Stellaris: Apocalypse Mash - Design PM

[Atlas]

okay. i think i can use my gimmick (the one thing im good at) for the commuter

[Atlas]

for 24h it shouldnt be too much work

[Atlas]

Doomsday Empire

Galactic Community Commuter

New World (Passive) - There’s a lot to explore on a new planet, isn’t there? Use your twenty-four hours wisely.

Migrate Capital (Night) - Migrate your capital to another planet, roleblocking all who visit you tonight. Also prevent all abilities that do not count as a visit that target you from working tonight. This ability processes directly after strongmanned kills. This works only as a regular commute, to everyone else. - 1 use

woo!!! vagueposting!!!

[Atlas]

(this literally just means they’re going to have to play in an atlas branded game. think tomb of horrors but its cool because i made it its not tomb of horrors and its actually fun)

[Atlas]

(i… could not think of anything else)

[ElizaThePsycho (Willow)]

its really funny tho

[Atlas]

the commute might have to be made into a day ability

[Atlas]

for it to work

[ElizaThePsycho (Willow)]

fair
that just takes effect that night?

[ElizaThePsycho (Willow)]

make sure to document what the game will be… eventually

[Atlas]

mhm

[Atlas]

i’m gonna keep it as vague as non-bastard can be, though

[Atlas]

@ElizaThePsycho

Mind over Matter Empire

Crisis Watcher

Speak with Shroud (Night) - Target a player. Learn who visits them tonight - Infinite uses

feel like this should have a voyeur clause too; no specific reason, nor is it too useful unless they get exactly a killing/protective, but its something that isn’t just a watcher

[Atlas]

if thats too strong, just do what cod did and group the things together

[Zone_Q11]

Dear lord, why did I join a PM with 300+ posts, and who is reviewing this setup?

(For context, I am used to inviting co-hosts to my setups when the setup was finished and has passed its review.)

[Zone_Q11]

@ElizaThePsycho

The formula for an individual attacker dying to a war is (10% - 3% for every attacker). So, for example, if three players declare war on a player, the chance of each attacker dying is 4%, rolled individually.

3 players
3 × 3% = 9%
10% - 9% = 1%
Is Aggressor not taken to account in the formula, even though Aggressors are Attackers as well?

[Zone_Q11]

@ElizaThePsycho

Voting is plurality only. When ita’s are disabled, it will become majority+plurality

@ElizaThePsycho

This game features a unique ITA system. Players may “declare war” on other players, and other players may join in to increase the odds of the target’s death, but the target may fight back.

That’s cool and all, but when are the ITAs disabled? When can we start enabling majority?

[Zone_Q11]

@ElizaThePsycho

Shadow Council Empire

Galactic Community Tracker

Shadow Council (Passive) - You know that the Crisis factional kill is unassigned.

Espionage Operation (Night) - Learn who target player visits. - Infinite uses

Pray do tell me: Why is “the fact that Mafia’s factional attacks are unassigned” hidden inside a Town’s ability?

@ElizaThePsycho

Executive Vigor Empire

Galactic Community Vote Gambler

Fund Edict (Night) - Target a player. If they die tonight or tommorow, permanently gain +1 vote weight. - Infinite uses

• Tomorrow is spelled wrong.
• Is the gained vote weight public?
• Is the gained vote weight still present in XYLO?

@ElizaThePsycho

World Shaper Empire

Galactic Community Jack of all Worlds

World Shaper (Night) - Shape one of the following worlds. Each can only be used once.

Ocean World - Subtract a flat -5% chance of target player dying in a war tommorow.
Desert World - Add a flat +5% to the chance of you or the defender dying in a war you are an Attacker in tommorow.
Tundra World - Silently negate target player’s vote tommorow.

*reads Desert World*
So… is it the user or the Defender who’s getting debuffed by the risk increase?

–also, seeing as you misspelled tomorrow so many times, I feel like you might as well use copy paste the entire post to MS Word or Google Docs, and use the function that replaces all “tommorow” with “tomorrow”.

@ElizaThePsycho

Doomsday Empire

Galactic Community Commuter

Migrate Capital (Night) - Migrate your capital to another planet, roleblocking all who visit you tonight. Also prevent all abilities that do not count as a visit that target you from working tonight. This ability processes directly after strongmanned kills. - 1 use

Hold up. @ElizaThePsycho, what is the OoO (Order of Operations)? Why does the last sentence say “this ability processes directly after strongmanned kills”?

If an Alignment Cop were to redcheck a Mafia, but gets killed because the Cop got strongman attacked, wouldn’t that mean they would never be able to receive feedback?

I ask this in the event that there is roles with Dead Interaction (e.g. Medium) in this game.
Okay, so apparently there are no Dead Interaction as far as Town roles go. However, I would still like for this question to be answered.

Also, you might want to declare that this game is not bastard. Just for completion’s sake.

@ElizaThePsycho

Synthetic Dawn Empire

Galactic Community Optimizer

Synthetic Ascencion (Night) - Sub target player out for KILLIZA for a cycle. KILLIZA is controlled by the hosts, cannot speak (outside of throwing insults at other players) and will make decisions according to what the hosts think is optimal. Any killpower or straight alignment checks will still be controlled by the target, including War Declarations. At the end of the cycle, target player subs back in. - 1 use

1. Not sure how to feel about hosts playing the game for the players.
2. What do you mean by “any killpower or straight alignment checks will still be controlled by the target”? They still get to choose who to kill or investigate if they have the power to do so? So, the hosts would be controlling their actions only if they have a non-Killing and non-Investigative power, e.g. predicting who will die tonight? *looks at Executive Vigor Empire*
3. What happens if KILLIZA dies? Would the player who got subbed out also die?
4. Can this be used in XYLO?

@ElizaThePsycho

Detox Empire

Galactic Community Strongwiller

Detoxify (Night) - Target player’s actions are guranteed to succeed tonight. - Infinite uses

How does this interact with Doctor and a strongmanned attack?

@ElizaThePsycho

Custodian Empire

Galactic Community Vigilante

Declare Crisis (Night) - Kill target player. You must wait a night before killing again. - 2 uses

@ElizaThePsycho

Defender of the Galaxy Empire

Galactic Community Vigilante

Destroy Crisis (Night) - Kill target player. - Infinite uses

1. Why do you have two Vigilantes?
2. Why is one gated and the other not?

@ElizaThePsycho

Common Ground Empire

Galactic Community Mason

Federated (Passive) - You know that [X] has the same rolecard as you and you share a 24/7 chat. If either of you die, the other dies too. If one of you is the Aggressor in a war and the other is an Attacker , add a flat +25% chance to the Defender dying in that war and subtract a -2% of you or your partner dying in that war…
Threat to the Crisis (Passive) - The Crisis knows your rolecard, but not who it belongs to. Once per game, at any time, they may privately guess you or your partner: if correct, you both die.

Why are there ellipses at the end of the first passive’s description?

@ElizaThePsycho

Shared Destiny Empire

Galactic Community Neighborizer

Share Destiny (Night) - Target two players. They both gain a chat the next day. You may send the chat two anonymous messages tommorow, and they may reply once. - Infinite uses

• Where is this chat?
• Can the Neighborizer target themselves?
• Can the Neighborizer target the same players consecutively?

@ElizaThePsycho

Megacorp Corporation

Galactic Community Mech Oracle

Re-invest Profits (Passive, Night) - Each night, you will receive direct host communications to do with the gamestate.
Develop Product (Passive, Night) - Each night, you will receive vague host communications. They may or may not have significant meaning, but they will have meaning. - Infinite uses

What does “receiving direct host communications to do with the gamestate” mean, and how is this any different from the other passive?

@ElizaThePsycho

Criminal Corporation

Galactic Community Gamer

Open Branch Office (Day) - Choose a (free) game. You, and a host of your choosing (if available), will compete in that game over the night. The game cannot be longer then 2 hours. If you win, gain a prize. You cannot choose the same game twice. (1 use)
Siphon Funds (Day) - A host will choose a (free) game. You, and the host, will compete in that game over the night. It will not be longer then 2 hours. If you win, regain a use of Rival - Infinite uses

*re-reads OP’s Gameplay section*
What is your policy on multitasking / using two or more different abilities on the same phase?

[Zone_Q11]

@ElizaThePsycho

Driven Assimilator Empire

Crisis Roleblocker

Assimilation (Day) - Target a player. If they are Galactic Community-aligned, they are marked with Susceptible. - 2 uses
Direct Drones (Night) - Target any number of Susceptible players. If they are not taking any other actions, force them to roleblock another player of your choice. Does not count as a visit. - Infinite uses
Direct Assimilation (Night) - Roleblock target player yourself. - 1 use

This role definitely needs a buff. I don’t even understand why the last ability is a 1-Shot.

@ElizaThePsycho

Colossus Project Empire

Crisis Poisoner

World Cracker (Night) - When target player declares war tommorow, at the end of the war window they die. If they do not declare war, they die at at the end of the day. This is publicly announced at the start of War Window 1. - Infinite uses

Infinite uses, you say?
Maybe I am overreacting, but I feel like I am not.

@ElizaThePsycho

Silent ITAs are flavored as Mercenary Enclaves. Limited use Mercenary Enclaves lose all their shots if they would die in the war. Infinite use Mercenary Enclaves are disabled if they would die in the war.

@ElizaThePsycho

Clone Army Empire

Crisis Tactician

Create Clones (Passive) - On Night 0, the Crisis can switch the roles of any two pairs of Crisis players.

Clone Armies (Night) - Target a player. They cannot die in wars in which they are an Attacker tommorow. They also cannot kill players in wars in which they are an Aggressor tommorow, and gain a Mercenary Enclave that day. - Infinite uses

• Is the buff/debuff publicly announced?
• Is the Mercenary Enclave limited or infinite use? Either way, I still don’t get how Mercenary Enclaves work.

@ElizaThePsycho

Nihilistic Acquisition Empire

Crisis Rolecop

Kidnap (Passive) - The first war in which you are an Aggressor cannot kill and will be registered as a miss, but you learn the Defender ’s role. If the Defender was Galactic Community -aligned, this passive refreshes.

I don’t understand the first sentence, so there is probably a grammar error somewhere in there.

Also, if this role functions the way I think it does, then the second sentence may as well be removed, and instead replaced by slapping an “each day” at the start of the first sentence.