Talk:Investigator/@comment-26507350-20150828030704/@comment-25646419-20150912205936

^ That comes down to intent and how you go about it. In the original poster's question, it's totally okay. Town's going to win anyway? Go ahead and give the jester a win.

In other scenarios though... think about this... Keeping a jester alive? When it comes to the end of the game, they aren't going to help you win; they aren't going to vote up the obvious bad guy.

Some players choose to whisper to the jester, "Hey, I know you're jester. I'll help you if you help me." Let's take Classic mode for an easy example. Josh is the Jester. You are the Investigator. You publicly say, "Josh is the Serial Killer! He works with knives!" .... Josh can play along with it. Mafia may very well vote guilty because they'll think, "If that's the Serial Killer, he should go." Or "I'll help the possible Executioner lynch his target. One less townie."

When Josh is voted guilty, you can quickly admit that you're an Investigator and Josh is really a Jester. After that, the jester haunting message will pop up and prove you're an Investigator... And you may say to the Jester who you want to die.

TLDR: Not game-throwing if you are guaranteed a win. Can also be part of strategy.