Role Suggestion: Robot Technician & Android

[Fragos]

Do you know that the electromagnetic waves can be used to control robots at distance? 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.
Investigation report - Same as Citizen

Role name: Android
Description: A robotized human replica, which can be controlled remotely by Technician
Alignment: Neutral/Evil
Abilities: On night, the Technician can order the Android to kill someone or to protect him. Android is immune to all forms of death during the night, and cannot be roleblocked. If town attempts to lynch Android during the day, it will be revealed as Android instead. After being revealed, Android will be disabled during the daytime and will be unable to talk or vote.
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: Same as Technician
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, the town will extract your memory core and Android will turn back into mindless robot, able only to act on night by remote orders of Technician while you will go to the dead chat.

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!

[jaczac]

Biggest complaint in my mind=invest msg

No matter what u kill a scum when you get that msg

[Fragos]

If you don't like such investigation results then we can move Technician into a Citizen category. That way, Investigators will only see an Android as itself. As you know, Android can't be killed or roleblocked, and while lynching the Android can stop his trolling and ability to vote, it doesn't stop the Technician from using Android to kill people. Keep in mind, a "lynched" Android is inactive during the day, but can still be controlled by Technician during the night.