Talk:Roles/@comment-207.96.205.14-20140831042638

Town of Salem looks very similar to a game I used to play with friends, titled 'Les Loups-Garous de Tiercelieux' (The Werewolves of Tiercelieux). In that game, there was a role I really liked that Town of Salem doesn't have.

Cupid chooses two people at the beginning of the game. Anyone can do. Anyone of any alignment. These people will become lovers (it's a state, like being doused). Once they are lovers, they cannot separate from each other. They know who the other person is, but not that person's role. Their sole goal is to protect each other from dying no matter what. At that point, their alignment goal changes from whatever it was, to 'survive and protect your Lover from dying'. They can only win if their other half is still alive (if they happen to be both townies, that's good, but if one is townie and the other one is mafia, their goal will then be to kill everyone else, even their own kind). If a Lover dies, the other one commits suicide the next night. Cupid can only win if the Lovers win (but the Lovers won't know who Cupid is).

So, in other words:

Role: Cupid

Abilities:

- On the first night, choose two people who will become the Lovers. If you don't choose anyone, it will be picked randomly. You cannot be a Lover.

- Your targets will know who they are in love with.

- Your targets can be of any alignment.

Goal:

Survive to see the fruit of your arrow blossom. (win with anyone as long as Lovers are still alive)

What the selected targets will see:

You felt as if you were struck by a thunderbolt. It was love at first sight with ___________ ! You must now protect that person at all costs.

A change that could appear in the role description:

You are in love with ___________. If that person dies, you will also die.

Goal will change to:

Survive and protect your Lover from dying. (wins with everyone as long as the other Lover is still alive)

That means that if, for example, the Godfather and the Jailor got targetted, the Jailor will need to kill all evil and townies but GF, and GF will need to betray his own members in order to win. If Mayor and Veteran are Lovers, they can win with Town since they're both townies. Same if GF and Mafioso are Lovers, they can win with Mafia. As long as they're in the same alignment, they can win with this alignment. If not, they must kill everyone else.

Investigative results (for Cupid, not the Lovers. The Lovers keep the same results they had previously):

Sheriff: Your target is not suspicious.

Investigator: Your target [haven't decided that yet, I have no idea what other role but Cupid it could say].

Consigliere: Your target is a supernatural being who wants love to win. They must be Cupid!

Hope it wasn't too long!