I know we don’t define what “taking an action” means, but I wouldn’t have thought that quietly obeying a “must not do X” rule (or being passively affected by an “if you’re X, then you’re Y” one) implied taking an action, in common English usage.

True.

Can’t see that this is needed.

Oh, very nice find. 

@Kevan: It could be used as a tool/support for other exploits.

Also, ty for the explanation before about new vs old players (couldn’t reply, the post is comment-closed now), I get it now.

If a majority of players genuinely believe that sentences like “A Villager who is exhibiting the symptom of Death is considered to be Dead.” are “actions”, then this needs a much bigger fix, as the “may not take actions” Death rule would also mean that dead Villagers don’t have Locations (“Each Villager has a Location” is an action?), can’t win (“the Villager with the most Memento Mori is Remembered” is an action?), aren’t dead (“Each Villager exhibits zero or more Symptoms” is an action?), etc.

I don’t see how any of these things could reasonably be considered “actions”, though.

per Kevan

Thirding “not doing something” not being “taking an action”

There are no actions in the section “Death”, but there may be in the future.

*cough* it’s not an action to not take an action. Does seem to set a bad precedent. I’ve become convinced