Ninja

> Disarms any Bomb or Nervous Sleeper targeted
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> Does not appear on any visit reports
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> If targeted player is a Shogun, the Ninja will die instead
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**Ninja** is a Mafia-aligned role with three distinct features. It fully counters Bomb and Nervous Sleeper, does not appear as visiting, and is vulnerable to Shogun.

## Mechanics

> Disarms any Bomb or Nervous Sleeper targeted
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Whenever a Ninja is present in the mafia party, no mafia members will every die to Bomb or Nervous Sleeper when committing the mafia night kill(s).

However, since Busboy is the only mafia member to visit the nightkill, if a Busboy is present in a setup, it overrides Ninja's ability. A Busboy will always die to a Bomb or Nervous Sleeper even if a Ninja exists, unless all Busboys are roleblocked.

If all Ninjas are roleblocked, their ability is no longer in effect and a mafia member will die to Bomb or Nervous Sleeper.

Ninja will never die if they shoot or stab a Bomb during the day, *even* if they were roleblocked the previous night.

Ninja cannot be roleblocked by Bouncer or Security Guard.

> Does not appear on any visit reports
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Ninja's role description only tells part of the truth: the reason Ninja does not appear on any visit reports is because it does not visit when performing the factional nightkill. This means:

* Ninja cannot be announced by Announcer or Emcee
	+ Another random mafia member will *always* be announced if Anno/Emcee is nightkilled, unless Ninja is the only unroleblocked meeting mafia alive
* Ninja cannot be seen by Tracker, Patroller, or any similar role that can detect visits
* Ninja does not die to Grandma or Veteran

*However,* Ninja still visits to perform non-factional nightkill actions. This means that Ninja will visit when using wishes and when passing bee bombs and immunity idols.

Interestingly, although Ninja's nightkill visit is undetected by most roles, Bishop will see them as guilty of wrath and Lookout can learn their role/learn that they killed a player. This is because these roles detect kills, not visits.

> If targeted player is a Shogun, the Ninja will die instead
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Whenever a Ninja is present in the mafia party, if a Shogun is nightkilled, a random Ninja will die and the targeted Shogun will survive.

However, as mentioned above, Busboy overrides Ninja's ability. Thus, as long as at least one unroleblocked Busboy is alive, no Ninjas will die to Shoguns.

Again, while roleblocked, Ninja cannot die to Shogun. If there are multiple Ninjas, a random unroleblocked Ninja will die.

Ninja will die if they shoot or stab a Shogun during the day.

## Power

Ninja's power depends entirely on the other roles in the setup. It is crucial to keep Ninja alive in a setup with a Bomb or Nervous Sleeper and no other way of safely killing that role. However, in a setup with one or more Shoguns, Ninja is practically a negative utility role.

In setups with Tracker or Lazy Tracker, Ninja *usually* functions like a Godfather, and should be kept alive. However, a setup designer can make the opposite true as well in a setup with Sleepwalkers instead of Villagers: Ninjas will look guilty instead of innocent. This occurs in the setup Triplecamp.

## In Setups

Ninja is pretty much a Godfather for Tracker and Lazy Tracker, so you can use it to weaken those roles' power as investigatives.

Ninja has created its own archetype of setups: Bomb VT setups (setups where Bombs replace Villagers). The first Bomb VT setup was Wangabombs, which has since paved the way for many other setups utilizing a similar concept. Nervous Sleeper VT setups also exist, but are less common: Bomb tends to be the default role rather than NS when it doesn't matter which role is used (which is often).

Ninja's interactions with Shogun have been utilized in setups such as Shobombs, wherein Ninja also interacts with Bomb, and Exposure, wherein Jekyll can protect Ninja from Shogun and Strongman can be used to kill it.

It is possible to create a setup where mafia can only kill power roles by using Shoguns instead of Villagers, Ninjas, and Jekylls. Shoguns cannot die while Ninjas are alive, but other roles can.

## Trivia

* Ninja has existed on the site since its public launch.