Game Brainstorming

[Rawkking]

Early Draft of Roles

Post-Phallaism

Ideas:

Village: Shamanism?
Spirit Hunter: Mark 1 target/turn while alive, kill 1 marked target/turn while dead.
Spirit Warrior: Kill 1 target/turn while alive. Spirit mark 1 target while dead.
Spirit Guardian: Protect 1 target/turn from spirit attacks while alive, one limited use protection from living attacks while dead.
Spirit Protector: Protect 1 target/turn from living attacks while alive, one limited use protection from spirit attacks while dead.
Spirit Sage: Learn the spirit ability of one player/turn. Spirit ability?
Spirit Seer: Learn the alignment of one player/turn (blech) Spirit Ability?
Spirit Adept: Shenanigans spirit vote while dead once/game.
Spirit Shaman: One limited word ghost poast per game while dead.
Spirit Walker: Limited word host-PM communication once per day while alive, once per game spirit roleblock while dead.
Masons….or no village masons?
Mafia : Necromancy? Can freely communicate with their dead teammates.
Two mafia kills(ayup)
Necromantic Adept: See Spirit Adept maybe modify to flat 2 votes.
Necromantic Sage: see spirit sage
Demon: Neutral triggerhappy vig while alive, serial killer aligned while dead. White wizards are enemies.

Serial Killer, combo village idiot/SK
Spirit marks 2 targets/day while alive, kills either 2 spirit marked targets or one target a day while dead
(too powerful?) Gains a 1/game free kill if eliminated by the vote (too powerful?)
Neutral insane spirit doctor, combo survival neutral/SK Aid

“Survival Neutrals” Angels: Prevent serial killer faction from winning. Two masoned angels. One has a 1/turn corpse seer, one has +1 vote and an ability that unlocks when the main serial killer dies (1/game spirit roleblock). Spirit ability is free communication with their mason partner even after death.
SPIRIT MARKS: Tags that allow the dead to more easily influence the living. Currently I only have kills requiring spirit marks..hm.

[Rawkking]

Going to refine these some more. Some things I don't like about the role setup so far.

With spirit abilities and living abilities existed, I don't see why I still have the "specials" both getting the best living and spirit abilities. Why not spread out the love? With so many specials around I can also be generous with my characteristic (well, it soon damn well will be characteristic) gifting of cover roles to mafia.

I want the Angels to have to solve the mystery of how the serial killer works without flat-out telling them. If they realize that they need to NOT kill the SK roles early they should almost certainly win. Keep their spirit ability as is, change their living abilities to a 1/day seer of the spirit ability of the target. They can also cleanse the target (with holy water?). The effect will be unknown to them but they will actually be removing a spirit mark from a target, their only actual weapon against the serial killers besides not letting them die in the first place.

In that case the spirit abilities, fluffwise, are going to represent deep yearnings, perhaps ones unfulfilled in life. The angels' seer will get this fluff which should be enough to piece together the abilities with a bit of thinking. Stuff like revenge, seeking novelty, etc.

I don't think I want the Demon to have to eliminate the "White wizards" (an earlier concept that later became the angels). While alive the demon can live with everybody and HAS to kill people, probably an enjoyable role to have except that the village and mafia might suspect he's a SK just based on his name.

[Rawkking]

Post-Phallaism

Ideas:

The Phalla Tribe (Village)

Roles
Spirit Hunter: Mark 1 target/turn while alive
Warrior: Kill 1 target/turn while alive.

Spirit Abilities

Wrath: Kill 1 marked target/turn while dead, up to three marked targets
Vengeance: After death, target one person each night. If you target the person who killed you, you will cause their death.
Haunt: Spirit mark 1 target while dead, up to three times.
Barrier Adept: Protect 1 target/turn from spirit attacks while alive, one
Heroic: limited use protection from living attacks while dead.
Spirit Protector: Protect 1 target/turn from living attacks while alive, one limited use protection from spirit attacks while dead. (split up this role)
Sage: Learn the spirit ability of one player/turn.
Empathy: Learn the spirit ability of one player/turn.
Seer: Learn the alignment of one player/turn.
Curiosity: Learn the alignment of one player after death.
Spirit Adept: Link with one player permanently, can freely communicate with them.
Community: May make an additional ghost post with only a vote, this vote counts double.
Intimacy: After death, may establish a permanent communication link with one player, persists after death.
Spirit Shaman:
Spirit Walker: Limited word host-PM communication once per day while alive.
Envy: Once per game spirit roleblock while dead.
Chieftan and Chieftan's wife: Masons, can communicate with each other regardless of whether they are alive or not.

Mafia : Mage Guild of Wangshire
Can freely communicate with their dead teammates.
Two mafia kills(ayup)
Mafia powers based off village powers, analysis to keep balanced/hide mafia effectively.

Follower of Apocalypse
Serial Killer, combo village idiot/SK
Spirit marks 2 targets/day while alive, kills either 2 spirit marked targets or one target a day while dead
(too powerful?) Gains a 1/game free kill if eliminated by the vote

Neutral insane spirit doctor, combo survival neutral/SK Aid. Becomes a follower of the apocalypse upon death.

Demon: Neutral triggerhappy vig while alive, serial killer aligned while dead. White wizards are enemies.

“Survival Neutrals” Angels (probably be colored white of off-white in narration/seers): Prevent serial killer faction from winning. Two masoned angels.

Flavor role PM descriptions on their ability

One has "Once per night, you may cleanse someone with holy water." (actual effect: remove spirit mark from a player)

One has "Once per night, you may learn someone's deepest desires" (actual effect: spirit ability seer, but more vague than a straight ability description)

Spirit power: Can communicate with the other angel even if dead.