Godfather

Godfather Alias: none Alignment: Anti-town Role type: Killing Manipulative Choice: Night

A common addition to the Mafia family, the Godfather functions as the head. Due to having minions to perform their dirty work, the Godfather is able to appear clean and respectable -- thus, they appear as innocent on a Cop report.

Variations

Although the investigation-immune Godfather described above is the most common, there are many variants:

In a game with multiple killers, instead of appearing innocent on Cop reports, the Godfather may be Bulletproof instead; they will appear guilty on Cop reports as normal, but cannot be killed at Night.

The Godfather may be the final arbiter in who the Mafia kills that Night, and who is performing the kill.

An investigation-immune Godfather may lose his investigation immunity if he performs a kill himself.

A very similar role to the investigation-immune Godfather is the Ninja, who, instead of appearing innocent on Cop reports, shows as not visiting on Tracker or Watcher reports.

Use and Balance

As with Millers, the foremost use of Godfathers is to weaken the power of a Cop. If there is an investigation-Immune Godfather in the setup, then that is at least one lynch the Town must perform without following a Cop report.

Similarly, a Bulletproof Godfather ensures that a Mafia team cannot lose solely by being killed at Night; the Godfather must be lynched for them to lose.

Play Advice

An investigation immune Godfather may wish to play scummier than normal, in the hopes of getting investigated by a Cop; however, this runs the risk of being lynched for playing scummy.