# Evil Dead Mafia II - Teaser and Sign-Ups \[Game On!\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493 "2010-09-29T17:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 135
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2681 "2010-11-04T16:43:52Z")
Stanislaus – use your own instincts, but see my comment on Natlaw. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2682 "2010-11-04T16:56:02Z")
Meh. If I put the book anywhere, I wouldn’t get to use it one last time. Though I’d be happy to put it back on the altar if people would agree not to lynch me; don’t see much chance of that happening though, and there is the pesky issue of my win condition. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2683 "2010-11-04T17:04:41Z")
> [@Normal\_Phase](#): > > Which was the power that NAF used, by the way? Wasn’t it like a shroud of night? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2684 "2010-11-04T17:11:22Z")
Post 2631, the Necronomicon according to **Tom Scud** : > [@](#): > > Dread Darkness (Day/Night): The target cannot conduct any investigations for the Day/Night cycle during which the power is used. ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2685 "2010-11-04T17:31:24Z")
Sorry for not being around. In the process of quitting smoking, and it’s really messing with me. My sleep schedule is all screwy, and just lots of weird side effects(using the patch). I don’t know when I’ll be able to get back, so I’ll just throw my claim out there now. > [@storyteller](#): > > Welcome to the game; you are The Narcoleptic Drunk > > ALIGNMENT: Town > GENERIC: Vanilla > WIN CONDITION: All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished. > > BACKGROUND: > > In any horror movie set at a social gathering, you have your standard assortment of stock movie types: the head Mean Girl and her bimbo associates; the well-meaning jocks; the creepy rednecks; the crazed cinemaphiles. The movie will focus on their follies and failings, as they deal with the increasingly wild and dangerous supernatural threat of the hour in their various (usually stupid) ways. > > Through it all, there will be a single guy, sitting on an overstuffed easy chair or sprawled out on the floor. He will have had his first experience with vodka this weekend, and he will be virtually comatose through the entire film. His ability to sleep drunkenly through bloody murders, PG-13 late night assignations, and furious recriminations will be the source of much of the film’s sad version of “humor.” > > That’s you. > > You are the Narcoleptic Drunk. You will spend the game passing in and out of consciousness, trying to help but with minimal ability to do so while the grain alcohol clouds your vision and your memory. You will get one good line, at the end, when the carnage has ended, the villains have been vanquished, and your stupor finally clears: try not to screw it up. > > POWERS: > > 1. You have no special powers, abilities, or information, beyond a really thunderous snore. Which doesn’t actually do anything. Since I might not get back, I’ll toss my vote Natlaw’s way to power him up. **vote Natlaw** ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_McGinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Mrs\_McGinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_McGinty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2686 "2010-11-04T17:32:11Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > **Mrs. McGinty** will be unable to return to the game on a consistent basis. I am trying to identify the fairest possible solution; I’ll have a decision by no later than the end of the coming Night. In light of the above, I’m unsure whether or not I should roleclaim today. If I’m going to be replaced, then it would seem rather unfair to take that decision from my replacement. On the other hand, if everybody else is claiming, I guess the town would be best served by having as complete a picture as possible. Does anyone have an opinion on what I should do? ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2687 "2010-11-04T17:40:47Z")
> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#): > > In light of the above, I’m unsure whether or not I should roleclaim today. If I’m going to be replaced, then it would seem rather unfair to take that decision from my replacement. On the other hand, if everybody else is claiming, I guess the town would be best served by having as complete a picture as possible. Does anyone have an opinion on what I should do? I think you should claim. Even if you are replaced, I would suspect the first thing we would want your replacement to do is claim. ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2688 "2010-11-04T17:48:34Z")
Not much to claim. Vanilla. [spoiler]Welcome to the game; you are **Ryan Seacrest** **ALIGNMENT:** Town **GENERIC:** Vanilla **WIN CONDITION:** All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished. **BACKGROUND:** You are Ryan By God Seacrest, incredibly famous meta-celebrity and chosen host of the Cabin in the Woods reality show. Somehow, you have been put in the line of fire along with the participants, crew, and craft services team; this was not what you had in mind, not one bit. You’ve placed a call to your agent, of course, but for some reason her phone went straight to voicemail and she hasn’t called back. So you might be on your own for a while. But you’ll be all right. You spent six years working with Paula Abdul; you know how to handle mindless creatures from beyond the grave. Good luck! **POWERS:** 1. You have no special powers, abilities, or information. Well, except that you are very, very short. But that’s probably not going to be helpful.[/spoiler] I noticed that among Tom Scud’s powers was the ability to protect during the day. It seems in order to protect himself toDay, he would have had to use that power last Night? Could anyone confirm my reading of that? **unvote: brewha** **Vote: Natlaw** for a second place finish ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2689 "2010-11-04T17:52:52Z")
I don’t see anything about protecting himself from a lynch. I see something about a Day kill but I assume that is different from a lynch. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2690 "2010-11-04T17:56:36Z")
> [@Mrs\_McGinty](#): > > In light of the above, I’m unsure whether or not I should roleclaim today. If I’m going to be replaced, then it would seem rather unfair to take that decision from my replacement. On the other hand, if everybody else is claiming, I guess the town would be best served by having as complete a picture as possible. Does anyone have an opinion on what I should do? I think you should claim. There’s a good change you’ll be modkilled or not-replaced at this stage of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2691 "2010-11-04T18:04:44Z")
Role PM: [QUOTE=storyteller0910] Welcome to the game; you are the **Archaeologist** **ALIGNMENT:** Town **GENERIC:** Vanilla **WIN CONDITION:** All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished. **BACKGROUND:** You are a distinguished scholar with multiple degrees representing some of the finest institutions of higher learning in the world. You have written multiple papers spanning a truly breathtaking range of topics, and students in your PhD program are awed by your ability to turn seemingly dry subjects into compelling lecture material. Most importantly, though, you’ve seen _Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark_ seventeen times, and you even own that execrable fourth movie on BluRay. When you read reports that the Necronomicon, ancient and infamous Book of the Dead, had been discovered in an unassuming cabin in the woods, you hot-footed it to Michigan as fast as your vaguely gouty legs would carry you. Here was the chance to have your own archaeological adventure, surrounded by attractive female extras who will consider your blend of learned scholarship and rugged masculinity to be devestatingly attractive. Unfortunately, you have since discovered that they’re actually _killing_ people here, and your whip and gun are sadly not here with you (they are, in fact, fictional; the most deadly weapon in your posh aparment overlooking Central Park is your own exceedingly dull first novel). Ah, well. As a great man once sort-of said: “Demons. Very dangerous. Let’s let someone else go first.” **POWERS:** 1. You have no special powers, abilities, or information. Well, you’re recognized as one of the foremost experts in the world on ancient Sumerian architecture; maybe somebody will want to build a Ziggurat? [/QUOTE] Then I got this: Night one result: [QUOTE=storyteller0910] The Necronomicon has been taken from its pedestal! You cannot allow such a priceless artifact to be passed willy nilly from person to person like a hot potato. Beginning on Night Two, you may investigate one player per Night and determine whether they possess the Necronomicon on that Night. [/QUOTE] As you might have figured I never guess who has the book. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2692 "2010-11-04T18:15:07Z")
> [@Total\_Lost](#): > > Role PM: > > Then I got this: > Night one result: > > As you might have figured I never guess who has the book. Interesting. Your original role PM doesn’t say anything about having the potential to get any powers at all. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2693 "2010-11-04T18:19:01Z")
So you are Vanilla, but you also get to investigate even though there’s no indication of such in your claimed PM? That doesn’t sound right. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_McGinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Mrs\_McGinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_McGinty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2694 "2010-11-04T18:27:28Z")
I really don’t want my character to suffer the wrath of storyteller, and I’ll do whatever I can to avoid it. What level of participation is required to dodge the dreaded modkill? As for the roleclaim, I feel it’s better to keep the scum guessing about my powers, so I’ve edited them out… [QUOTE=storyteller0910] Welcome to the game; you are the **Original Recipe Ash** **ALIGNMENT:** Town **GENERIC:** Special **WIN CONDITION:** All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished. **BACKGROUND:** You have heard it said that Superman wears Chuck Norris underpants. That may well be true. But if you look closer, you’ll find that all those tiny Chuck Norrises decorating the Man of Steel’s stylish boxer-briefs are wearing little underoos of their own, and on those underoos are pictures of a guy with two thumbs, and _that_ guy is _you._ You are Ash, the original recipe, and back in your day you faced down a Demon Apocalypse much like this one using only a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, a chainsaw, and some badly-written quips. Your kid was in the last movie, but this time around they need something more. They need a real hero. They need the guy who once, on a dark night many years ago, uttered the nigh-on Shakespearan words, “This is my boomstick.” Now, some time has passed. You have replaced the hand the Demons took from you lo those many years ago with a fine robot prosthetic, and you haven’t shotgunned anyone’s head off in… well, it’s been at least a week. You have a bit less hair on your head and a few more wrinkles on your face. But your supply of _awesome_ is as unlimited as ever. We’d wish you luck, but let’s face it: Ash doesn’t need Luck; _Luck_ needs _Ash._ And maybe that sentence makes no sense, but who cares? You’re the guy with the gun. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2695 "2010-11-04T18:29:47Z")
> [@lilflower](#): > > Interesting. Your original role PM doesn’t say anything about having the potential to get any powers at all. I’m called “vanilla” like DB. I was ready to claim it when she took heat for this fact. But then the issue seemed to cool of and I held my breath and waited to see what would happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2696 "2010-11-04T18:30:15Z")
So did we BOTH kill ed, McG? ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2697 "2010-11-04T18:33:51Z")
> [@Total\_Lost](#): > > I’m called “vanilla” like DB. I was ready to claim it when she took heat for this fact. But then the issue seemed to cool of and I held my breath and waited to see what would happen. But Drain Bead’s original PM [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13050995&postcount=1990)says she would get powers eventually. Yours does not. ---
**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2698 "2010-11-04T18:34:48Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > So you are Vanilla, but you also get to investigate even though there’s no indication of such in your claimed PM? That doesn’t sound right. I assume this is for me. My first responds to the “Night Result” from Story was something along the line of “Was this send to me by a mistake”. So I can totally understand where you’re coming from. However - the setup is Storytellers, not mine. I can tell you why he’s playing around on what a “vanilla” might be. For what it’s worth he seems to be playing around with the mason-role as well and I don’t seem to be the only “vanilla” with a weak power. And let’s face it. Looking for the book can take for ever without I’m ever going to get it right. So look at it this way: I could (it I was not Town) have given you all the vanilla Role PM and left the rest out. I didn’t. The conclusions to draw from this is up to you. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_McGinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Mrs\_McGinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_McGinty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2699 "2010-11-04T18:35:43Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > So did we BOTH kill ed, McG? I wish I had. But, no, I haven’t killed anyone yet. ---
**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493/2700 "2010-11-04T18:36:54Z")
> [@lilflower](#): > > But Drain Bead’s original PM [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13050995&postcount=1990)says she would get powers eventually. Yours does not. No. That’s why it would have been so very easy for me not to have added that part, right? So why did I? Think about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-mafia-ii-teaser-and-sign-ups-game-on/555493.md?page=136)