Good questions -- I will answer questions here within the discussion -- and will also make an Elaboration post in the game thread, prior to game start, recapping all the answers to raised questions during pre-game discussion.

1. Rogue stealing a power does not inhibit the other person using their ability, it just gives Rogue the opportunity to use it as well.

2. Rogue needs to successfully target a mafia player who is *not* the Roleblocker to get a night kill.

3. Rogue targets in the day. As such, even if Rogue targets a player who is lynched, Rogue will absorb that person's ability if they have a power available to her.

Remember that Rogue cannot target the same players consecutively, so it will be a Cluedo-type game for Rogue to work out who she can target and cross-off for certain skill types.

4. If Rogue is roleblocked in the night she won't be able to use any power she may have gained at the end of the day.

Didn't add this originally but thought I'd just add for clarification.

Please save your questions about the Rogue role for the actual game so that a) if I am mafia, I can ask a bunch of really obvious questions and make myself look good for it, or b) if I am town, I can call out all of you idiots asking so many questions about the Rogue for not reading. Thanks.

@Flum ... generally, it was either by posting contradictory and controversial opinions on the forum, making fun of people, or just being an ass. Largely #3. And, according to ghug, just being the worst in general. I was also the most hated mod in webDip history, which is funny because I never really did anything as a mod, I was just the most hated player in webDip history, so by the transitive property, I was also the most hated mod.

Game thread live for hours without any complaints so far, that will never last.

Wait, mafioso doesn't get to vote on who to kill?

This is a complaint. Better, Maniac?

ooh, I like the setup a lot. Few questions though:

If Rogue selects the following:
1. Vigilante
2. Mafia
3. VT
What happens if the Vig has already used his shots? does Rogue still get the Vig's shot? or does it move on to the Mafia? Or is it like Rogue becomes the Vig and doesn't get any shots and that's it?

Also when you say that Professor X catches Vig, is that just flavor or is Proffesor X actually notified when the Vig has used all his shots?

"Also when you say that Professor X catches Vig, is that just flavor or is Proffesor X actually notified when the Vig has used all his shots?"

And I assume that Professor X does not have to be alive for the Vig's shot limit to have effect?

I want to let everyone know I won't be super active for most of day 1 because I'm deliberately lurking. Fight me bro

##VOTE Chaqa

That's interesting, what if I declared right now "I will not post for D1", do w/e it takes to avoid modkill in the very beginning, and let you guys decide if you want to kill me or not on D1. Is that metagaming? I don't really want to do that anyway. The odds that any individual is scum is well under 50% so lynching someone else aside from me would probably be the D1 outcome to gain more info. I never know what to do or say on D1, whether I'm town or scum :/, I can pick it up after some action has happened.

Y2 – lurk away, in fact we should all just lurk: win guaranteed.

I wouldn't lurk after D1. If I do I'm probably scum.

1. A minimum posting limit of two required substantial posts (and a vote included) has been set to reduce lurking.

substantial is a very key word.

Thanks for drawing attention to that, Espi.

@all: We want to see those substantial posts from every player. Heavy and consistent lurking, and becoming "known" for this as an acceptable play style, is not fair or acceptable and goes against the spirit of Mafia.

I disagree. Lurking is a viable strategy.

To reiterate the full elaboration, it's the first rule and will be enforced:

1. A minimum posting limit of two required substantial posts (and a vote included) has been set to reduce lurking. While inactivity is, on some level, an important part of the game of Mafia, players who provide nothing but a warm body serve only to reduce the degree of enjoyment and increase the degree of frustration of the other players in the game. Signing up for this game is an expression of commitment to taking it seriously – do not sign up if you believe you will not be able to spend any time on it.

@Chaqa: Lurking may be -- but not heavy and consistent lurking. Minimum posting has always been a requirement and two substantial posts is not a big ask

Lurking will always be a thing unfortunately

Actually, wjessop, I was the first one to institute a minimum post requirement. It hasn't always been. Prior it was simply that you had to vote, which in essence means you are required to post once but don't have to submit any sort of real content.

Very good.

@jessop: Not true. We didn't have them for a long time, and I'm not sure I'd keep it if I GM'd again. If people want to lurk as a strategy, then it's fine with me... I've done it before.

Ok.

I'mma be y2king it up for the first few hours. Should be on tonight.

if everyone is going to y2k it up maybe I will too

Day 1 is cancelled.

What the actual fuck?