You're on the list. 8p

I.E. you were counted as a player, you just needed to add the journal so you didn't miss the updates.

*nod* And if I'd been fully activating my gray matter I would've thought to tell you about it, what with your interest in things Mythos.

Also: Are there any "NPCs" in the game? Any characters who may comment or something but who don't "count", beyond a Ghost?

And do we get a full list of who's in the game?

I realise the Ghost isn't in this game. I was wondering, in general.

No, in the event of a Doctor save or the Elder, the Cultists would know that their sacrifice failed for some reason but not why and the town does not know who was chosen or how they were saved (although the Doctor knows because he knows who the intended victim is before they die and chooses to save them); they simply find out in the morning that their victim didn't die for whatever reason.

The Bodyguard only knows after the fact that the person was saved. I might put it into flavor text that it was a Bodyguard save but in a way that wouldn't reveal the victim or the Bodyguard.

People would know if a person was saved via Martyr because the Martyr's role is revealed at death (and, obviously the Cultists would know because they died instead of the victim).

do people who knew someone was supposed to die know *which* effect prevented the player from dying?

Scenario time: Martyr chooses to protect the right person and switches places with the victim; at the same time, the Doctor chooses to save the first victim. The Martyr would take the place of the victim and would then be saved by the Doctor.

Bodyguard and Martyr both choose to protect the same person who is also chosen as a sacrifice that night. The Bodyguard protects the person thus negating the Martyr's save (which means the Martyr doesn't die).

The Bodyguard chooses the correct person and protects the intended victim of the Cultists. Not knowing that they're protected, the Doctor chooses to save them. I would rule that the Doctor gets there first.

In any event, sometimes flavor text will reveal how a save happened (such as a Bodyguard save) and, other times it won't (if the Doctor saves someone), although assumptions could be made.

Does anyone else have a clue who was supposed to die and why they didn't, at all?

The only person who knows, for sure, who is going to die is the Doctor because they see the victim of the Cultists and decide whether or not they want to use the Medical Kit.

Okay - so the Bodyguard knows that he saved the victim, the cultists know that the sacrifice failed but MAYBE not why, and the victim doesn't know they were targeted.

Correct.

nd the Doctor, thus, knows who the Martyr is, because he tried to save Victim and wound up saving Martyr instead.

Correct.

. The Cultists... know nothing beyond that *something* stopped them from hitting their victim?

Correct.

They don't INHEERENTLY know if it was the Martyr, the Doctor, the Bodyguard, or that they targeted the Elder and just need to try again?

Correct.

You *might* give them flavour text that tells them which happened, but you might not - and, if you don't *choose* in your role as moderator to give them extra information, they get nothing.

Correct. For instance, in the flavor text, the Bodyguard, as a shadowy-blur, may accost the Cultists long enough for the victim to escape. On the other hand, with a Doctor save, the Cultists have already did the tying down, chanting, and stabbing and then walked away; the Doctor then comes in and heals that person (or, if they're the Elder, they untie themselves and get up whilst grumbling about those damn costumed kids).

After thinking about it, I will probably put saves into the flavor text to give people more things to consider and think about.

Actually, there is a slight correction to my earlier response:

The Doctor WOULD NOT know who the Martyr is as they are intending to save the Victim, who is switched last minute for the Martyr.

Yes because, in essence, they aren't saving a particular person at that point but whoever has the "Victim" label essentially.