Talk:Roles/@comment-26798540-20150723162429/@comment-5498154-20150724171543

But take into account a situation where this happens:

A standard 8-3-3 setup. A Merchant spawns from Neutral Evil.

Night one, the Godfather and a Janitor visit a Veteran on alert. The last Mafia remaining, a Consigliere, becomes Mafioso, and then is promoted to the Godfather.

On the same night, a Serial Killer kills someone, confirming the Serial Killer's presence.

The Merchant clears a random member of the Town.

Immediately, the Merchant becomes helpless. The Serial Killer has no way of finding out who the Merchant is and is likely to kill him. The Consigliere, now Godfather, has no use for the Merchant because he is already detection immune. A Witch can at leas make a feeble attempt to survive in a similar senario, but the Merchant is completely destroyed.