Death Note

Death Note is a piece of paper left behind by Town Killing, Mafia Killing and Neutral Killing roles on their victims. If available for them, players can edit what is shown in a death note using the button at the top of the screen, looking like a bloody piece of paper.

Uses of Death Notes
Death Notes tend to have a very limited use and can only really be used for teasing a player after killing them. Sometimes death notes can be used to identify next targets, so that protector townies will go keep them safe while the Mafia kills other targets, however players should learn to never trust death notes in most circumstances. Mafia may use death notes to signal their knowledge of who is immune to them, which may result the Arsonist, Serial Killer or Executioner being lynched.

Death notes are a good way of circulating info while staying anonymous. This can be used by town, mafia, and neutral killing.

Sometimes Town Killing players, like Vigilante or Jailor, might leave behind a apologetic death note in case they kill anyone innocent.

Sometimes a Death Note can include if a player is immune, to make sure the person who tried to kill the immune person isn't openly announced.

(EX: Godfather attacks Player1, but Player1 is immune. Next night, Godfather kills someone else, and the death note includes that Player1 is immune, and is to be suspicious.)

Sometimes, a way of implicating others is by putting a player name in the Death note. Most will probably realise this is not the real killer, but it throws a lot of suspicion around.

Death notes are still quite an important part of the game. This is because a persons character can often be found through death notes or imitated. Smart mafia or evil roles can impersonate someone and ensure that they are suspected. More experienced players may completely disregard it but they help prolong the discussion making it easier for mafia to survive.

For cocky and risky players sometimes putting their own name in the death note is a viable strategy however most likely this will lead to questioning and death by vigilante or lynch. Death notes are highly untrustworthy but smart players (evil) can manipulate them to further their own lives, manipulate other players of the town, destroy other immune roles and most obviously throw off the game.

One thing you can do as town killing is to put a message in your death note that only you know what it means and can explain to other people. Then when they choose to question you, you can say then say that this is you and here's why. Its a good alternative to putting your name in your death note so that you can stay incognito, if you're clever.

Death notes are also a smart option for Vigilantes and the Jailor.

A player should never use a Death note as a "calling card" (if they have acquired a killing role multiple times in consecutive games within a short time frame) as town roles that are involved in two or more consecutive games with the same player may link a previously used death note with the corresponding skin, house, pet and/or name of the player and call them out.