I like this. As-is, it’s not much, but maybe we can add some more effects on the Target.

Also, EE thinks that this post is -2342 seconds (or whatever) old; I think someone’s clocks are broken.

It fits the theme of a relation only getting the money if the more popular relative dies.

I prefer the idea of the murderer specifically trying to hunt the next-of-kin.  Even if an individual is murdered, it keeps everyone guessing who’s next.

Yeah.  And presumably the murderer is such because he’s already murdered.  not all of them are serial killers.

Actually…CoV .
The only effect this actually has on the rules is to give the Murderer an additional, mostly useless bit of information—the general class of people to which belongs at least one of the people who are more closely related. I prefer the idea of the Murderer having to use the same channels as everyone else.

Wait… What if the murderer is already the most closely related? What happens then?

CoV, by the way…

As soon as the bloodline ties in to a victory condition, the murderer will want to be doing this anyway (probably using the pooled information from genealogy checks).

Self-kill