can someone explain exactly what does a witch do?

[naz]

im extremely confused it seems like such a cool role but i cannot figure out how to do my abilities and stuff please halp

[HoneyDrake]

there are 2 buttons near each person (besides you and dead ones)

the left one choses who you are going to control, the right one is who the target is

for example there are 3 players alive:

Dancingstein (Vigilante)
Toxic Girl (Witch)
Jesus (Bodyguard)

Toxic Girl decides to control Dancingstein (left button on me) and target Jesus (right button on him).

What will happen:

Dancingstein will do his job, as if he target himself -> He will visit and shoot Jesus. AND the witch will now know which role Dancingstein had (doesnt matter if he could visit or not).


There is a lot of tactical thinking involved for witches. For example, if you know about jailor and who he is going to jail that night, you can make the jailor execute whoever he jailed, if you got the correct target.

[naz]

Originally posted by Dancingstein:

there are 2 buttons near each person (besides you and dead ones)

the left one choses who you are going to control, the right one is who the target is

for example there are 3 players alive:

Dancingstein (Vigilante)
Toxic Girl (Witch)
Jesus (Bodyguard)

Toxic Girl decides to control Dancingstein (left button on me) and target Jesus (right button on him).

What will happen:

Dancingstein will do his job, as if he target himself -> He will visit and shoot Jesus. AND the witch will now know which role Dancingstein had (doesnt matter if he could visit or not).


There is a lot of tactical thinking involved for witches. For example, if you know about jailor and who he is going to jail that night, you can make the jailor execute whoever he jailed, if you got the correct target.

oh shi i think i understand now, so like if i find mafia, can i make them kill the ones i want them to kill? is that possible? or can i make arsonist douse himself? is there anything i cant do?

[shapesifter13]

Correct, you can make the Mafia kill people if you find the Mafioso, but you can't make an Arsonist douse themselves. If you control the Arsonist to himself he will ignite the doused players.

[Vandalay]

Originally posted by shapesifter13:

Correct, you can make the Mafia kill people if you find the Mafioso, but you can't make an Arsonist douse themselves. If you control the Arsonist to himself he will ignite the doused players.

Woo, I get to correct, a dev :P

Technically at least on the ranked or classic role list, if the godfather is alive, he overrules the mafioso (and thus a witch on the mafioso) in chosing the mafia's victim.

Basically in short the witch overrules the button that the witch's target hits. So if as that role chosing someone does something, than the witch hits the button for you.

[naz]

omg im so confused fml, thank you though <3

[womp womp womp]

A witch essentially controls people. The button on the left is the person the witch controls. The right button is who the witched person will target. If they are Investigator, Mafioso, SK, anything of the sort where they can choose someone to perform their action on, their chosen target will be swapped to the target the witch chose. In this sense, a mafioso could be controlled by a witch and end up killing a fellow mafia member.

[naz]

if i find the doctor can i make him heal myself?

[Akkebi]

My favorite part of playing the witch is subtly threatening people.
You know the role of everyone you controlled, usually you put that in your will, you then find a way to let mafia/sk/whatever bad role you found know you are witch. (Usually with a nonchalant whisper that a spy won't consider worthwhile but the person controlled will understand since they know they were controlled)
The subtle threat is that if they get you killed, they are outing themselves since you will have their name and role in your will.

Witch wills are generally trusted by town as evidence since once a witch is dead they no longer can win, so they don't have to worry about 'gamethrowing' if they put that information in their will.

I also like saying that the jester is sk or arso in my will. Fun times.

[Akkebi]

Originally posted by Toxic Girl:

if i find the doctor can i make him heal myself?

Yup. You can make the doctor be your own personal healer, you can also make bg be your own personal guard. SK becomes your attack dog. >:)

[Demon of Razgriz]

Originally posted by Cornflake ♥:

Originally posted by Toxic Girl:

if i find the doctor can i make him heal myself?

Yup. You can make the doctor be your own personal healer, you can also make bg be your own personal guard. SK becomes your attack dog. >:)

Just be extremely careful if you decide to start using a mafia killer or SK as your own attack dog. They may get pissed and out you as witch because they are mad at you controlling them. Also, if you are controlling a mafia, you may end up accidentally making them kill other mafia, which will not make the mafia happy with you.

[Vandalay]

Originally posted by Cornflake ♥:

Originally posted by Toxic Girl:

if i find the doctor can i make him heal myself?

Yup. You can make the doctor be your own personal healer, you can also make bg be your own personal guard. SK becomes your attack dog. >:)

Yup, worth noting though, BG is a double edged sword as a protection, unless you think a vig might suspect you. Witch loses if town wins, so a BG may save you, but also make you lose at the same time.

Using a doc as your protection is awesome, Tieing up investigators is good. Making vig's kill town, or sending any townies off to party at the vet's house is great.

But yeah when it comes to the mafia or the NK, the best thing to do when you find one, is try to drop them a little hint of who you are. If they are smart, working with you is in their interest, and witches win condition explicitly requires town to lose.