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Hosted by: Lumi, Taffy, Gikkle, Geyde, Ryast
Sign-up Deadline: CLOSED Avatar Submission Deadline: Wednesday 19 February Role Submission Deadline (with feedback): Wednesday 26 February Final Role Submission Deadline: Wednesday 5 March Night 0 Start: Sunday 9 March Day 1 Start: Monday 10 March Phases: 48hr days, 24hr nights Phase Change Time: 1pm EST / 19:00 CET ITA Windows: 5-6pm EST / 23:00-24:00 CET and 1-2pm EST / 19:00-20:00 CET
The Setup
In KRC, every player submits a custom made role.
After all roles are submitted, the hosts assign roles to alignments to create a balanced setup.
Roles are then randed back to players, but you cannot receive the role you submitted.
Closed setup, high-powered, role madness ensues.
Semi-Anonymous: Public Playerlist, Anonymous Accounts.
How to Sign
Sign-ups this year will be restricted since we're taking fewer players: (similar to last year)
- Sign-ups are open as normal to all players who have played at least one SC2 Forum Mafia game to completion since the end of the last KRC hosted on this site, and all players whose homesite was SC2 Mafia at any time, past or present. If you are in one of those categories and want to be invited, DM Taffy as soon as you can.
- Further sign-ups will be on an invitational basis only (a direct invitation from the hosts). We will start inviting people who have played several previous renditions of KRC.
- If you are ineligible to sign, or have only played once before, but you would very much like to be invited, feel free to DM Taffy. There are no promises, but motivation counts.
We reserve the right to disqualify eligibility to sign up at our discretion.
Now that we have reached the player cap, any further sign-ups will be added to the pre-rand sublist. The pre-rand sublist replaces players who signed up but need to drop out for some reason before the game has started.
Index (these are being finalised, check back in the coming days)
Mandatory Reading:
1) Post-Signing Checklist
2) Game Rules
3) Rolecard Submission Rules
Recommended Reading:
4) Global Mechanics
5) In-Thread Attacks
6) FAQ
7) Terminology
8) Role Mechanics
Optional Reading:
9) Past Rolecard Submissions Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
10) Role Hall of Fame Part 1 Part 2
Playerlist
Player Cap: 30
- Aeoryi
- bakermir
- Cemetables
- Deathworlds
- Delta
- Ewianking
- Frinckles
- Gori
- Haze with a Z
- Helz
- Jmw
- Marshmallow Marshall
- MartinGG
- May
- neil the eel
- Oliver
- Porscha
- Powerofdeath
- Ruby
- Santygrass
- SB16
- Stick
- Spooky
- Varcron
- Wisdom
- Xanjori
- Yayap
- YouButWorse
- Zedus
- Zugzwang
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?KRC: Odyssey through the Ages (S-FM 362)
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Re: ?KRC: Sc2Mafia 14th Anniversary Game (S-FM 362)
Post-Signing Checklist
1) Join this year's KRC discord server
You will get this linked to you after you sign up. Most if not all host communication will go through your private channel in this server. Private channels will not be made public after the game, but site moderators may be given access for moderation purposes.
2) Review the rules for the game
This game uses some non-standard game rules, and ignorance of the rules is not a valid excuse for breaking them. Breaking some of these rules may result in an immediate modkill without warning.
3) Submit a custom avatar
This is a change from last year, we are asking you to create your avatar first this time!
You should create your avatar using MSPaint or a similarly low-tech image editing software.
It's fine if it sucks. That's part of KRC tradition. In fact, we will reject avatars that look too polished!
The preferred way of submitting avatars is through your private channel in the KRC discord server.
Here is a link to a gallery of some avatars from previous years for reference: gallery link
The custom avatar is for YOU to use, NOT the person that rands your role! Do not make the avatar related to the role you submitted.
As the game is semi-anonymous, please try not to submit an avatar that makes the identity of your main account extremely obvious.
4) Submit your custom rolecard
Make sure to review the Rolecard Submission Rules before starting on your role.
If you have questions about the process, please message the hosts in the KRC discord server.
The preferred way of submitting rolecards is through your private channel in the KRC discord server.
Do NOT ask questions in any public space.
Do NOT discuss any aspect of your role submission with any non-host before OR after submitting your role.
5) That's it! Now just wait for the game to start!
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The Rules
1) The number one rule of KRC
You MAY NOT discuss the role you SUBMITTED in any way, shape, or form other than in direct discussion with the host.
Even in factional chats, you may not discuss your submitted role.
You are free to discuss the role you received without any restrictions! (Note the difference between the role you submitted vs the role you received!)
Revealing mechanics of the role you submitted will result in a modkill.
Revealing the name of the role you submitted will result in a modkill.
Softing mechanics, softing the name - modkill for both.
You know what role you submitted and may make decisions and actions accounting for that knowledge (e.g you do not have to intentionally perform sub-optimal actions in order to act uninformed), but aside from that you must act and post as if all the roles in this game were created by me and you have no knowledge of what roles are in the game.
Players attempting to hunt or deduce role submissions of living players anywhere other than in their own head/in communication with the host will also be in violation of this rule.
2) Keep the game anonymous
The playerlist will be public, but everyone will receive an anonymous forum account.
You may not modify your profile picture or signature at any point during the game.
The only change you may make to your profile is to set your pronoun preferences.
You should treat this game like an anon game. This means:
- Do not mention identities or meta reads on other players
- Do not hunt other players' mains
- Do not soft or reveal your main
- Do not attempt to circumvent these rules
Taking any of these actions is liable to result in a modkill.
We cannot stop you from thinking these things or talking about them with the hosts, but none of these thoughts should be evident in your actual posts.
Do be wary that talking about self-meta, bringing up previous forum games, and/or talking about personal information can violate this rule.
If you are unsure what constitutes softing your main, ask the hosts before posting.
3) 10 posts per day minimum
Anyone who fails to meet this will be modkilled, subject to discretion with factors such as an early hammer.
If you don't think you can meet this requirement, please do not join this game.
4) There are no subs, only modkills
Life happens. We know this. Modkills are not a reflection on you as a person, they are a hosting choice to prevent angleshooting.
5) Clear communication that is equally readable to all players
The language used for this game is english.
Cryptography is forbidden. Breadcrumbing is okay.
Do not reference that thing that happened in that one game you were in with another player that the other players were not.
Do not hide messages in images or videos.
6) Paraphrasing yes, proof no
Do not post screenshots of anything in any place another player could see it. If you wish to quote something, paraphrase it.
This is not limited to screenshots of PMs, discord or private chats. Do not post pictures of your handwritten notes or of the snowstorm that caused your power outage.
7) Remember what to repost where
You may only copy paste player communication from a public chat to a more private chat. This means:
- You may copy from the game thread into a private chat. You may NOT copy from a private chat into the game thread.
- You may copy from a private chat into a factional chat. You may NOT copy from a factional chat into a private chat.
- You may copy from anywhere into your private discord channel, because the hosts see all.
You may paste your rolecard and action feedback in factional chats (we will usually do this for you, but if we're slow or undermanned you may). You may not paste this anywhere else. You may not paste any other mod communication.
If you are not sure if what you're planning on doing is allowed, ask a host first.
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Rolecard Submission Rules
There will be two different role submission deadlines, described below.
All submitted roles must be alignment agnostic. Meaning any alignment, including town, group-scum, and 3p can all make use of the role.
Roles may be significantly more complex than is standard in most Forum Mafia games. More detailed rules for long role submissions are described later in this post.
Roles must be logistically feasible More on what is logistically feasible later in this post.
Certain mechanics are banned from role submissions. Banned mechanics are explained later in this post.
The role you submit may be rebalanced without your knowledge. We try to keep it to a minimum, and the earlier you submit your role the more time we will have to work with you on any changes we might want to make.
You may choose to workshop the role you submitted with the hosts and have the opportunity to address balance issues with your submission. Be aware that we can't guarantee that your role submission will not be changed during the later stages of the balancing process.
KRC roles are meant to be fun and relatively powerful. Submit accordingly.
The Two Role Submission Deadlines
The First Deadline - February 26th
Please submit your role by February 26th if you fall under one of the following categories:
- The role you have submitted has complex / experimental mechanics.
- Please submit early into this deadline if you have a role over 5k characters in length (not including flavor) so we can properly workshop it.
If you submit a role over 5000 characters in length, please ensure that the role you have submitted is finished and that a reasonable attempt at making the role work cohesively has been made.
We reserve the right to reject any role that we deem to be too difficult to adequately balance within a reasonable time frame.
If you're unsure if your design will work, we recommend you ask a host for advice before you start writing your role.
The Second Deadline - March 5th
Please submit your role by March 5th if you do not meet any of the criteria for needing to submit your role for the first deadline.
Submissions with over 3k characters will not be accepted for this deadline.
Banned Mechanics
The following is a list of mechanics that are not allowed in role submissions.
- Alignment-Changes (Account swap mechanics are fine only if account swaps are publicly announced or between two players of the same alignment.)
- Roles with Alternative Win Conditions (These are NOT considered alignment agnostic submissions).
- Elimination Vote Interference (Includes mechanics that protect from or override the elimination vote, remove vote power, or alter phase lengths. Vote gaining mechanics are allowed. Treestumps are allowed).
- Silencing
- Explicit Lies in Role Cards or Role Flips (Hidden information is allowed, explicitly false information is not. However, mechanics that give explicit lies from investigative ability results ARE still allowed.)
- Limbo-Breaking Mechanics (Dead players can not interact with the game unless they are in Limbo. Dead players are automatically removed from Limbo no more than one cycle after they died in the game).
- Instant Day Abilities (We are people.)
"Sharp" Mechanics
Some mechanics are what we call "sharp": running around swinging them wildly will more often than not result in someone having a bad time. You may still submit roles with sharp mechanics, but roles that utilize them are significantly more liable to be rejected or modified during balancing.
If you wish to use one of these mechanics in your role, consider trying to come up with a creative non-vanilla implementation of them, but even then we make no promises that your role will escape the cutting board.
The following is a list of mechanics that are considered to be "sharp":
- Killpower (killpower is almost always significantly over-submitted and is very likely to be cut back on).
- Bulletproof Vests (Same reasoning as above).
- Post Restrictions
- Jester Mechanics (generally anything that makes it so someone wants to be the top wagon at EoD. Mechanics that incentivize being voted but not eliminated are fine).
- Post Ranking Mechanics (e.g roles that try to encourage you to be the top poster. They don't usually turn out well in practice).
- Strong Investigative Abilities with Minimal Counterplay (such as alignment cops, ToS-style psychics and Watchers without the Personal modifier, which prevents them from seeing factional actions).
- Roles that reactively expose / kill the person who kills them (and other such roles with limited ways to play around them).
- Host Interaction (these typically require significantly higher amounts of relative work from our end and can get dicey with subjectivity, so we will have to cap the number of roles that rely on host interaction)
- Bastard mechanics (misleading / unfair mechanics).
- Redirection / Bus Driving (Redirectors and especially Bus Drivers are overly strong on scum compared to town. Additionally, they create frustrating play patters. Redirection and/or Bus Drivers that do not redirect kills are more likely to be accepted).
- Strong Communicative Abilities (Neighborizers are usually oversubmitted and are liable to be cut back on).
- Hidden info (We are likely to modify roles with hidden information during the balancing phase to stop the role submitter from having an unfair advantage over the role's recipient.)
Logistically Unfeasible Mechanics
This game is most likely going to have thousands of posts per phase, the hosts do not have time to read the entire game closely, so any roles that require a close or careful reading of the thread by the hosts are not feasible. A common way to re-work roles that desire such effects is to put the burden of closely reading the thread onto the recipient of the role. E.g rather than a role having an automatic effect every time X happens, make the recipient of the role able to receive said effect by quoting a post that has X happening in it.
It is also not logistically feasible for us to be able to process an extremely high volume of actions from one role submission. A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself "if a large number of people submitted a role as time intensive as mine is to process, would the hosts have enough time to process them all?". If the answer is clearly a no, it's likely that your role submission is infeasible for us to run.
If you have questions on whether a mechanic is logistically feasible or not, feel free to ask before the role submission deadline closes. Such questions will not be answered after.Last edited by KRC Hosts; January 31st, 2025 at 02:33 PM.
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Mechanics
Accounts:
Anonymous accounts, an account will be provided for you
Phase Length:
48 hour days, 24 hour nights.
SoD/EoD Time:
1PM Eastern Standard Time. 19:00 CET.
Role Submission Flips:
There will not be role submission flips on death.
Day Action Deadline (including day votes):
Exactly at posted EoD Time. X:59 = good, X:00 = too late
Night Action Deadline:
3 hours before SoD
Early Hammers:
Night is always at least 20 hours long. SoD will always be at the SoD time.
Elimination Type:
Plurality Elimination.
Plurality with Majority Hammer enabled happens only after ITAs are disabled.
Votes to hammer is equal to 51% of the number of living players, rounded up.
Sleeping/Skipping:
Sleeping/Skipping is allowed.
Last Wills:
Last Wills are not allowed by default.
Death Notes:
Death Notes are not allowed by default.
Self-Votes:
Self-votes do not count, the bot doesn't even register them.
Factional Chats:
Factional chats will be on Discord. Factional chats will NOT be anonymous.
Private Chats:
This year, private chats will be on Xoyondo, tentatively.
In-Thread Attacks:
Yes. Refer to the In-Thread Attacks section for more details.
Anti-Slank and Anti-Spam Mechanics:
This setup may feature anti-slank and / or anti-spam vigilantes in addition to the regular post minimum in place.
Anticlaim:
We cannot give guarantees about the existence or non-existence of roles or abilities that punish role claiming. Claim at your own risk.
Limbo:
Limbo exists, preventing players from passing on to deadchat immediately. The specifics of Limbo will not be revealed at this time, but players will not stay in limbo longer than a full cycle.
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ITAs
Like last year, we will be using Sequential ITAs instead of the regular ITA system.
How do Sequential ITAs work? SITAs are similar to regular ITAs except that, every time a player is shot at and that player survives, the surviving player is more likely to be killed by all future shots that are fired at them.
This can stack an infinite number of times - meaning that, if the player targeted now survives the second shot fired at them, the third shot fired at them is now even more likely to hit than the second was (and so on).
These shots do not need to be consecutive, other players may be shot in between, the shots may even be spread over multiple day phases.
The higher the sum of the accuracy of all shots previously fired at the target, the more likely it is that future shots will kill them.
For a more detailed explanation of how ITAs will work, please read the following: Role Mechanics
General ITA Mechanics:
- Starting Day 2, all players may, once per day, shoot at another player.
- Unless modified by a role ability, this shot is public, regardless of if it hits or not.
- The player who is shot will have a percentage chance of immediately dying and flipping.
- ITAs can only be used during pre-set time windows.
- ITAs will be disabled when the total number of living players falls below an undisclosed threshold.
- The default percentage chance of hitting will not be disclosed. This may be affected by role abilities.
- Submit ITAs as -ITA (INSERTPLAYER)
In-Thread Attack Windows
Window 1: 4 hours after SoD from 5PM to 6PM US Eastern Time.
Window 2: 24 hours after SoD from 1PM to 2PM US Eastern Time.Last edited by KRC Hosts; February 1st, 2025 at 11:13 AM.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I ask questions about the setup?
Yes, there's no guarantee we will answer your questions, but it doesn't hurt to ask!
Can we trust you?
We will never knowingly lie to you unless made to do so by a role.
What factions are there?
There is an uninformed majority known as the town, and there is at least one anti-town faction. There could also be third party roles with their own win conditions.
What exactly is an "Anti-Town Faction"?
Refer to the [Terminology Section]
Can rolecards contain hidden information?
It is possible.
Will players know their true alignment?
Yes, players will always know their own true alignment.
Will players know their true win condition?
Yes, players will always know their own true win condition.
Why wasn't my question answered?
We respond to all questions, even ones that we won't answer (e.g "No comment" or "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"). If it feels like we missed your question, then we probably missed your question and you are free to ask again. Getting 1 notification from a user vs multiple notifications from a user is effectively the same to us, so don't worry!
What is the difference between factional actions and role actions?
Factional actions are granted by a player's faction. Role actions are granted by their role. But other than that distinction they are all just treated as actions unless a role explicitly specifies otherwise (e.g a roleblock will stop a factional action just the same as a role action)
Can you rand your own role?
No.
Was my role modified after I submitted it? Will I know if it was modified?
The balance team had two primary goals:
- To make a fun and balanced game for all roles and factions
- To alter as little about roles as we can in pursuit of this goal
We did our best to change as little as we can about submitted roles. But if your role was changed, you were not notified, and will not be notified.
Was the role I received altered?
I cannot comment on that, refer to the previous question.
When a player dies and their received role is revealed, is hidden information for the role shown?
Unless the role specifies otherwise, when a player dies and the role they received is revealed, all hidden information for that role is revealed, UNLESS the flip was modified in some way, in which case whether or not hidden information is revealed depends on the nature of the modification.
What exactly is hidden information?
Hidden information refers to any sort of information on rolecards that is hidden in certain circumstances, examples of possible hidden information include, but are not limited to:
- Hidden from the recipient of the role
- Hidden from role-cops
- Hidden during the role-submitter's flip
Information that is hidden to role-cops or hidden during the role-submitter's flip may or may not be indicated as such on a player's role card.
Submitted roles must be alignment agnostic, do modifications to a role made during host balancing also have to be alignment agnostic?
No, it is possible that a role was modified with a specific alignment in mind.
What is the Order of Operations (OoO)?
All actions happen simultaneously - unless a paradox would occur. If a paradox would occur then the paradox inducing roles are executed in a predetermined order instead. This will usually be roleblocker goes then redirector goes then bus driver goes.
Will main identities be revealed post game?
Yes. Remaining anonymous post-game is not an option.
What's the deal with night 0?
Some roles may have abilities that can be submitted during Night 0. All role actions and all factional actions cannot be used on Night 0 unless they explicitly specify otherwise. Factional chats will be open on N0 unless specified otherwise. If your role PM makes no mention of Night 0 abilities, then you don't have to worry about submitting anything during Night 0.
Do I have a Night 0 action?
Your rolecard will explicitly mention whether or not you do.
Can I target myself?
Abilities may only self-target if they explicitly state that they are able to. If this explicit statement is absent, they may not self-target.
What does _____ mean specifically?
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Terminology
The Thread - the public game thread
Private Chats - private chats where you do not know the alignment of the other members of the chat (e.g Neighborhoods, Architect Chats, etc)
Factional Chats - private chats on Discord where the alignment of all members of the chat is mod confirmed to be the same and the main account identity of all faction members is known. In KRC members of a factional chat may have alternative win-cons, but it will always be guaranteed that all members of the chat may obtain a win through their shared win-con. (e.g Mafia factional chat, Masonries, etc)
Host Chats - each slot's private group chat on Discord directly with the host team. Host chats are guaranteed to be private and will not be released after the game.
Alignment - the team someone is playing for. Members of the same non-town alignment will have access to a 24/7 factional chat with all members of that same alignment unless specified otherwise.
Faction - another word for alignment. A faction may have any number of players, including just one.
Factional Actions - non-town factions will gain access to some number (possibly zero, possibly one, possibly many) of shared factional actions that can be performed for free alongside their regular role actions. Each factional action must be assigned to a member of the faction unless specified otherwise. Roleblocks will block factional actions unless specified otherwise. Likewise, factional actions are subject to any other game effects as well (tracking, redirection, manipulation, etc.)
Role - the role that a player receives. Roles are alignment agnostic and any role can be assigned to any alignment.
Role Actions - the actions granted to a player from their role, as opposed to factional actions.
Anti-Town Faction - a faction is anti-town if town cannot win as long as any anti-town faction members are alive. Although it may be possible for anti-town factions to win with town still alive.
Phase - one portion of a cycle, such as the day phase or the night phase.
Cycle - a full day + night phase.Last edited by KRC Hosts; February 1st, 2025 at 11:14 AM.
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Role Mechanics
Blocked (Condition)
Definition: The term for having actions denied. A Blocked player fails to carry out Role, Factional, and Item actions. Unless otherwise specified: charges are still consumed, and only occurs at night.
Strong Willed (Condition)
Definition: The term for actions that cannot be blocked or redirected, even when Blocked.
Strong-Willed actions can still fail or be prevented, such as by a Commute, Ethereal, any of Shielding, Protection, or Kill Immunity on a non-Piercing killing action, etc.
Unstoppable
Definition: An Unstoppable action is immune to most effects, including Roleblock, Redirection, and Rolestop.
It is notably the exclusive source of Rolestop-Immunity.
Rolestop
Definition: Rolestopped actions are not prevented such as in the case of Blocking, but their effects are prevent.
This is notable different in a few cases, e.g. a blocked action does not visit its target so a tracker would see no visit whereas a rolestopped action does visit its target, it just has no effect, so a tracker would see a visit.
Commuting (Condition)
Definition: All actions that target a commuting player are rolestopped. All non-self-targeting actions performed by a commuting player are rolestopped and non-visiting.
Notably, Strong-Willed is not enough to target a Commuter, Unstoppable is needed.
Ethereal
Definition: All actions targeting an Ethereal player are rolestopped. An Ethereal player may target their actions as normal.
Notably, Strong-Willed is not enough to target an Ethereal player, Unstoppable is needed.
Item (Terminology)
Unless otherwise specified:
Items disappear after their last charge is consumed.
Items cannot be discarded, dropped, gifted, or traded.
Items are multitaskable.
Multiple items may be used within the same phase.
ITA (Modifier)
Definition: The ITA modifier indicates an action that may only be used during a designated ITA window. Usage of an action with the ITA modifier is public (posted in the thread), announcing both the user and their target, unless the action also has the Silent modifier, in which case only the use of the action is announced, but not the user nor the target.
Macho (Condition)
Definition: A Macho player's death cannot be prevented by protective actions.
Additional Vote Power
Definition: Any mechanics that grant additional vote power.
All sources of additional vote power are automatically disabled if mafia could have parity if they were in possession of every active additional vote.
The disabling occurs immediately, even if it occurs mid-day.
After additional vote power gets disabled, it cannot be re-enabled.
Mechanics Condensed
Killpower/Protection-Based Actions: Wound, Attack, Mend, Protect, Shield
Killpower/Protection-Based Status: Wounded, Injured, Shielding
Block-Based Actions: Roleblock, Empower
Block-Based Status: Strong
Poison-Based Actions: Poison, Heal
Poison-Based Status: Poisoned
Wound (Action) and Wounded (Condition)
The Wound action increases the target's Wounded level.
Wounded players are more likely to die to future Attacks
The Wound action usually cannot kill unless the target is already heavily Wounded, or the action is a very high level.
Mend (Action)
The Mend action reduces the target's Wounded level.
Attack (Action)
The Attack action attempts to kill the target.
Attacks have a higher chance of killing Wounded targets, with higher levels of Wounded further increasing the chance.
The higher the level of an Attack the higher chance it has to kill.
When an Attack fails to kill it inflicts Wounded equal to the Attack's level.
The default ITA is a Level 2 Attack
The default Factional Kill is a Level 20 Attack
Strongkill (Action)
Strongkills are Level 20 attacks that are guaranteed to succeed at killing their intended target, automatically ignoring any roleblocking or protective actions. Strongkills will not succeed on targets that have the Commuting condition.
Protect (Action)
Protect actions negate negative effects, starting with Attack action levels then Wound action levels.
Protect actions usually cannot be used on the same target on consecutive nights.
Shield (Action), Shielding (Status)
The Shield action increases the target's Shielding level.
One level of Shielding can prevent the effects a single Wound or Attack that would have otherwise killed the target.
When Shielding levels are consumed to prevent death, temporary buffs are prioritized over permanent buffs.
Roleblock (Action)
The Roleblock action makes the target Blocked.
Protect actions usually cannot be used on the same target on consecutive nights.
Empower (Action)
The Empower action makes the target Strong Willed.
Heal (Action), Poisoned (Status), and Poison (Action)
A player who is Poisoned during a night phase will die at the end of the following day phase unless Healed. A night-phase Poison is publicly announced at SoD.
A player who is Poisoned during a day phase will die at the end of the following night phase unless Healed. A day-phase Poison is publicly announced at SoN.
These mechanics are fairly standard and are mentioned to distinguish the Heal action from the Protect action.
The Poisoned status does not have any levels. A player is either Poisoned or not Poisoned, and a single Heal is enough to remove the Poisoned status.Last edited by KRC Hosts; February 1st, 2025 at 01:19 PM.
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Past KRC Roles (part 1)
Last year's roles are here, neatly tabulated for your convenience:
Player Alias Alignment Role Role Submitted AAA FM-Popcorn Axolotl Town Spoiler : The Beekeeper :The Deck Aeoryi FM-Sonrisa Town Spoiler : Bob the Hacker :Forum Mafia Player Animal Midwife FM-Chromatography Town Spoiler : The Giving Tree :The Oracle bakermir FM-Protagonist Hair Town Spoiler : Musa the Music Fairy :Towb Leader Bakura FM-Talking Anthill Town Spoiler : Time Wizard :Queen of Roses Bladescape FM-Goblin and Worg Mafia Spoiler : Mischievous Princess :The Core Node Caitlin FM-Chibi Minnie Town Spoiler : Evelyn Thornhill :Grim Reaper Cape90 FM-Snuggles Town Spoiler : Battleboarder :The Seeker Deathworlds FM-The Hat Town Spoiler : The Gardener :Battleboarder Delta FM-Yellow Snow Mafia Spoiler : Chevalier d'Eon :DVC Warrior Didistetter FM-Sad Super Saiyan Town Spoiler : Door Salesman :The Giving Tree Dum FM-Tiny Hippo Town Spoiler : Queen of Roses :Sith Lord + Apprentice Dyslexicon FM-Lipstick Town Spoiler : Paranormal Investigator :Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss Eliza FM-Grate Town Spoiler : Dungeon Master :Pride Ewianking FM-Goldfish Bowl Town Spoiler : Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss :Hopeless Romantic Frinckles FM-Dredge Town Spoiler : Mall Tycoon :Musa the Music Fairy Gori FM-Angry Rectangle Town Spoiler : Elemental Thief :News Reporter Hollowkatt FM-Fluffernuts Town Spoiler : The Gambler (Coin Variant) :Mis-Programmed Roomba JeremiahS FM-Pilgrim Anatomy Town Spoiler : The Gambler (Betray Variant) :Mall Tycoon jmw FM-Peekaboo Town Spoiler : The King :Mischievous Princess Kylomax FM-Droopy Snout Town Spoiler : Gift Maker :2007 Bank Laurentus FM-Thumbs Up Mafia Spoiler : Forum Mafia Player :Evelyn Thornhill Lemon.Tangerine FM-Decepticon Town Spoiler : Towb Leader :Home Security
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Past KRC Roles (part 2)
Player Alias Alignment Role Role Submitted Lilypetal FM-Mining Peep Town Spoiler : Aspiring Producer :The Gambler (Coin Variant) Litten FM-Ringmaster Town Spoiler : Moon Worshiper -> BAR :The Gardener Luka FM-Monet Rocket Town Spoiler : Firestar Warrior Cats :Ghost Lady MacDougall FM-Naptime Town Spoiler : DVC Warrior :FM Mech Master Marshmallow Marshall FM-Space Pizza Mafia Spoiler : The Core Node :Anubis MartinGG FM-Four Past Seven Town Spoiler : 2007 Bank :Beyond All Reason May FM-Catnip Town Spoiler : Kill Stealer :The Narrator Michelle FM-Pyramid Mafia Spoiler : Morshu :The Knight Nanook FM-Joycat Town Spoiler : Mis-Programmed Roomba :Stressed, Depressed and a Third Thing neil the eel FM-Not Enough Legs Town Spoiler : The Deck :Firestar Warrior Cats Niphredil FM-Autumn Town Spoiler : Holy Spiritualist :Elemental Thief NoctiZ FM-Platypus Town Spoiler : Bartender :Bob the Hacker Porscha FM-Wakka Wakka Mafia Spoiler : News Reporter :Bartender Powerofdeath FM-Old Lickilicky Town Spoiler : Ghost Lady :Door Salesman Pqwerty FM-Oink Town Spoiler : Beyond All Reason :Paranormal Investigator Princess Abigail FM-Heterochromia Town Spoiler : Anubis :Dungeon Master PsychoSoldier FM-Eyescream Town Spoiler : Sinner :Codec Master Relm FM-ZOMG Mafia Spoiler : Pride :Chevalier d'Eon Last edited by KRC Hosts; February 13th, 2025 at 08:45 AM.
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Past KRC Roles (part 3)
Player Alias Alignment Role Role Submitted Rem FM-Red Cross Mafia Spoiler : FM Mech Master :Gambler (Betray) Ruby FM-Candyfloss Mafia Spoiler : The Narrator :The Beekeeper Ryast FM-Scarf Mafia Spoiler : The Seeker :Alan, the Overbearing Manager Santygrass FM-The Great Flood Mafia Spoiler : Home Security :Destiny Bringer SB16 FM-Matchstick Man Town Spoiler : The Oracle :Time Wizard Spooky FM-Choo-Choo Mafia Spoiler : Empowered Bookie :Moon Worshiper Stick FM-Tinnitus Town Spoiler : The Knight :Inefficient JOAT Tepig FM-Mr Clean Town Spoiler : Hopeless Romantic :Sinner Varcron FM-Disco Dancer Lost Wolf Spoiler : Alan, the Overbearing Manager :The King Venusaur FM-Hon Hon Hon Town Spoiler : Inefficient JOAT :Tarot Prognosticator Wisdom FM-bad Hairday Town Spoiler : Sith Lord + Apprentice :Holy Spiritualist Xanjori FM-Player 2 Mafia Spoiler : Stressed, Depressed and a Third Thing :Kill Stealer YouButWorse FM-Breakup Town Spoiler : Grim Reaper :Morshu Yurkin FM-Turquoise Town Spoiler : Destiny Holder :Gift Maker Zedus FM-Pareidolia Mafia Spoiler : Tarot Prognosticator :Aspiring Producer Zugzwang FM-Lassie Town Spoiler : Codec Master :Empowered Bookie
And here are links to the tables for the five years before that:
?KRC: Game of the Decade
?KRC: M-FM Edition
?KRC: Gravity Falls Edition
?KRC: Looney Tune World Edition
?KRC: Winter 2020-2021 Edition
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Role Hall of Fame: Part 1
A place to honor the particularly interesting or well designed roles from past iterations of the game. The best role submissions from this iteration will be added to the hall of fame too!
Sith Lord
By: Dum
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
Another archetype of great roles is "flavor first design." Sith Lord is an excellent example of how a flavor first design process can lead to an outstanding role. The role revolves around the flavor of last year's KRC, where the 3p Council faction had one of its members get inactivity modkilled on day 1 - that member's role was "The Jedi Master." The role then continues that narrative thread and makes a role answering what happened next. The fallen Jedi Master is now a Sith Lord. It no longer has a council - it instead has an apprentice. It refuses to die the same way it died last game as Force Visions ensures it will survive to Day 2 with flavor text "You will NOT allow yourself to be left for dead again." And the rest of the role expands on the flavor of a Sith Lord. And on top of the excellent "flavor first design" the role includes several interesting and unique mechanics with the master/apprentice dynamic and the modification of another rolecard.
Spoiler : Sith Lord :
The Giving Tree of Life or (The Unexpected Virtue of the Unconditional Giving Away of Oneself for the Nourishment of the Beloved)
By: didistetter
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
The Giving Tree of Life or (The Unexpected Virtue of the Unconditional Giving Away of Oneself for the Nourishment of the Beloved) (hereby referred to as The Giving Tree), is another great example of "flavor first design." The role is built around a strong core flavor concept with various mythological trees and the stories behind them. The abilities of the role are then derived from the nature of said mythological trees. And while the role did suffer from some of the downsides of inventor roles (namely that because they give out abilities that can then be used over and over again, as the game goes on their power tends to balloon, resulting in said inventions having a very limited power budget), I am very happy to see this role in the hall of fame as it is a premiere example of how flavor first design can lead to an outstanding role.
Spoiler : The Giving Tree of Life or (The Unexpected Virtue of the Unconditional Giving Away of Oneself for the Nourishment of the Beloved) :
Paranormal Investigator
By: Pqwerty
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
I have mentioned before that a way to make a great role is by taking a particular mechanical niche and then fully exploring the different ways a role can interact within that niche. Paranormal Investigator is the perfect example of that concept. The role is a dedicated dead interaction/medium role and it explores that concept in a variety of different ways with novel and innovative mechanics. It doesn't stop at simply creating a medium chat with a dead player, instead it has options to have dead players submit emojis, answer lists of questions, make a modpost, and yes - also form a medium chat. And it explores this niche with excellent flavor to boot.
Spoiler : Paranormal Investigator :
The Deck
By: AAA
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
Many of the mechanics that we implemented this year were attempts to remove randomness from the game, so often randomness ends up being more frustrating than interesting. But this role is the perfect example of how to run randomness well. In game design there is the concept of input randomness vs output randomness. Output randomness is when your options are predictable, but the outcomes of those options are randomized. This is often frustrating as it feels like you're at the mercy of luck. Contrast that to input randomness where the outcomes are predictable and instead the options you have available are randomized. This role utilizes that concept and combines it with an interesting hand-building minigame to activate various mechanics along with a risk vs reward mechanic via the hidden card that adds an element of risk without subverting the input randomness concept. Overall the Deck is a phenomenal example of how to do randomness in FM well.
Spoiler : The Deck :
Pride
By: Eliza
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
The "assemble Exodia" concept has been tried a few times before, often with mixed results. This role is a spot-on example of how to execute that concept well. One common pitfall that "Exodia" concepts fall into is that the pieces of "Exodia" they're seeking to assemble are static, often just assigned to specific players at rand and then no further interaction takes place. Pride instead makes the items dynamic - they have utility for the holders of the items which spurs the recipients to discuss how to use the items, and they must be passed each day, causing additional movement, additional utility, and additional opportunities for people to bring up the existence of the items as they receive them. Combining that dynamic nature of the role's items with a few investigative actions designed to specifically track down the items, and the role succeed in making the hunt for its items into a fun, skill-based experience rather than feeling like a big roulette wheel. Another common pitfall is that the payoff for collecting the items is static and uninteresting, but this role creates interesting and dynamic interactions with scaling power levels as the role collects more and more items with each item having a specific power. Overall, this role is an example of strong execution of a neat but potentially difficult to execute concept.
Spoiler : Pride :
Aspiring Film Producer
By: Zedus
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
Aspiring Film Producer is an example of a strong execution of a familiar concept. The role started out with the idea of making a mini-faction or a sub-faction - the film crew, and uniting them together in a hood - the filming studio. The role then took this core concept and sought to expand on it in ways that were mechanically interesting and akin to factional mechanics, while still being alignment agnostic. Nightly "film crew" powers that were voted on by its members functioned were a mirror to factional powers. The potential for all members of the film crew to gain rolecard upgrades if they accomplish a shared goal functioned similarly to a faction's shared win-con. And the role's successful combination of these multiple interesting mechanics resulted in its excellent execution.
Spoiler : Aspiring Film Producer :
2007 Bank
By: Kylomax
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
An all too common pitfall of role submissions in KRC is that they blow through their power budget and end up being overpowered, resulting in them needing to be nerfed across the board. But post-submission nerfing often leaves roles feeling watered down. 2007 Bank managed to offset power budget concerns through a built-in "risk" mechanic, yes the role can do a lot, but doing so you rack up risk which can quickly cause the role to self-destruct. The role had a built-in power limiter which allowed it to push past what is typically possible within a single role's power budget. But the ingenuity of the built in power limiter didn't stop there - because the risk mechanic was so easy to be tweaked by hosts just ticking the numbers and thresholds up or down, like a built-in balancing knob, it left much of the role's original ideas in tact, and preserved its potential for powerful interactions.
Spoiler : 2007 Bank :
Alan, Overbearing Manager
By: Ryast
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
Many roles are submitted as if the role is in a sort of pseudo-vacuum. Aware that, yes, there will be other roles in the game, and of course this role will interact with other roles, but the kinds of inter-role interactions that submissions court are fairly limited. And it makes sense given the format - it's very hard to create specific, deep inter-role interactions when you have no idea what other people are submitting. And that is what makes Alan, Overbearing Manager that much more innovative. It anticipated the existence of a fairly common type of mechanic - neighborhoods - and then came up with a unique way to interact with said mechanic. Mix in a few novel, thematically fitting hood-interaction mechanics and on-point flavor, and the role is easily hall of fame material.
Spoiler : Alan, Overbearing Manager :
Morshu
By: YouButWorse
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
In the era of limited power level KRC roles, it's difficult to create a submission that allows for the kind of complete freedom and creativity in mechanics that is most often associated with wish granters or reality benders. But Morshu manages to do just that. By front-loading the item creation process to night 0, it simultaneously limits the power level problems that true wish granters have, removes the impact of mid-game host discretion, and all while preserving the potential for post-rand creative design. It's the perfect KRC role - in a setup that is all about designing roles, the opportunity to design items within the game could not be more fitting.
Spoiler : Morshu :
DVC Warrior
By: Delta
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
Multi-power roles are a staple of KRC. But where multi-power roles often fall short is a lack of mechanical synergy or interconnectedness between their abilities. DVC Warrior is a great example of how to combine top-notch (and all too relatable) flavor with mechanically interconnected powers on a multi-power role. The role has a medium ability and ITA killpower. And while it could have stopped there, the combination of the medium ability with the dead player getting to decide who can be targeted with the ITA provides a degree of mechanical connectedness that is often missing from so many roles. Rather than having a medium chat and then proceeding to disregard whatever the dead player said - the DVC Warrior is mechanically obligated to listen to the dead as their shot selection is limited to their three picks.
Spoiler : DVC Warrior :
BAR - Beyond All Reason
By: MartinGG99
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
This role takes the guidelines for "how to make a good role" and just throws... them out the window. Thematic consistency? Who cares! I'm half-submarine, half-spirit! Concise, organized role text? No thank you, doing that would ruin the build-up to my punchlines. Being reasonable? Have you seen the role name??
And you know what? It works. Beyond all reason, it works. The abilities are weird (which is perfect for KRC), the theming is hilarious, and the punchlines consist of one of my all-time favorite KRC jokes in "If someone modifies your role so that you identify as a sub or submarine instead of a half-submarine (excluding the part about being a spirit), you also die because subs are not allowed in the game, only modkills."
And the crown jewel for this role is it's weirdest ability of all - ad infinitum. It's a concept that is so unpredictable and yet has so much potential for crazy and amazing interactions in a setup like KRC. It's so novel and yet so simple that it makes you wonder why no one thought of it sooner. And the way this role synergized with Moon Worshipper to create the infinite full moons was just a pure, peak-KRC moment. Aa well-earned place in the hall of fame.
That said - use this role as a template at your own risk! Beyond all reason, this role worked out fantastically, but wow did it have a very narrow line to walk in order to effectively pull it off!
Spoiler : BAR - Beyond All Reason :
Moon Worshipper
By: spookycat
Game: KRC: Sc2Mafia 13th Anniversary Game
I talked before about how multi-power roles (such as but not limited to JOATs) often lack mechanical synergy and interconnectedness. And while Moon Worshipper does have some mild mechanical interconnectedness with the New Moon duplicating the effect of the next moon, this role doesn't really follow the route of greatness via mechanical interconnectedness. Instead this role demonstrates one of the other ways to take a relatively standard JOAT and elevate it to greatness - thematic consistency and cool flavor. The different JOAT effects correspond to different phases of the moon with different bits of flavor text tying the phase of the moon with its corresponding effect. And the whole role just feels so grandiose and mysterious - like, making it so the sun doesn't rise and instead a phase of the moon rises? Making certain players publicly blessed by this rising moon without any elaboration on what it does? Modifying players flips to include a lunatic modifier? The role is an incredible example of how small flavor touches that have little balance impact and are easy to run can enhance a role's flavor and elevate it to greatness.
Spoiler : Moon Worshipper :
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Role Hall of Fame: Part 2
The Infinity Mirror
By: Macdougall
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
The role utilizes a particularly interesting and unique method for creating a neighborhood, then after the hood is created it presents the members of the hood a number of interesting options. Should they reveal what they're voting for? Should the reveal how they're voting? Should they treat the powers as something that's voted on by a consensus, or should it be up to the players that actually have control over the action? And the fact that the actions can only target players within the hood, with a vigilante shot included, makes this role into a sort of day-at-night with a lot of very neat dynamics. I think it's no surprise that this role was one of the highest voted roles, earning it a spot in the hall of fame.
Spoiler : The Infinity Mirror :
The Keeper of Dramatic Irony
By: Amaya
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
This role achieved something that is very difficult to do - creating a powerful wish granting role, restricted enough to not be over-powered, while restricted in ways interesting enough to make it still a lot of fun to play. Similar to many other roles in the Hall of Fame - the extent of what this role is actually able to do mechanically, isn't that unusual - it can protect, create investigative results, redirect, etc. But where this role, and many other Hall of Fame roles, shines is in the method it uses for actually triggering those effects. An interesting range of effects, triggered in an innovative way, while not suffering from complexity bloat - it's also no surprise that this role was highly voted.
Spoiler : The Keeper of Dramatic Irony :
Compulsive FPSer
By: Ryast
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
Quite similar to The Keeper of Dramatic Irony, the Compulsive FPSer is able to utilize a wide range of powers, but they're locked behind a particularly innovate activation method. The role is theoretically able to do anything as the fake claim by the player can be anything - and while it would be rebalanced if it were overpowered - it still leaves a huge range of potential abilities at the player's disposal with clever play. But the catch is - you have to be both right and able to push (or at the very least predict) a player's flip happening that day. Overall the submission demonstrates a method to allow for unlimited versatility without breaking balance.
Spoiler : Compulsive FPSer :
Frog
By: May
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
This role's admission is very different from the other three admissions from KRC: Game of the Decade so far. Where those roles demonstrated particularly innovative mechanics, this role doesn't have anything new mechanically. What this role does well is its humor. The "because you're a frog" bit became a running joke among hosts during balance, among players in dead chat, and even prompted the #spoiler-discussion to be renamed to #frog-discussion. It shows how you can put together standard mechanics mixed with humor to make a memorable role that earned it one of the highest vote counts in HoF voting.
Spoiler : Frog :
Woman of Many Masks
By: Ruby
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
This role is an excellent demonstration of combining excellent theming and storytelling with a few innovative mechanics here or there.
If the role didn't also incorporate creative mechanics, I would be saying something like "While Frog showed how humor can carry a role even without mechanical innovation, this role shows how a well put together, cohesive, and thematic ability set can similarily carry a role"
Except this role has that and it has a few of innovative mechanics of its own. The Nest Cover, Shapeshifting, and Lucky abilties stand out there.
Spoiler : Woman of Many Masks :
The Magician
By: Firekitten
Game: KRC: Game of the Decade
For the final admission to the Hall of Fame from KRC: Game of the Decade, we have The Magician. The role starts out as just as standard JOAT - but its unique gambling mechanic is what earns it a spot here. The recipient of the role can gamble away one of their abilities by betting on who will die that night, and if they're correct then they gain that ability they wagered permanently, with infinite shots, and the ability to multitask it alongside it's other standard JOAT actions. This gambling risk vs reward is unique and creates an interesting dilemma for the player - gamble something weak and you only gain something weak, if even at all, but gamble something strong, and you might have just thrown away your strongest ability for the whole game.
Spoiler : The Magician :
The Tradestar Midas
By: Stealthbomber16
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
This role was an iconic part of the ?KRC-MFM Edition game. The player who received it, jmwjmw27, also put the role to amazing use, as a third party with a win-con requiring him to make a certain amount of profit before the game ended, he came up with a series of fantastic ideas. From cosmetic accessories to selling poison for dirt cheap only to sell the antidote the next day for a drastically marked up price. jmw eventually left the game with the win after he discovered the power of lootboxes as people rushed to buy his supply in order to adorn their pet crabs with various cosmetic items along with a small chance for powerful abilities if they're lucky!
Spoiler : The Tradestar Midas :
Lonely Cowboy in Desperate Need of Some Love and Also Some Bullets Cause He Didn't Pack Enough Even Though His Mother Specifically Asked if He Had Enough Bullets
By: NANOOK
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
The role does an excellent job of showcasing how to make a fun role without relying on power creep. The role in all is rather average from a power level perspective, maybe even a bit on the weaker side as far as ?KRC games go, but from the comically long name to the wacky theming and interesting takes on standard mechanics, the role does an excellent job of showcasing how humor combined with mechanics can make an amazing role.
Spoiler : Lonely Cowboy in Desperate Need of Some Love and Also Some Bullets Cause He Didn't Pack Enough Even Though His Mother Specifically Asked if He Had Enough Bullets :
Forum Mengsk
By: MartinGG99
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
Another great example of how a great role can be made without particularly strong mechanics through the use of cohesive theming and interesting application of mechanics. When in the hands of town, the first shot is a loyal vigilante, which on the surface seems useless. But the shot can be used to prune the PoE when you hit town or out a scum when you hit a wolf a great benefit to town. And from a design perspective, a loyal vigilante not killing someone is much more interesting mechanically as there tends to be much more plausible deniability than a boring and simple alignment cop.
Spoiler : Forum Mengsk :
The Pincushion
By: jmwjmw27
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
A mechanically fresh take on an investigative role. Everyone knows that alignment cops are boring and probably too strong, even in a setup like ?KRC, but a Follower (target a player to see what action they performed) is far too weak for a setup like this. But the pincushion takes the idea of a Follower and makes it more powerful in a mechanically interesting way by instead being able to "pin" players and get semi-Follower feedback on them every night for the rest of the game, potentially building up an investigative network over the course of the game and getting stronger and stronger unless mafia deals with them.
Spoiler : The Pincushion :
The Administrator
By: Dum
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
This role was extremely cool. And honestly, too strong for the setup. Rather than nerfing it we gave it a win-con aimed at keeping balance in the game. And then deathworlds, an SCP expert, randed the role, and it was just perfect. He used the role to its fullest potential, integrating mechanics and SCP lore into his actions, using them to great and entertaining effect while keeping up a balancing act between factions while staying alive himself. Deathworlds created a full log of all his actions during the game, and for the first time, that action log is now available for all to read here!
Spoiler : The Administrator Action Log :
Spoiler : The Administrator :
The Android
By: deathworlds
Game: ?KRC: M-FM Edition
The story of this amazing role is actually a tragedy. An one of a kind role with an incredibly unique system to it, unrivaled mechanical complexity, put in Loldebite's hands. And then... Loldebite purchased 1 million crabs from the aforementioned Tradestar Midas. And instantly died as a result. Mid-Day 1. After having made only two posts.
Yeah... that one was really on me as a host for letting something that could blindside a player to instantly kill them through really no fault of their own. Lesson learned for future iterations of the game. But this role still stands as one of the most fascinating role concepts I've ever seen.
Spoiler : The Android :
The Breadcrumber
By: Gikkle
Game: ?KRC: Gravity Falls Edition
As I've mentioned before, the Breadcrumber is perhaps my favorite role concept of all time. It's only limit is perhaps your own creativity - and normally a role like that would be wildly overpowered, but the restriction of requiring you to make a post for each letter you want to do keeps it in check. Just read the role, it speaks for itself in how cool it is.
Spoiler : The Breadcrumber :
The Artisan
By: yzb25
Game: ?KRC: Gravity Falls Edition
I might have a bit of a soft spot for this role as it was the one I randed, but it's just a great role! A wide selection of powers that require careful planning lest you accidentally debuff allies or buff the enemy, paired with the powerful but often underrated messenger ability that synergizes with your buffs/debuffs as a means for you to anonymously advise your target of what colors to pick. And given it's ?KRC where any roles are possible, the prospect of having to pick colors with just an anonymous note which you're not sure you can trust is quite exciting! The Artisan ended up playing a pivotal role in the outcome of the game as through disastrously bad luck I appeared to be almost certainly mech-locked scum, despite actually being town. It took a leap of faith (and good reads) from Gikkle when he trusted me telling him to pick Grey to turn the game around.
Spoiler : The Artisan :
The Necromancer
By: BananaCucho
Game: ?KRC: Looney Tune World Edition
Killing off Bugs Bunny on day 1, just for him to come back, puppeted by Frinckles, breaking out into song was one of the most memorable moments of the game. And it is a great example of how to make an otherwise relatively mundane set of powers into something unique and memorable. At its core, the role's power is mostly just as a double voter with some medium and anonymous poster abilities on the side. But that double voter effect was made so much more interesting and memorable through a thematically coherent role with the potential for tons of different creative applications.
Spoiler : The Necromancer :
Shippy the Container
By: Stealthbomber16 and Efekann02
Game: ?KRC: Winter 2020-2021 Edition
"Think of it like the Grinch stealing Christmas, except instead of Christmas, you're stealing people."
"If you hold more than 500 items for some fucking reason, you gorge and instantly die."
"You are too large and too heavy to fit on a catapult."
This role is hilarious, the addition of random clauses to a rolecard is great and basically a KRC meme at this point, usually they do nothing... but when they do do something!
It also inspired my first KRC role to have the ability to send people mass quantities of random junk mail, with the hope of making some shipping container out there gorge and instantly die.
Spoiler : Shippy the Container :
Cereal Arson Father
By: deathworlds
Game: ?KRC: AGAIN!
A play on a previous role from long, long ago (Serial Arsonfather), the Cereal Arson Father:
- Has enormous amounts of cereal, making them immune to dying from hunger.
- Is an ordained priest
- And oh yeah, is an inventor-style role with amazingly wacky theming
This role is another great example of how cohesive theming, even when it's wacky, nonsensical, and off-the-wall can go a long way to elevating otherwise fairly standard abilities (okay, these abilities aren't actually that standard, but you get my point).
Spoiler : Cereal Arson Father :
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