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|type2= Informative
|choice= Night
|choice= Night
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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 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.  


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.
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.

Revision as of 11:34, 13 September 2009

Lie Detector
Alias:
  • Psychiatrist
Alignment:
Role type: not defined
Choice:
  • Night

Summary

Each night the Lie Detector 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.

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.

Origins of the role

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

This role has been used by Mr Stoofer, with his restriction in: