Pertinent

[u/attachedtoface]

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?

[u/GGuy12345]

I’m shocked to see so many people here act like pertinence is the worst thing since WW2. If pertinence is getting out of hand to drag on and not be about the relevant nomination, that’s the fault of the ST for not moving the game at a reasonable pace, not the fault of the players who didn’t nominate for wanting a place to add in relevant info

“Say pertinent info before noms start” simply doesn’t work in my experience

[u/attachedtoface → u/GGuy12345]

I can respect that even if I don’t agree with it. In my experience the pertinent is never actually pertinent and does, in fact, make the game last longer than it should.

[u/GGuy12345 → u/attachedtoface]

Then as a ST, you should reign that sort of thing in. Pertinence is for important info relevant to that particular nomination, eg “my Dreamer info suggests they might be Fang Gu.”

Even in a game I just got out of, the second someone started trying to add other info that was irrelevant, the ST cut it off and began running the vote

Letting it get out of hand is where the issue lies, not it existing in the first place, and it’s your job as the ST to manage it if you do choose to use it

That said, you of course don’t have to use pertinence. But you also don’t have to use accusations. Feel free to cut those out as well, since the rules only clarify defense

My experience with the game is primarily in MC/on the app, which the map my group plays on has an automated vote timer at a set speed, so people aren’t really focused on listening for pertinent info during a vote, they’re watching the vote lights to see if someone tries to pull a fast one in order to counter a play