by The_Immortal
This post involves Mastermind strategy and the Mastermind Handbook suggestions for the second Cosmic Mythology script (should be script 7).[o]
The Mastermind Guide states that the Extra Gauge will basically go up by 1 each loop from the Class Rep refusing Goodwill. But what's to stop the Mastermind from simply playing Forbid Goodwill on the Class Rep every single turn so that they never get the CHANCE for her to refuse Goodwill? So long as the extra gauge stays at 0, the main plot is an automatic win.
By my reading, the only other way for the Protagonists to up the extra gauge is to get the Witness to 4 paranoia, but this is obviously trivially stopped as well. The Rich Man's Daughter is around to place Goodwill on other students like the Class Rep, but she can be kept away from the Class Rep in locations where her power does not work. There are no other abilities to place extra Goodwill, so no chance for a fork between 2 Goodwill-placing characters.
Of course, even so it doesn't mean the scenario is necessarily unwinnable, as the players may be able to use the Serial Killer to find out most or all of the information. But usually the Mastermind guide tells you when the script has a "locked in" automatic win, and this one doesn't. Am I missing anything here?
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