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Old 01-24-2008, 12:51 PM   #348
Rikae
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Originally Posted by Aganzir View Post
I fail to see why.
Because we are 9:5 now, and if we lynch an innocent today out of trust for Nogrod (sure, it's possible we'll lynch a wolf too, but an innocent is more likely), and he kills a Lommy tonight and is not killed himself, tomorrow we're left with 5:7 if Lommy was not a wolf (and if she was not, Nogrod is). We'll have to lynch a wolf then or lose (if Lommy wasn't one - if she was, we'd be 4:8), and only when both Nogrod and Lommy are gone can we be certain we got one - IF we trust Nogrod.

I'm sorry I didn't have time to do the analysis I would have liked, but in light of Lommy's words it's not relevant at the moment anyway. Here are the options, as I see them:

Nogrod is a wolf, Lommy is a seer, and we lynch Nogrod toDay:
We're rid of a wolf and a seer may live to dream another night. The fact that there is no other death will prove Nogrod was lying.

Nogrod is a wolf, Lommy is a seer, and we don't lynch Nogrod toDay:
Good chance of lynching an innocent toDay, toMorrow our seer is dead, but we don't even know this for certain, and Nog-wolf may survive (judging from Aganzir's words, may very likely survive.)

Nogrod is a hunter, Lommy is a wolf, and we lynch Nogrod toDay:
Both will die, and we will know both roles by this fact.

Nogrod is a hunter, Lommy is a wolf, and we don't lynch Nogrod toDay:
Lommy dies toNight, Nogrod may or may not, and we're none the wiser if he doesn't.

It's the only way we're certain to both catch a wolf and know it:

++Nogrod
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