Talk:Jailor/@comment-30987522-20170108075845

Playing as a Jailor is tricky since it's one of the most powerful and influential role as a townie. Often most of the time, the town relies on the Jailor and trust that person to do their job correctly. Town don't expect you to know who's bad or who's good; they just don't want a stupid Jailor. Not saying that all the other roles are useless and whatnot, but Jailor and Mayor are the most trusted role. If the town knows you're the Jailor, they'll immediately follow everything you say and do everything you tell them to do. If you suspect a person to be guilty and tells town to lynch that person, town won't hesitate. Jailor and Mayor are oftenly more trusted than any other confirmed Invest, Trans, Sheriff or Escort role. The idea that Jailor is an overpowered or overkill role 'depends' on 'who' the role lands on. It can be an overkill role for an already good player, but the role landing on one with idiocy in them can lead town to their downfall. I've witnessed a lot of games that have won without the Jailor, but also witnessed a lot that had lost without the Jailor. Remember: You are first priority for the Retributionist because you're one of the most effective role. Don't fill your head with selfishness and don't flaunt your ability. There are a lot of Jailors who lets their power get to their head. Those who threatens to execute someone over small stupid stuff like "oh you called me a b*tch during the day so I'm executing you Idc if you're a townie." those Jailors are the worst. Other bad Jailor example is one who refuses to work with town. They're always in their own little world and doesn't take advice from other townies when the townie say so.

Example: A guy name Edward tells you to jail Sasha because he invested her and she came up as Vig, Vet or Mafioso and both the Vig and Vet are already dead, but since you're the Jailor and you want to be the big bad wolf in this situation, you tell Edward that you jail whoever you want and you execute whoever you want. You didn't jail Sasha and jailed Giles instead. You executed Giles and he was a townie. Next day Edward dies and now you lost your remaining executions... good job. You just official fcked up!

Often Jailors are very quiet and can be mistaken for Maf or other NK and NE by the townies but if you don't want to tell everyone you're the jailor incase mafias or NK kills you, you can do this by jailing a trusted townie and telling them who you are. That townie will stand up for you; clearing up all suspicion against you. A bad Jailor is one who does nothing, curses at the town and calling them stupid, saying that he's Jailor, why the fuck are they hanging him when he literally claimed nothing at all.

The difference between a good and bad jailor is that a good jailor is one step closer to winning while a bad jailor is just another reason town might going to lose.