Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-34703140-20190124045155/@comment-35195751-20190223180400

UltraSeBOSStian wrote: Role Name: Brainwasher

Alignment: Mafia Support

Attack: None

Defense: None

Unique: Yes    

Noted...

Abilities: Brainwash someone to make them vote whatever you vote for the following day.

'''Reaaaaally? Interesting (But maybe this should be Deception then?)'''

Attributes: They vote with you?
 * Brainwashed targets will vote against, guilty, innocent or abstain depending on what you vote.

Hmmm, but won't that be a bit of a giveaway? That makes sense... '''Okay... can't they just tell the town they're brainwashed, leading to town watching who the brainwashed guy votes for?''' '''Hm... thats a lot but ok''' '''Wait what? 3 votes in a single day? WOAH (How about 2, 2 seems (more) fair)'''
 * Brainwashed targets cannot vote if you don’t.
 * Your targets will know they have been brainwashed.
 * You have 5 brainwashes.
 * You may use up to 3 Brainwashes at a time.

(Example: Mafia can outvote the revealed mayor in a Ranked 4v6 game with this with a 7v5 vote. Thats with 10 players left and the NK + NE dead) Well duh I dunno, that would a pretty decent counter to Mayor...
 * You cannot make targets vote for themselves.
 * You cannot brainwash a confirmed mayor, if a mayor reveals while Brainwashed they are no longer Brainwashed.

Goal: Eliminate the Town and Neutrals

Wins With: Mafia, Survivors, Witches.

Must Kill: Town, Neutral Killing.

Same as mafia (moving on)

Sheriff Results: Your target is suspicious!

Yes!

Investigator Results: Mayor, Brainwasher, Doctor, Pirate

No. Just use an existing template please

Consigliere / Witch Results: Your target convinces many of his opinions, they must be a Brainwasher.

Thats decent

Extra Information: Brainwashed people will vote at any time after your vote, but always before the voting session ends

'''Ok, this is still an issue because people can just watch who the Brainwashed target votes for. HOWEVER'''

Suggestion: It does not show who the target votes for, it instead allows your vote to become more powerful (You brainwashed 2 people = Your vote counts for 3) after a couple intervals (5-15 seconds or before trial period ends).

I like this idea because it gives Mafia some extra voting power to lynch others or help inno their own. It also in a way is a Mafia counterpart to the mayor.

Heres the major problem here, Mafia's ONLY MAJOR DISADVANTAGE (in classic anyway) is their lack of votes, any role that gives them more is going to end up a bit OP.

'''For example (Using Ranked as an example) if the mafia decides to murder the revealed Jailor on Day 2 (Assuming NK and NE are dead and nobody else is) they just have to brainwash 3 townies. Even though Town lost no members they only have 6 votes, and the mafia has 7. Jailor is lynched.'''