Ok, so as I said, we will now be going OPEN SPOILERS in here from now on!
There are also spoilers for Life is Strange itself within the flavor, I'm sorry to anyone who hasn't played yet, but that's just how we decided to design the game.
We are in a 4 Town, 2 Mafia, 1 Neutral SK scenario here.
The Town:
Rac - 1-Shot Watcher, out of shots (Warren Graham)
Stantastic - 1-Shot Coroner (Dana Ward)
Kitsunelaine - Snitch (Juliet Watson)
Melonrabbit - Ordinary (Alyssa Anderson)
Rac targeted Vere on N1, but didn't see anyone visit him because Fireblend used the Ninja shot to kill Vere. However, at first he targeted Maolfunction, which is who Scum were roleblocking, but he later switched to Vere. So Rac's N1 instincts were to target one of Scum's two night targets with his one Watch shot. He is really good.
The Coroner can target a dead player to learn the flavor name of their killer. Yes, Stan is essentially a flavor cop for the second game in a row. :P
The Snitch does what Kits said it does. If she dies at night, her killer will learn the name and role of a random Town player. It was most effective early in the game, hence her apparently trying to get herself voted out for most of the game so far unfortunately.
Melon is the lone Vanilla, womp womp.
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The Mafia:
EzekelRAGE - Godmother (Victoria Chase)
Funky Dude Sparks - 2-Shot Roleblocker, out of shots (Taylor Christensen)
Mafia fake claims:
1-Shot Vig
Roleblocker
Restless Spirit
Mafia fake flavor claims:
Samuel Taylor
Daniel DaCosta
Rachel Amber
Zeke is planning to claim as Rachel Amber the Restless Spirit, and he has already breadcrumbed it in the thread. He is playing soooo good this game, he is one of the scariest Scums around, I love watching him do his thing in there.
Godmother is the same as a Godfather, I just changed the name to suit Victoria. If Zeke were to have been targeted by the Cop, the results would have said he was Town.
They roleblocked Mao on N1 because they thought he might be a Vig (and they apparently didn't see their fake claims... :P), but that didn't do anything since he had a day ability. Then they blocked Rac on N2 because they realized from his claim that he was likely a Watcher and they didn't know if he had any shots left, but he did not.
So, they didn't successfully block anyone, but I think their targets were well justified based on the info they had to work with; they weren't blind shots, they put thought into those targets.
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The Serial Killer:
Swamped - Neutral Serial Killer, 1-Shot BP Vest (Mark Jefferson)
Needs to be alive with only 1 Town and 1 Mafia, or less, to win.
Fake claim:
Hawt Dawg Man, the Miller.
Swamped did not submit a kill on N1. However, we can all join together and make Verelios feel better by pretending that she targeted Melonrabbit, which is who Vere protected on N1. :P
She killed Malus on N2, simply because Malus did not believe her Miller claim at all lol. She then killed Mao last night, I believe because she was specifically trying to not hit Scum.
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Overall, one of the main themes of the design was X-Shot roles, with the Motivator having a chance to possibly give any of them an extra shot. Unfortunately, the Motivator died without doing that, so the shots were limited for the best PRs on both Town and Scum.
Town are in a rough spot here tbh, but it was always going to be about effective PR use and/or just good old fashioned scum hunting in the first couple of days in order to get them in a good position in the later days. The Watcher getting countered by the Ninja shot on N1, the Hider/Doctor going out on D1/N1, and the Motivator not using their shot all definitely hurt them here for sure.
Scum seems a bit weak at first glance, but remember that there was the chance for a bonus kill if they hit the Hider's target, the Snitch being helpful if killed early, as well as the SK possibly helping by shooting Town at night with them. Scum was always going to need to lay low early and avoid/block/kill the best PRs, and I think they did that the best they could here, especially with Fireblend's choice to use the Ninja shot on N1 on Vere, who turned out to be the Doctor, since that paid off huge for them.
The SK seems a bit OP at first glance, but remember that they could have been voted out on D1 and become a complete non-factor, the Watcher could have seen them kill someone, the Cop's results would say Not Town on them, there was some protection on Town for them to run into, and their win con of being alive with just 1 Town and 1 Mafia, or less, is not easy. I kind of feel weird about giving them the Miller claim now just seeing Town's and Scum's reactions to it, but it was always up to them if they wanted to use it. Fireblend came up with his own role claim, I didn't tell Scum that Universal Backup was a safe claim, so it's always up to the player at the end of the day with that stuff.
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Now we just sit back and see what happens, anyone can still win, and it should hopefully be an exciting finish!