Board Thread:Role Ideas (Town)/@comment-2A00:23C4:A78A:1C00:1C28:9E77:4E26:67BD-20190131211602/@comment-27575896-20190131213252

The unlynchable mechanic should be taken out as it serves no purpose and is rather a negative utility that has no main effect on gameplay rather than a loss of a trial during the day. Let it be voted up normally and guilted.

This is a very interesting idea I have not seen before. The lack of an ability makes up for its powerful purpose.

However, other than giving some people a better chance to stay in a game rather than leave, its ability breaks a certain point of something I call the “plurality aspect” of a game of ToS.

This essentially gives a guaranteed Town vote towards the Town. What this means is that evils must gain a majority, as in more members over the Town, rather than a plurality, where the sides are equal (as in 3 mafia and 3 town, no neutrals). It extends the time given for town to remain ahead, which ruins many good chances for an evil to be able to win. In 1v1 situations, it’s a 100% Town victory as you being dead essentially makes the other Townie a half-Mayor, as two votes will vote up that evil without being able to do anything else. It can also instantly decide games that should technically be a draw and turn them into victories, which ruins the point of draws in the first place.

Evils, especially in competitive game modes, ALWAYS rely on the plurality majority to win a game. At that point, they have managed to bypass the powerful defenses of the Town to gain that purpose. At this point, Town should lose unless certain roles exist to form a draw game. This removes that possibility, as even during a 3v3, your extra vote gives the win towards town when sometimes the Town can no longer to anything to stop it.

You can’t modify it either, it can’t be used overall. If you give it limited uses, the player just waits until the plurality is formed then votes. If you give it one use, again, still waits until the plurality is formed and uses it, where it then becomes a dead Townie with one little effect on gameplay. That encourages people to leave once they use that ability. They did their part and are now dead. It can be compared to the Retributionist, although their ability is powerful in its own way. Voting is different than reviving. You can revive a person, but if plurality is achieved by evils, you can’t do much with it.