childhood friends, enemy defectors and mercenaries with hearts of gold to defeat the king of Badguyia as well as Actual Bad Guy, who was the mastermind behind the invasion all along."

ahhh I misread; thought it was just after every day phase so 10 day phases sounded like a long time.

Sounds like a very fun game!

So I guess it's possible for a member of mafia to be on a mafia team and also have a civ assigned power role in the game.

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:52 pm So I guess it's possible for a member of mafia to be on a mafia team and also have a civ assigned power role in the game.

Yup.

does permadeath mean that if we die our syndicate accounts get deleted and we cant play mafia anymore? i'm in if so.

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:41 pm does permadeath mean that if we die our syndicate accounts get deleted and we cant play mafia anymore? i'm in if so.

Yes. At the very least, you have to go back and replay all the mafia games you lost.

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:43 pm

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:41 pm does permadeath mean that if we die our syndicate accounts get deleted and we cant play mafia anymore? i'm in if so.

Yes. At the very least, you have to go back and replay all the mafia games you lost.

mad max will finally be avenged

I'm obviously in.

Quin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:41 pm does permadeath mean that if we die our syndicate accounts get deleted and we cant play mafia anymore? i'm in if so.

finally a game with actual risks

This game looks insane!! And fun.

Question. Does the mafia don have that part of their role revealed? More specifically, if the don was lynched, will the rest of the players discover that he/she drafted the mafia team?

Marmot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:32 pm This game looks insane!! And fun.

Question. Does the mafia don have that part of their role revealed? More specifically, if the don was lynched, will the rest of the players discover that he/she drafted the mafia team?

No.

All players will flip town or scum and have the flavor gist of their backstory (fake example: they are the prince) revealed when they die, day or night.

Actual backstory mechanics (fake example: the prince is a double voter) and the don's identity will not be revealed upon death.

Let's fill this thing up quickly, Cindy Kates. It's a completely unique approach to Mafia by the standards of this community, and if we can get our full games rolling in full form again it will be great for the continued growth of the site.

My only knowledge of Fire Emblem is the characters that are in Smash 4 but this game approach sounds super cool (mostly confusing but I'm sure it'll make sense when it happens)

[mention]MacDougall[/mention] and [mention]Sloonei[/mention], please sign up so we can all have an RYM reunion. <3

I just invited a bunch of RYMers. Let's fill this game up with the old gang.

[mention]speedchuck[/mention] should get in on this too. I haven't played a game on here without him yet. It would be unnatural.

and maybe [mention]Ricochet[/mention]'s big comeback?

We'll see, [mention]dunya[/mention]. We'll see.

/in for now. This looks like an amazing setup. But I may need to move to /out in the future because I never have a clear sense of where I'll be a month from the present

RYMers- ColinIsCool is gonna sign up to play

Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:58 am /in for now. This looks like an amazing setup. But I may need to move to /out in the future because I never have a clear sense of where I'll be a month from the present

shut up sloonei, you're in even if you a pile of work and shit because that's what we do.

I've been quiet on the mafia front the last couple months but this game idea was what originally brought me back to the Syndicate and I've been wanting to play a draft game for forever sooooooo.

colonialbob wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:30 pm I've been quiet on the mafia front the last couple months but this game idea was what originally brought me back to the Syndicate and I've been wanting to play a draft game for forever sooooooo.

I swore to take a looong break, but this draft game and setup is just too interesting to pass.

colonialbob wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:30 pm I've been quiet on the mafia front the last couple months but this game idea was what originally brought me back to the Syndicate and I've been wanting to play a draft game for forever sooooooo.

Yeah, you missed my last draft game on the realms.

Here's an example of how this has worked in the past for anyone curious.
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=251870

Jackofhearts2005 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:19 pm Here's an example of how this has worked in the past for anyone curious.
http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=251870

wow, that was a short game. I can't see it being that small here. Heck, I could type 25 pages on my own.

but very interesting...

Yeah, Realms mafia (especially 9 years ago) is a bit more casual than your average Syndicate game.

the lion is coming to play with us too (cc: [mention]rundontwalk[/mention] )

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:27 am and maybe Ricochet's big comeback?

Ok.

Wait, this is a mafia game.

No.

In.

#ballstothewall

rundontwalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:52 pm In.

#ballstothewall

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:53 pm

rundontwalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:52 pm In.

#ballstothewall

You're a big deal here haha, congrats.

Nevertheless, I will destroy you. Xoxo.

rundontwalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:52 pm In.

#ballstothewall

don't forget to vote IN in the poll!

dunya, rundontwalk, MacDougall, Sloonei, ColinIsCool and JaggedJimmyJay

6 RYMers so far. This is going to be epic.

[mention]motel room[/mention] and [mention]Strawhenge[/mention] should come play.

rundontwalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:55 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:53 pm

rundontwalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:52 pm In.

#ballstothewall

You're a big deal here haha, congrats.

Nevertheless, I will destroy you. Xoxo.

he's not a big deal...don't feed his fucking ego. we can tag-team crush him, easily. he's very fragile after he turned 30...his bones crack a whole lot more.

also, btw: [mention]ColinIsCool[/mention] , you have to vote in the poll up there that you're /in. This 21 is going to be a breeze.

[mention]gwilikers6[/mention]

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:52 pm gwilikers6

:biggrin

don't take credit for what you didn't do; I invited gwilly and he responded to my invite!

GWILLY gwilly and sloonei, lovers in the house.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:00 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:52 pm gwilikers6

:biggrin

don't take credit for what you didn't do; I invited gwilly and he responded to my invite!

GWILLY gwilly and sloonei, lovers in the house.

Don't worry, I told all the moderators that the influx of newcomers is your doing.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:02 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:00 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:52 pm gwilikers6

:biggrin

don't take credit for what you didn't do; I invited gwilly and he responded to my invite!

GWILLY gwilly and sloonei, lovers in the house.

Don't worry, I told all the moderators that the influx of newcomers is your doing.

it's almost like you want me to take some kind of blame

Seriously, great work D. We always need new blood here, and new-old blood is doubly cool.

i did this for purely selfish, nostalgic reasons tbh.

boobs - 1
Three Js in your name- nil

What did you do? Bribed them with pictures of your cat?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:39 pm boobs - 1
Three Js in your name- nil

How ya gonna beat boobs, Jay?

In, let’s do this.

Holy shit, it's gwilly

Sup?

I love Fire Emblem and this setup sounds awesome. Completely different from anything I’ve done before. I wanna be a myrmidon!

gwilikers6 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:48 am I love Fire Emblem and this setup sounds awesome. Completely different from anything I’ve done before. I wanna be a myrmidon!

ask and ye shall receive

i'm seriously so excited now I forgot my friend is coming on the 23rd, but she's in for a surprise if this game is on then.