The Syndicate

Scotty wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:05 pm Holy shit. This is the game I’m meant to play, and I’m probably going to be unavailable

Well this may get hosted at any random point of the second semester, assuming it enters the next queue.

This game is somewhat inspired in the Fire Emblem game, in the sense town and mafia have access to the same abilities, so town can't really win by revealing them. And mafia has a bonus kit in order to keep it balanced. I thought that was a clever way to balance a game and wanted to do something similar.

Doing a Harry Potter game with no Harry is a little weird, but it gave me a lot more creative freedom because I can just add a bunch of spells without having to think why one character gets expelliarmus and the other gets protego, for example. They all have access to the same magic, give or take.

Rumors say there is a secret society evil wizards and witches who wish to continue Lord Voldemort’s goals. It is possible some of them may have infiltrated Hogwarts as students. But fear not, the school staff will deal with any dangers so you won't have to worry about them! Probably.

Members of the New Death Eaters can use the same abilities as they rest of the students, but they can also use a second ability every night, from a list of exclusive Dark Arts abilities.


All Dark Arts abilities are available to all members of the New Death Eaters, but each ability may only be used once per night by the whole faction.

If there is only one member left alive in the New Death Eaters, they will be able to use two Dark Arts abilities per night, instead of a Dark Arts one and a Hogwarts one.

[Imperio]: This spell will take control of a student’s actions. Any abilities they use will be redirected to a target of the user’s choice. The student being controlled cannot be forced to self-target. This ability can only be used once in the game for each target.

[Crucio]: This spell will torture a student, roleblocking them for a night and forcing them to reveal what abilities they know.

[Avada Kedavra]: This spell will kill a student.

[SECRETS]

 

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where you will study to become wizards and witches.

A Harry Potter game, you say? Oh, no. While Harry Potter and his friends graduated in our prestigious institution 20 years ago, this game is not about them. This is about you, and the story you will create here.

Each and every student who enrolls in our school will receive not a character, but three magical abilities from a common list, which they will be able to use during the night. So even though role claiming will be allowed in this game, it won’t easily confirm anyone’s alignment. Abilities from that list will appear multiple times in the setup, with each student having a different combination of them.


Each Hogwarts student will have two Regular abilities, which can be used multiple times, and a Special ability, which can only be used once in the game. They will be able to pick one of the three to use each night.

Abilities may be Spells, Potions or Magical Creatures.

These are the main abilities of the game. Their effect is activated the moment they are used.

Regular

[Expelliarmus]: This spell will disarm a student, roleblocking them during the night.

[Arresto Momentum]: This spell delays another student’s movement. This will make whatever abilities they use have its effect delayed to the following night.

[Protego]: This spell will protect another student from one kill that hits them during the night. Cannot self-target.

[Transfiguration]: This spell will turn a student into a ferret during the next day, making they lose 1 point of vote power.

[Divination]: The one who uses this art will learn whether another student is innocent or guilty. If used by guilty students, it will instead make the user learn a list of what Hogwarts abilities the target knows.

[Prior Incantato]: This spell will show which ability another student used on that night, and who their target was. It does not show Dark Arts abilities.

[Wingardium Leviosa]: Levitates a student, making them dodge one kill that hits them during the night, but also roleblocking them. Cannot self-target.

Special (1-Shot)

[Expecto Patronum]: This spell will make the user and another two students immune to Dark Arts, except [Avada Kedavra], for a night. When used by a guilty student, it will create a distraction around themselves and another student, protecting them from all negative abilities.

[Petrificus Totalus]: This spell will immobilize a student for a full cycle, roleblocking them, preventing them from drinking potions, and making them lose their vote power in the next day.

[Obliviate]: This spell will make a student permanently forget how to use the last Regular ability they used.

[Sacrificial Protection Spell]: The user will guard another student from all killing abilities that hit them in that night, redirecting them to the user themselves. Should the user die, the student who was protected will gain one shot of kill protection that can’t even be overcome by a super-kill, and permanent immunity to all non-killing Dark Arts.


Potions must be made first before they can be used, and they take one night action to make. But after they are made, they can be drunk any time in the future, or given to another student, without costing a night action. The act of giving a potion to another student can be done in the night or in the day, while drinking can only be done at night. Each student can only drink one potion per night.

Regular

[Invigoration Draught]: This potion will make the student who drinks it more confident, allowing them to use one extra ability the night they drink it. This ability cannot be a Dark Arts one, or [Invigoration Draught].

[Wit-Sharpening Potion]: This potion will make the user smarter, giving them +1 vote power during the next day.

[Felix Felicis]: The student who drinks this potion will become very lucky. This will ensure any abilities they use will work normally, regardless of roleblocks, delays or redirects.

Special (1-Shot)

[Amortentia]: The love potion. The user can drip it into the food of another student, making them fall in love with the user. A student who is in love won’t be able to use any negative abilities on their beloved, or vote for them. This effect will last indefinitely, unless the one who made them drink the potion dies.

[Veritaserum]: The potion of truth. The user can drip it into the food of another student, forcing them to tell the truth. They will be able to check whether one statement they made in the previous day phase or the current night was truth or lie.

[Elixir of Life]: A potion made from the Philosopher’s Stone. It will make the user survive the next kill that hits them in the future. The effect of this potion lasts three nights, including the one in which it was drunk.

Magical creatures can use their abilities instantly, but they also have to rest. Some of them are restricted to odd nights, and some to even nights.

Regular

[Threstral]: A flying reptilian-like horse which is invisible to those who have not seen death before. Its master can fly on his back for a night, becoming immune to any abilities used by people who have not used kill abilities before in the game.

[Blast-Ended Skrewt]: A dangerous hybrid between a fire-crab and a manticore. This creature will kill its target. If used by a guilty student, it will instead boost a kill they use into a super-kill, making it dodge any passive defenses or protective abilities.

[Diricawl]: Known by muggles as the Dodo, it is actually a magical bird with the ability to disappear and reappear elsewhere. It can allow its owner to switch places with another student, making the abilities that hit one hit the other.

[Demiguise]: An ape with the ability to turn invisible. It can watch a student to learn who targeted them in the night.

Special (1-Shot)

[Hippogriff]: Strong and proud creature that is a mix between a horse and an eagle. It will protect its owner, reflexively killing any students who use negative abilities on them during the night. However, it won’t stop those abilities itself.

[Phoenix]: A mystical bird whose tears can heal someone from even the strongest venom. It will bring one deceased student back to life.

[Thunderbird]: This legendary bird can create a storm, which will make every ability that affects vote power fail in the following day.