Hostage Trapper

[louiswill]

Role name: Hostage Trapper

Description: You pay your own goal with other people's life

Alignment: Neutral evil/benign, pairing with sheriff and executioner

Abilities:
1)Take a person as hostage , this hostage is not able to vote, being voted, jailed, speak, act and attack.
2)execute hostage (can not talk to hostage)
3)Release hostage
4)release a message to everyone requesting anything you type
-REQUEST


If the hostages are hold more than host's option, the hostage trapper is revealed at day.

Win Condition: Being the last type of killer role alive at the end of game.
So you can be the new sole Ultimate Crime Mastermind in the town! you Hold the power of KILLING!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Host Options:
1) Hostage can escape if they are targeted by killer roles
2) 1 night between take next target
3) The hostage exposure in 1 nights
4) Ignore role blocking

Pros:
Definitely flexible challenging game play.

The message require the player's creativity.

There is almost no tie problem for this role, this role has to kill all other killers.

Otherwise win by vote siding with any faction.

Cons:
Weak, this role is vulnerable to almost every thing.

Medium Anti Scum, this role is not easy to be scum, since it can not disturb votes and have to remain un recognized.


Overall effect on the metagame if implemented:
This role generally have to kill mafia. - since mafia usually guaranteed killer role.

Hostage gameplay:
For people who are holding as hostage, you simply lose a day and a night's action. (depend on host)
The key is that, hostage trapper will not simply kill all hostages.
Because he need all non-killer role to help him win, simple as that.
Even though hostage are in danger, bodyguard/vigi can rescue just in time.
Hostage won't always die. -- Remember write last will if you are taken hostage btw.

Bodyguard, Vigiliant and Mafioso (sometimes SK...) now have more gameplay: Rescuer the Hostage!

Since in the day everyone knows who is hostage, you just need to do just visit the person.

Simply visit the hostage will cause the hostage being released. --watchout lookout.

Also, mafia is able to 'frame' hostage, because if hostage is rescued by mafia, the hostage is likely a mafia member too! but not always....you know ;) same thing to sk.

For mafias who are taken hostage and then released, he can keep do not vote pretending hostage too. ;)


Your own teammate is now at risk.

Additional comments:
Talking about voting strategy, this role can help town and mafia times to time.

Since it pair with sheriff and executioner,
plus it does not against town if town has no killer roles left,
It can survive trials by claiming XXX is ns.

This role is able to block, kill, threat, but this role can not simply win by effectively doing so.

One strategy of writing request message:
Claim someone is innocent, then take him/her as hostage. Request town execute potential killers.
Identify someone is important and has leadership, keep him as a hostage.
Taking mafia godfather---well..it may happen.

Messages of hostage rescued:
You noticed an intruder..OH NO! hostage run away when you are not paying attention!

relationships is like this:

mafia dislike town killers and neutral killers
town want to kill evil killers,
bodyguard want to kill other killers,
killers want to kill bodyguard,

Hostage Trapper wants all killers dead, so he is the ultimate Ally to everyone.

[CmG]

Looks like an underpowered neutral killer to me. He needs 2 nights to kill somebody. I don't really see the point of it. Why would he ever want to demand something? What does he gain out of it? This sounds really contra productive. Also what about the person he takes hostage? Do you think thats fun for that person? That's worse than getting killed.

Not cool. Not cool at all!

NEXT!

[louiswill]

maintain a terrible community for himself can act his crime without being root out and competitors must die...

Being the sole Underground Crime King is his goal. -- he has to leave town alive so he can man traffic in future~Gawd..so evil.

This role is not underpowered because his win condition make him able to win with any faction as long as the faction can not kill.

relationships is like this:

mafia dislike town killers and neutral killers
town want to kill evil killers,
bodyguard want to kill other killers,
killers want to kill bodyguard,

Hostage Trapper wants all killers dead, so he is the ultimate Ally to everyone.

Therefore, he is less likely getting lynched and killed if he do not act too obviously.

But if he pretend sheriff then doctor will be on him...

For the hostage gameplay, I added in OP.

Thanks for replying, I am eager to hear more.