Framer

A man sneaks into the house of a suspected Mafioso with a black briefcase. He gets down to business right away, planting weapons all over the unsuspecting victim's house. Before the rise of the sun, he leaves before anyone can ever realize he was there.

When the sun rises the next morning, all of the town awakens after a night of rest. Everyone except the Sheriff, who has been busy all night interrogating the suspect. He points his finger at the suspect, and says "Lynch her."

The suspect pleads that she is just a medium, but the Sheriff is convinced that all of that is an act. The suspect is quickly executed. Various occult items fall out her pockets, revealing her true role, Medium. The Town's eyes turn to the Sheriff: the Framer 's next target.

Stats
Role Name: Framer

Role Alignment: Mafia Deception

Ability: Choose someone to frame at night.

Attributes:
 * If your target is investigated they will appear to be a member of the Mafia.
 * If there are no kill capable Mafia roles left, you will become a Mafioso.

Goal: Kill anyone that will not submit to the Mafia.

Win Conditions: Notes:
 * Must kill the Town
 * Must kill Serial Killers
 * Must kill Arsonists
 * Must kill Werewolves
 * Win with the Mafia
 * Win with Witches
 * Win with Survivors
 * You can talk with the other Mafia at night.
 * Investigators will see framed targets as Framers.
 * Sheriffs will see framed targets as Mafia.

Actions
Target Other: Change target's role properties to any investigative visitors.

Strategy

 * One strategy is to say right before night "I think _____ is mafia, sheriff please investigate him" Then frame the person. Of course, a smart player will realize that you're framer and call you out on it
 * A possible strategy is to tell the truth about your role, especially if someone whispers you to ask. Most people will brush you off as a bad jester and some people may even step up in your defense if you draw too much attention. You don't have to make a clever lie and investigators and sheriffs will suspect that you've been framed the next night leaving you alive for some longer.


 * Another strategy, although this can be done with the rest, is to select two other non-mafia players and list them as Mafia on your list. Then, in game, while alive, act immature and pretend that you are about to give away the rest of the Mafia. Depending on how effective your acting is, you may get some town players lynched or even killed at night. Note that this can be used with most Mafia roles, but works best with Framer and Disguiser, as these are seen as "weaker" Mafia roles.


 * Your job in the Mafia is to be the "middleman" between the Mafia, because you know that if people investigate you, you have a valid reason to say you were framed.


 * Once you are sure that there are no Investigative roles left, try your best to get someone lynched like an Executioner would. You are practically useless without Investigative roles, so try your best to make other people look incriminating by accusing them.


 * Even if your powers of framing become rather useless, keep in mind that you will eventually be promoted to Mafioso if no kill-capable Mafia roles exist any more (ex. in Classic, if both the Mafioso and Godfather die), and you will suddenly go from useless to powerful. If you bide your time and avoid suspicion, you may end up saving the game for the Mafia.


 * If you're being targeted and you know you're likely going to be lynched, either from invests or just sheer bad luck, tell your fellow Mafia to vote guilty on you, sure you die anyway, but it hides your allies and since your useless at time of discovery to others, delaying suspicion is your goal to the other mafia and the other roles of Mafioso and Godfather are higher/more important than your own. It's usually best to tell them each night in chat to remind them to vote guilty on framer. Even Spies can't tell if they listen in on who their allies are as long as a name isn't said.
 * If people catch you going to peoples houses you can claim to be a sheriff. This tactic can work in classic matches not to far in. It's important that not all possibilities of another sheriff is gone, as a smart player checks the role list and sees the impossebility that another sheriff exists. This way you can get the protection of a doctor and lynch townies, then say, oh no they must have been framed. If another sheriff or investigator calls you out, claim to be framed.
 * When there are no Investigative roles left, don't leave! You can still help Mafia with the votes.

Who to Frame

 * It's best that you frame people with names that stick out the most, as Investigative roles tend to investigate said players.
 * Framing people that are number one on the players list is good too, as they also tend to be investigated first.


 * If people are suspicious of a particular person, there's a good chance that people will investigate them. It's also a good chance for you to frame them. Be wary, though, as Lookout may be one of these investigative roles and see you visit this person.


 * A strategy that some use is to continue framing the same person. To the sheriffs or investigators, the second night they check their target to confirm that they are evil, it will still come up as Mafia. after the second night of checking, most invest will claim that the target is mafia, getting a townie lynched.