Possibilities include:
Hands of Blue (confirmed)
Second Mafia Team
One or More Serial Killer
One or More Town Vigilante
PGO (It's Firefly/Serenity, and I could think of quite a few characters that fit the bill, just sayin')
I'm going to assume there are at least 4 to be quite honest. The game is called OVERKILL for one, and it has the special mechanic in place so that no faction can lose more than 2 players per phase, which tells me that lots of potential to get kills at night.
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In post 2030, CheekyTeeky wrote:Another possibility is that there are multiple docs/or one doc who can block all kills.
The thing I'm having trouble with here is that from a flavor perspective, there aren't many (if any) characters I would call as "Survivor" Doctors. Simon is trying to survive, sure, but he can only do with the help of the Serenity crew. To think that Simon would win the game with Alliance or Reavers or whatever is just plain stupid. The only one I would think fits is the Doctor played by Sarah Paulson reporting in regards to the PAX that killed the vast majority of colonists on Miranda and turned the rest into Reavers, but that is a real reach I think.
There are only 9 members of Serenity, which would be just barely over majority if we consider them all town, and considering limited deaths works both ways, I would almost say that a 9 player town is actually what we are looking at with multiple killing factions that can potentially cross kill. Simon is absolutely a Doc in some capacity, though he could maybe be a Jailkeeper with some lore spinning. Mal could be a Jailkeeper too, though I would consider that a pretty simplistic view of his character. In other words, I think Simon is a protective role and is aligned with town.
A lot of these thoughts are why I have a lot of trouble trusting Elsa Jay, and think there might be some lying going on either for their benefit or towns.
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Well, don't make it sound like you are being forced. If you want to believe that a scum lightning rod exists and would claim to have used his action on Night 1, not knowing what roles exist in the game, like Cops, Watchers, Gunsmiths, Trackers, Vanillizers, Name Scanners, etc... I can't help you fight that paranoia other than to say it's a fairly long stretch to think it makes sense.
We could WIFOM the hell out of the situation too, but it does you no good. Am I a Godfather Lightning Rod (lolbroken)?
You take what I say and believe it, or don't. If I'm still alive at end game, maybe start to question it then.
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Jingle wrote:The Operative could be a lyncher targeting River, now that I think a little bit more about his character, but he's probably not a Serial Killer. He murders a bunch of alliance goons/doctors, but he lets Mal/Inara go fairly easily early and
Well, just because he was unsuccessful doesn't change the nature of his character. Book wasn't really accidental for sure.