Board Thread:Role Ideas (Town)/@comment-36629826-20190531205932/@comment-32881402-20190601174407

all of you who are saying 'good for arso/hex' or whatever

thats very situational and should not be the grounds for a role

it can confirm that certain roles exist, but this is already semi-present, because of alignments. of course some are broader than others, but there is already limited claimspace. it doesnt actually narrow down people. and you can say 'it buffs other TIs', well there is no guarantee that there will be a different TI which rolls. if you get two of this youre screwed as town.

confirming yourself also isnt exactly exclusive, especially as a TI. the lookout can confirm itself and the investigator also can, to an extent. then you look at other town roles - escort, transporter, sometimes doctor, to name a few. self-confirmation is not that powerful if your utility is limited in a way like this. sure you can be a confirmed retri, but then how useful are you? you have such little information to give to the town that it doesnt matter that people trust you. additionally, being a confirmed townie increases the likelihood of you getting killed.

because of the lack of utility which this role has, it also gives very easy claims to scum because there is no useful information that you need to give. you can just say 'consort visited number 7', but guess what, they would already know because of the message they get.

most scum roles are killers, or give a message themselves. this roles is not nearly as powerful as the lookout, which gives much more helpful information.