That too. One archetype may be duplicated, either that or we'll have all five archetypes, or we'll have three of one or some other combination-
Which is to say, it's possible for there to be two of one archetype, so I can't debunk TMS' claim based on that.
Arg this is a headache.
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Now, you know I'd prefer to lynch you, as your role claim does not fit what we have claimed, nor does it benefit the town. And for all I know, it could be a fake claim meant to make me distrust my result.
Now, I'll presume a hypothetical scenario in which you cast some sort of reality warping voodoo that makes your lynch no longer possible.
In which case... Starver's hiding everything, TBF and TMS are much more transparent. But... consider TMS' claim, that he needs to have TBF alive to win. And TBF needs to shoot the scum. So TMS claiming to be TBF's guardian or whatnot could translate to "Don't get me! I'm a good guy! I'm protecting the guy that wants to assassinate the Evil role! Don't you see?". But TBF's claim could be him being a different type of Neutral role that does something else trying to avoid being lynched because he's good for town.
Heck... you look at TBF and TMS, the reasons both of them have for not being lynched is "I'm neutral, but my wincon is town comparable! Don't kill me and I'll help you out!"
So basically... TBF, TMS, and Starver are all asking for trust from the town. But Starver is asking for a lot more trust than TBF, and TBF is asking for more trust than TMS.
So let's go payoffs. What does town lose from eliminating a protector? The lack of protection- which... we're not trying to slow this down- the scum can use their mark(assuming that's what they do) without fear of having it be prevented by a protection. But if a townie is marked(in my case for instance)... when one thinks about it... unless the mark can be self-targeting, we've basically got a confirmed townie for each mark hit. Assuming it can't self-target. So we don't lose as much from lynching TMS as we do from lynching TBF- TBF has an ability that can remove the scum from the equation alltogether(not necessarily resulting in a town win, however, consider that if it resulted in a town win, it would make some more sense for him to be a town player, maybe Town Weakness, because he has to hit the Evil role with his ability to win(consider the Librarian from Round 1)). But what do we lose from lynching Starver? We don't know. He could be scum gambitting, or he could be town telling the truth. He's the unknown variable in this equation. So if you weren't an option for lynching, I'd lynch TMS or Starver.
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PPE: There are five people and four role archetypes. Do the maths 
Evil, Neutral, Town Investigative, Town Special, Town Weakness. Five.
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