Board Thread:What happens in Salem/@comment-25375217-20171025013105

I was the jester in a ranked practice game. Now, I hate this role and I'm terrible at it, but I didn't feel like getting banned, so I decided to try my best.

D2 I announce myself as sheriff and say that I investigated 1, who came up as NS. Someone, of course, points out the stupidity in announcing myself when I have no notable results, which I intended on, so I explain that I wanted to make myself known as sheriff ahead of time so that when I do get results, it's harder to claim that I'm the executioner.

N2, I'm roleblocked. D3 goes by with little occurrence but everyone seems to buy me as town.

D4, someone else announces that they are sheriff and claims that 1 is mafia. I immediately state that they are either executioner or there's a framer since I had previously investigated him. Buying the exe theory, the town proceeds to vote him up to the stands. Some townies express fear of a jester, so I (knowing he can't be jester) offer to take the fall. For a while, I'm the only one who votes, then suddenly someone shouts that if you're a townie, you must vote innocent. The sheriff is voted innocent 7 to 1. This guy immediately gets me voted up. Seeing my chance, I tell them to lynch me and then, when they see that I'm really the sheriff, they should lynch the other guy. Unfortunately, the guy who got me voted up buys it and I'm voted innocent, too. He tries to vote-for-role a third guy but time runs out.

D5, I announce that I interrogated the guy who tried to get me executed and that they are mafia. He immediately jumps to the conclusion that since I am trying to get rid of the town's leader, I must be mafia, but makes a severe miscalculation -- he does not claim a role until after he's been voted to the stand. This is suspicious enough for him to seem like a mafia member, so everyone votes him guilty except one person. When he turns out to be the role he originally claimed, this person turns attention to me.

Unfortunately for him, by the time D6 rolls around, there appears to be three mafia members left, two townies, and me. What apparently I'm the only one to notice, though, is that a veteran has been shot by a veteran -- clearly a disguiser. The other veteran claim is shot down since veteran is apparently dead and this argument manages to distract everyone from voting.

D7, the doctor is dead, leaving town and mafia tied and me as the tiebreaker. I side with the mafia, lynching the last town member besides the veteran, and ask if I can be given the win since I'm helping them. The godfather agrees. N7, there are no kills since the veteran may have alerts left.

D8, the veteran refuses to vote me up, even though she has already lost. N8, there are once again no kills. D9, the godfather announces that he is going to let it go to a draw if the veteran does not help me win. Instead, the remaining mafia member and the veteran -- whose names match -- both vote for the godfather. The veteran asks me, too, as well, because "it'll be funny! :D" I refuse, telling them I'd rather see it draw then help them be jerks, and proceed to report them both.

N9, I'm told I was killed.

Turns out, the other mafia member apologized and told the godfather that I didn't deserve a win anyway and begged him to kill me, not risking the alert, so that the game wouldn't go to a draw. The godfather went through with it.

D10, the veteran and remaining mafia member lynch the godfather. I leave, not caring about the town points any more.

Moral of this story? A: DON'T GAMETHROW. It isn't funny. B: DON'T SIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO THREATEN TO GAMETHROW. It makes you into a jerk and they'll usually betray you.

I don't know that I'll play for awhile. I'm pretty ticked. 