Lie Detector

Lie Detector Alias: none Alignment: any Role type: Investigative Choice: Night Status: Historical

Each Night the Lie Detector sends the Moderator a post or statement made by another player, and the Moderator tells the Lie Detector whether that other player was telling the truth when they made that post.

A sample use of this power would be to find out whether a role claim is true or not. However, trying to use this ability on something that cannot be verified objectively (i.e. whether someone was telling the truth when they said that a wall of text was a waste of time) the moderator will likely just say "I don't know".

Lie Detectors tend to be Town, and also tend to be X-Shot.

Town-aligned Lie Detectors can easily translate themselves into Cops simply by forcing each player to say "I am aligned with the Town". Thus, they are not seen often at all.

Standard version

A Lie Detector sends the Moderator a post or statement made by another player. The moderator will then tell the player if the post or statement is a lie or not. If the Lie Detector sends a post or statement that cannot be verified objectively, the moderator will say "I don't know."

The Lie Detector is considered to be targeting the poster of the targeted post for action resolution purposes.

Use & Balance

Use a Cop instead.

Sample Role PMs

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

• As an active action: you may send a post or statement made ingame to the moderator. Assuming no interference with your action, the moderator will tell you whether or not the player was lying in that post or statement. (edit)

Example (simplest form)

Welcome to game! You are a Town Lie Detector.

You have the following active ability:

• Each Night, you may send a post or statement made ingame to the moderator. Assuming no interference with your action, the moderator will tell you whether or not the player was lying in that post or statement.

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 Lie Detector.

You have the following active ability:

• Once in the game at Night, you may send a post or statement made ingame to the moderator. Assuming no interference with your action, the moderator will tell you whether or not the player was lying in that post or statement.

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.