Detective

The Detective
Alignment	Innocents
Amount	1
!rules MODE police
List of Roles

The Detective is a member of the police force; a public service under the guidance of Agent Smith, who has vast amount of resources to be used in the important duty of keeping the town safe and free of pesky criminals, not to mention bloodthirsty monsters. He is an informed Innocent, and should try to lead the actions of the members of their faction in a way that results in the triumph of the Innocents against evil.

Attributes

Attribute	Trigger Condition	Description
Investigation vote (!investigate NICKNAME)	Night round	Casts a vote for the target of a night's investigation. An investigation will usually let the Detectives know the occupation (role) of a player. This ability can be blocked by the Prostitute, and if there are no effective votes, no investigation will occur. Otherwise, the investigation may sometimes have unexpected results: If the investigation fails (usually a very small chance), the target is labelled as a Citizen. If the player is a Village Idiot or Oracle, he is immune to investigation, being always labelled as a Citizen. When a Deputy is investigated, if he turns out to be a Mafioso, Camorrista, Werewolf or Vampire, he'll be fired from his police job.
Arrest vote (!arrest NICKNAME)	Night round	Casts a vote for the target of the next morning's arrest. The police can either investigate or arrest, not both, and the course of action taken is determined by the amount of votes of each type. An arrested player will not be able to use his skills or vote in the Day Round execution for one full day, after which one of the following things will happen: If the arrested person was a Terrorist, he will commit suicide in jail. This may trigger any bombs he may have planted before. If the arrested person was an Innocent, he will go free, but a scandal may occur, resulting in the public release of the name of a Detective, who may subsequently be personally targeted by the Mafia Don. If the arrested person was a Deputy who was on the Mafia, Camorra or Monsters side, he'll be fired from his police job. Otherwise, the arrested person will go free, but his faction (allegiance) is revealed in public. This ability can be blocked by the Prostitute, and if there are no effective votes, no arrest will occur.
Appoint Deputy (!appoint NICKNAME)	Night round	Casts a vote to appoint any other player as Deputy - a sidekick for the Detective. Any amount of deputies can be appointed during a game; This process never fails.
Bomb Squad intervention (!bombsquad NICKNAME)	Night round	Causes a Detective to abandon that night's investigation team and personally lead a Bomb Squad to a player's house, in order to professionally defuse a bomb that may have been placed there by a Terrorist. If no Detectives are left to investigate or arrest, no investigation or arrest will occur. This ability can be blocked by the Prostitute.
Police channel (p MESSAGE)	Permanent	Detectives can use this channel to talk exclusively with other police members. Failed Werewolf attacks are also reported to this channel.

Related aspects

Profiles

• Defective Detective
• Effective Detective
• Magic Johnson
• Ace reporter
• Stalker
• Retired special agent

Strategies

When games get large enough, the Prostitute role is assigned. In games where a Prostitute exists, the Detective should stay hidden during the first night in order to see which faction the Prostitute aligns. If the Prostitute aligns Innocent, then the Detective may come out into the public. If, however, the Prostitute aligns Mafia or Camorra, then the Detective may wish to remain hidden until a confirmed non-innocent is investigated. This way, the non-innocent Prostitute will not know who the Detective is and will likely disable someone else, such as their own Mafia/Camorra.

During games where a Terrorist exists, it is recommended the Detective appoint a deputy so that they can disarm any bombs the Terrorist sets. However, unless the person you appointed is Innocent beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is highly recommended the Detective not reveal themselves to the deputy and refrain from performing any Detective commands during the following night until the VERY LAST second. This way, if the person you appointed turns out to be Mafia/Camorra-aligned, then you can rest easy knowing that they did not kill you off.