Harry Potter Mafia

Quoth Inner Stickler:

Well, at the very least, tied for most expendable, unless there’s some Scum role that’s handicapped in some way (which is uncommon). It’s my impression that around here, games structured around some canon generally have all of the Scum roles distinct, with (say) one Godfather, one Scum Roleblocker, one Scum Investigator, and one vanilla Scum. And I’m pretty sure that all of the games Mahaloth has moderated have had diverse Scum teams.

Quoth Little Plastic Ninja:

I’m not sure what of value we can get from this. Is there someone in this game named Fenrir Greyback? Maybe, but it’s not like we’re going to get a counterclaim on that one. Did Red copy his role PM from a member of his team who’s the real Fenrir? No, because the role PM Red posted is for a third-party role, not a Scum. If there really is a Fenrir in this game, and he’s really a Scum, then the real role PM he got must have been substantially different from the one Red posted, at which point I don’t see how it matters that the name is the same.
On another note, let me just say that I really don’t like dead players substituting back into a game, since it just confuses things for everyone.