Nomenicide

**Nomenicide** (_nomen_ = name, _\-cide_ = killing) is a **social deduction SMP plugin** for **Paper 26.1+** that turns your Minecraft server into a paranoid **murder mystery**. Every player joins with the **same name, same skin, no nametag** — total **anonymity**. The only way to eliminate someone is pure detective work: figure out **who they really are**, rename a weapon to their **exact real username** at an anvil, and kill them with it. Right name = **permanent ban**. Wrong name = they respawn, and now they know someone is hunting them. ### 🎮 Perfect For: * 🎥 **Streamers & YouTube SMP series** – built-in drama: betrayals, wrong guesses, thunder-crack reveals. An _Among Us_\-style traitor hunt inside survival Minecraft * 🕵️ **Hardcore & lifesteal-style communities** – real stakes: get discovered, get banned * 👥 **Friend groups & private SMPs** – the ultimate whodunit with people who know each other's playstyles * 🧩 **Custom gamemode servers** – a complete, self-contained social deduction experience in one small jar ### ⚙️ Features: * **Total Anonymity** – Everyone is literally named `Player` with the same Steve skin: in the tab list, above their head, in chat, even in the client's name autocomplete. Powered by login-profile masking — no ProtocolLib, no NickAPI. * **Assassination Death-Ban** – Rename a sword to a player's exact real username and land the kill. Correct guess: they're banned (permanent or timed — your choice) with a server-wide announcement. Wrong guess: they respawn and the killer is told they missed. * **Identity Reveal Events** – On a configurable timer, one random player is dramatically exposed: ⚡ thunder, an on-screen title, glowing outline, and their real name in the tab list. The glow can't be milked away, and they can't escape by logging out — one short grace window, then a ban. Their items still drop where they fled. * **Combat-Log Ban** – PvP tags both fighters with a live action-bar countdown (`⚔ In combat: 14s ⚔`). Logging out while tagged kills the leaver — items drop on the spot — and bans them. Dying honestly clears the tag. * **Leak-Proof Chat & Messages** – Chat shows `Player: `. Join/quit, death messages, and advancement broadcasts are all rewritten. Identity-leaking commands (`/msg`, `/list`, …) are blocked _and_ hidden from the client's command tree. * **New-Player Protection** – Fresh joins can't be death-banned for a configurable window, so nobody gets name-sniped at spawn. * **In-Game Tutorial** – `/nomenicide tutorial` teaches the rules to anyone who asks. Every line is editable. * **Admin Toolkit** – `/nomenicide who` (click a name to teleport), `reveal`, `endreveal`, `set`/`get` for editing any config option in-game with tab completion, `status`, `reload`. Aliases: `/nomen`, `/nmc.` * **Config File** – One commented `config.yml` covers everything: ``` mask-name: "Player" assassination: ban-duration-hours: -1 # -1 = permanent case-sensitive: false new-player-protection-minutes: 0 combat-log: tag-seconds: 15 reveal-event: interval-minutes: 60 duration-minutes: 10 leave-grace-seconds: 30 dramatic: true # thunder + title on reveals ``` 💬 Trust no one. Watch how they build, how they fight, how they type. Then write a name on a sword and find out if you were right. ### 🛠️ Tech Details: * **Paper 26.1.x / 26.2.x** server plugin (Paper-only API — Spigot is not supported), **Java 25+** * **Zero hard dependencies** – no ProtocolLib, no metrics, no network calls; one ~54 KB jar * **PlaceholderAPI** supported (optional): `%nomenicide_realname%`, `%nomenicide_maskname%`, `%nomenicide_revealed%`, `%nomenicide_masked%` * Masking is presentation-only server-side: UUIDs stay real, so **LuckPerms, CoreProtect** and friends keep working * Console logs who is behind each mask — admins always have the full picture * 📜 License: **MIT** — free for any server, including commercial ones