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Sounds awesome, but so I can pretend to be contributive I've got some questions and comments.
I love you too, Marshmello! <3
Questions:
By a 25% failure rate, do you mean that Hyde's and Summers' investigations will simply come up with no result if they fail, or that failure gives them a false result?
They will come up with a false result. Yes, I do know that this might sound unfair, but it has been done in older VGM games with no problems at all. However, I might very well remove the failing possibility before this round is run.
If Rosa uses her investigation power on anyone but Summers, does it fail? Do her signatures serve any purpose or is that just flavour text?
No, it does not fail. She just won't be given a result at all. If it would fail like Hyde and Summers' investigations, everyone would show up as Summers to Rosa. The signature thing is just flavour text even though it would be cool to implement somehow in the game. That would make the round too complicated though.
How does Jeff's extra vote appear in the tally, or does it? If Louis changes Jeff's vote, does he change both?
It will show up as a "Jeff" vote unless he uses both votes on the same person. Louis will change only one of Jeff's votes.
Do the Woodwards know who each other are?
No, they do not. That would make Melissa automatically affiliate to the Mafia.
How do Wildcards affiliate?
No idea why I didn't mention this in the first post (I will edit it though so don't worry). Wildcards are affiliated if they get at least three affiliation request with at least two of them being from the same affiliation than the wildcard is being affiliated into. Then, the wildcard will receive a PM asking if they want to affiliate to the affiliation they are being affiliated to. If they say yes, they are affiliated into said affiliation and will receive a list of people who affiliated them. If they say no, nothing happens.
Comments:
Mila needs a power; right now she's nothing but a liability. As a voteless Townie, her only benefit is to be a rallying point if she confirms herself by voting. But that also makes her a prime Mafia target, meaning her usefulness is very temporary. If Helen protects her every night, that's just a waste of a good doctor.
Right, and I'm still working on her power. I will update it later as soon as I come up with something good.
Louis' power would be less complicated and more reliable if he were assigned someone's vote to change by the GM instead of another player, or if he had the option of scrambling the tally's totals instead of just certain votes.
GM choosing whose vote Louis changes? Sorry, that would make me a biased GM. Louis' power is assigned by another player to add a new aspect to the game and make him a town role the town might not want to keep alive while the mafia might not want to kill him. Sure, there are some flaws to this and I will make changes later.
The Woodwards' roles... could be improved. A Mafioso whose only power is to vote-block a single player is not an asset, even if he can do it every cycle. If Melissa joins the Mafia, Kevin is useless, because his protection only works against Mafia hits. Melissa's only power being an attempt to thwart Kevin's, she's not helpful to anyone.
Yeah, true. They could be improved. The reason why the roles are like they are is to make sure the game won't get too mafia-sided or broken. If Kevin's power was to make Melissa choose her target or do some other filthy stuff for him, the Mafia would have an advantage. Also, think about this scenario:
Kevin uses his power on D1. Melissa cannot vote and cannot be killed during the Night. The Mafia can look at the list and choose someone that has not voted or, if there is one vote missing in the final vote tally posted by the GM, pick one of the people who they suspect being the victim of Kevin's power. The Mafia then hits the person they suspect to be Melissa. If the suspect does not die, they will know who they hit and will try to affiliate her. Next Day, Kevin uses his power again, clearing Melissa as Town. Melissa can then go against Kevin's will to be able to vote for the next day's lynch.
Also, if Melissa affiliates to town, the mafia must decide which one is better: to make her not vote or hit her during the Night.
I would not call that useless.
For balance's sake, Rosa should have the ability to investigate a Town role, as well. If she joins the Town, the Town gets two investigations, and one of them confirms the Mafia's detective. But if she decides to join the Mafia, her Summers investigation is useless and she doesn't have anything special to contribute to her team.
True. I was fist going to make her be able to find also Iris, but since I decided to drop Iris' role, Rosa's "celebrity spotter" role is kinda useless. Do you think that being able to find out whether someone is a role or Summers would be better? I mean, if she investigates Summers, she will find out his role but if she investigates any other role, she will just be told that person is a role.
This game seems to emphasize the power of a single vote, which could cause problems depending on how many people sign up. A single vote is not very influential in a 30-player game, rendering Mila, Louis, and Kevin ineffectual, since all of their abilities only affect a single person's vote.
True. And I will improve the roles later. I've been known to finetune roles as late as Night 0 to be able to get everything as good as I can.
