Circus Maximus and the Temple Mafia of Doom
7 Years Ago: After losing many of their own, the Village survivors stand outside the Ness of Brodgar, all wearing kilts and playing bagpipes. The final temple desecrator lies dead before them. So does one sad little archaeologist whose death was witnessed by all. The Village can rest easy now, knowing that their beloved temples are safe at last from tomb raiders.
Until...
Present Day: The call goes out again. The temples need protection. Two new groups threaten the sanctity of these ancient monuments: the Proper Comedic Timing Relics, who are unwilling to accept their day in the comedic sun has come and gone, and the Utility Players, relics of technological development eras of the past who refuse to accept they have been replaced.
It is up to the Town Relics to secure the temples and remove these fiends from the area. Of course, the journey will not be easy. The temples themselves are perilous, and one never knows what may happen within. It will take a clever mind to outwit the mechanics at play and triumph. One thing is clear: the conflict will continue until only one group is left standing.
A very large businessman steps up to deliver a speech once everyone has gathered. He begins by asking if anyone has seen the SANDS, only to be shot through the head by a high-caliber sniper rifle.
The SANDS of Time said:
"Well, what the heck was that for?" one of you yells out, blinking in shock as MR SANDSMAN's massive head wound bleeds out.
"Someone had to make an example of him," the killer states, before vanishing into the shadows as everyone groans in disgust.
"So it's gonna be like that."
Of course it is. What else were you expecting?
Rules
Standard Mafia
1. No screenshots except to those mentioned in your role PM as on your team. No copy/pasting from your role PM on N0. You can paste logs/conversations at any time, and role PMs/results beginning on D1.
2. Do not be a poor sport, and play to your win condition.
3. The vote format will be bolded "!vote ALIAS" formatted as such, so I can CTRL-F to confirm I do not miss anyone. Failure to include the "!vote" text will render your vote invalid. This is your only warning.
4. To unvote or change your vote, the format will be bolded "!unvote ALIAS" and then a new, bolded "!vote ALIAS" if you wish to change.
5. To vote for nobody, use "!vote no lynch" - this is a valid vote option. Ties will result in no lynch. "No lynch" receiving majority will also result in no lynch.
6. Do not speak to dead users about the game. There is a graveyard chat for villagers and spectators. Both mafia teams have deadtalk enabled. DO NOT speak to users not aligned with you once one or both of you have died.
7. Please add me to your group DMs, Smogon conversations, and game servers on Discord.
8. Here is a link to the game's Discord server, I highly recommend joining so people can coordinate with you. Spectators and subs welcome; spectators are ineligible to sub.
9. Submit your actions in your Smogon Role PM conversation, not over Discord. This will make it more difficult for me to accidentally miss your action.
10. Other standard Circus rules not listed above apply.
Game-Specific
1. This is a 1 village, 2 mafia game. There is no possibility of changing alignment. There are no other alignments.
2. The village win condition is: You are allied with the Town Relics. You win if the Proper Comedic Timing Relics and the Utility Players are eliminated while at least one Town Relic is still alive.
3. The mafia 1 win condition is: You are allied with the Proper Comedic Timing Relics. You win if the Town Relics and the Utility Players are eliminated while at least one Proper Comedic Timing Relic is still alive.
4. The mafia 2 win condition is: You are allied with the Utility Players. You win if the Town Relics and the Proper Comedic Timing Relics are eliminated while at least one Utility Player is still alive.
5. There are items in this game. They are obtained from visiting Temples. Some items may be one-offs, others have infinite copies available. Items remain on dead bodies. There may be ways to retrieve these items. If you're going to loot temples, why stop there?
6. In addition to standard actions, you also have the nightly ability to visit a Temple. You are obligated to attempt to visit a temple each night - whether you succeed or not is temple-dependent. Intentionally idling your temple visit will nullify protective roles on you.
7. The list of temples is (in the OP), in approximate order of dangerousness. They also include hints to their entrance requirements.
8. You can die to temples, both to the RNG or to their destruction or sealing if you are inside when these events occur.
9. Temple visits cannot be disrupted by roleblock-type actions, but there may be other abilities that can disrupt them.
10. Half of the temples have probability-based outcomes. Each outcome has been assigned a set of numbers from 1-100. If you visit one, you must also submit a number from 1-100. Whatever result your number was pre-assigned for that temple, is what you will receive. These resolve at the end of the night cycle.
11. The other half of the temples have adventure-based outcomes. You will be given a list of options to 'explore' within the temple during the day. Once you reach a dead-end, you will receive the result for that end. These adventures are undertaken during the day, and resolve at the end of the day cycle.
12. If you don't find it likely you will have time to go on your temple adventure (can be done over Discord when I am online to expedite the process) during the day phase, you may wish to stick with the RNG temples. An incomplete adventure will result in no reward. Two incomplete adventures will nullify protective roles on you.
13. Several temples have entrance requirements. There may be ways to discover these if they are not immediately obvious. If a temple asks you to attempt to enter it 2 nights in a row and grants entry on the second night, the first night will NOT be considered a temple idle, if you submit your action, even if you do not get in.
14. Roles may interact based on your temple location. You will need to use deduction and treachery to solve or thwart these mechanisms. If you are looking for a puzzle, this game is for you. If you want straight-forward inspection mechanics, this game may leave you feeling like you fell victim to a booby trap.
15. Temple assigned outcome ranges and reward paths will be rerandomized each night, so you cannot feed someone "I sent 8 last night and got X item, do that tonight." The outcome probabilities will always remain the same.
16. All kill flavors are predetermined. You should be able to assess who performed each action.
17. There may be roles or items that can alter what information one receives as part of their results. It is your job to determine what is trustworthy. You are warned!
18. Note that if 'funny role names' were members of the Proper Comedic Timing Relics, most of the game would be mafia. Their theme is specific tropes of comedy, and all mafia are provided safeclaims.
19. While hammer is in effect, based on the total number of votes, hammer will not be called until 2/3 of the living players have voted, unless the voted party wishes to cede their life, and all adventure temple players have completed their quests.
20. Priority is predetermined. Most roles of the same type should operate at the same speed, with tiebreakers preestablished in case two disruptive roles clash.
21. All players are assigned an alias. All aliases which vote during the day will be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the day. I wrote all role PMs before the children complained they would be nametargeted and find+replaced USER with ALIAS in all role PMs. If something does not make grammatical sense, blame Google Docs.
22. This game was expanded to 36, a happy middle ground between the original 30 and the fully-expanded 42 player design.
23. If an item is unique, in a probability temple, and more than one person chooses its number in the same night, it will be RNGed between them who receives it. If an item is unique and in an adventure temple, whoever completes the adventure first will receive it.
24. If a temple requires a password, item sacrifice, or other interaction to pass its entrance requirement, please submit something like "Password: XXXX" or "Sacrifice: (Item you hold)" with your temple visit action.
Temples
Probability Temples (submit a number between 1-100 with your night action)
Rock of Cashel
A mighty Irish castle founded in the 12th century. You’re able to see it for your own eyes.
Open doors are good for local tourism.
Kizhi Pogost
This silver-roofed monument exemplifies the trademark Russian tower tops and curved architecture.
Demands get you far.
Have you no friends?
Good things come in sets.
Somnath Temple
Sculptures and gold abound in this Indian shrine. Shall Shiva bless you here?
How many times has it fallen?
Great Mosque of Samarra
This spiraling shrine in Iraq has an awful lot of little black pebbles at its base.
Persistence and solitude lead to enlightenment.
Selimiye Mosque
A calming fragrance wafts from the four looming spires of this Turkish mosque.
Persistence and solitude lead to enlightenment.
Great Mosque of Djenne
At first glance, you might think this burnt-yellow sandcastle to be made of something else.
Persistence and solitude lead to enlightenment.
Chichester Cathedral
For over a thousand years, this quintessential gothic church in England has stood tall.
Come, part its doors.
Temple of Heaven
The concentric levels of this Chinese altar seem to go on forever.
Please, visit.
St. Vitus Cathedral
Seven bells beckon fatigued travelers to this ornate Czech church.
Don’t be a stranger.
Marvels deserve to be viewed by the masses.
Hassan Tower
The death of this Moroccan minaret’s commissioner stalled completing of its could’ve-been grandeur, forever.
Come as the tower is.
Todai-ji Temple
This Japanese temple dates back to the 700s - might your desire to walk its grounds overwhelm you?
Attend on nights as it has floors.
Taq Kasra Palace
Long in Iraq’s past, this now-crumbling monument must have been a marvel. Shall it take you along?
Enter only on certain nights.
Biete Amanuel
Cut from the rocks, this Ethiopian monument asks, how clear do you think is the air underground?
Plead your case.
Brihadisvara Temple
The exterior of this elaborately-carved Indian temple bids you to test your luck.
Only the successful.
Come, take a look.
Arch of Constantine
This well-carved Roman monument has plenty of nooks and crannies for helpful things to hide in.
Do not carry its own treasures.
No room for failure.
Visit any time.
Borgund Stave Church
One simply can’t miss the ominous, sloped black roofs of this Norwegian church contrasting with the countryside.
Approach if you dare.
Hwangnyong Temple
What remains of this South Korean tower, nine stories high without a single nail?
Go on, ask.
Mausoleum of Theodoric
This Italian monument may not be the largest, but do you dare find out what lurks within?
Pay tribute to the dead.
Temple of the Great Jaguar
Now, here is a Guatemalan masterpiece that stays in your mind… for as long as you have it.
Solitude in all things.
Torre del Oro
This Spanish watchtower questions, how foolish do you feel for gold?
All you may do is answer.
Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan
Not much remains of this Mexican step pyramid. Shall it claim you, too?
Something must be lost, for something to be gained.
Nothing comes free.
Great Tent of Genghis Khan
A flashy Mongol mausoleum displaying a bodiless coffin - shall you fill it?
Blood must be on your hands.
Temple of the Sun
It should come as no surprise to anyone well-studied what sorts of activities the Incans got up to here.
Persevere.
Living Player List (16)
Alice Kazumi
askaninjask
Aura Guardian
Bass
Blazade
dak
Galactikitty
Gmax
Lechen
LightWolf
pulsar512b
sunny004
Ullar
UncleSam
Dead Player List (21)
M2H - Sailfin Tang / Clippy / Delayed BG or SG / Town Relics / Voted Day One
StupidFlandrs48 - Spanish Hogfish / Steam Engine / Move Pool / Utility Players / Voted Day Two
Celever - Panther Grouper / VHS / Move Pool / Utility Players / Died exploring a temple Day Two
Former - Bicolor Parrotfish / The Hwow Checker / Temple Ability Power Level Checker / Died to temple destruction Day Two
Mekkah - Marine Betta / The Trolley Driver / Role Driver / Died to temple destruction Day Two
genisu - Emperor Angelfish / Bandito / Temple Thief / Died to temple destruction Day Two
NPC - Milk Spotted Puffer / Died to the Utility Players Night Two
zorbees - Radiata Lionfish / Typewriter / Move Pool / Utility Players / Voted Day Three
AngryPidgeon - Oreni Tilefish / A Clam / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Died exploring a temple Day Three
NightEmerald - Titan Triggerfish / Fainting Couch / Move Pool / Utility Players / Died to a Comedic temple destruction Day Three
Dead by Daylight - Latticed Butterflyfish / Slipping on a Banana Peel / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Voted Day Four
Redless - Azure Damselfish / The Big Bopper / Temple Bouncer / Town Relics / Killed by Yoko Ono Night Four
DayDiamond - Spotted Sweetlips / Landline / Move Pool / Utility Players / Voted Day Five
saberslash11 - Yasha Goby / Daut / Temple Fortifier / Town Relics / Died to a Comedic temple destruction Day Five
Ditto - Purple Firefish / Local Advice Columnist Troll / Announcer + Mayor + Vote-Willer / Town Relics / Died to a Comedic temple destruction Day Five
JALMONT - Scissortail Dartfish / Slapstick / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Died to the bubonic plague Night Five
Laurel - Magnificent Foxface / Washing Board / Move Pool / Utility Players / Voted Day Six
Utility Players Eliminated
LonelyNess - Lyretail Anthias / Town Crier / Public Temple Alliance Checker / Town Relics / Died to a Utilitarian temple destruction Day Six
bluedoom - Snowflake Eel / MLG Parody Sound Clips / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Died to temple RNG Night Six
ElectricityCat - Moorish Idol / Stupid Husband Nagging Wife Sitcom Leads / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Died to temple RNG Night Six
realiti - Tassle Filefish / Get Back in the Kitchen Joke / Move Pool / Proper Comedic Timing Relics / Died to temple RNG Night Six
Proper Comedic Timing Relics Eliminated
Sub List
ariadne (6th on)
Da Letter El (8th on)
billymills (maybe)
shade
Alias List (16)
Bicolor Parrotfish
Blue Mandarin
Dragonface Pipefish
Dusky Jawfish
Flame Hawkfish
Green Chromis
Harlequin Tusk
Kaudern's Cardinal
Longhorn Cowfish
Magnificent Foxface
Marine Betta
Maroon Clownfish
Midas Blenny
Moorish Idol
Neon Dottyback
Panther Grouper
Pinnatus Batfish
Radiata Lionfish
Redfin Wrasse
Royal Gramma
Scissortail Dartfish
Silver Mono
Spanish Hogfish
Spotted Sweetlips
Tassle Filefish
Titan Triggerfish
Wartskin Angler
Role PMs will go out now. You may discuss the contents of the OP while they go out, but NOT your role, until all are received. Remember there is no copy-pasting on N0.
It is now Night Zero. N0 will end at 5pm PDT 6/29.
IMPORTANT: if your discord name is significantly different/unrecognizable from your smogon name you MUST disclose your smogon name immediately upon private messaging someone. failure to do so can result in your godkilling going forward.
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