Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-176.10.99.200-20180502135847

 Name: Puppeteer

 Alignment: Mafia Deception

 Attack: None

 Defense: None

 Unique Role: No

 Abilities: Hide deaths of Mafia's victims

 Attributes: each night you can choose a player. If your target dies that night then the next day they will appear alive. If there are no kill capable Mafia roles left, you will become a Mafioso. You can talk with the other Mafia at night

 Mechanics: each night you can choose a player. If that player is killed the next day he will not appear in the Graveyard and will walk out of their house as normal. (No message regarding this will be displayed to the Town). "Zombie" can't talk, change will, use abilities or vote(more on that later), but can be voted up or whispered to. However, player whose avatar is displayed as alive will be able to talk in dead chat and leak information to Medium. If "Zombie" is not lynched that day, he will return to his house as alive player would. Now Puppeteer can choose him again to repeat everything the next day. Puppeteer can do this infinite amount of times. If Puppeteer does not choose "Zombie" again for some reason, the next morning Town will see it as killed and see the true cause of death and, for example, message will just say "... was killed by the member of the Mafia" (as always, no changes here). Mafia Killing can't attack "Zombie" again, they can't choose him at night. However, everyone else will be able to choose "Zombie" at night (including non-killing Mafia).

 If "Zombie" is attacked by someone and chosen by Puppeteer at the same night, "Zombie" dies. If "Zombie" is attacked, first ever cause of death is not shown, and victim appears for example as killed by Serial Killer only. If "Puppet" dies, it's real role and will will appear. (If there was't Janitor's or Forger's interference)

 Other: "Zombie" can be jailed but can't talk with the Jailor. Witch can still use the ability of "Zombie". If "Zombie" is Executioner's target, Executioner can still win by lynching it. If "Zombie" is Guardian Angel's target, the Guardian Angel becomes Survivor instantly.

 Puppeteer does not know his victim's role, that would just be a buffed Consigliere.

 Problem is the amount of votes needed to send someone to trial. From that perspective "Zombie" can be viewed as dead (reducing the amount of votes with seemingly too many players) or alive (it can't vote though. Puppeteer might be given ability to vote using his victims, seems like a good idea to me, but it might be against rules, you decide)  