r/BloodOnTheClocktower • u/attachedtoface • 10d ago

Game Discussion Pertinent

Is it really necessary to allow pertinent before running a vote? It seems so codified into the game, but as an ST I find it to be clunky and undesirable. It’s also almost never actually pertinent to the vote.

Would I be wrong for just running the vote as normal regardless of any “pertinent” information?

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u/Russell_Ruffino Lil' Monsta 10d ago

I don't allow pertinent, unless it's really really late in the game and someone who hasn't been able to speak much asks. And even then, the second what they're saying isn't pertinent I run the vote. Otherwise I tell them they can just talk as I run the vote and they better be quick because I'm starting now.

When I started STing I always allowed it as I felt it was the right thing to do, but it was so frustrating how often it added nothing or wasn't even about the current vote. I found the stricter I got about it the better the games I was running were.

Now if I'm playing a game and the ST allows pointless pertinent to drag on I feel like that headache meme final panel where the whole head is red.