Role: Snatcher

[Snowyowl]

Note: This is not the same role as suggested by philie a few days ago.

Role name: Snatcher
Description: This brute fella can, during the night, abduct a person and hiding him or her the following day. The Snatcher cannot keep a person away for more than one day.
Alignment: Town
Abilities: Abducts a person during the night, causing the target to not appear during the discussions and/or lynchings of the following day. Hence the target cannot chat, vote or get voted upon the following day.
Win Condition: Lynch all criminals and evildoers.
Host Options:
1) Limited to 1/2/3 abductions.
2) Can abduct self.
3) The players are notified when a person has been abducted.
4) Cannot abduct the same person for more than 1 day in a row.
5) Cannot abduct a person more than once.
Pros: Can be used to tip the scale in a voting, prevent people from revealing information and, with option 2 enabled, save his own life if he fears a trial the following day.
Cons: Can accidentally screw the Town over if he abducts the wrong person at the wrong time.
Overall effect on the metagame if implemented: Can lead to confusion, paranoia and to tip the scales in a lynching. Can become really powerful in those lategames when the Mafia is seeking majority in trials.
Mechanics: When dawn breaks without option 3 set, there is no message about a player being abducted during the night. If option 3 is set, along with the death messages the players are given a message that "<Player X> was nowhere to be seen when the sun rose".
The abducted player is notified that it has been abducted and that he/she is not able to participate in the discussions and the lynchings the following day.
Additional comments: Shows up like the jailor when investigated by an investigator. The majority vote required to put a person on trial is adjusted to a person being abducted and thus not able to vote. This is not a killing role.

[r4ndomdude]

Kinda like my role Garbage Man and a few others.

[SnipingHobo]

Blackmailer on steroids?

[Snowyowl]

Blackmailer on steroids?

Hmm a bit different but I see your point. Going to remake him.

[SnipingHobo]

Looks good. Can the abducted still perform his role ability and be targetted during the night?

[BorkBot]

I think the idea is that the abducted is only gone during the day, so there is no roleblock at night.

Certainly not bad

[Snowyowl]

To clarify, I will give you an example. Here we'll see:

• Player 1 the Mafioso
• Player 2 the Citizen
• Player 3 the Snatcher

At night Player 1 the Mafioso attacks Player 2 the Citizen.
During the same night Player 3 the Snatcher abducts Player 1 the Mafioso.
The following day only Player 3 the Snatcher shows up to the daily discussions. Player 1 the Mafioso has been abducted and Player 2 the Citizen has been killed. There appears to be only 1 player left alive. Does Player 3 the Snatcher win? Nope, the game still knows that there are actually 2 players alive and hence the Mafia has won the game.

[BorkBot]

One question, though..

If roles aren't blocked and kills aren't prevented, the snatcher can still get killed if he abducts himself. Right?

Or does abduction roleblock anyone targeting the victim?

[Snowyowl]

New example, same characters.

At night Player 3 the Snatcher abducts himself. The same night Player 1 the Mafioso attacks Player 3 the Snatcher.
The following day Player 3 the Snatcher has been killed and Player 2 the Citizen is happily alive. Anyhow, Mafia still wins the game.

By the way, don't you just love colors ?

[Tipzntrix]

New example, same characters.

At night Player 3 the Snatcher abducts himself. The same night Player 1 the Mafioso attacks Player 3 the Snatcher.
The following day Player 3 the Snatcher has been killed and Player 2 the Citizen is happily alive. Anyhow, Mafia still wins the game.

By the way, don't you just love colors ?

who turned off the citizen > mafia option?!?!?!

[Snowyowl]

New example, same characters.

At night Player 3 the Snatcher abducts himself. The same night Player 1 the Mafioso attacks Player 3 the Snatcher.
The following day Player 3 the Snatcher has been killed and Player 2 the Citizen is happily alive. Anyhow, Mafia still wins the game.

By the way, don't you just love colors ?

who turned off the citizen > mafia option?!?!?!

To be honest, I've never been in a situation where there's only mafia and citizen left alive. But I can't imagine the Citizen wins, does he!?

Anyway, feel free to review the concept as well as my apparent, possibly, lack of weird game-ending experience.