I think Anonymoose would get mad about that \":P\" If you did, you didn't say so.
a. Would he necessarily know? xP
b. I don't think I see any rules against account-swapping.
Exactly. Nerdy's trust means nothing to me, nor do I think it means anything to anyone else. Personally, I trust you not to be mafia, and to be who you say you are, and I wish you could trust me. There is nothing in your little "group" that can't go an between anyone else.
I was making that point in response to your claim that Nerdy can't know my role. "You cannot have any more assurance that he is not mafia..." or something along those lines.
So? The special role will only be self-destructively trying to desperately prop up his own mayorship.
Boondock Saint? Offensive role, that will benefit and can't "self-destructively [try]..." Meatshield/Regenerator? Doesn't matter. Doctor? Possibility of extra hits needed for his downing - lack of possibility of fewer required hits. Detective? Absolutely wonderful. Pardoner? Meh. Etc.
It varies from role to role.
Putting EzDay in office is not the best move for the town.
Yes, you all have to trust that I am not mafia. From my standpoint, I don't think there is any more reason to trust EzDay than me.
Should the Detective find the mayor to be mafia, with a large group of people having backed him through elaborate planning... uh... ya. I think we all know what that means. Should the detective find the mayor not to be mafia and not raise alarm? It's a group that has managed to determine, to some extent, the likelihood of its own legitimacy; and with a leader whom recognizes what weakness there is, and accounts for the slight possibility of corruption. Such a group may not be perfect, but it's a good thing.
Well, you gain my mayoral skills, if you believe me to have them. My aim in being elected is to set up a mayoral circle apart from your little group, so the mafia needs to tackle both me (if I become mayor) AND your group. As mayor, I would call for all the doctors to protect EzDay, so the mafia would at least have to waste a whole lot of killing time to get rid of him.
Well, that's stupid. Announce a plan out-loud that basically states, 'this person will try to make the only use of as many of a certain role as he can limited only to giving us the opportunity to waste our time should we for some reason feel rather rambunctious.'
Although your mention of setting up a second group
is a fair suggestion, I question how safe it could be. And how would you set it up, anyways?
EzDay "using his power longer" is not beneficial to the town, because it does not extend beyond the mayoral circle (you should know what I mean).
The mayoral circle is part of the town. Its success would be the town's success. The town's success would be its success.
It's not like it's going to forsake the rest of the town and essentially become a second, mildly benevolent mafia group. At the very least, I know that I know better than that, and in the case that it's really necessary, well, there's always me reminding the others of that fact.
-The mayor is known to have a special role, so the mafia can kill the mayor and a useful role in one swoop by going after the mayor
Honestly, what's the value of the mayor? That he's protected and takes longer to kill, and can use his greater influence in conjuction with his allies to help guide the lynchings towards targets. With a mayor that does not have an established safe-group, much of this is negligated or heavily watered-down. By the time the mafia might be able to kill me, I'll have served much of my purpose.
As mayor, I can be more expendable, forcing the mafia to decide to go after either the center of information (me), or to actually try to hunt out all the special roles.
It's
one less special-role that needs to be "hunted down."
Only (a) under intense mafia kill diversion and (b) because you all decided to start advertising his role.
Point b is too late to change. I thought I mentioned this quite some time ago.
None.