Additional clarifications:
For edge case roles in the game, this is how they'd be affected, if they exist. Expect unclarified mechanics to behave in a similar and/or intuitive spirit:
-X shot roles and the like remain expended, a new player gains the role and is informed how much charge is left.
-if a role provides a private topic, a brand new private topic will be created to support role changes, and players who lost roles that let them use a private topic will lose the ability to post in it or review it.
-if a role learns information over the course of the game, including but not limited to investigatives, the new recipient of the role won't receive a back catalog of information learned. If a role learns something at the very start of the game, however, that is also granted to the player who is shuffled into the role. If it is information about role distribution, it will apply to the new role distribution, not the game start one.
-if a role is a Lover and a dead player and living player each receive the lover effect, it won't cause the lover to perish retroactively.
-if a player has received some kind of boon or curse that came from someone else's role or character, they will keep it after the shuffle, it isn't considered part of their character. Examples:
Inventor,
Neighborizer,
Poisoner. (Note in the case of neighborizer, there's a player who has received a boon, and a player who is involved because of their role. A new neighborhood would be created consisting of <new player with role> + <boon player, irrespective of a recent change in role>.)
-This should go without saying but is particularly troublesome in the unlikely event it is misunderstood: this game is confirmed to have no midgame alignment changes, no one's alignment will change and in no cases will strange roles somehow grant scum PT access to townies.
-If a player inherits an
Indecisive or
Roaming role, they will be given the minimum amount of information necessary to continue making legal decisions for the role.
- If a player receives a
Compulsive role, they will need to make their own pre-submitted actions immediately, before their next game post