Finished Werewolf XXVII: Revelation

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IT'S TIEM FOR DA POSTGEAM!!!!!1111

Okay, so overall? Not bad. A few years ago, five modkills would have been unheard of, but our Werewolf player base has shrunk drastically. As was mentioned during signups, it used to be that if you missed the posting of the OP by even half a day you were on the sub list. I expected there to be a lull in activity towards the end after all the vocal players had been killed, and sure enough, there was. But you guys got through it! I'm glad.

There were not that many night actions used, which is more than a little disappointing. There were some of you that made faithful, consistent uses of your roles, so thanks for that.

More thoughts later, but first: here is the cast list, any role usage, and my thoughts about the role or how the person using it played.

1. Vom as Luciana Velasco

You are Luciana Velasco, and you are aligned with the mafia. The mafia used your ability to see things in dreams to their advantage. You saw the raid in a dream, of course, and so you just happened to not be there when things went south. You're obviously the smartest out of everyone, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: The Impossible Dream
You will dream about five randomly chosen players every night, and you will be given that list at the start of every day. At least one player on that list is a Star Witness. It is possible that you will dream about multiple Star Witnesses. You require deep, undisturbed sleep in order to have a clear picture, however, so you will not get a list if any player targets you during the night. (Evolves when the timer hits 50)

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Luciana Velasco, and you are aligned with the mafia. The mafia used your ability to see things in dreams to their advantage. You saw the raid in a dream, of course, and so you just happened to not be there when things went south. You're obviously the smartest out of everyone, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: The Impossible Dream
You will dream about three randomly chosen players every night, and you will be given that list at the start of every day. At least one player on that list is a Star Witness. It is possible that you will dream about multiple Star Witnesses. You require deep, undisturbed sleep in order to have a clear picture, however, so you will not get a list if any player targets you during the night.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: N/A

The idea behind this role was to give the mafia an idea about who the Star Witnesses were. Since achieving parity with the town is worthless in this game, they needed a way to narrow down suspects without blowing their night kills on random townies. Camoclone appeared on this list twice, hinting that he may be a Star Witness, but it was never discussed and Vom was modkilled after two nights, limiting the mileage the scum got out of this role. He did report to them on his dreams, however, so he did do a little work before his end. It's a shame, too, because this was the scum's biggest help for finding Star Witnesses.

2. Celever as Antonia Kara

You are Antonia Kara, and you are aligned with the town. This is literally your town; your family runs it, and has for decades. As the one in charge, you've done your best to stamp out crime. Your administration is already touting the arrest of Tristan Wise as a major accomplishment. To be fair, it is, but there's still the issue of all the rampant crime and murder still being committed in the name of the mafia. One step at a time, that's your motto.

As the head of the investigation that lead to the big arrest, you've naturally been called as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Pardon
As often as you like during any day, you may PM me the name of any player. If the last player you submitted would be lynched, that player will not be lynched and the day will end without a lynch. (Devolves after a player has been successfully pardoned)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Antonia Kara, and you are aligned with the town. This is literally your town; your family runs it, and has for decades. As the one in charge, you've done your best to stamp out crime. Your administration is already touting the arrest of Tristan Wise as a major accomplishment. To be fair, it is, but there's still the issue of all the rampant crime and murder still being committed in the name of the mafia. One step at a time, that's your motto.

As the head of the investigation that lead to the big arrest, you've naturally been called as a Star Witness.

You cannot afford to pardon everyone, so you have no abilities other than your vote.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Pardon, D1 (Celever)

Day 1 (or, as I like to call it, the Celever Fiasco) mostly revolved around whether or not Celever was cleared based on his flavor. It took a lynch and an investigation before people realized that Celever was telling the truth. The main argument was that he could not have been cleared by flavor, but as I mentioned in the graveyard, it was possible:

Mayor Kara (the character) knows who the Star Witnesses are. She has to because she is the head of the investigation into the mafia. I hinted that she knew who they were in the second Day One update when you were lynched. She apologized because she knows that your character is not only innocent, but a Star Witness.

The mafia do not know who the Star Witnesses are. If Mayor Kara was part of the mafia, they would know who the Star Witnesses are and just kill them all outright. Since that's not the case, Mayor Kara can't be scum and she's not the indie because we already know who the indie is. Therefore, Mayor Kara is town.

Chaos Jackal was on Celever like white on rice; he protected him literally every night until his death. After that, the mafia saw their opening and (finally) killed him.

3. Squirtle Squad as Seamus O'Reilly

You are Seamus O'Reilly, and you are aligned with the town. You are a true Irishman through and through, and no man, woman, or child can drink you under the table. Your family has been crafting their own blend of brew for over a hundred years - a fact you are very proud of. So proud, in fact, that you always carry some on hand to share with everyone you meet. It's that good.

Active Ability: Drink Up
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will take a pint of your family's finest brew to that player and drink with them, preventing them from using any Active Abilities during that night. (Devolves when the timer hits 60)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Seamus O'Reilly, and you are aligned with the town. You are a true Irishman through and through, and no man, woman, or child can drink you under the table. Your family has been crafting their own blend of brew for over a hundred years - a fact you are very proud of. So proud, in fact, that you always carry some on hand to share with everyone you meet. It's that good.

Your on-hand beer stock has run dry, so until you have time to get more, you have no abilities other than your vote.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Drink Up (N0, Yeowie; N1, Athena)

Someone's gotta die night one. Squirtle Squad had two chances to use his role, and he used them both times. The mafia cut his life short after that but at least he was an active participant of the graveyard. Good game bro.

4. Athena as Duane Polanco

You are Duane Polanco, and you are aligned with the mafia. You were there when the hideout was raided, but you managed to escape using a secret passage. You're the muscle of this outfit, making people the proverbial offer they can't refuse. You were the only one who got out in the raid, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Threaten
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will threaten them with bodily harm, dissuading them from using any Active Abilities during that night.

Active Ability: Pulverize
(Evolves when the timer hits 40)

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Duane Polanco, and you are aligned with the mafia. You were there when the hideout was raided, but you managed to escape using a secret passage. You're the muscle of this outfit, making people the proverbial offer they can't refuse. You were the only one who got out in the raid, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Threaten
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will threaten them with bodily harm, dissuading them from using any Active Abilities during that night.

Active Ability: Pulverize
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player other than you or your teammates. That player will lose all Passive and Active Abilities for the rest of the game.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Duane Polanco, and you are aligned with the town. You're a big guy. You played football in high school and never quite made it pro, so you've taken up a job as the jailer in Kara's Vale. The pay is decent, and you get to rough up anyone who cracks wise, which is often. Honestly, there are people out there with worse lots in life than you, so you can't complain.

Active Ability: Threaten
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will threaten them with bodily harm, dissuading them from using any Active Abilities during that night.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Threaten (N1, scattered mind; N2, Jeremy1026; N3, Chaos Jackal)
Pulverize (N3, Chaos Jackal)

Athena was pegged as scum very early on, but she quickly got the heat off her and no one thought to revisit it. Succesfully being blocked meant she had a night action, and no one ever thought to ask what it was. This would have forced Athena to abandon her safe claim since the town role blocker was already dead. For some magical reason, TT had it out for her since the beginning, and after four days the town finally hopped on this wagon and Athena was died.

5. Camoclone as Benjamin Summers

You are Benjamin Summers, and you are aligned with the town. Bisexual Ben, that's what they call you. You're a professional escort, but you insist your relationships are 100% nonsexual. People call you, seeking companionship, and you oblige them if the price is right. It doesn't matter if they're male or female; everyone needs a friend sometimes, and if they're willing to pay for it, you see no reason why that friend can't be you.

Active Ability: Companionship
Once during any night you don't already have a Companion, you may PM me the name of a player other than you. That player will become your Companion. (They won't know about it.) Each player will give you access to one of a randomized list of Companion Abilities, of which you may use as many as you like each night. When your Companion dies, you may select a new Companion the following night.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Companionship (N0, bbninjas)

This was one of my favorite roles. It had the potential to learn a lot of abilities and become very powerful. To balance that, I added in a lover role that would stop him from becoming too strong. Unfortunately, Camoclone selected bbninjas (who was randomly selected to receive the lover role) right off the bat, permanently linking them and preventing Camoclone from learning any other abilities. Here is the list of companion abilities:

COMPANION ROLES
If lovers with Maxine Owens
Active Ability: Companion Ability 21
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. That player will be killed by the mafia’s shot instead of their original target.

If lovers with Thomas Martin
Active Ability: Companion Ability 2
Once each night you may PM me a message of 15 words or fewer, which, with host approval, will be anonymously posted at the start of the next day. If your message is not acceptable, you will have the opportunity to submit another one, time permitting.

If lovers with Randolph Briggs
Active Ability: Companion Ability 9
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player to learn if they are a Star Witness.

If lovers with Selena Graham
Active Ability: Companion Ability 7
(Evolves when the timer hits 70)
Active Ability: Companion Ability 7
Once a game at any time, you may PM me to use this ability. A random Mafiosi will die.

If lovers with Seamus O’Reilly
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 17
You can talk privately with Seamus O’Reilly in the following QuickTopic: [LINK]

If lovers with Doctor Edwin Acula
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 18
You are immune to all non-lethal effects of all Active Abilities.

If lovers with Taylor Park
Active Ability: Companion Ability 1
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player other than yourself. That player will receive a crystal ball and this message:

"You have received a crystal ball, which grants you the following Gifted Ability:

Gifted Ability: Gaze
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. When you die, the role PM of the last name you sent will be revealed to the town."

If lovers with Paul Houser
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 13
Any Active Abilities that affect [PLAYER] will also affect you in the same way.

If lovers with Zoe Barrett
Active Ability: Companion Ability 6
Once each night you may PM me a message of 15 words or fewer, which, with host approval, will be anonymously posted in the mafia QuickTopic.

If lovers with Catarina Layton
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 4
(Evolves when [PLAYER] dies)
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 4
You will be given all of [PLAYER]’s results at the start of the next day.

If lovers with Detective April Dixon
Active Ability: Companion Ability 3
Twice a game during any night, you may PM me to use this ability. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. You will leave Kara’s Vale for the night, preventing any player from using any abilities on you.

If lovers with Betsy Rogers
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 12
If you are lynched, you may shoot any player you wish. (You have 24 hours from the moment you are lynched to submit a choice.)

If lovers with Evan Haywood
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 16
When [PLAYER] dies, so will you.

If lovers with Joey Barrett
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 22
You will automatically hammer every player at L-1 if you are not already on their wagon, regardless of your vote weight.

If lovers with Roman Estrada
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 10
You require two fewer votes to be lynched.

If lovers with Howard Wilkerson
Active Ability: Companion Ability 14
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. All Active Abilities used during this night will target you instead of the original target.

If lovers with Antonia Kara
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 8
There is a 25% chance you will shoot and kill anyone who targets you. (Does not work if Companion Ability 14 is used this night.)

If lovers with Dapp Che
Active Ability: Companion Ability 23
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. The timer that opens Pandora’s Box will be set back by 20.

If lovers with Warren Waters
Active Ability: Companion Ability 19
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player other than yourself. That player won’t be killed during this night; however, if you would be killed, your target will also die.

If lovers with Duane Polanco
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 5
At the start of the day after you learn this ability, you will learn the name of a living Star Witness.

If lovers with Luciana Velasco
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 11
Your vote weight is zero.

If lovers with Casey Watkins
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 24
When you learn this ability, you will be sent the role PM of a random Mafiosi, but won’t be told to whom it belongs.

If lovers with Sherman Collins
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 20
When you die, you may post as you normally would, but you cannot vote.

If lovers with Teri Reese
Passive Ability: Companion Ability 15
Your vote weight is double.

I'm not going to further pollute this thread with a massive rant about Camoclone's play style, but I will say this. It's aggressive, but it gets results. Going after new players is not against the rules; in fact, I think it's a good thing. I'd look forward to more Camo vs Celever D1 shenanigans but he's co-hosting the next game so someone's gonna have to take his place...!

If you want to discuss Camoclone's play style, or play styles in general, don't do it in this thread. I'm sure there's a more proper location for that discussion.

6. bbninjas as Evan Haywood

You are Evan Haywood, and you are aligned with the town. You moved to Kara's Vale after fleeing your home country, where you lived as a powerful priest. You don't like the name, but it helps you blend in and avoid the mafia, who are looking for you.

Your dreams have lead to some minor arrests, so the DA is calling you as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Dreams of Home
Once a night you must PM me to use this ability. If you ever miss a night, this ability will never evolve. You must choose one of the following nine scenarios to have a dream about tonight:

1. A crying mother cleaning her house after an unruly child made a huge mess [next lynched player's role PM hidden]
2. A wise and strong king, mourning the death of his infant son [Night is extended for 96 hours]
3. A group of peasants standing up to a corrupt local government [All votes count double what they normally do]
4. A pastor hearing confessions from a line of sinners a mile long [Day ends at a specific time: lynches continue until the deadline is reached]
5. Two long-lost brothers meeting on opposite sides of a conflict [Two lynches instead of one]
6. Two massive armies, locked in bloody and glorious combat [ALL PLAYERS MUST TALK IN CAPS]
7. A little girl who grows up to become a powerful lawyer [all killing fails until the next morning]
8. A field of bodies after a huge battle, silent and stinking of death [Each player limited to 5 posts]
9. A sprinter at the starting line, ready to race [Timer goes double during that day]

Every dream you have will affect the game in some way. The only way to know the effect is to have the dream. (Evolves when the timer hits 50)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Evan Haywood, and you are aligned with the town. You moved to Kara's Vale after fleeing your home country, where you lived as a powerful priest. You don't like the name, but it helps you blend in and avoid the mafia, who are looking for you.

Your dreams have lead to some minor arrests, so the DA is calling you as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Dreams of Home
Once a night you must PM me to use this ability. (If you don't, it will be used automatically.) You must choose one of the following six scenarios to have a dream about tonight:

1. A crying mother cleaning her house after an unruly child made a huge mess [next lynched player's role PM hidden]
2. A wise and strong king, mourning the death of his infant son [Night is extended for 96 hours]
3. A group of peasants standing up to a corrupt local government [All votes count double what they normally do]
4. A pastor hearing confessions from a line of sinners a mile long [Day ends at a specific time: lynches continue until the deadline is reached]
5. Two long-lost brothers meeting on opposite sides of a conflict [Two lynches instead of one]
6. Two massive armies, locked in bloody and glorious combat [ALL PLAYERS MUST TALK IN CAPS]
7. A little girl who grows up to become a powerful lawyer [all killing fails until the next morning]
8. A field of bodies after a huge battle, silent and stinking of death [Random effect from the 8 other dreams]
9. A sprinter at the starting line, ready to race [Timer goes double during that day]

Every dream you have will affect the game in some way. Consistent dreams have revealed to you the effects of all dreams you can have.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Dreams of Home (N0, 5; N1, 7; N2, 1; N3, 3)

Dreaming god \o/

I used this role in Werewolf 14, but it got very little use. I said I'd bring it back, and here it is. bbninjas lived for a while and faithfully submitted every night until he was killed.

7. GM DracLord as Catarina Layton

You are Catarina Layton, and you are aligned with the town. Up until now, you made your living swindling the people of Kara's Vale by claiming to be able to see people's auras. Now that the visiting gypsy has been cursed, more and more people have started coming to you, asking for help. Now that the spirits have descended on this town, you can actually see auras, but how can you tell the good ones from the bad ones?

Active Ability: Aura Scan
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will be told if that player has a strange aura. If the player has a strange aura, they are either a member of the mafia or a Star Witness. You will not be told which.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Aura Scan (N0, TwistedTurtwig; N1, Keeper of Night; N3, bbninjas; N4, Mr.Muffin)

It's difficult to read Drac. If memory serves, in his first game, he was town. Then he was scum and threw my reads off completely. Sometimes understanding him is a bit difficult since English isn't his first language, but he does well. In regards to his role, it's possible to clear anyone as non-mafia with a simple investigation. One could argue that this is broken, because getting a result of 'no aura' means that the person definitively is not mafia. However, I think that hitting an aura balances it out. Are they really mafia, or are they a Star Witness? Is it worth outing them with the danger that all your guesses could be wrong? Drac hit huge on this ability, getting an aura almost every time he used it. After that, like most of the remaining players, he vanished. He tried leaving a hint as to who his last investigation was but it was supremely cryptic and no one even tried deciphering it (mainly because Mr.Muffin was modkilled the same day).

8. Jeremy1026 as Sherman Collins

You are Sherman Collins, and you are aligned with the mafia. You're the new kid - promising, but still green around the gills. Still, they got caught and you didn't, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Paparazzi
(Evolves when the timer hits 20)

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Sherman Collins, and you are aligned with the mafia. You're the new kid - promising, but still green around the gills. Still, they got caught and you didn't, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Paparazzi
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. If you are lynched the next day, that player's role PM will be sent to the mafia. (Evolves when the timer hits 60)

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Sherman Collins, and you are aligned with the mafia. You're the new kid - promising, but still green around the gills. Still, they got caught and you didn't, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Paparazzi
Once a night you may PM me the names of two players. If you are lynched the next day, those players' role PMs will be sent to the mafia.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Sherman Collins, and you are aligned with the town. Young and fresh out of college, you freelance as a photographer, and sometimes the newspaper pays you for your work. They really like when you supply them with juicy tabloid fodder, a fact that you find...distasteful. Still, money is money, no matter where it comes from, right?

Active Ability: Photocopy
(Evolves when the timer hits 20)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Sherman Collins, and you are aligned with the town. Young and fresh out of college, you freelance as a photographer, and sometimes the newspaper pays you for your work. They really like when you supply them with juicy tabloid fodder, a fact that you find...distasteful. Still, money is money, no matter where it comes from, right?

Active Ability: Photocopy
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. If you are lynched the next day, that player's role PM will appear to be your own.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: None

I'm sorry to see when players have a bad time. Frustration can happen, but it's important to stay calm and keep a cool head and remember that it's just a game. After Jeremy escaped being lynched, I was hoping that he would cool down and try to play off his lynch, which he was actually in the perfect position to do. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and a modkill was the end result.

9. Luispipe8 as Randolph Briggs

You are Randolph Briggs, and you are aligned with the town. You're a beat cop here in Kara's Vale, doin' God's work for goin' on two years now. A devout Christian and family man, you are disgusted with the way crime has run rampant in Kara's Vale. Still, a small part of you likes to believe that there is good in everyone and, with a bit of prayer and repentance, everyone can be saved.

Active Ability: Investigate
Once a game at any time you may PM me the names of three players. If you successfully use the Ability, the timer will increase by 20. You will learn the alignments of the players you chose.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Investigate (N1; Celever, bbninjas, Squirtle Squad)

After the Celever Fiasco, Luis decided once and for all to determine if Celever was town. This was used during the same night Cypher used his timer-reducing ability so that was pretty cool. Unfortunately, one of Luis' targets was also the mafia's night kill, but sometimes that happens. After that, he was vanilla and the he didn't even register on the mafia's radar, even after appearing in one of Vom's dreams.

10. Mr.Muffin as Warren Waters

You are Warren Waters, and you are aligned with the mafia. You weren't caught in the raid on your hideout, which is only natural because you already knew the cops were coming. No one can gather information better than you can, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: One Eye Open
(Evolves when the timer hits 50)

Active Ability: Track
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who that player targeted during that night.

Active Ability: Watch
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who targeted that player during that night.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Warren Waters, and you are aligned with the mafia. You weren't caught in the raid on your hideout, which is only natural because you already knew the cops were coming. No one can gather information better than you can, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: One Eye Open
You will be told the name of any one who targets you. You will also learn the names of anyone who has already targeted you during the game.

Active Ability: Track
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who that player targeted during that night.

Active Ability: Watch
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who targeted that player during that night.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Warren Waters, and you are aligned with the town. You are a member of the neighborhood watch. While not an official member of the police force, you have your own sources who provide you with information when you need it, and there is talk of you being put on the fast track to an official position soon.

Passive Ability: One Eye Open
(Evolves when the timer hits 50)

Active Ability: Watch
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who targeted that player during that night. (Evolves when the timer hits 30)

Role usage: Track (N2, Keeper of Night)

Not much to say. He skated by the whole game and made almost no use of his role.

11. TheGuy as Maxine Owens

You are Maxine Owens, and you are aligned with the town. You are a gypsy, and you make your living traveling from town to town, communicating with spirits (for a price). After surviving the Canton Falls incident, you found yourself drawn to Kara's Vale, feeling powerful spirits at work, but it turned out to be much more than your mortal body can handle. Fortunately for you, being a part of this plane of existence is merely an option, and not a requirement.

Passive Ability: Cursed
You will die when the Pandora's Box timer hits 5. (Evolves when the timer hits 5)

Active Ability: Spiritual Peek
Once each day you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn their full role PM at the start of the next game day. (Evolves when the timer hits 5)

Active Ability: Manipulate
Once each day you may PM me the name of a player for no effect. (Evolves when the timer hits 5)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Maxine Owens, and you are aligned with the town. You are a gypsy, and you make your living traveling from town to town, communicating with spirits (for a price). After surviving the Canton Falls incident, you found yourself drawn to Kara's Vale, feeling powerful spirits at work, but it turned out to be much more than your mortal body can handle. Fortunately for you, being a part of this plane of existence is merely an option, and not a requirement.

Passive Ability: Cursed
You will die at the end of Night 1, but you will learn the role PM of whoever you targeted with Spiritual Peek during Day 1.

Active Ability: Spiritual Peek
You may use this ability even if you are dead. Once each day, you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn that player's full role PM at the start of the next night. Once you have learned a player's role PM, you may not PM me that player's name again until their role PM changes.

Active Ability: Manipulate
You may use this ability even if you are dead. Once a night, you may use this ability. You may redirect the target of any Active Abilities used by the player you used Spiritual Peek on yesterday to any player you like.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: None

This role was meant to be a way to introduce players to evolving roles. Also, I don't know if this is just bad luck or whatever, but this is the second time that this role has gotten absolutely no use. sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

12. TwistedTurtwig as Thomas Martin

You are Thomas Martin, and you are aligned with the town. A survivor of the Canton Falls incident, you have become famous for bringing the story of the Canton Falls Werewolf to the outside world. Now, with the gypsy having led you to this cursed city, you're after your next big scoop. You're confident, brave, and determined to get the news out, one way or another.

Active Ability: Sound Off
Once a night you may PM me a message of 15 words or fewer, which, with host approval, will be anonymously posted at the start of the next day. If your message is not acceptable, you will have the opportunity to submit another one, time permitting.

Active Ability: Pray
(Evolves when the timer hits 40)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Thomas Martin, and you are aligned with the town. A survivor of the Canton Falls incident, you have become famous for bringing the story of the Canton Falls Werewolf to the outside world. Now, with the gypsy having led you to this cursed city, you're after your next big scoop. You're confident, brave, and determined to get the news out, one way or another.

Active Ability: Sound Off
Once a night you may PM me a message of 15 words or fewer, which, with host approval, will be anonymously posted at the start of the next day. If your message is not acceptable, you will have the opportunity to submit another one, time permitting.

Active Ability: Pray
Once a game during any night, you may PM me to use this ability. You will pray to the spirits for guidance, and the spirits will respond with the role PM of a random living player (excluding you). During the night you use this ability, your message with Sound Off has a limit of twenty words.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Sound Off (N0, N1, N2, N3, N4)
Pray (N4)

TT, for some magical mystical reason, had it out for Athena literally since Day 1. I don't know if it was a tell, or a lucky guess, but god damn. I haven't seen anyone push for a person's lynch that hard since Camoclone. Either way it worked out well because she was scummier than scum and TT was hailed as a hero (not really). Aside from that he played a good game, using his abilities every single night until Ice Espeon took them away (ironically, on the night TT had planned on claiming the next day anyway).

13. scattered mind as Zoe Barrett

You are Zoe Barrett, and you are aligned with the town. You and your twin brother Joey, who is also aligned with the town, are both schoolteachers in Kara's Vale. You have no idea how your brother can handle babysitting all those little brats for seven hours a day before going home to his own, but at least chances are low that any of his kids will bring a gun to school. I guess he's got that going for him.

Passive Ability: Sibling Connection
You may speak to Joey privately in the following QuickTopic: [LINK] (Devolves when the timer hits 40)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Zoe Barrett, and you are aligned with the town. You and your twin brother Joey, who is also aligned with the town, are both schoolteachers in Kara's Vale. You have no idea how your brother can handle babysitting all those little brats for seven hours a day before going home to his own, but at least chances are low that any of his kids will bring a gun to school. I guess he's got that going for him. Sometimes you and your brother get into the occasional argument. You aren't speaking to him right now, but at least you can rest assured you're on the same side.

You have no abilities other than your vote.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: N/A

I knew I wanted to have a pair of masons in the setup. Originally, I wanted one of them to be a Star Witness, but I decided against it. I liked the idea of them losing access to their QT since they were still masons and still could vouch for each other's identities, but I guess Cypher wasn't paying attention when scattered mind outed himself because Cypher shot him dead and almost cost the town the game.

14. Yeowie as Taylor Park

You are Taylor Park, and you are aligned with the town. You're an androgynous bisexual with an appetite for fashion, and your dream is to have your very own clothing line someday. For what it's worth, the people of Kara's Vale love your clothing designs, but it's not enough! Your genius must be realized the world over!

You used to be a part of the mafia, and because of this the DA has called you as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Gift
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player other than you. That player will receive a crystal ball and this message:

"You have received a crystal ball, which grants you the following Gifted Ability:

Gifted Ability: Gaze
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. When you die, the role PM of the last name you sent will be revealed to the town."

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: None

Yeowie was lynched during the second part of D1, and never got a chance to use his Gift ability. Who knows? It may have changed things for the town. I was kind of surprised to see people question the flavor. Is it that surprising to have someone in a town aspire to be a great fashion designer? I guess so...

15. Chaos Jackal as Doctor Edwin Acula

You are Doctor Edwin Acula, and you are aligned with the town. As a child, you joked about becoming a doctor and passing out business cards that say "DR. ACULA" on them. That joke has snowballed into a legitimate passion for medicine, turning you into one of the most respected doctors around, and certainly one of the best that Kara's Vale has to offer.

Passive Ability: Vaccinated
You are immune to all non-lethal effects of all Active Abilities.

Active Ability: Rounds
Once a night you may PM me the names of up to two players. Those players won't be killed during this night. You may not use Ray of Hope in the same night. (Devolves when the timer hits 40)

Active Ability: Ray of Hope
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. No Star Witnesses will be killed during this night. You may not use Rounds in the same night.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Doctor Edwin Acula, and you are aligned with the town. As a child, you joked about becoming a doctor and passing out business cards that say "DR. ACULA" on them. That joke has snowballed into a legitimate passion for medicine, turning you into one of the most respected doctors around, and certainly one of the best that Kara's Vale has to offer.

Passive Ability: Vaccinated
You are immune to all non-lethal effects of all Active Abilities.

Active Ability: Rounds
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. That player won't be killed during this night. You may not use Ray of Hope in the same night.

Active Ability: Ray of Hope
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. No Star Witnesses will be killed during this night. You may not use Rounds in the same night.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Rounds (N1, Luctini27 & Celever; N2, Luctini & Celever; N3, Celever; N5, Celever)
Ray of Hope (N4)

For never having played a doctor before, CJ made a pretty good one. To be fair, his targets were easy since two Star Witnesses were known by the end of day one. The scum (correctly) tried to kill him during N2, but thanks to bbninjas's dream of peace, it failed. After that, the scum left him alone which was a really bad idea. He was the target of three, count 'em three, block attempts, by two different scum, all of which failed thanks to his Vaccinated ability. This only ended up saving Celever's life once, but that one time bought the town another day with a Star Witness alive. Good play overall.

16. JoshB / Keeper of Night as Howard Wilkerson

You are Howard Wilkerson, and you are aligned with the town. You and your son buy and sell precious gems. Because of Kara's Vale's mafia problem, you choose to work exclusively by referral, subjecting everyone who wants to do business with you to a rigorous background check. It eats into your profits a little, but you don't care since it also does an excellent job of keeping the mafia away.

You have records on many people in town, including forged documents submitted by the mafia, so you've been called as a Star Witness.

Passive Ability: One of the Good Guys
You can't be lynched. (Devolves when the timer hits 50)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Howard Wilkerson, and you are aligned with the town. You and your son buy and sell precious gems. Because of Kara's Vale's mafia problem, you choose to work exclusively by referral, subjecting everyone who wants to do business with you to a rigorous background check. It eats into your profits a little, but you don't care since it also does an excellent job of keeping the mafia away.

You have records on many people in town, including forged documents submitted by the mafia, so you've been called as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Lynch Roulette
Once a game during any day you may PM me to use this ability. This day's lynch will be decided by random.org instead of by majority, with each individual vote cast adding one more chance for that person being lynched to the death roulette.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: None


Keeper inherited this role after JoshB and Mega Adi were found to be the same player. Unfortunately, up to that point, JoshB was seen as fairly scummy and was already on Camoclone's radar. Combine that with a role that looks scummy on its face and it's no surprised that he was killed after avoiding the lynch. When Keeper revealed his role, he wisely removed the line about him being a Star Witness. It may have made more sense for him to be unable to be lynched if he hadn't, though. Sometimes the town is dumb. Sometimes the town makes mistakes. Keeper's temporary lynch immunity was sort of a safety net so that the town wouldn't completely ruin itself with mislynches. His role's devolution is just something fun I wanted to add. In hindsight it could very easily be seen as anti-town and if I had personally seen someone claim this role I would definitely push their lynch.

Good effort, Keeper, playing with the cards he was dealt and bonus points for not rage quitting.

17. Mega Adi / Cypher333 as Paul Houser

You are Paul Houser, and you are aligned with the town. You're a good man with a good heart. After the birth of your only daughter (and the unfortunate death of your wife in childbirth), you've been forced to take odd jobs in order to make ends meet. Still, being exposed to so many different jobs has padded your resume quite nicely. You'll do whatever it takes to keep your family safe.

You've gone undercover in the mafia before, so the DA has called you as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Hitman
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. That player will be killed. (Evolves when four Active Abilities have been used)

Active Ability: Nurse
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. That player won't be killed during this night. (Evolves when four Active Abilities have been used)

Active Ability: Detective
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. You will learn who that player targeted and who targeted that player during this night. (Evolves when four Active Abilities have been used)

Active Ability: Magician
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. The timer that opens Pandora's Box will be set back by ten. (Evolves when four Active Abilities have been used)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Paul Houser, and you are aligned with the town. You're a good man with a good heart. After the birth of your only daughter (and the unfortunate death of your wife in childbirth), you've been forced to take odd jobs in order to make ends meet. Still, being exposed to so many different jobs has padded your resume quite nicely. You'll do whatever it takes to keep your family safe.

You've gone undercover in the mafia before, so the DA has called you as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Hitman
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. That player will be killed.

Active Ability: Nurse
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. That player won't be killed during this night.

Active Ability: Detective
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. You will learn who that player targeted and who targeted that player during this night.

Active Ability: Magician
Once a game during any night you may PM me to use this ability. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. The timer that opens Pandora's Box will be set back by ten.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Hitman (N3, Keeper of Night; N5, scattered mind)
Nurse (N2, Chaos Jackal)
Detective (N0, Camoclone)
Magician (N1, N6)

As the only player in the game who can (reliably) reduce the timer, it was very important for this player to be active. Cypher stepped up and made me proud, using an ability almost every night. For the most part, he made obvious plays. For some reason he decided to kill scattered mind on night 5 instead of reducing the timer which almost cost the town the game. Fortunately, he used it on night 6 and enabled the final day.

18. steffenka as Detective April Dixon

You are Detective April Dixon, and you are aligned with the town. After your grandfather, the founder of your family's lucrative cider business, was murdered, you took it upon yourself to investigate and help bring the murderers to justice after the case went cold. You prefer to use your talents to help friends and family, but you won't turn away anyone with a sack full of gold.

Active Ability: Track
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who that player targeted during that night. (Devolves when the timer hits 30)

Active Ability: Watch
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who targeted that player during that night. (Devolves when the timer hits 30)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Detective April Dixon, and you are aligned with the town. After your grandfather, the founder of your family's lucrative cider business, was murdered, you took it upon yourself to investigate and help bring the murderers to justice after the case went cold. You prefer to use your talents to help friends and family, but you won't turn away anyone with a sack full of gold.

Active Ability: Track
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. You will learn who that player targeted during that night. (Devolves when the timer hits 50)

Active Ability: Watch
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. If you do, you may not use any other Active Abilities in the same night. You will learn who targeted that player during that night. (Devolves when the timer hits 50)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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12ee
You are Detective April Dixon, and you are aligned with the town. After your grandfather, the founder of your family's lucrative cider business, was murdered, you took it upon yourself to investigate and help bring the murderers to justice after the case went cold. You prefer to use your talents to help friends and family, but you won't turn away anyone with a sack full of gold.

Active Ability: Track
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will learn who that player targeted during that night.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Track (N1, Camoclone)
Watch (N1, Luctini27)

DIXON CIDER GET IT LOL

When you see such a good role, and then the usage of it, one would be led to believe that the player was killed quickly. No, unfortunately, steffenka lived until the end of the game and only used his abilities once. His final devolution would be determined by which of his abilities was used more during the game (and that one would be removed). He only used each role once, so I took Watch away. steffenka was also absent for most of the time, just barely making posting requirements. He had a brief moment in the spotlight when TwistedTurtwig learned about his role, but after that it was right back into the shadows.

19. thegrovylekid as Casey Watkins

You are Casey Watkins, and you are aligned with the mafia. You've gone on plenty of missions for the boss and survived wounds that, in honesty, should have killed you. You are one hardy son of a gun, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: Bleed Out
If you would be lynched, you will not be lynched, but you will die at the end of the following day. (Devolves when the timer hits 50)

Active Ability: Silence
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player other than you, your teammates, or whoever you used this ability on during the previous night. That player will be unable to talk during the next day.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Casey Watkins, and you are aligned with the mafia. You've gone on plenty of missions for the boss and survived wounds that, in honesty, should have killed you. You are one hardy son of a gun, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Silence
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player other than you, your teammates, or whoever you used this ability on during the previous night. That player will be unable to talk during the next day.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Casey Watkins, and you are aligned with the town. You are the resident health nut, giving out nutritional information to everyone who wants it (which is no one, please shut up already). Still, you like to rub it in their faces because you have impeccable health and when you do get sick or wounded, you heal up super quickly.

Passive Ability: Super Healthy
If you would be lynched, you will not be lynched, but you will die at the end of the following day. (Devolves when the timer hits 50)

Active Ability: Check Out My New Book!
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player other than you or whoever you used this ability on during the previous night. You will give that player a copy of your latest book on nutrition. They will find it fascinating and spend the entire next day reading it, preventing them from speaking in the main chat.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: Silence (N5, Celever)

thegrovylekid did not post much. It was enough to stay in the game, but it wasn't a lot. He was active-ish in the scum chat, but that's not really enough to be considered active. Anyway, he only used Silence once despite being able to use it every night. I also want to give thegrovylekid props for conceding and allowing the town to win instead of waiting for an inactive to hammer or just running out the timer (which only had a few real-time days remaining before it would be impossible for one side to win). It's important to be a graceful winner, but it's equally as important to be a graceful loser, and that is what happened here. Good show.

20. Luctini27 as Roman Estrada

You are Roman Estrada, and you are aligned with the town. You're a baker in Kara's Vale, a self-proclaimed King of Dough, and the wide variety of breads you make helps back up that claim. Your specialty is the Estrada Sovada, a sweet bread made with fruit and features a hint of honey. It's normally a highly requested item, but with people beginning to think the end of days is coming, they are storming your bakery, demanding huge amounts of bread.

You went to the police and gave evidence that the mafia were trying to use your store as a front, so you've been called as a Star Witness.

Because you have to spend so much time baking to keep up with demand, you have no abilities other than your vote. (Evolves when the timer hits 40)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Roman Estrada, and you are aligned with the town. You're a baker in Kara's Vale, a self-proclaimed King of Dough, and the wide variety of breads you make helps back up that claim. Your specialty is the Estrada Sovada, a sweet bread made with fruit and features a hint of honey. It's normally a highly requested item, but with people beginning to think the end of days is coming, they are storming your bakery, demanding huge amounts of bread.

You went to the police and gave evidence that the mafia were trying to use your store as a front, so you've been called as a Star Witness.

Active Ability: Sovada Surplus
Once a day you may PM me the name of a player other than you. You will give that player a loaf of your specialty bread. It tastes so good that they will be given an extra use of any Active Abilities they may have.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: N/A

I get nervouscited whenever new people join. I don't know how they play and it's really off-putting when some noob with 0 posts joins to play your game. Luctini didn't really disappoint at first, even if he fell victim to RVS and outed himself as a Star Witness (which was fine because CJ had his back the entire time). Unfortunately his activity tapered off and I had to do the Black God Slap.

21. Growlitheguy / Ice Espeon as Teri Reese

You are Teri Reese, and you are aligned with the mafia. A child prodigy who can perfectly mimic anyone, you were in school when the raid happened. No one would ever suspect a little girl to lead the mafia, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Passive Ability: Universal Backup
You will assume the role of the first mafiosi to die.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Teri Reese, and you are aligned with the mafia. A child prodigy who can perfectly mimic anyone, you were in school when the raid happened. No one would ever suspect a little girl to lead the mafia, which makes you the perfect person to ascend to power now that the boss is locked up.

Active Ability: Threaten
Once a night you may PM me the name of a player. You will threaten them with bodily harm, dissuading them from using any Active Abilities during that night.

Active Ability: Pulverize
Once a game during any night you may PM me the name of a player other than you or your teammates. That player will lose all Passive and Active Abilities for the rest of the game.

Win Condition: All Star Witnesses are killed and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Teri Reese, and you are aligned with the town. You are a brilliant young lady with exceptional mimicry skills. If you weren't eight years old, you could probably make a lucrative living out of this talent.

You spend most of your time in school to be of any substantial use here, so you have no abilities other than your vote.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage:

Threaten (N4, Chaos Jackal; N5, Chaos Jackal)
Pulverize (N4, TwistedTurtwig)

Oh, Ice Espeon. You were doing so well. He was active in the scum chat but also made the mistake of never posting; in fact, the only reason he wasn't modkilled instead of Luctini27 is because IE made 1 post that day and Luctini made 0. When he finally did start posting, he made some hokey safe claim that was not at all safe. He was dead to rights on D5 but SOMEHOW managed to come back from the brink of death and get Drac lynched instead. The town wised up the next day and turbo lynched him the next day.

He copied Athena's role because she was the first mafiosi die without a modkill.

22. Cinesra as Joey Barrett

You are Joey Barrett, and you are aligned with the town. You and your twin sister Zoe, who is also aligned with the town, are both schoolteachers in Kara's Vale. You think your sister is nuts for wanting to deal with a bunch of hormonal, angsty teens all day, but you suppose that at least she can have meaningful conversations with her students and not have to worry about watching her damn mouth in class.

Passive Ability: Sibling Connection
You may speak to Zoe privately in the following QuickTopic: [LINK] (Devolves when the timer hits 40)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Joey Barrett, and you are aligned with the town. You and your twin sister Zoe, who is also aligned with the town, are both schoolteachers in Kara's Vale. You think your sister is nuts for wanting to deal with a bunch of hormonal, angsty teens all day, but you suppose that at least she can have meaningful conversations with her students and not have to worry about watching her damn mouth in class. Sometimes you and your sister get into the occasional argument. You aren't speaking to her right now, but at least you can rest assured you're on the same side.

You have no abilities other than your vote.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Role usage: N/A

Another inactive player who did the bare minimum to stay in the game. He made little use of his masonry.

23. Cookie / BlaineistheBest as Dapp Che

You are Dapp Che, and you are aligned with yourself. You are a gigantic (and I mean massive) nerd, and you are the leader of the Cult of Pandora. After years of searching, you've finally found Pandora's Box, and you will stop at nothing to see it opened. This isn't high school anymore - there are no jocks to bully you here. You'll open Pandora's Box, declare yourself the master of whatever comes out, and rule the world with an iron, nerdy fist. Probably.

Passive Ability: I'm a Nerd
Only you know the exact mechanics behind Pandora's Box. The details will be sent to you in a separate PM.

Passive Ability: Analyzer
As long as you are alive, every third increase to the timer will gain an additional +1 increase.

Active Ability: Hasten the [Eternal] Sunset
Once a game at any time you may PM me to use this ability. All changes to the timer will be doubled for 48 hours, starting from whatever time you send the PM.

Win Condition: Pandora's Box opens

Pandora's Box FAQ

Your character wins if Pandora's Box opens. Everyone else's win condition is dependent on Pandora's Box not opening, so if the town eliminates the last scum on the final day which causes Pandora's Box to open, you win and the town loses. You do not have to be alive to win; if the box opens at all, you win.

The box is on a timer that starts at zero. The timer will not start going up until the start of Day 1. Once it starts, it will constantly go up. When it hits 80, the box will open and the game will end. Here are all the ways in which the timer will go up, and by how much it will go up.

Every 24 real-life hours: +1
A player dies: +1
- If that player is either Mafia or a Star Witness: +3 instead

If you die, the timer will halted for the next game day. This FAQ will not be made public until the game is over.

BlaineistheBest fell victim to basically just being too new to mafia. There are rules in place, and those rules are readily available for all people to read. I would hope that he joins the new game and tries again because we definitely need new players.

If you recall, this game was designed for 25 players. We only got 23 signups, so we had to cut two roles. If you noticed in the Companion Ability list, these two are still present just cause it didn't matter if I took 'em out or not so I just left 'em there. Here are the roles that were cut:

24. N/A as Selena Graham

You are Selena Graham, and you are aligned with the town. As a mime, you make your living in silence, mimicking others. You've been a citizen of Kara's Vale for a long time, and people have learned to simply let you do your thing since you're not going away any time soon. Some of the newer residents, who haven't seen you around as much, find you annoying, but that's fine. Anything they can do, you can do better.

Passive Ability: Mimic
You will gain a usable copy of any Active Ability that affects you. You may only use 1 of these Learned Abilities each night.

Passive Ability: Silhouette
(Evolves when the timer hits 60)

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Selena Graham, and you are aligned with the town. As a mime, you make your living in silence, mimicking others. You've been a citizen of Kara's Vale for a long time, and people have learned to simply let you do your thing since you're not going away any time soon. Some of the newer residents, who haven't seen you around as much, find you annoying, but that's fine. Anything they can do, you can do better.

Passive Ability: Mimic
You will gain a usable copy of any Active Ability that affects you. They will have different names and no flavor. You may only use 1 of these Learned Abilities each night.

Passive Ability: Silhouette
You may use 2 Learned Abilities each night, and you may retroactively learn Passive Abilities from players who have targeted and will target you.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open


This role had the potential to be really, really swingy. It also has the potential to be really fun, but in the end we decided that if we're gonna make cuts, we might as well start with Swingy McEightyroles. Bippa wanted Evan Haywood (dreaming god) replaced over this but I convinced him to go for this one instead.

25. N/A as Betsy Rogers

You are Betsy Rogers, and you are aligned with the town. You're an autistic savant, and you express yourself through your music, having memorized over two thousand different songs. The mafia sees you as too high-maintenance despite your talents, and wants nothing to do with you. The citizens of Kara's Vale know you aren't part of the mafia, and are content to simply enjoy listening to you play the piano for them.

Passive Ability: Vorte
If you are the first person to vote during the day, it counts triple. If you unvote at any time, your vote weight returns to normal. (Devolves when the timer hits 40)

Active Ability: Innocent Child
Once a game at any time you may PM me to use this ability. Your role PM will be posted publicly. If you use this ability before the timer hits 40, your role PM will be re-posted publicly when the timer hits 40.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

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You are Betsy Rogers, and you are aligned with the town. You're an autistic savant, and you express yourself through your music, having memorized over two thousand different songs. The mafia sees you as too high-maintenance despite your talents, and wants nothing to do with you. The citizens of Kara's Vale know you aren't part of the mafia, and are content to simply enjoy listening to you play the piano for them.

Passive Ability: Vorte
Your vote weight counts double.

Active Ability: Innocent Child
Once a game at any time you may PM me to use this ability. Your role PM will be posted publicly.

Win Condition: All members of the mafia eliminated and Pandora's Box does not open

Bippa thought that this role could possibly be too confusing, especially with so many new players. I personally disagreed but took it out anyway since I wanted all the other roles and this role would have had a low impact on the game :>

Oh yeah, here is a link to all the QTs used:

Mafia Chat
Graveyard
Barrett Chat This was the mason chat
Companion Chat One of Camoclone's Companion Abilities allowed him a neighbor chat but it never got any use thanks to his 1/22 pick

So at this point I would point out MVPs but no one really stands out as the definitive MVP for either team so instead I am replacing it with the Golden PMJ Awards. What's that, you ask? It is a highly coveted award that is given out to people for doing cool things. You may think a few of these are biased, and you would be completely correct in that assumption. I suggest that all future Werewolf hosts make use of the Golden PMJ Award as a way of saying, 'thank you for _______'. :>

And so, without further ado, here are the winners of Werewolf 27's Golden PMJ Awards:

Celever - for being active and at throwing ideas at me in PM even though as a host I can't respond to them
Squirtle Squad - for being an active member of the graveyard from the beginning
Athena - for boobs, even though you are never in the chat anymore and by your own admission wasn't really trying this time around but boobs make up for it :>
Camoclone - Mr. D1 himself, gettin those reads and castin those votes
TwistedTurtwig - for not only not being immediately lynched, but surviving until the end! Long live Thomas Martin!!!! \o/
Cypher333 - for not letting the town crash and burn
thegrovylekid - for taking the high road and conceding like a gentleman

And of course my co-host Professor Palutena for letting me get back into the driver's seat and bring another fun game of Werewolf to you all. He didn't do much in terms of game updates and such due to rl issues but he was right there with me designing this game from the ground up, combining our two game ideas into one so thanks pal

Lastly, a few final thoughts.

What did you guys think about the Pandora's Box timer? After Ice Espeon's game was met with delay after delay after delay, we wanted to build a safeguard into the game so that that couldn't happen. I think it was bippa's idea to have it count up instead of down. If it starts at a number and counts down, you can make a pretty safe guess that it blows up at zero, but if it starts at zero... who knows when it could end? Even from the beginning, it gave the town a little sense of urgency and it definitely did during the last two days where I think we had the fastest back-to-back lynch in Werewolf history, lol. (If you didn't catch it from the Pandora's Box FAQ, the timer ended at 80.)

If you read the older graveyard posts, you will notice that I deliberately did not share the graveyard link to anyone who was modkilled. I feel that if your activity is so bad that you have to be modkilled, then you clearly are not active enough to hang out and chat in the graveyard. Does anyone else agree with this sentiment, or am I alone on this one?

And speaking of the graveyard, I made it a point to not just spill all the game's secrets. I didn't post who the scum were, or even what roles were in play. I did trickle out information day by day, but at no point was a mass reveal made. The entire game, the only people that knew Cypher was a Star Witness were me, him, and bippa. I think it was Camoclone in a recent graveyard topic who said that we as players often make rash judgments about the decisions some people make, i.e. "omg he is soooo obviously scum why isn't he lynched yet". But people in the graveyard often forget that they have information the town doesn't - the identities of all the scum. So I decided that I'd continue to keep the graveyard in the dark and let them formulate their own ideas. I think it worked out pretty well - it was fun, as a host, to see it go on, almost like a second game that involved like half a dozen people thanks to modkills. I would recommend bbninjas and Camoclone give it a try for their game.

And on the subject of future games, I don't know what we can do to bring players in. It would be nice to get some front page support, but people may be turned off by the fact that PB Werewolf runs very differently from other sites where games last a few days or weeks instead of two months. This game ran just a little bit over one month, which is great actually! It's the fastest game I've ever run, for sure.

Man I love hosting. I would love to host another game but with the activity being what it is I don't know if we could find the people for a nice big 30-person game like we used to. If anyone looking to host a game would like me to co-host or just talk role design, just drop me a line, I'd be happy to help.

Thanks again. See you in the next game. Please don't vig kill me.
 
What did you guys think about the Pandora's Box timer? After Ice Espeon's game was met with delay after delay after delay, we wanted to build a safeguard into the game so that that couldn't happen. I think it was bippa's idea to have it count up instead of down. If it starts at a number and counts down, you can make a pretty safe guess that it blows up at zero, but if it starts at zero... who knows when it could end? Even from the beginning, it gave the town a little sense of urgency and it definitely did during the last two days where I think we had the fastest back-to-back lynch in Werewolf history, lol. (If you didn't catch it from the Pandora's Box FAQ, the timer ended at 80.)
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I really enjoyed it to be honest. Despite it not doing much in the beginning, I really do think that it quickened up those slow last days which are really quite a pain when everyone is inactive.

If you read the older graveyard posts, you will notice that I deliberately did not share the graveyard link to anyone who was modkilled. I feel that if your activity is so bad that you have to be modkilled, then you clearly are not active enough to hang out and chat in the graveyard. Does anyone else agree with this sentiment, or am I alone on this one?
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I also agree with this one. In the end, being modkilled really doesn't affect you, so this as a bit of consequence was fine for me.

And speaking of the graveyard, I made it a point to not just spill all the game's secrets. I didn't post who the scum were, or even what roles were in play. I did trickle out information day by day, but at no point was a mass reveal made. The entire game, the only people that knew Cypher was a Star Witness were me, him, and bippa. I think it was Camoclone in a recent graveyard topic who said that we as players often make rash judgments about the decisions some people make, i.e. "omg he is soooo obviously scum why isn't he lynched yet". But people in the graveyard often forget that they have information the town doesn't - the identities of all the scum. So I decided that I'd continue to keep the graveyard in the dark and let them formulate their own ideas. I think it worked out pretty well - it was fun, as a host, to see it go on, almost like a second game that involved like half a dozen people thanks to modkills. I would recommend bbninjas and Camoclone give it a try for their game.
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Sounds good to me! I along with Camo have noticed that you notice scum play more when you know they are scum, so being deprived of information was actually quite nice.

Overall, very nice game! I'm really disappointed that there was lots of modkills again, and hope Camo and I will not be required to do that in this next game. Honestly, I don't get why it is so difficult to [skimread] and post something every 24 hours, especially if you're on the forums often in the first place .___.
 
GG everyone, that was fun! (Too bad that I died sooo early... I ended up abandoning this thread until the near-end of the game :p)

I like the suspense in the dead chat thing, I found it fun looking at other people speculate as well (coz I gave up on the game after I died, and didn't contribute in the graveyard) and the modkilling is so annoying... (@bbninjas can u plz stress that bit about ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME in SIZE 7 font in the Alpha Omega rules?)

Also, let's all give a huge round of applause to PMJ for their AMAZING hosting in this game, we need to give this 'un a million dollars and a Platinum PMJ Award!
 
The timer was a pretty nifty mechanic; at the very least, it maintained SOME sort of actvity, and had it not been for the whole Jeremy business, it wouldn't have troubled us at all. It's not something I'm prepared to see every game. mainly due to the ever-increasing inactivity; the indie may be inactive and get modkilled, or the timer doesn't scare people enough to avoid it ticking, resulting in a player who may have as well died D1 and did nothing to affect the game winning out of the blue. Perhaps with some different sort of win condition for the player(s) involved, it's gonna become better. But overall, I think it served its purpose pretty well this game.
 
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The timer was a pretty nifty mechanic; at the very least, it maintained SOME sort of actvity, and had it not been for the whole Jeremy business, it wouldn't have troubled us at all. It's not something I'm prepared to see every game. mainly due to the ever-increasing inactivity; the indie may be inactive and get modkilled, or the timer doesn't scare people enough to avoid it ticking, resulting in a player who may have as well died D1 and did nothing to affect the game winning out of the blue. Perhaps with some different sort of win condition for the player(s) involved, it's gonna become better. But overall, I think it served its purpose pretty well this game.
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I'm not so sure that the timer wouldn't have caused any problems. Keep in mind that five players were plucked from the game (though their deaths still contributed to the timer). What I means is that had they still been alive, posting, and being good players, it's possible that the timer still could have been cause for alarm. Would it have gotten to 79? Probably not. Late sixties to early 70s, sure.

People winning with 0 effort is the reason why the roles of people who are modkilled are changed to 'survive until the end of the game'. In the indie's case, I can't just say welp no more timer guys, post at your leisure.

It was meant to be a unique mechanic not seen in a Werewolf game, not the new standard for moderation. Even with the timer keeping people on track, I still handed out modkills because you can't just leave these living corpses lying around and not contributing. It's hugely frustrating to lynch an inactive after four days of discussion and he's Generic Town Role 3 and not king scum.
 
"Drac hit huge on this ability, getting an aura almost every time he used it."

Thats the unlucky part if you ask me. My only luck was hitting TT. I couldn't really reveal anything in the KoN situation. Got the bad luck of investigating dying people (bbninjas n Muffin). I think it would been better for me if I been hitting the normal townies or atleast not hitting people that died just as I know them.
 
I didn't expect for my life to have a bunch of school stuff happen on the first week. Sorry team for dropping on you guys. I thought I could actually post something to evade mod kill, but because of the timer I was unable to post.

I thought the timer added too much complicity into the game. The town failed for the first couple of days because everyone was rushing to finish before the clock.
 
I actually really enjoyed the timer mechanism. It was a neat twist on the mechanics of the standard Pokebeach game, and provided a fresh sense of urgency that's not always felt otherwise. Another smaller change I particularly enjoyed was the concept of roles evolving and devolving. While not every game has a timer, the mechanic can easily be adopted for abilities changing based on Day and Night phases, instead of the clunky old system of abilties being unlocked or ending at a certain time.
 
The timer was my idea for the game and was the only game mechanic I wanted to see in the game. I saw it used on another site and thought the idea was brilliant. I had planned to make it a lot more complicated than it ended up being, but PMJ wisely told me to dumb it down a bit.
 
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