Role

Serial Killer

Role Description:

The Serial Killer is an independently aligned role that may kill someone each night and wins by being last man standing.

Notes:

The Serial Killer's nightkill is often considered factional, since they are their own faction. This means If investigated by a Role Cop or Vanilla Cop, a Serial Killer with no additional abilities should view as "Vanilla". Also, Firearms Inspectors should not receive a positive result for Serial Killers, since, in terms of flavor, Serial Killers are considered to be using knives rather than guns. Because it's difficult to win as a Serial Killer, it's considered very common to give them extra abilities, which may include: Being investigation-immune (will be viewed as town-aligned if investigated), being Bulletproof (immunity to shots), having Strongman capability (nightkill cannot be blocked or protected against) or having Ninja capability (nightkill cannot be tracked or watched). A Serial Killer whose nightkill can specifically bypass Doctor protection is sometimes called an Arsonist. A Serial Killer who will immediately die if they ever do not perform a nightkill is sometimes called a Psycopath, though it varies whether this variant must simply attempt a nightkill every night or successfully perform a nightkill every night. In larger games, the typical Serial Killer win condition might be amended. Possible win condition variants include having to live until a certain day, having to live until X amount of players are left in the game, having to have fired X number of successful shots or having to have killed an X number of townies/mafia/power roles. Some hosts have also been known to include two Serial Killers, whose goal is to outlast the other.

Role Type:

Killing

Role Frequency:

Common

Use of Action:

Night

Supported by Modbot:

No

Alternative Names:

Psychopath

Witch

Related Roles:

Arsonist

Mass Murderer

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