How do you defend yourself as a mafia member?

[ThunderWarrior]

With certain roles such as consig and consort its very easy to disguise yourself as a town member. With most other roles its a lot harder to hide. Can someone please give me tips because I fail to defend myself in most cases.

[LaughingButterCup]

The best thing you can do to defend yourself as evil is just to have a fake will made up in case things so side ways. Consort (escort) and Consligiere (invest) are easier to fake, others are a little different:

Framer: Either pretend to be jester and/or any other role and then if questioned just say you were framed (or in coven hexed).

Forger: Claim lookout, keep checking dead people wills and use their visiting information as you 'catching' them visit your target as well. Though as Framer, you can claim any role and then say your hexed. Another tip if there is a consligiere in your game as well as a forger....if your target is a TI (Investiagtor/sheriff) USE THIS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE...make a fake will framing someone as 'mafia' or even just lying about their role

Consligiere: Claim invest, keep a list of the investiagtors results so you can make the will believable as well as switching around invest days (I.e. whoever you invested n1 move then to n2 and vice versa) so the spy can't catch you out.

Consort: Escort, just have a will as you would if you were escort, it's as simple as that!

Blackmailer: Non coven it's best to claim spy and mark down each mafia visit exactly so other spy's can confirm that information with you making it believble. Adding on to this DO NOT BLACKMAIL.....just wait until you actually have to later on in the game, there is no need to do it early on as then spy claims will be sus. If you are playing coven though....you can try to do the same though if there is coven in game your visits info likely will be easily caught out if other spys are also in game.

Disguiser: Know who you are visiting, if your visiting someone who claims lookout then have a fake will made up as lookout framing someone as evil, same as sheriff/invest. If non visiting, just have a doctor will made up ready in case though sometimes it's best not to have a will and just say you are disguiser and died visiting to *BLANK* because if they are evil then town will likely lynch.

Janitor: Medium and/or retri (though any role is okay really), you can't really have a fake will for these but just in case just make up fake things dead say if medium (when you clean someone, say they claimed whatever they were) and other info like that. Best thing to do is say 'The dead said ....' and not a singular person as you might miss someone leaving who died.

Mafioso: As stupid as it sounds, vigilante. Just have a fake vigi will made up in case. Mafioso is also like...

Godfather: Once again, as stupid as it sounds, Bodyguard (I know, so predictable) but if your caught out by investigator you will be lynched straight away. If you want the risk, just have a fake will of another role just incase things go bad.

I picked roles that are found on the same investigator results mainly due if you are investigated claiming a role that isn't there, you will be lynched! Wills are one of the most importing things about winning games in Town of Salem, so always be prepared! (You will be lynched still, but having a fake will makes it less likely than not having one)!

I hope this helps :p


*EDIT* You may also find this Guide I made if you aren't too certain on how to make up wills for town roles!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=817626853

[ThunderWarrior]

Originally posted by LaughingButterCup:

The best thing you can do to defend yourself as evil is just to have a fake will made up in case things so side ways. Consort (escort) and Consligiere (invest) are easier to fake, others are a little different:

Framer: Either pretend to be jester and/or any other role and then if questioned just say you were framed (or in coven hexed).

Forger: Claim lookout, keep checking dead people wills and use their visiting information as you 'catching' them visit your target as well. Though as Framer, you can claim any role and then say your hexed. Another tip if there is a consligiere in your game as well as a forger....if your target is a TI (Investiagtor/sheriff) USE THIS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE...make a fake will framing someone as 'mafia' or even just lying about their role

Consligiere: Claim invest, keep a list of the investiagtors results so you can make the will believable as well as switching around invest days (I.e. whoever you invested n1 move then to n2 and vice versa) so the spy can't catch you out.

Consort: Escort, just have a will as you would if you were escort, it's as simple as that!

Blackmailer: Non coven it's best to claim spy and mark down each mafia visit exactly so other spy's can confirm that information with you making it believble. Adding on to this DO NOT BLACKMAIL.....just wait until you actually have to later on in the game, there is no need to do it early on as then spy claims will be sus. If you are playing coven though....you can try to do the same though if there is coven in game your visits info likely will be easily caught out if other spys are also in game.

Disguiser: Know who you are visiting, if your visiting someone who claims lookout then have a fake will made up as lookout framing someone as evil, same as sheriff/invest. If non visiting, just have a doctor will made up ready in case though sometimes it's best not to have a will and just say you are disguiser and died visiting to *BLANK* because if they are evil then town will likely lynch.

Janitor: Medium and/or retri (though any role is okay really), you can't really have a fake will for these but just in case just make up fake things dead say if medium (when you clean someone, say they claimed whatever they were) and other info like that. Best thing to do is say 'The dead said ....' and not a singular person as you might miss someone leaving who died.

Mafioso: As stupid as it sounds, vigilante. Just have a fake vigi will made up in case. Mafioso is also like...

Godfather: Once again, as stupid as it sounds, Bodyguard (I know, so predictable) but if your caught out by investigator you will be lynched straight away. If you want the risk, just have a fake will of another role just incase things go bad.

I picked roles that are found on the same investigator results mainly due if you are investigated claiming a role that isn't there, you will be lynched! Wills are one of the most importing things about winning games in Town of Salem, so always be prepared! (You will be lynched still, but having a fake will makes it less likely than not having one)!

I hope this helps :p


*EDIT* You may also find this Guide I made if you aren't too certain on how to make up wills for town roles!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=817626853

Thanks a lot. Thats a very detailed guide.

[Deagle Trainee]

I agree with Laughing, but if nk is arso, I feel there's some wiggle room on mafia claims. Assuming arso hasn't ignited yet.

[classy]

Keep in mind that you don’t always have to claim a role that you will show up as to an investigator. More often then not it’s better to claim a role there is claim space for or a role that it isn’t easily disproven. Yeah, you’re pretty much screwed if a invest checks you but there isn’t always an invest in the game and if there is one, they might not even get around to checking you. Just pay attention to what everyone else is claiming and try to make the best decision from there.

[Leslie]

If you're having to defend youself you're probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥ already. Your goal then should be to cast doubt on the people pushing against you, to try to buy some extra time for your team.

The best defense is a good offense. Most evils are found because they're super quiet then claim TI. Being quiet is the easiest way to be found. Be active. Feed drips of info to town, push aggressively on weak/quiet town members and be prepared to throw obvious mafia under the bus. Don't overdo it though, you want to be seen to be town but not so town that it becomes suspicious when you don't get killed.

Try to avoid claiming easily proven roles. Claiming vigi is nearly always a suicide mission as non-GF roles. If you are going to claim it, keep an eye out for unexpected kills and whisper a confirmed town that you did it.

Basically, identify the methods you use to find mafia and try to not do them when you are mafia.

[treborx555]

Key is to take risks. Town has super huge winrate so you need to either lose easily or win barely.

Just last game i tried a more risky strategy and it paid off. I did something i almost never did, win as a sole remaining evil killing role, GF!

I was mafioso and claimed vigi, there were 2 other ccs so i was susp. Next day i accused the other vigi claim of being immune. Town believed me and lynched, lo and behold veteran died.

Immedieatly i pretended to be executioner who just won.

Next day i pushed on werewolf, got him lynched and told jailor to execute the last maf. (i was still playing the town helping exe)

Jailor executes jester, i kill jailor. Win by hair's breadth.

Usually i'm too afraid to accuse anyone because i fear being executed afterwards but unless you're insanely lucky and get a ww to kill half the town first, ain't no way to win as maf playing safe.

[Brma]

Being vocal helps. If the jailor is revealed share your "results" every so often. When you're the only one not talking you look sus.
You want a situation where they think you are claiming Doctor early on. Then three days later someone claims doctor. If you've been up front and vocal they will most likely believe you.

You don't want to be the maf that says on day 6. oh...i cc doc. after saying nothing all game because again you will look bad