Board Thread:Debate of The Week/@comment-28112409-20171002223259/@comment-33224790-20171007110948

Team Coven!

Well oh boy time for my two bobs-worth.

The Mafia and the Coven are very similar and in their respective modes the "Main Enemy". But the Coven has a truckload more power and versitility than the mafia could ever have. It's also more thematically correct, since it's the Town of Salem, the place people did the Witch trials, not the place people were doing organised crime and being hung for a decent reason in the real world. Now let's take a look at the Coven's roles.

Coven Leader, our regular witch getting a team of her own. Her ability can replace a Consort and a Consigilire, and with the necronomicon she can replace a Mafioso, finding out roles, disrupting night abilities and killing. It gets jobs it normally takes 3 members of the mafia to do.

Potion Master, our alchemist. The versitility of this role replaces a Doctor, Mafioso and a Consigilire. They can find out roles, kill and heal for the Coven, which is more than I can say any 11 mafia member can do themselves, this is basically a swiss-army knife of the Coven.

Poisioner, our delayed killer. A neat killer who covers her tracks. In exchange for extra stealth her victims get an opportunity to cry for help. Combine this with a Necromancer and a dead Blackmailer however, and they don't get a chance. Often times in All Any or VIP there is no Doctor to save them anyway. Add the Necronomicon and she can't be stopped.

Hex-Master, the flush card. She's able to take out the rest of her opponents in one fatal swoop. Adding the necronomicon, and even a Veteran can't take her out, dealing Basic Astral attacks to those she curses. She is also able to destroy a Framer at the Framing job, and gets a Framer's investigative results.

Necromancer, our "Evil Retributionist". Bringing back corpses to furfill any purpous. Did I say Potion Master was a swiss-army knife? Well the Necromancer can fill even MORE roles. She can even bring a Pestilence back for an encore. A well placed corpse or two and this killer can take out chunks of the Mafia. Add the Necronomicon and she can add the corpses to use by herself, not relying on any other killers. She forces the Mafia to supply her with power.

Medusa, our snake haired killer. The Veteran and Janitor's lovechild. She'll destroy anyone who dares enter her home, will and all. With the Necronomicon she becomes unstoppable, visiting and removing all barriers to her slaughter.

In the mafia, sometimes you feel like a tack-on, an added on role, an extra vote. Don't tell me you feel instrumental playing Disguiser, Hypnotist, Ambusher or Framer. The Coven doesn't have this problem, as they are all unique killing machines. I noticed some saying the Coven doesn't have voting power, but this is a lie as in every game they can have just as many members as the mafia.

The Coven are better conditioned for worse circumstances, all powehouses in their own right, more thematically correct and just more fitting as the main enemy in Town of Salem. They may be locked behind a paywall, but this is because they're a over all stronger, better team. I'm by no means saying I hate the mafia, but the Coven is just better at surviving. The Coven is the true enemy of Town of Salem.