Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-70.176.17.173-20171104061201/@comment-32881402-20171104130613

Mooagain wrote: this is just a pirate rehash I think this warrants a Parallax quote:

'Anyone who thinks rehashes are instantly bad are what we call 'retarded'.'

Maybe that was a little extreme, but that statement gives, quite literally, nothing helpful. If you can't explain why the Pirate is bad (and therefore a rehash wouldn't be good), then you don't have a point. Rehashes of good roles can be balanced. Originality might be a good trait for a role to have, but it is a very small argument when we talk about balance.

Pirate is bad because it relies completely on RNG. This role also relies on visits which makes balancing extremely difficult as it is so unpredictable. Mafia does not need another killing role, as it would be extremely powerful to have 2 KPN for Mafia alone - NKs excluded, here.