Bodyguard

From Epicmafia

Bodyguard
· 55 pts
Alignment
Village
Night Visiting Role
Yes
Abilities
Can choose to guard one person at night. If somebody tries to kill that person... 50% chance the bodyguard will kill the attacker. 50% chance the bodyguard will die in place of the target

Abilities

• Every night, can choose one person to save from death.
• There is a 50% chance the Bodyguard will kill the killer and a 50% chance he will die in place of the victim.

System Messages

When a Bodyguard dies protecting another player: ("playerA" is the Bodyguard)

(playerA) died protecting (playerB)!

Strategies and Tactics

• Be careful about claiming, especially if a Hooker or Driver is around.
• When playing a game with Yakuza, do not save if you are unsure of a player's role. A save on a Yakuza CAN cause the Bodyguard to die in place of the Yakuza. Even though no one has shot the Yakuza, it appears the 50% save rate carries over here. 50% of the time, the Bodyguard dies protecting, and 50% of the time, the Bodyguard kills the Yakuza who would die anyway.
• Like with the Yakuza, the Bodyguard may also die protecting a mason who has mismasoned (ie masoned a mafia/killer).
• Protect power roles. If no power roles are claimed yet, protect people that are cleared by power roles.
• If no one is cleared yet, it's usually correct to protect the most competent players. If you have to guess which players are the most competent, look at their score, trophies, and/or karma. You might want to be wary of doing this in situations where the good player could be scum and your decision to protect him could save his life.
• If any scum fakeclaim bodyguard, vigorously defend both yourself and your counterclaim from being lynched. For an in-depth explanation of why, read this.
• Advanced strategy: If the Mafia is certain that you'll protect someone, protect someone else instead. (example: Cop claims in public, then requests the Bodyguard protect him. If Mafia believe you will choose Cop to give him protection, they will not visit him. Therefore, vote for a more likely Mafia target instead, like a Bulletproof that has already been hit.) Be careful, as this is a WIFOM strategy and can blow up in your face if the Mafia sees through it. It can also blow up in your face if you die protecting the more likely target, like the aforementioned Bulletproof, as subsequently the more valuable target will be unprotected.

Bugs

Bodyguard saves kill the bodyguard AND the saved player

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