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CooJoe · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject:

What happens when the Bishop tries to "convert" a demon?

bannie · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 1966 Location: Boston

s_stabeler wrote: maybe the council could be tweaked so that if the demons or the satanist are recruited, they automatically die? or refuse the invatation? or would that make the town council over-powerful, unbalancing the game?

no, that doesnt sound right

Demons, talking in the biblical sense here, are basically designed to screw with, corrupt and basically lead humans astray

what better place to do this than politics? :D

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

thing is, otherwise the town council is useless, and might as well be the villagers. I was trying to think of how to amke it so that they were more like masons. and CoolJoe, the demon is killed.there ius no turning a wolf into a human this game, although it is a neat concept.

Elvish Magi · Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 535 Location: England

The Town Council isn't meant to replicate Masons - although they do start in a "Masonic" position.

With the power to recruit additional council members, plus the chances of an existing council member being converted to one side or other, the idea of the council is two-fold:-

1 - To offer the possibility of becoming a powerful factor for the village (or indeed the demons) depending on the skill of the players in manipulating the position

2 - To add to the general paranoia!

Demons can be targeted, either wittingly or otherwise, by the Bishops conversion ability, although with a small (35%) chance of success. The result of successfully targeting a demon in such a way would be an impromptu exorcism, with the demon killing it's human host.

The game concept needs a rewrite for clarity if their is sufficient interest in it, but as I sense a desire to stick to more basic TWGs for the time being I have put the concept on the back burner. If people want to give it a go at some point then I'll polish it up ready for play.

Brf · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:49 am Post subject:

I still dont understand what the purpose of the town council is. Since it can contain a mixture of good-guys and bad-guys, you cannot trust any of your fellow members.

Darkness · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:01 am Post subject:

isnt that the most realistic representation of a town council you can have ? :P

Brf · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:

LOL. Yeah...

But it seems to me that the only purpose of the Town Council in this game is to vote in more members. Other than that, they have no purpose.

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

if the members if the council know who the seer is and then admit only nown humans, then they are a voting block which has one hell of a lot of power. especially if they recruit the seer/s

Brf · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

No. Because town council members can be converted. Therefore, you can never be sure they are all human.

Also, you can have a voting block without setting up this artificial group within the game. The group itself serves no purpose that could not be done by simply choosing your friends wisely.

s_stabeler · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 2296

maybe, but I think there is a change in the probability, at any rate.

Brf · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject:

Nope. A council member is like any other villager in the above rules.