New Role Suggestion: Shield

[House]

Alignment: Any
Role Type: Protective
Choice: Night

A Shield protects their target from all non-killing roles and is killed in place of the target if the target is selected to be killed.

If protecting a player, the Shield is untargetable for any roles except tracker and roleblocker (roleblocker stops the Shield from leaving home; tracker follows the Shield from home).

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This role would have good utility for mafia as well as town.

[Accountant]

waaaaait a minute

this seems familiar

[House]

waaaaait a minute

this seems familiar

Bodyguard has already been established to work one way. You should leave it alone or you will confuse players. If you want a bodyguard that also rolestops them, just make that new role.

[Gamma Emerald]

I think it should be visible to watcher as well, if it's a town power.

[House]

I think it should be visible to watcher as well, if it's a town power.

But it's not. It's alignment neutral.

It's protecting the person being watched.

[Gamma Emerald]

Yeah, but watcher is non-malicious. Any malicious roles (roleblocker, bus driver, scum PRs) should be blocked if it is town-sided.

[House]

Yeah, but watcher is non-malicious. Any malicious roles (roleblocker, bus driver, scum PRs) should be blocked if it is town-sided.

Doesn't matter. Pretty sure you can't have different behavior for the same role based on the alignment of the player with that role.

[Gamma Emerald]

Eh, I guess it would be too gimmicky.

[gigabyteTroubadour]

Yeah, but watcher is non-malicious. Any malicious roles (roleblocker, bus driver, scum PRs) should be blocked if it is town-sided.

I think the definition of "malicious" is too confusing and kind of arbitrary here anyway.

[House]

Eh, I guess it would be too gimmicky.

Aside from that, a role as powerful as Shield would need to have some negative utility to offset it, or it's just OP.

[Accountant]

I actually think this is a good niche choice for certain setups.

[Gamma Emerald]

Another idea, this is something I've seen before.
Taxi Driver: Commutes the user and one other player.

[House]

Another idea, this is something I've seen before.
Taxi Driver: Commutes the user and one other player.

Make your own thread.

[mastin2]

Personally, I have a bias towards the name shield for a role, where it's a (2x-)doctor variant.

[House]

Personally, I have a bias towards the name shield for a role, where it's a (2x-)doctor variant.

Yeah, but... that could just be referred to as a modified doctor, couldn't it?

The mechanics I'm talking about include quasi-commuter, bodyguard, and rolestopper.

Kinda hard to call that a modified bodyguard.

[kuribo]

What if their target is a PGO and gets targeted for a strongman scum kill?


Do all three die?

I.e.: strongman kill goes around shield, but both are now targeting the PGO. PGO dies because the kill isn't prevented, and both die targeting the PGO.

[House]

What if their target is a PGO and gets targeted for a strongman scum kill?


Do all three die?

I.e.: strongman kill goes around shield, but both are now targeting the PGO. PGO dies because the kill isn't prevented, and both die targeting the PGO.

Good point.

PGO takes precedence over Shield, but that's more of a NAR thing.

[SpyreX]

Clarity i would say the shield instead of they in your description.

Overall i like it

[House]

Clarity i would say the shield instead of they in your description.

Overall i like it

Rephrased for clarity and to avoid redundancy.

Better?

[SpyreX]

Much. I could see using it for sure

[House]

Much. I could see using it for sure

/pre-in