Board Thread:Role Ideas (Town)/@comment-31583987-20190508124500/@comment-25615841-20190509155928

SgtZaitsev69 wrote: Description: A reformed Mafioso, dedicated to helping the Town

that sounds fancy :0

Alignment: Town Investigative

reformed mafioso roles are usually tk but hey

Ability: Choose a player during the day to link your minds together. The following night, you will receive all notifications they do(similar to a Spy bug), and can tell if they are using their ability tonight.

For example: If you link to Jonathan Corwin, and he decides to use his ability you will see this.

Jonathan Corwin has decided to use their ability tonight

OR

Jonathan Corwin has changed their mind.

OR

Jonathan Corwin was jailed, so you cannot delve into his mind.

'''Just the player..? Not who they visit?'''

The Empath's unique ability is to prevent Vigilante suicides and Jester haunts. If an Empath can correctly guess whom the Jester is targeting, the death will not occur. The same occurs with a guilt-ridden Vigilante. '''oH okAy it's no longer uP- this wasn't stated under mechanics though, was it? probably should be'''

You will receive the following messages for a prevented Vigi death or a Jester haunt

OR

You were able to talk your target out of suicide. You saved their life!

that sounds pretty interesting

Whereas your target will receive

An Empath prevented your suicide. You survived the night!

(SUBJECT TO REMOVAL) After preventing 1 suicide, you can tell whom your target is using your ability on. This lasts for one night.

For example:

Jonathan Corwin is using their ability on Ann Hibbins

Or

Jonathan Corwin instead decided to use their ability on Deodat Lawson

Or

Jonathan Corwin was jailed by John Proctor(idk about this one)


 * Your target is not suspicious


 * Your target could be, , or Empath

Role is a bit of a softcounter, but would also be pretty interesting to see how Jesters adapt to this. On the other hand, the Jester role might lose some of its oomph if you give the Town a second chance at stopping its ability. Other than that, the role is also very easily confirmable, and its main ability is quite weak, making it increasingly swingy and pretty role dependant.
 * Your target delves into the minds of others. They must be an Empath!

Solid creativity, pretty original, invest results good. No glaring holes in the role, not that any were expected :)

I'd recommend you throw in another aspect to the role's main role. Suicide prevention is handy and cool despite having its flaws, but the role will definitely need to have more investigative power compared to other TIs.