I've done some role-playing before (dice 'n live), but it would seem I'm pretty terrible at role-playing these days :D

EDIT: Nevermind, I'll see how it goes as we go :)

As the mod, I PM you your alignemnt (Town or Mafia) and special roles, if any before the game starts. Then during the Day the players are pretty much on their own in trying to determine who the Mafia are. I just do vote counts and make sure everybody plays nice. At Night, Mafia and those players who have special abilities PM me if they want to take any action. I PM them their result, if any, and after the Night is over I post in the main thread if anyone died during the Night, then Day 2 begins.

Also, new players please be aware that roleplaying here is only secondary. It's just a means of adding flavour to the game. You're not required to do it, and not all players do it. It's like a football game where one team dresses as Dwarves and another as Orcs. You can wear a false beard and talk with a faux Scottish accent, but remember that your objective is to put the ball in the opponent's goal, and not to defend Khaz Modan.

Ha, I got the impression from the shockwave animation that that was a sure thing... but ok, this is nice :D

Got it, and thanks.

I'll take seat 9(and 3/4) ;)

Bah, no being able to defend a life size model of Minas Tirith, no sale. o.0 ;)

(Also OMG you gave me 9 3/4.....that's so awesome of you :D)

Thank you! So, there go a couple of first-game questions :D

1) Wondering if it might be possible to get a recap on the special characters besides town and mafia (unless they are to be a surprise).

2) Will you assign everyone a RP (flavor) role or it is up to us to pick one?

This could go either way, though I am guessing if potter related OP might(like the supernatural mafia game) tie the names to if they are good/bad characters and prohibit people telling other their name....but who knows. :)

2) can only be answered by ZFR.

About 1) Well, if I understood ZFR correctly, it's going to be a closed setup. That means, that it won't be known beforehand which roles are in use. But the most common roles are:

Cop (investigates another players alignment at night)
Doctor (can protect one player at night from one kill)
Tracker (observes one player at night and finds out if he moves and where he goes)
Watcher (observes one player at night and sees who visits that player)
Jailer/Roleblocker (prevent one player from taking any actions at night, Jailer protects at the same time)
Vigilante (Town-aligned killing role, usually limited shots)
Jack of all trades (combination of the above, who usually has 1 shot each of two or three roles)

Godfather (immune to cop investigations)
Strongman (punches through a Doctors protection)
Ninja (not trackable or watchable)

Serial Killer (third party killer, not aligned with either Mafia or Town, has to be the last wo/man standing)
Survivor (neutral party, just has to survive until the end, no matter which faction wins)

But read the information in the admin thread and the links therein. The mafiascum wiki is quite helpful.

The most common ones would be:
_Cop: investigate a player at Night to learn if they are Town or Mafia.
_Doc: protect a player at Night. That player won't be killed.
_Tracker: investigate a player at Night. You learn if that player targeted anyone during same Night.
_Watcher: investigate a player at Night. You learn who else that player was targeted by during same Night.
_Vigilante: Town player who can kill at Night. Usually limited (e.g. 2-shot - can only do it twice).
_Roleblocker: target a player at Night. The target won't be able to perform any actions that Night.
_Strongman: Mafia killer who can bypass Doctor protection. Usually limited (e.g. 1-shot can only do it once).
_Godfather: Mafia player who registers as Town to a Cop investigation.
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Did I miss anything?
And many more. Some are quite exotic and rarely seen.

Sometimes mods create their own roles, or modify existing ones.
You can find a nice list here:
[url=https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Category:Roles_Main_Page]https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Category:Roles_Main_Page[/url]

I will assign you your faction, any special character role (if any), as well as a name from the Harry Potter universe and some flavour. It's up to you how much you want to roleplay that.

EDIT: Yes, Lifthrasil got it right, regarding closed setup. Meaning no one will know in advance which special roles will be in play.
EDIT 2:
And let's not forget Siblings. Two town players who if one is killed the other dies too. I Love that special role but it's never seen in practice.

That's true - they either will or they won't. 50/50. That's math.

I'll join. I really want to test if my Lift detecting abilities are as well-honed as they seem lately...

Uh, I think you'll find there are two options there. That's maths.

Thanks for the answers!! This looks like serious fun :D

Well, when you roll mafia you won't have much to deduct other than whether he's SK again.

Which he probably is.
It's a pretty easy game. All you have to do is type VOTE YOGSLOTH at least once a day.