OK finally got some time to sit down and properly think through all the revelations of the day.
The pertinent facts are:
1. 4mask necessarily performed the kill on Jim (claiming to have been hypnotised)
2. Toony's claim to have stolen an item from 4mask is confirmed by 4mask.
3. Toony claims to have copied Roden's action on 4maskwolf
4. Tric claims to have protected 4mask
5. Roden claims to have shot NQT
6. Jim was the only person to die.
7. Max apparently did something investigative but won't claim
8. NQT tracked 4mask to Jim
So we must ask:
- Is there a combination of actions which makes all these claims true and fits with the facts?
- What possible teams could account for the discrepancies between the claims?
Possible TeamsRoden and ToonyRoden could have hypno'd 4mask, and Toony stolen an item. There never was any vig shots. Toony is a godfather. If Roden is scum, then Toony has to be in on it. For instance, a Roden/Tric team wouldn't work, as then who would have performed the kill (as a town!Toony confirms Roden makes the shot).
Toony and MaxOne hypnotises 4mask, the other protects NQT (why??). Not likely.
Toony and TricTric's protect protects a random town person as a drawback OR they have a one-shot that protects everyone (which bounces off of Jim onto 4mask). This latter power is actually quite plausible, as Tric already claimed to be able to stop all kills in a night (on N1). In this scenario, Tric intends to protect Toony, while Toony hypnotises 4mask.
4mask and TricTric has a overpowered protect as above, which he uses to protect his scum buddy 4mask, blocking Toony and Roden's shots. scum!4mask not shooting the doctor makes sense in this scenario as the 'doctor' is scum.
4mask and Max4mask shoots Jim, Max protects NQT (why???). This one works for the actions but makes no sense, motive-wise.
Max and TricMax hypnotises 4mask into killing Jim, an action he would obviously be framed for; Tric casts a one-shot mass protect on everyone (which bounces off of poor Jim). This works with the actions, but why would scum!Tric protect when the vig target wasn't going to be one of the mafia? This doesn't seem likely.
NQT and 4mask4mask shoots Jim in a unforced error instead of the doctor, then NQT revives from being shot without creating a revived message. This is tactically unlikely and mechanically impossible.
NQT and MaxNQT hypnotises 4mask into kill Jim. Max protects NQT. This team works with the facts and would be a tactically sound plan. If I didn't know it was false, I'd be suspicious of this combo.
NQT and ToonyNQT hypnotises 4mask, Toony steals from 4mask. This also fits the facts.
Unusual variantsThere could be an OP 3rd party messing with everyone, there might be one single all-powerful scum player, there could be mafia allies etc. There's too many edge cases to consider, but as we have no reason to believe these are in play, we can set them aside for our sanity.
If we rule out all the mechanically impossible and motiveless team ups, this is the web of possible teams:
As such, either Toony or Tric or both are scum. Given that if there is a two-person scum team, we're in MYLO, if we can't definitely decide between Toony and Tric, we should no vote.
I know I'm not infallible and I'm a big enough person to admit I can overlook things (like I missed the logically intertwining of Toony and Roden, at first). So what possibility am I missing here?