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Town-aligned Vote Thieves can steal other players' votes. | Town-aligned Vote Thieves can steal other players' votes. The only practical positive effect of this is to allow for "beyond [[LyLo]]" play; situations such as "2 town 2 scum", which are normally an immediate loss for town, can still be winnable (if very difficult) if the Vote Thief repeatedly steals votes from scum to prevent them forcing a [[no lynch]]. Along similar lines, the role could potentially be used to bait scum into making [[quickhammer]]s that won't actually work (although you will need to rely on some other townie to place someone at L-1). | ||
The role can, however, have a nasty negative effect if the Vote Thief is killed during the Night, rendering one player [[Voteless]] during the next Day. | |||
Scum-aligned Vote Thieves have one more vote to their faction's credit as long as the Vote Thief is alive. In order to balance this like in a normal game, this means the scum team has one fewer member than usual and gets hosed if the Vote Thief dies. | Scum-aligned Vote Thieves have one more vote to their faction's credit as long as the Vote Thief is alive. In order to balance this like in a normal game, this means the scum team has one fewer member than usual and gets hosed if the Vote Thief dies. | ||
[[Category:Historical Roles]] | [[Category:Historical Roles]] | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 31 December 2018
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A Vote Thief is a role that can target a player at Night to steal their vote during the following Day.
For balance reasons, Vote Thief is usually Town-aligned.
Use and Power
Town-aligned Vote Thieves can steal other players' votes. The only practical positive effect of this is to allow for "beyond LyLo" play; situations such as "2 town 2 scum", which are normally an immediate loss for town, can still be winnable (if very difficult) if the Vote Thief repeatedly steals votes from scum to prevent them forcing a no lynch. Along similar lines, the role could potentially be used to bait scum into making quickhammers that won't actually work (although you will need to rely on some other townie to place someone at L-1).
The role can, however, have a nasty negative effect if the Vote Thief is killed during the Night, rendering one player Voteless during the next Day.
Scum-aligned Vote Thieves have one more vote to their faction's credit as long as the Vote Thief is alive. In order to balance this like in a normal game, this means the scum team has one fewer member than usual and gets hosed if the Vote Thief dies.