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Let me tell you a story. It is a story of deceit, deception, and death. It is a story of broken bonds, and broken promises. It is a story of one town’s struggle to survive against insurmountable odds. It is a story of ponies.

Mafia Little Pony: The Avatars of Discord

It all starts with a scream, a loud scream, from the library. It’s an inappropriate wake-up call for the town of Ponyville, but most go about their daily lives, only momentarily wondering what happened. They do not take the scream as the omen it is. Five friends, however, do heed the call. They rush to the library, panting for breath, looking to one another before shoving the door open.
The scene before them was not a pleasant one. To one side of the scene, a crying unicorn, her purple hair mussed from just getting out of bed. This pony’s name was Twilight Sparkle, and this was the worst moment of her life thus far. Before her was a young dragon. His eyes looked shocked. His expression was mostly vacant now. He wasn’t moving. Dragon’s blood oozed slowly from his neck, dripping onto the stack of books he must have been gathering for his morning’s work.
Spike was dead.
The five gathered friends gasped. They expected some sort of problem, but not this. The ponies stood there dumbfounded, unsure what to do. Fluttershy started crying, at the back of the pack. There was silence but for the sounds of sobbing.
Rarity finally broke the silence. “This is terrible.”
“Who would have done something like this?” Rainbow Dash asked, anger simmering in vocal undertones.
“It couldn’t have been anyone around here. Nopony in Ponyville would do… would do that,” Applejack said.
“I…” Everyone turned. Twilight was getting back on her hooves. “I will figure out who did this. I will bring whoever did this to justice.”
“And we’ll be right here to help you,” Applejack said.
“All of us,” added Rarity.
“Look, in his mouth!” Pinkie Pie declared.
Everyone turned. There seemed to be a piece of paper stuck in the poor dragon’s mouth. Twilight picked it up and read it aloud.
“My Faithful Student, I’m afraid send you terrible news. After your battle with Discord, I thought peace had been returned to Equestria. But I was wrong. Discord had a backup plan. He summoned six spirits, avatars of horrible things, into the world to destroy the Elements of Harmony if they were to be used to stop him again. Unfortunately, that means they are coming after you and your friends, bearers of the Elements. My magic has tracked them to Ponyville, and I have erected a barrier around the town to seal them away. Unfortunately, that also seals in you and the citizens of the town. You must find these avatars and destroy them. It will not be easy. They are using a powerful enchantment to make them look like any other pony. They could be anyone in town, even someone you know. They will attack you if they find you. Enclosed is a spell to hide your identities. Use it to move around the town in safety, find these threats, and stop them. I apologize for putting you in such danger once again, but I know that you, and your friends, can stop this if you all work together. Sincerely, Princess Celestia.”
The six ponies looked at each other. Then Twilight spoke again. “Spike was killed to keep us from getting this message. They didn’t want the Princess to warn us.”
“Poor Spike… even in his last breath, helping out…” Fluttershy said, sniffling.
“Girls, we have to stop these avatars. Let me prepare the spell. Rarity, could you give me a hoof?”
“Of course, darling, though you’re a much better magician than me.”
“We’ll… take care of Spike,” Applejack said.
“Yeah, he deserves better than to be sprawled on the floor like that,” Pinkie Pie added.
“Thank you…” said Twilight, taking a breath before turning to her magic.
It didn’t take long until Twilight had all of them enchanted. They looked at each other in wonder.
“This is amazing!” said Pinkie Pie. “I can’t even tell who you all are! Who am I, huh? Do you know?”
“Yes, Pinkie, we know it’s you,” Twilight said, “but once we leave each other’s presence, it’s going to be near impossible to tell.”
“I don’t like all this hiding. Let’s just go out there and blast them,” Rainbow Dash said.
“But we could hurt someone else!” said Fluttershy.
“Right,” said Twilight, “so we’ll have to be sneaky for now. Let’s split up, and gather information. We can figure out who these avatars are in no time if we all work together.”
They all nodded, and headed out the door, only to stop immediately. There was a gathering at the town square.
“…need to be stopped.” said Mayor Mare. “We’re all trapped here, and I have been told we will not be freed until this crisis is taken care of.”
The crowd was complaining loudly.
“We must take this into our own hooves. We must save ourselves.”
There was a rumble of agreement.
“So I am enacting a rare clause of our town charter. Every day we will vote on who we think is one of these creatures infesting our town. Voting is mandatory for everypony. Whoever wins will be dealt with quickly. Soon, with all your help, we’ll have solved the problem. I’m sure of it.”
There was another rumble of agreement. Twilight shuddered. She had read the town charter, and she assumed nobody else knew how serious those rules were. “Well… we’ll, just have to find them faster, before anyone else gets killed…” she told herself. “I hope…”

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Players will either be citizens of Ponyville, one of the Mane 6, or an Avatar of Discord. Normal citizens of Ponyville have no powers, but have been empowered to vote and lynch, as per usual. The Mane 6 are the powered citizens, and can also vote and such, of course. The Avatars of Discord are the Mafia. They get a night chat, as per usual, and a night kill. They are also empowered.
The avatars win if they kill all of the Mane 6, or establish a voting majority. The town wins if all the avatars are destroyed.

Days are the standard 72 hours. Nights are the standard 48. Ties in voting are broken first by who has the most members of the Mane 6 voting for them, and if there is still a tie, then by dice roll.

The Mane 6
Twilight Sparkle: Representing the Element of Magic, Twilight is a master spellcaster. Once per night, she may cast a scrying spell and inspect a player, finding out their affiliation as either citizen, avatar, or member of the Mane 6.

Applejack: Representing the Element of Honesty, Applejack is a hard working, athletic pony with significant skills with a lasso. Once per night, Applejack may lasso and tie up a player, keeping them from using any powers they may or may not have that night.

Rainbow Dash: Representing the Element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash’s speed is unmatched. Rainbow Dash may choose to perform a Sonic Rainboom during the night. This will be announced publicly, though who used the ability will not be revealed. That day, her vote will count for double, though again, this won’t be revealed publicly unless it breaks a tie or something of that nature. However, the act of doing such a complicated trick will tire her out, and she won’t be able to use the ability the next night.

Fluttershy: Representing the Element of Kindness, Fluttershy has learned many ways to be nice. Once per night, Fluttershy can pick a player. If that player were to die from a nightkill, Fluttershy’s care will save them instead, leaving them alive. If she saves someone, though, she’ll be exhausted, and won’t be able to pick another player to save for two nights of rest.

Pinkie Pie: Representing the Element of Laughter, Pinkie Pie knows how to throw a party. Once per day, Pinkie Pie can send a message to the GM requesting an invitation to a private party be sent to a player. She can then night chat with that player the following night, though the identities of either side of the conversation will not be revealed by the GM.

Rarity: Representing the Element of Generosity, Rarity knows that good fashion can be helpful in even the most dire of times. During the night Rarity can elect to create a stunning outfit for a player, and send it to them as a gift. That player will wear the outfit the next day, and be looking so overwhelmingly fabulous that nobody will be able to vote for them. That a person is wearing such an outfit will be public knowledge. However, once Rarity has given such a gift, she won’t be able to give one the next night, as it takes time to create a new outfit.

The Avatars of Discord
Avatar of Evil: This spirit has been blessed with the ability to look into the darkness of one’s soul, and find out what’s truly there. Once per night, the spirit can inspect a player, and learn if that player is a normal citizen or member of the Mane 6. That information won’t be available until the next day starts, however.

Avatar of Lies: This spirit is made of pure disinformation. Once per night, the spirit can pick a player to forge the identity of for any inspections that night and any lynches the next day. The avatar may pick whatever they’d like to come up as their false report.

Avatar of Mutiny: This spirit is built to hinder co-operation. Once per game, this spirit may, before a day moves into its final 24 hours, put a fog of mutiny over the town of Ponyville. All players must switch their votes, and may not vote for who they currently have a vote on that day. Anyone who does not change their vote is considered to have not voted.

Avatar of Darkness: This spirit dislikes the light, in all its forms. Once per game, the spirit may, during the night, elect to make the next day shorter by 24 hours.

Avatar of Madness: This spirit enjoys playing tricks, and breaking down the walls of sanity. Once per day, this spirit can send a message to the GM requesting that an invitation to a private party be sent to a player. The spirit can then night chat with that player the following night, though the identities of either side of the conversation will not be revealed by the GM.

Avatar of Silence: This spirit is jealous of the voices of ponies, and steals them away. During the night, this spirit may elect one player to silence during the next game day. That player can only vote, but not otherwise communicate. No shenanigans with voting to get around the spirit of the power, please.