Board Thread:Role Ideas (Town)/@comment-29669939-20161219134205/@comment-25876622-20161219182523

ChickenPieNuggetz wrote: For me, this nerfs the role quite a bit. Firstly, instead of the role being a "Waiting until someone important dies, and hope not to die myself", it changes into a decisive role that HAS to die to use its ability (like a Medium's Seance). This is a buff, not a nerf. You now have more immunities, your ability is not affected by a role block or even death.

It makes it so the Retributionist is a good thing to claim, espicially when no important Townie roles have died. People won't be so trigger happy on you, so they will keep you alive for a while. Maybe. If someone claimed Retributionist and an important Town member was already dead, why not lynch him? In the best case, they aren't Retributionist. In the worst case, they can still use their ability when dead and resurrect a Town member who can actively do something. Your reasoning also applies - it depends on the players.

This also nerfs the jester ability (a little bit), as the Retributionist can just take the hit and ressurect someone after dying. It buffs the Town by allowing them to sacrifice someone. It also makes Jester gameplay easier since there is someone willing to sacrifice themselves.

I agree that the Retributionist could be changed, but not that they should be buffed. I suggested this instead.