Ah, the ability to post has been granted us by the great ones.

I am suspicious of the concept that these roles were decided by RNG. Whatever Gafia traditionally uses for the alleged RNG must have a strange sense of humor and irony.

No, it's good. Our post counts do not increase.

Come out from the shadows, my compatriots!

Verelios, are you a noob to Mafia play, or just to the gaf group?

Ri', how much experience do you have? You've been away for a while so this is our first meeting. I look upon your historical play with respect.

I'm pretty new, too. I've played 3 games. I was scum just once and got killed my first day, so....not much experience AS Mafia in particular.

What is your role? Any special moves?

The Moon presence is not our hidden partner? Does it specify lynched? Or say killed or something more vague? Otherwise that line sounds a bit like our hidden partner....

I am godfather, with expiration date because I don't keep well
Plus i have 1 extra (unblocked) kill on top of our normal night kill.
Name = Vicar

But I know nothing about the lore. Soulsborne not being my sort of game, I joined this particular game for the complexity level.

Do you know how you want to play during day one? Which of course lasts 4 real days.

Here's my role pm to avoid confusion.

Don't mention the moon in the main thread, it would be noticed. Do you want me to give a quick rundown of my impressions of the players in our game?

I'm relatively new: I played in two games in Season 5. First time being scum, so that'll be fun.

I'm The Holy Blade. I have no powers yet, but I might gain the ability to find out who people are. It says I'll acquire this through encounters with the supernatural. Apparently there's some sort of Insight mechanic (in the video game, various things like finding or beating bosses or particularly spooky areas would give you Insight, and higher Insight would make the game spookier: add in foreboding sound effects, trigger various events with NPCs, reveal invisible giant monster guys, etc.).

The Moon Presence probably isn't our traitor. Lore-wise, the Healing Church is kind of a weird culty thing that uses Old One blood for healing purposes and worship, but they aren't actually aligned with the Old Ones. And the Moon Presence is an Old One. So probably a neutral, I'm guessing serial killer.

Or at least I believe that's how the lore works. Soulsborne games like to make the lore vague and open to interpretation.

Anyway, I'm gonna go check the main thread. Brb!

Oh man, sorry about that. I'll try and pick up the terminology as we go along, so yeah, a run down would be nice.

Alright, nothing going on in the main thread. So, what's our play?

I'm thinking to avoid being caught we need to avoid a few specific scumtells:

-Leading discussion too much/having strong opinions. Scum know way more about the state of the game than anyone else, so if someone seems to know (or believe strongly) something that's a bad sign.

-Cooperating/agreeing with each other. I'm thinking I might pick a random townie and try to match votes with them in hopes that if I go down it'd throw suspicion on them. Right now I'm thinking I'll jump in to defend Camjo.

-Being defensive. Especially D1, don't worry about being voted for. Acknowledge that people can be suspicious of you and let it slide.

Ri, there's only 4 of us and probably a serial killer. Let's plan not to die. I got myself killed last game as scum, but there were 6! Of us and I was easily spared since I took the cop down with me.

So, yeah, just skate around each other. Disagree with anything each other says that is stupid or goes against your gameplay instincts. We can't be seen not to talk to each other.

I'm engaging players I've played with before. I have a slight meta around here.

One or both of you, please give yourself an avatar so we can tell who's talking easier.

That's interesting. Then would the best thing to do be lay low for now and let others be suspected? A lot of players seem to be outspoken so interjections every now and then is...I'm not sure. Might be more suspicious.

19 [m] Mazre Not a bad player, but can tend to put his own interests above team interests. Can be like a bulldog when he really wants something done. Capable of analyzing well, but needs incentives.
20 [m] Palmer_v1 Threat. He managed to pull off star wars. If he's not on my side I want him dead. Sorry palmer. #1 kill target imo unless the doctor is forced to claim, and maybe still even then.
21 [m] roytheone Seems quiet even when he posts. His time zone difference can make him feel disconnected from a game. Tends to leave his thoughts unsaid until tomorrow then gets killed and regrets it in the dead thread.
22 [m] squidyj I think he's volatile in personality? Good player, but clashes with people. If we avoid being a target there could be a bloody melee among some of these guys.
23 [m] Zippedpinhead Pretty good player but some people find him easy to read when he's scum. If he's just as easy when town, there could be difficulty getting suspicion on him.
24 [m] Kalor Keeps his own counsel so much I don't know whether he can convince anyone he's team...anything. He does talk, and it's well thought, but he gives the impression of not participating somehow. Shrug.

Okay then. As of day 1, I'm not seeing much to work off of, but hopefully I pick up tells and traits quickly.