Should derived roles be called functionals instead of derived roles?

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Should derived roles be called functionals instead of derived roles?

Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Fri May 19, 2023 9:26 am

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biancospino suggested that derived roles like Enabler and Finder be called functionals in this post in the What exactly is a modifier? thread.

A derived role or functional is a role that needs to refer to something else to be functional, but otherwise is a working role or modifier. Note that derived roles are not the role or modifier they refer to.

some examples of functionals:

Enabler
- If an Enabler dies, the referred role becomes unusable.
Finder
- A Finder may learn if a player is the referred role or not.
Immune
- You are immune to the referred role.
Captain
- You have command over the referred role. The referred role may disobey your orders and do nothing instead. Captains act during Day if they refer to a role that acts during Night, and vice versa.
Switch
- You may determine if the referred role functions or not each Night.
Augmentor
- You may target a player to have them also act as the referred role on their targets.
Locked
- The modified role is unusable until the referred role dies.
Avoiding
- The modified role will fail if targeting the referred role.

Note that Backup is a modifier and not a functional, and thus a Backup role is actually that role.
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Post Post #2 (isolation #1) » Thu May 25, 2023 8:49 am

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I kind of think derived roles and derived modifiers is a good name

though if functionals sound better for some reason this thread exists
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