They introduced a new mechanic to salem a couple days ago.

Hypothermia. One of the veteran players pissed off one of the developers by exploiting a flaw in the system (the current season hadn't updated it's temp due to the timing of the patch) to make a bunch of capes and criticizing the system, so the developer in question dropped the server temperature as low as it would go. Many noobs died, but the above pictured gent was rescued by the efforts of another player and I. It's actually a decent system, as long as you can get some shoes on your feet before the cold takes you. Shoes make a big difference.