A bit of theory, that I want to get out there well in advance of the deadline.
I understand that in most mafia games you allow a PR claim to prevent a lynch.
But in this set-up, with two doctors alive, things get very tricky. (DatSwan hinted at this in #283 which is what got me thinking).
If a scum member makes a fake doctor claim then it throws town into a complete mess:
- If town decides to go along with the fake claim for the time being, then not only are they treating the fake doctor as a kind of IC (I mean, the fake doctor can never be proved wrong by events, am I right?), but each town doctor then has to believe they are the only unclaimed doctor and kind of has to protect the fake doctor, thus totally wasting all town PR roles.
- Real doctors can't counterclaim the fake doctor without outing both real doctors.
So I think the only way out of this mess is to treat any doctor claim entirely on its own merits - does other evidence lead you to believe they are really a doctor? If not, seriously consider lynching them.
This only applies while two doctors are alive, of course. If there's only one left, then you counterclaim and get a normal 1v1 between the real doctor and the scum fake claimed one.