Jester

The doctors open the cold door handle, thinking about what they were going to do with the crazed patient. They walk in, and the patient starts crying. The doctors ask him what has been working inside him, for he was too tired for doing anything else. He was suffering from severe schizophrenia and major hallucinations. He started calling to God. "Jesus, let me in! LET ME IN!" The doctors gave him some pills, not for his schizophrenia, but for his back pain. He was quite old, but he knew of things that could never be solved. The crazed patient then breaks through the door, the doctors not even stopping him from going, and he escapes. He yells through the town, yelling for someone to kill him, but then he had an idea. If he looked suspicious, people might kill him. Even though dying was a lifelong dream, he found love. He said his goodbyes everyday, and one day it was needed. His children were just like him, and they were feared, for some evils were covered up, and the jesters were looking suspicious. Jesters die, rejoice, and pick a target, any target. They have been remembered and still roam Salem in search of the thirst of death they need to quench.

Stats
Role Name: Jester

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Abilities: Trick the Town into voting against you.

Attributes:


 * If you are lynched, you may kill one of your guilty voters the following night. This ignores any protection of night immunity. If you do not choose anyone, the game will choose randomly among the guilty voters.

Goal: Get yourself lynched by any means necessary.

Win Conditions: Note: If the game ends in a draw, you CAN still earn the win, as long as the entire town dies.
 * Win with Town
 * Win with Serial Killers
 * Win with Arsonists
 * Win with Mafia
 * Win with Witches
 * Win with Survivors

Strategy

 * Claiming jester is a mixed issue. Some people will claim "Jester would never claim themself!" and then hang you. Conversely, it will scare some people away. In my opinion, it's more effective to act like you want to get lynched but never actually say "I want to get lynched!" or "I'm a jester". Provide a role, but mix a mistake in your explanation. "I'm a Vigilante. I shot someone Night 1", "I'm Medium. I spoke to the dead Night 1". (Note: This can be intervened with a jailor)

Generally making various people angry works too; however, it has to be done badly in order to make people think you are a jester, but not hang you. It's not always easy to do.

The longer you wait before you begin raising suspicion against you, the more likely you are to be lynched. The Town is generally more desperate near the end and may be more likely to hang people without concrete evidence, especially if the Investigator is dead. There are also fewer people to trick, making it easier to get the necessary votes to be put on trial. Weigh this against the risk of staying silent too long and getting murdered.
 * A tactic that seems to work sometimes, is to claim a specific person is dying on the first night. Usually, if it the mafia plays their cards well, they will kill the person you shouted out loud and frame you, because of the investigative roles wanting to make sure you aren't just pretending to be a jester. Note that this usually only works on the first day of classic.
 * Vote Innocent when lynching a known target. This will make you seem suspicious, especially if the target was in the Mafia, etc. The same works for a known Townie.
 * While playing the Jester role can be fun and exhilarating, do not flagrantly abuse the chat by spamming, posting links, or acting unsportsmanlike just to get lynched. Even though this might work, there are better options than angering the entire game. You can also run the risk of being reported, and while you may not have done anything wrong, you could still get in trouble for your actions. Additionally, do not break any of the game rules to get lynched either.
 * By typing in "has revealed himself/herself as Mayor" people may suspect you for being the Godfather pretending to be Mayor and lynch you, however, they may also guess you are Jester, in which case, you will need to think of a different strategy.
 * You can ask someone to help you get lynched and tell them you are the Jester. If the town doesn't suspect you by whispering, tell them to say that they tricked you and that you are a killing role. You may or may not get hung on suspicion. Earn their trust, and say you wont kill them.
 * You can claim to be a Doctor. Say you have been attacked TWICE, but you used self heal. Then when asked, claim that doctor can heal two attacks with a self-heal. This will not work if there are only two killers (i.e: Mafia, Serial Killer, Arsonist, etc) and someone dies. This would be perfect to claim on a night there are no deaths.
 * You can ask what the bloody note is by your Last Will, and claim you've never seen it before.
 * Accusing a known Town Investigative role is a quick way to get hanged. Most people will listen to the Investigator's word over yours, and you will be lynched.
 * Try staying completely silent. When asked to speak or tell your role, say nothing and eventually you will be accused of being suspicious.
 * You can also claim a town role that is already dead so they think you are lying to stay alive.
 * Say someone is bad and tell them you're an Investigator or Sheriff when those two roles are dead and another is not possible.
 * When you are victorious in your goal, make sure you choose wisely on who you wish to haunt. Revenge against the people who lynched you is an obvious choice, but the Jester's power of inducing suicide can be very valuable. You can choose to kill night immune targets such as Godfathers or Serial Killers, but it all depends on who you want to win.
 * Claim someone is immune and accuse them. People will wonder how you "knew" they were immune and lynch you. It would help to claim being a Vigilante when there is no chance of one being alive, or in-game.
 * Team with one faction and vote with them in exchange for being hung later, and then killing one of their enemies at night. Most people will be willing to team with you for the extra vote, however, the Jailor is likely to execute you. Get people to become slightly suspicious of you, then say something along the lines of: "Guys please don't lynch I am townie but I cannot tell you specifically what role I am." They will either get more suspicious and lynch you, or think you're a Jester, in which case, your plan has failed.
 * Keep whispering to someone and people will think you are a mafia role talking to fellow mafias and lynch you.
 * Strategy for other players: If you want the Jester to kill someone else, vote to put the Jester on trial, vote guilty (or innocent), encourage others to vote, and then pull your vote at the last second. Jester can't kill abstaining or innocent voters.
 * If someone leaves early on, accuse someone of visiting them, and that you are a role, or something - acting like they died because of someone. People may instantly get angry at you for not understanding the game, leading you to an early lynch, or accuse you of being a Jester.
 * While risky, you could claim you're in Skype with someone, and claim someone is a role. This can lead to you getting instantly reported for Skyping alone (which isn't cheating), however, as long as you aren't actually cheating, you'll be fine. You should only use this strategy as a last resort.
 * As Mafia or a Neutral Killing role, allying with the jester can be extremely valuable late game. Whispering things to them like "I will get you lynched" or "I will try to help you get lynched" will cause the Jester to want to ally and vote with the mafia. This is especially useful if the jester is already revealed to the town and has no hope of winning unless allying with the Mafia. Even if you end up not getting them lynched, they will often appreciate the effort and vote with you anyway, so allying with a Jester isn't the worse idea for any neutral or mafia roles.
 * Executioner turned Jester: Claim that a player of an unknown role is night-immune. When asked for role or evidence, give a brash, salty, or vague response that matches the grammar and style of the Serial Killer's previous Death Notes (if any). Bonus points if the Death Notes have even the slightest relation to your in-game name and you choose your answers based on that. Adamantly deny or affirm your guilt based on how gullible/desperate you believe the other players to be. This will cast great suspicion on you if you had been attacked before becoming a Jester and someone makes a claim that you are night-immune, whether in the chat, Will, or Death Note. You could whisper if you can correctly guess the contents of a highly-suspicious one. This has a good chance of getting you lynched.
 * First, claim that you are an Investigator and then claim that someone is a "Mayor/Godfather." More often than not, they will not be able to reveal and they will get hung. Then claim that you are an Executioner so you won't be targeted at night. (This relies heavily on whether or not you're playing with people who don't know how Executioner works.) Sometimes, the town will hang you out of spite or because you were being suspicious, even if you were really Executioner. Another scenario is that there are only three people left, and the mafia might vote you. If you don't vote, both people may vote you eventually, and you will get hung. You can also make the game end in a draw if this scenario occurs.
 * Whisper someone mid-game, but put in the whisper wrong so everyone can see it. They will all immediately suspect you or claim you're Jester. Claim you're new to the game, and they may or may not believe it.
 * If there is a confirmed Town role, such as Investigator or Jailor, you can try to get them lynched by voting them, and voting guilty. If you aren't killed at night, then you can, and might be lynched due to the suspicion. However, it is very risky, since you have a high chance of being killed at night.
 * When the town hangs a known Mafia member, vote innocent so people might suspect you're also Mafia, and try to lynch you.
 * Near the end of the game, if there is only one bad role left, confess that you are tired of the game running this long and that you are the last killer role. Speak convincingly and back up your claim, but do not be too desperate, lest a smart player catches on and convinces the town otherwise.
 * Pretend you're Investigator or Consigliere and call out roles of people that are already suspected to be those roles, and say the exact ones in town (paraphrasing from Consigliere messages helps). When pressed, say that the Investigator and Consigliere are the same thing.
 * Pretend to be Executioner, and act like you just got your target hung. Then say, "Thanks I'm the Executioner." Eventually people will suspect you if you do your voting correctly, and hang you. Also, smart people will think you are Mafia and try and get you hung.
 * Pretend to be a really bad Jester, and eventually people will get suspicious of you. When you are on the podium, say "Don't hang me, I'm Jester" as it will often arise further suspicion, but can also backfire, and cause people to vote innocent, or abstain. There is also the risk of the Mafia believing you and killing you the night after.
 * Act new in the pre-game lobby and ask how to play. Then if you get Jester just ask things like 'What does Consort do?', 'What are the people who talk at night?' and similar questions. They will probably believe you and lynch without doubt, but they could also figure out you're the Jester.
 * During the day, don't say anything. Then, once somebody inevitably votes you up to the stands, type out the blackmailed message, but with a slight misspelling. For example: "I am blakmailed." Once somebody sees the error, you will almost definitely be hanged as a mafia member trying to fake your way out of punishment. Works best if someone else seems like they are blackmailed, since it will make the town more suspicious.
 * One strategy is to claim survivor early on. The killing roles aren't likely to attack you because they don't want to waste their time on a survivor and the town may get suspicious of you because killing roles usually claim survivor. Towards late game, you can even claim you're a different role which will cause the town to get angry and lynch you.
 * Generally, it is better to side with the mafia/neutrals than town because siding with town may make you a kill target for the mafia/neutrals.
 * Claim a role that does not exist in the game. It can be made up or prefitted. You can even claim what your role may do, but make it legitimate. Example: Claim a role called Detective. Say that it is a role that tracks someone to see where they go at night. A smart player will notice that Detective is not a role and lynch you, but this strategy can attract unwanted Vigilante attention.