A babysitter can kill a macho but cannot save them, pretty sure.
Fun-wise, the only concern is mafia overly tunneling in on finding the IC at the expense of all other nightplay, but I don't think that's actually a big issue.
Normalacy-wise, is Normal.
Balance-wise, I think it's within the balanced margin.
The scum's power is not entirely reliant on finding the IC due to having the 1x rolestopper to use in a pinch.
The Neapolitan can get a couple innocents + the IC, but can't get guilties and can be shot freely.
The Babysitter can save/protect most town and can kill scum pre-ascetic but not post-ascetic.
The roleblocker adds a little bit of extra to the town.
Overall, there's a fair amount of swing to be had depending on ascetic-scumteam-early vs. non-ascetic-scumteam early as those two situations produce vastly different gamestates, but I think the swing is at a reasonable amount (not extreme), is fairly intuitive to figure out, and the game works. Not too focused on puzzling the pieces out, has some scum agency but not a perfect counter to every town role, is in the right zone.
alright. i'll make the role pm's in a little bit, though i just had an idea: would it swing too much in scum's favour of the mafia backup ascetic also became a 1-shot checker? i feel like that would lower the swing and give scum a bit more nightplay freedom (not having to use each nightkill on an ic guess), but it obviously scumsides the game a bit.
I will straight up disregard all reason if you have a PR dream again. You can come back and be like, “I dreamt that Locke is a N2 Bulletproof Multitasking Cop and Self-Targeting Doctor,” and I will go, “Okay, Locke kill it is then.”
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~ all members of the
mafia
are
backup ascetics
. they may or may not have additional roles and/or modifiers.
~ sample vanilla townie role pm:
Spoiler:
role pm's for the currently agreed setup:
Spoiler:
role pm's for if you agree on changing the mafia backup ascetic into a mafia 1-shot checker backup ascetic:
Spoiler:
results:
Spoiler:
neapolitan:
~ "
playername
is a
vanilla townie
."
~ "
playername
is
not
a
vanilla townie
." (impossible to get, but still)
~ "your action failed, and you did not receive a result."
checker:
~ "your action succeeded, and you checked
playername
."
~ "your action failed, and you did not receive a result.
I will straight up disregard all reason if you have a PR dream again. You can come back and be like, “I dreamt that Locke is a N2 Bulletproof Multitasking Cop and Self-Targeting Doctor,” and I will go, “Okay, Locke kill it is then.”
In post 76, Datisi wrote:alright. i'll make the role pm's in a little bit, though i just had an idea: would it swing too much in scum's favour of the mafia backup ascetic also became a 1-shot checker? i feel like that would lower the swing and give scum a bit more nightplay freedom (not having to use each nightkill on an ic guess), but it obviously scumsides the game a bit.
I'd say it'd be too much of a swing in scum's favor, yes.
are there any simple changes to the setup you recommend that would make it so the checker fits? if not, i'll probably go v with the setup as-is.
I will straight up disregard all reason if you have a PR dream again. You can come back and be like, “I dreamt that Locke is a N2 Bulletproof Multitasking Cop and Self-Targeting Doctor,” and I will go, “Okay, Locke kill it is then.”
no worries, we're yeeting the checker out the window then. thanks for all the help! i know this review was a bit all over the place :/
I will straight up disregard all reason if you have a PR dream again. You can come back and be like, “I dreamt that Locke is a N2 Bulletproof Multitasking Cop and Self-Targeting Doctor,” and I will go, “Okay, Locke kill it is then.”
