# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Astral\_Rejection](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/521 "2015-10-14T13:22:22Z")
I wonder if there could be a mechanic where the dead players can return as “ghosts” to offer vague advice? ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/522 "2015-10-14T13:24:48Z")
Hmmmm, that could be interesting. ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/523 "2015-10-14T13:28:38Z")
Or the dead players become evil ghosts that the Ghostbusters must battle! ---
**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 14, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/524 "2015-10-14T15:30:43Z")
**MOD NOTE** Ok, all abilities have been received. Narrative following. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/525 "2015-10-14T15:41:27Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > I’m sure you’ll manage an suitably appropriate final scene. Buildings exploding, thousands of rounds being fired, a car chase, a helicopter chase, more explosions, and a kitten, with the heroes riding into the sunset. What about FBI Guys? You can’t have a proper scene without FBI Guys… ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/526 "2015-10-14T16:57:45Z")
ANNOUNCER Los Angeles… He walks again by night… NICK (whistles) ANNOUNCER Out of the fog, into the smog… NICK (cough, cough) ANNOUNCER Relentlessly… ruthlessly… NICK I wonder where Ruth is? ANNOUNCER …doggedly… (bark bark) NICK Eh, get away from me… ANNOUNCER … towards his weekly meeting with… the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses MacArthur Park and walks into a great sandstone building. (smack) NICK Oh, my nose! ANNOUNCER Groping for the door he steps inside… (door opens/closes) (phone rings until pick up) (13 steps) climbs the 13 steps to his office, he walks in (walking/door opens)… he’s ready for mystery, (door closes/walking) he’s ready for excitement… he’s ready for anything, he’s… NICK (ends whistling) (pick up phone/one more ring) Nick Danger, Third Eye… VOICE (phone voice) I, uh, wanna order a pizza to go and no anchovies… NICK No anchovies? You’ve got the wrong man, I spell my name…Danger. (phone hangup) VOICE (phone voice) What? ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/527 "2015-10-14T17:11:16Z")
_ **Night 3 - New York City** _ _“We’ve already lost Theo due to an unforeseen accident,”_ said **Hans**. \*“Take care that we do not lose you as well Karl.” \* “Right,” **Karl** answered back into his phone. “You don’t have to worry. I’ll report back when I’m done.” He ended his call and continued walking down the sidewalk. He rounded the corner and proceeded towards the hotel that his latest target was staying. As he he approached the side parking lot, he saw him standing on the sidewalk, smoking a cigarette. **Karl** stood off to the side for a moment, sizing up his target, then decided to change plans a bit. Shooting him now would be too easy of a kill. So he instead decided to just get his attention. He drew out his pistol and fired one shot a few feet in front of the man, striking the pavement. Startled, but by no way scared, **Martin Riggs** turned towards **Karl** , drawing his Beretta 9 and aiming it at his chest. "Wait, wait, "\*\* Karl \*\*said calmly, his gun still leveled towards **Riggs**. “I could have killed you just now, but I did not.” “Why not?” **Riggs** asked. “I’m ready to die anyway, guy, so give it your best shot. Because that last shot was way off. I hope you really did miss on purpose.” “You remind me alot of McClane. He talked alot as well. That is precisely why I want to destroy you instead of just shooting you.” **Karl** lowered his pistol and tossed it aside. **Riggs** watched the gun clatter off onto the pavement underneath one of the cars in the lot. He looked back at the tall blonde man and then smiled. “Alright then,” he said as he threw his gun away as well. The two men approached each other, slowly circling around the open space in the lot. **Riggs** thrust out two well placed jabs that snapped\*\* Karl’s\*\* head back. He smiled to himself as\*\* Karl\*\* wiped his nose and then swung a left hook at **Riggs** , but he was too slow and his arm swung wildly as **Riggs** ducked out of the way, coming back with a blow to\*\* Karl’s \*\*gut causing him to double over slightly. **Riggs** hesitated for a second too long as **Karl** recovered and threw out a side kick to\*\* Riggs’ **leg. He went down on one knee and** Karl\*\* came forward with a massive shot to the jaw. **Riggs** groaned in pain, but grunted his way to his feet, fighting through the pain. \*\* Karl\*\* came in with another shot, but **Riggs** blocked it, cinching **Karl’s arm up in the process. He then grabbed him by the shirt and yanked him forward, smashing his own head into Karl’s face. Faltering back, Karl** coughed and sputtered on blood from his nose and mouth. He growled and reached his free hand towards \*\*Riggs’ \*\*throat, squeezing, driving his nails into the flesh. **Riggs** let loose of **Karl’s** other arm, to grip the hand around his throat, but the hold was strong. He grabbed with both hands and pulled down and towards his chest, causing Karl to crouch slightly. Taking this opporotunity, **Riggs** drove his knee into \*\*Karl’s **chest. He cried out in pain from the hand to the throat, but he pushed on, driving his knee forward again. And again. \*\* Karl** loosened his grip as he gasped for air for a moment, then in one swift movement, he swung his leg out and behind **Riggs’** leg, tripping him down to the ground. As **Riggs** faltered, **Karl** grabbed his head both hands, stepped off to the side slightly and pushed forward and twisted **Riggs’** neck to the side, breaking it instantly. The man’s body slumped to the ground as **Karl** stood back upright, panting and wiping the blood from his face. He collected his pistol from the ground and walked away. WF Tomba has been killed. He was\*\* Martin Riggs \*\*(_Lethal Weapon_) / Town aligned **PGO x 1** * * * **It is now Day 4**. There are 3 votes needed for a lynch. _ **The Day will end at 1pm EDT on Friday.** _ Your suspects are : 1. Mahaloth 2. Sangfroid 3. Prof. Pepperwinkle 4. Hooker Chemical 5. Astral Rejection Note - Sorry for the abundance of blue and red, but I wanted to properly label the names in the fight scene. It’s colorful, for sure, but then again, it is _color commentary_, so there ya go! ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/528 "2015-10-14T17:15:29Z")
Pfui, pfui, pfui! So much for outguessing scum. I figured Tomba was the safest of the three of us, so I took Mahaloth to keep the Watcher safe. **VOTE SANGFROID**. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/529 "2015-10-14T17:25:23Z")
**VOTE SANGFROID** I’m not sure I have much to add to the conversation, but if **sang** is next, I’m in. ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/530 "2015-10-14T17:26:59Z")
I received no results in the morning, but have PM’ed the mod to see if it was missed. I used my role last Night and want to see what 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 14, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/531 "2015-10-14T17:34:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I received no results in the morning, but have PM’ed the mod to see if it was missed. I used my role last Night and want to see what happened. That’s because I gave you a ride. It kept you safe, but you couldn’t look either. I shoulda grabbed Tomba. Congratulations on not dying as early as usual, BTW. ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/532 "2015-10-14T17:45:51Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Congratulations on not dying as early as usual, BTW. That’s right! Congratulations on staying alive, Mahaloth! WOO HOO!! ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/533 "2015-10-14T17:54:43Z")
Yay. And I watched Toomba. And got nuttin’. I guess we knew that anyway. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/534 "2015-10-14T17:57:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > That’s because I gave you a ride. It kept you safe, but you couldn’t look either. I shoulda grabbed Tomba. Congratulations on not dying as early as usual, BTW. Either you protected a power role (and prevented the use of the power role as a side effect) or you protected the weaker townie. Both make some level of sense, especially when you start considering WIFOM. ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/535 "2015-10-14T18:04:15Z")
It looks like Tomba’s power only worked once. I was afraid of that. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/536 "2015-10-14T18:06:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > It looks like Tomba’s power only worked once. I was afraid of that. If his power worked twice, wouldn’t you be dead if you commuted him? ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/537 "2015-10-14T18:12:22Z")
Which is one of the reasons why I didn’t. ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/538 "2015-10-14T18:20:37Z")
Right now I think Astral is Karl, and sangfroid is Hans. Anybody got other thoughts? ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/539 "2015-10-14T18:26:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Right now I think Astral is Karl, and sangfroid is Hans. Anybody got other thoughts? I actually agree. VOTE SANGFROID ---
**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 14, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988/540 "2015-10-14T18:51:55Z")
Mahaloth, I’m wondering why you chose to view Tomba. If his claimed ability worked, you’d be dead in the Night, and we needed to know more about sangfroid, Hooker and Astral, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dantes-action-hero-mafia/732988.md?page=28)