Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-31583987-20181115163904/@comment-33281350-20181115200632

SgtZaitsev69 wrote: Name: Spotter

Alignment: Mafia Support

They do need more roles in this category.

Attributes: Can converse with the other Mafia at night. If there is no Mafia killing roles remaning, you will become a Mafioso.

Attack: None

Defense: None

Ability: You can choose to watch somebody's house at night. Should a Mafia member visit this person, and are in danger of attack, you will warn them, and they will pull out of the attack(or forge,frame,disg etc.). If your target is a Veteran on alert or a WW, you will die, but the warned Mafia member will not. You will not prevent roleblocks or being jailed. This applies even if the visited person has no anti-vist ability. Your ability has 4 charges

'''Firs off, four is a weird number. use 3 or infinite. also, I saw this mechanic earlier today in a town role. roleblocking an ally to give the defence is a nice ability, but it seems UP.'''

Ex: Mafioso attacks Doctor, but Bodyguard is defending Doc, Spotter warns them and Mafioso doesn't attack.

This seems nice, but a bit of a tp hard counter.

Ex: Godfather attacks WW on full moon, you warn them, sacrificing yourself to keep them alive

'''This is kind of useless, seeing as one member of the mafia is still dying, just a different player. The spotter player will just become the mafioso if the gf dies.'''

Ex: Mafioso attacks Doctor but SK is targeting Mafioso, Mafioso pulls out, keeping Doctor alive and preventing SK from killing them.

This part is fine.

Sheriff: Your target is a member of the Mafia!

Investigator: Your target is Sheriff, Executioner, Werewolf or Spotter

'''NO. Sherif claims are already hard enough to pull off. Put it with lookout or something.'''

Consigiliere/Witch: Your target is desperate to keep the Mafia alive. They must be a Spotter!

Desperate?

Win Conditions: Kill anyone who would oppose the Mafia.

Ideas? Suggestions? Let me know!

Another possible rework of the ability, could be to select somebody during the day, and if they are rampaging at home, on alert or deciding to attack a Mafia member, you will know once night begins, and if they change their mind about alerting/rampaging at home, but you will not know who else they are targeting.

'''This is plain broken, because if the do attack a maf, then maf knows who the sk is. Also, knowing that they will be attacked doesn't help if there is no consort. If the target doesn't attack mafia, then mafia will get no information in any way at all.''' Over all, the role is a nice attempt at a mafia protection, but not a great role. Don't scrap the idea entirly however, because the role is salvagable.

5/10