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Lightning Rod
Alias:
  • Magnet
Alignment:
Role type:
  • Manipulative
  • Negative Utility
Choice: none

The Lightning Rod passively redirects every Night Action to itself. This includes the Mafia's kill as well as all investigations, protections, and so forth.

In games with at least one protective role, this essentially makes the game Nightless until the Lightning Rod dies for whichever reason. Otherwise, this functionally makes the Lightning Rod the designated Night 1 Mafia kill while rendering all other power roles worthless during Night 1.

Lightning Rods are most often, but not necessarily, pro-Town. Perhaps also see Doomed.

Standard version

A Lightning Rod passively redirects every night action to themself. This includes factional actions by default.

Variations

Lightning Rod may be X-Shot. If so, they are implied to be Activated, and thus may choose each Night whether to switch on the mass redirection. If there exists a scum Lightning Rod, it would likely be this variant.

Use & Balance

It's unfortunate to be a passive Lightning Rod; however, it can certainly make the early stages of the game more predictable. Thus, it reduces swing. It is probably overall Negative Utility though.

The Activated version of Lightning Rod is not necessarily as bad, but only good for a last resort if it is known that it will not hurt other power roles (or if the Lightning Rod has a death wish...).

Overall it's mostly good for shenanigans rather than anything else; just watch for whether the game can be rendered Nightless.

Making the Lightning Rod Personal avoids making the game Nightless but makes the game Inadvertent Mountainous instead.


Sample Role PMs

The standardized Role PM for "Lightning Rod" describes the passive ability as follows:

  • As an unmodified passive ability: All actions will be redirected to you. (edit)
  • As a passive ability with a modifier: the nth time you activate this ability, all actions will be redirected to you OR All actions will be redirected to you on day n. (edit)

Example (unmodified)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Lightning Rod.

All actions will be redirected to you.

You have no active abilities.

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive.

Confirm by replying to this PM with a summary of your role.

Example (modified)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Night 1 Lightning Rod.

All actions will be redirected to you during Night 1.

You have no active abilities.

You win if all threats to the town are eliminated and at least one town-aligned player is alive.

Confirm by replying to this PM with a summary of your role.