Talk:Godfather/@comment-9773576-20150318011948/@comment-25876622-20150417211112

I assume this strategy is meant to be used only in Classic, since you presume that there will be a pre-existing Investigator, Sheriff, SK and Exe.

How would a Mafioso/Godfather find the SK without a Consigliere? They either 1. have a Consort who visited the SK or 2. have attacked the SK and found he is immune.

If the Consort died, at least some Townies will assume the Mafia knows who the SK is (even if your Consort was attacked directly). Once somebody speaks up at day about the SK, these Townies will suspect that person of being Mafia.

However, if you attacked the SK, the only thing the Town will see is a night of no Mafia killing. If you wait a few nights before pointing out the SK, they might not make the immediate connection and your strategy will be much safer to use.

In any case, claiming Investigator in Classic is extremely risky, since you don't actually know any role except for your Mafia members' (and will be under heavy suspicion once one of them dies). Claiming Sheriff is safer, since the only other info you can give are two Mafia members - which can take two weeks, if you're "unlucky".

Every strategy which relies on successfully lying has the same good part - people trust you until there is incriminating evidence. However, your alibi will get thinner and thinner if you don't keep backing it up, which you are unable to do as Godfather. Therefore, I would only consider this strategy as a lategame strategy, especially since lynching the SK early will slow down the rate of kills, giving the real Investigatives far more time to find you and your Mafia.