Charle wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:05 am
sorry guys, been caught up with work the last few days and its month end again. Just an honest question to Sonic, what benefit would a mafia tracker have? that must be a very weak role as they already know who are town (and maybe unsure of a 3rd party), but do you think that LC would add a tracker role to mafia? I think we should put traf on ice for now and maybe focus on King, where we left off D1 rather?
I think the chance of a scum tracker is pretty high given the fact the "Paper Trail" role indicates multiple town (and thus multiple scum) PR's...
I mean: Why would we have a town "Paper Trail" PR if there is no trail to follow (scum being mostly mafia goons)?. And we are looking for 4 bad cops.. a tracker role is somewhat close to that (cop flavor role).
+ Without this "equal share" of investigative power on the scum side, Mafia are flying blind...—they pick night kills randomly and hope they don't hit a protected player or get caught. A scum tracker gives the evil team targeted intel. Pure "goon" scum often feels like
"sit silent and hope Town mislynches." Giving scum a tracker rewards good scum play (strategy) instead of pure luck.
For example: Scum Tracks potential protectors: Scum team pick's someone who seems townie but defensive. If they visit the eventual night-kill target, you’ve likely found the Doctor..or the Bodyguard and so on.
Or Counter Town investigation (reminder that we are all cops even the scum team so some form of investigative power - like a tracker- makes "LoD sense"), If Town has a Tracker or Watcher, a scum tracker can see who they are tracking..
And Ragian is some sort of tracker/watcher too. Why would town have 2 trackers/watchers?
The chance one of them is on the scum team is way bigger for good balance..
In short: A good scum tracker can turn the Mafia into an informed minority that can surgically remove threats. It rewards coordination and prediction over pure luck (strategy). In skilled hands, it counters strong Town PRs (Cop + Doctor + Bodyguard) and creates believable fake claims that can swing close games (fake claiming town tracker)..
A scum tracker role matches exactly what Traf did and is trying to do. Such a pity - if he is town- that he can only resides to insults instead of any content-related counter arguments.
