The Hitman (Mafia Killing)

[Cabohhh]

Role Name:
The Hitman

Role Alignment:
Mafia Killing

Abilities:
During the night, attack someone with a Basic attack.
You will have to prepare for an attack for one night.
You cannot attack unless you are prepared.

Attributes:
Certain Mafia roles will Discover you by visiting you.
Shielded against Mafia attacks (ie. Ambusher, Mafioso.)
You will be notified if you are Discovered, and will know the other Mafia members and gain access to the Mafia night chat.
If you attack a Mafia teammate and they live, you will be discovered.
If you have been discovered and there is no living Mafioso or Godfather, you will become a Mafioso.
If you have not been discovered and there is no living Mafioso or Godfather, another Mafia member will become a Mafioso.
If you are the last living Mafia player, you will become a Mafioso immediately, regardless of if you have been discovered or not.
If you are controlled without plans, you will not attack.

Notifications:
Hitman:
You have decided to strangle [Position].
You have instead decided to strangle [Position].
You have been discovered by a member of the Mafia!
You were attacked, but the attacker recognized you! (Discovery notice via attack)
You were discovered by a member of the Mafia! (Discovery notice via visit)
Your fellow Mafia members are [Names]. (During Discovery)

Player:
You were strangled by a Hitman!
You have discovered the Hitman!
You were attacked, but the attacker recognized you! (Notice for when a Hitman attacks a Mafia teammate with defence)
[Player Name] was discovered as a Hitman! (For all other members of the Mafia)

Spy:
Your target was strangled by a Hitman!
Your target was attacked, but the attacker recognized your target!

System:
[Position] was strangled by a Hitman!

Goal:
Kill anyone that will not submit to the Mafia.

WinCon:
Standard Mafia WinCons.

Special Attributes:
Your Last Will will not be revealed to anyone upon death.
You may not have a Death Note.
You will not know the other Mafia members until you are Discovered.
You can kill members of the Mafia, if undiscovered.
You do not have access to the Mafia night chat until you are Discovered.
Unique.

Investigative Results:
Sheriff: Your target is suspicious!
Investigator: Sheriff/Executioner/Werewolf/Poisoner/Hitman
Consigliere: - Your target is a hired hand loyal to the Mafia. They must be a Hitman!

Achievements:
1-25 wins.
Betrayal: Kill a Mafia Member.
Convince Me Otherwise: Get Discovered by a Godfather.
No Hard Feelings: Be Discovered by an Ambusher that Ambushed you.
Let's Play A Game: Get Controlled into a Mafia Member.
Redundancy: Attack the same target the Mafioso/Godfather attacks.

Lore:
Spoiler: The human body can go without oxygen for up to ten minutes.

Injecting potassium chloride will cause myocardial infarction in 60 seconds.

It takes six cinder blocks to sink an adult male in a body of water.

The man pondered his life. All this knowledge he had accumulated, and nothing to do with it

He was a great medical student, valedictorian, with scholarships to every college and university he needed. He was excited to make strides in medical history, the likes of which had never been seen. He wanted to revolutionize the world, but no. He was stuck here, in Salem, Massachusetts, where the people were outnumbered by livestock. The people here were simple. They had no notions of being better.

He continued training himself, occasionally assisting the town surgeon with his daily needs. As he cleaned up, he read from the doctor's extensive tomes, lined up on the shelves. He read diagrams, procedures, and in doing so, he realized that what could be given, could also be taken.

He went home and tested. He experimented with poisons. He found them quite effective, albeit difficult to use. Very secretive, and left little to no trace.

Next was drowning. Slow, sloppy, and tiring. It was too obvious. People would splash around, yell, claw at you. He abandoned it, knowing that there was a better way.

Finally, he tried asphyxiation. It was exhausting, strangling someone, and it would leave ligature marks.

But it was exhilarating.

The muffled cries of the victim, the terror, the fear, the pure, raw, unadulterated enjoyment that came from overpowering a human being. The slowing of breaths, the decreasing of movement, the stillness of the pulse all filled him with gaiety.

His experiments did not go unnoticed by the town. The town was clamoring for the execution of the one that had broken the most sacred values of humanity. One day, the man was given a letter stating the Godfather's orders. He had been discovered by a Consigliere, but the Mafia was willing to work with him, seeing his talents, someone easy to exploit.

And thus, the man stepped into his role, thankful to the Mafia for giving him purpose.

List of Roles that can Discover a Hitman:
Spoiler: Ambusher
Blackmailer
Consigliere
Disguiser
Framer
Godfather
Mafioso


okay i added examples :D

Spoiler: Player A is a Hitman.
Player B is an Ambusher.
Player C is a Medium.

Player A decides to attack Player C.
Player B decides to ambush anyone visiting Player C.

Player B ambushes Player A.
Player A ignores the attack.
Player A is discovered.
Player C is strangled by the Hitman.

[FadedEmperor]

This sounds fun, but I don't know if I agree with not having a last will. It would make it hard for this role to fake claim.

[Cabohhh]

This sounds fun, but I don't know if I agree with not having a last will. It would make it hard for this role to fake claim.

Fair point, I'll make it so that they can have a Last Will but it won't be revealed to the town.

[Cabohhh]

I've made changes to the Hitman. Now, after being discovered, you gain access to the Night chat.

I also changed the formatting, cause why not?

[runningwiththepower]

I like this idea.

It may need edits but I think we should defo test it out and see how it works before editing it.

/support

[Cabohhh]

Thank you

I really do think that this would be fun to play. It would be easy to mod, and it's a very risky role. High risk, high reward too.

[Cabohhh]

New Changes:

-Consort removed from list of roles that can discover.
-Lore now added.
-If a Hitman attacks a Godfather, the Godfather will discover the Hitman.
-Fixed some formatting errors. Somethings were too big, some were too small, some were just typos.
-Added a notification. Now when a Hitman is discovered, they will know.
-A Hitman can no longer attack Night 1.

I'm not sure if I should reinstate the Death Note for the Hitman. Thoughts?

[ak521]

I think this is a clever idea. Pretty well balanced, nuanced, and simple.

[Cabohhh]

I'm considering making it so that Hitman dies if they attack Godfather, just so that there's some sort of penalty for attacking without forethought.

Thoughts?

[ak521]

I'm considering making it so that Hitman dies if they attack Godfather, just so that there's some sort of penalty for attacking without forethought.

Thoughts?

I wouldnt complicate an already confusing role.

[Cabohhh]

I'm considering making it so that Hitman dies if they attack Godfather, just so that there's some sort of penalty for attacking without forethought.

Thoughts?

I wouldnt complicate an already confusing role.

I don't think it's that complicated...

maybe i should make examples

[Radiation13]

Role Name:
The Hitman

Role Alignment:
Mafia Killing

Abilities:
Once every two nights, attack someone.

Attributes:
You will not know the other Mafia members until you are Discovered.
Certain Mafia roles will Discover you by visiting you.
Basic Attack.
No Defence.
Shielded against Mafia attacks (ie. Ambusher, Mafioso.)
You will be notified if you are Discovered, and will know the other Mafia members and gain access to the Mafia night chat.
You cannot attack Night 1.
If you attack a Mafia teammate and they live, you will be discovered.
If you have been discovered and there is no living Mafioso or Godfather, you will become a Mafioso.
If you have not been discovered and there is no living Mafioso or Godfather, another Mafia member will become a Mafioso.
If you are the last living Mafia player, you will become a Mafioso immediately, regardless of if you have been discovered or not.

Notifications:
Hitman:
You have decided to strangle [Position].
You have instead decided to strangle [Position].
You have been discovered by a member of the Mafia!
You were attacked, but the attacker recognized you! (Discovery notice via attack)
You were discovered by a member of the Mafia! (Discovery notice via visit)

Player:
You were strangled by a Hitman!
You have discovered the Hitman!
You were attacked, but the attacker recognized you! (Notice for when a Hitman attacks a Mafia teammate with defence)

Spy:
Your target was strangled by a Hitman!
Your target was attacked, but the attacker recognized your target!

System:
[Position] was strangled by a Hitman!

Goal:
Kill anyone that will not submit to the Mafia.

WinCon:
Standard Mafia WinCons.

Special Attributes:
Your Last Will will not be revealed to anyone upon death.
You may not have a Death Note.
You can kill members of the Mafia, if undiscovered.
You do not have access to the Mafia night chat until you are Discovered.
Unique.

Investigative Results:
Sheriff: Your target is suspicious!
Investigator: Sheriff/Executioner/Werewolf/Poisoner/Hitman
Consigliere: - Your target is a hired hand loyal to the Mafia. They must be a Hitman!

Achievements:
1-25 wins.
Betrayal: Kill a Mafia Member.
Convince Me Otherwise: Get Discovered by a Godfather.
No Hard Feelings: Be Discovered by an Ambusher that Ambushed you.
Let's Play A Game: Get Controlled into a Mafia Member.
Redundancy: Attack the same target the Mafioso/Godfather attacks.

Lore:
Spoiler: The human body can go without oxygen for up to ten minutes.

Injecting potassium chloride will cause myocardial infarction in 60 seconds.

It takes six cinder blocks to sink an adult male in a body of water.

The man pondered his life. All this knowledge he had accumulated, and nothing to do with it

He was a great medical student, valedictorian, with scholarships to every college and university he needed. He was excited to make strides in medical history, the likes of which had never been seen. He wanted to revolutionize the world, but no. He was stuck here, in Salem, Massachusetts, where the people were outnumbered by livestock. The people here were simple. They had no notions of being better.

He continued training himself, occasionally assisting the town surgeon with his daily needs. As he cleaned up, he read from the doctor's extensive tomes, lined up on the shelves. He read diagrams, procedures, and in doing so, he realized that what could be given, could also be taken.

He went home and tested. He experimented with poisons. He found them quite effective, albeit difficult to use. Very secretive, and left little to no trace.

Next was drowning. Slow, sloppy, and tiring. It was too obvious. People would splash around, yell, claw at you. He abandoned it, knowing that there was a better way.

Finally, he tried asphyxiation. It was exhausting, strangling someone, and it would leave ligature marks.

But it was exhilarating.

The muffled cries of the victim, the terror, the fear, the pure, raw, unadulterated enjoyment that came from overpowering a human being. The slowing of breaths, the decreasing of movement, the stillness of the pulse all filled him with gaiety.

His experiments did not go unnoticed by the town. The town was clamoring for the execution of the one that had broken the most sacred values of humanity. One day, the man was given a letter stating the Godfather's orders. He had been discovered by a Consigliere, but the Mafia was willing to work with him, seeing his talents, someone easy to exploit.

And thus, the man stepped into his role, thankful to the Mafia for giving him purpose.

List of Roles that can Discover a Hitman:
Spoiler: Ambusher
Blackmailer
Consigliere
Disguiser
Framer
Godfather
Mafioso


okay i added examples

Spoiler: Player A is a Hitman.
Player B is an Ambusher.
Player C is a Medium.

Player A decides to attack Player C.
Player B decides to ambush anyone visiting Player C.

Player B ambushes Player A.
Player A ignores the attack.
Player A is discovered.
Player C is strangled by the Hitman.

The last thing the mafia need is another killing role. especially in the same game as an ambusher and mafioso or GF. That could make a mafia team of 4 killers, which is OP as hell

[Cabohhh]

The last thing the mafia need is another killing role. especially in the same game as an ambusher and mafioso or GF. That could make a mafia team of 4 killers, which is OP as hell

Hitman isn't OP.

Hitman has a standard KPN of 0.5, along with the chance of killing mafia. In Ranked, it would be overpowered, but there's a 1/6 chance of killing a mafia member on N2, which only gets bigger as time goes on.

Hitman has less of a KPN than Ambusher. Hitman also cannot coordinate with the mafia before discovery, meaning that Hitman could possibly up other mafia members as evil.

Hitman is basically a Mafia vigilante without the suicide. All in all, it's decently balanced.

[Cabohhh]

New Changes:

-Hitman will now only be able to attack on even nights.
-Hitman can no longer attack on odd nights, regardless of if they are controlled
-Hitman will now be discovered if they attack a Mafia player with defence, not just Godfather.
-The other members of the Mafia will now be notified of who the Hitman is if they are discovered.

[Cabohhh]

I would probably enjoy playing this role sans night reliance - make it non-consecutive and unable to kill the first night so it can time it’s kills.

I would, however, not enjoy playing as a Mafia member who cannot talk in the Mafia chat at night, and I would not enjoy being in a game where Mafia has multiple kills per night. (Ambusher doesn’t justify this role the way VH doesn’t justify Firefighter)

Yeah, I wanted Hitman to be non-consecutive but Wave made the rolecard even-nights so I went with it. I'll change it back to what I wanted originally.

I disagree about the lack of chat, however. I feel like not having access at the start gives it a unique flair, and forces Hitman to be wary of who to attack. It would also give Mafia the ability to visit Mafia without compromising any of them (Spy visits).

And you only really have a maximum KPN of 0.5. It's definitely good if you play well, but as we saw in the tests Hitman can be extremely detrimental to the Mafia.