LNCP[What kind of setting questions can we ask? Looking around, can I examine the other townsfolk? If so, what does Leafsnail's character look like?]
LeafsnailI see little benefit to be gleaned from flavour claim town wise because the witches can be anyone, as made clear in the flavour. On the other hand interesting town people would be more likely to have roles and would therefore be clear murder candidates for the scum. Dariush's quoted passage doesn't suggest that claiming is a good idea at all.
[I think we've come away with quite a different intepretation of the OP (that or you're being deliberately dissembling). I'll make my argument clearer: in this set-up the setting details are significant. It is likely that instead of being mere 'flavour', the descriptions at the beginning and end of day, and the private results of town player's powers, will relate to the specific characters that we are playing. Witholding this basic information is tantamount to saying that you are afraid of self-incrimination. So, your name and profession please.]
Zombie UristNQT: Could you please stop using French and the ze thing? Its annoying to read.
[I'm sorry that getting a little into character annoys you ZU, but I will continue to do so where I feel appropriate. You will be pleased to know that as the game proceeds and I am called upon to answer more out-of-character questions, you will see less French.]
Dariush, Deathsword, Zombie Urist
"I could not help but notice zat you are all in the clothes trade. Do any of you work closely together? Also, are any of you new to Uzès?"
Nope.
"I take it zen zat zat is also a 'nope' to being
extérieur to Uzès?"
[Sorry, I'm just winding you up now. Could you confirm that you're a long-time resident of the town? Ask the mod if you're unsure.]
NQT: I really don't like how you're focusing so much on flavor. Especially in this post. Actually I've just gone through your posts and they are all are either answering questions/accusations and flavor questions.
[I think we both have very different notions of the nature of this game. You're treating it like a streamlined regular mafia game, which if you re-read the OP you will find that it clearly is not. What you call mere 'flavour' is vital setting detail and contains the clues that will help us find the witches. Your reticence on this point smacks of either witchily evasion or an unhelpful ignorance of the nature of the set-up.]
GriffinpupToaster is at an inn, not a tavern, Madam Pitre. I am currently unaware of whether or not I have the licence to lodge travelers. But I doubt so. I'm am specifically a taverner, not an innkeeper.
"I have heard ze terms used interchangably, but you are
exacte in your distinction. Duly noted."
Actually answer this question this time, NQT. 1.Why did you claim before discussing the issue?
2.Also, why are you RPing so heavily?
3.You have used it to deflect accusations and questions.
[1. Well for one, I didn't realise not discussing it would be such an issue. It seemed elementary to me that this information should be common knowledge. It never occured to me that others might think it a point to discuss.
2. I very much enjoy roleplaying and LNCP has said in the OP that we are encouraged to embody our roles. Where appropriate (like now) I abstain.
3. I don't believe I have and if I seem to then it hasn't been intentional. I'm more than happy to readdress accusations and questions if my initial answers weren't clear enough.]
VectorMy husband died of typhoid. Everyone knows that witches are responsible for the foul diseases.
I am town in alignment, but I'm not from here originally; I've been in for about a year. I don't think that the "born-and-raised" distinction is meaningful, though there may be other, similar flavortext clues.
Wait, was there a carpenter here? I may have apprenticed my sons to you.
"On what grounds do you dismiss the distinction, Madame? It seems to me zat the witches would most likely have been here a long time given the nature of the problem. It's potentially useful information."
[Also, ZU is right in that as a journeyman I have no apprentices.]
I'd also like to remind everyone at this juncture of The Island of Doctor Moreau.
[Good call. We should be aware of any animal mutilation-related evidence that may appear.]
DeathswordZU and NQT
[Monty Python stuff]
[I believe you may have misdirected that at me. Unless there something there you wanted me to respond to?]
Okami"Sûrement, Monsieur Fleury. I previously addressed everyone and zen you, and so was waiting for the answer from my first question before following up with a vote de pression.
Why wait for an answer before voting?
[OK Okami, the usual way of going about RVS may well be to start your post with a random vote on someone, but that's not the only legitimate way to start. My two-part strategy was: 1. ask the same question of everyone, 2. follow up (with a vote) on the most suspicious of the responses. Are you trying to tell me that this is a worse way to start a game than randomly voting? A random vote has almost no pressure to it.]
You misunderstand my question. I'm not asking you why you think it's a good idea for everyone to soft-claim. I want to know why you thought it was a pro-town move to soft-claim in your first post of the game, and call out everyone else to do the same, rather than simply start the discussion on the possibility of soft-claiming, and letting us reach a consensus before doing so.
[As I just explained to griffinpup, the possibility that there wouldn't be a consensus never even occured to me. This has be borne out by the fact that only one player has refused to give their name and profession. Given the nature of the set-up, this information is to the manifest benefit of the town to be shared.]
ToasterThese- especially put together- are some pretty serious deflection. You really don't like me implying that you're third party because you're out of town- as such, I do believe I will keep voting you.
To answer your question, no, I live nearby in an outlying farm. I just have to haul up to the market to make my sales.
[I don't think it's deflection: I clearly answered your question, didn't I? I'm not third party. And furthermore, if your reasoning for believing that I am third-party were that I'm an out-of-towner, that would make you a third-party too (outlying is still outside). Your vote is incredibly weak and will mark you as scum if I am lynched or night killed.]
OttofarHeh. Votes on oneself rarely feel like they make sense, do they?
Have you ever been here before?
[I fail to see your continued case on me Ottofar. Chuckling softly to yourself is not an argument. You say you would have got reads from people refusing to claim, but isn't that exactly what has just happened with Leafsnail? To answer your question:]
"
Non! I have never been to Uzés before my recent arrival."