Difference between revisions of "Citizen"
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| − | |This role is never explicitly assigned; All players start as Citizens but most of them are assigned different roles in the end of the [[Starting a game | Joining Round]]. However, the game will not start if there isn't at least one Citizen. Also, when a role retrieval skill (such as Detective investigation) fails, it will return Citizen by default. | + | |This role is never explicitly assigned; All players start as Citizens but most of them are assigned different roles in the end of the [[Starting a game | Joining Round]]. However, the game will not start if there isn't at least one [[Citizen]]. Also, when a role retrieval skill (such as Detective investigation) fails, it will return [[Citizen]] by default. |
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| − | |Start as Freemason | + | |Start as [[Freemason]] |
|Game with a Freemason Lodge | |Game with a Freemason Lodge | ||
| − | |In the beginning of a game, the cumulative role of Freemason is always assigned to Citizens or to the Village Idiot. | + | |In the beginning of a game, the cumulative role of [[Freemason]] is always assigned to Citizens or to the [[Village Idiot]]. |
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== Related aspects == | == Related aspects == | ||
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|Freemason Citizen | |Freemason Citizen | ||
| − | |Citizens who start the round in or are invited to the Freemason Lodge. | + | |Citizens who start the round in or are invited to the [[Freemason]] Lodge. |
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|Mayor Citizen | |Mayor Citizen | ||
| − | |Citizens who start the round with or are elected to the Mayor cumulative role. | + | |Citizens who start the round with or are elected to the [[Mayor]] cumulative role. |
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=== Guidelines === | === Guidelines === | ||
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The Vanilla Citizen's sole power lies in voting. He has no other commands or channels to juggle, so he is in the best position - out of all other roles in the game - to observe and influence players during the night round. This is a luxury that other Innocent-aligned roles cannot afford. | The Vanilla Citizen's sole power lies in voting. He has no other commands or channels to juggle, so he is in the best position - out of all other roles in the game - to observe and influence players during the night round. This is a luxury that other Innocent-aligned roles cannot afford. | ||
| − | Losing focus of the flow of a game negates this advantage, as the Citizen will not know who to vote for. This can take skill, especially in larger games, or those with a well-played Village Idiot. | + | Losing focus of the flow of a game negates this advantage, as the Citizen will not know who to vote for. This can take skill, especially in larger games, or those with a well-played [[Village Idiot]]. |
*'''Support the Public Detective''' | *'''Support the Public Detective''' | ||
A crucial but often-overlooked aspect of the Citizen role is his ability to vocally support the Public Detective in his investigations and narrows. This is pivotal in larger games, where the Detective requires crowd control to fulfill his role. An alert, vocal Citizen can turn the round in favor of his faction. | A crucial but often-overlooked aspect of the Citizen role is his ability to vocally support the Public Detective in his investigations and narrows. This is pivotal in larger games, where the Detective requires crowd control to fulfill his role. An alert, vocal Citizen can turn the round in favor of his faction. | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 22 January 2010
The Citizen is the default role in the game and the basic role of the Innocents faction. He represents a player with no special abilities whatsoever, that is, a normal guy or girl. Without anything else to worry about, they can concentrate on what's being said by all players and trying to figure out the evil ones, in order to make the correct choice of who to execute during the day round.
Attributes
| Attribute | Trigger
Condition |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Default role | This role is never explicitly assigned; All players start as Citizens but most of them are assigned different roles in the end of the Joining Round. However, the game will not start if there isn't at least one Citizen. Also, when a role retrieval skill (such as Detective investigation) fails, it will return Citizen by default. | |
| Start as Freemason | Game with a Freemason Lodge | In the beginning of a game, the cumulative role of Freemason is always assigned to Citizens or to the Village Idiot. |
Related aspects
None.
Strategies
Variants
| Major Flavors | Description |
|---|---|
| Vanilla Citizen | The default role. |
| Freemason Citizen | Citizens who start the round in or are invited to the Freemason Lodge. |
| Mayor Citizen | Citizens who start the round with or are elected to the Mayor cumulative role. |
Guidelines
- Stay Alert
The Vanilla Citizen's sole power lies in voting. He has no other commands or channels to juggle, so he is in the best position - out of all other roles in the game - to observe and influence players during the night round. This is a luxury that other Innocent-aligned roles cannot afford.
Losing focus of the flow of a game negates this advantage, as the Citizen will not know who to vote for. This can take skill, especially in larger games, or those with a well-played Village Idiot.
- Support the Public Detective
A crucial but often-overlooked aspect of the Citizen role is his ability to vocally support the Public Detective in his investigations and narrows. This is pivotal in larger games, where the Detective requires crowd control to fulfill his role. An alert, vocal Citizen can turn the round in favor of his faction.
- Use !revive as a Freemason Citizen
Though the Revive ritual has less chance of succeeding than the Curse ritual, it is also less likely to cost the player the game should they target the wrong person. Setting the ritual to revive also deprives lurking Village Idiot Masons from using it after having their Freemason Citizen counterparts murdered.
Once players have a feel for Mafia and its community, they can attempt Freemason Citizen curses with less risk to their faction.
- !Stop as last resort for the Mayor Citizen
Citizens lucky enough to be elected Mayor should only use !stop if the Innocents faction is outnumbered and the coming afternoon is a deciding voting round, as this command will cost them the office.
