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Tree Stump
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Alias:
  • Stump
Alignment:
Role type:
  • Voting
  • Communicative
Choice: none

A Tree Stump is a player who has lost all of their abilities as a player except that of being able to post. In essence, they are a dead player who can still post in the game thread. Any Night Actions that player may have had before becoming "stumped" are removed. As Tree Stumps cannot vote, they are not counted as living players for any purpose.

Exactly how one becomes a Tree Stump varies from game to game and role to role. Some examples:

  • A player may, as part of their role, declare themselves to be a Tree Stump inthread.
  • Instead of a normal kill, a killing role may instead turn players to Tree Stumps instead.

It is, of course, possible to kill a player before they declare themselves a Stump.

The ability to turn oneself into a Tree Stump is generally given to pro-Town players, especially if a person becomes stumped after a death-like flip so their alignment is known. Mafia-aligned Tree Stumps (or other nonparticipating roles) will sometimes continue to try to actively manipulate the Town, but most will simply not bother to post (especially if their alignment is known).

Standard version

After becoming a Tree Stump, a player counts as dead (and in particular may not vote, use abilities, etc.), but may still post in-thread.

Variations

Mafia-aligned Tree Stumps may be allowed to continue contacting the other Mafiosi privately. Depending on how good a strategist the Tree Stump is, this can be nightmarishly powerful for scum.

Use & Balance

Tree Stumps are in practice not considered much of a power role at all, but rather a way to get out of being eliminated.

To that end, one form of breaking strategy in games where every player can become a Tree Stump is to simply force people to Stump themselves when they would otherwise be eliminated. As Stumping does not end the Day, the Town thus gets pseudo-infinite eliminating potential.

Once stumped, as town, in the common case where you are alignment-confirmed, you can make use of your confirmed town status to scumhunt and push reads without people worrying about your alignment. A confirmed scum treestump's best option is to generally be annoying, trollish, spam up the game thread, etc.; making it hard for people to play will make it hard for them to scumhunt.


Sample Role PMs

The standardized Role PM for "Tree Stump" describes the passive ability as follows:

  • As an unmodified passive ability: Even after your death, you may still post in the game thread . (edit)
  • As a passive ability with a modifier: Even after your death, you may still post in the game thread the nth OR on day n. (edit)

Example (unmodified)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Tree Stump.

Even after your death, you may still post in the game thread .

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 Odd Day Tree Stump.

Even after your death, you may still post in the game thread on an odd-numbered day.

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.