User:Leucosticte/Ideas/leu-002

Usual core roles: Seer, Gravedigger, Militia, Protector, Huntsman, Stalker, Diseased, Lycan, 5 x Villager, Shapeshifter, Bloodhound, Alphawolf

Two new roles: Drunk Jester and Drunk Joker.

New roles

Drunk Jester

The Drunk Jester is a sad, alcoholic jester with bipolar disorder. The Drunk Jester can't always predict what he'll want in the future, so he often just has to go with whatever his mood dictates for any given day. Thus, his behavior may come off as erratic, as fellow townsmen say, "What's gotten into you today," or "Finally, today you're talking some sense for a change."

Rules:

1. The Drunk Jester functions just like a vanilla except for his moodiness, which alters his win condition from day to day.
2. Some days the Drunk Jester is in an Up mood, other days in a Down mood. These moods remain in effect for the whole 24-hour day/night cycle.
3. The Drunk Jester's mood is determined at the start of each day by drawing from a randomized bag of two Up moods and one Down mood.
4. On days when the Drunk Jester is in an Up mood, he wins with town, and loses if the wolves wins or if he gets killed.
5. On days when the Drunk Jester is in a Down mood, he wins with scum or if he gets killed, and loses if the town wins.
6. The game continues and other factions can win according to their own win conditions, regardless of what happens to the Drunk Jester.
7. The Drunk Jester is counted as town for parity purposes.

Drunk Joker

The Drunk Joker is the role that serves to balance the Drunk Jester. The two of them have a tumultuous, codependent relationship in which they are always having to talk each other down from, or even try to rescue the other from attempts at, suicide. On the other hand, if either of them is feeling happy and prosperous, the other feels like a loser in comparison. So, their moods are always the opposite of each other's.

The Drunk Joker is a darker character than the Drunk Jester, because its moods are more often negative (2/3rds of the time rather than 1/3rd of the time).

The Drunk Jester and Drunk Joker know who each other are and despite their opposing goals have a night chat together, unless one of them gets recruited into some other faction that has a night chat.

Rules:

1. The Drunk Joker has a complementary bag of moods, in which each day's mood is the inverse of the Drunk Jester's mood. So for example, if the Drunk Jester's bag contains upcoming moods of Up, Up, Down, the second Drunk Jester's bag will contain Down, Down, Up.
2. If the Drunk Jester dies, once the Drunk Joker's current bag of moods is empty, future moods will be determined at the start of each day by drawing from a randomized bag of two Down moods and one Up mood.