Re: [werewolf] Angel protection/imbalanced factions

[Ian Cyr <toreigninhell@gmail.com>]

Yar, we need pirates and ninjas, we do.

Mark Ballinger wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 12:24:09AM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
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> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 09:35:05AM -0500, Joe Christensen wrote:
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> > > > > Next question.  Should angelic protection save a villager from bite?
> > > > >          
> > > > That is, the angel should protect a villager against a bite.  I
> > > > would say that the medic should /not/ protect a villager from being
> > > > recruited by the mob, though.
> > > >        
> > > Are  you  basing  this on logic?  Doesn't make sense?  
> > >      
> > Yes, exactly.  If you're shot, a medic can (try to) save you, but
> > that doesn't prevent you from getting shot.  In terms of actual
> > game-play, it would be easier to keep the game balanced if the wolf
> > and mafia nights work exactly the same (ie, consider the medic as
> > 'protective custody' or something), but I think it would make the
> > game more interesting if the two factions were not identical.
> >    
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> A long time ago we threw out the idea of playing werewolf with lots of possible factions, each having advantages and disadvantages.
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> With the way Gregory Krohne has setup the factions in defined hashes, we could almost do this.
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