#Voodoo Master Rework: Constriction

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Reason for Change

Voodoo Master right now sucks-- not in terms of power, but in terms of interactability and health for the game.

The ability to gain Coven majority a day earlier via blocking someone's vote is problematic for a multitude of reasons, and as such, has been removed with this change.

However, Voodoo Master also has two other issues that need to be fixed:

  • Silencing as a whole is dumb and renders players unable to meaningfully interact with others during the day.
  • The actual utility a Voodoo Master provides outside of vote manipulation is lacking, as it only serves to delay the inevitable whenever a player has actually found a Coven member.

This change would limit, but not completely blot out, the ability for a player opposing the Coven to speak and vote, thus rendering them still able to interact with the game and get information out if they and other players manage to crack the code. This offers enough counterplay to thus warrant consecutive targeting, which I believe will also help balance out the role's utilities as a whole.

Also... I think forcing players to speak without vowels and numbers of the like is an interesting puzzle for players to work around that, while severely limiting communication, will still add a bit of fun and chaos to attempting to navigate, if nothing else. The point of this rework is to make it so that TIs have trouble sharing info and players have trouble sharing reads; I'd say it does so pretty well.

For reference:
This short end message has exactly 50 characters.

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wet inlet
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doesnt exactly fix the role but eh

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better than what we have

spiral storm
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so it acts more like a warning?

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spiral storm
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You restrict their keywords, numbers and mentions and vowels

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if they speak too much you silence them for the day

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isnt this essentially a threat?

wet inlet
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uh no?

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isnt this your target can talk at most 50 characters

spiral storm
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unless im reading it wrong

wet inlet
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before they get shut up for the rest of the day

spiral storm
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yes

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like a threat

compact trench
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You get some leeway

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Before being silenced completely

spiral storm
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yeah so like extortionist kind of

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Sure this is fine

compact trench
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I think forcing players to speak without vowels and numbers of the like is an interesting puzzle for players to work around that, while severely limiting communication, will still add a bit of fun and chaos to attempting to navigate, if nothing else.

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Like

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have you ever tried speaking without vowels

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Try saying "Psychic here, 1 2 3 evil" without vowels or numbers

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The point of this rework is to make it so that TIs have trouble sharing info and players have trouble sharing reads

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I'd say it does so pretty well

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Voodoo Master Rework: Constriction

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wet inlet
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wdym

compact trench
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What about the role is still broken

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Do you just not like any kind of chat restrictions

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Because I think communication restriction can be fun if executed well

wet inlet
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from a fun perspective yes

compact trench
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If its treated as a puzzle rather than a shut up button

wet inlet
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i dont enjoy not playing

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when i signed up to play

compact trench
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The whole point of this rework

wet inlet
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here you can yes

compact trench
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Is to make it so that constricted players can still play the game

compact trench
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You can try navigating speech without vowels or symbols

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That's a challenge, but its still fun

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Compared to doing nothing

crimson crest
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Would you still be able to talk during the night if you get silenced

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For jailor/factional chat

spiral storm
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I think chat restriction is a good thing imo

crimson crest
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Since rn it says “until tommrow” which includes night

compact trench
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I'll change it to until sunset then

crimson crest
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You’re still able to … during trials or no?

eternal marsh
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this is cool but how the fuck do you do this in CTS

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yeah i like it

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it's a cool idea aswell

compact trench
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Some people on the official

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Were talking about how this could be metagamed, which is fair

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So im changing the design a bit

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Updated to counteract metagaming communication.

crimson crest
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Deleted??

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What happened

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Temp??

compact trench
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Im overhauling some stuff