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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
A [[Lie Detector]] is a potentially powerful [[power role]].  Each night the Lie Detector [[PM|sends]] the [[Moderator]] a post made by another player during the previous day, and the Moderator tells the Lie Detector, to the best of his ability, whether that other player was telling the truth when they made that post.  The power can be used, for example, to find out whether a [[role claim]] is true or not.  
Each Night the Lie Detector [[PM|sends]] the [[Moderator]] a post or statement made by another player, and the Moderator tells the Lie Detector whether that other player was telling the truth when they made that post.


In one form of the role, the Lie Detector's ability is lost if he tells the other players, or they work out, what his ability is.
A sample use of this power would be to find out whether a [[role claim]] is true or not.  However, trying to use this ability on something that cannot be verified objectively (i.e. whether someone was telling the truth when they said that a wall of text was a waste of time) the moderator will likely just say "I don't know".


== Origins of the role ==
Lie Detectors tend to be Town, and also tend to be [[X-Shot]].
According to Mr Stoofer, he first saw it used by [[amb]] in his first [[Deep South]] Mafia game on the [[Grey Labyrinth]]. Mr Stoofer added the restriction that the role stopped working if it became public.


== Examples ==
Town-aligned Lie Detectors can easily translate themselves into [[Cop|Cops]] simply by forcing each player to say "I am aligned with the Town".  Thus, they are not seen often at all.


This role has been used by Mr Stoofer, with his restriction in:
==Use and Power==
* [[Mini 250: Villains of Gotham City]]
Use a [[Cop]] instead.
* [[Pirates v. Ninjas]]!

Latest revision as of 05:19, 24 June 2019

Lie Detector
Alias: none
Alignment: any
Role type:
  • Investigative
Choice:
  • Night

Summary

Each Night the Lie Detector sends the Moderator a post or statement made by another player, and the Moderator tells the Lie Detector whether that other player was telling the truth when they made that post.

A sample use of this power would be to find out whether a role claim is true or not. However, trying to use this ability on something that cannot be verified objectively (i.e. whether someone was telling the truth when they said that a wall of text was a waste of time) the moderator will likely just say "I don't know".

Lie Detectors tend to be Town, and also tend to be X-Shot.

Town-aligned Lie Detectors can easily translate themselves into Cops simply by forcing each player to say "I am aligned with the Town". Thus, they are not seen often at all.

Use and Power

Use a Cop instead.