Board Thread:Role Ideas (Neutral)/@comment-33202713-20171022130425/@comment-26234016-20171023161929

MetalCityShadow wrote: Name: Soulmaster

Alignment: Neutral Killing

Game Information/Background: You are an evil magician who has found a way to use people's souls.

Attack: Powerful

Defense: Basic

Unique Role: Yes

Priority: 5

Abilities: Mark people's souls and if they die, use the power of souls you have collected to kill.

Attributes: - At night, select up to 2 targets to mark their souls. - For every person, who died with their soul marked during the same night or the next day, you will get 1 attack the next night.

Mechanics: (How It Works) So 2 targets can be chosen at night to mark their souls. If atleast one them died the same night or the next day (hanged), the next night you won't mark souls and you have the option to attack. If no targets died, you will have to mark souls again. And previously marked souls don't matter anymore, they have to be marked again. Soulmarking is Astral, so you can't be seen visiting. Attacking is like when Arsonist ignites so it's not like a visit. Can't be controlled by the Witch/Coven Leader.

-Investigative Results-

Sheriff: Your target is not suspicious.

Investigator: Your target could be a Medium, Janitor, Retributionist, Necromancer, Trapper or Soulmaster

Consigliere/Witch: Your target collects souls. They must be a Soulmaster.

Goal: Kill everyone who would oppose you.

Wins With: Soulmaster, Survivor, Witch, Pirate, Guardian Angel

Must Kill: Town, Coven, Mafia, Vampires, Arsonist, Serial Killer, Plaguebearer, Pestilence, Juggernaut Pros:

- interesting new NK

- Nerfs town by making vigilantes less likely to attack

-    Lowers chances of random lynching

- Feeds off of other killing roles

- Powerful attack as a consolation for the low likelyhood of a kill

Cons:

- Investigator result hurts Medium, Ret, and Trapper too much

- Nerfs lookout, veteran, and werewolf, two of which are already fairly UP

- Nerfs exe by proxy, and TIs/consig by double-proxy. Someone might suspect an exe or investigator to be a Soulmaster trying to lynch their target. With some of those roles (Invest, Consig, Psychic, Executioner) that's fine, but with others (Lookout, Sheriff) that's troublesome

I think some changes need to be made, but I like it a lot! It's weak early in the game, becomes more likely to kill as time goes on... I have a couple suggestions (you can pick any):

- Have it be revealed to Sheriff, because Sheriff needs help

- Change invest result

- Change the name – 'Soulmaster' is a little cheesy

Overall, I like it... but get more opinions first.