Thinking through the ruling on roleblocking some more....
Basically it boils down to the fact the we have to lynch the SK in order to win the game. If we do not scum is guaranteed to have two kills tonight (unless they target the same person for the NK). Doesn't matter if we lynch the goon or the traitor, goon will adopt RB, traitor will adopt kill. Either way we have a mafia roleblocker and a SK alive tonight ready to kill people
One note for the SK: If we don't lynch you, tonight is your opportunity to kill the goon. I will jailkeep him, and unless mafia doesn't want to kill someone, they will roleblock me. It is risky because then you will be down to lylo and you could lose, but it is better than a kingmaking situation, where no one goes away happy. Let me play this out a bit. Other people, please check my work.
Lynch mafia (traitor or goon). we go into night with 6 alive, 1 SK, 1 RB mafia. Assume the RB and JK effectively negate each other, leaving scum (except possibly a still-BP SK) able to kill anyone and be killed themselves.
Lets remind ourselves of the win cons:
- Serial Killer wins when all other players have been eliminated. If a scenario exists where a Serial Killer and a Mafia the following will be followed:
* If the Traitor is the last mafia alive, Mafia will win.
* If either original mafia are the last mafia alive, the SK will win.
If SK and mafia kill two townies- 2 town, 1 mafia, 1 SK. Does not meet the win con yet, we need a lynch. Basically, town has to choose the winner - SK or mafia. I hate this situation. You should too. You should want to win.
If SK and mafia kill the same townie (or scum shoots a still BP SK, or someone shoots kkrieg who commutes tonight, or whatever might cause only one town death)- 3 town, 1 mafia, 1 SK. This is good for town, meh for the SK and the mafia. We will be able to lynch scum and move on to lylo, where town hopefully prevails
If SK kills mafia and mafia kills town- 3 town, 1 SK. mylo. This is what a SK lives for. Winning at mylo. Unfortunately, I think towns chances of winning here are great, but still this is best case for the SK.
Ok, so not as terrible for town as I thought, but it is a grim situation for scum right now. I can see SK or town winning if we lynch a mafia member (traitor or goon).
Still best if we lynch SK.
someone double check me please. I stepped away to cook dinner throughout typing this post, probably has some sort of error.