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Mafia 52. Max Payne
A year has passed since the events in the Horn skyscraper. Woden kept his promise, and all charges against Max were dropped. He left the narcotics division and became an ordinary detective. Like a ghost, he had simply existed since then, but not lived. Day after day. This continued until there was a very high-profile contract killing in New York. The target was Senator Sebastian Gate. Payne knew that the senator was a member of the "Inner Circle," but it wasn't this that interested him: Mona Sax was suspected of the murder. By all laws, she should have died during the shootout in the skyscraper, but...
Nevertheless, Bravura did not give the case to Payne, assigning the investigation to Winterson. Despite the fact that Max considered her almost an ideal detective at the time, he could not simply stand aside and read reports. Payne must figure out this case himself.
About the game:
The events of the game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne are taken as a basis. By template, it is a classic confrontation between "city-mafia-maniac." But the mechanics depend somewhat on the core plot line.
Victory conditions for the sides:
- The City wins if the mafia and the maniac are destroyed / the maniac's victory condition is fulfilled together with the city;
- The Mafia wins if the other two sides are destroyed
- The Maniac wins if the mafia is destroyed and if the city is either completely destroyed or only Mona and Bravura remain in it.
Game Rules:
• Nights last about 24 hours. The sooner all night actions reach the Mage Guild, the faster dawn will come. At night, no one has the right to write anything in the game thread, at all, even in "deleted posts".
• Day lasts exactly 24 hours. In extremely rare cases, an earlier or later end of the day is possible.
• To vote for someone's condemnation, you must write in your message: "condemn %username%". - red font is mandatory. To give someone protection, you must write in your message: "protect %username%". - blue font is also mandatory. If you do not vote with colored font, the vote will not be counted. Exception: if it is impossible to highlight the font, then next to the vote, you must write the color of the vote in capital letters (example condemn user RED). Also, a vote will not be counted without minimal justification. If a player does not vote during the day, after the limit expires, they are considered to have voted against themselves (this rule does not apply if the player voted and then withdrew their vote). If a player fails to vote 2 times in a row - a modkill or replacement is possible. If a player warns of their absence in advance - the situation is coordinated with the Mage Guild individually. This rule does not extend to intimidated citizens. Intimidated citizens are not displayed.
• A player who receives more votes than others is considered executed. Earlier condemnation can only occur if the decision is unanimous.
• If the majority vote "Do not condemn anyone", then the day ends without the condemnation of players.
• A double vote is displayed in the voting results only if it pertains to the majority.
• For the Mafia, decisions on who to kill and who to send on a mission are made collectively. If one of the mafia members is not Online, the other participants can make a decision without them, but they do not have the right to send them on a mission or use any of their other night actions.
• The Mafia can perform a killing and a redirection in one night (but not with the same role).
• The killer can plant 1 additional clue at the crime scene. It must point to them and be original. (i.e., do not leave clues of the "for the super-observant" variety). As for the complexity of these clues, there is quite a lot of freedom, but the Mage Guild still reserves the right not to accept a specific clue, with or without explanation.
• Clues about killers in reports are given based on the user's profile (nick, avatar, signature, etc.). If the killing was unsuccessful, the killer will find out, but will not know why it was unsuccessful. No clues are given for unsuccessful killings, except those declared by the killer themselves. Also, there is a hint about the role of the deceased in the reports. Hints about the killer's role are given in any case.
• Non-killing natural protections are not displayed.
• Game without notes.
• During the game, it is strictly forbidden to change your nick, avatar, signature, and personal information. Therefore, update your profile in advance.
• Discussing the game outside this thread (i.e., in DMs, ICQ, etc.) is allowed only if you have a role that permits it.
• As soon as the news of your death/condemnation has been written, you are gone. You no longer participate in the game. Stop writing. However, nothing forbids watching what happens.
• Do not edit your messages. Try to write without errors from the start.
• If you have the right to perform a night action – do it before the end of the night phase and the beginning of the day phase (send NAs to me in PM). I will not wait. If you didn't make it – alas...
• From time to time, I will try to output the count of all votes for the current game day. Of course, this is important. For me and for you. Players are also allowed to keep a count.
• If you have questions regarding the rules, or if something is unclear, please contact me via ICQ, but before the start of the first day.
• It is forbidden to directly reveal your role, and the role of another player, as well as make direct hints about your own role. These actions will lead either to a warning and skipping an NA/deprivation of vote for the day or to immediate disqualification.
• Violation of rules and offline status will be punished by a colorful modkill. If you signed up — play by the rules and be active.
• Those not participating in Mafia are forbidden from commenting on what is happening until the end of the game.
• And most importantly. This is a game, after all. The main thing is that you have fun.
NA Order:
1. Vinny blocks
2. Winterson redirects (not displayed)
3. Corcoran checks (not displayed)
4. Bravura checks (not displayed)
5. Mona protects (displayed if it occurred or if she was checked)
6. Shaughnessy watches
7. Kaufman kills
8. Max kills
9. Mike kills
10. Mona kills
11. Vlad/Winterson kills
12. Mellow heals (not displayed if healing self)
Roles and their description:
City
Alfred Woden
A senator dying of cancer, member of the "Inner Circle" - a secret society similar to Freemasonry. Helped Max in the story with Horn, as a result of which Payne eventually came out unscathed.
Features:
- 50% protection from attacks;
- double vote
NA: none
Status: positive
Jim Bravura
Max's boss, who chased him for a long time in an attempt to put him behind bars. A grumpy old-school cop who hasn't yet lost his "nose".
Features: negative check results are published in the newspaper with a "Wanted" mark
NA: status check
Status: positive
Vincent "Vinny" Gonatti
Leader of one of the criminal gangs and Vlad's main enemy. Young, arrogant, daring. Vinny starts a gang war trying to seize the black market for weapon sales, but quickly realizes that he is unable to fight Lem's "cleaners" alone.
Features: none
NA: player block
Status: negative
Mona Sax
A talented young killer, an excellent shooter. After the events in the Horn skyscraper, she was considered dead, but by some miracle she managed to survive despite a head wound.
Features:
- 50% protection from attacks;
- leaves no clues;
- cannot kill Max and Woden with her NA (knows exactly who she is attacking, but cannot communicate);
- if she kills a citizen, she loses both NAs and protection for the next night.
- cannot visit the same target two days in a row (for protection);
- if she protects Max, she simultaneously blocks him. (the fact is displayed without names)
NA:
- killing;
- player protection (kills the attacker)
Status: negative
Doctor Alicia Mellow
Head of the intensive care unit at New York Central Hospital, a brilliant surgeon. She gives everything to her work, so despite her not-so-young age, Alicia is still unmarried.
Features: Cannot visit the same target two days in a row.
NA: player healing (can heal self, but once every two nights, effect on self is not described)
Status: positive
Corcoran
Mona's contact, member of the Inner Circle. An influential diplomat who works for Woden and, by his order, collects various information for Mona, as well as passes orders from the senator to her.
Features: passed information is given to Mona at the end of the night.
NA: status check
Status: positive
Annie Finn
Vlad's "girlfriend". She manages the weapon warehouse. An unremarkable person, a pawn in Lem's war.
Features:
- knows Lem (he doesn't know her);
- for the first two days, the mafia controls her vote (the player votes as they wish, but at the end of the day their vote is moved to where the mafia indicates; displayed same as a double vote);
- at the end of the third night, she tells Max Vlad's name.
NA: none
Status: negative
Desi
An old lady living next door to Max. Despite her advanced age, she is quite active, as well as curious and talkative.
Features: in case of an assassination attempt on her by the mafia, she exchanges saving her own life for stealing painkillers from Max at the beginning of the next night. She cannot use them herself later. She does not switch to the mafia side.
NA: none
Status: negative
Old Man Shaughnessy
A homeless-looking old man living in the same house as Max, one floor below. Former police officer. Unremarkable except for the fact that he always carries a gun.
Features: deprives his killer of the ability to act on the next night
NA: watches a player (dies instead of them)
Status: positive
Mafia
Vladimir "Vlad" Lem
New owner of the "Ragnarok" club, which he turned into the "Vodka" restaurant. Pretending to be Max's friend, he tries behind his back to seize control over the entire criminal world of New York by hiring killer-"cleaners". Once Vlad was a member of the Inner Circle and tried to take Alfred Woden's place.
Features: Ignores Woden's self-protection and Mona's target protection (does not ignore her self-protection).
NA: killing
Status: negative
Valerie Winterson
Detective, Max's partner, and also Lem's accomplice. Everyone at the station recognizes her as the best detective; even Payne for a long time considered her absolutely "white".
Features:
- Starting from the second night, she can change Bravura's check target. Moreover, the target will appear in "Wanted" as having a negative status, even if the target actually has a positive status. Bravura will receive the correct status. Cannot redirect two nights in a row;
- 50% chance to leave no clues;
- does not die if she goes to kill a target protected by Mona (the killing of the target fails, but the attempt is displayed and a clue will be given on Winterson)
NA:
- killing;
- redirection
Status: positive
Kaufman
Head of the "cleaners". A greedy heartless type, as are all mercenaries. A professional in his field.
Features: ignores block
NA: killing
Status: negative
Mike "Cowboy"
Vlad's right hand. A real daredevil who only needs an excuse to shoot and he will blow up two neighborhoods. Entirely devoted to Lem.
Features:
- if an assassination attempt is made on Vlad, Mike will die instead of him and deprive the killer of NA for the next night (25% chance that he kills the killer (he dies anyway));
- can set up an ambush at a chosen player's location and kill the first person to come to them. (counts as a normal killing; if no one comes to the player, nothing happens)
NA: killing
Status: negative
Maniac
Max Payne
Reinstated in his position and returned to the homicide division, Max is under the command of the man who arrested him, Deputy Police Chief of New York, now Lieutenant Jim Bravura.
Features:
- "Painkillers" - one vial at the start of the game, saves from death at night. (Max has a 50% probability to kill his killer and lose the initial target (loss of NA is independent of the success of killing the attacker)). If a doctor visits Max, but no one tries to kill Max this night, Max receives a vial of painkillers. (cannot have more than one vial).
- Max cannot kill Mona and Bravura (knows who is who, but cannot communicate), can kill Lem not earlier than the 3rd night (finds out it's Lem if he comes to him (the fact is displayed);
- Cannot skip NA;
- Max ignores block;
- Max partially ignores Mike's feature: Mike will be able to protect Lem with himself, but will not be able to deprive Payne of NA.
NA: killing
Status: positive
Player List:
1 Arandor
2 Phenix3 (immune)
3 Kosha
4 Dgak (immune)
5 GodenDag
6 Toriy
7 Spir
8 Gur
9 Ple-Sen
10 Wulfgar
11 Sub Zero
12 Gumer
13 Nephela replaced by Henri
14 Neyra Drake
Newspaper 1
Newspaper 2
Newspaper 3
