The Russian Mafia Endgame

• Cerulean - You are Joseph Stalin! The Man of Steel led the Soviet Union for decades, successfully fending off Nazi Germany during WWII, industrializing the USSR, turning it into a formidable world power, and codifying Marxism-Leninism. However, he was also a ruthless autocrat and dictator, suppressing political dissent and sending millions of criminals and political prisoners to forced labor camps through the Gulag system. Because of this, you are the Mafia Jailkeeper. Once per night, you may jail any other player, preventing them from using any active abilities, but also protecting them from lethal night actions (including the mafia night kill). You win with the Mafia.
  
• Lunatic - You are Catherine II, aka Catherine the Great! Born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, Catherine became Empress after successfully executing a quick coup against her unpopular and ineffective husband. As the reigning monarch, Catherine broadened the borders of the Russian Empire and strengthened its position as a European power. She placed her former lover on the Polish throne, using him as a puppet King to directly influence the country, eventually gaining much of its territory in the Partition of Poland. Because of Catherine's coup, military conquests, and great political influence, you are the Odd-Night Ninja/Even-Night Vote Thief. On odd-numbered nights, if you perform the night kill, it will be undetectable by investigative roles. On even-numbered nights, you may target any other player to secretly control their vote during the following day. (This will not take effect on a MYLO/LYLO day.) You win with the Mafia.
  

• Night Kill: Once per night, you may kill any non-mafia player. If both members of the mafia are still alive, you must choose who will carry out the kill.
  
• Anti-claim: Once per night, you may name any player and a corresponding character and role. If that player is the named character and has the named role, they will become Fragile for the night and therefore be unable to be protected from the Night Kill by any town protective roles.
  
• Fakeclaim help: At any point in the game, you may ask about up to two characters and up to two roles to see if they are in the game or not.
  

• whiteflame - You are Leon Trotsky! A socialist revolutionary, Trotsky was exiled to Siberia twice for his revolutionary activities, but managed to escape both times. He returned to Russia to help lead the October Revolution, which ultimately led to the creation of the USSR, of which Trotsky was one of the most prominent figures. After the death of Lenin, Trotsky was the most vocal opponent of Stalin and his rise to power, eventually causing Trotsky to be exiled yet again. Even while living in exile from the Soviet Union, Trotsky continued to oppose Stalinism until his assassination in 1940. You are the 2x Hider-Survivor. Your goal is to survive the game. Two nights per game, you may choose to hide behind any other player. If you do so, you will be unable to be targeted by any night actions, including lethal actions. However, if the player you hide behind dies, you will also die. You win if you are alive when the Town or the Mafia reach their win condition. You lose if you die at any point for any reason.
  

• That2User - You are Grigori Rasputin! Born to a peasant family in Siberia, Rasputin had a sudden religious awakening in adulthood and became an ascetic traveler, gaining much fame and notoriety. His fame eventually reached Moscow and spread to the royal family who invited him in, hopeful that he could heal their son who, unbeknownst to the public, was a hemophiliac. As the famous song goes, 'For the queen, he was no wheeler-dealer, though she'd heard the things he'd done. She believed he was a holy healer who would heal her son.' Because of Rasputin's status as a mystic faith healer with outsized political influence, you are the White Mage. During the night phase, you may target any player to protect them from lethal night actions on that night, as well as during the following night. You may not use your ability two nights in a row. You will not be told if your action fails. You win with the Town.
  
• Savant - You are Sergei Witte! Previously a skillful diplomat who helped negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War, Witte became the first prime minister of Russia after advising the Tsar to move towards constitutional monarchy in the wake of the 1905 revolution. Witte knew it was the only way to quell the revolutionary masses, though he did not believe it would serve as a long-term solution for Russia's issues. Because of Witte's history as a diplomat and his strategy as prime minister of trying to avoid war, you are the DP2 Emissary. At the start of DP2, the name of a randomly chosen Town-affiliated player will be revealed to you. You win with the Town.
  
• WyIted/Mharman - You are Mikhail Gorbachev! As leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev promoted two big policies, Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring), advertising them almost as if they were own personal trademarks. However, his policies ultimately led to the breakup of the USSR. Because of Gorbachev’s focus on increased government transparency (Glasnost), you are the Watcher. Once per night, you may target any player to learn who, if anyone, used an action on them during the night (other than yourself). You win with the Town.
  
• Danilaykus/ADreamOfLiberty - You are Grigori Potemkin! Potemkin was a military leader and, for a time, lover of Empress Catherine the Great. Potemkin even helped Catherine carry out her coup. Even after their romantic relationship ended, he remained a close friend and ally to her. Allegedly, Potemkin once created a portable fake village to impress the Empress during her journey to Crimea, thus being the source of the term ‘Potemkin village’ - a facade that makes a situation seem better than it is in reality. You are the 2x Asceticizer. Two nights per game, you may target any other player to build a Potemkin village around them as a ruse to frustrate any non-lethal actions used against them by players of a *different* alignment, causing their actions to fail. You win with the Town.
  
• Earth - You are Ivan III, aka Ivan the Great! Ivan III was the first person in Russian history to bear the title of ‘Tsar’, and reigned as Tsar for longer than any other monarch in Russian history except for his grandson, Ivan IV. As Tsar, Ivan III ended the dominance of the Tatars over Russia and brought other lands into his territory through purchase and conquest. Because of how Ivan consolidated power and brought more people and territory under Russian control, you may add more people to your own neighborhood. You are the Neighborizer. Once per night, you may target any other player to add them to your own Neighborhood, a private chat where every member can directly talk with each other as long as they are alive. You win with the Town
  
• iamanabanana - You are Ivan IV, aka Ivan the Terrible! The first Tsar of All Russia, Ivan greatly expanded its territory, taking control of Siberia and expanding to the Caspian Sea. However, Ivan was also a deeply paranoid leader, carrying out the Massacre of Novgorod simply because he believed that some people there may have been planning treason against him, which probably wasn't even true at all. Ivan IV even ended up killing his own son in a rage, a moment immortalized in the famous painting “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan” by Ilya Repin. You are the 1x Town Executioner. One day per game, you may immediately execute any player who has at least half of the votes necessary to reach a majority. This will immediately end the DP. Use your ability by writing ‘Execute [Player]’ in bold text. This ability may not be used on a MYLO/LYLO day. You win with the Town.
  
• Vader - You are Pyotr Stolypin! The third prime minister of Russia, Stolypin was known for his agrarian reforms, which transformed the way farm ownership worked, introduced agricultural cooperatives, and made it easier for peasants to purchase their own farms. While these reforms were effective, Stolypin also served during a time of revolutionary unrest, leading to his assassination in 1911. Because Stolypin instituted reforms that greatly increased the productivity of Russian agriculture, you are the Fruit Vendor. Once per night, you may give a piece of fruit to any other player. This has no effect on gameplay, except that your target will be told that they have received a piece of fruit (but not who gave it to them). You win with the Town.
  
• ILikePie5 - You are Fyodor Dostoevsky! Dostoevsky is one of the most prolific and influential writers in Russian history, as well as in the world of literature in general. Famous for works such as “Crime and Punishment,” Dostoevsky wrote on a variety of philosophical and religious topics that spoke to the struggles of 19th century Russia. His work would prove to be a large influence on existentialist writers like Nietzsche. Later in life, Dostoevsky published a compilation of essays and articles he wrote in “A Writer's Diary.” Therefore, you are the Diary Writer. If you die, a list of all the players who used a night action on you will be publically revealed. (Note: if there is more than one name on this list, they will be listed in alphabetical order, not necessarily the order in which you were visited.) You win with the Town.
  

• whiteflame and ADOL both waive their night actions
  
• That2 protects herself
  
• Cerulean jails Whiteflame
• Vader gives a fruit to Whiteflame
  
• Mafia uses anticlaim: Savant/Sergei Witte/Governor (Failed)
  
• Lunatic ninja-kills Savant
  
• Mharman watches Whiteflame
  

• ADOL waives his night action
  
• Whiteflame hides behind Banana
  
• Cerulean jails Vader
  
• Vader gives a fruit to Pie (failed due to Jailkeeper)
  
• Lunatic steals Vader's vote
• Mafia waives anticlaim
  
• Cerulean kills Mharman
  
• Mharman watches Pie (No results - killed)
  

• Cerulean waives Jailkeeper
• Whiteflame hides behind Pie
  
• Vader gives a fruit to LUnatic
  
• Mafia uses anticlaim: Vader/Pyotr Stolypin/Fruit Vendor (Successful)
  
• Lunatic ninja-kills Vader

Getting yourself scumread isn't going to help you. If you want to keep playing, though, I hope you will do so. Just be willing to learn and adapt your playstyle, okay?

mafia is never killing luna, luna is never dreaming again, we need to kill luna to see if mafia is in me/adol/banana.

vtl luna

[ADOL answering Whiteflame] So you have to agree that town can't just methodically go through the list and keep hoping that Lunatic was town right? Like imagine we lynch User or I am lynched, turns out the person was town.

Are you just going to lynch someone else on the list or are you going to revisit Lunatic's trustworthiness? If it's the later wouldn't it be better to get it out of the way now when fewer night kills have occurred?

(2) was ruined by more than one of the people accusing others of throwing were (and it wasn't even just a scum strategy).

That's unsportsmanlike like and has nothing to do with the rules or winning strategies.

So no, I will not be playing again.

1. Lynch you. If you're scum, cool, otherwise it's a 50/50 shot between Luna and Banana.
   
2. Lynch Luna. If he's scum, cool, otherwise it's a 50/50 shot between you and Banana, though you could also both be scum. And even if Luna was town, it wouldn't necessarily clear you.
   

I get what you were trying to do, but scum would only target you if they had Strongman cause they know a protective role would be targeting the Beloved Princess

ADOL, the huge hole in your logic was assuming that Luna as scum would not have included his partner in his Dreamer "results"

I was thinking of putting ceru in the results but if the plan backfired and mharman had visited me or something I didn’t want to drag ceru with me as I’d assumed people would assume I as scum would do that

which was decidedly anti-town

There is no hole, it is a grave risk for a fake dreamer to put team on the list.

On average doing that will lose more games than not doing that. Therefore while it doesn't 100% clear the list, it does greatly increase the probability that they are town.

It wasn't decided by me. I gave everyone plenty of opportunity to give me a reason town would be advantaged. You couldn't speak of course, so if you want to explain it be my guest. I'm not interested in hearing the others repeat their unsupported assertions.

Not necessarily in this case given the existence of Anticlaim. However, the scum team ultimately decided to lynch Savant first since he was universally townread, while That2 was a potential mislynch opportunity, so they decided to hold off on killing her. 

It wasn't decided by me. I gave everyone plenty of opportunity to give me a reason town would be advantaged. You couldn't speak of course, so if you want to explain it be my guest. I'm not interested in hearing the others repeat their unsupported assertions.

We didn't have any Town abilities we really wanted to block, so I spent my N2 Jailkeep on Vader for credibility.

I think the fact that you got lynched in part because of your intransigence is reason enough by itself. Even if town gained absolutely no value from the information of who you used your role on and why, it clearly became a substantial part of the basis for your lynch.

and you knew that because.... town always claims and always tells the truth...

Game overall was great and for you being newer as a mod (3rd game right?) you balance better than a lot of mods with experience to props to you for that. Fun game and role interaction. 

It's my fifth game, lol. Ace Attorney, US Presidential Elections, Classic Movies, ERB, and now this one. Thank you for the comp, though, I appreciate it.