Enigma wasn't surviving past D1 because I called him out on his bullshit. Nobody else would've caught that. Starbuck caught on to something else which was complete bullshit, but the main thing that sold it was the thing that I, specifically, picked up on. I used sap because after Enigma flipped scum, I didn't want to die overnight without having used at least one of my abilities, and PLUS I thought (welp maybe this'll draw the kill since I have a one-shot kill dodge) WHICH IT DID.
Antihero wrote:Only thing here is, what exactly is this scum mechanism? There's nothing to Parama from gifting buddies (also seems broken), so why would Parama continue to shell out stuff to townies?
I would say the scum mechanic would be some kind of Eavesdropping mechanic. Relevant links:
http://wiki.flyingcowofdoom.com/mafiaWiki/Eavesdropper
Or, the Xylbot description:
Xylbot wrote:Eavesdropper (town, mafia, mafia-ally; uncommon; 4+ players): You may tap a player's communicaton lines, recieving duplicates of all game messages they recieve that night. Actions: eavesdrop
You can also see Reckamonic's Ocarina of Time role PM for a cheater, a similar role:
Ocarina of Time Role PM wrote:Aim for her when she appears! now available in blue!
Welcome to Ocarina of Time Mafia,
Substrike22
. You are
Beth
. You are the second youngest of the Poe sisters and you’re...blue? You and your sisters have decided to capitalize on this recent invasion of Hyrule by attempting to take the land for your own...but you’re gonna have to kill a hell of a lot of people to do it! You’re a poe, though, you’re evil anyway, so who cares?
Race:
Poe
Faction:
Poe
You are a
Poe Cheating Even-Night Strongman
. You have the following special abilities:
Passive Abilities:
Forest Temple
- You share a quicktopic with Amy (Albert B. Rampage), Meg (Diddin) and Joelle (bunnylover), in which you can discuss at any given time.
Ghastly Support
- For as long as Meg has a decoy spirit set on you, you may action twice. Even though it is a passive ability, this can be used to double up Soul Reading. Note that this cannot be used to perform two mafia kills.
Soul Reading
- Each night, you will be informed of the existence of a specific role in the setup randomly. For example: Poe Cheating Even-Night Strongman.
Deep Darkness
- If you perform a kill on an even night, it will be a strongman kill.
False Identity
- You know that
Rauru
is not in the setup. As such, you possess a fakeclaim to this effect.
Active Abilities:
Cold Flame
- Each night, you may choose with your scumbuddies which one of you will perform the mafia kill.
Please remember that you can use only one active ability per phase.
Win Condition (Poe):
You win when nothing can prevent the Poe Scum from winning the game.
Please confirm via return PM.
Forest Temple:
http://www.quicktopic.com/45/H/YuUsmdK73vD
The topic is here:
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... 53&start=0
Another Xylbot example:
Xylbot wrote:Cheater (town, mafia, mafia-ally; uncommon; 4+ players): Each night you learn the role PM of a random role in the setup, but not who has it. Actions: (auto)cheat
There are plenty of abilities like that, and rolling one of them into the setup to detect what gift is going out or who it's going to would've been an easy way to counterbalance town having a cop giver outer, a JOAT, a bulletproof, and a doctor.