Board Thread:Role Ideas/@comment-30150155-20161011235528/@comment-25876622-20161012051152

Infunction wrote: You cannot see the context of the night chat, so the night chat can mean they are Jailed (and talking to a jailor), they are the jailor, A mafia member, vampire member or just a medium. The things these people would say: Of course, they also say other things, but you will always be able to tell the Jailor/jailed person from the others. In rare cases, you will not know if your target is the Medium or Mafia. In most cases, you will immediately know which of the 4 types apply to your target. Since this is completely an investigative ability, the Agent should be a Town Investigative.
 * Jailor - "role pls"
 * Jailed person - "I'm Doc"
 * Medium - "any info?" "[dead guy] do you know anything?" "who to lynch?"
 * Mafia - "any info?" "who to visit?" "[giving info]"
 * Vampires - "who to visit?"

I see some issues with the mechanic: Example: GF: role pls [give me information] Consig: I'm Doc [the last person I targeted is Doctor] GF: please keep protecting John for now [please roleblock/blackmail John] GF: please visit John [please clean John] Consig: I'm Escort, I roleblocked John [please kill John, he is a good target] Janitor: I'm Survivor [the guy I cleaned was Survivor] etc.
 * When there is a possible Spy, Mafia have adapted by not using names/names of abilities (or even fake-revealing them) in chat. If there is a possible Agent, Mafia might
 * not talk at all: some roles, e.g. the Consort, usually don't have anything to share.
 * fake Medium, in jail, or Jailor.
 * Vampires don't have to talk much. They do not directly gather information; any information left over from their time as Townies can be revealed in a single night.
 * Mafia or Vampires who talk without faking Medium/Jailor/in jail can be easily found by the Agent.
 * The Jailor should always write out their target's name and role claim. (It's a bother, but if there is an Agent, it helps.)
 * An Agent who finds the Jailor can whisper them the name of a Mafia or Vampire they have found.
 * An Agent who finds the Jailor can check the last jailed target, they might be Mafia and talking the following night out of jail.

TL;DR the Agent's primary use of finding Mafia and Vampires can be countered by speaking in code or not speaking at all. The Agent's secondary use of finding the Jailor or Medium is only helpful if the Mafia/Vampires are speaking and without code. Only overpowered if you don't counter it, otherwise it is underpowered