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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:20 pm
by mastina
Backup Gunsmith doesn't inherit the JOAT because it's a backup to a Gunsmith, not to a JOAT.
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:56 pm
by RadiantCowbells
so, do you pass it?
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:19 pm
by mastina
In post 20, RadiantCowbells wrote:but it would be a good fakeclaim
ok
Gunsmith
Backup Gunsmith
JoAT [Gunsmith, Jailkeeper, Doctor, Rolestopper]
Vigilante
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
Mafia Gunsmith
Mafia Backup Gunsmith
Mafia Day 99 Gunsmith
This setup? I'm a bit concerned about the balance. Not the number of gunsmiths, mind you; that is pretty much, yes, the limit to the number of gunsmiths that I'd feel would be Normal and more than this wouldn't be. But I'm a little concerned that the mafia are too strong, here. They have the ability to identify every single town PR in the game, every town player is unable to differentiate between scum and PR, and the scum have a reasonably safe fakeclaim avenue to pursue; the setup is asking for the scum to win it an unhealthily large number of times.
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:52 pm
by implosion
ping bc there might not actually be a game that can go into signups until this passes!
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:29 am
by RadiantCowbells
Oh
Ok I'll make a real game
Gunsmith
Even-Night Vig
Odd-Night Jailkeeper
Universal Backup
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
Goon
Mafia Neighbourizer
Mafia Deputy
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:11 am
by mastina
Do we have stats on how strong Mafia Neighborizer is these days?
For the longest time, Mafia Neighborizer as a role was literally one of the strongest scum roles in existence, pretty much stronger than a roleblocker, ninja, or the like, in terms of being basically a free scum win.
If the role is still that strong, I would be a bit concerned about the setup as a consequence being potentially scumsided.
If the role is no longer that strong, if it is a fairly weak scum PR, then this would definitely be an instant-pass on balance and Normalcy.
Basically, whether the setup's balanced or not depends on how strong Mafia Neighborizer is for a scumteam right now--if it is as strong as it has traditionally been, setup is scumsided; if it is
not
as strong as it has traditionally been, setup is incredibly balanced and pretty much right dead on the money.
Basically the pass/not pass on balance depends on if Mafia Neighborizer is a strong scum role or a weaker scum role. Strong scum role, setup is too scumsided; weaker scum role, setup is perfectly balanced.
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:23 am
by RadiantCowbells
It's meant to be somewhat negative utility for scum actually in that it confirms that you have no gun as town
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:19 pm
by RadiantCowbells
I actually estimate this game is decently scumsided unless town figures out scum don't have a doctor so.
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:48 pm
by mastina
In post 32, RadiantCowbells wrote:I actually estimate this game is decently scumsided unless town figures out scum don't have a doctor so.
Yes that would be a problem for passing.
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:03 pm
by RadiantCowbells
When I said decently I meant 42% at standard play
What do you want, informed gunsmith (mafia has no traitor or doctor)
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:00 pm
by mastina
That'd actually help them significantly, yes; I'd say that bit of information would probably help push it into being close enough to balanced.
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:47 pm
by RadiantCowbells
Ok
Role PMs later.
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 2:26 pm
by implosion
Is this a pass?
this is going into signups once it's officially /pass'd i believe
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:34 pm
by RadiantCowbells
Informed Gunsmith
Even-Night Vig
Odd-Night Jailkeeper
Universal Backup
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
VT
Goon
Mafia Neighbourizer
Mafia Deputy
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:38 pm
by RadiantCowbells
Welcome! You are an Informed Gunsmith.
You know that the Mafia have no doctors or traitors.
Each night you may target a player and determine whether they have a gun in flavor or not.
In conjunction with the information you already have, this means that anyone who has no gun is
Town
and anyone who does is either
Mafia
or a Town Power Role that possesses a gun.
A full list of Town Power Roles with guns can be found
here.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Thoughts on this as a role pm?
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:44 pm
by implosion
oh man i am kinda torn on that. I think it's probably a good idea in theory but bad in practice due to standardization, because there's a definite world in which the person who gets it mentions (paraphrasing) that their role pm mentioned that kind of thing, and then that leads to speculation over role PM phrasing which is an avoid at all costs type thing in normals.
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:12 pm
by RadiantCowbells
hmm
maybe it's time to establish a new precedent regarding gunsmith role pms because as you pointed out it's something of an arcane role
but ok i'll do normal role pms tomorrow
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:12 am
by mastina
Yeah my bad. I was going to ask for RC to include the role PMs before passing it but forgot and since RC did that anyway, it is indeed a pass.
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:28 am
by RadiantCowbells
Welcome! You are an
Informed Gunsmith
.
You know that the
Mafia
have no Doctors or Traitors.
Each night you may target a player and determine whether they have a gun in flavor or not.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are an
Even-Night Vigilante
.
Each even-numbered night, you may target a player and kill them.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are an
Odd-Night Jailkeeper
.
Each odd-numbered night, you may target a player and jailkeep them, roleblocking them and protecting them from all kills.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Universal Backup
.
Whenever the first
Town
power role dies, you will inherit that power role including its modifiers.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Vanilla Townie
.
You have your voice and your vote with which to hunt the Mafia.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Goon
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Neighbourizer
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
You can target a player each night, adding them to your neighbourhood which can be found
here.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT. You cannot perform this while you perform another action.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Deputy
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
When a
Mafia
aligned Cop dies, you will inherit the role.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:42 pm
by mastina
Yep, those roles look good to my eye so that should be it.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:34 am
by RadiantCowbells
Welcome! You are an
Informed Gunsmith
.
You know that the
Mafia
have no Doctors or Traitors.
Each night you may target a player and determine whether they have a gun in flavor or not.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are an
Even-Night Vigilante
.
Each even-numbered night, you may target a player and kill them.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are an
Odd-Night Jailkeeper
.
Each odd-numbered night, you may target a player and jailkeep them, roleblocking them and protecting them from all kills.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Universal Backup
.
Whenever the first
Town
power role dies, you will inherit that power role including its modifiers.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Vanilla Townie
.
You have your voice and your vote with which to hunt the Mafia.
You win when the
Mafia
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Goon
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Neighbourizer
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
You can target a player each night, adding them to your neighbourhood which can be found
here.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT. You cannot perform this while you perform another action.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Welcome! You are a
Mafia Deputy
.
Each night, you may discuss the game with your team
here.
When a
Mafia
aligned Cop dies, you will inherit the role.
You also have a factional nightkill which can be submitted via PM or in your PT.
You win when the
Town
have been removed or nothing can prevent this from happening.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:35 am
by RadiantCowbells
(resposting with the URLs fixed)