Swords and Sorcery Mafia Without the Swords [Concluded]

[Montmorency]

Commune with the Dead, or Pathologist (3-1): Most townies were offered this spell, but I'm the only one who used it. BSmith and Choxorn also started with it. Definitely a specialist spell.

Vitality, or Tough Guy (2-3): Half the town was offered this one, but it's arguably the least-useful spell available. Why would anyone cast this when they could be doing anything else, or even nothing? It's only made possible by the ruleset prohibiting discussion after death. If it's going to exist, it might as well permit discussion for the rest of the game, if only as a novelty device. (Then El Barto would use it). Zack and atheotes started with this.

Grease, or Lynchproof (4-2): Many people hate this, and arguably it is a bit bastard. I'm not sure if it would be improved or made worse by having the runner-up lynched following its use. At least, it's use ought to carry heavy penalties beyond mana-cost. Pretty funny to allow Mafia to use it even though it has no effect on them. In combination with Stasis, a long and healthy game would not likely lose much by excluding it. No one in the game selected this, though atheotes and Csargo selected stasis.

Veritas (5-2), the spell showing the number of corrupted on the lynchwagon, is usually not worth the cost compared to other spells that could take its place. It's unique virtue is that bypasses obfuscation of investigative roles. Very few were offered this, though Stasis, the other Tier-5 spell (see above), was offered to only atheotes and Csargo, and they both took it.

Speaking of the scan (Detect Corruption 4-1), it appeared a bit less than I expected (though everyone who was offered took it). Csargo, BSmith, and Zack had it, and used it up fairly quick. BSmith's only told because I communed with him, and Zack had the unusual virtue of multi-use. BTW Jabbz, looking at the spreadsheet Zack doesn't seem to be marked as having the scan, or really any spells other than Vitality. Is that an oversight?

Another seeming error in the Spellbook, Choxorn is not listed as having Incineration (4-3), though he used it. Incineration was offered to me, Choxorn, and atheotes. Only Choxorn took it, and he used it well. This spell was well-balanced in the setup IMO.