Mass Effect [Game Thread - Concluded]

[Kennigit]

gg

game balance seems fine

 

[choxorn]

Yeah, the problem was inactivity which always sends game balance all to hell.

You guys wanted me dead too badly, and then I got busy with IRL things and bored from all the inactivity and never said much.

 

[spaceman98]

I nominate myself for Town MVP, as I came closest to killing one of the mafia!

In all seriousness though, several townies played well: Visor, Jarrema, Yarpolk come to mind. Most of the town though was utterly inactive. Game balance seemed good.

 

[Takhisis]

Although nobody listened to him, Jarrema was the town's best player here, being pretty much the only one who gave us any real trouble. Visorslash, Kennigit (oh my god!), Takhisis and sprig also deserve credit for showing enough insight to make us sweat a little (except Frozen, who apparently has no sweat glands).

I knew you were mafia after you made that silly case on me, but I only managed to get back online after I had been lynched… town people making such bad plays as we saw are demoralising.

For example, why do people latch onto other players and somehow make it look as if there's a mafia duo there?

 

[Zack]

Askthepizzaguy (Commander Shepard)

Spoiler :

Commander Shepard

"Saving everyone only happens in vids. There will be sacrifices. Being in charge means making sure they lead to the greater objective. That's a reality shared by all soldiers, in command and on ground."​

Player: Askthepizzaguy

Role: Commander Shepard

Species: Human

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 100 / 200


Lieutenant Commander Shepard was born on April 11, 2154, is a graduate of the Systems Alliance N7 special forces program (service no. 5923-AC-2826), and is initially assigned to the SSV Normandy as Executive Officer. Shepard later becomes the first human to join the Spectres, an elite special task force for the Citadel Council.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


Ability: Commander. Recruit one person into your QuickTopic.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Unlimited Uses. You can use this ability as many times as you want.

Miscellaneous. Pick a squad member from Mass Effect 1 to target with this ability, rather than a CFC user. [i.e. say "recruit Liara", rather than "recruit Zack."]

The idea here was for Shepard to organize a powerful town network, so that everyone could coordinate their abilities and work with each other. Of course, one of the possible recruits was secretly a mafioso, so there was potential for the network to be infiltrated. After enough Paragon / Renegade points had been accumulated, Shepard would gain increasingly powerful doctor / vigilante powers (doctor for paragon points, vigilante for renegade). Unfortunately, ATPG died before he could really assemble a network or gain powers.


choxorn (Tali)

Spoiler :

Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

“Our Pilgrimage proves we are willing to give of ourselves for the greater good. What does it say about me if I turn my back on this?”​

Player: choxorn

Role: Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

Species: Quarian

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 50 / 100


Tali'Zorah nar Rayya is a quarian and a member of Commander Shepard's squad. She is the daughter of Rael'Zorah, a member of the Admiralty Board. Though young, Tali is a mechanical genius.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Energy Drain. Completely drain your target's shields, and completely recharge your own shields.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Combat Drone. Deplete 75 health from the target.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Defense Drone. Any attack on you first targets your defense drone, which can absorb up to 50 damage.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

e350tb (Ashley)

Spoiler :

Ashley Williams

“Why is it that whenever someone says 'with all due respect' they really mean 'kiss my ass'?”​

Player: e350tb

Role: Ashley Williams

Species: Human

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 100 / 200


Ashley Williams is a human soldier who served in the Systems Alliance as a Gunnery Chief in the 2nd Frontier Division on Eden Prime, and was later assigned to Commander Shepard's squad after the geth attack on Eden Prime.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Inferno Grenade. Deal 50 damage to the target and anyone in contact with the target.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Concussive Shot. The target will be unable to perform any night actions.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Jarrema (Kaidan Alenko)

Spoiler :

Kaidan Alenko

“We finally get out here and the 'final frontier' was already settled. And the residents don't even seem impressed by the view. Or the dangers.”​

Player: Jarrema

Role: Kaidan Alenko

Species: Human

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 100 / 150


Kaidan Alenko is a human Sentinel and a Systems Alliance Marine. While serving aboard the SSV Normandy, he is a Staff Lieutenant and head of the ship's Marine detail. He's also an initial member of Commander Shepard's squad. Kaidan is a biotic wired with the controversial L2 implants, which are known to cause severe neurological damage to the user. However, he is fortunate enough to only suffer from occasional severe migraines.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Overload. Completely deplete the target's shields.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Reave. Drain 25 health from the target and add it to your own.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes one phase (Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Cryo Blast. The target takes three times as much damage from all sources.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Barrier. No damage taken if attacked.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes three phases (Day + Night + Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

MartinLuther / Visorslash2 (Wrex)

Spoiler :

Wrex

“Anyone who fights us is either stupid or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business. Killing the former is a favor to the universe.”​

Player: MartinLuther

Role: Wrex

Species: Krogan

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 100 / 300


A famed krogan mercenary and bounty hunter, Urdnot Wrex is also one of the last Krogan Battlemasters: rare individuals who combine powerful biotic abilities with the devastating firepower of advanced weaponry. A long-lived krogan who has had many adventures, Wrex has heard of Commander Shepard on his travels, and respects the Commander as a fellow warrior.

Despite his chosen path of violence and killing for credits, Wrex is deeply concerned with the fate of his people after the genophage, and is one of the few planning for a new krogan future.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Carnage. Do 50 damage to the target and anyone in contact with the target.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Stimulant Pack. Your health recharges completely and your vote the following Day does twice as much damage as normal.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes three phases (Day + Night + Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Barrier. No damage taken if attacked.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes three phases (Day + Night + Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

TaliZorah (Garrus)

Spoiler :

Garrus Vakarian

“Fighting a rogue Spectre with countless lives at stake and no regulations to get in the way? I'd say that beats C-Sec.”​

Player: TaliZorah

Role: Garrus Vakarian

Species: Turian

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 100 / 150


Garrus Vakarian is a turian, formerly part of C-Sec's Investigation Division. Like most turians, Garrus had his military training at fifteen, but later followed in his father's footsteps to become a C-Sec officer. He was responsible for the investigation of Saren Arterius, the Council's top Spectre, after the Alliance claimed Saren had gone rogue. Although Garrus was told that the investigation was over, he decided to defy the Executor's order and pursue another lead on his own. Eventually, Garrus joined Commander Shepard's team to help defeat Saren and the geth.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Overload. Completely deplete the target's shields.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Concussive Shot. The target will be unable to perform any night actions.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Red_Spy (Dr. Chakwas)

Spoiler :

Dr. Chakwas

“Maybe it's less about leaving and more about staying. As a military doctor, I mostly treat people who are in bad shape. Often they die. And if I can help them, they move on. Either way, they leave.”​

Player: Red_Spy

Role: Dr. Chakwas

Species: Human

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 10 / 50


Major Dr. Karin Chakwas is the human doctor of the SSV Normandy. She enlisted in the Alliance soon after she graduated from medical school, seeking "exotic adventure", though she quickly realized that military life was not as romantic as she had imagined it to be. However, she stayed with the Alliance in order to do her duty and serve humanity. Though she sometimes considers starting her own private practice, or going to work at a medical center on one of the colonies, she feels that "there is something special about working on soldiers", and believes she would be abandoning them if she did not stay. Like most Alliance doctors, she has taken courses in alien biology, enabling her to treat the non-human crew members, particularly Liara and Garrus.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


Ability: Chakwas, MD. Completely replenish the target's health.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Unlimited Uses. You can use this ability as often as you want.

Miscellaneous. You can also use this ability on yourself.

Mafia Team PM

Spoiler :

SOVEREIGN

“We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it.”​

Players: spaceman98, Frozen In Ice, Winston Hughes, BSmith1068

Roles: Saren Arterius, Matriarch Benezia, Geth Prime, Geth Trooper

QuickTopic: http://www.quicktopic.com/50/H/qEwHjcbYNCC

Victory Condition: Sovereign (Mafia). Eliminate everyone not belonging to your faction.


Sovereign is the flagship of the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius. An enormous dreadnought larger than any other ship in any known fleet, Sovereign is crewed with both geth and krogan. At two kilometers long, its spinal-mounted main gun is likely capable of penetrating another dreadnought's kinetic barriers with a single shot.

The prevailing opinion is that Sovereign is a geth construct, while others believe it is a Prothean relic. Its design, however, hints at a more alien and mysterious origin. The attack on Eden Prime demonstrated Sovereign's ability to generate mass effect fields powerful enough to land on a planetary surface. This implies it has a massive element zero core, and the ability to generate staggering amounts of power.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


Team Ability: Kill. Attack one player (base 150 damage).

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability or post in the QT.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Unlimited Uses. This ability can be used every night phase.

Alternate. The same player cannot use this ability two nights in a row.

Stack. For each person using this ability to target the same player, add 200 damage to the attack.

Universal. There is no limit to how many people on your team can use this ability.

spaceman98 (Saren)

Spoiler :

Saren Arterius

“Your species needs to learn its place, Shepard.”​

Player: spaceman98

Role: Saren Arterius

Species: Turian

Faction: Sovereign (Mafia). Eliminate everyone not belonging to your faction.

Shields/Health: 100 / 200


Saren Arterius, born 2139, is the longest serving turian member of the Spectres, the elite operatives answering directly to the Citadel Council. For 24 years, he has been an agent of the Council's will, a zealous defender of galactic stability in the unsettled border region of the Skyllian Verge.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: Each night, you may use the team ability (if you have not used it the night before).]

Frozen In Ice (Benezia disguised as Liara)

Spoiler :

Matriarch Benezia

“You do not know the privilege of being a mother. There is power in creation. To shape a life… turn it toward happiness or despair….”​

Player: Frozen In Ice

Role: Matriarch Benezia

Species: Asari

Faction: Sovereign (Mafia). Eliminate everyone not belonging to your faction.

Shields/Health: 50 / 100


Matriarch Benezia is a very powerful asari biotic and spiritual leader among her people. She is also Liara T'Soni's mother, though the two have not spoken in years. When the evidence that proved Saren Arterius was responsible for the Eden Prime attack also proved Benezia was working alongside him, it surprised those who knew her, as Benezia's actions seemed to be completely out of character.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: Each night, you may use the team ability (if you have not used it the night before), as well as ONE of the below abilities.]


Ability: Singularity. The target takes twice as much damage as usual.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes one phase (Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Warp. Deplete 50 health from the target.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes one phase (Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Stasis. The target cannot perform any night actions, but they will not take any damage.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

You have a cover role, which is in the spoiler below.

Spoiler cover role :

Liara T'Soni

“That is why I find you so fascinating. You were marked by the beacon on Eden Prime; you were touched by working Prothean technology!”​

Player: Frozen In Ice

Role: Liara T'Soni

Species: Asari

Faction: Town. Eliminate all threats to the Town.

Shields/Health: 50 / 100


Dr. Liara T'Soni is an asari researcher who has spent the past fifty years of her life studying Prothean technology and culture, specialising in the Prothean extinction. She was born on Thessia in 2077, making her "only" 106—little more than a child in asari terms. She already has a great deal of insight into the Protheans and is a highly trained user of biotics.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: You can only use one ability each night.]


Ability: Singularity. The target takes twice as much damage as usual.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes one phase (Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Warp. Deplete 50 health from the target.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes one phase (Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

Ability: Stasis. The target cannot perform any night actions, but they will not take any damage.

Spoiler :

Active Ability. You must send Zack a PM to use this ability.

Night Ability. You can use this ability during the Night phase.

Limited Uses. This ability takes two phases (Day + Night + Day + Night) to fully recharge after its use. You cannot use it while it is recharging.

BSmith1068 (Geth Trooper)

Spoiler :

Geth Trooper

​

Player: BSmith1068

Role: Geth Trooper

Species: Geth

Faction: Sovereign (Mafia). Eliminate everyone not belonging to your faction.

Shields/Health: 200 / 100


Geth Troopers are the standard ground forces of the geth throughout the Mass Effect Trilogy. On the battlefield, they usually attack in groups and are supported by stronger geth units.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: Each night, you may use the team ability (if you have not used it the night before).]

Winston Hughes (Geth Prime)

Spoiler :

Geth Prime

​

Player: Winston Hughes

Role: Geth Prime

Species: Geth

Faction: Sovereign (Mafia). Eliminate everyone not belonging to your faction.

Shields/Health: 300 / 200


Geth Primes are heavy geth platforms that serve as command units on the battlefield. Larger and more powerful than any other geth infantry platform, Primes are equipped with heavy armor and shields, specialized abilities and a variety of deadly weapons.

To read more, visit the Mass Effect Wiki.


[Note: Each night, you may use the team ability (if you have not used it the night before).]

 

[Frozen In Ice]

Good game everyone and thanks for hosting Zack.

The town still might of won if they had stuck to the plan of lynching Bsmith instead of e350tb, and Visorslash was on to us in general at the end. Visorslash what made you go after e350tb that day instead of doing your original plan?

 

[BSmith1068]

Yeah, seeing all of the abilities that could have been used against us, and the ability for the town power players to network, I am amazed that the only thing that happened to any of us was Jarrema using his 25hp attack on me once.

I am even more amazed that we were able to pull off the sweep, especially as there was quite a bit of negative attention on us the last few phases.

 

[Zack]

Yeah, seeing all of the abilities that could have been used against us, and the ability for the town power players to network, I am amazed that the only thing that happened to any of us was Jarrema using his 25hp attack on me once.

I am even more amazed that we were able to pull off the sweep, especially as there was quite a bit of negative attention on us the last few phases.

Technically he used the 25 hp attack again last night.

Also, Mr. Moderator, this game is concluded.

 

[BSmith1068]

Also, Mr. Moderator, this game is concluded.

I don't know what you are talking about....

 

[Visorslash]

Good game everyone and thanks for hosting Zack.

The town still might of won if they had stuck to the plan of lynching Bsmith instead of e350tb, and Visorslash was on to us in general at the end. Visorslash what made you go after e350tb that day instead of doing your original plan?

People seemed to want e350 dead more then BSmith, and I figured why not initially. When his response was exceedingly lacklustre I figured, why not. If he had just claimed, it might have been avoided.

 

[Takhisis]

Closing the thread is somethign that happens when you go over four thousand posts, not a mere four hundred.

 

[choxorn]

400 posts? This has to be one of the shortest threads I've ever seen for a game this size.

 

[Winston Hughes]

It's an excellent set-up, very finely balanced. If we'd lost a scum early on, or if Shepard's network had got going, it could've been the town cruising to a straightforward victory.

Undoubtedly we had a whole lot of luck on our side. But I also think the nature of the win reflects on how we played as a team. We kept it simple and relaxed, trusting each other to make good choices. In the thread and through our kills, we focused on sowing confusion and pushing other people into the limelight. The town should've applied a whole lot more pressure on us (there were only 5 votes against us in the whole game), but part of the reason it didn't is that we made sure there was always someone else looking scummier.

 

[Jarrema]

Thank you for hosting this game, Zack.

As for my play... basically,I hoped that I can help town by revealing. I hoped that others will attac the target named by me, when I depleted its shields or make all damage inflicted double... It seems it never did any good. I only succeeded with using my 'individualistic' abilities, eg. ones when I did not have need for cooperation - attack on BSmith, and using my Barrier.

I would not susppet most of the mafia, only BSmith gave me bad vibes