Bah… on further reflection, the only way to guarantee we’ll get a believable reading from the witches tonight is to have the third witch come forth and Dio confirm him. Otherwise, if Dio dies without 100% believable crumbing, we can’t believe the third witch, and after Tonight’s reading, the witches usefulness drops dramatically, because we’ll definitely have the alpha-wolf at least located… and after that, their investigations won’t be useful, and their protects will be a complete crap-shoot.
With the candidate pool for the third witch so small, it might make sense for the Witches to claim. Certainly not right this instant, but it is something we might want to consider and spend the weekend thinking about the pros and cons.
The way I see it, if we have Diomedes choose one of the three, then that leaves two, one of which is the 3rd witch. Not much cover for the witch.
Also, if Diomedes were to die, we have no way to confirm the third witch. Of course a false claim turns out to be an even exchange… hmmm, I need to think about this more.
I like this. That way, even if BlaM or SF happens to be the third witch, at least it would be narrowed to two people, it would still be at worst a coin flip if the scum try to find the last witch toNight.
Or some wolf co-operation, now that the vampire is dead.
So, let’s look at this list for a second. If **Santo Rugger **and dotchan are what they claim, and Blaster and I are what we’ve been investigated as, then the remaining 3 must be scum (2 wolves plus 1 Necro), right?
Obviously, there are a lot of IFs in that scenario, but still…
Well, that is true… the wolves know that if we fail to kill the necromancer today, which they won’t know going into the Night, that if they kill town, they lose too, but if they kill who isn’t a wolf and isn’t (at least one of those three MUST the alpha wolf), then between the other two, they either have a 100% chance at the necromancer and save their chance of winning (which essentially rides on the omega-wolf at this point anyway) OR they get to flip a coin and decide whether the undead win, or saving their chance of winning. At this point, it’s in their best interest to increase the pool of possible omegas anyway, so killing an unconfirmed townie won’t really hurt them anyway.
The list is in light of the fact that we need to lynch the Necromancer right now. Once the Necromancer is dead, I’ll move ShadowFacts and Blaster Master onto the willing to lynch column.
Problem with no claim: Once the potential witch pool is narrowed to two, it is highly likely that the Wolves know which one is the witch because the other is a Wolf!
Not true, you or I could, based on the witch investigation, be the omega-wolf. We do know that, for sure, two of those three are scum, giving credit to Rugger and Dot.
You know what… screw it… I’ve given it some thought, and it the positives outweight the negatives at this point.
I am the third Witch, and Dio will confirm this.
He lied about investigating me. That investigation was actually a pro-town result on Hockey Monkey, which is why I was willing to use my power to protect her.
I will not reveal what we did last Night at this time, as I will need more consideration to confirm that… however, in the meantime, I would like to see the role-claim that Hazel promised us and then was talked out of.
Please note that I said that IF we are Town, as we were investigated. Obviously, if you or I are the Omega Wolf or dotchan or Santo are lying, my scenario fails. Thus the ifs.
And on preview I see your claim, which to be frank is what I had been thinking since you revealed your secret protective powers.
Aren’t secrets cool?
I’m just sad that I’ve used all mine up.
I can’t even be all mysterious about Roles anymore 
I know. I feel like a douche now for giving out my Batman identity too early. :smack:
Who says I’m confirming anything you say, Blaster? You might still be the Omega!
Oh, wait. You’re not. Sorry. 
Blaster’s the Maiden. Zoggie can chill out now, I made up Child for my own devious reasons. My lynch list for tonight is a very small one, we need to kill the necromancer -today-. ShadowFacts, while still potentially an Omega Wolf, is right out. Blaster’s correct in that we had a Town read on Hockey as well, but she’s no longer in the running. We investigated last night, but I agree with Blaster that that information probably needs to stay under wraps until we get some claims. Everyone who hasn’t claimed yet needs to do so -today-. The wolves right now are just as much in danger of losing this game as the town is, although I doubt they’ll claim wolf at this point in order to help us out.
We can either hit one of my targets (and I think I’ve eliminated all but three of you from necro consideration), we can no-lynch (which buys us an extra day), we can no-lynch and hope that dotchan is who she says she is and can block zombification while the witches get another investigation (the wolves deciding to no-kill tonight would be necessary if dot doesn’t manage to Bless correctly, if we took this strategy).
Hazel, Diggit, Zoggie, I’m looking at you three.
I fully agree. I think the next step is a full claim from those three. ShadowFacts may hold off, if he chooses, since he’s not a lynch candidate today. However, if he may potentially be able to help us discern certain other roles, it may be advisable.
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I was thinking “Child” was weird for a Witch title, since usually the Goddess is represented as Mother, Maiden, and Crone.
Well, looks like I’m not getting out of role-claiming today. There is something that I quite can’t figure out yet - something that is not consistent with the knowledge of my role and what people are assuming about the remaining roles. I’d rather figure it out on my own and present it, rather than have you guys jump all over me and declare me scum because of the inconsistency. Bear with me.
Take your time… your life depends on it. 
I’m role claiming, then. I’m a magician. I haven’t been targeted yet, so I still have the chance to escape. I’d tell the Vig to try killing me tonight, but I’m afraid we don’t have one of those.
I will not be claiming toDay, as I feel that would be more harmful than helpful to the town.