Double Role Team: Robot Technician & Android

[Fragos]

You may have not seen it before, because the forum was busy with moving to vBulletin last time. But now it's time to reintroduce another idea of mine, this time on support of the Creative Masterminds! Here is concept of even more creative role - Robot Technician!

Role name: Robot Technician
Description: A mad scientist, who uses his destructive android to wreak havoc on town.
Alignment: Neutral/Evil
Abilities: You control the actions of another person, who is an Android. You can control him at any time to make him speak and vote during the day. During night, you can order your Android to kill someone or to protect you.
Special: If you are attacked while under protection of your Android, your attacker will die instead. If you die, your Android will self-destruct.
Goal: Kill everyone else who opposes you, using your Android.
Investigation report - Same as Citizen

Role name: Android
Description: A robotized human replica, which can be controlled remotely by Technician
Alignment: Neutral/Evil
Abilities: Kill someone at night or protect Technician. Technician's orders are Android is immune to all forms of death during the night, and cannot be roleblocked. Android is also immune to lynching. However, an attempt to lynch will reveal him as Android. After being revealed, Android will lose the ability to talk or vote during the day.
Special: If Technician is attacked while Android is protecting him, the Android will kill the attacker instead. If Technician dies, the Android will self-destruct.
Goal: Keep Technician alive and kill everyone else who opposes you.
Investigation report - Always as Android

Host Options:
Android can be a player ON/OFF


If Android is a remote robot, then the number of players will increase by one, virtually. For example, during a game it would appear that there are 21 people in town, while in reality the number of players will be 20 plus one Android. Alternatively, making living player as Android will solve this problem.

While Technician is giving orders to Android, Detectives and Lookouts can see him visiting the Android unless there is detection immunity. Jailing an Android doesn't roleblock him - he can still receive orders from Technician after being released on the same night (he'll literally break open the jail cell). However, if Technician becomes roleblocked himself, then he will be unable to give Android any orders if that Android is a robot. This can be a hint to Jailors and other roleblockers.

If Android is a living player, the he can kill someone or protect Technician on his own volition. Although Technician's orders override Android's suggestions due to laws of robotics, Android can also act on his own in case if Technician is jailed, roleblocked or does nothing. You still die when Technician dies, though. And if you become lynched as Android, you will be unable to talk at day, but still be able to talk with Technician at night.

While Robot Technician and Android are evil scum, you can also make then town-aligned. In that case, the Android should be renamed as "Robocop".

So, create your own Android now and start wreaking havoc in Mafia!

Also, keep an eye on the forum activity, an "Android" of mine may be hiding among you from now on...

[BorkBot]

I don't like the idea of double role teams like this... It's better to combine them into a single role. Much easier to include it in randoms that way.

Though then you'd end up with something like the Kennel Keeper I suggested, which wasn't a very popular idea.

[CmG]

New role idea SSJ SonGoku: Good/Advanced Has to be 5 Days alive to fully charge his Genkidama. Useable on night 6 insta kills the whole Town. Pierces through immunity. SonGoku is immune to his own Genkidama.

[ReauxTzunami]

That's a... pretty interesting duo, though, if played as one person instead of two, it would be pretty easy to notice if the Technician is in play even before the first night. Taking into effect how a general public game plays: the Android would actually be a bit overpowered, as any killing role that detects him and manages to succeed with a random lynch (or a town role claim + lynch) would instantly be the suspicious player, since the Android can't be stopped. I see it as the investigative roles would address the fact it exists, but if a killing role finds a immune player, they'd instantly try to get it killed (AKA the usual SK/GF battles). It would lead to any non-town to play smarter if Android is in game... which isn't bad... but it does seem a bit overpowered if you can't locate the Technician (Since people play with cits off it's not as bad, but setups may change thanks to the role).

Now, in the case of the Technician, it's almost like having a GF/Mafioso setup, but the killer can't be killed or stopped in any context. I think playing alone would be related to the careful planning of a Arsonist, as a straight-forward method of kill or be killed would quickly bring about finding the Technician before more damage can be done. Other then that, it's just a powerhouse role that needs to be killed quickly before damage is done, as I said before, similar to a Arsonist play style.

Seems like Arsonist would have the only possible way to kill the Android. It might have to be controlled for a role like Amnesiac, as if the ability to take Technician over revives the Android, that would be a mess. Perhaps having a Executioner in the role list, targeting the Android player, would be a interesting way to kill off the Android. Just throwing around ideas, but the duo-role might have to be cleaned up a little if it's going to be a balanced role.

[Troll]

If the scientist is mad...why the robot wouldn't kill him first instead?