Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-31988800-20170513143529

Role Name: Identity Thief (Didn't realise a similar one was done a while ago. My idea is quite different though.)

Goal: Lynch/kill all who will not sumbit to the Mafia!

Alignment; Mafia (deceptive)

Summary: Nobody knows who he is, even him. Slightly mad individual manipulated by the Godfather into joining the Mafia.

Abilities: Thief will be able to select two targets. Target 1 and 2's names will be swapped the next day temporarily. During the following day target 1's chat will appear under target 2's name and vice versa. Similarly to the blackmailer the target will be able to see they're message but to them they wont see the name swap effect. When the day ends and night begins the name swap reverts. This ability can only be used twice(?).

When controlled by the witch the Identity thief is unaffected since being discovered by a witch would make the thief immediately useless.

If one or both of the targets die then the swap will not take place but the thief will still lose one use(?).

The Thief cannot swap members of the Mafia.

Sheriff: Your target is a member of the Mafia!

Investigator: Framer, Vampire, Jester, Identity Thief - Your target may not be what they seem.

This role could be really interesting because I can imagine people pretending to be swapped and this mechanic forcing everyone one to analyse the chat alot more.

I believe this role could be improvable if the file complaints system is changed in someway for instance the trial reviewer will know when the reported player ahs been swapped or the game will report the real player when a fake identity is reported. Also these rule breaks will not be as often as the disguiser since the disguiser knows he is disguised whereas the targets wont know. This could make it more functional than the old disguiser. 