Dark Assembly

The Dark Assembly is a recurring feature in the Disgaea series. It allows the player to activate a variety of gameplay upgrades and temporary bonuses.

The name of this feature often changes to match the setting of the game, being called the Classroom Assembly in Disgaea 3, the Dark Senate in Disgaea 4, and the Strategy Assembly in Disgaea 5.

While character creation and Reincarnation are accessed through it, they don't usually interact with this feature's mechanics.

How it works
The Dark Assembly is accessed simply by talking to the corresponding NPC in the base. This will prompt the player to select a unit who'll pay for the Bill, and then show a list of all available Bills and their Mana cost.

Once a Bill is selected the character will be transported to the actual Dark Assembly room, which contains various Senators picked randomly from a large list of them. Each Senator has a certain amount of influence(determining the value of their vote) and a predisposition(determining their chance to approve of the Bill). A voting process can then be started and each Senator will randomly vote in favor or against the Bill, getting approved if the positive votes are worth more than the negative ones. Note that each Bill has a modifier to the predisposition of Senators, so some Bills are easier to get approved than others.

Persuade by Force
If a Bill proposal is rejected the player is offered an option called "Persuade by force", which will begin a battle against the Senators(a Base Panel will be spawned as well). If all opposing Senators are killed then the Bill will be approved, although the predisposition of said Senators will be decreased. Beware that Senators in favor will remain as static neutral units, but will become enemies if they receive damage from any source.

Pay Up
Disgaea D2 introduced a feature(retroactively added to the rereleases of Disgaea 4) where the player may spend HL to pass a rejected Bill, granting a higher chance the more money is offered. Even if it fails, the player can still choose to persuade by force.

Game-specific differences
Below is a list of game-specific quirks of the system.

 Disgaea 

For a Bill to be approved, the value of positive votes must be higher than the value of negative ones plus the Bill's Mana cost (Yea > Nay + Mana). The Bills available to each character depends on their Demon Rank.

 Disgaea 2 

A Bill grants Adell the option to attend the Assembly as a Senator and vote on proposals from other characters. His voting power starts with a value of 30 but a Bill can be passed to increase it by 30 more points, up to 3 times. The option to persuade by force is still available, but only Adell can be used to fight as no Base Panel will be spawned.

 Disgaea 4 

If a unit is assigned as Foreign Minister at the Cabinet they can appear as Senators for other players(requires online connectivity). They can also be assigned to perform the gimmick of a Legendary Senator of your choice(details below).

Members of the Campaign Board may appear as Senators, and their voting power depends on their level. They can't be bribed, but have a high chance of voting in favor.

 Disgaea 5 

Members of the Dark Assembly Squad may appear as Senators, and leveling the Squad provides various effects to facilitate passing Bills.

Bribing
Before voting is started the player has the option to bribe Senators with items from their inventory, changing their predisposition depending on how much they like it. There's no limit on how many times a Senator can be bribed per proposal, so a sufficiently prepared player can heavily change a Senator's opinion in a short time.

In Disgaea 1 and 2, each Senator is randomly assigned a prefered number from 0 to 255, and how much they like an item depends on how close that item's Rarity value is to their prefered number. Since Disgaea 3 however, Senators now like all items in a specific category, with each class having their own favorite one.

There's also items dedicated for use in bribing, with special effects that temporarily alter a Senator's behavior.

Special Senators
Sometimes a special Senator with unique effects will appear during a vote, heavily influencing the final result. This works differently throughout the franchise.

 Disgaea 

One of the facility NPCs may appear to vote as a type of Senator called "Proxy". While they have no special effects one must beware if they choose to persuade by force, as killing a Proxy will make that facility unavailable(the NPC will be replaced by a Grave), though saving and reloading will restore them.

 Disgaea 2 

This game features "Legendary Senators", each with their own gimmick:


 * Senator Ares: A Heavy Knight. Attacks all Senators in a line to his left or right, kicking them out of the room and removing their votes.
 * Senator Venus: An Archer. Charms her adjacent Senators, forcing them to vote the same way as her.
 * Senator Morpheus: A Red Skull. Puts random Senators to sleep, removing their votes.
 * Senator Tengan: A Geomancer. Asks to be bribed with a specific type of item, voting in favor of the Bill if provided or against it otherwise. Has the highest voting power of all Senators.

 Disgaea 3 

 Disgaea 4 

Legendary Senators return, and the list has been expanded:
 * Senator Kotaro: A Heavy Knight. Attacks all Senators in a line to his left or right, kicking them out of the room and removing their votes.
 * Senator Aiko: An Archer. Charms her adjacent Senators, forcing them to vote the same way as her.
 * Senator Sleepytime: A Ninja. Puts members of a random party to sleep, removing their votes.
 * Senator Erika: A Red Mage. Asks to be bribed with a specific type of item, voting in favor of the Bill if provided or against it otherwise.
 * Senator Gracie: A Warrior. Paralyzes random Senators.
 * Senator Duke: A Gunner. Shoots random Senators, killing them and removing their votes.
 * Mask of Senator: A Masked Hero. Increases the voting power of the Dragon Zombie party.
 * Senator Crimson: An Onmyo Monk. Increases the voting power of the Dragon party.
 * Senator Backbone: A Beastmaster. Attacks random Senators, reducing their HP to 1.
 * Senator Kojiro: A Bouncer. Attacks an adjacent Senator, kicking them out and removing their vote.
 * Senator Kijit: A Wood Golem. Fuses with adjacent Senators, removing their vote and increasing his own voting power.

 Disgaea 5 

Story party members may appear as "Executive Senators". While they won't vote, each will perform a different action to either remove negative voters or reverse their opinion.

List of Bills
For an overview of the Bills available in each game, please consult their respective pages, listed below.


 * List of Disgaea Bills
 * List of Disgaea 2 Bills
 * List of Disgaea 3 Bills
 * List of Disgaea 4 Bills
 * List of Disgaea 5 Bills