I think a public discussion is in order to decide how to deal with this issue, once we know just how the Dynasty is going to work.  Currently, nothing bad will happen if the Murderer idles.  This might not be a good solution to the issue, so for now:

(Note that if Rune Master Xan was the Murderer or Detective, this will not trigger, as he has already been idled.)

on similar reasoning to Hix, actually. It seems easier to have a sensible Murderer mechanic if we know there’ll always be a Murderer, than if we allow for idling.

I’ll let Kevan speak for me on this =P

It feels wrong, at the moment, that someone would stop being the murderer if they idled for a few days and came back. (Don’t forget that people sometimes idle if they’re going on holiday but intending to return.) I think we need to decide what the murderer is actually doing, first.

Ooh- good point. Maybe being idle for more than X days and/or idling by activity timeout would be the only triggers, then.

If the murderer really does go idle, I’d rather Kevan secretly created a second murderer.  More fun, way trickier, and consistent with the plots of many mystery movels.  You know, the Governess who incorrectly thinks her young pupil is the murderer, and accidentlly kills a reporter who is sniffing around, something silly like that.

TrumanCapote, if you feel the need why don’t you just propose to remove that sentance?