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The '''Tracker''' is an [[informative]] [[role]] that can [[target]] a player at [[Night]] and learn who, if anybody, that player targeted the same night (but not the action the player performed).
The '''Tracker''' is an [[informative]] [[role]] that can [[target]] a player at [[Night]] and learn who, if anybody, that player targeted the same night (but not the action the player performed).
 
Trackers have been seen as each alignment.


==Variations==
==Variations==
Some moderators return No Result when the Tracker's target does not go anywhere at Night; this is indistinguishable from the message that would be received if the Tracker was [[Roleblock|Roleblocked]].
The Tracker has very few variants; however, there are many related Roles:
The Tracker has very few variants; however, there are many related Roles:


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*The [[Voyeur]] learns what actions were performed on a player, but not who targeted them.
*The [[Voyeur]] learns what actions were performed on a player, but not who targeted them.


The [[Reporter]] is a weaker variant of Tracker/Follower, who learns if a target performed any action that Night, but learns neither whom they targeted or the nature of the action.
The primary version of [[Reporter]] is a weaker variant of Tracker/Follower, who learns if a target performed any action that Night, but learns neither whom they targeted or the nature of the action.


In [[Two-fold C9]] the '''Wolfstalker''' is a variation which can only track [[Werewolves]] and [[Town]] players with the Tracker only capable of tracking [[Mafia]] and Town Members.
In [[Two-fold C9]] the '''Wolfstalker''' is a variation which can only track [[Werewolves]] and [[Town]] players with the Tracker only capable of tracking [[Mafia]] and Town Members.
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If you track someone to a player who died that same Night, try to get a claim out of your target before revealing that you are a Tracker.
If you track someone to a player who died that same Night, try to get a claim out of your target before revealing that you are a Tracker.
In games that have sparse power roles, some players believe that getting a negative result (No Result) on someone makes them more likely to be Town, as you know the scum performed a Night-kill and thus the pool of players who you would have gotten No Result on is slanted toward Town.

Revision as of 23:13, 16 July 2011

Tracker
Alias:
  • Wolfstalker
Alignment:
Role type:
  • Informative
Choice:
  • Night

The Tracker is an informative role that can target a player at Night and learn who, if anybody, that player targeted the same night (but not the action the player performed).

Trackers have been seen as each alignment.

Variations

Some moderators return No Result when the Tracker's target does not go anywhere at Night; this is indistinguishable from the message that would be received if the Tracker was Roleblocked.

The Tracker 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 Voyeur learns what actions were performed on a player, but not who targeted them.

The primary version of Reporter is a weaker variant of Tracker/Follower, who learns if a target performed any action that Night, but learns neither whom they targeted or the nature of the action.

In Two-fold C9 the Wolfstalker is a variation which can only track Werewolves and Town players with the Tracker only capable of tracking Mafia and Town Members.

Use and Balance

A Tracker is a weaker investigative role than a Cop. Whereas a Cop can tell if someone is a member of the Mafia (unless they're a Godfather), the Tracker can only tell if someone visited the person who died on the Night they were being tracked.

This opens up two possibilities for error:

  • They may investigate a member of the Mafia, but on a Night that another Mafia member performs the kill
  • They they investigate another Power Role who coincidentally also visited the player who died that Night

On the other hand, a Tracker can learn whether someone is a Power Role by whether or not they visit someone, and can occasionally use their reports to circumstantially clear someone (if they tracked Player X and found they visited Player Y, if Player X later flips as a Mafia Roleblocker, it is a good bet that Player Y is not a member of the Mafia).

Play Advice

If you track someone and find that they visit, you know they are a Power Role of some sort. Try to figure out based on who they visited if they are a protective role, an investigative role, or an anti-Town role.

If you track someone to a player who died that same Night, try to get a claim out of your target before revealing that you are a Tracker.

In games that have sparse power roles, some players believe that getting a negative result (No Result) on someone makes them more likely to be Town, as you know the scum performed a Night-kill and thus the pool of players who you would have gotten No Result on is slanted toward Town.