Party Host

> Once per game, may choose during the day to throw a party the following night
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> That night, all players are brought to a night meeting party
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> Individual night actions can still be performed, but other night meetings will not meet or perform their group actions
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## Party Host

### Role Tags

Day Power, Extra KP, Night Power, Single-Use

**Party Host**, often abbreviated as PH, is a town-aligned role that can throw a party once per game, overriding all other night meetings that night and bringing all players to one centralised night meeting.

Prosecutor is the most mechanically similar role to Party Host.

## Mechanics

Each day that they are alive, the Party Host receives the choice to throw a party the following night. (Party Hosts cannot use their power when dead.) The player must select "yes" or "no" by the end of the day, wherein "yes" throws the party and "no" chooses not to throw the party, saving the player's power for a future day. If the player does not choose by the end of the day, "no" will automatically be chosen for them.

If "yes" is chosen, the following night, all players will brought to a night meeting for the party. Players may perform their own individual actions. (For example, Cop can still investigate, and Hooker can still roleblock a player.) However, group actions will not be performed. (For example, the mafia night kill and the Masons' conversion can not be voted on and they will not occur.) Players can communicate with each other publicly during the party, similarly to during the day. Other night meetings (such as the mafia), however, cannot communicate with each other separately.

More specific mechanics:

* As with all night meetings, messages sent during the party cannot be quoted on future days.
* If a Party Host and a Prosecutor both choose to use their power on the same day, the Prosecutor will use their power and the Party will not. The Party Host will also be unable to use their power on future days, thus wasting it.
	+ Because of this, it is uncommon to see both roles in a setup together.
* If multiple Party Hosts choose to use their power on the same day, all of them will have their powers expended, and the party will still go through. Thus, the players will have wasted their power.
	+ Because of this, it is uncommon to see multiple Party Hosts in a setup.
* Party Host is able to use their power during the post-vote actions period.
* Party Host is able to use their power during the Limited period.

## Interactions

* If any role with the ability to kill during the day (Hitman, for example) kills the Party Host *after* they select "yes," the party will *not* happen the following night.
	+ The same is true if the Party Host is made to bleed via a knife, or if a Deathcaller uses their power on them.
		- In short, if the PH dies before the party can happen, it won't happen.
* If Jailer jails a player on the same night that Party Host uses their power, the Jailer and the jailed player will both attend their own meeting separate from the party. This is contrary to the Party Host's role description.

## In Setups

Because the mafia don't meet during the party, Party Host can technically be used as a one-shot protective for all players. Thus, it can be considered as a stronger version of Virgin (albeit Party Host does not prevent against kills from an Assassin or Killer, while Virgin does). Party Host, therefore, can guarantee that no one will die on a certain night. This should be factored into a setup's ratio.

Party Host can be used as a substitute for Guardian. Both roles can delay an investigative's death by one night. However, Guardian dies while Party Host does not.

Since Bouncer renders protective roles useless, PH can be used as an alternative.

## Gameplay

Many players throw their party as soon as possible, because it is fun. This is often suboptimal.

Optimally, you use on the day that the investigative outs so that they can live to get another check.

If there is no investigative or the investigative is dead, use whenever you think it would be optimal to. Usually this means protecting any outted power role, including yourself, or using in mylo to prevent a miscondemn from costing town the game.

Party Host is technically a ccable role. However, saying "welcome to the party" or "I am Party Host" frame 1 during the party will confirm you and make mafia unable to cc you later. Of course, you may not want to out, depending on the circumstance.

Sometimes it is optimal to throw a party on the first night. This depends on the setup, so familiarize yourself with the setup to ensure optimal play.

## Trivia

* Many players get confused why PH has the Extra KP tag. The reason is because it blocks night kills, effectively giving town extra KP in the form of an additional condemn.
* Prosecutor receives their choice to prosecute a player as a post-vote action. Party Host, however, will not receive a post-vote action if they do not choose whether to throw a party before the post-vote period.