JoeSapphire: TRENTONLF - I didn't make the roleblockers unable-to-target-the-same-target-twice-in-a-row, because it never occurred to me. Is it all that common? I'm not sure I've come across it.

SirPrimalform: [...] Uh... Distractor (moi)? [...]

supplementscene: [...] While Trent/Vitek read right they weren't persuasive enough in their analysis to win me over.

HypersomniacLive: Are you sure about that?

Lifthrasil: I don't know. I don't think I have seen that limitation for roleblockers yet. But for Doctors it is quite common that they can't protect the same target twice in a row. (To avoid game-breaking with a follow-the-cop strategy)

HypersomniacLive: Are you sure about that? Your PM reads to me like you were a VT [emphasis added]: Plus, it's not among the possible roles JoeSapphire had posted in the sign-up thread.

Vitek: I amy be wrong but my understanding was SPF attributed himself that role from distracting town from more important things by his play?

JoeSapphire: Yes! I was really impressed. My logic was that the move METRONOME replicates any other ability at random, so I think that role would have been a random-chance jack-of-all-trades, which wasn't strictly amongst the roles I offered. The other flaw was that I couldn't think how a clefairy could bypass the cage bars, but nobody was bothered by that. I'm sure if Ele was playing she'd have picked up on it.

good choice of name! I was also really into "Pokedex the Clefairy" and was quite disappointed that you didn't go for it. If I'd have thought of it, I'd have done it.

TRENTONLF - I didn't make the roleblockers unable-to-target-the-same-target-twice-in-a-row, because it never occurred to me. Is it all that common? I'm not sure I've come across it.

VITEK - mostly your role was pretty weak, but you had the opportunity to confirm yourself - if you'd targeted someone sensible night 2 or 3 then you would have been in a pretty good position "I can't have roleblocked or killed because I was stinkin up your house - so unless there are 3 mafias still I've got to be town!" There was also the chance you'd distract the watcher.

Overall I enjoyed how the game played out. I think town expected much more of a punch from their actions, and maybe if they hadn't been expecting that the game would have been played a bit differently I don't know.

I don't think it was too imbalanced. I wanted to give all three mafias a role, just to give them more of a choice; if it was watcher, blocker and goon they would have had less options (but, turns out, played exactly the same strategy). I don't think a three-powers mafia team is any stronger than a two-powers team, because there's always going to be someone foregoing their ability to do murdering. Am I wrong?

trentonlf: IMO any role that has the ability to block or protect should never be able to be used twice in a row on someone, it is too powerful if it can. If a Roleblocker has the ability to continually block someone like a cop then the cop needs an ability to break the block at least once to compensate for the role being overpowered.

JoeSapphire: Well it's unusual for the mafia to know who the cop is - especially when they don't have a role cop.

SirPrimalform: Wait, wasn't Flub a role cop?

adaliabooks: No, he was a power cop. He could tell if someone had a role, but not what it was.

Which is still useful combined with a role blocker, but not as bad as a full on role cop.

I personally have no issue with roleblockers being able to hit the same target every night, it is the risk a cop takes by outing themselves early, and let's face it if you weren't blocked you'd just have been killed instead.
I think alignment cops are very overpowered so scum do need some kind of counter to that.

adaliabooks: I think alignment cops are very overpowered so scum do need some kind of counter to that.

Hunter65536: Sorry Trent and Vitek, you played really well but I lost us this game :(

I thought Vitek being flippant and not claiming was a weird. Should've thought it through instead of just going for vote, that was stupid.

Well played lift and flub, you both had me fooled.

adaliabooks: No, he was a power cop. He could tell if someone had a role, but not what it was.

Which is still useful combined with a role blocker, but not as bad as a full on role cop.

I personally have no issue with roleblockers being able to hit the same target every night, it is the risk a cop takes by outing themselves early, and let's face it if you weren't blocked you'd just have been killed instead.
I think alignment cops are very overpowered so scum do need some kind of counter to that.

SirPrimalform: It's definitely unusual for the cop to out themselves on day 2 though. Normally in that situation one might breadcrumb the result so it can be found if you die before reporting.