Gen I Pokemon Mafia

[COLOR="#cc8899"]Mine was ridiculously powerful as well. It functioned partially as a role-cop (I could figure out what powers someone had through a bit of experimentation) and roleblocker. If I hit a roleblocker with it (which I did) I could effectively block two people at once. Partially balanced by me being placed at risk when using it, but that kindof ability with a bit of creativity can do some scary nasty things.

Aside from individual powers, the biggest problem I see is that investigative roles/result PMs/etc give a lot of information. It's hard to get the balance of information right, but in general less is more and it's usually better to avoid giving hard, specific details because it takes the game out of the players' hands. If you've ever played L.A. Noire, for example, you know what I mean - between the clues themselves, the main character's internal monologue, and the writing style overall, it's very, VERY difficult to get it wrong. The game ends up feeling more like an interactive movie or book than an investigative game that makes you feel good about figuring out whodunnit.[/COLOR]

Agreed, even vanilla cops giving only alignment information are seen as some of the strongest roles in the game. Going past that, info roles get pretty broken.