Desperado (Role)

Desperado Alias: none Alignment: Town Role type: Killing Choice: Day Status: Known

A Desperado is a role that targets a player during the day in-thread to perform the following action on. If the target is scum (mafia), then their target is killed. If not, they die in a valiant "desperado" attempt.

Standard version

A Desperado may attempt to kill a player each Day, but if their target isn't groupscum, they die instead.

Variations

On occasion, third parties may also be killed by the desperado.

Some moderators will only allow a desperado to shoot once, rather than as many times as they would like until they get it wrong.

Sometimes a successful desperado-kill will grant the user elimination and nightkill protection for that day and following night.

Play Advice

Due to the volatility of this role, as desperado it is typically best to wait until either you are very sure that your target is mafia, or that you are very sure that you are about to be eliminated, since either will result in your own death if wrong.

Sample Role PMs

The standardized Role PM for "Desperado" describes the action as follows:

• As a targeted day action: you will kill that player if they are groupscum, otherwise you will unavoidably die. (edit)

Example (simplest form)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Desperado.

You have the following active ability:

• Each Day, you may target a player. Assuming no interference with your action, you will kill that player if they are groupscum, otherwise you will unavoidably die.

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 (with modifiers)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Simple Loud Desperado.

You have the following active ability:

• Each Day, you may target a player. Assuming no interference with your action, you will kill that player if they are groupscum, otherwise you will unavoidably die. This action will be blocked if used on a player who is not vanilla. Your target will learn that you targeted them (but not what action you targeted them with).

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.