Universal Backups are not necessarily self-aware; they may learn they are a Universal Backup when they inherit an ability.
Universal Backups are generally Town-aligned, as in Mafia hands they make games become very swingy depending on what role they pick up.
Variations
The term "power role" is somewhat ambiguous - generally anything that is not truly Vanilla is considered a "power role", including roles like Miller. It is ultimately up to the moderator's discretion which abilities are inheritable, though it should be planned in advance.
Normal Guidelines
Universal Backup (if self-aware) is considered Normal on mafiascum.net. A Universal Backup can be of any alignment, but it should only activate upon the first death of a power role of their own alignment. A power role in this case is any role that is not Vanilla (so not a Vanilla Townie or a Mafia Goon). Universal Backups inherit any and all modifiers, including the remaining shots of an X-Shot role.
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If a Mafia Gamefucker (a theoretical role that’s balanced for mafia but gamebreakingly good for town) is lynched d1, the game is fucked. That is why the alignments are done that way for universal backup, but that isn’t relevant when the role backup is specified.Come see me in the Great American Melodrama in Oceano- BBmolla
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Why does scum!Creature claim this?In post 3070, Creature wrote:
Backup rolecopIn post 3068, Wisdom wrote:Creature claim
hence why I didn't doubt your claim at any moment specially when you got a weird PoE.**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly- Wisdom
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because its his actual roleIn post 3431, Nancy Drew 39 wrote:
Why does scum!Creature claim this?In post 3070, Creature wrote:
Backup rolecopIn post 3068, Wisdom wrote:Creature claim
hence why I didn't doubt your claim at any moment specially when you got a weird PoE.- Jingle
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what about jingle enchantress + another goonIn post 3426, BBmolla wrote:Traitor thing makes sense
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Two scum are goon/informed
Town lots of power
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Deputy
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Deputy
Alias:
Retired Cop
Alignment:
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Role type:
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Linked
Support
Choice:
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Notes: linked to Cop
A Deputy is a flavor name for a Backup Cop. Once a Cop has died, the Deputy will become an ordinary Cop (the flavor logic being that the Deputy steps up to replace the deceased Cop). The Deputy may or may not be self-aware (if not, they will receive a Vanilla Townie Role PM). Occasionally a self-aware Deputy is called a Retired Cop.
This role does not necessarily make any guarantee about the existence of a Cop in the setup to begin with. If there is no Cop, this role is effectively a Named Townie. On the other hand, if there are multiple Cops in the setup, the Deputy will traditionally inherit the sanity of the first deceased Cop.
This role is virtually always pro-Town.
This version of Deputy, and only this version of Deputy, is considered Normal on mafiascum.net.
Variations
An older variant is that the Deputy can choose to 'retrieve' the results of a dead Cop's investigations instead of becoming a full Cop. If there is more than one Cop, the deputy usually can only get the results of one of the Cop's investigations, so they must choose wisely when and on whom to use their ability.
Use and Power
A Deputy is used to ensure that the Cop role stays in the game even if the first person holding the role dies. To that end, it is vaguely similar in power to giving a Cop one shot of death immunity. This is fairly good for Town; so Deputy is not often seen except in games with variable sanity, Cop-themed games, or in games with no Cop at all.
If there is no Cop in the game, the Deputy is essentially a Named Townie. Use of a Deputy with no Cop in the game is often considered to be bastard modding.**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly- Jingle
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Exactly, as long as Wisdom is alive, Creature is just a named townie.In post 3433, Jingle wrote:but if creat is scum backup rolecop he can't be responsible for Wis rb**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly- Wisdom
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I think we areIn post 3441, Wisdom wrote:nancy creature and jingle cant be both town in this setup. You need to understand this.This is a Parachute.- Jingle
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How certain are you of molla/FA town?In post 3441, Wisdom wrote:nancy creature and jingle cant be both town in this setup. You need to understand this.
Because I don’t believe Creature can be scum here. This is just totally out of his scumrange.**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly- Wisdom
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i dont care about what you think people's scumrange areIn post 3445, Nancy Drew 39 wrote:
How certain are you of molla/FA town?In post 3441, Wisdom wrote:nancy creature and jingle cant be both town in this setup. You need to understand this.
Because I don’t believe Creature can be scum here. This is just totally out of his scumrange.
look at the setup
we dont have all these town roles- Nancy Drew 39
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In post 3443, Jingle wrote:
I think we areIn post 3441, Wisdom wrote:nancy creature and jingle cant be both town in this setup. You need to understand this.
@Wisdom, why does scum!Jingle defend Creature here?In post 3444, Jingle wrote:Like, assuming he's actually a backup rolecop he's conftown to me, actually.
Like the whole informed scum thing, points to a possible fakeclaiming miller. I don’t think you can rule out molla/FA as scum here.**********We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy)~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl~CheekyTeekyNancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect.~Taly - Nancy Drew 39
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