Does the first sentence mean that each Android can only do this once ever?

because it makes it too easy for everyone to figure out who the androids are.

[Sylphrena] Are you misreading this as an action that any player can take?

Sylphrena does have a point - any player who gets drugged is definitely not an Android (“If the Target is an Android, drugging them has no effect.  Otherwise, the Ship Computer shall, within 24 hours of reading the message, make a blog post announcing that the Target has been Drugged”). Kinda makes this impossible for the Androids to use effectively, unless they have a way of simulating drugging on themselves.

It could be a decisive one-shot as Emotions become more significant (and does seem to be one per Android per game, as worded). Having even one Crewmember who we know to be a trustable Human as a 100% guaranteed fact could be quite a big deal, though.

It’s supposed to be weekly, not once ever.  That was a drafting error.

Tentative change of vote - any mechanic that proves to everybody that a player is Human seems too powerful, even as a one shot. As soon as they can confirm another player as Human via XP0S or otherwise, that player becomes 100% trustable, and can vouch for a third, and so on until everyone is safely identified.

Androids being immune to drugs is neat, but the poisoner should be allowed to fake their own symptoms to keep things uncertain.

I don’t see why the Androids would have any reason to confirm someone as Human, unless they got more out of it than the confirmation loses them. So if the ability is too Human-centered, the Androids can just not use it. (Unless they’re intentionally throwing the game, which may turn out to be the best strategy, depending on the victory condition we end up with.)

A naive Android who joins the game after this discussion might use the ability without realising what they were giving away, which wouldn’t be much fun for the other Androids.

CoV to keep the queue moving, since we won’t have any Androids until Monday.