PHIL'S PHEAR PHACTORY MAPHIA RULE POST!
Hello everyone, here is the official rules for the upcoming mafia game! Its a bit long winded, but hopefully it does a better job of explaining what the games going to be like!
GENERAL BASIS:
Everyone has a greatest fear, something that can chill them down to the core. Something, when in the wrong hands, could lead to their demise…
Everyone is assigned a fear randomly from a list that will be made available to players, broken up into ‘fear categories’. It is the other players job to guess each others fear. Each player can take a stab at guessing ONE person’s fear a night, and ONE person’s fear a day(guesses must be posted before the end of each cycle) If a players fear is guessed, they die. There will be more fears listed than players, meaning some of the fears are not assigned to anyone.
Each day, every player is assigned an RP task. If they complete the task, they are given either a ‘Hint’ or a ‘Hindrance’ to use during the night. Hints and Hindrances will be randomized from a list.(First it will be a coin toss of if you get a hint or a hindrance, then the type will be randomized) Hints will give the player a hint to what another player of their choosings fear is. Hindrances will be applied to a player of their choosing to hinder either their ability to perform their RP task during the day or mess around with other people’s hints and hindrances.
The game can be played two ways, Solo mode(for smaller games) or Phamily mode(for larger games)
Solo Mode: Everyone goes it on their own, there is no talking outside of the game, period. The game ends when the last player is standing. If you correctly guess a fear and kill someone, you get an extra Hint or Hindrance.
Phamily mode: There will be groups of Phamilies to help aid you in the night/day posts. Phamilies can pool information they have learned from hints to take out other players. In Phamily mode, the Phamilies must decide together on ONE person to guess in the night and one in the day. If the Phamily correctly guesses a fear and kills someone, the phamily as a whole gets a hint or hindrance to decide where to use. However, there will be hindrance roles(or Mod interference) that could change Phamilies up. So don’t share your fear with your Phamilies members, as they may not be your Phamily for long… The game ends when one Phamily is left standing.
This game will probably end up being solo mode, unless we get a lot of players and there is interest in turning it into Phamily mode!
HINT TYPES:
RP Fairy: Causes the person targeted to have their RP task automatically be to hint at their fear at least three times in the day post. It is at the players discretion how they hint. (PM me if you aren’t sure if a hint is hinty enough and I’ll tell you)
Yes or No: You can ask three yes or no questions about a players fear and I will answer.(can not be ‘Is the players fear XYZ, has to be something like ‘is it related to water’ ‘is it something you can actually die from’ etc etc.)
First Letter: Ask me a person, and I will tell you the first letter of their fear.
Whats That Catagory?: Ask me a player and I will give you two catagories that the player’s fear may be from.
Fear Buddies: Give me two names and I will tell you if those two people are in the same fear category or not (I will not tell you which category it is if you get it correct, however)
Is it or isn’t it?: Ask me a fear and I will tell you if its assigned to someone or not.
One of Us: I will give you three names, one of the names is in the same fear category as you.
HINDRANCE TYPES:
Silencers: Alters the way a player can post/talk during the day post(thus making their RP task harder or impossible to complete)
Blockers:
Switchers:
HOW THINGS WORK/WHAT TIME DO YOU NEED TO DO THINGS BY/WHEN WILL YOU GET YOUR RP TASK AND HINT/HINDRANCES:
This is where the ~experimental~ part comes in guys, I’m going to try my best to plan this so things run smoothly, but if there are bumps and dings, remember this is essentially a beta test of this particular game. We will learn from our mistakes.
The game runs from 10am EST to 10pm EST. You will get your first RP task before the first day starts, there will be no hints or hindrances night 0. There will be a screened guess post that I will link the day post to every day, if you’d like to try guessing despite not having hints day one you are free to. Guesses must be in before 10pm ES(just like voting!). There will also be a screened RP thread in that post where you must submit to me a link or a screenshot of the places where you completed your RP tasks during the day. Tasks must be completed by 10pm EST, and submitted by 11pm EST. I would suggest you submit your task as soon as you complete it during the day, as the faster you submit your task, the sooner after the night post you will get your earned Hint/Hindrance.
The night post will go up shortly after 10pm(it could take longer or shorter depending on if anyone was actually killed or not). There will be a screened thread on the guess post specifically for night guesses. Night guesses must be in by 9:30am EST, to give me space to make the day post actually go out in time :)
Your RP tasks for the remaining days MAY not get to you before the day post goes up. Do not fear, I will do my best to get them to you in a timely manner. It wont be hours afterwards.
I will PM you with if you earned a hint or a hindrance and what type of hint/hindrance you earned ~hopefully~ by 12pm EST. PM me back with what you would like to do with it by 9am EST(So remember, 9AM for night roles, 9:30am for guesses.).
You will get your hint’s PM’ed to you sometime after 9am. It could be sooner or later depending on if someone used a hindrance on you or not. Once again, hints may not be PM’ed to you till after the day post goes up(and in the case of the RP fairy, your hint would come in the form of the player’s RP role, so watch that player during the day post!) But! I promise I will not take too long to get your hints out to you.
GENERAL RULES:
Mafia Godding is a thing, If you are inactive for three days, Phil will take your soul and turn it into a houseplant. ((You can be active by: Commenting at least four times in a day post; Guessing a person’s fear))
RP tasks are optional. You do not have to complete all of them, or even any of them. However, if you do not complete them, you won’t earn yourself hints or hindrances. You can still guess a person’s fear without them if you want, but it would make it a lot easier(And more fun!) if you tried to complete them!
You cannot use your earned hint/hindrance on the same person two nights in a row. Switch it up, yo.
Only one guess per person each night post and day post. When a player dies, their fear will be revealed, and whoever guessed correctly will get an extra hint or hindrance. If multiple players guess correctly on the same night, each correct guess will earn a hint or hindrance.
Be kind. This is a game heavily based on RP. Sometimes people pick characters that aren’t so nice, don’t take it personally. If you feel yourself starting to get upset or aggravated, take a deep breath and a step back. Remember we are all here to have fun!
Remember this is an experimental game! If I muck things up, or things don’t run super smoothly, I apologize. We are all learning together. Patience is a virtue! However, because this is essentially a beta test, feedback is great! If you notice something isn’t making sense or that I’ve made a mistake, feel free to (kindly) call me out on it. There will be a page a mod thread in the day posts, however if you don’t want your question/concern to be seen by others, feel free to PM me!
NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT! I need your help!
As we are going to need a lot of fears, I’m going to put a ‘Suggest a fear’ thread down below. Feel free to spam it with fears. When we get closer to the game, I’ll go through and pick some and sort them into categories.
I’m also going to put a screened comment thread down below for suggesting RP tasks. Coming up with a new RP task for every player every day will be difficult, not going to lie. I’d love some suggestions from you guys! RP tasks can be things like ‘Get 3 players to sing a duet with you’ ‘Tell 3 players you have to use the bathroom’ ‘Try and get people to join your cheerleading team’. They don’t have to be related to a player’s character!
If you think this sounds amazing and haven't already, you should sign up! You can go to the sign up post by giving my head a little pat.
Thank you all so much for your help in helping me flesh out this game, and for deciding to give it a go even though there is a possibility of it crashing and burning hard BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!
