Thief (Evil role idea)#3451

CATEGORY: Evil support (1/3 chance to replace witch or scout)

The thief is a unique role, the only one able to directly hide or tamper with existing evidence

ABILITY: (One-time use) Steal a player’s journal. This will give you permanent access to a copy of the target’s journal at the time of it being stolen
The target’s original journal will not be shown and instead be overrided with the thief’s version which can be modified as they like.

The player will not be notified at all and can continue writing in their original journal, but the fake copy will always replace it as long as the target is eliminated first

If the thief dies first, their target will be notified that their journal was “stolen but returned” and their original journal will be revealed, rendering the thief’s version invalid

BENEFITS: The thief could potentially steal the journal of a Good investigative role, such as detective or psychic, and write incriminating info about Good players, switch info pointing to their evil teammates, or hide info altogether to hinder the Good team’s deduction efforts.

Even if the thief happens to choose a less-than-ideal target such as a survivor or another Evil teammate, they can still modify the journal to pose the player as another role or accuse whoever they see fit.