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I'm still a bit hazy on your plan, though. Was it really your intention to become the child from the start just to throw people off? Would you have roleclaimed child on Day 3 even if I didn't accuse you?
Not knowing that one Child was guaranteed per game, I passed the idea around to the other elves, and started laying the groundwork for the plot early on, hoping that there wasn't a real Child. Once I heard Alexhans start to mention the child though, I had second thoughts.
I first made a mad stab that he was bluffing, and sent him a PM that I was "concerned about his child-contact claim", meaning to imply that I was the Child, and either call his bluff, or perhaps cast doubt about his contact if it was real... but once I realized that it didn't work (I didn't anticipate the circle of trust you guys had built) I pushed for us to night-kill Alexhans instead, so he wouldn't get too much word out on my bluff.
As for the public role-claim on Day 3, it was never my final plan, but came about due to the happy accident of all your contacts being dead. It was a desperate gambit, and most of what I said was fabricated on the fly. I was extremely glad that I'd laid some groundwork for a false child-claim, since I had Org to call on to "back me up"... the added bonus being that every townie whose trust I'd gained would immediately be suspected elves... so whether it worked or not, it was largely a win-win situation for the elves.
The ideal plan was to get you lynched during the day, to get Alexhans the Hammerer killed by the Druid in the night (since he'd be immune to being taken down with him), and then hope that you guys would pick apart my contacts, and then each other.
But yeah, long story short, most of it ended up being a fly-by-night... I'm still a bit surprised that my story even held water. Nevertheless, you were a truly excellent opponent, Karlito, and I hope that next time we're on the same side.