Difference between revisions of "Bodyguard"

Revision as of 15:50, 11 July 2012

Overview

The Bodyguard is a role intended for keeping town aligned roles alive. If a player the Bodyguard selected at night is attacked, the Bodyguard and the attacker die instead of the person being protected.

For example: The Sheriff is attacked at night by the Serial Killer after the Bodyguard selected to protect the Sheriff. The Serial Killer and the Bodyguard will die, but the Sheriff will survive.

Strategies

• A common strategy is to protect whoever has revealed themselves as Sheriff, Investigator, or even Doctor; the Mayor is an especially good target to protect since under standard settings Doctors can't heal him. Typically it is a good idea to protect any Town role, as the killing off of an evil role can be invaluable to keeping up the Town's numbers.

• If the ability to ignore invulnerability is enabled, feel free to protect people from the first night on. Otherwise, it may be a sound strategy to wait until there is a power role to save, as you may die for nothing on Night 1 if you die protecting a Mafia from an invulnerable Serial Killer.

• If at all possible, take care not to protect someone being attacked by a Town role, such as the Vigilante. Both you and the Vigilante will die. If possible, be wary of who the Bus Driver is driving, as you may inadvertently save someone you do not mean to, and die for nothing.

Options

• Ignores invulnerability - (Default: On)

Notes

• If the Bodyguard successfully protects someone during the night, they can not be healed by a Doctor to be alive the next day.
• If death descriptions or night sequence is enabled, both the Bodyguard and the attacker will be reported as dying from a duel.

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