Talk:Phases/@comment-26543530-20150811074702

Ways to defend yourself when a member of the town (or anyone really) calls you out as an evil role, even if you are or not.

Note: It is generally a lot harder to defend yourself when a proven member of the town calls you out as evil (unless town is weakened).

1.) Always contradict the callout of the person. Say that they are clearly a Jester, Exe, Mafia, or some other evil role and that they are not to be trusted. The town may believe you.

2.) Claim that you were transported earlier, which can mess up investigations against you.

3.) Ask for their role. If they claim something like Sheriff when there is no possibilty of a Sheriff they probably are trying to frame you/lynch you.

4.) If a Sheriff calls you as mafia or an Invest calls you as Framer/Forger, make sure to claim that you were framed!

5.) Claim a role. Always, ALWAYS claim a role (Preferably a Town Role). Try to claim a role that is possible. Try to not waste too much time in claiming a role or others may interpret it as you trying to think of a false role to claim.

6.) A favorite of mine. Act as the "Nobler" of the two. If a Sheriff (or anyone, really) calls you out as mafia (and you are mafia), first try to discredit them using tactics such as 1.), 3.), and 4.), and claim a role. After that, show reluctance to lynch/kill your accuser, saying that unlike the accuser, you do NOT want to have a member of the town lynched needlessly, since they may actually be Sheriff and that something else went wrong in their investigation/interrogation. If you are convincing enough you can appear to be the more noble of the two due to you not wanting to resort to such "low" tactics like accusing another and wanting to kill another member of the town. Some people may even think "How DARE the Sheriff try to get another member of the town killed!" and may even vote you innocent. Plus, it can put suspicion on any future findings the Sheriff has. Essentially, try to descredit the Accuser's findings/proofs, but make sure to show reluctance in wanting to lynch/kill/vote them for revenge.

7.) Be the mayor's friend. When they reveal make sure to whisper a role to them and to keep a conversation with them so that if you are accused as evil, they will be more inclined to turn the vote around and save you. If you are friends with a mayor and are an evil role, consider sparing them for later unless they try to vote you up.

8.) Just tell people to vote Innocent on you and that you are clearly Innocent, because sometimes you have to egg on some people to vote you Inno in order for would-be abstainers to save your life instead of just watching you die.

9.) If a town member has accused you earlier and you survived the lynching, they may be frustrated and tell everyone that you are mafia/sk/evil over and over again. If this happens you can further discredit them by saying they have not even found any other evil roles and that they are delibrately targeting you and you alone, making it look like to everyone else that they are just a bad jester/executioner.

10.) Be careful about killing people who accuse you. If a Sheriff that calls you out as mafia dies by mafia the next day, it is very unlikely that people would believe that you are not mafia. If this does happen you can at least say that the mafia is clearly trying to frame you by killing the Sheriff.

11.) Accuse any who would vote Guilty against you as Mafia/ any other evil role. It may make others consider abstaining or even voting Inno instead of Guilty because they do not want to be suspected as an evil role/mafia.

12.) Post your will, even if it is a fake one or not.

13.) Pretend to be a bad jester, since most people don't want to risk getting haunted at night.

14.) If you're desperate, you can try to barter some kind of negiotation with the town for your continued survival. If you have claimed Survivor (or Exe) you can say that you will vote with town. If you are REALLY desperate you can even admit to being SK but say that the 4 mafias in the town are a bigger threat than you right now, although a strategy like that rarely works.

Well, that's all of the tactics I could think of for someone to try to clear their name during defense. Maybe I'll think up of some other things later on or make a post on how to decide to vote Guilty/Inno/Abstain correctly. Perhaps this post will help someone win one day.