Mafioso

Mechanics

 * Each night, you can pick one person to vote to kill; however, if there is a and they pick someone else, their decision will override yours, and you will attack their target instead.
 * Regardless of whether there is a or not, and regardless of their actions, you will do the actual killing, provided you are alive and not role-blocked. This has the following implications; whoever does the actual killing will:
 * Be visible to a who watches the target.
 * Get killed by a, or alert  at that location.
 * Get an immunity message if the target is immune. Note that if the Mafioso does the attacking, the Godfather will not get an immunity message for ordering an attack on an immune target.
 * Leave their death note behind for the Town to see in the morning.
 * If you are role blocked (or if you die, or if there is no Mafioso), the Godfather will perform the kill personally and will be subject to all of the above instead.
 * If the dies during the game, you will become the new Godfather. You cannot become the Godfather if there was none in the beginning of the game.
 * If you die and there is no living Godfather, any last Random Mafia will become the new Mafioso. If there are multiple Random Mafia, whoever joined the lobby first will become the new Mafioso.
 * Currently bugged: If you are controlled by a, you will still attack the Godfather's target.

Strategy

 * If there is no Godfather, you will lead the Mafia instead. Do not take coordination for granted.
 * Communication with the Godfather is of utmost importance. You should alert the Godfather the next night if your target was immune in order to avoid the Godfather repeatedly ordering you to attack the same target; remember, if you don't tell them, the Godfather has no way to distinguish between a target who was immune and a target who was healed by a Doctor.
 * The Godfather and you should always both choose a target. If one of you is role blocked, the other will attack instead.
 * Death Notes can be important to discuss with the Godfather, as it is the Mafioso's that gets left at the feet of the target, and not the Godfather. Notes revealing who is Night Immune may help the Mafia, and possibly the Town, in lynching a Neutral Evil or Neutral Killing role. You can also call out someone for being immune when they aren't in hopes that the Town lynches them.
 * If the Godfather is jailed, make sure to attack that night to throw suspicion off of him. Nothing screams Mafia more than no deaths when someone is jailed.
 * If no Mafia killing roles are unable to attack (Jailed, afk, etc) claim that you were attacked and that you were healed or keep a pattern that follows the night that no mafia attacked.
 * Alternatively, once or twice in a game you may want to not attack for one night, as this will bring suspicion onto whoever was jailed/role blocked, and can even get them lynched if they claim a role like Vigilante or Veteran. This will work even better farther into the game if a Jailor or Escort is still alive, but this trick will usually only work once if the town discovers that the player is innocent. Be careful; the downside to this trick is that you're slowing down your killing and giving the town investigative roles more time to catch you, so only do it if you're confident the confusion it will cause is worth it. You can also do this and claim that someone is immune in your Death Note when you didn't even attack them.
 * With a Death Note, try a different personality than how you usually type to throw off suspicion. If possible, mimic another person's personality and typing. (spelling errors you wouldn't usually make, bad grammar if you use good grammar normally, etc)
 * Another option is to not leave a Death Note at all, so if someone is role blocked nobody looks suspicious. It also has the advantage of not revealing anything in the death notes themselves.
 * Remember that if you are jailed or role blocked, the Godfather's Death Note will be left at the target, not yours. If your notes are different in some distinct fashion, or if you don't normally change your note, this can tip whoever role blocked you off to the fact that you're the Mafioso. You can avoid this by using the same note as the Godfather, by both leaving the note blank, or by constantly varying your notes.

Claiming a Town role
Your results are, , or.
 * is your easiest claim, though if there's someone acting like a or otherwise obviously evil, the Town might expect you to shoot them. And since it is very well known for a Mafioso to claim, you might be lynched or executed by a.
 * is a unique role; if there's a Veteran in your game, they'll likely call you out as soon as you try to claim it, and if they die you'll be immediately exposed. On the other hand, the dangers of claiming make it much more convincing if you're willing to take the risk, and you're less likely to be visited out of fear of being shot.
 * If you claim to be the, be wary of recording in your fake will that you used alerts, unless you are relatively certain that no one visited you. Having no alerts in your will looks very sketchy, but claiming to have alerted when someone claims to have visited you is almost certain death. Claiming you are going for the No Alert Achievement for the Veteran might work, but this leaves you possibly vulnerable to rival Town roles coming to kill you. It is also okay not to keep a will because some Veterans don't.
 * If you have no, claiming can be dangerous, since an  and the  will know that that claim indicates a possible Mafioso and will likely try role blocking you. Claiming Veteran might discourage Escorts, but won't discourage the .  In that situation, you should avoid claiming if at all possible, and may want to claim outside your Investigator results if necessary.
 * If you plan to or already have claimed to be a, you should at least write a fake will to support your claim. Keep writing each day that you have not shot anyone. Putting in some other info as to why you did not shoot that correlates to actions that happened in the course of the game will make this will much more believable.
 * A major problem for claims is the fact that town may ask you to shoot someone, and failing to do so may result in town lynching. A way around this is to claim you did indeed shoot this person, and they were immune. Hope they are actually Night Immune to ensure your prolonged existence.
 * In Ranked, if Town Killing is a Vigilante and the Any slot is a Disguiser, you can claim Veteran, ensuring you will not be shot by a Vigilante. You may want to make sure Random Town is not Town Killing, either though a Consigliere or through a confirmed claim, but if Town knows this you have a higher chance of being lynched.
 * Claiming inside your investigative results can be bad way to play, and other strategies may need to be adopted.
 * Although dangerous if it backfires, you can claim something like Sheriff and throw the Random Mafia under the bus (if none of Town Investigatives are Investigator) and then you can be "confirmed Town". However, this may be seen as gamethrowing, and should be discussed with the other Mafia if there is no Spy. This is called bussing.