Board Thread:Role Ideas (Mafia)/@comment-36558623-20180815190751/@comment-36558623-20180821012207

Sheriff I feel is notoriously weak compared to the other TI's, Spy needed to be nerfed it was so good, and now it's above average, Investigator is very good and forces players into claiming two, sometimes less, roles because one of the investigations results in them (evil). Lookout doubles as a TI and TP.

On the one hand, you can't fool a Sheriff. They can find the Mafia successfully with ease. Exceptions to this include Framer, Arsonist, and Werewolf. (the latter two not exactly). But is that really enough? For new players this is great but as a Zealous player, the other TI's can find mafia just as easy as they gather additional information. So I don't think the Sheriff has enough the way it currently is.

I just feel it could help Sheriff a lot. Besides, 50% of evil claims these days are Sheriffs, so with one of the benefits of the Mechanic is that it lets Mafia come up with a convincing claim that they can have a good last will for. If they claim Sheriff, the town will immediately know it is false.