New Normal Guidelines - April 2017 update!

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Not actually true - Compulsive roles cannot be used due to the restriction on randomized role resolution. I believe that modifier should actually be in the explicitly non-normal list.

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Not actually true - Compulsive roles cannot be used due to the restriction on randomized role resolution. I believe that modifier should actually be in the explicitly non-normal list.

Looked back at the NRG discussion - ignore this, I misremembered some things

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http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?tit ... n_Detector

Yes, I believe your explanation of Motion Detector is functionally correct.

Incoming or Outgoing motion detector would be a greylist role - neither are explicitly whitelisted.

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it's beyond the 'no consensus' bit - GreyICE's point is probably closer to the reason we didn't just pick a majority interpretation and keep it normal. Both reasons played into it, though.

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Agreed with AP's 1-4

5) If you've got a modifier but are otherwise vanilla (for example, Bulletproof Townie) a rolecop would see your modifier, and a vanilla cop would return 'not vanilla.'

6) You could conceivably design a game with multiple JOATs with different abilities, but keep in mind that merely complying with all the listed rules does not

necessarily

mean that your game will be considered normal - for example, a game with 7 doctors in it (even if it's balanced) will not pass a normalcy review.

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6) You could conceivably design a game with multiple JOATs with different abilities, but keep in mind that merely complying with all the listed rules does not necessarily mean that your game will be considered normal - for example, a game with 7 doctors in it (even if it's balanced) will not pass a normalcy review.

Wait, duplicate roles can be normal?

yes

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I feel like as time goes on Normals become feature less and less roles.

you are just more aware of other roles - the latest revision of the Normal guidelines actually added roles, I believe

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I was under the impression it had been used more recently / regularly than that based on commentary from some of the people discussing that role when we did the new Normal guidelines. If that's not the case, then I'm interested in having that discussion again, potentially.

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I don't really think it is particularly logical, to be honest?