Board Thread:Role Ideas (Town)/@comment-37322933-20190804233932/@comment-31256456-20190821005009

Rasengan66 wrote: Every night, you choose a plant to use, and then you and your target get the effects of that plant. Yarrow: Grants defense against Vigilante, Jailor, Mafioso, and Werewolf. It protects your target against Jailor exe even when they are in jail, but if you're jailed, you're roleblocked, so you can't use it.

Aloe Vera: Grants defense against Crusader, Veteran, and Arsonist ignite.

Rosemary: Grants defense against Bodyguard, Serial Killer, and Godfather.

Witch Hazel: Grants defense against Jester, roleblocks and controls. Roleblockers and controllers will know their target was immune specifically due to Witch Hazel. The Witch will still get the role of their target.

Investigative Results: Doc/Disg/SK/Gardener, although that can easily be changed I'm currently trying to cover all roles that have not been extensively covered by reviewers, so today I will be reviewing the Gardener. I will be trying to summarize, suggest, and scale this role to the best of my ability. I'm not a great role reviewer however, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

First of all, I love the concept of using various plants with various effects, as it allows the role to be versatile.

I can see a few problems with this role, however, with the following:

-Generally, we use a defense system. I'm not sure if this is a large problem or not, but this would probably require some reworking of the defense system as Basic/Powerful/Unstoppable is the common mechanic we use. This could be a problem for both Aloe Vera and Rosemary. Witch Hazel is an interesting plant that offers another interesting defensive mechanic. However, this could be rather obscure and plays a little like a better escort.

So, to work around these problems, I would suggest a few things:

-Get rid of the the mechanic of granting defence against specific roles and rather try to generalize it, to prevent hardcounter situations.

-try to work with the current defence system.

I will not be scaling this role with a rating, but I would say that it needs a few major changes, and then it will be a more viable role. Thanks Rasengan. As always, you have original and unique ideas with decent balancing.