# Dante's Action Hero Mafia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988 "2015-09-29T22:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/441 "2015-10-10T20:09:30Z")
> [@Dante\_G](#): > > He’s bored huh? Then tell him to get on the SDMB. There’s always something entertaining! Alas, he’s a cyberphobe. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/442 "2015-10-10T20:31:27Z")
So, now we have Frank Martin (me), Jack Burton (Mahaloth), Marty Riggs (???) and … (Astral Rejection) vs. Hans, Karl and Theo. Definitely three scum. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/443 "2015-10-10T21:15:04Z")
Holy crap! That’s not what we needed…:mad: We went from catching a break to a mis-lynch to all-out disaster. Our illustrious Mod has certainly made this game interesting, I must say, with the various roles and such. Fact of matter is that, as already mentioned, we need to get this round right, period. I think we should all post a list of remaining players and our thoughts, as they are now toDay, if we stand any chance at all. It’s our only hope to tag more than one scum in a row. With all this new information, I need to go back and look over some things, and will post my list later. I’m going to try to be prompt, so we all have ample time to discuss our choices as well. Good luck to us all, and sorry to lose you both in that fashion, **Mosier** and **Plum** … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/444 "2015-10-10T21:48:57Z")
Oy. If you go back and look at my previous posts, I tried to make it as clear as possible, without making an outright claim, that I am Martin Riggs, Paranoid Gun Owner. I guess I was too coy. This is the worst turn of events that could possibly have happened. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/445 "2015-10-10T21:55:40Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > Oy. > > If you go back and look at my previous posts, I tried to make it as clear as possible, without making an outright claim, that I am Martin Riggs, Paranoid Gun Owner. > > I guess I was too coy. This is the worst turn of events that could possibly have happened. That’s what I figured, actually. If Mahaloth agrees, and Astral Rejection joins in, then we have a really good chance after all. I do want to know who else Mahaloth saw in the Night. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/446 "2015-10-10T22:10:31Z")
Fine. Night One **Prof. Pepperwinkle** commuted someone. For some odd reason, I was also told a bit more than this. I was told commuting is removing someone from the Night, kind of like roleblocking. I tried to tell the professor I had done this by mentioning posting during my “commute” the next Day. Look it up. I said that. Night Two, I watched **Sario**. He roleblocked. All I was told. OK? ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/447 "2015-10-10T22:21:18Z")
So **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ’s power is to choose a player, and block any Night actions that _target_ that player? And he chose **Astral** the first Night, which was a good choice. **Prof. P** , out of curiosity, whom did you use your power on during Night 2? Meanwhile, **Sario** apparently has a roleblocking ability of some kind as well. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/448 "2015-10-10T22:30:46Z")
HookerChemical. I thought it was a coin-flip between him and Mosier as to who was going to be killed, and I picked the wrong one. We should probably lynch Sario next, then. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/449 "2015-10-10T22:44:32Z")
Good plan. **VOTE SARIO** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/450 "2015-10-10T22:48:50Z")
and **VOTE SARIO** ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/451 "2015-10-10T22:52:11Z")
**VOTE COUNT** Sario -\*\* 2 \*\*(WF Tomba, Prof. Pepperwinkle) 4 votes needed for a lynch. The Day will end on Monday at 7PM EDT. Play on, players! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/452 "2015-10-11T01:59:10Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > So **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ’s power is to choose a player, and block any Night actions that _target_ that player? And he chose **Astral** the first Night, which was a good choice. No. I don’t want to quote my pm, but basically they can take a player out for one Night and that person can not use their power that Night. It’s basically the same as a roleblock…but perhaps they are also protected or something? I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/453 "2015-10-11T02:08:33Z")
Uhh, OK … then there’s a conflict between these two accounts. We need to get this settled if we want to be able to trust each other. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/454 "2015-10-11T02:44:05Z")
What it is is: I’m a guard who takes a player away each night and stop any action from being taken on them. I also stop my target from doing his own action, if he was doing one. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/455 "2015-10-11T03:04:33Z")
OK, then how do you know **Astral** isn’t Karl? If you weren’t told the secret identity of the person you “commuted”, it could have been either the target of the hit or the hit man. All we know for sure is that the hit was thwarted. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/456 "2015-10-11T03:06:08Z")
**VOTE SARIO** I’m vanilla town. I’m a little surprised by the **Mosier** kill. I was thinking it would be me or **Astral** , but I guess **Astral** vindication of **Mosier** was a factor. We have multiple town claims corroborating evidence, so we have a fighting chance. More analysis coming, but for now, **Sario** is a solid vote. It seems that scum have two ways of getting a night kill and we have two ways of blocking/protecting. We have a transporter/commuter who blocks an ability and/or protects a target for a night. We must have something else. I’m not sure it’s necessary to reveal who today if we can get some clarification on **Prof P** ’s ability. I was really hoping we’d get the cop’s analysis today. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/457 "2015-10-11T03:59:16Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > It seems that scum have two ways of getting a night kill and we have two ways of blocking/protecting. 😕 What makes you think that? ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/458 "2015-10-11T05:17:27Z")
Still trying to make sense of all this, people, and I’m coming up short. I am in the process of reevaluating our interactions, but there isn’t as much to go on as my earlier game here. And even then I still managed to frak things up until the very end. For the moment, until I can complete my list (we do have some time, so let’s be thorough), I will **VOTE SARIO** even at the risk of looking pile-on-ish. The reasoning is sound, to me. Scum would have no reason to cast the clinch vote. Let’s see if **Sario** mounts a sensible defense, and hope we might have just caught our first black hat. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/459 "2015-10-11T12:33:16Z")
**vote sario** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/460 "2015-10-11T12:33:43Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > OK, then how do you know **Astral** isn’t Karl? If you weren’t told the secret identity of the person you “commuted”, it could have been either the target of the hit or the hit man. All we know for sure is that the hit was thwarted. Ouch. You have a point. I was assuming (foolish of me) that the Scum vote for a target, and that person is killed, and the whole “Karl is the hitman” was literary dressing on Dante’s part. That may well be wrong and Astral could very well be Karl. Pfui. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988.md?page=24)