Day Five -- Monster Manual Mafia

[Pleonast]

The Gazebo is killed.

Role: Succubus
Side: Monster
Win: when all Heroes are eliminated and at least one Monster remains alive.
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Powers:
1. Seduce: each Night you may target another player. That player will receive a message "The Gazebo is a Monster.", unless they are protected, or you are blocked or redirected.

Alan_Tudyk is killed.

Role: Displacer Beast
Side: Monster
Win: when all Heroes are eliminated and at least one Monster remains alive.
Alignment: Neutral
Powers:
1. Displacement: each Night, you automatically use this power, unless you are blocked (you cannot be redirected). Any powers targeting you are listed in the player-list order of the players targeting you. The first power targeting you is redirected to the first player who ended the Day with an active vote on you. The second power is redirected to the second player, etc. If more powers are targeting you than active votes on you, the excess powers will affect you normally. Powers that cannot be redirected will affect you normally, but not take up a slot.

Bahamut is killed.

Role: Otyugh
Side: Monster
Win: when all Heroes are eliminated and at least one Monster remains alive.
Alignment: Neutral
Powers:
1. Scavenge: each Night you automatically use this power to target every player killed, unless you are blocked. You will learn the side of the killer of each dead player, but no other information about the killer. This power cannot be redirected, or protected against.
2. Telepathy: once per game at Night, you may target another player. All of your results, including the same Night, will be sent to that player. This power cannot be blocked, redirected, or protected against.

Owlbear is killed.

Role: Golem
Side: Monster
Win: when all Heroes are eliminated and at least one Monster remains alive.
Alignment: Neutral
Powers:
1. Guard: each Night you may target another player. If that player is targeted by one or more other players, you protect your target from all powers. If your target is targeted only by you, you block all powers of your target.

vichyssoise please is killed.

Role: Troll
Side: Monster
Win: when all Heroes are eliminated and at least one Monster remains alive.
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Powers:
1. Survive: each Night you automatically use this power, unless you are blocked. You protect yourself against all non-blocking powers. This power cannot be watched, tracked, redirected, or protected against.

Yes, it is a gruesome end to the nefarious creatures of the Dungeon. The Heroes leave victorious with much loot and huzzahs. Edit: winning players are Ogre Jelly, Erinyes, Eileen Dover, Mad Mage, PurpleWorm.

Thanks, all, for playing. I hope you had fun. As always, I welcome feedback, comments, and criticisms of the rules, to better make future games.

And now, what we've all been waiting for: the De-socking. Anyone interested may post who they think each sock belongs to. And reveal who you are at some.

Spoilers at https://www.quicktopic.com/52/H/z7HtYSibfwV

[Alan_Tudyk]

Zumsandorala was DizzyMrsLizzy. I'm sure of that.

[Mad Mage]

Can I be sick now, that was stressful. Thanks everybody for a great game.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Alan_Tudyk

Zumsandorala was DizzyMrsLizzy. I'm sure of that.

I thought Zumsandorala was Archangel

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Alan_Tudyk

Zumsandorala was DizzyMrsLizzy. I'm sure of that.

Alan_Tuduk, are you Quinn?

[Eileen Dover]

Thanks for a fun game, Pleonast. I had a blast.

Monsters, well played. You were pretty unlucky a few times, I reckon. Definitely on to us towards the end but it was just too late. As you'll see if you read our scum thread, I was sympathetic to your plight!

My guesses are that vichysoisse please is Biotop, and Owlbear is Prof. Pepperwinkle. Beyond that, I got nothing - I'm pretty bad at remembering people with their normal screen names, never mind matching socks.

[Owlbear]

Pfui! Good job, Heroes! Town didn't get a one of ya.

And, yeah, of course I'm Prof. Pepperwinkle.

[Pleonast]

I was sure Bahamut was Mahaloth, but I think that's because the spelling is so similar. I'm horrible at guessing socks.

My game analysis: town was dealt a terrible blow by losing all three masons before Day Two. The self-confirming roles (Otyugh and Succubus), didn't really. The all-power game tends to make players too cautious. Town had lots of ways to work together but lack of sharing information prevented useful coordination. I also think too many players depend too much on meta-gaming, which leads to paralysis as well.

Two interesting points:
1. Every player voting for No Lynch on Day One was town.
2. Every player claiming or advocating a mass claim was town.

[Alan_Tudyk]

Originally Posted by Mad Mage

Alan_Tuduk, are you Quinn?

Negative. Though I'm flattered you think so. However, I don't think Quinn will be.

[Owlbear]

Checking the spoilers, I'm glad to see that at least I did guard Bahamut properly one night, and that my not guarding Mordenkainen didn't matter.

[Owlbear]

I think Mad Mage is Lightfoot, and Bahamut is Sister Coyote.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Owlbear

Pfui! Good job, Heroes! Town didn't get a one of ya.

And, yeah, of course I'm Prof. Pepperwinkle.

And please don't stop playing, we need you in the game.

[Owlbear]

Incredible game, Pleonast! Looking at all those roles and powers -- it's amazing in its complexity. Love it.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Owlbear

I think Mad Mage is Lightfoot, and Bahamut is Sister Coyote.

I think Onna Role is LightFoot.

[Owlbear]

Originally Posted by Mad Mage

And please don't stop playing, we need you in the game.

Oh, all right, but I do think RL means I'll have to sit out the next one. I'll be back for Mahaloth's.

[Bahamut]

I agree with Mad Mage, and Owlbear is correct about my identity.

[Bahamut]

I self-confirmed when I sent F_I the information I had on Night Two; I didn't think it was useful having only one night's information confirmed. Also, I am very conservative about how I play as a PR.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Alan_Tudyk

Negative. Though I'm flattered you think so. However, I don't think Quinn will be.

Why wouldn't Quinn be flattered, you were on to me for ages

I don't think I have ever played a game where all the scum/HEROES survived and we blatantly saved Ogre twice. It has changed the way I will think about playing Town again, Lynch the Lurker is a good strategy.

[Owlbear]

Yay! Finally got one!

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Bahamut

I agree with Mad Mage, and Owlbear is correct about my identity.

Wow! You played differently, I would never have guessed.

[Eater of Socks]

Originally Posted by Mad Mage

Why wouldn't Quinn be flattered, you were on to me for ages

I don't think I have ever played a game where all the scum/HEROES survived and we blatantly saved Ogre twice. It has changed the way I will think about playing Town again, Lynch the Lurker is a good strategy.

I SO wanted to target Ogre Night 2, but I thought it was a SURE thing he would be lynched (I wished for the Beholder powers )

[Mad Mage]

Where is Ogre Jelly, I want to know who I was playing with, I know who Purpleworm is because of an oops in the hero thread. Who was Kali? I think that helped us a lot because people didn't want to vote for a 'new' player straight away.

[Alan_Tudyk]

Originally Posted by Mad Mage

Why wouldn't Quinn be flattered, you were on to me for ages

I don't think I have ever played a game where all the scum/HEROES survived and we blatantly saved Ogre twice. It has changed the way I will think about playing Town again, Lynch the Lurker is a good strategy.

Being right about 2 of the 5 heroes? Never suspected 3 of the others? I don't think that's all that impressive.

[Owlbear]

I don't think we'll ever know who Kali was.

[Bahamut]

Originally Posted by Mad Mage

Wow! You played differently, I would never have guessed.

I tend to get Vanilla or Scum, so my PR game is different than usual. But also, at least at the beginning, I was making a conscious effort not to play my "normal" game.

However, I posted twice in the game thread as my "foot" and was responsible for the mentioned deleted posts. Plus I also accidentally outed myself to Pleo.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Bahamut

I tend to get Vanilla or Scum, so my PR game is different than usual. But also, at least at the beginning, I was making a conscious effort not to play my "normal" game.

However, I posted twice in the game thread as my "foot" and was responsible for the mentioned deleted posts. Plus I also accidentally outed myself to Pleo.

Hehe, I had an awful fear of doing that all game, apart from trying not to look too scummy, I didn't get that bit right

[Mad Mage]

Oh, I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but I think Soup is Biotop. I also thought Ogre Jelly was Magicalundies but he said I was wrong.

[Pleonast]

Originally Posted by Bahamut

I self-confirmed when I sent F_I the information I had on Night Two; I didn't think it was useful having only one night's information confirmed. Also, I am very conservative about how I play as a PR.

Sorry, I didn't mean to criticize your gameplay, although it easily reads that way. Half of confirmation is other players recognizing it's a confirmation. Your teammates didn't really understand the implications, no fault of yours.

[PurpleWorm]

Most fun I've had as scum in quite a while!

And yep, I accidentally posted in the hero thread, not once, not twice, but 3 times as Texcat.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by PurpleWorm

Most fun I've had as scum in quite a while!

And yep, I accidentally posted in the hero thread, not once, not twice, but 3 times as Texcat.

Although it was an oops, it did make me feel more comfortable knowing who I was playing with, I'm not sure I like sock games. I feel as if I am standing in a room full of strangers and I have to bare my soul

[SisterCoyote]

Originally Posted by Pleonast

Sorry, I didn't mean to criticize your gameplay, although it easily reads that way. Half of confirmation is other players recognizing it's a confirmation. Your teammates didn't really understand the implications, no fault of yours.

We're good, Pleo. Just making an observation.

[SisterCoyote]

I also think Soup was biotop because of how we butted heads

[SisterCoyote]

Really super great game, Pleo. I had fun, even when I was frustrated.

Someday I will successfully make my case for another person being Scum when I am not Scum, but this was not that game.

[Mahaloth]

Get this, I was:

Stocaryn Dragonsoultouched

I died something like Night 1 and I wasn't even myself! Ha!

[Alan_Tudyk]

I would have never guessed Purpleworm was TexCat.

I thought that Raventhief was Strocaryn Dragonsoutouched, but am still not confident on it.

[Alan_Tudyk]

Originally Posted by Mahaloth

Get this, I was:

Stocaryn Dragonsoultouched

I died something like Night 1 and I wasn't even myself! Ha!

Originally Posted by Alan_Tudyk

I would have never guessed Purpleworm was TexCat.

I thought that Raventhief was Strocaryn Dragonsoutouched, but am still not confident on it.

Well that just shows me I need to refresh before opening my big mouth.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Alan_Tudyk

I would have never guessed Purpleworm was TexCat.

I thought that Raventhief was Strocaryn Dragonsoutouched, but am still not confident on it.

Could Raven be Ogre?

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Mahaloth

Get this, I was:

Stocaryn Dragonsoultouched

I died something like Night 1 and I wasn't even myself! Ha!

And scum didn't mean to kill you.

[SisterCoyote]

Nope, Scum were trying to kill me!

I've no idea why, though.

[Paladin of Slaughter]

Unsocks herself.... Raventhief here. Good game Pleo even though all of the Masons died N1

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by SisterCoyote

Nope, Scum were trying to kill me!

I've no idea why, though.

Because we had a really cunning plan.

Seriously, I think we thought you could be Friendlys Master? Not sure though.

The worst time for me was when my unstoppable kill din't go through and I asked Pleo why it didn't go through and he replied that he couldn't tell me. I thought, what the hell, what a waste of an unstoppable kill! Ten minutes later it went through and that's when your problems started SisC, apart from your N1 block, I still don't get that.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Paladin of Slaughter

Unsocks herself.... Raventhief here. Good game Pleo even though all of the Masons died N1

Hi Raven, you can't even blame scum for that

[SisterCoyote]

Mahaloth mimicked me, so everything that should have happened to me happened to him if I understand correctly. So I wasn't blocked.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by SisterCoyote

Mahaloth mimicked me, so everything that should have happened to me happened to him if I understand correctly. So I wasn't blocked.

I think you are right, we were quite shocked though, we hadn't a clue who we had killed.

[Mad Mage]

I keep wanting to say sorry to Town and yet I am pleased at the same time, I don't want to be scum again for a long time.

[Merestil Haye]

Originally Posted by Paladin of Slaughter

Unsocks herself.... Raventhief here. Good game Pleo even though all of the Masons died N1

Sorry, Raventhief. Probably should have held back on killing N1. Guess I was just out of practice.

[Owlbear]

Given my propensity for orange vegetable-headed socks, I'd considered playing as a Were-Yam. But I just love Owlbears too much.

[Mad Mage]

Originally Posted by Merestil Haye

Sorry, Raventhief. Probably should have held back on killing N1. Guess I was just out of practice.

Are you Jeopardy Contestant? There were two Town kills on N1 and I thought Jeopardy was someone else, Oh, I am getting old.

Yes I edited this, I thought JC was Gnarlycharlie but he could have been Friendly Illithad?

[SNFaulkner]

I thought Onna Roll was Biotop.

[Friendly_Illithid]

Scáthach here. For once I thought my consistent ability to get myself lynched on D1 had turned out useful. Turns out no