Possessor ability to possess seems to only function as role block

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#1

So, just played a game as Possessor and one night, I controlled playerA into playerB. B was guarded by a knight and both me and A got killed.

First, I was surprised because I was assuming that even if the target was guarded, only the possessed player dies. And even if I do visit together with my possessed slave, I have night immunity - so why would I die.

That was confirmed as not true by a dev on Discord. Working as intended.

So knowing that, and assuming I died because I visited together with A - Possessor effectively works in this way: playerA gets role blocked (and killed if the target is guarded, but why would I care about that if I die as well and I’m neutral killing) and playerB gets killed.

It just feels… a bit pointless from lore standpoint?

Thoughts?

EDIT: role block = occupied

#2

You occupy one person to kill another I fail to see the problem here

#3

Well it’s just my perception that is at fault then.

I kind of assumed that Possessor controls a person to do their bidding - but effectively there is no difference whether they kill the target or you do.

Like I said, it’s just like you choose to drag one person around with you when you do the killing, but the ability says “Possess a player and make them kill for you.” It’s not intuitive (at least it wasn’t for me) that I would go along with them. I would assume I visit playerA, possess A and they visit playerB and kill B. Now I know that I guess I visit both? If observer was watching where I’m going would he see that and automatically know I’m possessor because it’s the only role that visits two people?

EDIT: + it’s again not intuitive that night immunity doesn’t work if you are killed by a defending knight during night. (Also, I just want to emphasize I am completely not talking about this in terms of any sort of balance, it’s just that between how mechanics are worded and how they work out, it’s confusing)

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#4

If you are saying this is a bug, #bug-reports maybe?

#5

Dev confirmed it as not a bug.

I’m not saying this is a bug or a game balance issue.

It’s just that the wording on abilities is confusing and you essentially have to find out how they work by trial and error. And I have no doubt that people in the future will post this as a bug every time, because that was my first reaction as well.

#6

Possessor should get a buff to be honest if this is intended…

#7

Yeah, this should be changed later imo.