Stab This, Not That

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### Town Roles

Blade Master, Bomb, Medic, Sleepwalker ×2, Suspect Governor, Tracker, Villager ×5

### Non-Default Settings

Nightstart (No Kill Night 1), Punish Initiators

## Description

WIFOM–heavy setup where knives can determine the fate of the game depending on who they are given to and used on, hence the setup's title. The investigative will not necessarily be able to find mafia, but this is remedied by the strength and potential of the town power roles.

The setup is headstart to give Succubus the opportunity to visit night 1, should they wish to, and to give Tagger a guaranteed non-Bomb check.

## Optimal play

### Town

Always enforce that players ask for role reveals before using knives. That way, they won't accidentally stab power roles, especially Bomb. In the event that an important role (such as Tracker) accidentally stabs the Bomb, town can save the player by condemning the Bomb, preventing the player from exploding along with them. However, this wastes the day for town, so it should only be done in emergencies.

#### Blade Master

Give knives to players that are confirmed town, such as uncc'd power roles. Giving knives to Tracker allows them to stab any guilty checks they find.

Early on in the game, when there are no conftowns, give to your townreads, or to no one if you aren't confident in your reads.

Note that Villager claims who have been visited by Succubus are not necessarily confirmed town due to the possibility of a mafia faking it (similar to a mafia member faking being brainwashed).

#### Bomb

Try to bait a nightkill so that Busboy dies, causing the other mafia to become vulnerable to Tracker checks. That failing, try to bait a mafia into stabbing you, especially in CYLO when they would win if you were any other role.

*However*, try to avoid the attention of the Tagger. If you get checked, it's game over for you. Either you will be visited by Succubus, or the Crook will overturn to you to get rid of you.

#### Medic

Play like a standard protective role, protecting outted power roles, especially Tracker and Blade Master. There's no need to protect the Bomb.

Don't protect anyone on night 1; there's no point, since no one can die.

#### Suspect Governor

You can try to overturn off a bad vote, but you risk dying if you overturn to town. Overturning to the Tagger can be rewarding, as they likely won't be able to share their most recent check.

Keep in mind that you can be counterclaimed by a mafia member if Crook is alive and hasn't used their power yet (Crook overturn has priority over Governor).

Sus Gov exists instead of normal Gov to prevent Gov from passing instantaneously to see if the condemned player was town, then overturn off them if they are. (If the day doesn't end after passing, then another player has a post-vote action: Crook. And if Crook has a post-vote action, you can guarantee that the condemned player was town.)

#### Tracker

There are two ways you can go about playing Tracker:

* Visit scummy players. Busboy visits the nightkill every night, so they are quite vulnerable to your investigation. If Busboy dies, the other mafia will visit the nightkill too. Succubus is vulnerable on the night that they seduce, as they will appear to have visited the player who claims that they fell in love. Tagger can also be outted if both Sleepwalkers die; they will likely be forced to claim Medic.
* Visit power role reads. You can confirm the Blade Master if they visit a player who receives a knife the same night, and can find the Medic to make them less claimable by mafia. You can also visit Medic claims to solve a Medic CC war, though Medic is a poor role for mafia to claim, and will only claim it if desperate.

#### Villager claim (Sleepwalker or Villager)

Play as a typical Villager would. Being Sleepwalker is of relative unimportance to you; Sleepwalkers exists solely to give Tagger claimspace.

### Mafia

Be careful with knives. Stabbing power roles makes you look bad, and stabbing Bomb can be a death sentence.

A mafia member can fake having been visited by Succubus to appear as town. Mafia members can also counterclaim Sus Gov (which is normally unccable) if Crook is alive and hasn't used their power yet: upon successfully condemning the Gov, overturn off of them so that they can't overturn to you, their CC. (Crook has priority over Gov.)

#### Busboy

Try to stay alive, because if you don't, the other mafia are more vulnerable to Tracker. If Bomb gets nightkilled, know that you are the one who will die.

#### Crook

Crook has two primary uses: to overturn to Bomb, and to allow mafia to counterclaim Sus Gov. Saving your power until later in the game can be rewarding, to allow the latter to occur.

Crook also has a secondary usage: to save mafia from dying to Bomb. If a mafia member accidentally uses a knife on the Bomb, they would normally die at the end of the day. However, Crook can overturn to the Bomb to save said mafia member: the Bomb will die to the guillotine rather than bleeding out, and will therefore not kill the mafia who stabbed them. Due note that this makes said mafia member look scummy, however.

Mafia can also claim power roles if they accidentally stab the Bomb to get town to condemn them instead, although there is no guarantee that they will.

#### Succubus

Most bussable mafia. Try to seduce power roles, especially Bomb. If Tagger checks Bomb, they are a great target.

Keep in mind that you are vulnerable to Tracker on the night you use your power.

If town has no knives, and if mafia know who Bomb is (or Bomb is dead), Succubus can be voted out in CYLO for an auto win. (The extra town death is enough for mafia to win the game.)

#### Tagger

Try to find power roles, especially Bomb. Players who aren't Bomb are safe nightkills/knife stabs; anyone else is a risk.

If condemned, out your most recent check. Alternatively, formulate a signal with your fellow mafia to alert them of what role you tagged at the start of every day. This strategy is useful in the case that the Suspect Governor overturns to you, preventing you from sharing your check upon being condemned.

If checked as visiting, claim Sleepwalker, but soft Medic, in case you wish to CC the real Medic later. Faking Medic notes is a smart move.

## Stab This, Not That+

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Expanded variation of Stab This, Not That

### Town Roles

Blade Master, Bomb, Goof, Governor, Medic, Sleepwalker ×2, Tracker, Villager ×7

### Mafia Roles

Busboy, Crook, Paparazzo, Succubus, Tagger

### Non-Default Settings

Nightstart (No Kill Night 1), Punish Initiators

### Creator

RandomGuy

The setup can be expanded to 20 players by replacing Suspect Governor with normal Governor, adding 2 Villagers, adding Goof, and adding Paparazzo.

Suspect Governor is replaced with normal Governor because the aforementioned Governor strategy is no longer relevant due to the existence of Paparazzo. Thus, Suspect Governor is redundant, and normal Gov can be used.

#### Goof

Goof cannot receive knives. It's as simple as that. What this means is that Blade Master shouldn't visit them if they are confirmed as town.

That's not all. Because Goof cannot receive knives, anyone who uses a knife is confirmed to not be the Goof. This is info for mafia to play around, but it is also useful for town: if a mafia member uses a knife, they will no longer be able to fakeclaim Goof in the future.

#### Paparazzo

As mentioned earlier, Paparazzo prevents Governor from instantly passing to check if the condemned player is town or not. Other than that, Paparazzo plays as a standard, bussable mafia member. Try to get the Governor to overturn off you if you get condemned for a free role check.

If stabbed, Paparazzo can attempt to claim Bomb to get town to condemn them instead of letting them die to bleeding. This allows them to use their ability. However, town likely will not entertain the notion.

### Diva variation

Tagger can be swapped for Diva so that Tagger doesn't need to out their last check if they get condemned, or come up with a way to signal to the other mafia. This is useful if the Governor unexpectedly overturns to them.

Suspect Governor also interacts interestingly with Diva, because Diva dies as town if overturned to, but Sus Gov won't die. Thus, town knows that they were Diva.

Diva can also be included in the 20–player variation listed above (and you may consider swapping Governor for Suspect Governor if you do so).

## Trivia

* The 16–player setup originally had normal Governor instead of Suspect Governor, Guardian instead of Medic, and no Sleepwalkers.