Library of Atypical Factions [108/1000 roles]

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The First Atypical Townie

(

Town

/ The First Atypical)

You managed to roll post zero. Enjoy having the introductory post in your Role PM. You are a named Townie. You have no special abilities.



Welcome to the Library of Atypical Factions thread. This is a role list quite like Grand Idea Mafia and the Deck of Astral Roles. Unlike those two threads, standard factions other than

Town

will not be allowed, as defined below.

Town

is needed for a game to function properly, so it will be allowed.

The Library of Atypical Factions game is a custom Grandest Idea Mafia (Greatest Idea Mafia rules, but with a Grand Idea Mafia esque deck) with only non-standard groupscum and third parties. There will be 1000 roles in this thread. This can be used with the Deck of Astral Roles for an Astral Multiverse game.

Examples of non-standard factions:

Apparitions

,

Pirates

,

Dark Creatures

,

Sunshine Club

,

Starkin

,

Specters

,

Astral Creatures

,

Burst Mafia

,

Escapists

,

Swamp Muck

,

Celestial Angels

, and

Arcane Observers

.

Standard factions that are not allowed:

Groupscum with just informedness and a PT, no factional abilities (

Nightless Mafia

)
Groupscum with only a factional kill (

Mafia

and

Werewolf

)
Groupscum with only a X-shot factional kill (

Alien

)
Groupscum with only a X-shot factional kill and a random factional invention (

Deck of Astral Roles Alien

)
Groupscum with only a recruitment mechanic (

Cult

)
Third-party scum with only a factional kill (

Serial Killer

)
Third-party that needs to survive to win (

Survivor

)
Third-party that needs to be eliminated to win (

Jester

)
Third-party that needs to die in any way other than elimination to win (

Unjester

)
Third-party that needs a target eliminated to win (

Condemner

)
Third-party that needs a target to not be eliminated to win (

Savior

)

I am willing to relax this.

Ideally you should list the alignment / role split in your posts. This is being used for a game where the alignment / role split is vital.

I ideally want a

Town

majority (at least 501 townies) in this deck to avoid problems with having a

Town

majority in LoAF games. There are currently 41 to my knowledge.

I recommend having no more than 40 alignment changing roles. There are currently 5 to my knowledge.

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Town Scumfinder

(

Town

/ Scumfinder)

Scumfinder: You may investigate a player each night.

You get an

Innocent

result if your target can win while the Town wins. You get a

Guilty

result if this isn't the case.

Town, Survivor, Jester, Unjester, and Condemner are examples of Innocent results.
Groupscum (e.g. Mafia), Cult, and Serial Killer are examples of Guilty results.

Mod Note: Was Nowt Unorthoscumfinder (gets inno if Nowt-compatible and Guilty if not), refactored in an effort to ensure Town majority.

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Please include definitions of all atypical factions as they're introduced. This'd greatly help

yes, please do so so we know what the factions do.

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Dark Creature Deep Shadowhydra

(

Dark Creature

/ Deep Shadowhydra)

Dark Creature: You are a

Dark Creature

.

Dark Creatures

are a scum team with a factional "Plunge in Darkness" ability to roleblock someone that Night and also cause them to die the next Night.

Deep Shadowhydra: You are in a Private Topic with a player outside the game (mod's discretion). Each night, you may target a message in the PT to have the moderator quote the targeted message in the game thread (the player outside the game will know you have this ability).

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Alignment ratio TBD, but I'm thinking 250

Town

, 250

Nowt

, 100

Non-Standard Groupscum

, 50

Non-Standard Third-parites

, and 350

Free Spaces

.

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Vanilla Townie

(

Town

/ Vanilla)

Vanilla: You have no special abilities.

Mod Note: Was Vanilla Nowtie (vanilla Nowt), refactored in an effort to ensure Town majority.

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Are we allowed to post duplicates from the DoAR?

yes, as long as they aren't from a standard faction other than

Town

.

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Vanilla Townie

(

Town

/ Vanilla)

You have no special abilities.

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How about Fulfillers?

Fulfillers are non-standard 3Ps, so yes.

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Darkblight Mod Chooses After Picks

(

Mod Chooses After Picks

/ Darkblight)

Darkblight: All roles that care about your alignment treat you as if you were a

Dark Creature

.

Once in the game during the night, you have a personal "Plunge in Darkness" ability to roleblock someone that Night and also cause them to die the next Night. Using this ability will make your faction unable to use factional abilities that Night.

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Do Free Spaces allow us to put in "crazy stuff", e.g. re-rolls, that does not introduce standard factions other than Town?

They indeed do!

Heck, you're even allowed Mod Discretions!

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Town Bloodhound

(

Town

/ Bloodhound)

Bloodhound: Each night, you may learn if a player is

Town

or

Not Town

.

Mod Note: Was Nowt Ichorlion (Nowt cop-like), refactored in an effort to ensure Town majority.

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Do people even like Nowt?

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Arsonist Cartel Goon

(

Arsonist Cartel

/ Vanilla)

Arsonist Cartel: Groupscum with a factional prime and a factional ignite. Wins when all threats to the Arsonist Cartel are gone.

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Alignment ratio TBD, but I'm thinking 250

Town

, 250

Nowt

, 100

Non-Standard Groupscum

, 50

Non-Standard Third-parites

, and 350

Free Spaces

.

I feel this is better:

250

Town

, 250

Nowt

, 150

Non-Standard Groupscum

, 50

Non-Standard Third-parites

, and 300

Free Spaces

.

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Dark Creature Infernal Blade

(

Dark Creature

/ Infernal Blade)

Alignment: You are a

Dark Creature

.

Dark Creatures

are a scum team with a factional "Plunge in Darkness" ability to roleblock someone that Night and also cause them to die the next Night.

Role: Once in the game during the Day, you may post

INFERNAL BLADE: {player}

(the text must be set apart from normal text, usually with bold) to immediately have that player eliminated. If they are groupscum-aligned, you gain a 1-shot Dark Demon invention. (Anyone investigating you that Night will receive a message saying that you are a frightening and evil Dark Demon. You may cloak someone in darkness. They will be roleblocked, and will receive frightening visions of a random night action targeting them the next Night (if they weren't targeted the next Night, they will receive frightening visions of demons).).

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Dark Creatures are meant to frighten you.

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Town 2-Shot Watcher

(

Town

/ 2-Shot Watcher)

Twice in the game during night, you may learn which other players targeted another player.

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I want a

Town

majority in this deck ideally. I have refactored my

Nowt

roles.

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Town Unchanging Neighborizer

(

Town

/ Unchanging Neighborizer)

You cannot have your alignment, role, or wincon changed.

Each night, you may add a player to your neighborhood.

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Added a 50 cap for conversion roles.

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Town Meta-neighbor

(

Town

/ Meta-neighbor)

You have access to a meta-neighborhood PT with another random player if this card is one of the role cards you can pick.

If this card is picked for your role, the meta-neighborhood PT will remain open. However, if this card is not picked for your role, the meta-neighborhood PT is locked at the start of pregame.

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Free Townie

(

Town

/ Free Townie)

Free Townie: During the setup phase (as in whenever you are picking your alignment and role cards), if you are picking this as your role card, you may target a player. That player's alignment will be

Town

.

Reroll this role but not alignment if you aren't playing a setup where you choose alignment and role cards independently.

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What does “conversion roles” cover? Would it include things like underdog that inherit alignments, or just things that effect other people’s alignments?

Things that affect other people's alignments. Underdog is not a conversion role.

The role on this post does however count as a conversion role!

btw I lowered the limit to 40, though 41-50 is okay I guess

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Mod Chooses After Picks Mysterious Conduit

(

Mod Chooses After Picks

/ Mysterious Conduit)

Each night, you may target a player to charge them with a mysterious energy.

Mod Note: This role charges someone with a mysterious energy indefinitely. (Roles like Mysterious Eidolon can lose mysterious energy charge)

Still, have fun figuring out what being charged with a mysterious energy does.

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Mod Chooses After Picks Mysterious Eidolon

(

Mod Chooses After Picks

/ Mysterious Eidolon)

You start the game charged with a mysterious energy.

If you are charged with a mysterious energy, you may attempt to kill a player and gain a random invention (rolled from the mod's deck of choice until you get an active ability). You will no longer be charged with a mysterious energy after this.

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Mod Discretions will also help, and also provide a buffer to small scumteams.