Ability

Roleblocking (RB) is a occurance during the night period where a characters night ability is in some way disrupted or 'blocked' by another character. Some roles can directly cause this to happen but often it is a coincendental event for most roles at night. Not to be confused with Immunity, which is where a character can't be killed that night for some reason.

Occurences of Roleblocking
Role blocking occurs in any role which has some sort of activity to do in the night. Usually roleblocking is in some way bad for Townies, but can be used to identify suspicious individuals later on.

For example:  An Investigator goes to watch a Sheriff, but is roleblocked as the sheriff interacts with someone else.

Or:  An Escort goes to follow a Doctor, but is roleblocked as the Doctor goes to heal someone else

One way to think about it is in that if their ability is disrupted in some way by another character who is doing something to them or someone else then they are roleblocked. If a doctor is healing someone and the Serial Killer attacks their target, then the Serial Killer is roleblocked and they kill the doctor.

The Consort mafia role can purposefully distract or roleblock people, which could be important if they manage to distract the doctor or jailor, leading to a easy kill for the Mafia or Serial Killer.

Hints about Roleblocking

 * If anyone roleblocks the serial killer then they die automatically. This can be important in situations where for instance the Escort is guarding them and then they die because the escort roleblocks them, which can sometimes lead to a Serial Killer lynch (only if the escort says who they were guarding in the will beforehand)
 * Keeping a eye on who is saying they are being roleblocked may lead to clues about some roles in the game (Escort, for instance, usually gets roleblocked or roleblockes others)
 * Being roleblocked is pretty bad for the Mafia and Serial Killer as they can be called out for being blocked the next day sometimes, which may lead to suspicion against them