Werewolf Den - Glossary of Terms & Roles

Werewolf on boards.ie has been an active game and community for a long time. As such, terminology and information pertaining to past games has been built up. The members of the community on boards are very open to people joining in, so put some work into preparing the below glossary of terms and roles for new players to reference.

If you have a question on any of these, please ask here.


Glossary of Terms - Please find some of the commonly used phrases that you may encounter during a game.

A Necro style game - a game with complex and sometimes confusing roles
Auto-priest - alignment/role of player announced on thread upon death of player, as opposed to be told to one player in private (that player being the priest role)
Beakering - false claiming a role or considered to be doing so
Bussing - where a wolf team member shops another on their team to the village for village credit. 
CFD - Chinese Fire Drill - rapid changing of votes onto one candidate at the end of the day phase
COP - Change of plan games - the site that hosts most backrooms for the games
D&D - Dungeons&Dragons - alternative site also used to host some games.
D0 / N0 / D1 etc etc - shortened terminology for the phase the game is in. EG: N0 = Night 0, D1 = Day 1 etc.
"D0 does not exist. Anybody who uses it is a wolf and trying to sow confusion on the thread, lynch them first.
N0 = Night 0, or pregame. D1 = Day 1, a lynch happens at the end of day. N1 = Night 1, Night ends with a munch at dawn. D2= Day 2 etc...."
Dead Room - where dead players and non-players can discuss the game out of view of the players.
Doing a Drumpot - Going down various potential rabbit holes that may or may not involve outed roled goodies actually being baddies
Doing a Molly - having an on thread meltdown
Doing a Pter - posting in your normal account during an anon game
EOD - End of Day, ie when the lynch happens.
FFA - Free For All - give a list with reasoning of your top suspicions for wolves
Flavour - descriptions of game actions by the game mods taking into account aspects of the game theme. E.g. Wolves munch someone, the mods post 'Someone was killed at midnight by having their neck strung out. The body was taken down, burned & spread to the wind'. The salient info here is that someone has died. The rest is just for added flavour.
Flip - to learn a player's alignment on their death, ie: I would like to see Necro's flip
Genieing - appearing nearly immediately on the game thread after your name is mentioned having not posted prior to this for a while
Ghost voting - Voting for lynch but not posting on thread
Green/Red - indicative of good/evil alignment - green = good, red = evil
ISO - to isolate (ISO) a player's posts and analyse their content.
Lean - your personal feeling on a specific player ie: I lean good on Baggly
Lock clear/wolf - where a player is considered definitively as a particular alignment
LYLO - 'Lynch-or-Lose' Where an evil must be lynched or the village will lose the game
Lynch: where the villagers vote to eliminate a player they believe is a wolf from the game
Metagaming - Using information from outside the current game. e.g. Baggly played like this the last time he was a wolf so he must be a wolf now...
Mind control - a power a role may have to force another player to do crazy things on the game thread
Mountainous - a game with only wolves and villagers, no power roles.
Munch: where the wolves eliminate a player from the game
MYLO - 'Mislynch-and-Lose' If the village mislynches incorrectly they will lose, however there is an opportunity to 'No Lynch'.
No Lynch - where the village votes not to lynch anyone for that particular phase
NRV - Non-Roled Villager. Villager with no powers. Most common role in the game.
OMGUS - 'Oh My Gosh U Suck' used when a player accuses another after first being accused by said player purely because they accused them.
Pocketing - where a wolf gains the trust of a villager
Rabbit Holing - Wild and sometimes outlandish theories on who the evils are
Ranking list - list of players and your feelings on them from either village to wolf or vice versa
Shake cages / trees / whatever you are shaking yourself - testing player's reactions through various methods.
SK: Serial Killer
Skunked - to badger players on discord incessantly until they join Bounty Hunter's game
Tunnelling - where a villager incessantly and relentlessly believes another villager is a wolf
Twilight - a sometimes used phase between day and night
TWTBAW - 'Too Wolfy To Be A Wolf' Where a player's actions are deemed so wolfy they cannot be a wolf
Vanilla - a stripped back basic version of Werewolf, generally only involving one (or less) village role.
Vanillager: Another term for an NRV or villager with no powers
Wagonomics - lynch vote analysis used by players to attempt to find wolves
WIFOM - 'Wine in front of me' A multi-layered explanation for this one, best described here


Glossary of Roles - You will also find a list of potential roles that have been used / suggested in the past, below. Please note that these roles are indicative and exact role powers / mechanics / abilities will vary from game to game depending on how mods set the role up.

An example of this is that sometimes a bodyguard can protect the same person twice in a row; sometimes not. A vig may have to shoot during a certain time period, or they may have free rein to shoot whenever they want. This will be decided by game mods and may or may not be announced when the game starts (sometimes game mods like to keep the details secret for only the person who holds the role to know).

Role | Description |Alignment|Used on boards.ie WW?|If yes how often?
Alien | Assigned in the beginning of the game, the Alien plays for themselves. If the Alien is targeted during the night phase, they do not die; however, during the alien's night phase, the narrator indicates that they have been activated. After the alien has been activated, they have to get people to vote them out during the following day. If they succeed, they explode and win the game. If they fail, they deactivate |Bad |no ||
Alpha wolf | Has the ability to seer check x amount of times or (alternative version) has the ability to be Immune to Seer Views |Bad |yes |commonly|
Apprentice Seer/Priest | Become the Seer/Priest if the Seer/Priest is killed. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Arsonist | Douse a target in accelerant that can be lit on any following night. Ignition will cause all Doused targets to catch fire, causing them to die at the end of the night, unless protected by a Firefighter. |either |yes |seldom|
Assassin | If lynched, player who placed the last vote for them dies also |either |yes |seldom|
Beholder | On the first night this person will know who the seer is. |Good |no ||
Bloodhound| Werewolf version of Seer, 20% chance of a check failing and 40% chance of being told a random other role (works out at 52% chance of getting the correct role) |Bad |no ||
Bodyguard | Choose a different player each night to protect. That player cannot be killed that night. |Good |yes |commonly|
Charlatan | On the X Day, you must declare with certainty a Player to be a Werewolf. |either |no ||
Counterfeiter | Can choose a day to have access to all lynch votes in advance. Can fake lynch votes from players, whatever vote distribution they choose is what the village uses and knows of. Basically has total control over the lynch, gets to distribute votes from whoever to whoever. |either |yes |seldom|
Cult Leader | Each night, add a player to your cult. You win if all of the players left alive are part of your cult. |Good |no ||
Cupid | Choose two players to be lovers. If one of those players dies, the other dies from a broken heart. Lovers know each others roles. |Good |yes |seldom|
Cursed | You are a villager until attacked by werewolves, at which time you become a werewolf. |Bad |no ||
Dentist | If no Werewolves are lynched after 5 Nights, you learn the identity of one random wolf. |Good |no ||
Derp| Gains powers/abilities based on completed on thread tasks that make him seem like a bit of an eejit. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Detective| You old sleuth. Each day, you will have the chance to investigate another player. Use this carefully however, for these is a 40% chance the werewolves will detect you! |Good |yes |seldom|
Dire wolf | If he is lynched, he may kill any player before he dies. |Bad |no ||
Diseased | If you are attacked by werewolves, the werewolves do not get fed the following night. |Good |no ||
Doppelgänger | Select a player the first night. If that player dies, you secretly take that role. |either |yes |seldom|
Dream Wolf | If a werewolf dies, you replace them. |Bad |no ||
Drunk Wolf| The Wolf would have an ability but wouldn't know of the ability until 2nd or 3rd night |Bad |yes |seldom|
Drunk | You are a villager until the third night, when you remember your real role. |either |yes |seldom|
Elder | The Elder has two lives and therefore must be targeted two nights running to kill. However if they are lynched then the town lose all of their power roles and all power roles become villagers |Good |yes |sometimes|
Executor| during the voting, the executor can present himself and execute another player. Voting continues afterwards. The executor can execute only once |Good |no ||
Firefighter | Hose Down one player each night. Hose Down will protect your target from being doused in accelerant and protect them from being ignited. |Good |no ||
Fool|The Fool is led to believe they are the Seer. Each night, when they choose to reveal a players role, they will be told a completely random role. |Good |yes |seldom|
Framer | Frame a target each night. This will make the target inspect as Mafia to all cops for that night. |Good |no ||
Full Cop | Inspect a player each night. Full Inspection will reveal a target's role, alignment, and any role modifiers. |Good |yes |seldom|
Ghost | A player with the Ghost role can continue to post in a game thread for two full phases after their death |either |no ||
Godfather | you are immune to Cop inspections. You will be viewed as Town if inspected by an Alignment Cop and as a Vanilla if inspected by a Role Cop. |Bad |no ||
Governor | Once per game, he may preempt a normal lynching and decide to execute any player he chooses |Good |no ||
Harlot | Visit a player each night, if that player dies or is a wolf the harlot will die, if the harlot is a chosen wolf target and she is out visiting she will not die |Good |no ||
Hateful Turncoat| his role would work with a Charlatan. The Charlatan would have to accused one person per day. If he accuses the Turncoat, the turncoat can then be activated and can choose his to stay good or turn |either |no ||
Healer | Heal a player. Players you target with this action will survive any poison placed on them the previous Night. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Hero | The hero can choose one person to protect at night, but instead of the victim dying, the Hero and the attacker both die. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Hunter | If you are killed, take someone down with you. |Good |no ||
Hypnotist | Chooses a Player that may not speak the next Day |Good |no ||
Inquisitor| Role is revealed of a person if you voted for them and they were not lynched. |Good |no ||
Interrogator | Speaks to a player each night, player looses any powers durring interrogation |Good |yes |sometimes|
Jack of All Trades | a combination of several of the above roles to be used on successive nights or lost. |either |yes |seldom|
Jailkeeper | Jail one player each night. Jailing another player will both protect that player from being killed as well as prevent that player from being able to successfully use their Night Action that night. |either |yes |seldom|
Jester | the Jesters sole purpose is to get lynched. If they can get lynched, they win |either |no ||
Lone Wolf | You are a werewolf, but you only win if you are the last wolf team member alive. |Bad |yes |sometimes|
Lover | your life is tied to at least one other player. If you or one of your Lovers dies, then you will all die as a consequence. You have access to a private thread where you can talk to the other Lovers in your group. Your Lovers could be any alignment. You do not know if there are other groups. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Lycan | You are a villager, but you appear falsely to be a werewolf to the Seers |Good |no ||
Lycanthrope | If the Alpha Wolf becomes the last remaining living Werewolf or is killed you turn into a Werewolf. |Bad |no ||
Martyr | Take the place of someone who has been killed before their role is revealed. |Good |no ||
Mayor | Your vote counts twice when voting to lynch a player |Good |yes |seldom|
Minion | You are a villager with no speical roles but you are able to work with the werewolves to kill the villagers. |Bad |yes |seldom|
Motion Detector | Motion Detecting another player will detect any motion surrounding that player that Night. If they visit someone or were visited by someone else, you will detect motion. |Good |yes |seldom|
Necromancer| Bring one player back from death at anytime during the game |Good |no ||
Negotiator| the negotiator is playing on behalf of the bad teams. Once per round each bad team may give a message for another bad team to the negotiator. The negotiator is free to give or not give the message, or indeed to give a different message. The negotiator is known to all bad teams and wins if any bad team wins the game |Bad |no ||
Neighbor | you have access to a private thread where you can talk to the other Neighbors in your group. Your Neighbors could be any alignment. You do not know if there are other groups. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Parity Cop | Inspect a player each night. Parity Inspection will reveal whether your target's alignment matches your previous target. Your first target has nothing to compare to, so you will not receive anything until your second action. |Good |yes |seldom|
PI | Once per game choose three players. Gets a Positive hit if any of the players is a wolf, gets a negative hit if none of the players is. |Good |yes |seldom|
Poisoner | you have access to Poison and Fake Poison. Players you target with this action will have their poisoned status announced at the beginning of the following Day. Poisoned players will die if they are not healed by the end of the Day, but Fake Poisoned players will survive either way. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Priest |Learns the roles of players that have died, can also train apprentice priest |Good |yes |commonly|
Prince | If you are voted to be lynched, you reveal your role, and whoever voted for you first is lynched instead. |Good |no ||
Prodical Elder| Works similar to a regular Elder but if he's peeked he shows as |Good |no ||
Protagonist | Leads village with powers similar or counter to the Alpha wolf |Good |yes |seldom|
Renegade| Can follow a player, if the wolves attack the followed player, they still die but one wolf at random is killed |Good |no ||
Role Cop | Inspect a player each night. Role Inspection will reveal a target's role and any role modifiers. Vanillas and Goons will inspect as Vanilla. |Good |yes |seldom|
Role Oracle | pick a player whose role will be revealed upon your death. |Good |yes |seldom|
Roleblocker | Block a player each night. Roleblocking another player prevents them from being able to successfully use any Night Action that they might have that night. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Sad Serial Killer| This SK is linked to a villager , if the villager dies the SK loses his kill for the next Munch, however the SK also then becomes immune to 1 death blow. |Bad |no ||
Savage Wolf| Learns the roles of players who are killed at night |Bad |yes |sometimes|
Seer | Each night pick a player to reveal their role, can also train apprentice |Good |yes |commonly|
Serial Killer| The serial killer is a lone player, on their own team. As the serial killer, you can kill anyone. If the wolves try to attack you, you will kill one of them (random), and live. |Bad |yes |commonly|
Shaman | Recieves totems or devices during the game which they have to give to other players. Totems give those players powers or abilities. |Good |yes |commonly|
Shapeshifter | Has to ability to sacrifice themselves to pick one villager to become a werewolf, only during night phase |Bad |no ||
Sheriff | has two votes in the lynching, if sheriff dies New sheriff is voted in anonymously. After a new sheriff is voted in, the old sheriff is revealed, along with who voted for them. |Good |no ||
Siamese Soulmates| Both would be villagers who share a secret room. However if one dies, the other will also die. |Good |yes |seldom|
Soul mates | Soul mates are villagers that know each other. |Good |yes |sometimes|
Suicide Bomber | You and the player targeted with your bomb will die within one minute after submission unless protected. |either |no ||
Teenage Werewolf| The Teenage Werewolf is so excited to be a werewolf, the word "wolf" or "werewolf" must appear in at least one of his posts each (in game) day or the Teenage Werewolf dies the following night. |Bad |no ||
The scapegoat | If there is a tied vote and the scapegoat is still alive they are lynched. |either |no ||
Tough Guy | You survive an extra day if attacked by werewolves at night. |Good |no ||
Tracker | Track a player each night. Tracking another player informs you who that player used a Night Action on that night, if any. |either |yes |seldom|
Traitor| If you survive long enough for all the wolves to die, you will become a werewolf, ready to kill your former teammates in the night! |Bad |no ||
Troublemaker | Once per game, choose to have two lynch attempts on one day. |Good |no ||
Universal Backup | Backup will allow you to inherit the powers of a dead player of the same alignment once in the game. You will inherit all of their abilities and modifiers. You will not inherit their chat access or player groupings (e.g. Masons). You will not inherit the original, unaltered versions of your modifiers. If your target has limited shots, the shots they used will already be used in your inherited role. |either |no ||
Vampire | Every night, the vampire kills someone expect the 3rd night when they are able to turn someone (non werewolf). The vampire is it's own team. |Bad |no ||
Van Helsing | Has the ability to track a person every second rounds night, if they track a vampire, all vampires will die |Good |no| |
Vengeful Serial Killer| This SK is linked to a villager. When the villager dies, the SK gets an extra kill on his next munch. |Bad |no ||
Vigilante | Has 3 bullets which can be used at night to kill |Good |yes |commonly|
Villager | Find the werewolves and lynch them. Also known as Non-Roled-Villager (NRV) |Good |yes |commonly|
Voyeur | Watch a player each night. Voyeuring another player will inform you of the types of actions done to that player that Night, if any. You will not learn who used those actions. Some example types: |either |yes |seldom|
Watcher | Watch a player each night. Watching another player informs you who used a Night Action on that player, if any. You will not learn what type of Night Action was used on your target. |either |yes |seldom|
Werewolf | Eat a villager each night. |Bad |yes |commonly|
Wild Child| on the first night the Wild Child chooses 1 "role model" if the role model dies the wild child becomes a werewolf until then the wild child is a normal villager |either |no ||
Witch | has two potions, the witch knows the victim of the wolves. She has one potion to save a victim and one to poison another player |Good |yes |sometimes|
Witness | Once per turn the witness can select a player and if that player is killed learns the identity of one wolf, if a wolf is chosen then the wolfs will learn the identity of the witness |Good |no ||
Wolf Cub | Someone who is selected to become a wolf, having started the game not as a wolf. |Bad |yes |sometimes|
Wolf man | You are a werewolf but count as a villager in parity count, the Seer sees you as a Villager |Bad |no||



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