Follower

Follower Alias: none Alignment: any Role type: Investigative Choice: Night Status: Complex Normal

The Follower is an informative role that can target a player at Night and learn what form of action they took that Night (investigation, protection, killing, etc), but not who they targeted.

Follower can be of either alignment.

Normal version

This role is allowed in Complex Normal games.

A Follower is considered Normal on mafiascum.net, as long as it gives the results according to Natural Action Resolution/Normal Game. If a Follower is somehow blocked from their action (by Roleblocker, Jailkeeper, Rolestopper, Ascetic, or Commuter), they should receive a "No Result" pm, rather than a "did not see anything" pm. A Follower would not see a Ninja performing a kill and would not see Stealthy actions, and would receive a "did not see anything" pm in that case.

Variations

Some moderators will tell Followers whose targets did not visit anyone "No Result", which is indistinguishable from the result they would have gotten if the Follower were Roleblocked.

The Follower has very few variants; however, there are many related Roles:

• The Tracker learns who a player targeted, but not what action that player performed.
• The Follower learns what action a player performed, but not who that player targeted.
• The Watcher learns who targeted a player, but not what actions were performed on them.
• The Observer learns what actions were performed on a player, but not who targeted them.
• The Motion Detector learns if any actions were performed by or on a player, but not what they were, or who else was involved.
• The Beholder will see whatever their target saw, and get a report in the morning.

Use & Balance

A Follower is a weaker investigative role than a Rolecop. A Follower who targets a Doctor will learn that the Doctor protected someone, but will not learn anything from targeting a passive role such as a Bulletproof or a role that chooses to do nothing on a particular Night such as Vigilante.

On occasion, a Role will have more than one action available to them, such as a Jack of All Trades. A Follower can then determine which power was used on the Night the Follower targeted them.

In the end, Follower is only useful for confirming whether someone used a certain action on a given Night.

Sample Role PMs

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

• As a targeted action: you will learn what type of action (according to Natural Action Resolution/Normal Game) that player used that night. (You will get "no result" if this action is blocked.) (edit)

Example (simplest form)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Follower.

You have the following active ability:

• Each Night, you may target a player. Assuming no interference with your action, you will learn what type of action (according to Natural Action Resolution/Normal Game) that player used that night. (You will get "no result" if this action is blocked.)

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 1-shot Loud Follower.

You have the following active ability:

• Once in the game at Night, you may target a player. Assuming no interference with your action, you will learn what type of action (according to Natural Action Resolution/Normal Game) that player used that night. (You will get "no result" if this action is blocked.) 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.