whereas starting members are most likely goodies.
How come?
If there's 5 starting members on all three councils then that'd be 15 goodies on councils from the start.
We were 29 starting players. Two packs using Johho's rule of thumb means 9 or 10 starting baddies. Hence there's 4 or 5 goodies not on a council from the start. Given there's several traits and other roles, e.g. doc, then that seems unlikely to be solely goodies on a council from the start.
It would mean that, since HDK wasn't on a council, there's only 3 or 4 villagers left who didn't start on a council. I'm one of them and Wombat seems to be a villager too, meanign that there's only one or two villagers who aren't Wombat and I and who didn't start on a council. That seems unlikely.
The village is compensated for the weakened JL by getting indefinitely replaceable council members.
I get what you're saying. And I do think that baddies started on the councils. I do think it's horrible balance wise, though, since the baddies can direct scans away from mates, they can preempt outings, they'll have a foot in the inner circles of the JL from the get go, and they'll b able to instantly lynch any double cleared person.
Espceailly the GA council is a horrible idea to have baddies on, as it'd fully neuter it against the pack with a member on it as they'd know who's protected and hence be able to avoid the protection.
In any case then I stil think Audren is a decent candidate due to the waffling around earlier today, and as it's likely there were baddies starting on the councils, despite it being a horrible idea, then I don't think him claiming seer council means that much.