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Pros And Cons Of Playing The Oberon Bluff

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In the game of Avalon not everyone gets the privilege of a piece of knowledge bestowed upon them. The players who draw generic good have the challenge of deducing who is good and evil. People know you, but you don't know them. Through use of logic and deduction, generic good can figure out the other characters at the table, the easiest way being through the often reliable and loud character of Percival. In terms of passing missions, generic good has a strength through the “Oberon bluff” in which they can pretend to be the unknown evil, Oberon, to trick the evil at the table. Generic good is a difficult role to play; however, it is not impossible with the help of keen observation. One strategy a generic good character can utilise, is to try …show more content…

The “Oberon bluff” is a deceptive tool used to trick the possible evil on the mission into passing or “slow rolling” the mission because they think the player is actually the hidden evil character, Oberon, and will fail the mission for them, allowing them to stay hidden for another round. By playing this bluff successfully ensures a victory on that mission for good.Bluffing can also work out in the favor of a generic good who did not call the bluff in the case the mission is a success whenever the bluff is played.Through revealing that they had bluffed the player who claimed to be Oberon reveals that they are not in fact Oberon and they are in fact good, allowing the other generic good players to know who is actually on their own side. Exceptions to the “Oberon Bluff” would be when Oberon himself is in play. In one case, Oberon is on the mission, and fails it because he knows for a fact that that player could not possibly be Oberon. The other case would be, when Oberon calls himself out and slow rolls the mission he claimed he would fail, knowing this would cause good to trust him and put him on missions which he could then easily fail, although this is possible it is a rarity in our metagame and is very unlikely, in which case the “Oberon Bluff” is still a safe and effective strategy for generic

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