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Normally, at my local Subway, you have to ask them for a password before you can log onto their free Wi-Fi.

Today, the network is unsecured, and the name has been changed to "SUBWAY-CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!"

I guess one of the Comp Sci. kids was feeling bored and snarky.

Liked or trusted? One tends to lead to other, but nobody really trusts anybody they don't like, but you can at least sort of like somebody you don't trust. I think being liked is more useful though. To me, it means one less town person that everyone is trying to chase after, hehe.

I'm more or less satisfied with that answer. It pings my meter a little when someone claims town without being accused otherwise--but then, the red text is a bit accusatory, so there ya go. (Been so long since the OP, I forgot that red text was how one votes around these parts. Thought it was just an attention-grabber. Apologies. -.-;)

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Time Blossom, what made you decide to pick the game up again? And why this game in particular?

The first one: when I start getting involved with a forum, I tend to gravitate towards the forum games section. And since this one has a Mafia sub-forum, I thought, well, why not?

As to the second, it was open. I'm pretty sure it was the only open game at the time? Also, the flavor seemed interesting; not vanilla, but not too wacky. Seemed like a good way to get back into the game without getting either bored or overwhelmed. So far, I've been right about the first part; we'll see about the second one, I suppose. ^.^

Here's one for you, Jim: Say you're scum. What would be more important to you, killing townies or killing third parties?

And, Think: what is your primary method to keep from seeming suspicious?

Although I do have to say that FATE is a pretty cool guy too, and we should make plans to hang out with him one of these days.

Oh, yeah, totally with ya on that one.

*Grappler-Bump*

Anyway: you're a bold soul, Powder Miner, and I salute you! Good luck with shrinking that pile o' stuff; I'll be looking forward to seeing what comes out of your efforts. ^^

Dangit guys, I was all excited about DnD 3.5 because I had just found my pound of dice after a few months in which it had been lost...
I'm not afraid of heavily modifying the crap out of it either though.

Well, then, if that's how it is, then I stand by my original statement that 3.5 is a pretty cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything.

You have my sword.

(And my keyboard. Ya know, if you'd like us to be working on races or classes or something instead of just leaving it all on your shoulders).

The hell is this bell business?

Not sure. The belltowers are separate from the bell in the church steeple, judging by the flavor, so they can't be anything good. Death knells, maybe?

Also, since there are more than one of them, perhaps a certain sequence or combination... does... something bad?

Time Blossom, since I've never played a game with you before, tell me about your mafia experience and how extensive it's been.

But of course!

I've mostly played over the xkcd forum. Played in quite a few games, mostly IRC. I suppose it's been... Oh, I don't know, a couple of years since I last played. My, the time does fly, doesn't it?

Anyway, my first game ever was a rather small one; three vanilla townies, one cop and two scum. I was one of the scum, and did most of the legwork for a shutout game by cop-claiming and fortunately fingering the real cop as scum. Silly me, I thought I had skills, but it in retrospect it was a really stupid move; if I'd fingered the vanilla townie I would've gotten wasted. ^^

After that, I mostly ended up in third parties, cults and the like. Won a few, lost a few; more the latter, I think. Played Jester once; that was fun mostly because it was a Disney game and I'd picked Jack Sparrow. (There weren't a lot of vanilla games with that crowd.)

Come to think of it, I think the only time I ever played town was as a doctor in a Princess Bride game.

Oh, and I played one live-action game at Anthrocon '09. I was one of the werewolves, and we got our butts kicked; I have a terrible poker face. ^.^;

Anyway, since we're playing the question game... ah, let's see...

ECrownofFire, would you rather be liked or trusted?

(I think I'm rubbish at this...)

And, flavor:

I am Shemaiah Taylor, choir member. I was raised by the church from a very young age, and have been taught that my voice to be a gift from God to be used with humility.

That's not saying much. Accordions are better than anything!

Except cellos. <3

Granted. It sticks in your eye instead.
On the plus side: eyepatch!

I wish I could play a Spelljammer game using the Starblazer Adventures ruleset. Or Diaspora, either way. I'm not picky. ^^

I suggest Tinkers being a class rather than a race.

That makes sense.

Also, some of the suggested classes could be straight 3.5 classes with particular skill choices. I could see Scavenger as being a Rogue with some ranks in Dungeoneering, for example, although I'm sure there's a better example in a sourcebook somewhere. Temple Raider of Olidimarrha(sp?), maybe. On which note, it might be a good idea to allow at least some Prestige classes to be taken as base classes, if appropriate. It also might be worth coming up with some extra skills to fit in with the setting.

Still, I would like to suggest one more time, for posterity's sake and since it hasn't seen much public consideration in this thread, considering an alternate system. I think the "pistol to head" comment shows that you already know how much of a headache it's going to be to come up with stats and progression charts for the different classes and races. Retooling existing classes will help some, and races theoretically aren't all that difficult, but it's still going to be a fair amount of work. Some of which might never actually get used, shame to say, depending on how many players actually sign on with the whole idea.

That said, a more flexible system, perhaps a FATE variant or something in a Point-Buy, might make things a little easier. I know I already suggested that in the other thread, but some of the folks here might not have been involved, and it seems like the right time since we're about to get into the fiddly mechanical bits.

Anyway, sorry for a bit of a derail (and for being a broken record, if I come across as such). Just thought I'd throw the idea out there before diving into hacking 3.5.