Posts from Mafia 74. Dance of Life and Death

And Gur still didn't highlight it in bold...

It's high time to ban Gurа.

Why?

Sincerely,
Gur

You’re welcome. I just really want to defeat you in a modded game.

All the survivors gathered to watch the battle that was about to determine their fate. The forces of the two villains were equal. At first, the hordes of red and black spiders belonging to Arandor seemed to be gaining the upper hand, but then Alexeagle got really angry and unleashed a powerful stream of flame that scorched Arandor's wings. He still tried to resist, but the ring of raging fire around him tightened. Suddenly, VesperLindt emerged from the shadows, wrapped her lithe body around her defeated sister in the graveyard, and tried to lift her up. But the little dragonling didn't have enough strength, and they both perished in the flames.
Guru was lucky – he stood further away and managed to jump onto his faithful rabbit. But even the fastest Forest runner couldn't keep up with the swift streak of flame. A few moments later, the rabbit was set ablaze by a precise volley of fire. Maddened by pain and light, the creature threw off its rider and darted towards the dry trunk of Sky as a living torch, setting the dry branches and leaves on fire. The bark of the oldest oak tree flared up like a haystack. Soon, the entire Forest was ablaze. Alexeagle circled above his creation, secured his sword more comfortably on his back, and flew off in an unknown direction.
Years passed. The wasteland grew over with grass, then young trees, and after centuries, a new forest rustled cheerfully with greenery in the old place, and new fairies and dragonlings danced the same ancient Dance of Nature near the new oak tree. But that is a completely different story...

Clues
Night 1
Melody of Byrd - composer William Byrd - born in 1540 - corsair Francis Drake - Neyra Drake.
Night 2
American rock - Eagles - Alexeagle. The clue turned out to be very simple. I had hoped that the concept of "American rock" would be somewhat more vague, but alas!
Night 3
The Beatles - Ringo Starr - born in 1940 - the first appearance in comics of the character Doctor Fate - Arandor.
Zimmer's melodies - composer Hans Zimmer - the Dark Knight trilogy - Batman - collaboration with Doctor Fate - Arandor.
London Philharmonic Orchestra - soundtracks to the Lord of the Rings trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien's universe - Númenor - province of Arandor - Arandor.
Night 4
Music from Federico Fellini's films - composer Nino Rota - soundtracks to the film The Godfather - mafia - VesperLindt. The clue was solved in a simpler and more associative way; I need to take this into account.
"Eleanor Rigby" - album by the Beatles "Revolver" - "Yellow Submarine" - creative group "Yellow Submaryan" - Robert Saakyanz - cartoon "Oh My God, Talking Fish!" - Alexeagle. Compensation for the very easy previous clue. Sorry, Alex, I really didn't think it would be that easy.
Night 5
Elven singing - fantasy - J.R.R. Tolkien - Númenor - province of Arandor - Arandor. Well, here I didn't even try :)

Roles


Log and newspapers
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Congratulations to Alexigla on his well-deserved victory.
And I apologize to the city – I should have solved the clue about the fire on the second day and suggested putting him on trial or at least as a target for assassins; perhaps the outcome would have been in our favor. If you're interested, Menti, I healed you because I enjoy your gameplay and wanted to keep you around for as long as possible. It didn't work on the first night; on the second night, you were active during the day and could have been attacked; on the third night, you could have been attacked immediately after being healed as a trick. But unfortunately, I didn't have time to save him. The second candidate was Nebo for the same reason, and if there hadn't been so many obstacles in healing him, I would have switched to him.

The Guru was lucky – he was standing further away and managed to jump onto his faithful hare. But even the fastest runner of the Sylvan faction couldn't keep up with the swift, fiery cloud. A few moments later, the hare was set ablaze by a precise volley of fire. The beast, maddened by pain and light, threw off its rider and, as a living torch, darted towards the dried-up trunk of the Sky, igniting the dry branches and leaves. The bark of the oldest oak tree flared up like a haystack.

I told you. Just kill it.

but then Alexeagle got really angry and unleashed a powerful stream of fire

:smile52:.

I've read about Drake so many times, but for some reason, the word

around 1540

confused me, and I didn't suggest this as a possible solution.

Did you redirect me to Gur? Why? *sighs indignantly, emitting a shower of sparks, and flies off into the sunset*

So that you would sacrifice yourself for me.

Now, about the journalist role. This was my main mistake. As I mentioned several times, I had seen this role in action before and it wasn't true to form, so I didn't immediately consider several aspects. Rimpa's questions were so good that I initially stubbornly refused to accept them, even though they didn't contradict the rules, and I was glad that I had taken care of some level of anonymity in advance. Also, roles that expose other roles in detail have already appeared in various Mafia games. Furthermore, my mistake was the literary approach. I wanted to fit the dialogue into a newspaper format, but the meaning suffered, and several questions and answers were distorted. My suggestions for improvement: 1. Provide the questions and answers in their original form, hiding the name with a pseudonym-clue (which the GM will create – as the Mafia players rightly pointed out, the Town players will think of simple clues, the Mafia will think of complex ones, but everything should be fair). 2. Obscure the questions and answers, giving them a more ambiguous interpretation (the journalist will know the original questions and answers), but use the original nickname of the respondent. 3. Set stricter limits for the questions. For example, one question should relate to a specific role, another to information in the profile, and the third to the player's side in the game – similar to Rimpa's questions. Or, provide a list of questions in advance, which isn't ideal. Nothing is obscured, and no pseudonyms are used. Different games can use different options. The journalist role is promising, and I've long wanted to see it on Hv, but the first attempt was a bit of a flop. Nevertheless, I hope that in subsequent games, the journalist will reveal its full potential and be great.

I had to solve the clue about the fire on the second day and suggest him for execution.

Yes, the clue was solved. But no one paid attention.

Oh, the mafia is over. Well, Alex, congratulations on the victory.